History Fanfic / BrokenByHumanityHealedByADragon

** In Canon, Zarc was the BigBad of the series. Here, he’s the kind ruler of the Spirit realm.

* AdaptationalJobChange: In both ''[[Anime/YuGiOhGX GX]]'' and ''[[Anime/YuGiOhArcV Arc V]]'', Asuka was a student at Duel Academia. Here, she’s the herbalist of two separate villages.

* AdoptiveNameChange: Subverted, Asuka gives the boy she finds the name “Yuri” after the saplings they planted in her garden [[note]] "Yuri" is Japanese for "Lily"[[/note]]; it’s later revealed that the boy’s name was always Yuri.

** The Yu-boys are all around ten years old when they’re introduced, in contrast to their canon fourteen.

--> “Fine, then human dragon thingy or whatever you call it.”

** Yuma’s sister, grandmother, and parents were killed when the Barians attacked his village.
** [[spoiler:Yuya’s parents die prior to the start of the fic]].

* DiedInYourArmsTonight: Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon dies while being cradled in Zarc’s arms.

--> If someone would dare to lay their hands on Yuya, Yuri and even Yugo now, Zarc wasn’t sure he’d be able to hold back his anger on humans who so selfishly pointed all their negativity into their own young.

** Towards the end, it’s revealed that [[spoiler:Yuya, Yugo, Yuri and Yuto are the partial reincarnations of Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon, Clear Wing Synchro Dragon, Starve Venom Fusion Dragon, and Dark Rebellion XYZ Dragon respectively.]]

* RelatedInTheAdaptation: In canon Yuya, Yuri, Yugo and Yuto were [[spoiler:alternate versions of each other/four parts of the same soul]]. Here, they’re [[spoiler:brothers]].

* SoWhatDoWeDoNow: At the beginning of the story it’s noted that ever since Zarc has achieved a utopia for his subjects he doesn’t know what he should do next.

* ThisCannotBe: "This can’t be" is uttered by Yuto after learning that [[spoiler:Yuya]] has gone missing from the circus.

* GoOutWithASmile: Odd-Eyes dies with a weak smile.

** Atem is the reincarnation of the Pharoah rather than being the pharoah himself.

* {{Flashback}}: Chapter five contains two: one played straight, the other in the form of [[PastExperienceNightmare a bad dream]].

* AnachronismStew: Hula Hoops and cigarettes exist in the pseudo-medieval setting of the story.
* AssholeVictim: The circus announcer who treats Yuya no better than an animal gets subjected to a penalty game courtesy of [[spoiler:Atem]].

** Fubuki is mentioned as having died prior to the start of the war.

* {{Reincarnation}}: Towards the end, it’s revealed that [[spoiler:Yuya, Yugo, Yuri and Yuto are the partial reincarnations of Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon, Clear Wing Synchro Dragon, Starve Venom Fusion Dragon, and Dark Rebellion XYZ Dragon respectively.]]

** In Canon, Zarc was the BigBad of the series. Here, he’s the kind and ruler of the Spirit realm.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Zarc telling the boys that their bodies will go through changes that will result in them gaining more draconian appearances when they’re around 14 calls to mind a parent explaining the concept of puberty to their children.

* {{Flashback}}: Chapter five contains two: one played straight, the other in the form of [[PastExpirenceNightmare a bad dream]].

* BuffySpeak: Ray when she asks Zarc to transform into a human-dragon hybrid

* PastExpirenceNightmare: At one point Zarc has a nightmare where he relives [[MercyKill the death of Odd-Eyes]].

''Broken by Humanity, Healed By A Dragon'' is a {{Fantasy}} AlternateUniverse {{fanfic}} of ''Franchise/YuGiOh'' by [=Hunter13Hawkie=] that’s primarily an ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'' {{fanfic}}, but which also has characters and concepts from ''Anime/YuGiOh'', ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'', ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'', ''Anime/YuGiOhZexal'', and ''Anime/YuGiOhVrains''.

** In Canon, Zarc was the BigBad of the series. Here, he’s the kind and gentle ruler of the Spirit realm.

* AdaptationalJobChange: In both [[Anime/YuGiOhGX ''GX'']] and [[Anime/YuGiOhArcV ''Arc V'']], Asuka was a student at Duel Academia. Here, she’s the herbalist of two separate villages.

''Broken by Humanity, Healed By A Dragon'' is a {{Fantasy}} AlternateUniverse {{fanfic}} of ''Franchise/YuGiOh'' by [=Hunter13Hawkie=] that’s primarily an ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'' {{fanfic}}, but which also has characters and concepts from ''Anime/YuGiOh'', ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'', ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'', and ''Anime/YuGiOhZexal''.

* PatchworkFic:
** In addition to adapting characters and concepts from across ''Franchise/YuGiOh'', Yuri’s characterization in particular draws from both his [[Anime/YuGiOhArcV anime]] and [[Manga/YuGiOhArcV manga]] versions and Yugo is based on his manga incarnation.
** Although all the characters have their Japanese names, Yubel is referred to with she/her pronouns.

*** Yuya is called "Firefly"
*** Yuri is called "Lily"
*** Yugo is called "Crystal"
*** Yuto is called "Phantom"

* DeadFic: It’s been a couple of years since the fic was updated and as it stands five of the promised seven chapters have been published. The five chapters that exist stand on their own as a completed story, though.

* BigNo: Uttered by Yuto when he believes [[spoiler:Yuya]] to be dead.

** All of the Signers are aged up, the most notable being the twins Ruka and Rua who are now eighteen. In canon, they were 11-21 years old

* WouldHurtAChild / ChildHater: