Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V (manga)

is a Japanese manga series illustrated by Naohito Miyoshi and written by Shin Yoshida. The series is an adaptation of the Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V anime series and uses the same characters and setting. However, the manga presents a different story from that of the anime.

The series began serialization in Shueisha's V Jump magazine in August 2015, and also began serialization by Viz Media in English in its digital Weekly Shonen Jump on August 24, 2015.

Plot

The story takes place in Maiami City, where the Leo Corporation developed Solid Vision which became an inseparable part of daily life due to its ability to give physical mass to data. Its application to Duel Monsters created an interactive experience that gave rise to challenging Action Duels where duelists traverse environments to locate Action Cards to help them in a pinch.

The story follows Yuya Sakaki, a mysterious Entertainment Duelist with the ability to Pendulum Summon and little memory of his past. Nicknamed Phantom, he is on the run from the Leo Corporation after hacking into their system to freely manipulate Solid Vision technology for his own use. He has three other personalities within him: the collected Xyz Duelist Yuto, the sadistic Fusion Duelist Yuri, and the overconfident Synchro Duelist Yugo. While escaping from Leo Corp agents, Yuya meets Yuzu Hiragi who tricks him into signing a teaching contract at her father's Yu Sho Duel School in exchange for her assistance.

Yuya is later revealed to originate from Miami City two decades in the future, sent to the current timeline by his father Yusho to find a Duel Monster card of omnipotent power called "Genesis Omega Dragon" (G.O.D) that gives one the power manipulate reality itself. But Yuya finds opposition in Leo Corp's president Reiji Akaba, who is also from the future and blames Yusho for destroying their era when he stole the G.O.D. card from his father Leo Akaba. Furthermore, altering his memories unbeknownst to him so to burden him with who they really are, Yuya's alternate personalities were actually the spirits of his older brothers who merged into Yuya's body after they died protecting him during the calamity. The two parties ultimately join forces when Yuya and Reiji find themselves targeted by a third faction led by a mysterious woman called EVE, who needs the Adam Factor energy that Yuya and Reiji possess to restore G.O.D's true power so she and her followers can create an ideal reality for themselves.

After series of duels, Yuya and his brothers finally confronts EVE and G.O.D, with Yuya recovering his memories in the process. When Yuya was close to give in to G.O.D's temptation of having his whole family back, his three brothers sacrificed themselves to give their remaining powers to strengthen the Adam Factor inside Yuya, granting Yuya the card God-Eyes Phantom Dragon that eventually defeats G.O.D. The spirit of Adam than manifests and reunites with EVE, leaving together with her. However, before Yuya can destroy G.O.D, Reiji interrupts as he wishes to have G.O.D to continue his father's legacy, leading to another duel between the two. Yuya emerges victorious and destroy G.O.D, opening a path that leads to another dimension where G.O.D's creator is. Yuya, Reiji, Ren, and Isaac decides to confront the creator of G.O.D while Sora stays with Shun and Shingo. Before leaving, Yuya assures Yuzu that they are destined to meet again and gives his ace monster to her. Days after the battle, Yuzu meets the young Yusho, indicating that she'll meet Yuya again in the future like he had told her.

Characters The English version of the manga uses the Japanese human character names. - Use of "Yuzu Hiiragi"

Main characters

A Dueltainer infamously known as Phantom, Yuya hacked into Leo Corporation's Solid Vision system so he can use the system for his own use in his search for the creator of the Duel Monster card Genesis Omega Dragon (G.O.D). Yuya shares his body with the spirits of his older brothers Yuto, Yuri, and Yugo, who feigned being alter egos while wiping Yuya's memories of them. As a Dueltainer and excellent hacker, Yuya is capable of manipulating the Solid Vision technology to materialize his magic tricks that gives him advantage in Duel, usually to get an Action Card. It's revealed that he and Reiji are actually from the future, but got sent by their fathers to the present timeline after Yusho caused an incident known as World Illusion to regress time to stop the destruction of the world after G.O.D went on rampage. During the escape, Yuya was knocked out when he sacrificed himself to save his brothers from a falling debris. By the time they arrived back at home, all but one escape capsule were destroyed, so his brothers decided to let him into the capsule to save his life. Due to the impact of World Illusion, Yuya lost his memories when he arrived in the past and his brothers' spirits inside him decided to erase the memories of their relation so that he won't be saddened by their deaths. Since then, Yuya seeks G.O.D with the intent to destroy the card. Yuya possesses a power called the Adam Factor that according to Ren is necessary to awaken G.O.D, which appeared to disrupt his connection to Yuto, Yugo, and Yuri. As a result, following his duel against Reiji, Yuya undergoes training by the three to master their skills should he end up duelling on his own. It was during his duel against EVE that Yuya regain his memories of his brothers when they were separate beings while managing to overwhelm her with renewed resolve and defeat Reiji before they, Ren, and Isaac depart to confront G.O.D's creator. Yuya initially uses a Performapal/Odd-Eyes deck with his ace monsters being Odd-Eyes Phantom Dragon and Odd-Eyes Phantasma Dragon, later changing to a Four Dimensions Dragons Deck with all four dragons and God-Eyes Phantom Dragon as his ace monsters.

