This part contains unconfirmed theories introduced during season 2 of Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V.
- Jossed
- Kinda confirmed: She can ride a D-Wheel pretty well with the autopilot on, but it's made clear the autopilot was designed for beginners. She has yet to ride one without the autopilot.
To add to this, Yuri and Dennis share a defining feature, their smiles. Dennis is rarely shown not smiling, and all of his monsters shown so far have had big grins on their faces. Yuri is the same in that he's almost always smiling, episode 47 is even called The Cold Smile of Yuri. Some of their mannerisms seem to be the same, too. They both seem to have a habit of putting their hands on their hips and use the same Japanese pronoun "boku." They also act a bit similar in their respective duels with Yuzu; Dennis praises Yuzu for her skills as a duelist, while Yuri mockingly praises her for her ability to keep away from him for so long.
Alternatively, Dennis and Yuri are brothers. Fairly unlikely, but something to keep in mind is that Yuzu has a counterpart with a sibling, so it is possible that one of Yuya's counterparts has a sibling, too.
- Jossed. Yuri himself claimed that he never had any friends and the only person who ever gave him any positive reaction was the Professor.
- Sort of jossed. Yuya does learn Synchro. But by himself. No one really teaches him. However, dueling Jack did teach him how to duel using his own "words." Jossed completely for Gongenzaka.
- Jossed
- While Leo Akaba is trying to unite the dimensions, it's because of more personal reasons that have labeled him a well-intentioned extremist.
- Aside from the cards, that would be problematic in the long run. Why an anime crossover with manga counterparts? That would make no sense. Most people are familiar with the anime of each series, especially since they've already set up a continuity with the first three series.
- However using the Anime continuities would also be as problematic as it is clear that the other dimensions are based on the setting of the past shows (especialy with the Xyz dimension), even though ZEXAL had no direct contiguity from the movie there is also Yugo, who seems to come from Neo Domino City, and Academia, which is rather obvious. Using the Manga continuities would allow new possibility and avoid the Continuity Snarl that happened with the other Dimensions (as unlike the Anime continuities, neither of those were directly tied to each other)
- It's most likely that Academia, Neo Domino City and Heartland City are alternate counterparts to Standard's. ZEXAL showed a bit of connection to the other series when they showed the statues of iconic monsters like Blue-Eyes or Neos. Also, how could the Action Field Future Metropolis Heartland City look exactly like the Xyz Dimensions's Hearland City if it was already destroyed three years ago? Either Reiji used the teleportation device to go to the Xyz Dimension before the war happened and then he modeled the card after the city or the Action Field is based of a Standard version of Heartland City.
- However using the Anime continuities would also be as problematic as it is clear that the other dimensions are based on the setting of the past shows (especialy with the Xyz dimension), even though ZEXAL had no direct contiguity from the movie there is also Yugo, who seems to come from Neo Domino City, and Academia, which is rather obvious. Using the Manga continuities would allow new possibility and avoid the Continuity Snarl that happened with the other Dimensions (as unlike the Anime continuities, neither of those were directly tied to each other)
- All of this is completely jossed and unrelated. The different dimmensions are completely new with the only relation to past canon being appearances and returning characters. But those characters are complete alternate reality versions with no connection to past canon.
- Jossed. Super Jossed.
- Jossed. Red Dragon Archfiend Tyrant is his new double tuned dragon. Kind of inferior to Red Nova.
- Or it just creates holograms that show how the people are suffering
- Jossed. He never meets them. Edo Phoenix is the one who knows where they're being held.
- And the Ritual counterpart is based of Atem.
- Wouldn't a better one be Yugi? All the Yu's excluding Yuya have been opposites of the protagonists of the series their dimension is based on. Atem acting aggressive isn't out of character for him, at least not in the early series. But Yugi, the kind, and compassionate character is the perfect opposite of the aggressive, rage filled Berserk Mode
- Jossed. It's Zarc.
- Can't recall, but weren't some of the Mooks female? Either way, I doubt it. More probably it's because she's an Apocalypse Maiden.
- Some support in this theory: Serena and Yuri are the only dimensional counterparts that don't have any kind of Ship Tease, possibly they don't even know each other.
- Yuya is influenced by Yuto to attack Yugo.
- Yugo, being the hothead he is, will attack Yuya, forcing Yuya to defend himself.
- Berserk Mode once again takes effect between the two.
- Yugo wants to "test" Yuya's strength and if he wins, he will hand over his signature dragon, thus giving Yuya access to Synchro monsters, similar to how Yuto's defeat give Yuya access to Xyz monsters.
- Masumi can join since she's a pretty strong duelist and specializes in Fusion.
- Kachidoki Isao may join and undergo some Character Development that may make him see that dueling doesn't always have to be about winning.
Or Dennis may grow to like the Lancers and have doubts about his mission, eventually pulling a double cross on the Fusion Dimension.
- There's a Level three Magician Tuner (Noble Dragon Magician) that works specifically by lowering Odd-Eyes monsters' Levels to four, and can only be used to Synchro summon for a Dragon-type. Thus guarantees that Yuya will get a Level seven Dragon-type Synchro.
However, there might be a catch to this, too; after pushing and/or manipulating Yuri into fusing with Yuya, Berserker Yuya will be too powerful and/or unstable to control, biting Leo Akaba in his interdimensional-travelling ass. Alternatively, the Yus will defuse or regain control at the very last moment, either because of The Power of Friendship (especially if all the Yuzu counterparts are present) or because of Yuri turning against Leo (maybe being a case of The Dog Bites Back and even a Heel–Face Turn). Possibly both.
