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* AdaptationalDumbass: Downplayed with Blair. In the show, despite being an elementary school student, her grades were high enough that Banner stated she'd move to Ra Yellow in a few days and it's only due to bad luck that she got exposed as a girl. Here, she has the realistic intelligence of a girl her age and admits to struggling heavily with school material (high-school level), and her plan is portrayed as being doomed from the start.

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* AdaptationalDumbass: Downplayed with Blair. In the show, despite being an elementary school student, her grades were high enough that Banner stated she'd move to Ra Yellow in a few days and it's only due to bad luck that she got exposed as a girl. Here, she has the realistic intelligence of a girl her age and admits to struggling heavily with Duel Academy's school material (high-school level), and her plan is portrayed as being doomed from the start.

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On April of 2023, the author announced that the fanfic is on an indefinite hiatus.

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** In canon, Bastion's highly intelligent and analytical abilities as a duelist was gradually treated with less respect by his peers and the writers themselves, since the universe he lives in follows the laws of NewPowersAsThePlotDemands, and by just being HotBlooded and believing in the PowerOfFriendship, you'll be able to perform impractical combos to achieve victory. Essentially, Bastion might as well been [[BornInTheWrongCentury born a decade too early]] for his talents to be appreciated. Here, Bastion's abilities are treated with much more prominence since those original rules don't apply anymore, and he was able to defeat [[spoiler:Don Zaloog]] when believing in the "heart of the cards".

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** In canon, Bastion's highly intelligent and analytical abilities as a duelist was were gradually treated with less respect by his peers and the writers themselves, since the universe he lives in follows the laws of NewPowersAsThePlotDemands, and by just being HotBlooded and believing in the PowerOfFriendship, you'll be able to perform impractical combos to achieve victory. Essentially, Bastion might as well have been [[BornInTheWrongCentury born a decade too early]] for his talents to be appreciated. Here, Bastion's abilities are treated with much more prominence since those original rules don't apply anymore, and he was able to defeat [[spoiler:Don Zaloog]] when believing by using a combination of his usual applied math in the building of his decks and the belief in the "heart of the cards".



* AdaptationalDumbass: Downplayed with Blair. In the show, despite being an elementary school student, her grades were high enough that Banner stated she'd move to Ra Yellow in a few days and it's only due to bad luck that she got exposed as a girl. Here, she admits to struggling heavily with school material, and her plan is portrayed as being doomed from the start.

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* AdaptationalDumbass: Downplayed with Blair. In the show, despite being an elementary school student, her grades were high enough that Banner stated she'd move to Ra Yellow in a few days and it's only due to bad luck that she got exposed as a girl. Here, she has the realistic intelligence of a girl her age and admits to struggling heavily with school material, material (high-school level), and her plan is portrayed as being doomed from the start.



** Sheppard also views Jamie with contempt, also disliking him for having no bonds with his cards, along with viewing him as one of Kaiba's lapdogs.

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** Sheppard also views Jamie with contempt, also disliking him for having no bonds with his cards, along with viewing him as one of Kaiba's lapdogs.



* AdaptationalSexuality: While canon never stated anything about his sexuality, within the story, Jesse is gay and attracted to Jaden, something Chazz and Jamie pick up on easily.

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* AdaptationalSexuality: While canon never stated states anything about his sexuality, within the story, Jesse is gay and attracted to Jaden, something Chazz and Jamie pick up on easily.



** {{Downplayed|Trope}} with the Dark Scorpions. In canon, they weren't ''that'' good, but they were at least competent enough to infiltrate the school, steal the Spirit Keys, and put up an okay duel against Chazz. Here, they just trick Bastion into meeting them with a message, don't get a single key, and the only reason Don Zaloog did as good as he did against Bastion was because he forgot to cut Zaloog's deck when shuffling it. Meaning Zaloog was playing with a stacked deck the entire time. As for why Bastion forgot to? He grabbed the IdiotBall after getting so excited over finally getting some spotlight.

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** {{Downplayed|Trope}} with the Dark Scorpions. In canon, they weren't ''that'' good, but they were at least competent enough to infiltrate the school, steal the Spirit Keys, and put up an okay duel against Chazz. Here, they just trick Bastion into meeting them with a message, don't get a single key, and the only reason Don Zaloog did as good as he did against Bastion was because he forgot to cut Zaloog's deck when shuffling it. Meaning This means Zaloog was playing with a stacked deck the entire time. As for why Bastion forgot to? He grabbed the IdiotBall after getting so excited over finally getting some spotlight.



