Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS (遊☆戯☆王VRAINS)

The Cyberse will be...

no more!

Cracking Dragon, destroy this world!

How did the Knights of Hanoi find us?

He's gonna wipe us out!

We gotta do something!

Do what?

He's got us trapped!

But not me!

Because no one can catch this fella!

And I mean no one!

And since you're all tied up at the moment...

I mean, really?

All of you?

Embarrassing.

Anyway, I guess it's up to me to save the day.

Cracking Dragon, don't let that stray escape!

Watch out!

Well, Cyberse, it was good seein' ya.

No!

That Ignis is cutting off the Cyberse

from the rest of the network!

He's hiding our world to protect us!

But... won't that mean...

he can never come home again?

Uh-oh!

Find every fragment of that Ignis!

It's the only one who knows

the precise location of the Cyberse!

Linkslayer attack...

Giga-Claw!

You dare to attack the Knights of Hanoi?

You've made a fatal mistake!

Once you cross us, you're marked for life!

Good.

Then you'll be seeing a lot more of me.

So you ought to remember this face,

or better yet... my name.

It's Playmaker.

Hey.

Hey.

Wake up.

Whoa!

So it's finally awake!

I thought you were gonna doze through

the whole semester.

Yeah, had a long night, Shima.

Well, Yusaku, you're gonna have

a long stint in detention if they catch ya snoozing

through this super-boring class.

Instead of books,

you should've brought a pillow.

Hey, not a bad idea.

Yeah, I'm full of 'em!

Like... my idea to snag this!

That's a nice watch.

It's a Duel Disk!

See?

Oh, yeah.

It's SOL Technologies' newest model.

So, did you have to line up for it?

Yeah!

But only ten hours.

Is that your Duel Disk?

Dude, it's time for a trade-in.

That thing's older than a dinosaur.

My beaut's loaded with an AI that provides dueling

and emotional support.

You are dueltacular, Shima.

Ten hours well spent.

And while you still have to load your deck manually,

mine downloads cards

straight from the SOL Tech cloud network.

And not only that,

I get VIP priority access to

the LINK VRAINS virtual reality dueling realm.

Here's a live look.

So LINK VRAINS is where you go to duel, Shima?

You nuts?!

Nuts are crucial to a healthy diet.

LINK VRAINS is where all the top duelists

in the world go to compete.

You don't just show up there and duel.

You gotta be the best of the best

of the best of the best!

I see.

And there's one duelist

who's ruling the roost these days.

The one and only Playmaker!

Playmaker?

Oh yeah, he's seriously my hero!

He's fighting against the Knights of Hanoi,

this no-good group of hackers

who're trying to destroy LINK VRAINS!

Really.

That sounds like quite the job for only one man.

Yeah, you're tellin' me.

And like a true hero, he keeps his identity secret.

Aww, man, I wish I was his sidekick!

And we could sidekick Hanoi's derrieres!

Have fun.

Hey, hold up!

Do you want me to teach you how to duel?

Unfortunately, I doubt you have the ability

to teach me how to duel.

For three reasons.

For one:

You require the support of an AI program

to help you duel.

And two: You've prejudged me by the age of my Duel Disk,

not by my skill or my cards.

And three: You told me you're not ready

to compete in LINK VRAINS...

so how can you teach me?

But I do believe you're on your way

to becoming a good duelist.

For one: You love talking about dueling,

and that passion can't be taught in a classroom.

And two: Acquiring that new Duel Disk

shows you're on the cutting edge

of the latest dueling trends.

And three:

Since you have no qualms speaking your mind,

you must have tough skin

when others speak their mind and say

that you have much to improve as a duelist.

Oh yeah, Yusaku!

Well, I got three things I can say about you

but I don't want my grandma

to wash my mouth out with soap!

There are three reasons why he shouldn't be so upset.

But I guess it's too late to discuss them with him now.

Aww, glitch!

They found me!

Is it true, Zaizen?

You've detected the Ignis?

I have confirmation, Bishop.

It appears the Ignis

is lurking somewhere within the network system.

We finally have a lead to the Cyberse.

The source that generated new data material

to grow SOL Technologies' virtual world,

or it used to.

Until that Ignis, that rogue AI program

hid the Cyberse from us five years ago.

Without the Cyberse,

our network is slowly deteriorating.

But if we locate the Cyberse,

our network will be fully restored.

We find the Ignis

and we find the Cyberse.

Yes.

You have permission to use

all of SOL Technologies' resources

to find the Ignis.

You've never failed us before, Zaizen.

Do not start now.

I'll see to it right away.

Varis, the Ignis has finally reappeared.

But if we've detected it, Sol Tech must have too.

They'll use it to find and revive the Cyberse.

Then we must simply capture it before they do, Spectre.

The Cyberse is to be destroyed, not revived.

I don't doubt your abilities.

But what if this Playmaker

dares to interfere with us again?

Let him.

He's nothing but a nuisance.

May I suggest that Playmaker

is more formidable than you think?

Our best hackers have failed to uncover

his real-world identity

because he not only blocks our trackers,

he meticulously purges his login information.

And when he-- Focus on the task at hand.

Hunt down that Ignis and bring it to me.

Who are those two, Kolter?

Not really up on

the celebrity duelist scene, are ya?

Been kinda busy.

Hear that.

Speaking of, ever hear of Data Storms?

Data Storms?

Yeah.

I heard rumors that crazy tornadoes

used to blow through LINK VRAINS.

And thrill-seekers would ride those winds

and battle on 'em in things called Speed Duels.

Speed Duels...

But no one I know's ever seen a Data Storm.

But, man, surfin' the wind?

Ha, crazy, right?