This left Yuri with the hidden trauma, and if you think about it, it kinda fits. Yuri gleefully cards people with no second thoughts and thinks his mission is fun, and unless they're sick in the head (which could be the case here), there's only two ways someone can actually enjoy this: 1. They're brainwashed, or 2. they've been traumatized to such horrifying levels to the point that their current ways are the only way they can cope. Child Soldiers often go through emotional hell before becoming the cold-blooded killers they are, and since Academia is full of these people, it's not hard to imagine Yuri, a higher-up, being the most broken of them all. We know Yuri has issues regardless, but they may actually be something sympathetic. It's probably the only way he can be redeemed at this point in the show.
- I doubt he's a Stepford Smiler; Word of God is that he willingly helps Academia out of fun. Maybe Academia brainwashed him into their service, but he genuinely likes what he does. I'm gonna put him closer to being like Yuu: he gleefully causes pain because he thinks it's all a game with no consequences, and thus ccan't grasp what he's doing as wrong.
Considering that Yuya's berserk mode is a result the darkness, his counterparts also have the ability and Yuya's got worse after merging with Yuto, it's likely that each of them possesses a piece of the darkness. As Reiji noted, Yuya evolves every time he is exposed to another dimension's summon method (makes sense since he is the standard Yu and likely the original one as well should the theorized dimension split have happened after he was born), his merger with Yuto giving him an Xyz Pendulum monster as opposed to the pure Fusion monsters he got from being exposed to Polymerization alone (fusing with Yuri will likely give him a Fusion Pendulum monster).
My guess is the Yu boys exist to hide the darkness, the dimensions and the Yuzus exist to keep them away from each other and someone wishes to "complete" the darkness thus creating the perfect duelist who has access to pendulum versions of the other 3 extra deck summon methods and who knows what else. Also Yusho is involved with this somehow giving Yuya the means to pioneer Pendulum summon because he is the true Big Bad who is after the darkness inside his son or as the Big Good who gave it to Yuya in hopes that he could use it to tame the darkness and/or defeat the true big bad.
- ...But even if Yusho is a Big Good, his manipulations and abandonment of his son will not be ignored. Since Arc V has a habit of deconstructing previous tropes found in Yugioh shows, it's possible that Daddy Had a Good Reason for Abandoning You will be averted, and Yusho will be portrayed as well-intentioned but merely a lighter shade of grey.
- Yuzu having traveled with Yugo to the Synchro Dimension. She doesn't know he's Yugo (who she knows had some responsibility over Yuto's apparent death).
- The Lancers, partially conformed by Yuya (who still believes Yuzu's been carded), several Child Soldiers (with at least one Knight Templar), a Mole and Sawatari, about to travel to said dimension. While being led by resident Manipulative Bastard Reiji.
None of that can end well. On one hand, Yuzu might, at least initially, antagonize Yugo; alternatively, Yugo might not be of much help for Yuzu if she wants to warn the Synchro dimension of the war or stop another possible conflict (even if he believed her, he probably wouldn't have much credibility where he lives, would he?).
On the other hand, Reiji's actions up until now (letting several participants get carded, lying to Yuya about Yuzu... ) and Yuya's belief that Yuzu has been captured by Academia bring lots of potential for conflict (Yuya inevitably finding out at some point that Yuzu was safe all along being one possibility). The inevitable appearance of Yuya's Berserker Mode in the Synchro Dimension might not be exactly pretty, either.
In short, there are several factors that might end up in the authorities in the Synchro Dimension (possibly Jack Atlas?) deeming all non-Synchro individuals to be intruders and even a menace, despite Yuzu (and likely Yugo)'s efforts. With Reiji likely having a share of the fault somehow.
- Possibly confirmed and jossed. The lancers are arrested upon arriving, but Reiji manages to get them released and is currently working on manipulating his way into an alliance with the Synchro dimension. Whether or not he'll succeed is currently up in the air, but at least one high-ranking official wants them to fail.
- The exact cause of all the conflict is unknown, due to the fact that the alliances of the major players in the Synchro dimension are unknown.
- Of course, there is also the possibility of Yuzu's bracelet spiriting at most herself and either Yuya or Yugo before the duel happens...
- Sora has already shown one advanced fusion method (fusion with other fusion monsters). Also I would not be surprised if a contact fusion user eventually shows up. Also with Jack retuning we will likely get Double Tuning as well.
However, the incredible power of the evolutions of these summoning methods (Contact Fusion, Accel Synchro, Rank-Up) caused an anomaly much like Darkness or Zero Reverse to develop, but on a much, MUCH more destructive scale. This anomaly eventually took the power of Chaos left out of control after Don Thousand died as a vessel, and eventually began to wreak havoc on the YGO universe, destroying the Duel Monsters Spirit World, the unseen dimensions mentioned by Yubel, the Underworld where the Earthbound Immortals came from, and the Astral/Barian World, leaving only Earth.
The various protagonists of every previous series, now likely much older (Or only slightly in the case of the ZEXAL cast since the event would be closest to their timeline), tried to stop it, but almost every duelist available ended up defeated, until a way to at least stall the anomaly was discovered. The end result was the four dimensions based on the summoning methods being created, with Yuya and his dimensional counterparts representing the sealed Destruction part of the anomaly, with Yuzu and her dimensional counterparts representing the sealed Creation part of the anomaly. The only characters who did not die in the battle were Jack and Crow, who ultimately were reincarnated in the Synchro dimension (Since they mainly used Synchro Summoing), but did not have any memories of the battle.
Akaba Reo is thus a Well-Intentioned Extremist who wants to see the previous world restored, perhaps knowing that he's perhaps risking the permanent destruction of the remaining dimensions, but it would, in the end, worth the risk.
I think it'd be more interesting if bad guys in each dimension noticed each protagonist, realized he'd get in the way of his/her own notorious plans, and decided to take him out before setting their plans into motion. People have talked about the classism in Neo-Domino, but have we actually seen a Satellite? It's possible that Yusei's work was undone by some higher force. In that case, Jack's upset because his best friend died/went missing not long ago and now he's watching everything Yusei worked for fall apart.