** Both of the Truesdale's are affected by this. Zane is much less stoic than he is canon and awakens to being a sadomasochist following his graduation, while Syrus is an extreme pervert in the story who writes SelfInsert PowerFantasy fanfics.

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** Both of the Truesdale's Truesdales are affected by this. Zane is much less stoic than he is canon and awakens to being a sadomasochist following his graduation, while Syrus is an extreme pervert in the story who writes SelfInsert PowerFantasy fanfics.



* AnimalMotifs: Lions for Jamie Lancaster, where it symbolizes his strength, fortitude, leadership, and ambition to climb to the top.

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* AnimalMotifs: Lions for Jamie Lancaster, where it which symbolizes his strength, fortitude, leadership, and ambition to climb to the top.



* BoringButPractical: Jamie's main deck doesn't have a consistent theme compare to most of the main characters as it's regarded as the usual "stall/burn staple", but it works well for the most part.

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* BoringButPractical: Jamie's main deck doesn't have a consistent theme compare compared to most of the main characters as it's regarded as the usual "stall/burn staple", but it works well for the most part.



* BrosBeforeHoes: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. While Bastion does treat his friendship with Jamie seriously, he would also put his relationship with Jasmine first if he ever got between a conflict between them.
* CelibateHero: Justified and Enforced with Jaden, since his past life as the Supreme King declares to only love Yubel, which makes him incapable of feeling romantic or sexual feelings for others.

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* BrosBeforeHoes: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. While Bastion does treat his friendship with Jamie seriously, he would also put his relationship with Jasmine first if he ever got between into a conflict between them.
* CelibateHero: Justified and Enforced enforced with Jaden, since Jaden. Due to his past life as the Supreme King declares to only declaring his eternal love to Yubel, which makes him his current life as Jaden Yuki is incapable of feeling romantic or sexual feelings for others.



** When Sheppard manages to pin Zane down in their duel, the latter realizes that he can't fight in the same approach took a page out of Jamie's book in order to turn the tables against his former teacher.

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** When Sheppard manages to pin Zane down in their duel, the latter realizes that he can't fight in the same approach took a page out of Jamie's book in order to turn the tables against his former teacher.



** Zane Truesdale's personality in the GX season 1-era is basically a mix between the original and English dub depictions.

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** Zane Truesdale's personality in the GX season 1-era 1 era is basically a mix between the original and English dub depictions.



* CowardiceCallout: Erin "take[s] the liberty" of labeling all of Obelisk Force as cowards, because they failed to admit their own shortcomings after their ill treatment of Jamie was proven by Jamie's actions to be completely unfounded. They take it with their heads hung in shame.

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* CowardiceCallout: Erin "take[s] the liberty" of labeling all of Obelisk Force as cowards, because they failed to admit their own shortcomings after their ill treatment ill-treatment of Jamie was proven by Jamie's actions to be completely unfounded. They take it with their heads hung in shame.



** As mentioned above, Kagemaru dies upon being defeated, crumbling into dust in a manner similar to Banner.

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** As mentioned above, Kagemaru dies upon being defeated, crumbling into dust in a manner similar to like Banner.



** In canon, Yubel simply sent Jaden's childhood friend Osamu to the hospital. Here, she flat out murders him.
* {{Deconstruction}}: Unlike with the canon series' numerous [[BrokenAesop Broken Aesops]], this fic plays many of the flaws into realistic conclusions.
** In regards to each of the main characters' playing an archetype, most of their strategies are treated as AwesomeButImpractical due to the way it's built around the concept of NewPowersAsThePlotDemands and will not always work when going up against duelists who use more practical and well-balanced decks.

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** In canon, Yubel simply sent Jaden's childhood friend Osamu to the hospital. Here, she flat out flat-out murders him.
* {{Deconstruction}}: Unlike with the canon series' numerous [[BrokenAesop Broken Aesops]], this fic plays many of the flaws into realistic conclusions.
** In regards to each of the main characters' characters playing an archetype, most of their strategies are treated as AwesomeButImpractical due to the way it's built around the concept of NewPowersAsThePlotDemands and will not always work when going up against duelists who use more practical and well-balanced decks.



** In his student representative duel against Chazz, Jaden tries to convince him of the importance of dueling for fun rather than for the sake of winning (which is pretty much one of the overall Aesops in the ''GX'' series) as an attempt to prevent the latter from being chained down by his cold and semi-emotionally abusive brothers. Unsurprisingly, Chazz [[ShutUpKirk rebukes Jaden's words entirely]] and even [[JerkassHasAPoint rightfully chastises on the hypocrisy of the latter's beliefs]].

