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Rare Hunters
Marik Ishtar/Yami Marik
- Arc Villain: As in canon, of Battle City. At least until the finals.
- Big Bad Wannabe: Yami Marik is a far greater threat than him, owing to lack of restraint and utter cruelty. Additionally, Marik gets played by Celeste a few times and never really moves to neutralize her, while Yami Marik has no such mercy and doesn't let her, or anyone, push him around.
- Crazy-Prepared: Yami Marik packed a Dimensional Wall trap just in case someone turned Ra against him, which he promptly puts to use when Sonia does. While Traps do not normally work on the Egyptian God Cards, his Trap in particular disregards that as it affects the player instead. Cure massive amounts of Oh, Crap! from everyone else.
- Despair Event Horizon: Marik goes over it after Junko tortures Ishizu into becoming a Remnant, reveals Ishizu murdered Odion, and forcing him to watch a video of her enjoying despair. It completely shatters his mind, allowing his dark side (now going by Melvin) to take over.
- Heel–Face Door-Slam: Just as it seems like he's on the road towards atonement; Junko ends up capturing him and and his siblings upon their return to Egypt. And in his case; Junko pushes him to the brink despair by torturing Ishizu into despair, and forcing him to watch a video of his sister murdering Odion, as well as her enjoying despair resulting in him being mentally broken and his dark side to re-emerge.
- Jekyll & Hyde: Yami Marik is his repressed side, full of anger, darkness, and hate, who takes over after Odion's defeat.
- Lack of Empathy: Yami Marik. He doesn't care at all about potentially losing his own memories in his Shadow Duel with Sonia, only shrugging and saying he never cared for his Rare Hunters anyway.
- Large Ham: Both of them are very theatrical.
- Morality Pet: His adoptive brother Odion, of course, but Odion also suspects that he cares for Celeste more than he shows.
- Oh, Crap!: Has this reaction when Sonia reveals that she can read Ancient Egyptian. Unfortunately it amounts to nothing, see Crazy-Prepared above.
- People Puppets: He uses his Millenium Rod to mind-control his minions, or anyone he captures.
- Pet the Dog: Strangely enough, Yami Marik does this in two occassions, albeit both times are immediately negated by his villainous words afterwards.
- In Chapter 32, he complies with everyone's demands and releases Mahiru from the Shadow Realm but warning everyone that this will be his only shred of mercy.
- In Chapter 50 he allows Mikan to tend to his wounds caused from his battle with Gundham. Afterwards he thanks her and promises to destroy her last when he plunges the world into the shadows.
- Smug Snake: Both Marik and his dark half are perpetually cocky in their ability to win.
- Spared by the Adaptation: Yami Marik. Instead of being destroyed after his final Shadow game in the Battle City finals, he was only banished within Marik's mind as seen when he re-emerges after Junko mentally breaks Marik in Chapter 61.
- Split-Personality Takeover: As in canon, Dark Marik takes over after Odion is knocked out of the finals. And then again after Battle City, thanks to Junko.
- Superpowered Evil Side: Yami Marik, as per canon.
- Unholy Matrimony: Celeste extends him this offer, and he actually takes her up on it. Until she loses to Yugi, but he just drops the deal instead of going the other route.
- Walking Spoiler: The fact that his evil side stays defeated for only three chapters.
- Yank the Dog's Chain: The three Ishtar siblings return home at the end of Battle City, hoping to restart anew, only to be kidnapped by Junko. Ishizu is tortured into despair, Marik supplanted by his Superpowered Evil Side, and Odion killed.
Odion Ishtar
- Killed Off for Real: Courtesy of a despair-converted Ishizu in Chapter 61.
- Morality Pet: To Marik.
- Too Good for This Sinful Earth: Junko has him killed because, of the three Ishtar siblings, he was the one too pure to corrupt or break.
- Yank the Dog's Chain: The three Ishtar siblings return home at the end of Battle City, hoping to restart anew, only to be kidnapped by Junko. Ishizu is tortured into despair, Marik brainwashed and supplanted by his Superpowered Evil Side, and Odion killed.
Other Rare Hunters
Steve
- Butt-Monkey: He takes the blunt of all of Nagito's Bad Luck, which included being bitten by a dog, trampled by a crowd, falling into a river, catching a cold, and getting hit by a car.
- Shout-Out: To the Steve(s) in Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series.
Craig the Crater & Edan the Flame
- Dual Boss: They fight Hajime two on one after kidnapping Chiaki.
- Fate Worse than Death: Edan is sent to the Shadow Realm for his failure.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Said verbatim by Craig when Hajime brings out the Five-Headed Dragon.
Arkana, Strings, Seeker, Lumis & Umbra
- Demoted to Extra: Their canon duels, unchanged from the original show, are only mentioned in passing so as to save chapter space.
Doma/Paradius
Dartz
- Arc Villain: For the Orichalcos arc.
- Badass in a Nice Suit: How he's dressed when he's not inside his temple, but rather living daily, modern-day life.
- Deal with the Devil: Has dragged Natsumi, Nagito, Hiyoko and Gundham to his side in this manner, preying upon their weaknesses and offering them power in exchange for helping him Take Over the World. And of course there's the matter of him making a pact with the Orichalcos himself.