Plus, this would give the new generation a chance to shine by pulling off a rescue mission for each and every previous protagonist! Or have each previous protagonist rescue themselves when given the opportunity. Either way, we get to see the old protagonists interact with each other and the new protagonist!
- So Yuya will get a Monster
of the Cthulhu Mythos?
- The ritual was done int he first place because the two precursors to Yuya and Yuzu were combating a ancient evil (because lets face you can't have a Yu-Gi-Oh! series without some ancient force as the Big Bad once) and the ritual was to seal it into one or both of them. The Berserk Mode ability is a side effect of containing a significant part of the evil force and it grows proportionally stronger with the darkness (which in turn grows stronger when Yuya absorbs or is near his doppelgangers)
- His Morality Pet /Living Emotional Crutch gets carded by Leo Akaba. Going by how seemingly unhinged Yuri is, if there is someone he truly cares about he'll probably be very protective and/or emotionally dependent on them. So if Leo Akaba were to card them, chances are Yuri won't let it slide. If Leo Akaba didn't know Yuri was watching him card his friend/brother (remember, we don't yet know whether or not Yuri has a sibling like Ruri does,) Yuri, knowing he isn't strong enough to face Leo Akaba alone, could seek out Yuya's help. Most likely, Yuri, while pretending to be his same sadistic self, will challenge Yuya to a duel to see if he's strong enough to save his friend/brother. When Yuya wins, he'll drop the act and say that while Yuya is indeed strong, he's not yet strong enough to defeat Leo Akaba. In order to make him strong enough, Yuri will suggest that Yuya absorbs him, but only if he promises to save his friend/brother. Yuya will, of course, agree and absorb Yuri. Then all four Yu boys (assuming Yugo is absorbed by Yuya by this time,) in one body will head off to face Leo Akaba. If Leo Akaba cards Yuri's friend/brother in front of him, Yuri will probably go crazy and try to take on Leo Akaba by himself. This, obviously, won't work and Leo Akaba will have him brainwashed to make him forget all about his friend/brother. Yuya and Yuri will duel, but the duel will start making Yuri's brainwashed memories come back (similar to what Yu-GI-Oh Zexal did.) By the end of the duel, Yuri will remember everything and the same things as the first scenario play out. As for who the Morality Pet /Living Emotional Crutch is, the most likely candidates are Sora and Dennis.
- Its seems odd that Yuri and Serena are the only Yuya/Yuzu couple that aren't close. In fact it seems like they don't even know each other. Since memory erasing tech is available, mostly likely he separated Serena and Yuri as children and erased their memories of each other. Yuri eventually remembers this and swears revenge on Leo for this.
- In regards to the above guess I think Yuri's path to redemption will be dependent on what his backstory is. Keeping in mind how the four boys all have a hidden darkside I like to see Yuri as how Yuya would have turned out if he didn't have a "Yuzu" (and other friends/family) to keep him grounded (and of course having Leo as a boss/possible father figure). Unlike Serena and Sora he doesn't even seem to care about his own comrades or Academia's goals making him unique compared to them. There has already been a ton brainwashing theories but if that isn't the case, with him working for Leo who is dead set on collecting the Yuzus it's possible he may actually be suffering from some major Tomato in the Mirror issues depending on how much he actually knows about himself. Thus dueling and being absorbed by Yuya may eventually allow him to find peace with himself.
- He might also realize that Leo's plans could be Omnicidal Maniac levels of destruction and pull a Redemption Equals Death or Evil Versus Oblivion Enemy Mine with Yuya
Or, much more simply, Yuya will create an Odd-Eyes variant that gains power if Advanced Summoned by releasing the other three dragons.
- It could simply be a Nomi monster, summoned by tributing the four Dimensional Dragons.
More importantly, every time someone introduces pendulum summoning to people who haven't seen it, there is always SOMEONE who has to say "Summoning a bunch of monsters in one turn?" In question format, and then someone who accuses the duelist of cheating. In other words, claiming that move is against the rules. And despite a total lack of excuses given, that never stops the duelist from continuing the duel with their pendulum cards.
Any more support for or counter-arguments against this theory?
- One possible counter-argument for this theory is the fact that the writers for the show aren't technically the ones who created the pendulum mechanic, that was the company konami because they felt like it would be a good new mechanic for the card game (of course, they might have been influenced by it)
- So does anybody know what Konami's opinion on the abridged series is?
- temporary one (possibly as a homage to GX),
- completely replacing Yuya,
- or having his own new series to himself.
Miracle Fusion showed up in the 1st Half of GX (the card itself shows up at the end of Sacred Beast Arc in episode 46). Where Contact Fusion (VWXYZ Fusions but see below) was first used by Judai in episode 67.
- For the sake of clarity Miracle Fusion is banish from graveyard and/or field. While Contact Fusion is is when a Monster is fusion without Polymerization or Equivalent (Hex Sealed Fusion or Trump Witch).
- it should be noted that while VWXYZ Dragon Cannon is first contact fusion (under the definition I gave of no polymerization or equivalent), unlike the Gladiator Beasts or Neo Spacians (and now Ritual Beasts) they do not have return to extra deck to special there materials from deck/banish zone. Which would tie into when Sora says they do not use real fusion. Sense a real contact fusion monster would have a return to extra and special summon its materials clause.
There has been has been miracle fusion in standard, Masumi when she used Fragment Fusion against Yuzu to summon Master Diamond, by banishing the materials from her graveyard, and then Reiji in episode 40 against Barrett to summon D'Arc. It should be noted that these two fusions are only from Grave (the banish effect) not from field and grave like most miracle fusions (such as for example Frightfur Fusion).
