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**Some fans are starting to have doubts at the new series based on its use and introduction of the controversial new rules brought on by Link Summoning, while others are excited for the series due to its VR theme and interesting character and story potential.
**Masahiro Hikokubo, once again, returning as the duel layout director has caused a stir after his last few showings in both ''ZEXAL'' and ''ARC-V''. Having written every duel in all the series up to this point, many feel like he is far too burnt out to write any entertaining duels anymore, often pointing to Yuma's "prep for, then sit on, Utopia for the rest of the duel" strategy in ''ZEXAL'' and how wooden some of the duels in ARC-V became as the series went on, with the overuse of Action Cards and the infamous "You still take the damage!" Line being uttered every other duel. His defenders, however, point out how Yuma's strategy was at least in character for himnote and how ''ARC-V'' was a case of trying to focus on all the summoning mechanics made it hard for certain duels to maintain that focus, and are confident with the series seemingly focusing on only Link summoning, the duels will become a lot more entertaining and natural again now that Hikokubo doesn't have to stress balancing all the summoning mechanics each duel.
** The recap episodes. Are they justified due to [[Troubled Production|production issues]], or does the excess number of them between every few episodes tarnish the reputation of the show?
* [[Catharsis Factor]]: Spectre meeting his end at the hands of [[spoiler:Playmaker]] is a satisfying as hell sight to watch, considering the atrocities he committed in the name of Hanoi.
* [[Complete Monster]]: Lightning, the [[Big Bad]] of season 2. After finding out the simulations showed him no future with coexisting with humanity, he started to plot something disastrous. Between being the one responsible for destroying Cyberse World all because the other, Ignis, didn't agree with his ideals, kidnapping his own Lost Incident partner's consciousness and turning him into a puppet, corrupting Windy into joining him by rewriting his data, declaring war on humanity, his poor treatment of all of his subordinates besides Bohman not to mention, blackmailing Kusanagi into fighting Playmaker if he didn't want his brother to die. Also, in his duel against Revolver, he didn't hesitate to use Jin as a shield to try to win. Despite all of this, he shows no regret for any of his actions.
* [[Ear Worm]]:
**"With the Wind", performed by Hiroaki "Tommy" Tominaga. It helps that he also sang the first OP to 'JoJosBizarreAdventure'', "[=JoJo=] (Sono Chi no Sadame)".
** "Believe in Magic", performed by Ryoga, is a good fit for the series' VR-focused themes.
* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]:
**Ai is well loved by fandom mainly for being a interesting comic relief contrast to his expies who likes to joke around and play with Yusaku and being voiced by [[Takahiro Sakurai]]though he later becamoes a [[Base Breaker]]
**Emma/Ghost Girl is well love and popular by fandom for her mysterious nature,her interactions with Akira, Playmaker and Aoi and for mercenary
**Ryoken Kogami/Revolver is one of the most popular character in the franchise mainly for having a badass deck and being the Kaiba of the series.His
* [[Evil Is Sexy]]:Revolver a.k.a. Ryoken Kogami was already this to an extent for some thanks to his voice (Japanese version only, where it's rather husky), but especially once his real life appearance was revealed.
*[[Epileptic Trees]]
**Besides Yusaku many fans are strated to speculate that Aoi,Go,Naoki to a lesser extent, Shoichi's brother and Revolver are one of the 6 lost kids thanks to 1st op where we see Playmaker,Blue Angel,Go and Revolver combining into one and becoming a bird and their are many theories they are similar to [[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's|Signers and will form a team at some point]].Shoichi's brother being one the lost kids has already confirmed
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*[[Launcher of a Thousand Ships]]: Yusaku continues the trend of the main protagonists being this. He has already been shipped with Aoi, Emma, Shoichi, Jin, Ai, but especially Revolver/Ryoken Kogami. Just minutes after he was revealed, Takeru Homura a.k.a. Soulburner was added to the list and when he isn't shipped with Yusaku in a more traditional manner, Fan-Art either portrays him as a Third Wheel or uses him to form an OT3 by adding him to almost any of the previous listed pairings, most often ones being Yusaku x Revolver x Takeru and even Yusaku x Jin x Takeru.
*[[Lost in Medias Res]]:: Some viewers find the series confusing and difficult to follow. Both because nobody outright explains how speed duels or Link summoning works, and because it's clear that the audience knows far less about the plot than the main character does.
*[[Magnificent Bastard]]: Lightning is the true mastermind behind the entire plot. During the Lost Incident he mentally tortured his then 6 years old Origin Jin Kusanagi, and made him the Empty Shell he is today, then he implanted a computer virus on his creator Dr.Kogami and made him think SOL was responsible for putting him comatose, avoiding punishment. Years later he destroyed his home world using Bohman to prevent himself from being suspected and rewrote the pure Windy's program and forced him to become his loyal ally. After imprisoning Aqua he implanted a computer virus on her Origin Miyu so that the former can't join forces with her, he then stole Jin's consciousness and turned him into lifeless puppet and uses him as a meat shield whenever he is in a disadvantage situation. Even after being on death's door from his duel with Revolver, Lightning was able to empower Bohman, his creation, which grants him a desirable outcome despite his condition.
