History Characters / YuGiOhArcVYuyaCounterparts

* HiddenDepths: A byproduct of his CharacterDevelopment in ''Duel Links''. Yugo is the only one of Zarc's incarnations shown thus far to take advantage of the fact that he'd become a part of Yuya by perring into his counterparts' memories to understand them better. Once he ends up separated from Yuya again, he's shown to be a lot more perceptive than he initially let on. That being said, it's also hinted that of the four, he's the one who's the most openly worried about Zarc potentially coming back. Yugo instantly guesses that Reiji approaching him is because of that scenario, he gets a bit wary before he duels Yuto again due to remembering the both of them Awakening and going berserk the last time, and his interactons with several characters have him refuse to accept he used to be a part of Zarc, insisting he's his own person and not just some fragment of a monster. This gives strong implications that the main reason he's worried is that he's afraid he and his counterparts will lose themselves to Zarc's corruptive influence and try to hurt each other again.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The VersusCharacterSplash and Opening 6 spells his name in romaji as "Ute". However, his name is written in katakana, which gives us "Yuto".

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: His name is romanized as "Hyugo". The official website of the series spells his name as "Hugo", and in some later duels it appears like this, indicating that this may be the intended romanizaion. However, his name is given in katakana during the credits, which gives us "Yugo".

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: An official website and the anime spell his name as "Joeri." Before that, it was "Juri."

!!Zarc/"Supreme King Dragon Zarc"

* MyNaymeIs: In both versions, his name is read as "Zarc". In the dub, it is spelled "Z-ARC", and in the original, his name is written as "Zuāku" (ズァーク), where the "Za-" part is spelled with two katakana characters instead of one ("za" is usually written as ザ), suggesting "Z-Arc" is in fact the intended spelling.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: "Zarc" or "Z-Arc". The anime goes with Zarc. The TCG, however, spells it "Z-ARC" in his card. This applies in the original Japanese name as well, where his name is written as "Zuāku" (ズァーク), where the "Za-" part is spelled with two katakana characters instead of one ("za" is usually written as ザ), suggesting "Z-Arc" is in fact the intended spelling.

* LiteralSplitPersonality: In ''VideoGame/YuGiOhDuelLinks'', where the story of the ARC-V World serves as a sequel to the series, [[spoiler:the other boys are getting separated from Yuya's body one by one]].

* OtherMeAnnoysMe: The boys generally do not get along at first. Due to Yuri's trollish moments, they gain massive grudges on each other which becomes this when we learn [[spoiler:they're all reincarnations of Zarc. It's finally subverted after Zarc is defeated a second time with all four supporting each other. The subversion continues well into the events of ''Duel Links'' for the most part, at least in the case of the first three.]]

* UnknowinglyInLove: In contrast to Yuya and Yuzu's relationship, this is how Yuto and Ruri's relationship is portrayed. He knows she holds a special place in his heart, but never acknowledges that feeling as being in love with her due to being {{Tsundere}} compared to Yuya. This is a lot more pronounced in ''Duel Links'' where he gets ''very'' uncomfortable and embarrassed if anyone so much as [[EveryoneCanSeeIt insinuates]] that liking Ruri as a friend might be a little more than that.

** Ib (Heart): Yuya, [[TheHeart the compassionate, friendly one]].

* EvilCounterpart: Subverted. At his first appearance he looked like one, but as the series went on he was quickly revealed to be very noble.

** Unlike Yuto, who is just a {{Foil}}, and Yugo, who's not that different from Yuto himself, Yuri is indeed a real evil counterpart for Yuya. WordOfGod states that he works for Academia for ''[[ForTheEvulz fun]]''.

* EvilCounterpart:

* ThreeAmigos: The Xyz Dimension Saga portrays Yuto, Kurosaki and Ruri as this, since flashbacks and old photos show the three doing practically everything together.