Accel Synchro and Double Tuning. Both only appeared in the WRGP (and the build up to it). Not the 1st Half/3rd of the Yugioh 5d's which dealt with the Dark Signers.
- For sake of clarity, Accel Synchro is Synchro Summoning a with a Tuner Synchro and a non-tuner Synchro. Double Tuning using two tuners and a Synchro to make a new Synchro.
One of the other evolved summoning methods in 5Ds was called Double Synchro (or that is what my friends and I called it), where you use a non-Synchro Tuner with a Synchro to make another synchro (the Majestic Dragon Cards). This has appeared in Standard where Yaiba used X-Saber Wayne and Palamuro to synchro for X-Saber Hyunlei in episode 24.
Xyz, Rank Up Magic vs Xyz Change, Rank Up Magic was only used in the second half of Zexal (or Zexal II) when the Barians showed up, and used Rank-up Magic (which the heroes would also later acquired). On the other hand, Xyz Change was used in the 1st half of Zexal.
- For clarity sake Rank Up Magic is using a magic card like Rank-Up Magic Astral Force or Rank-Up Magic Revolution Force to make a higher or lower rank Xyz Monster. Xyz Change is using a Rank Monsters effect or summoning Requirements (I.e Pleiades into M7, or a Hieratic Dragon King of Atum into Gaia Dragon, the Thunder Charger)
- Xyz change can be first seen where Yuma goes Number 39: Utopia to Number C39:Utopia Ray in episode 18 of Zexal, in Standard the obvious example is Hokuto wents Pleiades into M7 in episode 9 and as Reiji mentioned/implied no one in Standard has seen Rank-up Magic Spell Cards until Kurosaki used them in episode 34.
- And it would be revealed that the one lost between dimensions is Yusho, and Leo's plan to unite the dimensions is in order to find him; for what reason, I don't know, but maybe for something that happened in the past.
- Possibly jumping dimensions is dangerous, and other resistance members who tried it were killed. Thus, Kurosaki just assumed the Lancers shared the same fate.
- Berserk Yuya's hair and coat are reminiscent of Yami Yugi's, and his name's syllables are the first syllables of Yugi and Yami respectively. Personality-wise, his mentality that Duels should be only for fun is a mirror of Yugi, who acknowledges that he usually Duels with high stakes.
- Yuri is one letter different from Yuki. His psychotic personality is the opposite of Judai's cheerfulness. Opening 4 shows another connection - the glimpse of his inhuman reptilian eyes reflects how Judai's eyes would change to reflect Yubel's.
- Yugo sounds like Yusei Go with one syllable missing. He is impulsive and short-tempered, whereas Yusei was serious and clear-headed.
- Yuto/Ute sounds like Utopia. He is cold and quiet, while Yuma was bouncy and loud.
- He also entrusted Yuya with Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon, using it to represent him asking him to bring smiles to people. In other words, Dark Rebellion is his "hope."
- Let's see, he's grey haired, rich, powerful, and leads an organization of professional duelists, he initially starts out as an antagonist to the main character before revealing his motivations, and holds a special tournament for the sole purpose of gathering together powerful duelists into a single team to defeat an incoming evil organization led by a member of his family. Where have we heard this before...
- Rin: outright said to be an orphan
- Serena: implied to have lived her whole life at Academia, so it's very doubtful that she's ever had parents in her life.
- Ruri: not said.
- Yuzu: implied to be adopted.
Now, let's look at Yuya and his counterparts:
- Yugo: like Rin, outright said to be an orphan.
- Yuri: not said yet, but, since he's from Academia, he's most likely the same as Serena.
- Yuto: not said.
- Yuya: the odd one out, as he has two parents who are heavily implied to be blood related to him (or so he thinks, anyway.)
It seems fairly odd that two out of the four Yuzus are confirmed to pretty much confirmed to have no parents, with Yuzu herself being implied to be adopted. The Yu Boys are harder to pin down due to one of them actually having parents (Yuya), another one never talking about such things (Yuto), and lack of information about the other (Yuri.) Still, with the exception of Yuya, they seem to be following the same trend. Now, if this theory is correct, it would mean that The Eight are not born the same way normal people are. Perhaps they were created by something, or they just poofed into existence one day. It also means that Yuya is adopted, regardless of what has been implied so far. Yuya will probably take this very hard, and it will most likely be revealed near the end of the series. That said, Kurosaki is a thorn in this theory's side, being the brother of Ruri. However, Ruri having a brother could be explained by Kurosaki being born in the same way as her, or, despite considering one another as siblings, by them not actually being blood related.
- The current theory is that Ruri has orange/blond hair, so it's also possible she was adopted. I'm thinking that maybe they were all born like humans, but are actually like the Kamashiro siblings of Zexal.
- Lancers Initiative Defenders? Lancers Initiative Duelists?
- Now that I think about it, something like Lancers: Interdimensional Defense might work.
- Similalry, the dub will likely change the name *Academia* to *Duel Academy*
- Academia invaded the Xyz dimension.
- Jack Atlas won the Friendship Cup.
- Yusho Sakaki vanished.
- An in-universe Retcon erasing Yusei and the other Yugioh protagonists
- The Yu's and Yuzu's gained or were marked for their power.
- Leo Akaba kicked off his invasion of the Xyz dimension using a super-weapon that induced an in-universe Retcon on the other dimensions.
- Someone pulled off an incomplete Super Fusion that only partially fused the dimensions, Leo Akbar decided to finish the job using martial warfare and genocide.
- One flaw: why did some of them turns out to be a trap like the card Yuya picked in early episodes?
- In that case, then the theory needs only to be modified slightly. Action cards are either Spells or Traps. When picked up, the Action Spells become whatever is most useful. The Traps, meanwhile, become whatever is most harmful.