Pretending to be one of Yuya's alternate personalities, being serious-minded compared to Yuya, Yuto is a duellist from future who uses Xyz Summons. Yuto is revealed to Yusho's first born son, making him the eldest of Yuya's brothers. On the day that the World Illusion occurred, Yuto and his brothers were originally planned to escape together, but three of the four escape pods Yusho had prepared for them were destroyed during G.O.D's rampage. Yuto, Yuri, and Yugo agreed to put Yuya before themselves, placing him in the last escape pod as their last action alive. However, their souls somehow managed to survive and ended up in Yuya's body as he believed them to alternate personalities. Yuto, Yugo, and Yuri agreed to conceal Yuya's memories of them as his brother to spare him grief over sacrificing themselves for him. As the oldest, Yuto is the most responsible; he often scolds Yuya's recklessness and defuses bickering between Yugo and Yuri. When they first arrived to the present, Yuto acts as Yuya's "decoy" since the Leo Corporation were only given orders to find Yuya. But Yuya's reckless action and Reiji's perceptiveness led his connection with Yuya to be found out during his Duel against Sawatari. Following Yuya's duel against Reiji, Yuto begins to train Yuya for later battles. When they finally confront EVE, Yuto takes over for Yuya when he got injured, failing to corner EVE despite his best effort before Yuya regains his body while knowing the truth. Yuto uses a Phantom Knights Deck that focuses on Xyz Summon with his ace monster being Dark Anthelion Dragon which he gave to Yuya.

Pretending to be one of Yuya's alternate personalities, sadistic while believing everyone has darkness in them, the cynical Yuri is a duellist from future who uses Fusion Summon. Yuri is actually one of Yuya's three older brothers who died together with Yuto and Yugo during G.O.D's rampage, his soul enduring and ending up inside Yuya. Concluding that Yuya would be burdened by them if he remembered how they died, Yuri, Yuto, and Yugo agreed to erase Yuya's memories involving them. Yuri first makes his presence known during Yuya's duel against Sora, berating Yuya's naivety while exposing Sora's true nature. Unfortunately, Yuri was quickly cornered when Sora directly attacked him, heavily injuring him due to the tripled damage setting set by Sora prior the Duel, leading Yuya to take over once more. He uses the Solid Vision technology in Yuya's Duel Disk to materialize a thorn whip. Despite his ruthlessness, Yuri displays deep care and strong protective streak for Yuya to the point he would mercilessly punish anyone who harm him in any way even if Yuya himself ask him not to. Helping train Yuya in later battles following his counterpart's duel against Reiji, Yuri resurfaces to once more take over Yuya's rematch duel against Sora and this time defeats him. However, immediately afterwards, Yuri fell into deep sleep like Yugo does until he woke up after the Adam Factor inside Yuya restored his memories. Yuri uses a Predator Plants Deck that focuses on Fusion Summon with his ace monster being Starving Venemy Dragon which he gave to Yuya.

Pretending to be one of Yuya's alternate personalities, somewhat dim-witted with a short-temper yet kind-hearted, the prideful Yugo is a Turbo Duellist from future who uses Synchro Summon. Yugo is actually one Yuya's older brothers, who died together with Yuto and Yuri during G.O.D's rampage with his soul ending up in Yuya's body. Yugo, Yuto, and Yuri erased Yuya's memories involving them as they deemed the memories would saddened Yuya due to the fact that they were already dead. He uses the Solid Vision technology in Yuya's Duel Disk to materialize a Duel Runner. Yugo first makes his presence known following Yuya's duel against Sora, taking Yuya back to their base. Yugo also developed a rivalry with the Turbo Duellist Ren, unaware that Ren is his descendant. Following Yuya's duel against Reiji, expecting his host's power may keep him from helping in later battles, Yugo begins to train Yuya in mastering his Turbo Duelling skills. During his rematch against Ren, the Adam Factor inside Yuya dwindling Yugo's existence, forcing Yugo to leave Yuya to defeat Ren and has been unconscious since then until he woke up after the Adam Factor inside Yuya restored his memories. Yugo uses a Speedroid Deck that focuses on Synchro Summon and his ace monster is Clearwing Fast Dragon which he gave to Yuya.

She is the daughter of the principal of Syu Zo Duel School, often carrying a paper fan that she usually uses on her father whenever he does something foolish. Wanting to keep the school open and resolve her father's financial struggles, becoming a stingy gold-digger as a result, Yuzu decided to track down Yuya as his infamy would attract much needed attention for Syu Zo Duel School. Yuzu finds Yuya and tricked him into signing a teaching contract, with Yuya reluctantly allowing her to become his manager and aide in his mission to find the G.O.D. card. But Yuzu gradually becomes concerned for Yuya's well being, with Yuya's brothers hinting that they and Yuya knew her in their future timeline. When Yuya leaves, he gives Yuzu his Odd-Eyes Phantom Dragon card before eventually crossing paths with a young Yusho. It is eventually revealed that Yuzu is actually Yusho's wife in the future, making her the mother of Yuya, Yuto, Yuri, and Yugo.

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