History NightmareFuel / YuGiOhVRAINS

** Towards the end of Aoi's and Spectre's duel, [[HopeSpot Spectre made Aoi believe that she was about to win and was about to save him]]. However, it was only a façade as Spectre's ''Sunbloom Doom'' made him nowhere near losing. [[BreakThemByTalking He even mocked her, calling her a pathetic girl who couldn't become a Blue Angel and claiming he was the Blue Angel who defeated the villain—her]]. He then [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown tore up the copy of the ''Blue Angel'' book he materialized and burned the shreds]], a moment which formerly provided the page image. The story meant the world to Aoi and gave her comfort after her parents died about ten years before the start of the series. To see it be so carelessly destroyed, in addition to [[BreaktheCutie her being so cruelly manipulated and mocked just moments ago]], [[DespairEventHorizon destroyed her]]. Seeing as the Tower of Hanoi would absorb those who lose duels in ''LINK VRAINS'' and leave their real bodies in a comatose state with little hope of waking up, [[{{Sadist}} Spectre]] [[MindRape essentially tortured her mentally]] before [[MoralEventHorizon murdering]] her in cold blood.
** As Blue Angel is defeated by Spectre, she lands on the ground ''head-first''. Ouch. [[FridgeHorror To make things even worse]], Ai states in episode 2 that any damage taken in LINK VRAINS translates to the real world, so if Playmaker somehow manages to dismantle the tower of Hanoi, Aoi will definitely feel that in the morning.
** To cap it all off, as Blue Angel is sent face-planting headfirst into the pavement to await deletion, Spectre stands victoriously and condescendingly over her, then proceeds to laugh like an unhinged maniac.

** Towards the end of Aoi's and Spectre's duel, [[HopeSpot Spectre made Aoi believe that she was about to win and was about to save him]]. However, it was only a façade as Spectre's ''Sunbloom Doom'' made him nowhere near losing. [[BreakThemByTalking He even mocked her, calling her a pathetic girl who couldn't become a Blue Angel and claiming he was the Blue Angel who defeated the villain—her]]. He then [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown tore up the copy of the ''Blue Angel'' book he materialized and burned the shreds]] as seen in the picture above. The story meant the world to Aoi and gave her comfort after her parents died about ten years before the start of the series. To see it be so carelessly destroyed, in addition to [[BreaktheCutie her being so cruelly manipulated and mocked just moments ago]], [[DespairEventHorizon destroyed her]]. Seeing as the Tower of Hanoi would absorb those who lose duels in ''LINK VRAINS'' and leave their real bodies in a comatose state with little hope of waking up, [[{{Sadist}} Spectre]] [[MindRape essentially tortured her mentally]] before [[MoralEventHorizon murdering]] her in cold blood.

* Episode 106: "Good Luck, Roboppi!!": [[{{Deuteragonist}} Ai]], someone who once fought alongside Playmaker for the co-existence of humans and AI, [[FaceHeelTurn is now against Playmaker]] and'' [[OmnicidalManiac now wants to carry on Lightning’s wishes]]''. Also, Roboppi, in a cheerful tone, declares that humans are the worst creatures and wants to turn all of them into [[DeadlyEuphemism experience points]], [[KillEmAll getting rid of all of them]] so they can clean the world in peace and raise their ranking.

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[[caption-width-right:350:[[NightmareFace This is the face of a man]] [[KickTheDog who wants to torture and kill]] [[ForTheEvulz for the sake of]] [[{{Sadist}} his sick pleasure]].]]

** Based on the previews, the {{Nightmare Face}}s of ''both'' Lightning and Spectre are [[UpToEleven about to get even more extreme]]. Lightning in particular looks even ''more'' sadistic than [[OmnicidalManiac Spectre]]. Speaking of which, Spectre's {{Nightmare Face}}s appear more angered than the usual [[SlasherSmile smug/taking joy in other's misery look]] he generally has.

** Yusaku's past with the Hanoi project is chock full of this. Him and 5 other children were abducted and forced to duel AI constantly for survival, being painfully shocked and starved if they lost. Even years later and after therapy to attempt undoing the trauma, Yusaku's entire motivation is getting revenge on the people who committed the atrocity and make sure all the children like him were rescued. For a series that usually places its horror in supernatural elements, the more grounded and realistic [[AdultFear child abduction and torture]] is a much more terrifying event than the series has ever dealt with.

** While Yusaku's and Ryoken's first meeting may look cute and innocent at first, it's actually pretty horrifying if you think about it. Yusaku just met a boy with similar interests as him and went to play with him, but instead of playing, he got kidnapped instead. Just think about it your child is going to play with someone you don't know or met and hasn't told you anything about it and that it resulted in him suddenly disappearing. His parents must be worried sick that their 6-year-old kid suddenly didn't come home one night. AdultFear is in full effect here.

* Episode 88 "Revenger Windy": Windy's origin is revealed in a flashback. Apparently, he is able to move on from his trauma and live a normal life. Windy then '''hijacked''' a car on him under a red moon.

** Soulburner saves Playmaker, but gets caught by Blood Shepherd's trap instead of him. While this is already bad considering how ruthless Blood Shepherd, but what makes this worse is that getting captured in a closed space triggers Soulburner's flashbacks of the Lost Incident/Hanoi Project from it. He sees the {{AI}} he is dueling against as a big black monster that wants to hurt and attack him.

* Episode 119: The reason for Ai's betrayal is revealed: he found Lightning's simulation program of what would happen if humans and Ignis tried to co-exist. ''[[FailureIsTheOnlyOption Every single simulation ends in a world-ending war.]]'' He even tried - and admitted as much after Playmaker asked - to make his own modifications to the program, sometimes extensive modifications, several times over. [[YouCantFightFate The end result didn't change.]] Even dead, Lightning crushed Ai's hopes and dreams from beyond the grave.

** Not content with merely absorbing the Ignis into himself, Bohman plans to do this to every single person trapped in LINK VRAINS, absorbing their minds and leaving their avatars/bodies as [[EmptyShell Empty Shells]] while turning himself into a MindHive. He does this several times during his first turn, and every time he does Playmaker and AI are subjected to the horrifying sound of countless people screaming in terror and agony across the network.