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** In his student representative duel against Chazz, Jaden tries to convince him of the importance of dueling for fun rather than for the sake of winning (which is pretty much one of the overall Aesops in the ''GX'' series) as an attempt to prevent the latter from being chained down by his cold and semi-emotionally abusive brothers. Unsurprisingly, Chazz [[ShutUpKirk rebukes Jaden's words entirely]] and even [[JerkassHasAPoint rightfully chastises on the hypocrisy of the latter's beliefs]].beliefs]] given the number of victories he usually rack up.



* TheFriendsWhoNeverHang: Despite having almost as important a role in the story as Jamie, Jaden scarcely ever hangs out with him on his own, the aftermath of their team up against Kagemaru being the closest to one on one interaction they get.

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* TheFriendsWhoNeverHang: Despite having almost as important a role in the story as Jamie, Jaden scarcely ever hangs out with him on his own, the aftermath of their team up team-up against Kagemaru being the closest to one on one a one-on-one interaction they get.



* GracefulLoser: True to his beliefs of "dueling for fun", Jaden takes his loss against Chazz in stride in the conclusion of their respective academy's annual duel. In the aftermath, Jamie notes that Jaden was truly unaffected by the snide remarks he'd gotten from the other students for his loss and that he was more sadden of the fact that he couldn't convince Chazz to come back to Duel Academy.
* ILetYouWin: Adrian allows Alexis to defeat him during their duel in the inter-school tournament so that he can leave the event as soon as possible for the sake of his own goals of obtaining Exodia.
* IntercontinuityCrossover: While it starts as a straight forward SelfInsert Fic set in GX, Jamie's presence weakens the dimensional boundaries, allowing other dimensions to interact. In addition, this version of GX is not the same one he knows.

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* GracefulLoser: True to his beliefs of "dueling for fun", Jaden takes his loss against Chazz in stride in the conclusion of after their respective academy's annual duel. In the aftermath, Jamie notes that Jaden was truly unaffected by the snide remarks he'd gotten from the other students for his loss and that he was more sadden of saddened by the fact that he couldn't convince Chazz to come back to Duel Academy.
* ILetYouWin: Adrian allows Alexis to defeat him during their duel in the inter-school tournament so that he can leave the event as soon as possible for the sake of his own goals goal of obtaining Exodia.
* IntercontinuityCrossover: While it starts as a straight forward straightforward SelfInsert Fic set in GX, Jamie's presence weakens the dimensional boundaries, allowing other dimensions to interact. In addition, this version of GX is not the same one he knows.



** Kagemaru enters a pact with [[spoiler: Starving Venom Fusion Dragon]], and he makes reference to the terror that is [[spoiler: the [[Anime/YuGiOhArcV Supreme King Z-ARC and Starving Venom's search for its fellow Dimension Dragons]]]].
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Jamie tends to be rude and sarcastic, but he genuinely cares for the well being of others.

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** Kagemaru enters a pact with [[spoiler: Starving Venom Fusion Dragon]], and he makes reference refers to the terror that is [[spoiler: the [[Anime/YuGiOhArcV Supreme King Z-ARC and Starving Venom's search for its fellow Dimension Dragons]]]].
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Jamie tends to be rude and sarcastic, but he genuinely cares for the well being well-being of others.



* NoEnding: [[spoiler:Because of the indefinite hiatus, the last chapter shows an unforeseen future regarding Jamie's victory over the Supreme King and both of them recuperating in the manor of the Dragonmaids.]]



* RedOniBlueOni: Erin is the HotBlooded, energetic, and somewhat rebellious Red Oni compared to Alexis, whose calmer and more respectful.

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* RedOniBlueOni: Erin is the HotBlooded, energetic, and somewhat rebellious Red Oni compared to Alexis, whose who is calmer and more respectful.



* ShownTheirWork: Being a fanboy and competitive player for the series itself, the author wrote numerous terminologies used in the game and utilizing practicality within the deck balance.

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* ShownTheirWork: Being a fanboy and competitive player for the series itself, the author wrote numerous terminologies used in the game and utilizing utilized practicality within the deck balance.



** {{Downplayed|Trope}}. The Dark Scorpions didn't ''die'' in canon, but Don Zaloog's Shadow Charm triggered following their loss to Chazz, reducing them back to Duel Spirits. Here, since the duel wasn't a Shadow Game, Bastion beating the Dark Scorpions didn't strip them of their physical forms, Bastion instead telling them to get the hell off of and stay away from Duel Academy Island. While they agree to do so, Bastion holds no illusions that they won't come back the first chance they get.

