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* [[OnTheNext Post-Episode Preview]]: Done in the style of the anime's own.
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* BigBrotherInstinct: Rua puts his on display on several occasions: during his duel with Aki, during the Security Arc and especially when Jeager sneaks into the twins' home, leading Rua to believe he was aiming to kidnap Ruka.


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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Rua, much more than the original version of the fic.


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** Minor characters from the latter half of the series, namely Kazama and Tetsuzo, make appearances just as early.


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* KnightTemplarBigBrother: Rua was already in BigBrotherInstinct mode before Jeager showed up at the Tops. As soon as he implies he and Godwin have Ruka, Rua launches straight into this.

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** Ushio's goes [[ADeathInTheLimelight one step further]]

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** Ushio's goes [[ADeathInTheLimelight one step further]]beyond]] simply not ending well.



* BreakTheHaughty: Jack experiences this in Chapter 32 after Kinomiya's HannibalLecture.

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* BreakTheHaughty: BreakTheHaughty/[[BreakTheBadass Badass]]: Jack experiences this in Chapter 32 after Kinomiya's HannibalLecture.



* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler: Ushio]]



* DramaticWind
* DramaticShattering: Occurs in Chapter 15 when [[spoiler: Divine pushes Rua out a window.]]



* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: Subverted with the Detention Centre break-out.

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* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: Subverted Averted with the Detention Centre break-out.



-->'''Jack''': [[TengenToppaGurrenLagann Who the hell do you think I am?!]]
-->'''Yusei''': [[YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries Jack, I came… to this City…]] [[HoYay for you...]]

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-->'''Jack''': ** [[TengenToppaGurrenLagann Who "Who the hell do you think I am?!]]
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[[YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries Jack, "Jack, I came… to this City…]] [[HoYay for you...]]"]]


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* RooftopConfrontation: Rua and Jeager's duel takes place in the roofrop garden of the Tops.

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** Another case of AdaptationExpansion looks at Jack and Yusei's time in Satellite after Team Satisfaction; showing what caused them to drift apart, giving a reason for the duel in the Episode 2 flashback and Jack an ulterior motive for leaving Satellite.



** Jack also suffers this in Chapter 32 as a result of [[spoiler: the poison Kinomiya injected him with taking effect.]]



* {{Doorstopper}}: At 31 chapters, it has 310,000 words, making it one of the largest in the 5D's archive on FFN, and it's still setting up the Dark Signer arc.

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* {{Doorstopper}}: At 31 32 chapters, it has 310,000 324,000 words, making it one of the largest in the 5D's archive on FFN, and it's still setting up the Dark Signer arc.


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** And in Chapter 24, Yusei's CallingYourAttacks uses it:
-->'''Yusei''': '''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Kurimusamu Sonikku Basutou!]]'''


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-->'''Jack''': I don't give a [[PrecisionFStrike fuck]] what your version of destiny says; I'll pave the way for my own life!
* SeasonFinale: Chapter 24


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-->'''Yusei''': [[YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries Jack, I came… to this City…]] [[HoYay for you...]]


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* ThisCannotBe: Said by a variety of characters, including Taka when he realises Jack's part of Neo-Domino's army, Jil while duelling Aki and Crow upon discovering Kiryu is a Dark Signer.

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** Happens again two chapters later when [[spoiler: Jack accidentally kills Ushio]] in extremely similar circumstances.

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** Happens again two chapters later when [[spoiler: Jack accidentally kills Ushio]] in extremely similar circumstances.



* BreakTheHaughty: Jack experiences this in Chapter 32 after Kinomiya's HannibalLecture.



* HannibalLecture: Kinomiya delivers a brutal one to Jack about his leaving Satellite. It leaves Jack [[BreakTheHaughty a little worse for wear]], but he manages to [[CrowningMomentofAwesome come back fiercely]].
-->'''Jack''': So, I'm sin, am I? [[ShutUpHannibal Then you'll fall to me! And I'll drive you into Hell!]]



* ScrewDestiny: Jack's argument to Kinomiya's claims that he'll inevitably become a shadow of his former self and corrupted.



