History Anime / YuGiOhSevens

* InnocuouslyImportantEpisode: ''Every'' single episode that seems as though it will be inconsequential is this. Luke dueling the chief of the local school newspaper for libel about Rush Duels? That newspaper becomes a key source of information for many characters about the format. An episode about a failing ramen shop where Yuga duels a noodle ninja user? It introduces an AI connected to the ArcVillain of the following arc. That same noodle ninja user joining the gang for an episode to duel an AmbiguouslyHuman girl who also loves ramen? An IdenticalStranger to her appears in a later episode working for a different party.

** While preparing to duel Nail, Yuga finds himself unable to do much as to combat Maximum Summon he [[spoiler: would need to create his own Maximum Monster,]] which is impossible as in a similar vein to the example above, he lacks a card which would be considered official by Goha. [[spoiler: His friends decide to sacrifice their own ID cards to substitute in, which deletes their accounts but gives him a fighting chance.]]

** Neiru Saionji, a young inventor who steals Kaizo's data to force Yuga to participate in duels against his henchmen with their accounts at stake, is the main villain of the "Maximum" arc.

** Neiru as a child was capable of penetrating Goha's satellites for amusement and would later be hired by Goha as the overseer of duels.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: While the antagonists try to destroy the Rush Duel format, the bosses so far have been fair in their approach against Yuga. For example, Neiru put himself to five penalties when he fought Yuga as otherwise it wouldn't mean anything if he won with nothing on the line, in the same token Asana waited for a rematch against Yuga until he got his hands on another Maximum Monster wanting a fair fight. Then there is [[spoiler: even Yuo Goha who even though is a manupultive CardCarryingVillian even he found his brother Goha Yuga's violent and sadistic tendencies and wanting to use the brainwashing Monster Reborn card to be excessive.]]

** Occurs when Maximum Summoning is introduced by its creator Neiru, forcing Yuga to restrategize as it shifted the entire dynamic of "Rush Duel" with its power.

** Yuga and Neiru’s second Duel is a big one to Yugi and Kaiba's Duel in Battle City, taking place on top of a tower with a serpentine draconian monster coiled around it battling a humanoid monster. In a twist, though, it is Yggdrago that has the fixed 4000 ATK, while Magnum Over Road can vary its own ATK.

%%* NotDrawnToScale: Despite the main cast all being in the same age range, their heights are wildly different.

** There are seven main characters; Yuga, Luke, Romin and Gakuto serve as the main four and the first three [[ArcVillain Arc Villains]], Roa, Neiru and Asana, round out the cast.

** Gakuto: Fiendish Commander Yameruler

* StockShonenRival: Roa, Neiru, and Asana are all designated as rivals by WordOfGod, and collectively they possess all the traits of this trope. Roa has the arrogance and less-than-stellar moral compass that belies a fundamentally good heart. Neiru has the privileged background, reserved temperament, and monstrous skill. And Asana has the Stubborn Pride and desire to defeat the hero at their absolute best.

** While preparing to duel Neiru, Yuga finds himself unable to do much as to combat Maximum Summon he [[spoiler: would need to create his own Maximum Monster,]] which is impossible as in a similar vein to the example above, he lacks a card which would be considered official by Goha. [[spoiler: His friends decide to sacrifice their own ID cards to substitute in, which deletes their accounts but gives him a fighting chance.]]

* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: The first glimpse into Neiru’s childhood is of him hacking satellites to force them to plummet back into orbit, something which caused his parents to push him toward ''Duel Monsters'' as to shift his attention away from mass harm.

** Episode 23, where Neiru Saionji introduced the first Maximum Summon and proceeded to [[spoiler:curbstomp Yuga]].

** Gakuto surprisingly pulls this off against Neiru of all people. [[spoiler:He was unable to defeat Yggdrago in his last turn, but set up his next turn on that possibility, setting his monsters to an absolute defense strategy so he can survive to a possible next turn, knowing Yggdrago can force a monster into attack and another to be destroyed wanting to use all of that up, and if he still manages to remove his defense, which Neiru of course did attempting his own Gambit, he pulls one last gamble on a direct attack that would force a tie by dealing Yggdrago's 4000 damage to BOTH players]].

