History Characters / CardfightVanguardOverdress

Masanori plays a Stoicheia deck based around Mysterious Rain Spiritualist, Zorga, focusing on bringing units back from the drop zone and using his ''Alchemagic'' ability to exile an Order card from his drop zone when he plays one from his hand, combining their effects into one. After joining the Uniformers, he upgrades his deck with the Mask of Hydragrum card, allowing him to evolve his vanguard into Teasing Spiritualist, Zorga Masques, which can give his units a massive power boost when using ''Alchemagic''.

* IAmWhatIAm: In her fight against Halona, she states that she is a member of Team Blackout, Tirnanog Youth, ''and'' Uniformers.

* EvilCounterpart: She initially bonds with Urara over their shared interests in Vanguard, sweets, and cute things, and would normally be BirdsOfAFeather with her. However, whereas Urara admires fighters like Yu-yu, Raika, and Megumi, Halona admires Jinki, and ascribes to his ideals.

* AdaptationPersonalityChange: The ''[=firstDress=]'' manga radically alters Yu-yu's personality. In the anime, Yu-yu starts out as a ShrinkingViolet who has trouble saying "no" to people, is overall very gentle and softspoken, and is DraggedIntoDrag by others. In ''[=firstDress=]'', he's openly sadistic and fights weaker opponents for pleasure, and crossdresses voluntarily. [[AdaptationalSuperpowerChange This is even reflected via their deck choices]].

* WholesomeCrossdresser: He and Yu-yu are disguised as women by Yu-Yu’s mother and sisters in order to infiltrate Megumi's all-girls school.

* AscendedExtra: ''Heavily'' {{downplayed|Trope}}. As the series continues, Yamamoto beings appearing independent of Ishida, but is ''still'' largely a RecurringExtra. Such as being part of the lineup for Team Blackout's match against Team Daybreak, only to immediately be defeated by Haruka entirely offscreen. Or showing up opposite Tomari in the group shot for Team Blackout in ''will+Dress'' Season 3's intro "The last resort".

* CondescendingCompassion: Shingi created Gui to be the worlds "Vanguard", the one who guides the world into a new age. However, upon observing humanity and witnessing their capacity for emotion and free will, it was merely disheartened, and wanted to guide it on a "better path". It didn't truly appreciate humanity for those traits and instead saw them only as weak, and sees it more as it's duty to make humanity like ''it'', as only then can humanity reach any form of utopia. And while it sees this as "helping" people, Yu-yu rightfully calls out that all he's doing is pushing his own ideals onto other.

* TheLeader: [[spoiler:She becomes Blackout's 3rd leader after Yu-yu passes over leadership to her.]]

* DiscardAndDraw: Starting from episode 4 of ''will+Dress'', Yu-yu switches his old deck for a newer one that utilizes the X-overDress mechanic. Turns out to be {{Subverted}} as of his rematch with Raika where he suddenly breaks out Varina Arcs again during the final turn, serving not only to help win him the fight but also to prove his point that one doesn't need to reject their past to move forward. This continues on into ''will+Dress'' Season 2, where he now uses cards the support both mechanics simultaneously.

After Zakusa was forced to join Uniformers and underwent the program. He became the pro fighter known as Shirogane, who took the Vanguard world by storm by winning multiple tournaments to showcase the strength of the Uniformers.

* RuleOfSymbolism: Trickmoon as a card can give the unit it's boosting a massive power boost with [=DressBoost=], but ''only'' one unit, symbolizing Mirei's isolation despite her [[LonelyRichKid status]]. [[spoiler: After she begins moving forward again with the help of Yu-yu, she gains the ability to [=overDress=] Trickmoon into Vailord, who's [=DressBoost=] instead affects the whole front row, symbolizing her newfound friendships and CharacterDevelopment.]]

* MeaningfulEcho: While fighting [[spoiler:the Project Uniformer allied Haruka]], Mirei echoes the sentiment Yu-yu shared regarding the [=overDress=] mechanic, how it's not about rejecting ones past, [[BeYourself but accepting who you are and moving on]], [[spoiler:doing so as she ''[=overDress=]'s'' Trickmoon into Vailord and convincing Haruka to stop beating herself up over her mistakes.]]

