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**If [[Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V|Yuya]] is a deconstruction of [[Yu-Gi-Oh!|Yugi]] and the gaming anime heroes, then Yusaku is a deconstruction of the likes of Dark Yugi, Kaiba, and [[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's|Yusei]]: First, Yusaku is a skilled Duelist smiliar to Dark Yugi but doesn't share the latter's ideals of Dueling and instead sees it as a grim reminder of his [[Dark and Troubled Past]]. Second, Yusaku is a [[Jerkass]] [[Anti Hero]] like Kaiba but most of his bitterness and lack of social skills comes from the Knights of Hanoi ruining his childhood (resulting with him suffering with [[Ambiguous Disorder|ASD, PTSD, and PTED) while Kaiba [[Took a Level in Jerkass]] due to attempting to get rid of his personal issues over Gozaburo's ideals. And lastly Yusaku is mostly [[The Stoic]] [[Emotionless Boy]] but what makes him different from Yusei is he's standoffish, cold-hearted, and somewhat unpleasant due to being consumed with rage and hatred towards the Knights of Hanoi.

**Kusanagi himself is a deconstruction of [[Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V|Kurosaki]] right down to having the same backstory. However, unlike Kurosaki, who became an easily irritable [[Jerkass]] after losing Ruri and wants to get Revenge on Academia for it, Kusanagi is good at hiding it.

**Little sister Duelists such as [[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX|Asuka]] and [[Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal|Rio]] are deconstructed by Aoi, who goes into Dueling due to her "[[Well Done, Daughter!" Girl]] mentality over her brother, unlike the former two wanting to prove themselves independent and worthy [[Action Girl]]s. This serves as a major [[Fatal Flaw]] for Aoi, as the conscequences are very severe in the form of being humiliated in front of the crowd after losing to Playmaker. And she's a net idol, no less!

**Go is a deconstruction of Attention Whore characters like Manjoume, Jack, and Sawatari: all three of them are like this either due to their fame, ego, or both. On the other hand, Go's attitude and reputation as a Charisma Duelist stems from his desire to repay his debt to the orphanage who took care of him as a kid.

*[[Hollywood Hacking]]:Credit for mentioning and showing the end of long, boring hours of analysis looking at pages of programming language and binary. The trope still counts due to Shoichi and Yusaku using a ''lot'' of graphical representations of their programs, seemingly for no reason other than to give the kids in the audience a basic understanding of what they're doing.

**There's no way Shoichi could've found a way around the block put up in episode 4 unless he'd done it before against the exact same block and just re-ran the code he created last time.

*[[Invisible Parents]]: Everyone's parents are either offscreen or dead. Conveniently, all housekeeping is handled by Robot Maids]

*[[Japanese School Club]]:The Duel Club, which Yusaku joins against his will thanks to Ignis.