* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: A few cases could be made. Jack comes across as more maniacal than normal and Uryu gets given a FreudianExcuse.
** In the [[AdaptationExpansion deeper insight into post-Team Satisfaction]], Jack is shown as something of a JerkWithAHeartOfGold. After Rally and the others appeared on the scene, he began to believe Yusei was suffering MotiveDecay in regards to their plans to get to Neo-Domino, and using the offer from the city, went for the sake of having Yusei chase after him and fulfil their original plan of finding Kiryu.
* TheWoobie: Yusei seems to be getting shoehorned into as much bad luck as possible very quickly.
** StoicWoobie: Regardless of everything that's happened to him, he has stuck largely to his role as TheStoic.
** IronWoobie: After the duel with Kiryu, he's shaken by almost being killed by Ccapac Apu. But he doesn't mope about; he's bedridden, but he's more worried about his friends, specifically Jack, Rally and the Signers.