* AnimalMotifs: The Dragon, made clear with the title of Episode 39. "Reverse Scales": Gekirin (逆鱗), in Japanese and Chinese mythology, refers to one particular scale out of 81 scales covering the body of the dragon. This scale, unlike others, is inverted. It is said in Japanese legends that if one were to touch the dragon’s gekirin, it would result in the wrath of the dragon. Explained [[https://nyanpastique.wordpress.com/2015/01/19/reverse-scales-and-arc-vs-dragon-motif/ here.]]

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:His sudden personality shift from an AxCrazy {{Jerkass}} to an eccentric sweet {{Keigo}} is the cause of Zarc's soul being extracted from Yuya. This is somewhat understandable though, since Zarc has something to do with Yuri's sadistic attitude. Further reinforced by Odd-Eyes Venom Dragon, who is a white Starve Venom Fusion Dragon with a pair of dichromatic eyes and Yuya refers to it as the "radiant dragon with compassionate empathy".]]

* OtherMeAnnoysMe: The boys generally do not get along at first. Due to Yuri's trollish moments, they gain massive grudges on each other which becomes this when we learn [[spoiler:they're all reincarnations of Zarc. It's finally subverted after Zarc is defeated a second time with all four supporting each other. For the most part, this continues well into the events of ''Duel Links'', at least in the case of the first three.]]

* OtherMeAnnoysMe: The boys generally do not get along at first. Due to Yuri's trollish moments, they gain massive grudges on each other which becomes this when we learn [[spoiler:they're all reincarnations of Zarc. It's finally subverted after Zarc is defeated a second time with all four supporting each other.]]

* OmnicidalManiac: All of them are not only [[ApocalypseMaiden Apocalypse Maidens]], but also spawns of Zarc.
** To clarify, they qualify as [[ApocalypseMaiden Apocalypse Maidens]] ''because'' being spawns of Zarc forces them to become [[OmnicidalManiac Omnicidal Maniacs]] whether they want to or not.

He uses a Entermate/[[DubNameChange Performapal]] Deck, which features animals in costume that focus on altering the ATK and DEF of monsters; he later starts incorporating the Odd-Eyes archetype. His ace is his Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon, one of the Four Heavenly Dragons. Backing them up are his Magicians; his first two enable Yuya's finishing moves, with later Magicians allowing Yuya to Xyz, Synchro and Fusion Summon powerful monsters. Like previous protagonists, Yuya's ace card keeps evolving, and Yuya learns the other Special Summoning methods through evolving his Odd-Eyes.

* ApocalypseMaiden: After [[spoiler: Yuri absorbs Yugo]] Yuya is becomes this even more than any other character, since Yuri is a full-on AntiChrist. If Yuya defeats Yuri, he absorbs him and then [[spoiler: Zarc is revived]]. If Yuri defeats him, Yuri absorbs him and [[spoiler: Zarc is revived]]. Even just existing gives [[spoiler: Zarc the opportunity to possess him]] and force him to duel Yuri. And Yuri has become dead-set on dueling Yuya.

* BadassAdorable: Despite his joyful look, Yuya is one of the stronger Lancers. [[spoiler:By the end of the show, he defeated Reiji becoming the strongest human duelist in the show]]. His Performapals are also adorable as well but can pack a punch.

* BadassBoast: Gives a pacifistic variant to the Tops and Commons in Episode 95, [[spoiler:demanding them to stop fighting and listen to what he has to say: he's going to Duel Jack in the finals to prove them that Dueling is used to make others happy. Jack agrees, and tells everyone not to interfere with their duel in the next episode.]]

** Become this for [[spoiler:Sam, Crow, and the Commons in Episode 80 after beating Shinji and receiving congratulatory praise from [[VillainRespect Roget]]. After Crow defeated Kurosaki, Crow realizes that Yuya is not his enemy]].

** This really shows in Episode 31, when Sawatari revealed his own Pendulum Cards, sent Odd-Eyes and his other cards back into his deck, and was overall cornered. Yuya, instead of falling in Heroic BSOD, smiled, and enjoyed the challenge presented.

