Spring 2017 Anime: Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS

Synopsis

Five years ago, a group of mysterious hackers calling themselves Hanoi Knights raided the Cyverse. In that siege, the rescue forces failed to protect Cyverse and got trapped by the Hanoi Knights. During the chaos, a mysterious AI appeared. Ignis, the mysterious sentient AI tried to stop the siege by severing the connection and hid Cyverse somewhere else inside the network system. Five years since the attack, Ignis have become a fugitive pursued by the Hanoi Knights who wanted to know the exact location of Cyverse. SOL Technologies, the company which created a virtual system called Link VRAINS also searched for Ignis for their own purposes. Link VRAINS is a virtual world system where duelists prove their might in a card game duel. Inside the Link VRAINS, there was a rumour spread about a mysterious duelist named Playmaker who always fought back the Hanoi Knights.

The search for Ignis and the whereabouts of Cyverse continued, with both the Hanoi Knights and SOL Technologies clashing with each other for their own purpose. One day, when SOL Technologies were doing a scan to look for Ignis, Den City’s Link VRAINS system was attacked by the Hanoi Knights. During the attack, an ordinary high school boy named Yusaku Fujiki tried to look for Ignis. He needed Ignis to know about the truth behind the tragedy that happened to him five years ago. Yusaku finally caught Ignis and entered the Link VRAINS to fight back the Hanoi Knights.

Comments

After the end of Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V, the franchise continues with its’ sixth installment named Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS. On each of its’ series, Yu-Gi-Oh! always have many new different things, not only the characters, but also the world, theme, and also the new rulings in the card game itself. Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS has a network and virtual world as its’ main theme. There are also some new rulings and gameplay in the card game introduced, the Link Monsters and Link Summonning.

The first episode of Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS heavily focused on the story. There are almost no scene about dueling and introduction to the card game like what they usually have in the first episode on the previous series. This first episode presents intense story with many actions. The main character in this series also looks interesting. Yusaku Fujiki have a very different characteristics compared to the protagonists in the two previous series.

With its’ technological and virtual world theme, the interesting character, intense story and also new gameplay, this series looks very promising and of course Yu-Gi-Oh! fans mustn’t miss this series. For new audience, it’s not too late to watch this series because usually at the beginning of the series, Yu-Gi-Oh! focuses on introducing the stories and the gameplay of its card game to the newcomers.

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The Indonesian Anime Times | by Rafly Nugroho