-->'''Jack''': [[TengenToppaGurrenLagann Who the hell do you think I am?!]]



* {{Foreshadowing}}: The end of Chapter 28 is filled with hints at Misty's secret status as a Dark Signer, including the hotel name, ''[[BilingualBonus Grace Crépuscule]]'', which alludes to how she remains beautiful despite being a Dark Signer.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The end of Chapter 28 is filled with hints at Misty's secret status as a Dark Signer, including the hotel name, ''[[BilingualBonus ''[[GratuitousFrench Grace Crépuscule]]'', which alludes to how she remains beautiful despite being a Dark Signer.acts as an attempt of BilingualBonus.
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* ItsAllMyFault: Ruka feels this about the Spirit World's eroding state.


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** Jeager learns Rua has one when he inadvertantly leads Rua to believe he's kidnapped Ruka.

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** During his duel with Jack, Kinomiya says "So, you could say [[{{Halo}} I know you; your past, your future]]".



** During his duel with Jack, Kinomiya says "So, you could say [[{{Halo}} I know you; your past, your future]]".

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* TheCameo: Aoyama shows up during the breakout to help Yanagi.



** As well as the [[BadassCreed Synchro Speeches]].



* IWillProtectHer: Rua hammers home just how far he'll go to protect Ruka in both versions during his duel with Jeager.



** In the Team Satisfaction flashback, Kiryu calls Yusei 'Daddy Fudo' while he's looking after one of the younger orphans, which is a FanNickname for Yusei's father.



* RaceAgainstTheClock: Yusei, Carly and Rally have until sunrise to save [[spoiler: Jack, else he's executed]]. The same probably applies for Divine.

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* RaceAgainstTheClock: Yusei, Carly and Rally have until sunrise to save [[spoiler: Jack, [[ShotAtDawn else he's executed]].executed]]]]. The same probably applies for Divine.


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** Within the same chapter, Jack manages a RampJump to get from the Highway lane he's riding in to the one Crow's in. It involves jumping over Yusei.
* CurseCutShort: Jeager does this to Rua before their duel.


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* FiveManBand: The group from Arc 3 make up a rough set
** TheHero / TheSmartGuy: Yusei
** TheLancer: Aki
** TheBigGuy: Carly
** TheChick / TheHeart: Ruka
** TagalongKid: Rally
** TheSixthRanger: Rua and Crow



* GreatOffscreenWar: Over time, [[ArtifactTitle the battle between Neo-Domino and Satellite forces itself has taken a back seat]] to the Signer plot.



* XanatosRoulette: [[spoiler: Godwin's plan is to uncover the Signers quickly and force the Dark Signers to show themselves. All this involves starting a that is MOSTLY bloodless whilst pretending to the public in Neo-Domino that it is for their security and to the higher-ups that he is trying to push the limits of Momentum. He has to pray the situation doesn't get even more out of hand all the while.]]

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* XanatosRoulette: [[spoiler: Godwin's plan is to uncover the Signers quickly and force the Dark Signers to show themselves. All this involves starting a that is MOSTLY bloodless whilst pretending to the public in Neo-Domino that it is for their security and to the higher-ups that he is [[ForScience trying to push the limits of Momentum.Momentum]]. He has to pray the situation doesn't get even more out of hand all the while.]]



* ShoutOut: Blitz says the name of a track from the ''TsubasaChronicles'' soundtrack - "Hear Our Prayer" - which helped to set the mood earlier on in the chapter on the Satellite front.

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* ShoutOut: Blitz says the name of names a track from the ''TsubasaChronicles'' soundtrack - "Hear Our Prayer" - which helped to set the mood earlier on in the chapter on the Satellite front.

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* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: Satellite.



* {{Backstory}}: The story goes further back than the anime and looks at Yusei, Jack and Crow meeting Kiryu.

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* {{Backstory}}: The story [[AdaptationExpansion goes further back than the anime and looks at Yusei, Jack and Crow meeting Kiryu.]]


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* MythologyGag: When Jeager breaks into the twins' home, he is quick to head into their kitchen after some cup ramen.


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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Despite the majority of the fanbase spelling Jack's surname as "Atlas", the author goes with the in-anime spelling of "Atlus".
* StormingTheCastle: Arc 3.