, Yuya has to defeat Yugo in order to advance. After seeing that his Entertainment style does not work with the people of the City and knowing that everyone he knows would be forced to go to harsh labor, he would be very upset. Once he defeats Yugo and experiences the disappearance of another counterpart, he notes that the audience cheered for his victory despite possibly killing another person. This leads to Yuya having an emotional shutdown for a good number of the episodes.- Anything on that chart other than the first round pairings is hypothetical.
- That being said, Yuya and Yugo dueling and fusing at some point seems like a Foregone Conclusion, depending on how far the Cup goes without things going to hell.
- Actually, there is also speculation that Yuuri will be the one fusing with Yugo during the invasion. Though it is likely they will all be in one body at some point or will separated back to their own beings.
- That being said, Yuya and Yugo dueling and fusing at some point seems like a Foregone Conclusion, depending on how far the Cup goes without things going to hell.
- This happened, but not with Yugo. Yuya became frustrated with the fact that no one cares what happens to the losers and briefly entered Berserk Mode against Duel Chaser 227. After the Duel, he was very regretful of winning so brutally.
- Alternatively, she'll end up adopting Yugo by the end of the series.
- Referring to how she reacted to Yuya's speech in episode 71 I think she's just another brainwashed Tops who doesn't care one way or another if Commons get sent to forced labor. If she is actually Yugo's mom that'd be pretty messed up.
- Conversely, it might be a good thing. While the boys can't get near each other without flying into a blind rage where they risk absorbing one another, them dueling may have a productive effect. If Yuri and Serena had their memories wiped to keep them apart (and Yuri was further made Brainwashed and Crazy), it might make her remember Yuri (possibly as he was was), or it may counteract the effects of the boys dueling, such as separating Yuto from Yuya.
- Why? Well, we had Mieru focus on Ritual summoning to show it's still around but is also said to have trained in it just as characters from standard need to train in Synchro, Xyz, and Fusion summons. As the odd summon out, fans would think because it didn't use the Extra Deck it didn't have a dimension. Plus, the series is Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V, V perhaps as in 5, as in about metaphorical or supernatural connections or "arcs" between five different dimensions.
- I wonder if the existence of the Odd-Eyes Gravity Dragon has something to do with this.
- As the odd one out, maybe it will not follow the same formula like the other other dimensions like it won't have its own version of Yuya and Yuzu.
- The preview for episode 71 shows that Odd-Eyes Saber Dragon will appear.
- Adding to that, Yuya is now branching out and using more Odd-Eyes monsters, including 2 Performapal pendulum monsters that are also Odd-Eyes, and one Performapal effect monster than can become an Odd-Eyes.
- It's strongly implied that only Yuya and Yuzu have inter dimensional counterparts because of some unknown magical power they have, Ruri being one of Yuzu's counterparts. Also, Yuya, Sawatari, Serena or probably would have mentioned it when they met Shinji, or at the very least Kurosaki or Shinji would have taken notice of it when they met, even if they didn't have time to talk about it.
- There was a flashback that shows Jack giving Sam the Tuning Magician card but Jack can still assume Yuya stole it from Sam.
- However, unlike Roget, Sam may not have access to the pairings for the friendship cup, so it would be hard to forge a letter telling 227 he will face Yuya if he doesn't know it'll happen.
- A little too late there Yuya.
- Maybe a few of them. This is the guy that let a lot of good duelists get carded, after all; if he's unhappy about how the losers are treated, it's kind of a "kettle calling the pot black" situation.
- Didn't Reiji have them come to this dimension in the first place to recruit more Lancers? My bets are on Jack or Crow OR both for the sole reason that their decks kick ass and Reiji would be stupid not to at least extend an invitation. Yugo would be an even more obvious choice but I think he'll be absorbed by Yuya before that's allowed to happen. Not Shinji though because he's very much losing his marbles ala end of Team Satisfaction era Kiryu in 5D's.
Corrupt authority, melting pot of national stereotypes, blood sporting... These are all things other countries see America as. Is ARC-V trying to send America a message about something?
As far as support for the Duel Monster Dimension goes: ARC V is pretty good at foreshadowing, and we have the Magicians of Creation and Destruction, who look suspiciously like Yuya and Yuzu. If they have counterparts in every dimension, their counterparts in the Duel Monsters Dimension could be said magicians. Since YGO is big on reincarnation, the magicians look older as that was how Yuya and Yuzu looked when they died in their past lives.
Evidence agains it is that the dimensions are split based on their summoning methods, and a Duel Monster dimension wouldn't have a summoning method.
Of course...the DM dimension might not be mentioned as there may have originally been 2 dimensions- the DM and standard, but Standard split into 4, leaving us with 5 dimensions. Leo wouldn't need to fuse the DM dimension with the others, so he is just leaving it be. Or he might not know it exists.
- It could be fixed fairly easily. While prejudice is still hard to get over, 5D's showed us that the class differences can be overcome and people can be reunited once people stop separating themselves. That being said, if anyone is going to destroy something, it would be definitely be Yuya (or Kurosaki.) He's got that Hard Light, Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon, and a dark side that craves death and destruction.
Odd-Eyes Meteorburst, a Synchro Monster, is Anger. It's a FIRE monster that calls in other monsters: More firepower to gang up on the opponent. And the name "Meteorburst": Meteors, bringers of destruction. Yuya has consistently shown visible and willing anger throughout the Synchro Arc (even before it, as shown by the last Duel with Reiji), being pissed off at Crow, Jack, Reiji again, and eventually having his Berserk Mode awaken briefly against the whole of City. Speculation starts here, as if my prediction is right, this arc is the point where Yuya finally and utterly snaps, giving into his Berserk Mode to unleash a completely rage-filled onslaught against an unlucky opponent, likely with this card, possibly in order to send a message to the Synchro Dimension about how horrible they are.