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** {{Downplayed|Trope}}. The Dark Scorpions didn't ''die'' in canon, but Don Zaloog's Shadow Charm triggered following their loss to Chazz, reducing them back to Duel Spirits. Here, since the duel wasn't a Shadow Game, Bastion beating the Dark Scorpions didn't strip them of their physical forms, Bastion instead telling told them to get the hell off of and stay away from Duel Academy Island. While they agree to do so, Bastion holds no illusions that they won't come back the first chance they get.
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** In regards to each of the main characters' playing an archetype, most of their strategies are treated as AwesomeButImpractical due to the way it's built for around the concept of NewPowersAsThePlotDemands, will not always work when going up against duelists' who uses more practical and well-balanced decks.

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** In regards to each of the main characters' playing an archetype, most of their strategies are treated as AwesomeButImpractical due to the way it's built for around the concept of NewPowersAsThePlotDemands, NewPowersAsThePlotDemands and will not always work when going up against duelists' duelists who uses use more practical and well-balanced decks.
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In April of 2023, the author announced that the fanfic is on an indefinite hiatus.

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* ILetYouWin: Adrian allows Alexis to defeat him during their duel in the inter-school tournament so that he can leave the event as soon as possible for "Operation Exodia".

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* ILetYouWin: Adrian allows Alexis to defeat him during their duel in the inter-school tournament so that he can leave the event as soon as possible for "Operation Exodia".the sake of his own goals of obtaining Exodia.
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* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul:
** In canon, Chazz and Jesse barely know each other, and never so much as interact. Here, due to Chazz staying in North Academy, the two get to know each other, resulting in them forming an OddFriendship.
** In canon, Viper was a pawn of Yubel's, who worked to give her energy in exchange for her promising to revive his son. Due to Yubel already having a physical form and Pierce being alive in the fanfic, the two have no reason to work together in the story, and as such, have no affiliation with each other.


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* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul:
** In canon, Chazz and Jesse barely know each other, and never so much as interact. Here, due to Chazz staying in North Academy, the two get to know each other, resulting in them forming an OddFriendship.
** In canon, Viper was a pawn of Yubel's, who worked to give her energy in exchange for her promising to revive his son. Due to Yubel already having a physical form and Pierce being alive in the fanfic, the two have no reason to work together in the story, and as such, have no affiliation with each other.

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* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul:
** In canon, Chazz and Jesse barely know each other, and never so much as interact. Here, due to Chazz staying in North Academy, the two get to know each other, resulting in them forming an OddFriendship.
** In canon, Viper was a pawn of Yubel's, who worked to give her energy in exchange for her promising to revive his son. Due to Yubel already having a physical form and Pierce being alive in the fanfic, the two have no reason to work together in the story, and as such, have no affiliation with each other.



** In canon, Yubel simply sent Jaden's childhood friend Osamu to the hospital. Here, she flat out murders him.



* OnlyFriend: Due to Chazz staying in North Academy and having a much more hostile relationship with the Central Academy students than in canon, Jesse is the only one of the cast that he truly considers a friend.



* SparedByTheAdaptation: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. The Dark Scorpions didn't ''die'' in canon, but Don Zaloog's Shadow Charm triggered following their loss to Chazz, reducing them back to Duel Spirits. Here, since the duel wasn't a Shadow Game, Bastion beating the Dark Scorpions didn't strip them of their physical forms, Bastion instead telling them to get the hell off of and stay away from Duel Academy Island. While they agree to do so, Bastion holds no illusions that they won't come back the first chance they get.

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{{Downplayed|Trope}}. The Dark Scorpions didn't ''die'' in canon, but Don Zaloog's Shadow Charm triggered following their loss to Chazz, reducing them back to Duel Spirits. Here, since the duel wasn't a Shadow Game, Bastion beating the Dark Scorpions didn't strip them of their physical forms, Bastion instead telling them to get the hell off of and stay away from Duel Academy Island. While they agree to do so, Bastion holds no illusions that they won't come back the first chance they get.get.
** Viper's adopted son, Pierce, is alive and well in this fanfic, as opposed to the PosthumousCharacter he was in canon.
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* BodySurf: [[spoiler:The true nature behind "Jamie's" existence in ''GX''. When the main character died in their first life, their spirit took control of Jamie Lancaster's body, the spirit of the real Jamie being lost to the dimensions.]]