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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: A few cases could be made. Jack comes across as more maniacal than normal and Uryu gets given a FreudianExcuse.



* CrowningMomentOfFunny: Yusei and Rally tying up Akutsu to a chair in Chapter 17, only to completely forget about him a minute later and leave him chasing them.
** It leads to him liking the experience, it doesn't ease his colleagues one bit.



* JanitorImpersonationInfiltration: When she gets separated from Yusei and Rally during the Security raid, Carly disguises herself as a janitor named Jeff.



* MagnificentBastard: Godwin, very much so.



* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: Subverted with the Detention Centre break-out

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* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: Subverted with the Detention Centre break-outbreak-out.
** The mindset, however, is in place during the Security arc.



* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The Security infiltrators could count; they're made of an escaped prisoner who's jumped sides twice, an unstable psychic, a clumsy reporter, an 11-year old girl from the Tops (and then her brother who was supposed to have been kidnapped), a boy from Satellite of similar age and a thief who's just been arrested, then helped out just to tag along.



* ThwartedEscape: While Yanagi, Himuro and Aoyama get out the Detention Centre, Yusei gets cornered and captured by Godwin.



* TheWoobie: Yusei seems to be getting shoehorned into as much bad luck as possible very quickly.


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* ForScience: The senators vote to continue the purge with the sole motive of trying to increase the levels of momentum.

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* CueTheSun: Chapters 7, 23 and 24 centre around high-stake duels happening around sunrise, with each becoming significant during the aftermath.




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* ZergRush: Both Neo-Domino and Satellite sides pull this early on and clash for the first time in the Pipeline as part of TheWarSequence.


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* EarlyBirdCameo: Cards from Season 3, and even the Ark Cradle episodes, appear in early chapters of the Dark Signer arc.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The end of Chapter 28 is filled with hints at Misty's secret status as a Dark Signer, including the hotel name, ''[[BilingualBonus Grace Crépuscule]]'', which alludes to how she remains beautiful despite being a Dark Signer.
* InterruptedSuicide: How Naoko and Divine met.


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* TheMole: Julian in the Arcadia Movement. Divine is immediately suspicious.


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* ShoutOut: Blitz says the name of a track from the ''TsubasaChronicles'' soundtrack - "Hear Our Prayer" - which helped to set the mood earlier on in the chapter on the Satellite front.

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* AdjustingYourGlasses: Kinomiya combines the third method with ScaryShinyGlasses.



* AscendedExtra: Lesser characters get a bit more focus than they did originally.



* AscendedExtra: Lesser characters get a bit more focus than they did originally.



* CaughtOnTape: Kinomiya has footage of Yusei being escorted to and from the roof that acts as evidence that he [[spoiler: killed Takasu]], but he doesn't intend to use it.



* {{Doorstopper}}: At 31 chapters, it has 310,000 words, making it one of the largest in the 5D's archive on FFN, and it's still setting up the Dark Signer arc.



* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: Jack.



* PsychoPsychologist: Frank.



* RampJump: Jack, Crow and even Ushio have pulled these off in the beginning of Arc 3.

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* RampJump: Jack, Crow and even Ushio have pulled these off in the beginning of Arc 3.3 through {{Ramprovisation}}.



* TwentyFourHourNewsNetworks




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* YouRebelScum: Ushio and Judge voice the opinions of the Neo-Domino army while in Satellite.
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* KickTheDog: Kiryu was about to stamp on Yusei's neck after their duel, [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou just to kill him personally]].


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* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: Subverted with the Detention Centre break-out


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* RooftopConfrontation: Yusei and Takasu's duel takes place on the roof of the Detention Centre


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!![[TheRemake Path Two]] provides examples of:
* AFriendInNeed: Yusei in Chapter 27.
* BerserkButton: Mukuro unintentionally learns not to casually wish Jack's friends dead when Jack retaliates with some UnstoppableRage. It doesn't really help the fact that Jack [[ItsAllMyFault has been blaming himself over the Highway incident.]]
* BigDamnHeroes: [[EarlyBirdCameo Kazama]] rides out of the collapsing Highway to save Yusei, who's laying unconscious as the road breaks up around him.
* LowerDeckEpisode: On the Satellite side, Chapter 27 focuses heavily on Taka, Blitz, Nerve and Tetsuzo.
* OriginalCharacter: A few more are thrown in than the original version.
* OutOfCharacterMoment: Crow in Chapter 27.
* ThePowerOfFriendship
* TakingTheBullet: Carly takes Divine's hinotama for Jack.
* TookALevelInBadass: Ruka in her duel with Aki.