* NotBrainwashed: While he was forced to join in exchange for them not approaching Mirei, he decides to stay willingly even after Masanori leaves with him making it clear to Yu-yu that he still cherishes Blackout that he considers his stint with Uniformers to be another way to experience things.

* ForcedIntoEvil: He's forced into working under Masanori after losing to him so as to protect Mirei from Masanori and Jinki's plans. When he's next seen, he's InTheHood and considered integral to the "next phase" of Project Uniformers, being attended to by Masanori, Sophie, and Halona. {{Subverted|Trope}} later on, even after Masanori quits the Uniformers, Zakusa remains as "Shirogane", willingly continuing to work with them, and tells Yu-yu that he only changed from observer to expressionist. arrogant for thinking he needed to be "saved" from the Uniformers.

* [[LittleMissSnarker Little Mr Snarker]]: Develops into this during his fight with Tohya in the second season.

After Zakusa was forced to join Uniformers and underwent the program. He became the pro fighter known as Shirogane, who took the Vanguard world by storm by winning multiple tournaments to showcase the strength of the Uniformers program.

* ForcedIntoEvil: He's forced into working under Masanori after losing to him so as to protect Mirei from Masanori and Jinki's plans. When he's next seen, he's InTheHood and considered integral to the "next phase" of Project Uniformers, being attended to by Masanori, Sophie, and Halona. {{Subverted|Trope}} later on, even after Masanori quits the Uniformers, Zakusa remains as "Shirogane", willingly continuing to work with them, and calling Yu-yu arrogant for thinking he needed to be "saved" from the Uniformers.
* StealthInsult: Gives on to Yu-yu by noting how accepting Blackout is towards everyone regardless of their past and playstyle, which Yu-yu does not follow due to how much he wants to end Uniformers.

* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler: It's heavily implied he only got Haruka to join Project Uniformers so she'd be forced to directly confront Mirei with the former's own [[ItsAllMyFault issues]]. Right after Mirei defeats her and gets her to come home, he's seen painting a picture of Mirei's ace units, seemingly satisfied with the outcome.]]
* BecameTheirOwnAntithesis: As Zakusa, he was one who believed in fighters "painting their own world" with their fights, and remaining true to who they are, and [[spoiler:joined Uniformers to protect Mirei from Masanori's threats. As "Shirogane", he's the face of the project, and preaches their ethos by "abandoning ones weak world" in favor of becoming stronger.]]

* ForcedIntoEvil: [[spoiler:He's forced into working under Masanori after losing to him so as to protect Mirei from Masanori and Jinki's plans. When he's next seen, he's InTheHood and considered integral to the "next phase" of Project Uniformers, being attended to by Masanori, Sophie, and Halona. {{Subverted|Trope}} later on, as even after Masanori quits the Uniformers, Zakusa remained as "Shirogane", willingly continuing to work with them, and calling Yu-yu arrogant for thinking he needed to be "saved" from the Uniformers.]]

[[folder:Shirogane]]
-->See ''[[spoiler:Zakusa Ishigame]]'' under Team Blackout
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!!Team Japan
[[folder:In General]]
The first, second, and third place Cardfighters for Japan's Vanguard Deluxe, comprised of Counterfighter's Yu-yu Kondo and Tohya Ebata, and Front Fighter Raika Koshiba.

* ForcedIntoEvil: [[spoiler:He's forced into working under Masanori after losing to him so as to protect Mirei from Masanori and Jinki's plans. When he's next seen, he's InTheHood and considered integral to the "next phase" of Project Uniformers, being attended to by Masanori, Sophie, and Halona.]]

* PureIsNotGood: Gui shares the same pure heart that Shingi did, but as Masanori points out, a pure heart on its own only begets madness. He is trying to make Shingi's ideal world a reality in the most efficient way it can, by having everyone ''become'' it through CloneByConversion, and will stop at nothing to achieve that goal. It likewise is incapable of seeing the flaws in it's reasoning, even when Jinki is practically begging it to see reason and recognize the results are not all that matters, instead just coldly dismissing Jinki and everyone who opposes Uniformers as "irrelevant".

