The initial premises of VRAINS are pretty much fairly similar to the likes of the aforementioned Sword Art Online series (though more so the Alicization arcs) and other virtual reality MMO shows like the Hack series, Accel World, and King’s Avatar. Even the apparent supervising of Katsuya’s directing by Tatsuo Satou, who’s directed shows like Martian Successor Nadesico and Lord of Vanadis, wasn’t enough, apparently. However, considering the sudden change of directors early on in the show, I should’ve known where this story’s direction was headed right then and there. The show’s theme is to “Take a step forward, and try!”, on the assertion that kids should try things out instead of just giving up easily after the first try due to feeling overwhelmed by the challenge ahead. The story follows a young man named Yusaku Fujiki, who goes under the alias and avatar of “Playmaker” and gets involved in the underlying conflict and revelations of LINK VRAINS, and in the process, meets and teams up with an extremely peculiar self-aware artificial intelligence program, whom he then calls Ai. In this VR space, users can customize their avatars and participate in Duels against each other, so from the get-go, the show is basically the Sword Art Online version of Duel Monsters. The anime series takes place in an alternate timeline/universe in an urban setting called Den City, where virtual reality space, under the official name of LINK VRAINS, is a commodity and normality for the people. It is animated by Studio Gallop, whom are well known for their role in nearly all the other Yugioh series, and directed Shin Yoshida, another all-too-familiar face in this trading card game franchise. Initially directed by Masahiro Hosoda for the first 13 episodes, the director role was abruptly switched to Katsuya Ayano for episode 14 and onward. It was made as a means to introduce, familiarize, and promote the then-new Link Summoning format to the countless anime followers. So exactly what is this show? Well, Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS, or simply known as VRAINS, is the fifth spin-off series of the Yugioh franchise, and actually the ninth overall. series in general that I watched up to date. I owe an apology and a warning beforehand to everyone who did enjoy this show, but in the end, this is simply my honest opinion about a show I invested a bit too much hope and expectations in when it first aired back in May 2017.Īs someone who has followed the Yugioh franchise ever since I was in middle school, I can honestly say, without a shred of reconsideration, that this Yugioh installment was perhaps the most disappointing, if not the worst, installment out of all the anime series up to date, and probably one of the most underwhelming anime
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