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** Kiryu himself doesn't disappoint and combines it with a SlasherSmile.



** Kiryu himself doesn't disappoint and combines it with a SlasherSmile.
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* LonelyFuneral: Juri, Bommer, Godwin and Yusei are the only people to show up at any point during [[spoiler: Judge's]] funeral.


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* ScheduleSlip: There have been instances of 3/4 months passing without an update.
* [[SeventhEpisodeTwist 7th Episode Twist]]: Chapter 7 has the first duel, and it's an AbsurdlyHighStakesGame. [[spoiler: It ends with Takasu dying at Yusei's hands]] and pretty much sets the tone for what's ahead.


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* SurveillanceAsThePlotDemands: Godwin's had cameras set up around the Pipeline and as a technical employee hack Jack's D-Wheel just so he can watch Yusei and Kiryu's duel.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: There are a few instances: Carly's photograph of Jack gives the illusion he's riding downhill, a sign that his luck is about to take a turn for the worst. Yusei also hears someone yelling his name at the end of his duel with Takasu; just over 20 chapters later, he meets with Kiryu, someone else whose death Yusei is responsible for, and it was his voice.



** Kiryu himself doesn't disappoint and combines it with a SlasherSmile.
* MagnificentBastard: Godwin, very much so.



* NeckSnap: Kiryu attempts doing this to Yusei after their duel, he's stopped by Crow charging in to the rescue.



* ShoutOut: Carly makes reference to [[NineteenEightyFour telescreens]] while hiding with Jack at the beginning of the second season.



* YouKilledMyFather: Juri's motivation for duelling Yusei in Chapter 23, set on killing him as revenge.

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* YouKilledMyFather: Juri's motivation for duelling Yusei [[spoiler: Yusei]] in Chapter 23, set on killing him as revenge.the finale of the first season.

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The story itself has developed its own AlternativeContinuity, which continues from the end of the first Season, [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6696214/1/Neo_Domino_Purge_The_Path_Two taking place immediately after the Security Arc.]]



** Happens again two chapters later when [[spoiler: Jack accidentally kills Ushio]] in extremely similar circumstances.



* AFriendInNeed: Jack and Divine in the current arc. Jeager lures Crow to Security by telling him Yusei is also one.

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* AFriendInNeed: Jack and Divine in the current Security arc. Jeager lures Crow to Security by telling him Yusei is also one.



* {{Backstory}}: The story goes further back than the anime and looks at Yusei, Jack and Crow meeting Kiryu.



** It leads to him liking the experience, it doesn't ease his colleagues one bit.



** Bommer manages to combine this and SuperWindowJump in his bid to kill Crow during the Security Arc... ''while riding their D-Wheels!''



* ElectricTorture: [[spoiler: Jack]] gets a taster of this in Chapter 16. Yusei keeps his canon doseage.

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* ElectricTorture: [[spoiler: Jack]] gets a taster of this in Chapter 16. Yusei keeps his canon doseage.dosage.



** Yusei shuts down early on following [[spoiler: Takasu's death.]]



* OriginalCharacter: Judge and Juri are the main of these.
** Other named include Naoko (Psychic in Arcadia), Tsukasa (in the exploration team), Eiji and Haruho.

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* OriginalCharacter: Judge and Juri are the main of these.
** Other named include Naoko (Psychic in Arcadia), Tsukasa (in the exploration team),
Casey, Juri, Naoko, Tsukasa, Eiji and Haruho.Haruto.



* RescueArc: The current arc

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* RescueArc: The current third arc
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* CombinationAttack: Yusei has a card, Battle Bonds, that does this, [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome using Stardust and Red Demons]]


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* HiddenEyes


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* ItsAlwaysSunnyAtFunerals: [[spoiler: Judge's]] funeral.