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* BodySurf: [[spoiler:The The true nature behind "Jamie's" existence in ''GX''. When the main character died in their first life, their spirit took control of Jamie Lancaster's body, the [[spoiler:the spirit of the real Jamie being lost to the dimensions.]]dimensions]].
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* BodySurf: The true nature behind "Jamie's" existence in ''GX''. When the main character died in their first life, their spirit took control of Jamie Lancaster's body, the spirit of the real Jamie being lost to the dimensions.

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* BodySurf: The [[spoiler:The true nature behind "Jamie's" existence in ''GX''. When the main character died in their first life, their spirit took control of Jamie Lancaster's body, the spirit of the real Jamie being lost to the dimensions.]]
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** In canon, Bastion's highly intelligent and analytical abilities as a duelist was gradually treated with less respect by his peers and the writers themselves; since the universe, he lives in follows the laws of NewPowersAsThePlotDemands, and by just being HotBlooded and believing in the PowerOfFriendship, you'll be able to perform impractical combo decks to achieve victory. Essentially, Bastion might as well been [[BornInTheWrongCentury born a decade too early]] for his talents to be appreciated. Here, Bastion's abilities are treated with much more prominence since the original rules don't apply anymore, and he was able to defeat [[spoiler:Don Zaloog]] when believing in the "heart of the cards".

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** In canon, Bastion's highly intelligent and analytical abilities as a duelist was gradually treated with less respect by his peers and the writers themselves; themselves, since the universe, universe he lives in follows the laws of NewPowersAsThePlotDemands, and by just being HotBlooded and believing in the PowerOfFriendship, you'll be able to perform impractical combo decks combos to achieve victory. Essentially, Bastion might as well been [[BornInTheWrongCentury born a decade too early]] for his talents to be appreciated. Here, Bastion's abilities are treated with much more prominence since the those original rules don't apply anymore, and he was able to defeat [[spoiler:Don Zaloog]] when believing in the "heart of the cards".
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* CowardiceCallout: Erin "take[s] the liberty" of labeling all of Obelisk Force as cowards, because they failed to admit their own shortcomings after their ill treatment of Jamie was proven by Jamie's actions to be completely unfounded. They take it with their heads hung in shame.
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* ForeShadowing: During the Spirit Day Festival, Jamie dresses up as [[spoiler: Blade Knight. During the Saga of the True Name, we find out that the man beneath the real Blade Knight's mask is the [[EvilCounterpart real Jamie Lancaster]].]]

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* ForeShadowing: During the [[SchoolFestival Spirit Day Festival, Festival]], Jamie dresses up as [[spoiler: Blade Knight. During the Saga of the True Name, we find out that the man beneath the real Blade Knight's mask is the [[EvilCounterpart real Jamie Lancaster]].]]
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* ForeShadowing: During the Spirit Day Festival, Jamie dresses up as [[spoiler: Blade Knight. During the Saga of the True Name, we find out that the man beneath the real Blade Knight's mask is the [[EvilCounterpart: real Jamie Lancaster]].]]

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* ForeShadowing: During the Spirit Day Festival, Jamie dresses up as [[spoiler: Blade Knight. During the Saga of the True Name, we find out that the man beneath the real Blade Knight's mask is the [[EvilCounterpart: [[EvilCounterpart real Jamie Lancaster]].]]
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* ForeShadowing: During the Spirit Day Festival, Jamie dresses up as [[spoiler: Blade Knight. During the Saga of the True Name, we find out that the man beneath the real Blade Knight's mask is the [EvilCounterpart: real Jamie Lancaster].]]

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* ForeShadowing: During the Spirit Day Festival, Jamie dresses up as [[spoiler: Blade Knight. During the Saga of the True Name, we find out that the man beneath the real Blade Knight's mask is the [EvilCounterpart: [[EvilCounterpart: real Jamie Lancaster].Lancaster]].]]
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* ForeShadowing: During Spirit Day, Jamie dresses up as [[spoiler: Blade Knight. During the Saga of the True Name, we find out that the man beneath the real Blade Knight's mask is the {EvilCounterpart: real Jamie Lancaster}.]]

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* ForeShadowing: During the Spirit Day, Day Festival, Jamie dresses up as [[spoiler: Blade Knight. During the Saga of the True Name, we find out that the man beneath the real Blade Knight's mask is the {EvilCounterpart: [EvilCounterpart: real Jamie Lancaster}.Lancaster].]]

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