-->'''Yuya:''' That's right. If I keep my heart in Defense Mode, there's no way I'll be able to enjoy my duels!

* DullEyesOfUnhappiness: PlayingWith. When Yuya was reassured that [[spoiler:Dennis is a spy from Academia]], his eyes starts glowing just like it usually does when in SuperpoweredEvilSide possesses him, but once he snapped out of it, they became dull and lifeless. However, they returned to normal on his next scene.
* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler:As a result of absorbing Yuri, Yuya, who is now under Zarc's control, takes the form of a [[DraconicHumanoid Draconic]] HumanoidAbomination with a pair of SupernaturalGoldEyes.]]

** As Reiji and Jack pointed out, being naive, self-righteous and WillfullyWeak are his biggest weaknesses. Yuya thinks he's right at what he's doing, only for the likes of Reiji, Jack, and the City to bite him in the ass, causing him to become frustrated and violently aggressive. He's also [[WillfullyWeak too soft]] in dueling, which results to him almost losing at the hands of 227 and paying the price for it.
** His AlwaysSaveTheGirl and {{Paladin}} tendencies have severe impacts Yuya's way of thinking, which gets him into trouble and [[spoiler:ends with Yuzu being taken away by Sergey to the Duel Palace]].

* HarmlessFreezing: In Episode 20 he is frozen in a block of ice following his {{Humiliation Conga}}.

* HeroWithBadPublicity: It's a recurring thing with Yuya, compare to the previous protagonists. In every world he enters, he starts off with a bad foot. At home, he's thought of as a coward like Yusho just because they're related. The City [[spoiler:disliked his pretentious attitude about their society and his refusal to fight. It got worse due to Roger's interference making the Common, 99% of the City, think he has special benefits from Roger and thus they hate him. Heartland has Kaito and Allen dislike for differing reasons. And in the final arc Maiami city distrusts him because he's Zarc.]] Through a lot of hard work, Yuya is able to fix his public image for all four dimensions and is beloved by the end of the show.

** His family name means "evergreen", which is fitting, since evergreen trees have relevance in Shinto ceremonies and his role in the story is similar to Amaterasu: When the restless and rampant Susanoo destroys her rice fields, hurls a flayed pony at her loom, and kills one of her attendants in a fit of rage, Amaterasu, who was in fury and grief, hid inside the Ama-no-Iwato, thus effectively hiding the sun for a long period of time. Though she was persuaded to leave the said cave by the other gods, who decorated it with evergreen trees covered with jewelry, mirrors, and cloths, which ultimately restores the light to the world, Susanoo ends up being banished from Heaven for his actions. Both later made a truce when Susanoo gave her the Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi sword as a reconciliation gift.

* ScrewDestiny: Mieru says its his fate to lose to her. He tells her [[BadassBoast he'll simply have to change it]]. He does in fact do so. Later PlayedForLaughs when he says he'll change the destiny of being Mieru's "fated person."

** Thanks to his SuperpoweredEvilSide, Yuya is what [[Franchise/{{Batman}} The Joker]] and [[VideoGame/TwistedMetal Needles Kane]] would have been if they were on the heroes' side. Being [[ArchEnemy enemies]] with billionaire-type characters ([[Franchise/{{Batman}} Batman]] and [[VideoGame/TwistedMetal Calypso]]) like [[TheRival Reiji]] also counts.

-->'''Yuya''': [[spoiler:Unforgivable... You turned my dad into a card... '''RELEASE HIM'''!]]

* WarriorTherapist: Yuya's Entertainment Dueling eventually catches his opponent in his performance and he changes them in a positive way. Characters like Michio and Sawatari eventually [[DefeatMeansFriendship become in better terms with him]]. Since Yuya's goal is to make people smile with his Entertainment Dueling, it backfires when his SuperpoweredEvilSide enters the scene and ditches the Entertainment style for a dark OTK, following with Kachidoki becoming really pissed at Yuya after losing to him.