Odd-Eyes Gravity Dragon, a Ritual Monster, is Bargaining. Being a Ritual Monster, it's a type of monster that by default requires a contract of sorts (the Ritual Spell), and its effect forces your opponent to bargain with you: Give me 500 LP per card or effect, or you can't do anything. Since there doesn't seem to be a canon Ritual Dimension, the Lancers may briefly return to Standard at the end of the Synchro Arc, as Standard uses Rituals. While here, having burned himself out from going full rage, Yuya can't even get angry anymore, wanting nothing more than everything to be over, willing to pay any price just for everything to go back to normal. He will likely try whatever he can to get out the Lancers and stop fighting, only for it to not work.
Odd-Eyes Absolute Dragon, an Xyz Monster, is Depression. A WATER monster, the element of sadness, covered in ice and coldness. Assuming Booster SP: Wing Raiders (an Xyz pack) ties in with the anime like Highspeed Riders did, the next destination is the Xyz Dimension. Unable to change anyone's minds or get out of the Lancers, the heartbroken Yuya instead retreats into a lonely shell, his trademark smile completely destroyed. No one gets through to him, and he refuses to fight throughout most, if not all of the potential Xyz Arc. This also reflects the bleak state of the Xyz Dimension as it is.
And finally, Odd-Eyes Vortex Dragon, a Fusion Monster, is Acceptance. A WIND monster, the element of freedom. An element that you can't control, but can only go with. In spite of doing nothing, the rest of the Lancers fight to protect Yuya and to create the world he believes in, and seeing them do this touches him. Realizing that he was acting selfish, Yuya returns to the fight and leads the new charge as the Lancers take the fight to Academia in the Fusion Dimension, intent on making sure the war is over before creating the new world. He now knows that his ideals will have to wait, but a world where everyone can be happy is a world worth putting his ideals on the backburner.
- This idea actually looks pretty plausible with the way things have been happening so far. We've seen the first two stages already. The episode summary for 81 shows that Yuya may form an alliance with Roget, a 'deal with the devil', probably to try and prevent more suffering - especially after seeing Yuzu hurt in her Duel with Sergey. This will inevitably backfire, causing Yuya to fall into depression, probably throughout the XYZ arc. Finally, something will happen to snap him out of it and accept his circumstances.
- Probably confirmed, if the trailer for episode 79 is any indication.
- It's also possible that Dennis contacted Yuri via his match with Yuzu, knowing that Yuri was somehow watching it, and gave of some subtle signal to let Yuri know it was time to kidnap Yuzu.
So if Yuya brings them all together, Yuzu's bracelet is meant to keep them apart(hence the teleporting).Yugo synchronizes, so Rin's bracelet will de-synchro.Yuri fuses, so Serena's bracelet will de-fuse.Yuto overlays, so Ruri's bracelet will de-overlay Yuya and Yuto.
This means that maybe the Yuzus are probably supposed to stick with their respective Yuya's to counteract their abilities, and reason Yuzu's bracelet isn't teleporting anyone away is that it might have been created to teleport every Yuya counterpart but Yuya back to their own dimension. But Yugo is in his own dimension, and since it can't teleport Yuya away, it just blinks instead as a warning.
This will later bring about major side-effects to Yuya down the road, considering his pain upon 'transforming' has moved from a burning in his chest to a severe headache.
Alternatively, she was forcibly kidnapped by Yuri, but after she heard of Academia's plans she found that she agrees with them and then decided to willingly work with them.
- Maybe they were dumping their garbage in the Fusion dimension, causing massive damage?
- But what about the rest of the Academia students who are just as bad if not worse than Sora (and Dennis)? It's one thing to have to deal with one irredeemable psychopath but an entire dimension worth of them, unless the lancers can somehow prevent them from crossing dimensions only Kurosaki's methods come to mind unless they are redeemed somehow.
- Don't forget Sora was strapped down when he first got back to Academia. They might be brainwashed.
- They don't have to be brainwashed. The writers could just Show Their Research and have lots of examples of atrocities committed by real-life soldiers and Child Soldiers.
- Watch it be musical theatre/ballet.
- It could be composer/conductor themed.
- Though this may be harder than it looks since Roget has taken over the city and intends to get his way.
- Possibly but not yet. Sora wants Yuzu protected and free, but he also wants to obey his orders and capture Serena.
Additionally, take a look at his actions and personality. He places things very close to the vest, far more than he needs to. He doesn't tell the heroes important information, his actions or inactions have often resulted in them being harmed (keeping the 2000 Life Point penalty on their duel disks when they enter the Synchro Dimension, for instance), and he doesn't show much personal concern for them. Tsukikage claims Reiji does care, but we only have his word, he could easily be lying, or Reiji is deceiving him. He sure doesn't seem to care too much about all the folks that got carded during the Battle Royal, and hasn't done anything to help the Lancers in the underground facility.
Most revealing are his actions in Episode 76, when he refuses an alliance with Roget and claims that he has no interest in a man who only wants to rule one city. The entire point of coming to the Synchro Dimension was to gain allies against Fusion, but when the most powerful man in the City offers him an alliance, Reiji rejects it? Not out of a sense of morality or disgust, but because Roget's ambitions are too small for him. And if he wanted allies against Fusion, why not go to the Xyz Dimension to connect with the Resistance?
Reiji's end-game is not to defeat Leo to halt his plans — it's to defeat Leo so he can take over the dimensions instead of him. He came to the Synchro Dimension with intent to use it as a staging ground to fight Leo, and when he won, he'd rule Standard, have control of Fusion and Synchro, and could easily invade the weakened Xyz Dimension.
- It could be that he's got enough charisma and composure to maintain a calm appearance even in the face of despair. He is a politician after all, he needs to be able to stay calm under pressure.
