History WMG / YuGiOhVRAINS

** Revolver is a CharClone, and those characters are almost always revealed to be related to someone on the main cast. The odds of him being related to Aoi[[note]][[Anime/MobileSuitGundam The original Char]] was related to Sayla Mass, who in terms of role, would be Aoi's counterpart[[/note]] are slim, since she already has a brother, so the odds of Revolver being related to Yusaku are pretty good.

** One could make the case the OP "With the Wind" already counts as a JoJo reference, seeing as Hiroaki "Tommy" Tominaga, the artist who performed Sono Chi no Sadame, sings it.

[[WMG: [[ShoutOut Significant references]] to ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'', ''Franchise/DotHack'', ''LightNovel/LogHorizon'', ''Literature/AccelWorld'', and ''Series/KamenRiderExAid'' will appear]]

[[WMG: Lightning has PinocchioSyndrome]]

[[WMG: [[ShoutOut Significant references]] to ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'', ''Franchise/DotHack'', ''LightNovel/LogHorizon'', ''LightNovel/AccelWorld'', and ''Series/KamenRiderExAid'' will appear]]

This WMG is somewhat inspired by TabletopGame/MageTheAwakening, TabletopGame/GeniusTheTransgression, VisualNovel/UminekoNoNakuKoroNi, VideoGame/Persona4, and VideoGame/Persona5. Given that the name VRAINS is a {{Portmanteau}} of "VR", "Vrai" (which is french for "Truth") and "brains", and the description that Yusaku is "a hacker who has the sort of sharp mind that can solve mysteries", it makes sense for the Anime to have some form of basis on trying to find the truth and having Yusaku being a detective for that truth of sorts. Not to mention the real world problems with online privacy, net neutrality, cyber-bullying and the easy mask of anonymity that the internet gives could easily be side themes that deal with the truth.

* {{Jossed}}, though not because the anime ended in 2019 and [[Anime/YuGiOhSEVENS a new anime]] is now airing in Japan as of this writing. While Disney XD content has slowly moved new episodes to Creator/DisneyChannel, an unlikely network to pick the series up considering the only anime they aired in the US was ''Anime/YoKaiWatch'' and that was back when they had a Disney XD block, not to mention the launch of Creator/DisneyPlus and ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' going to Creator/{{Netflix}} starting with ''Journeys'' making Disney XD even more of a rerun farm, the real reason this is now {{Jossed}} is Creator/PlutoTV acquiring the exclusive broadcast rights to it.

** [[IncestIsRelative It]] [[ShippingGoggles certainly]] [[KissingCousins wouldn't discourage]] the YaoiFangirls [[RunningGag either]], especially given the {{Shipping}} in ''those'' 3 series...

* [[spoiler:For now, this seems to be Jossed since in episode #43, Dr. Kogami passed away with Revolver confirming his father's death.]]

* [[spoiler:Didn't Noah and Gozaburo die via KillSat]]?

* [[spoiler:Jossed. In episode #42, Revolver's real name is revealed to be Ryoken Kogami. In episode #43, Revolver introduced himself to Yusaku and Kusanagi as Ryoken Kogami.]]

* [[spoiler:Confirmed. In the third season, Ai becomes the final villain.

** Worth noting that in ''Ex-Aid'' (which this show has been compared to), there was a similar plot twist with Emu and [[spoiler: Parad being related as host and bugster respectively]], so it's not entirely out of the question.

* Also jossed in their first Master Duel; [[spoiler:Playmaker wins]].