*[[Moral Event Horizon]]:
**Windy crossed it after its revealed what he did to the Lost Incident victim he was based on. He hacked into the car the victim was driving and forced it into a heavy accident. Its not expressly said but the implication is the Lost Incident victim died, meaning Windy killed the person he was based on.
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*[[Memetic Badass]]:Mirror Force, for the sheer unexpected nature of the card, and how much in-universe hype it gets.
*[[Narm]]Any viewers who is remotely familiar with UsefulNotes/[[Vietnam]]might have a hard time taking the name Knight of Hanoi seriously it is the same name of the country's capital city Hanoi
*[[Narm Charm]]:
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**Aoi's [[Magical Girl]] style Transformation Sequence into Blue Maiden after teaming up with Aqua, while considered a bit cheesy, is also considered awesome as it marks her transition to a full protagonist alongside Playmaker and Soulburner.
*[[Never Live It Down]]:The recap episodes have become this to the point where they have become a meme and a drinking game on this very page. It doesn't help that there are so many in just the first season.
*[[No Yay]]:Playmaker and Brave Max. It doesn't help that one of Brave Max's deluded fantasies of Playmaker features him with exaggeratedly fancy eyelashes, accompanied with white sparkles.
*[[Older Than They Think]]: While Speed Duels were popularized by Duel Links, they were originally made for the Duel Terminal arcade machines.
*[[Rescued from the Scrappy Heap]]:Rescued from the Scrappy Heap: Naoki Shima was initially the series' resident Scrappy, for being a gonkish annoying character that constantly trying to talk a big game, and mocking Yusaku for his older duel disk and for playing a casual LIGHT deck, which is actually a decoy from his real deck. Although the events of Episode 27 mitigates this, giving him [[Character Development]] by conquering his fear and going into VRAINS, even beating a Knight of Hanoi.
*[[The Scrappy]]: As of Season 2, Go gets a lot of heat. Aside from ditching his old Gouki deck in favor of Dinowrestlers, his reason for pulling a Face–Heel Turn is very petty to the point of undergoing Training from Hell just to get his hands on Playmaker for being better than him. He even played a part in Earth's permanent termination and dismisses the Lost Incident as just another Tuesday, making him the worst character in VRAINS thus far.
*[[Self Fanservice]]:While they are already good-looking, Playmaker and Soulburner are nonetheless often drawn more muscular in Fan-Art, usually a swimmer physique.
*[[Stoic Woobie]]:Yusaku and Jin .
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**Ai. The poor just can't catch a break through got hunted by the Knight of Hanoi and being treated incredibly poorly by Yusaku despite just saving his life just a few moment before.After he finally returns to his home after five years of running and hiding, instead of seeing the paradise he and the other Ignises have created, all he could see was a wasteland there, his fellow Ignises are nowhere to be found and the only shown survivor is Linkuriboh.
**Jin Kusanagi is probably the biggest Woobie of this series. Just like Yusaku he is a kid who got kidnapped and tortured during the lost incident, but unlike Yusaku he is only an [[Empty Shell]] after the incident. And after learning the truth of the incident and starting to make a recovery, he gets his soul stolen after his brother Shoichi asks him to come live with him. And after learning the truth of the incident and starting to make a recovery, he gets his soul stolen after his brother Shoichi asks him to come live with him.
**So far compared to the other girls, Aoi has taken a ridiculous amount of abuse over the course of this series. Both physically AND mentally. Beforehand, the worst each girl ever went through was being brainwashed by a villain. A special note does go to Aki who was momentarily put in a coma and Yuzu who suffered a 10 Episode death, so far in Vrains, Aoi has lost her parents at a relatively young age and been forced to constantly move from one place to another with her brother, suffered from what looked to be anxiety and depression throughout Season 1, been brainwashed by the Knights of Hanoi and put into a coma, and been brutally defeated by Spectre, the one responsible for putting her in a coma in 34, which ended with her landing face first into the ground and put into another coma.
*[[What an Idiot!]]: Viewers are flabbergasted that GO failed to use Gouki Poison Mist against Revolver, which would not only inflict 700 damage, but also prevent Revolver from activating his Set Mirror Force on the same turn, and allow GO to deliver a One Turn Kill.
*[[Win the Crowd]]: The first episode of the dub that was shown during the re-run of Pyramid of Light received rather positive reactions, and the announcements by several of the voice actors have been praised too, given that half of them clearly enjoy being associated with the series.
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