Something interesting to note is that in the fourth opening, half of Yuya's face is cutoff and the eye that apparently glowed can't be seen. Yuya is the only one with just half his face showing.
The council is obviously corrupt, more interested in enforcing a Dystopian society than helping people, and wants to stay out of the war. All of which Reiji disagrees with. Right now, The council's hands are completely tied- they can do nothing. So what do they do?
Ask Reiji if he's going to let this happen.
They aren't fighting for themselves, they're trying to get Reiji to do their dirty work. Just like they let Roget do their dirty work for years. They assume that Reiji is just as trapped as they are, and that therefore that they can use him to bail themselves out. If he's still around, they can then ally with him and have him protect them. It was they original plan, except now that Roget is untrustworthy Reiji is their only option. If Reiji wins, they can rely on Standard to protect Synchro so that their own dimension is protected by others while it contributes nothing to the war.
Except Reiji isn't trapped. Reiji not only has Tsukikage working behind the scenes, he has his mother and LDS in another dimension. But if Reiji brought them in now to fight Roget head-on, the Council would be saved and he'd be playing into their hands. So he has something else in the works. I'm not sure what yet, but he has some plan to rescue himself and avoid playing into their hands.
Frankly, with the Council in power the Synchro dimension would only be a liability. And Rodger has already used force to keep them in captivity, plus we know the Council has security cameras all over the same way LDS does. If we remember how LDS used footage from the MCS tournament to make a small squad look like an all-out invasion, it's not too hard to imagine a different film.
Picture this: Brainwashed security bursts into the Council room, duel disks ablaze. The scene cuts to the Council members being turned into cards. Anyone watching would naturally assume these two events occurred back-to-back, and that the perpetrators of the second event were the perpetrators of the first event. Now the Synchro dimension knows that Academia- the dimension Roget hails from- is a threat that must be taken down, and the City will need new management...
This is more than mere friendship to me, because it's more than a coincidence that all Yu boys met with their bracelet girl. Surely they are meant to be protectors of the doppelganger girls in order to keep them save alongside the bracelets, that (my money is) need to be together in a sole dimension in order to combine all the others together.
At the same time, the bracelet is also meant to keep the Yu boys separated and their inner darkness in check (I pretty sure all boys have it, not only Yuya; Yuya's just grow stronger after absorbing Yuto). Now without their girl, the boys' berserk mode is more likely to take over them, as seeing in Yuto vs. Yugo and Yuya and Yugo synchronizing.
We're shown in his duel against Mieru that Rune-Eyes called out to Yuya and suddenly his personality does a 180 and he knows how to Fusion Summon. Not to mention that weird thought of "I'll free you soon" that Yuya has. When the duel ends and Tatsuya runs up and excitedly calls what he did "Pendulum Fusion", Yuya initially seems confused before Sora and Yuzu come up and interrupt that train of thought. Then later in his duel against Gongenzaka, Beast-Eyes also calls out to Yuya. Even later when Yuya is up against Yuto and their dragons resonate with each other, Nakajima drops the line "It's like the dragons are calling out to each other". Dragons calling out to a fellow dragon?
And of course, there's the issue with how a lot of the faces that Yuya makes in one of his Berserk Mode states are scarily similar to Yuri's.
- Yuto still believes Yugo is involved with Academia , though he now knows he' not the one who kidnapped Ruri.
- Berserk mode allows better conditions for the Yuyas to fuse. It'll be just like Yuto's before (only on motorcycles): the counterparts' eyes glow, one of them snaps out of it, the other terminates him and the defeated one fuses with the closest counterpart in range. Yuya will must definitely cradle Yugo is his arms after the duel, get a new dragon and boom, another soul inside him.
- Heel: Because of racism. If Sora defects from Acadmia because of Yuzu, as many now suspect he will, nothing will have been done to subvert his false beliefs that XYZ-users are scum. As a result, he will attack or antagonize Kurosaki, be shocked when Yuya and Yuzu don't take his side, come to the wrong conclusions and go back to Academia. The Power of Friendship can only tackle a few specific problems, and Sora's issues go way beyond his lack of friends.
- Face: Because of Undying Loyalty to Yuya and Yuzu. During his conversation with Yuya in Episode 80, Sora becomes increasingly aware with the Lancers, Academia's Evil Plan, and the fully story of Heartland's invasion. And since Sora has a Friendless Background, he's more than willing to protect Yuya and Yuzu because of his first stay in Standard, even if it means working with Academia. Of course Yuya's Armor-Piercing Question causes Sora to be torn between loyalty (Academia) or friendship (Yuya and Yuzu). Had Sora knew about Academia's true intentions, he would turn against the Professor before siding with Yuya and Yuzu out of genuine concern.
- There's also the fact that he's done things that go against the Professor's plans. When he finds out that Sora has actively prevented him from capturing Yuzu, he probably won't be too happy, and he seems like he's the kind to go You Have Failed Me. Sora's two options are basically side with the Lancers or get carded.
- If Sora doesn't realize this, he might go back to Academia thinking he's safe and get carded for his troubles.
- There's also the fact that he's done things that go against the Professor's plans. When he finds out that Sora has actively prevented him from capturing Yuzu, he probably won't be too happy, and he seems like he's the kind to go You Have Failed Me. Sora's two options are basically side with the Lancers or get carded.
- This can either lead to Roger's scientists having an easier time handling an unconscious Yuya, or the reemergence of Yuto whom, left in control of Yuya's body, is able to make a run for it.
On the other hand, if Sora does betray Leo(which he is all but doing at this point), Leo could wait awhile, or long enough for Sora to possibly get information and form close bonds with those acting against Leo, and then Leo just pushes a button and Sora's new friends would get freaked out and Leo would have information on his enemies.