Tohya plays a Keter Sanctuary deck based around Apex Ruler, Bastion. His deck uses a large amount of Grade 3 units, with Bastion having the ability to not only power them up, but also re-stand a Grade 3 unit if he checks a Grade 3 during his drive check. He later adds a new Grade 4 boss, Apex-surpassing Sword, Bastion Prime, which has the ability to stand ''all'' his Grade 3 units after drive checking a Grade 3 or higher unit.

* TheFatalist: Expresses his belief that everyone has their own path they are destined to take. This is why he seeks to leave Vanguard after defeating Danji as he believes he has to become a doctor and that being a vanguard player does not fit with that goal.

* WasItAllALie: Tohya genuinely considered Masanori his friend, and doesn't want to believe that it was only a lie on Masanori's part. So while Masanori has all but washed his hands of Tohya, Tohya wants to find Masanori in the hopes of appealing to their "bond" and convincing him to stop.

* WildCard: His exact loyalties seem to purely be in the interests of his own amusement. [[spoiler:Even his affiliation with Jinki stemmed more from wanting to see the chaos Gui would bring rather than any kind of personal devotion, something Jinki himself realizes when Masanori explains Gui's motives.]]

Gui is the true user of Jinki's Griphogila deck(s), either directly controlling or commanding Jinki's plays during all of the latter's fights with the deck. However, after Jinki turns against it, Gui upgrades the deck, now being able to access Griphogila's nightmarish SuperMode, Supreme Dragontree of Annihilation, Griphogila Vartex, a Grade ''11'' unit. Vartex also places a unique Grade 11 set order token, Gripho Eschatologui, in the Order Zone when ridden, which can double stack Dragontree markers, place additional triggers in the ride deck to resurrect Hydrgrum units from the drop zone, and even speed up the timing required to trigger Griphogila's effect at the cost of taking 1 face-down damage. Vartex itself also has upgraded versions of Griphogila's other effects, and 18000 base power to boot.

* MechanicallyUnusualFighter: Its version of the Griphogila deck is ''even more stranger than Jinki's'', with a new SuperMode that activates a set Order ''token'', something previously unheard of, to support itself. Said set Order also is completely alien to most Vanguard mechanics, doing things like being able to stack Dragontree markers on the same circle and shuffle any trigger from the deck into the ride deck. The SuperMode itself is also the only Grade 11 card in the game, just like the original Griphogila is the only Grade 10.

Gui is the true user of Jinki's Griphogila deck(s), either directly controlling or commanding Jinki's plays during all of the latter's fights with the deck. However, after Jinki turns against it, Gui upgrades the deck, now being able to access Griphogila's nightmarish SuperMode, Supreme Dragontree of Annihilation, Griphogila Vartex, a Grade ''11'' unit. Vartex placesx a unique token Grade 11 order, Gripho Eschatologui, . From there, Vartex and Eschatologui can double stack Dragontree markers and even speed up the timing required to trigger Griphogila's effect at the cost of taking 1 face-down damage.

Gui is the true user of Jinki's Griphogila deck(s), either directly controlling or commanding Jinki's plays during all of the latter's fights with the deck. However, after Jinki turns against it, Gui upgrades the deck, now being able to access Griphogila's nightmarish SuperMode, Supreme Dragontree of Annihilation, Griphogila Vartex, a Grade ''11'' unit. Vartex stores a unique Grade 11 order, Gripho Eschatologui, in the ride deck instead of the [=OverTrigger=] that Jinki's Griphogila decks did, and upon riding Vartex on the original Griphogila, takes the [=OverTrigger=] from the deck and places it in the ride deck in its place. From there, Vartex and Eschatologui can double stack Dragontree markers and even speed up the timing required to trigger Griphogila's effect at the cost of taking 1 face-down damage.