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* LaughingMad: [[spoiler: Juri]] by the end of the first Season. So much so, he's been compared to Kiryuu from the original source.
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* AvengingTheVillain: Juri when he reappears, intent on getting revenge for [[spoiler: [[ItsPersonal his dead]] [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes father]].]]


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* BerserkButton: Jil hits Aki's in Chapter 18. [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown He regrets it]].
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* BlondGuysAreEvil: Judge and [[spoiler: Juri]]. Jack intially.

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* BlondGuysAreEvil: Judge and [[spoiler: Juri]]. Jack intially.initially.
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* WellIntentionedExtremist: Godwin's real motivation behind invading Satellite is merely to lure the Dark Signers out as well as push Yusei and awaken his Birthmark so he can fight them.
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* EarlyBirdCameo: Rudger, Kiryu and Demak appear briefly early on in the story.
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* YouKilledMyFather: Juri's motivation for duelling Yusei in Chapter 23, set on killing him as revenge.
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* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: The side of the war the Neo-Domino citizens see is suspiciously similar to the US invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan.
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* NeckLift: Judge lifts Yusei single-handedly not by his neck, but by his ''hair''.


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* ThereAreNoTherapists: And when there are, you don't want to meet them...
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* BloodFromTheMouth: Happens to Yuusei when Godwin punches him about to stop him escaping during the Detention Centre riot [[spoiler: though he isn't the one that dies shortly afterwards, he's the ''killer'']].
* BloodOnTheseHands: Yuusei hallucinates at the end of Chapter 7, thinking he has [[spoiler: Takasu's blood]] all over him, even his cards.


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* NukeEm: Judge's plan. Only he doesn't get to carry it out.


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* ThePurge
* RaceAgainstTheClock: Yusei, Carly and Rally have until sunrise to save [[spoiler: Jack, else he's executed]]. The same probably applies for Divine.


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* TimeForPlanB: Chapter 17 suggests that the attack on Satellite is Plan B and the Fortune Cup, Plan A, was too slow for Godwin to care anymore.

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** Ushio's goes as far to be [[ADeathInTheLimelight one step further]]

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* AFriendInNeed: Jack and Divine in the current arc. Jeager lures Crow to Security by telling him Yusei is also one.

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** Ushio's goes as far to be [[ADeathInTheLimelight one step further]]



* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: Yusei sees Godwin's [[spoiler: argument for getting him on Neo-Domino's side]] as this.



* CrowningMomentofFunny: Yusei and Rally tying up Akutsu to a chair in Chapter 17, only to completely forget about him a minute later and leave him chasing them.

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* CrowningMomentofFunny: CrowningMomentOfFunny: Yusei and Rally tying up Akutsu to a chair in Chapter 17, only to completely forget about him a minute later and leave him chasing them.



* ElectricTorture: [[spoiler: Jack]] gets a taster of this in Chapter 16. And with the story starting after Episode 8, Yusei's experienced this a bit before the beginning.

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* ElectricTorture: [[spoiler: Jack]] gets a taster of this in Chapter 16. And with the story starting after Episode 8, Yusei's experienced Yusei keeps his canon doseage.
** Ruka also gets a load while being tested by Divine.
* ExactEavesdropping: Carly and Rally do
this a bit before to Godwin and Yusei while discussing the beginning.Security plan.



* HeroWithBadPublicity: One would think Yusei comes to mind, but [[spoiler: Jack]] actually becomes the victim of this.

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* HeroWithBadPublicity: One would think Yusei comes to mind, but Surprisingly, [[spoiler: Jack]] actually becomes the victim of this.



* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Yusei all but says the very words to justify his [[spoiler: killing Judge]]



* OriginalCharacter: Judge and Juri are the main of these, though are still supporting characters in the story.

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* OriginalCharacter: Judge and Juri are the main of these, though are still supporting characters these.
** Other named include Naoko (Psychic in Arcadia), Tsukasa (in the exploration team), Eiji and Haruho.
* RampJump: Jack, Crow and even Ushio have pulled these off
in the story.beginning of Arc 3.

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