* EvenEvilHasStandards: While the antagonists try to destroy the Rush Duel format, the bosses so far have been fair in their approach against Yuga. For example, Neiru put himself to five penalties when he fought Yuga as otherwise it wouldn't mean anything if he won with nothing on the line, in the same token Asana waited for a rematch against Yuga until he got his hands on another Maximum Monster wanting a fair fight.

** ALater episodes have a ''butler throne'', a quartet of (apparently) closely related CloudCuckoolander girls who work for different [[ArcVillain arc villains]] and a literal '''''duelling pigeon'''''. Well we've apparently seen it all now... and the series still has quite a few episodes to air.

* BaitAndSwitch: When Yuka summons two level 4 monsters in her duel against Romin, Luke is quick to mention the levels of those monsters. This appears to be a set up for an Xyz Summon... except Yuka uses the two monsters as tributes to tribute summon Uniform No. 39: Junior Baseball King, Home.

* SoLastSeason: Maximum Monsters, which were the ''big'' driving force in the first season, start to lose their luster in the final arc of season 1 when Gakuto manages to tie against Neiru and Luke taking down Vulcan and Yuga in the climatic duel. Season 2 proceeds to have Maximum monsters lose to Fusion monsters and regular strategies, having them be but one of many win conditions instead of the game changing aces they were originally.

* {{Retcon}}: [[spoiler: Normally in the OCG and japanese dub of episodes, Fusion is called Yugo. Rush Duel and ''SEVENS'' now call it by it's English name of Fusion.]]

** Tiger, who is the only named characher known to have defeated [[TheAce Luke]].
* AlliterativeFamily: The Kirishima children are named Romin and Roa.

* TheBusCameBack: Otes uses Blue-Eyes White Dragon and later Red-Eyes Black Dragon, which haven't been used outside of films since ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'' (though both cards technically appeared at the start of ''Anime/YuGiOhZexal'' as statues and special summons but not as the card themselves).

** Yuga and Sevens Road Magician [[note]][[spoiler: It was taken from Otes the day he was gifted Sevens Road Magician.]][[/note]]:

* ChekhovsGunman: All of the duelists Yuga and Luke defeated in earlier episodes give their support during the duels against [=RoaRomin=], with Kan even determining [[spoiler: the location of the disappeared stone monument]].

* ADayInTheLimelight: The series in general has proven good at this, being quite willing to give characters who appeared once before episodes of their own. The Maximum arc, for example, featured two duels in a row with the protagonist not being one of the main quartet, something fairly unheard of for Yu-Gi-Oh.

** And the later episodes have a ''butler throne'', a quartet of (apparently) closely related CloudCuckoolander girls who work for different [[ArcVillain arc villains]] and a literal '''''duelling pigeon'''''. Well we've apparently seen it all now... and the series still has quite a few episodes to air.

* DreamIntro: The series starts off with Yuga piloting a giant mecha charging his opponent to become the "King of Duels", only to smash his head on the lighting above and awaken. [[spoiler: Also counts as a case of {{Foreshadowing}} since Yuga gains a mecha Maximum Summon boss monster, Super Magitek Deity Magnum Over Road, in episode 25.]]

* EasilyForgiven: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with Luke toward Romin for [[spoiler: manipulating them from the very start]], and he only softens when he sees how hard she tries to redeem herself to them.

* EyeCatch: To complete the toku hero parody, episode 62 shows images of "The☆Lukeman" striking dynamic poses before and after the usual commercial break.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Yuga is subject to this when Nieru manages to implement a new summoning method in a vacant spot in the "Rush Duel" program, which Yuga acknowledges he left purposefully.

** Goha 6 Siblings are the true presidents of Goha, but within the siblings, Yuo stands out as he is the one that wants to take over Goha by himself. [[Things get complicated when The☆Lukeman appears and takes the spot of the final boss of the arc as well as the creator of the Fusion card, but Yuo still pushes his role as the main antagonist]].

* AceCustom: Romin is gifted a Duel-Guitar by Yuga for use in both music and dueling, which also holds a snack dispenser for when she gets hungry.
* ActionGirl: Romin. Prior to befriending Yuga, Roa had taught her how to duel and it shows she's no pushover once she starts using her real deck.