* NotInThisForYourRevolution: With the exception of Halona, ''none'' of the core members of the group share Jinki's vision of making everyone happy by reaching the "Ultimate Fight". Masanori is only involved out of interest in the "chaos" [[spoiler:Gui]] will unleash, Sophie only cares for strength and proving her superiority, [[spoiler:Michiru]] only joined to gain access to the cyberspace they used and was undermining their efforts from the inside, [[spoiler:Zakusa]] had to be blackmailed into joining by Masanori, [[spoiler:Haruka]] only joined due improperly handling their grief, and [[spoiler:Megumi]] only joined to get strong enough for Danji to notice them. Even [[spoiler:Gui]] doesn't share Jinki's vision, as while they too want to reach the "ultimate fight", what that actually ''means'' to them is entirely at odds with what Jinki actually desires. [[spoiler:This is something Jinki is made painfully aware of after his HeelRealization and his attempt at going to Masanori, Halona, and Sophie for assistance in trying to change Gui's mind, as Sophie coldly dismisses him, Halona brushes it off as a simple misunderstanding and that Gui can't possibly be wrong, and Masanori is reveling in the chaos already occurring.]]

* NotInThisForYourRevolution: With the exception of Halona, ''none'' of the core members of the group share Jinki's vision of making everyone happy by reaching the "Ultimate Fight". Masanori is only involved out of interest in the "chaos" [[spoiler:Gui]] will unleash, Sophie only cares for strength and proving her superiority, [[spoiler:Michiru]] only joined to gain access to the cyberspace they used and was undermining their efforts from the inside, [[spoiler:Zakusa]] had to be blackmailed into joining by Masanori, [[spoiler:Haruka]] only joined due improperly handling their grief, and [[spoiler:Megumi]] only joined to get strong enough for Danji to notice them. Even [[spoiler:Gui]] doesn't share Jinki's vision, as while they too want to reach the "ultimate fight", what that actually ''means'' to them is entirely at odds with what Jinki actually desires. [[spoiler:This is something Jinki is made painfully aware of after his HeelRealization and his attempt at going to Masanori, Halona, and Sophie for assistance in trying to change Gui's mind, as Sophie coldly dismisses him, Halona brushes it off as a simple misunderstanding and that Gui can't possibly be wrong, and Masanori is revelling in the chaos already occurring.]]

Gui is the true user of Jinki's Griphogila deck(s), either directly controlling or commanding Jinki's plays during all of the latter's fights with the deck. However, after Jinki turns against it, Gui upgrades the deck, now being able to access Griphogila's nightmarish SuperMode, Supreme Dragontree of Annihilation, Griphogila Vartex, a grade ''11'' unit. Vartex stores a unique grade 11 order, Gripho Eschatologui, in the ride deck instead of the [=OverTrigger=] that Jinki's Griphogila decks did, and upon riding Vartex on the original Griphogila, takes the [=OverTrigger=] from the deck and places it in the ride deck in its place. From there, Vartex and Eschatologui can double stack Dragontree markers and even speed up the timing required to trigger Griphogila's effect at the cost of taking 1 face-down damage.

He used a Keter Sanctuary revolving around his ace, Sword that Connects Heaven and Earth, Alden, focusing on having units from grades 1-3 in both hand and field to support his rideline and trigger Alden's skill to return a rear-guard to hand in order to call 2 units with grades totaling that of the unit returned, enabling multi-attacks and skill activations.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Michiru first fights Jinki, he notes two ''distinct'' "flames" coming from Michiru, the "flames" from his AuraVision meant to denote souls. While one is obviously Jinki's soul, the other hints at the fact that Gui was actually present during all of Jinki's Cardfights, and was the one ''actually'' fighting whereas Jinki was just a mouthpiece.

* TooGoodForThisSinfulWorld: Shingi was an overall good person, being a loving older brother to Jinki, a beloved mentor to Sam at the CIA, and anywhere he went instantly had everyone light up with smiles regardless if they won or lost. His untimely death from a car accident is what set into motion to the events of ''will+Dress'', as Jinki struggles to grieve over it and desires to make Shingi's ideal world a reality, which [[spoiler:Gui]] exploits to manipulate Jinki for it's own interpretation of what Shingi wanted, [[spoiler:something Jinki realizes is ''nothing'' like what Shingi would have wanted.]]