** Seemingly Yuya's ability as a WarriorTherapist depends on the personality and goals of his opponent, as enemies who he cannot relate to or who cannot relate to him are unshaken in their views even after he beats them (such as Security). Yuya doesn't seem to be a WarriorTherapist so much as he occasionally acts as a catalyst to kick off his opponent's CharacterDevelopment.

* WillfullyWeak: Despite being the only person able to use a never-before-seen method of summoning capable of opening his dueling to several abusive combos, high Level monster spam, etc., Yuya sticks to using his weaker Entermate monsters, often for his one turn finishes. Partly justified in how the Entermate reflect Yuya's personality and due to the nature of Duel Schools in ''ARC-V'', all other advanced summoning methods that aren't Tribute Summoning do not appear to be available to the general public. This later becomes one of his [[FatalFlaw Fatal Flaws]], as Jack pointed out.

** [[spoiler:Yuya finds himself overpowered by Edo because he's too busy demanding him to reveal Yusho's whereabouts, only for a pissed off Yuto to take over the Duel and summon Dark Requiem Xyz Dragon to beat up Edo, losing his chance to gather more clues about Yusho as a result.]]

* XanatosGambit: During his duel with [[spoiler:Crow]] in the Friendship Cup, Yuya finds himself in a situation where he could not ''not'' win the duel unless through bad luck. His opponent has 2400 Life Points left, so Yuya activates the effect of Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon to widen the gap between the dragon and [[spoiler:Blackwing - Raikiri the Sudden Shower]] to 2500, but his opponent negates that. So Yuya Xyz Summons Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon to destroy all of his opponent's monsters and would inflict a total amount of 2600 damage instead. Then again, the opponent negates the destruction of [[spoiler:Raikiri]], reducing the damage to 0. Following that, Yuya equips Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon with Supreme King's Wings, which not only prevents the equipped monster and the Equip Spell Card itself from being destroyed by card effects, if the equipped monster destroys a monster by battle, the ATK of the destroyed monster will be inflicted to the controller. However, the opponent manages to negate the destruction yet again, but Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon can still attack two additional times, so the third attack will finish him off. Unfortunately, the opponent negates the Battle Damage of the third battle with a Trap Card by paying half of his Life Points, so Yuya has no choice but to end his turn. Fortunately, Yuya has got an insurance. [[spoiler:If the equipped monster is destroyed by battle, the monster who destroyed Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon will be destroyed as well and its ATK will be inflicted to the opponent's Life Points. Crow does exactly that and loses the duel.]]

** In the English Dub, however, this trope is entirely played straight by having Zarc becoming a dark [[{{deconstructed|Trope}} deconstruction]] of the ChallengeSeeker by taking it to its logical conclusion. Instead of going mad from power, Zarc becomes mad when nobody wants to answer his call for challenges anymore after becoming the Duel Champion and decides to "challenge the whole world" instead. In his duel against the Lancers, he even boasts as how his PurposelyOverpowered deck is the result of his hard work to continue evolving in duels, which is a far cry from the DirtyCoward who uses the deck to make it impossible for him to lose.

* GreaterScopeVillain: By the start of the series, he's sort of dead, or at least inactive. However, his actions are what split the dimensions into four and drove the Professor to his own misdeeds including the Interdimensional War. He is likely this show's answer to [[Manga/YuGiOh Zorc Necrophades]], [[Anime/YuGiOhGX the Light of Destruction]], [[Anime/YuGiOh5Ds Z-One]], and [[Anime/YuGiOHZEXAL Don Thousand]].

* LostInTranslation: The Resistance mistaking him for an agent of Academia is due to a Japanese wordplay which doesn't work in English: Yūgo's name is pronounced in almost exactly as the word for Fusion, "Yūgō".

* ArtificialHuman: In a way, [[spoiler:all four of them are technically this due to being dimensional, reincarnated fragments of Zarc's soul willed into existence.]]

* {{Doppelmerger}}: [[spoiler:They all end up getting fused into one.]]