- Killed Off for Real: As per canon, he and Leviathan are stopped permanently at the end of the Orichalcos arc.
- You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: In chapter 78, he lets Hiyoko know that she was nothing more than a disposable pawn to him, no matter how nice to her he was. And this is right before she's about to lose her soul.
Rafael Nevermind
- Achilles' Heel: His Guardian strategy while very potent when pulled off perfectly, has many obvious and exploitable flaws that are easy to capitalize on: First off is obviously how his Guardians require their respective Equip Spell to be on the field as otherwise they cannot be Summoned making any Spell/Trap removal an instant hindrance to him. Secondly, his Guarded Treasure Spell limits his starting hand in order to allow him an additional draw in his Draw Phases which can easily be countered by once again - Spell/Trap destruction, or a card that skips his Draw Phase like Time Seal. Third and lastly while he has numerous ways to retreive his monsters from the Graveyard, he has little ways to retrieve them if they are removed via other means such as banishing.
- Aloof Big Brother: To Sonia, considering she's on the opposing side and yet Rafael himself refuses to reach out to her despite the supposed death of his family being what led to his Despair Event Horizon in the first place. Junko naturally has a field day calling him out on his aloofness.
- Anti-Villain: Like in canon, he joins Dartz's cause because he genuinely believes he can restore the world to a purer state. Might be dropping the "anti" part now that Junko has a hold of him.
- Cassandra Truth: After being exposed to how twisted Junko is during their duel, Rafael tries to expose her to Yugi and his allies. Unfortunately, Junko's acting and manipulation of the situation leaves everyone (even his sister) refusing to believe his claims, with any dangerous tendencies on her part written off as the Seal's effect on her.
- Happy Ending Override: Like with the Ishtar siblings, just as it looks like he's going to be able to settle back down with his family, Junko ruins that idea.
- Guardian Entity: Plays a Guardian deck.
- Pet the Dog: Despite refusing to return with Sonia to Novoselic and being on opposing sides against her; Rafael still tucks her away in a safe location in the midst of his escape.
- Related in the Adaptation: In this story, he is a thought-to-be deceased member of the Novoselic Royal Family and is Sonia's older brother.
- Schmuck Bait: Like in canon, he uses the Exchange Spell to forcefully give Yami the Seal of Orichalcos as part of his gambit to expose his true nature while also taking his soul.
- Taking the Bullet: Will willingly go out of his way to protect his monsters from destruction, even at the cost of his other cards or his own LP.
- The Rival: Towards Yugi/Yami during the Orichalcos arc, as per canon. At least until Junko messes with that idea.
- The Worf Effect: In the Kaiba Corp Grand Prix, his involvement in the tournament seems to be for no other reason than to show off how good of a duelist Leon is.
Valon
- Adaptation Name Change: This fic gives him the surname of "Hall".
- Defeat Means Friendship: Implied after being beaten by Mai in chapter 75.
- Know When to Fold 'Em: When it is clear that Joey and Mai have the upper hand against him and Natsumi during their tag duel in Chapter 71 with no way for either of them to make a comeback; he decides to use his emergency fail-safe option to break the Seal of Orichalcos mid-duel, letting him and Natsumi make a run for it.
- Pet the Dog: His concern for Natsumi's well-being, as shown in Chapters 70-71.
- Powered Armor: His Armor deck.
- The Rival: Due to Mai not pulling her Face–Heel Turn from canon in this fic, Valon becomes this for her. He's also still this for Joey to some minor extent as per canon.
- Ship Tease: Tries to invoke this Mai as per canon. Unlike in canon however, Mai chooses to have none of it and thus antagonizes him every chance she gets.
- To a lesser extent with Natsumi, as seen from their interactions in Chapters 70-71 and how Valon seemed genuinely concerned about her well-being.
- Weak, but Skilled: His Armor monsters tend to have 0 ATK and DEF points, but more than make up for it by having devastating and potent effects that can easily overwhelm the opponent.
Alister
- Demoted to Extra: Oh good lord. Not only are his canon duels with Kaiba unchanged, but even his smaller appearances have been axed insofar. For example, in chapter 73 when Alister is supposed to take Rafael away from Death Valley with a helicopter, one of Gundham's mind controlled giant birds takes his place.
- Dude Looks Like a Lady: Courtesy of his looks and wardrobe.
- The Rival: To Seto Kaiba in the Orichalcos arc, as per canon. Hiyoko even lampshades and teases their dynamic as Alister having a "hate-boner" for Kaiba, much to his protests.
Gurimo
- Adaptational Badass: In canon, his only on-screen duel was against the Pharoah and was thus soundly defeated by him. Here, we see him winning a duel on-screen against Fuyuhiko and Peko showcasing a much stronger deck featuring the Wicked Eraser.
- Smug Snake: He spends his duels with Fuyuhiko, Peko, and Chisa taunting about how their defeat is inevitable. Unfortunately for him, Chisa isn't having none of that.
- Underestimating Badassery: He goes after Chisa because he thinks she's nothing more than a silly teacher. He is incredibly wrong and loses for it.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: This guy is taken out of the arc literally the chapter after he's introduced.
The New Recruits
- See the separate folders of Natsumi, Hiyoko, Gundham, and Nagito for more information.