Episode 11 shows that "the one" is who taught Yusaku to keep [[RuleOfThree thinking of three things]] to keep himself going. Revolver himself makes a list of three in one episode [[spoiler: and seemingly recognises Yusaku's speech pattern at the end of episode 12]]. Assuming Revolver is of a similar age to Yusaku [[spoiler: as his real world appearance suggests]], he would have been a kid at the time too, which is what Yusaku heard.
** [[spoiler:As of episode #43, this is confirmed. Revolver was eight at the time of the incident, so he is 18 in present day. He really was also the voice who encouraged Yusaku. Revolver noticed the irony in this; Yusaku is Revolver's enemy yet he saved Yusaku. How ironic indeed.]]
** [[spoiler:Confirmed in Episode #43, though Revolver regrets it not because he was evil, but because [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone his father was imprisoned by SOL Technologies for three years in an attempt to cover up the incident]].]]

* [[spoiler:Confirmed during his duel with Playmaker]].

* Jossed. [[spoiler:His heart stops beating towards the end of Playmaker and Revolver's second Speed Duel, which throws any opportunity of Playmaker facing Kogami out the window entirely.]]

* [[spoiler:Seeing as Lightning is Jin's partner, he will most likely play Light monsters.]]

* If his word in Episode #57 is to be believed, he claims to be [[spoiler:the real Yusaku, while labelling Playmaker as fake]].

* If it was Haru : Haru was retrieved along with the rest of the Lost Incident children, but died in the hospital. The Haru we currently know is a backup, [[spoiler:as described in the most recent episode but without the entire 'swapped bodies with the real one' thing.]] Bowman is either an ai or Haru's actual big brother who for various reasons has had the fact that the 'real' Haru died entirely scrubbed from his mind at some point, possibly a reasonably long time after the incident. The reason why Bowman's memory is so screwed up then is basically 'fake' Haru having to remove over ten years worth of memories and knowledge that is heavily dominated by the fact that his little brother died and there was nothing he could do about it, which would also form a parallel between them and the Kusanagi siblings. Haru does appear to try and keep Bowman from getting killed/his data eaten by Ai, so even if Haru is 'fake', he still probably would remember having a big brother who cared about him, even if otherwise fairly cognizant of the fact he's not the 'real' Haru due to spending a while rotting on some random server bank Sol took hold of and not aging/having a body to return to.

* [[spoiler:Confirmed.]]

*** Considering that Earth doesn't take it well when he finds out that [[spoiler:Lightning]] was responsible for Aqua's disappearance, team "no to humans" will probably consist only of Lightning and Windy.

* Even though Lightning took his data and body against his will, Jin will be revealed to actually ''[[EvilFeelsGood like]]'' working for him. As another twist, it could be revealed that Jin was in control the whole time, but let Lightning act like he was puppetering him to lure in Playmaker and pals. The main evidence for this is Jin almost crushing [[spoiler: Spectre's]] data after beating them, only for Lightning to tell him not to. If Lightning controls Jin completely, why did he have to tell him to stop?

* [[spoiler:Confirmed. However, another reason was that he ran a simulation where Yusaku is shot by the military for defending him, and decided that he couldn’t bear to have a future where Yusaku dies.]]

* Yusaku was devastated by Ai's [[spoiler:death to the point no one had seen him for three months]].
** It's very likely that [[spoiler:during the three-month time skip after Yusaku defeated Ai in episode 120, Yusaku spent that time rebuilding Ai]].
* Seeing as Yusaku is Ai's Origin, the process [[spoiler:to rebuild Ai]] has a place to start.
** It seems like during the three months he was absent, Yusaku was collecting the data necessary to [[spoiler:recreate Ai]] in a similar fashion as to when the Hanoi collected data from the Lost Incident participants to create the Ignis.
* At the end of the episode, [[spoiler:it appears Ai was revived in his Eye Form]].
** Seeing as only three months had passed and the Lost Incident lasted for 6 months, Yusaku is probably only [[spoiler:halfway done]].
** Ai appeared to be surprised that [[spoiler:he had returned]], indicating that he in fact is the [[spoiler:same Ai as before]].
*** Yusaku's has Ai's original data from when [[spoiler:Ai sacrificed part of his data--which led him to temporarily missing one of his tentacles in his demonic form--to regenerate Playmaker's right arm in episode 42]], so it's not like Yusaku will start from scratch and [[spoiler:create a new AI that is not Ai]].