* IdenticalStranger: The key trait of them is that they all look similar to each other, just with different hair colors and styles. Even their dragons are identical, with similar stats, effects, appearances, and names. This is revealed to be due to the fact that [[spoiler:they are technically the same person, all of them being reincarnations of Zarc, who got his soul split in four by Ray.]]

* SharingABody: [[spoiler:At the end of the series, they all share a body with Yuya being in charge.]]

* ColorCodedCharacters: To go with the Four Heavenly Dragons themselves. Yuya is red, Yuri is purple, Yugo is green, and Yuto is indigo.

* GracefulLoser: [[spoiler:Surprisingly. While shocked over losing, he was fine with losing to Yuya nonetheless.]]

* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: In contrast to the other dragon boys, who can routinely win without needing their dragons, Yuri's strategy is pretty much "Fusion Summon my Dimension Dragon as quick as I can, then wreak havoc with it because it's so good I don't need anything else."

* WildCard: Yuri doesn't care about sides as seen in Episode 47; he'll seal anyone that gets in his way into cards as he threatened the Obelisk Force for trying to duel his target Yuzu and actually "carding" Halil and Olga. He only seems to listen to the Professor, and the only reason why is because he is allowed to card people. [[spoiler:Episode 123 implies he's fully willing to turn on the Professor eventually]]
* WillfullyWeak: For his duel with [[spoiler: Asuka]], he uses an Ancient Gear deck instead of his regular one, which is much stronger as might be expected.

* WhipItGood: In Episode 3 and 14, Yuya spends the first few turns using Entermate Whip Viper [[BuildingSwing to swing across the field]] quicker than he can move on foot. [[spoiler:Happens again in episode 99, when Yuya catches Yuzu from her fall.]]

** In Episode 25 he discovers that, in order to qualify in the Junior Youth and initiate his climb in professional dueling, he must defeat Gongenzaka.

** With Gongenzaka, they are both heirs to their schools with unusual decks. Yuya having a Pendulum deck and Gongenzaka having a deck without Spells or Traps. While Yuya hides his emotions, Gongenzaka is instead very expressive about them. This is best shown in their dueling styles. Yuya, during a duel, runs about looking for Action Cards, compared to Gongenzaka refusing to move.
** With Reiji they are both the aces of their schools and are Pendulum users. While Reiji is well respected as the head of the top duel school at the start of the series, Yuya is looked down upon because of his father and is a member of a duel school made up of only 5 people. They both hide their emotions, Yuya using laughter and smiles compared to Reiji's cold manners stoicism. Their relationships with their fathers are completely different as well. Yuya's father disappeared ,but Yuya still thinks very highly of him, while Reiji doubts his father even cares enough about him that he would be a useful hostage after the Professor's abandonment of the family. This is furthered in their methods dealing with the interdimensional war. Yuya still attempts to follow his ideals and compassion, while Reiji is ruthless, willing to sacrifice his men if needed. Also, Reira also sees both of them as brother figures and both Reiji and Yuya care about him in different ways.

* FunnyCharacterBoringActor: InUniverse example: Outside the Action Fields, Yuya's much more serious and introverted, hiding deep emotional scars from Yusho's disappearance and the traumatic events he's faced since acquiring his Pendulum Cards behind a warm smile. [[FridgeBrilliance Bonus points]] for being TruthInTelevision for a lot of real life comedians, who turn to humour in order to overcome their misery.

* HappilyAdopted: ZigZaggedTrope. [[spoiler:Yuya is perfectly happy with his family but he has no idea that he's adopted.]]