It's kind of a win for him.
Also this would mean that Sora might not get cared by someone from Academia, and instead just get his chip activated. Or Academia can un-card people and Sora will subsequently be carded then uncarded and have his chip activated. Either way would explain all the flags he's been raising recently. And the chipped issue would leave a major emotional impact on the characters and watchers alike, which the ARC V writers really like to do. Even more of an impact than just plain ol'carding.
Not to mention it would make it easier for Sora to come back and be on the good side again for the final battle. Or something. I mean all they'd have to do was un chip him, or have him break through the chip's power, which is possible given what happened to Sergy and what probably is gonna happen to Yuya.
Alright. First off, their cards only glow when another Yu is dueling. When only one Yu is dueling, their card doesn't glow (see Yugo and Clear Wing dueing the friendship cup). When two or more Yus are dueling, their cards react to each other, because each card is reacting to the other's dueling. Case and point, Yuto and Yugo's cards both glowed during their duel, and Yuya and Yuto's cards both glowed during theirs.
Dark Rebellion and Odd-Eyes also reacted for awhile after Yuya had put Dark Rebellion in his deck, but that was probably the super close proximity. I mean they were literally on top of each other.
Anyway, Yugo's looks like it activates when another Yu touches their card while it is glowing, and gets much stronger if they are angry and/or their dragon is on the field while Clear Wing is.
Yuto's probably activates when another Yu touches Dark Rebellion-hence he only overlayed with Yuya after Yuya grabbed Dark Rebellion from him.
So now we come to Yuri's. We know his ability will have something to do with fusing them. We don't know if Yuya or Yugo's card reacted while he was dueling with Yuzu (but they probably glowed faintly, like Yugo's in the hotel room while Yuya was dueling), and it looks like neither were dueling while he was or even touched their card. This means that they probably start to fuse when he has his dragon out and they touch theirs, but their body probably changes even more when two or more dragons are out.
This means Yuri might not actually have to defeat somone for something strange to happen, although from what we have seen with Yuto, Yugo, and Yuya, their sync/overlay becomes permanent when they are defeated by another Yu. So the overlay became permanent after Yuto was defeated. And the syncing will become permanent when Yugo is defeated, fusing when Yuri is defeated by a Yu.
This also means that if Yugo duels Yuri and loses, they won't be fused but whatever the complete version of syncing is. And then Yuri will permanently fuse them all when he is eventually defeated by Yuya.
Or something.
- Jossed. Starve Venom's effects include boosting its atk by that of an opponent's special summoned monster, copying an opponent's lv5 or higher monster's effects, and destroying the opponent's special summoned monsters when it's destroyed. The Predator Plant archetype however, does use counters.
- Jossed - Yuri gains control of Dark Rebellion during his duel with Yuya, but Yuya wins the duel with Odd Eyes in his possession. However, Yuri gets absorbed by Yuya.
Also, Odd-Eyes has the same colored eyes as Yubel, Yuri has a plant deck like Yubel did...
Not to mention Berserk! Yuya and the Supreme King's personalities are very similar. Also the shade difference between the brightest part of Yuya and Berserk!Yuya's eyes is about the same as Judai and Supreme King! Judai's eyes.
And Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon actually looks pretty similar to the Supreme King's armor. Switch the gold and the purple on it and make the spikes wings and bam! You have Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon...
You may be thinking that they intentionally lowered the detail on the silhouette, but I cite Clear Wing as evidence to the contrary: It was silhouetted for around 20 episodes (including half of the second opening), yet the detail was entirely to spec of Clear Wing's actual design.
I have a theory that Starve Venom is a corrupted upgrade to the actual Fusion Dragon that Yuri is using while under some control. This would be another reference to GX, as such an upgrade would be reminiscent of the Evil HEROes that Jaden used as the Supreme King (who Yuri takes design cues from). Once whatever is wrong with Yuri is cleared up, Starve Venom will probably vanish, leaving the actual Fusion Dragon behind.
- Or maybe Starve Venom's design wasn't finalized when the silhouette was first shown in episode 47, thus explaining the difference.
- Though, Starve Venom is different from the other dragons in other ways. It's 2800 ATK veers closer to the other upgrades' 3000 ATK (Crystal Wing, Odd-Eyes Rebellion, Beast-eyes and Rune-eyes.) Which would be a hint to it being an incomplete upgrade. It's level 8 also matches 3 of those 4 upgrades.
- Also, the other three dragons have basically one effect each, damage doubling, atk stealing, and negation then boosting atk. Starve Venom has three completely distinct effects to gain atk, copy effects, and destroy monsters. Having multiple distinct effects is a trait of evolutions like Crystal Wing and Dark Requiem, which lends further support to the this theory. Slightly ruined by the existence of Beast-Eyes and Rune-Eyes, but that's not a deal breaker. Odd-Eyes could just be a weird case for evolutions since it can take so many different routes.
- The Fusion Materials for Starve Venom are currently unknown, so it's too early to say anything.
- Fusion Materials have been confirmed as two dark monsters. Yuya will have absolutely no problem getting the material together.
- Confirmed - more like CAN'T be used by Yuya, since Yuri ended up being absorbed by Yuya, and Zarc has replaced Yuya.
- Fusion Materials have been confirmed as two dark monsters. Yuya will have absolutely no problem getting the material together.
- The ATK of both Predator Plants have been not revealed yet.
- Jossed. The fusion material requirements are two dark monsters.
Clear Wing Synchro Dragon = Meklords: an cybernetic design, and an ability that on destroys high Level monsters so that it may gain their attack.
Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon = Number 96: Dark Mist: as noted on the wiki, Dark Rebellion takes half of the opponent's monster ATK and adds it to his own.
- What about Starving Venom Fusion Dragon then?