Since the Hanoi insignia on his hand never got explained and because the Ignis were able to spring fully formed in the span of six months, I've decided that these two things are connected. Kogami, obsessed with mortality and legacy, as he were, decided to clone himself to prove that life could be formed and sustained in lab conditions and afterwards. Ryoken was the product of such testing; the insignia catalogues his unconventional heritage, further foddered by the fact that his mother is never so much as hinted at in canon. So it's possible that Ryoken doesn't have one and is instead all his Father's creation. Additionally, in real life, clones of livestock's appearances tend to look randomized hence why Ryoken isn't necessarily a carbon copy of his dad. Plus, it'd give explanation as to why Kogami was so gung-ho about letting eight year old Ryoken play backstage. Its because he came from the same laboratory.

* Most likely now {{Jossed}}, considering not only did the anime end in 2019 and [[Anime/YuGiOhSEVENS a new anime]] is now airing in Japan as of this writing, but Disney XD content has slowly moved new episodes to Creator/DisneyChannel, an unlikely network to pick the series up considering the only anime they aired in the US was ''Anime/YoKaiWatch'' and that was back when they had a Disney XD block, not to mention the launch of Creator/DisneyPlus and ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' going to Creator/{{Netflix}} starting with ''Journeys'' making Disney XD even more of a rerun farm. As of this writing, the show might not even air on American TV at all.

The Ignis are based off of the brain patterns of their templates, but despite this their personalities differ. Flame's personality is the most similar to his template's, and Takeru is the most well-adjusted of the one's we see, so his personality changed the least because of it. Earth Is more socially awkward than his, but Spectre actually preferred his time during the Lost Incident to his life before and after, and he kept to himself a lot before. So, the Ignis are based off of their brain patterns as of the Lost Incident, but their personalities differ because they didn't actually go through the incident themselves. Which means Yusaku UsedToBeASweetKid if Ai is anything to go by.

* However, Creator/{{Disney}} has yet to mention anything about the Franchise/YuGiOh franchise, so fingers would be crossed and we'll see how this plays out. And considering that the show's tone is DarkerAndEdgier than Anime/YuGiOhArcV, it's possible that Disney might want the dub to be edited for broadcast on Disney XD if they pick up the rights.

** Considering Creator/Nickelodeon (via Nicktoons) is far behind other countries, this better make the switch to another network. Otherwise, we may not see it until 2020 or beyond.

* [[spoiler:Confirmed. However, another reason was that he ran a simulation where Yusaku is shot by the military for defending him, and decided that he couldn’t bear to have a future where Yusaku dies.

* Confirmed, although Yusaku doesn't see Ai as a companion

One could argue that something like those memories probably could have been removed after they'd served their purpose, but there does not appear to be any evidence in favor of that concept.

[[WMG: Bohman's lack of desire to connect with others described in his final duel is directly related to the inserted memories of being in the Lost Incident from his secon duel, and he might legitimately have trauma.]]

So, in the end, the picture we could get from the in-canon text is 'Bohman has no desire to connect with others, because he has an isolation that cannot be healed, as he has inserted memories of the Lost Incident'.

*** Don't forget Ai got the data to recreate his original body ''from eating Revolver's arm'' and that Ai was able to completely recreate himself from a backup after being destroyed during Yusaku's final duel with Bohman.

Ai promised her to make her smarter. Once he does give her intelligence using his cyberse powers she'll try to destroy the world and Ai and Playmaker or only Ai would have to beat her in a duel proving humans and Ignis can live together in peace.

[[WMG: Yusaku will rebuild Ai]]

*** Don't forget Ai got the data to recreate his original body ''from eating Revolver's arm'' and that Ai was able to completely recreate himself from a backup.

[[WMG: During the three-month time skip after Yusaku defeated Ai in episode 120, Yusaku spent that time rebuilding Ai.]]