** He's fell victim to this a few times, in particular Episodes 16 and 20, and the Battle Royal penalty at one point.

* HeirToTheDojo: In a fashion. His father set up the "You Show Duel School" that specializes in teaching Yusho's Entertainment Dueling style; Yuya is the ace of the school.
* TheHero: He is TheProtagonist of the story and he has to save others at several occasions. But Yuya is an interesting twist on the trope as unlike his predecessors, he isn't the crutch character for the good guys till later on. In season 1 Yuya spent a good time LockedOutOfTheLoop in regards to the secret fight Yuto and Shun had against LDS and he didn't play an especially huge role in stopping the Academia in the Battle Royal arc. In season 2, he's crushed by Jack and can't touch the ArcVillain Roger as he fails to entertain the City countless times, even losing to [[spoiler:Sergey which cause Yuzu and Serena to both be kidnapped.]] He starts to fulfill a more traditional heroic role in his rematch with Jack when [[spoiler:he's able to finally succeed as an Entertainment duelist and unite the City.]] This continues in the Xyz arc, where he is able to stop the Academia army. But this is deeply subverted in the Fusion arc when [[spoiler:it's revealed he's a reincarnation of Zarc and despite his attempts to fight it, Zarc is able to revival with Yuya needing his friends help to break free. And even then he isn't the one that deals the finishing move on Zarc, that's Reira and Ray.]]
* HeroWithBadPublicity: It's a recurring thing with Yuya unlike the other protagonists. Every world he enters, he's starts off with a bad foot. At home, he's thought as a coward like Yusho just because they're related. The City [[spoiler:disliked his pretentious attitude about their society and his refusal to fight. It got worse due to Roger's interference making the Common, 99% of the City, think he has special benefits from Roger and thus they hate him. Heartland has Kaito and Allen dislike for differing reasons. And in the final arc Maiami city distrusts him because he's Zarc.]] Through a lot of hard work, Yuya is able to fix his public image for all four dimensions and is beloved by the end of the show.

** He is more prone to these than all the other protagonists, and it's perfectly justified as his loving personality also masks three years of emotional pain caused by his father's disappearance and his attempts to cope with it. Has a big one after learning that Reiji can Pendulum Summon and was needed Shuzo to [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan duel him out of it]].
** Becomes depressed after his disturbing victory against Kachidoki in Episode 40. The audience's applause for Yuzu's duel and Yuto's words of wisdom help Yuya get over it an episode later. Takeda and Umesugi remind him of that incident two episodes later, but Dennis helps him to get it out of it the following episode.

** After learning that Yuto's soul and a darkness is inside of him. He remembers his father's words and decides to move forward, trusting himself and Yuto.

* AstonishinglyAppropiateAppearance: Even before Pendulum monsters are born, he already had green and orange hair meant to resemble the dual-coloured border of said monsters.

* LaughingMad: In his duel with [[spoiler:Yuya]], Yuri becomes more and more deranged and ends up laughing insanely due to the sheer "pleasure" of dueling against his [[spoiler:counterpart.]] [[spoiler:Episode 135 has Yuri jumping off the deep end as he keeps invoking this trope throughout the duel; his final reaction as he realizes he's about to lose to Yuya has him laughing derisively at the situation.]]

** In Episode 130 [[spoiler:he is uncharacteristically annoyed by Edo, calling him a "scumbag" and a "creep". He looked completely disgusted by Edo's Destiny Hero Duskutopia Guy.]]

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* SatanicArchetype: He's a [[{{Sadist}} sadistic]] UltimateEvil EldritchAbomination with OmnicidalManiac fantasies who wants to wipe out everything in existence and is at least partially born from the evil of the human heart. It's really driven home by how Zarc is repeatedly referred to as the "Devil Duelist" or more simply as a "devil".

* CowardiceCallout: He runs a deck full of extremely overpowered cards -- many of which created by himself -- which have an in-built counter for just about any move any opponent can do. While it does make it very difficult to fight him, the heroes deliver a ReasonYouSuckSpeech based on this. They point out that ''this'' level of CrazyPrepared (keep in mind, most of the cast are {{Combat Pragmatist}}s that indulge in this trope themselves) is not a mark of confidence in his power or [[ProperlyParanoid rightful caution]], but of cowardice, as he's too afraid of losing. Zarc does ''not'' take the criticism well.