* TakeThat: Roa's trying to get Yuga banned for having an exclusive card he (or rather, Otes) is accused of creating himself can bee seen as a not-so-subtle jab at the previous protagonists' tendency to create unique new cards out of nowhere to win.

** Putting pet cards in a deck that don't fit its archetype or playstyle will make your deck worse. Romin finds out the hard way when the cards Luke put in her deck cause her to lose, despite her [[MagicPokerEquation managing to get them in just the right way to execute their combo]], since the effect works with Luke's strategy but it's overcosted and underwhelming in Romin's deck. When Asana borrows her friends' cards for her duel she actually reworks her deck to take advantage of their characteristics, and very noticeably never uses the actual effects of the cards, but uses them as fodder for the rest of the deck instead.

* ArcNumber: ''SEVENS'' is obviously associated with the number seven, not only due to it being the seventh main entry in the franchise, but also because the Duel Disks in "Rush Duel" mode are shaped like a "7". This runs in contrast with the Goha Corp's numerical motif of 6, based on their hexagonal logo, six-infraction limit, use of NumberOfTheBeast in their time limits, and the six Tops of Hexagon.

* EyeCatch: to complete the toku hero parody, episode 62 shows images of "The☆Lukeman" striking dynamic poses before and after the usual commercial break.

* AnachronismStew: The world of SEVENS has sentient AI, commercially-available holographic technology, and elementary schools in space. On the flip-side, they still have school newspapers and fax machines are regarded as "cutting-edge communication technology".

* SchizoTech: Despite the higher standard of technology, the President of Goha uses a rotary phone.

** Occurs when Maximum Summon is introduced by its creator Neiru, forcing Yuga to restrategize as it shifted the entire dynamic of "Rush Duel" with its power.

* HeadsIWinTailsYouLose: Despite defeating Mimi, the group is penalized as the rules implemented by Neiru involves anyone who sees themselves as an ally to Yuga. [[PunchClockVillain Mimi,]] who legitimately sees herself as a friend of the group, therefore qualified. This issue occurs once more when [[spoiler:Luke, Gakuto, and Romin confront Otes for answers about Maximum Summon, all gaining penalties despite winning due to Otes being considered a "friend" of Yuga.]]

* AffirmativeActionGirl: Female Duelist from the previous series are often treated as [[FauxActionGirl Faux Action Girls]]. SEVENS breaks the trend by giving most of their main and supporting female characters impressive win record. The most notable trendbreakers are:
** Romin defeated the main character Yuga, Gakuto one of the main supporting character and Rao the shows main rival in a duel.
** Asana who was the main antagonist during Goha 6th Elementary arc defeated Yuga in her debut duel and during the TournamentArc she defeated Roa.
** Tiger is the only named person who is capable of defeating [[TheAce Luke]].
** Mimi similar to [[Anime/YuGiOhARCV Yoko Sakaki]] before her, is a 37 years old ActionMom and most of the mother characters in the franchise are minor characters.

* TheBusCameBack: The mysterious Hologram Man uses Blue-Eyes White Dragon and later Red-Eyes Black Dragon, which haven't been used outside of films since ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'' (though both cards technically appeared at the start of ''Anime/YuGiOhZexal'' as statues and special summons but not as the card themselves).

* AffirmativeActionGirl: Female Duelist from the previous series are often treated as [[FauxActionGirl Faux Action Girls]]. SEVENS breaks the trend by giving most of their main and supporting female characters impressive win record. The most notable trend breakers are:

** Asana who was the main antagonist during Goha 6th Elementary arc defeated defeated Yuga in her debut duel and during the TournamentArc she defeated Roa.

* TheBusCameBack: The mysterious Hologram Man uses Blue-Eyes White Dragon, which has not been used since the original ''[[Anime/YuGiOh Duel Monsters]]'' (outside of ''[[Anime/YuGiOhTheDarkSideOfDimensions The Dark Side of Dimensions]]''), and later uses Red-Eyes Black Dragon, which hasn't been used since ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'' (though both cards technically appeared at the start of ''Anime/YuGiOhZexal'' as statues and special summons but not as the card themselves).

** And the later episodes have a ''butler throne'', a pair of (apparently) closely related CloudCuckoolander girls who work for different [[ArcVillain arc villains]] and a literal '''''duelling pigeon'''''. Well we've apparently seen it all now... and the series still has quite a few episodes to air.