Yu-Gi-Oh! Concepts

Betrayal is the act of treachery or a violation of a trust or allegiance. This can be to one's friends, country, or God.

Male characters that share the same parents.

Feline animal with four legs and says "meow." Many are found hanging around animes and mangas.

The history of anime censorship largely involves the early anime releases and the question of their place in the larger media model.

When a character doesn't quite act their age and behaves in an upbeat and immature manner.

A child who is on the same ability level as an older person. This can include things such as skipping grades or talent at an instrument.

The practice of dressing like characters from anime, manga, video games, and even novels, TV shows, celebrities, etc.

The act of wearing clothes commonly associated with the opposite gender.

A concept where several characters from different, separate stories and series meet up.

One or more past events that negatively affected one or more people. It's very common in an anime for at least one person to have such a past.

Dark Signer are the evil counterpart of the Signer

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The belief of predetermined events.

A group of animals that went extinct 65 million years ago. They often appear in or influenced various manga/anime.

A double or look-alike of another person.

A legendary creature that is typically reptilian, that can fly and can breathe fire and sometimes ice.

The imaginary events that goes on in your head when you are asleep. In some anime's they can bring important messages or to haunt a person.

The game played in the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise

Common visual conventions seen in manga and anime to convey emotions, often for comical effect.

Translation problems between two languages or cultures.

Something that isn't from the manga. Could be characters, episodes, and so forth.

Used frequently in Anime to either recap past events or provide a back story for a character, either their origin story or their off-screen training of new attack. Sometime and entire episode/chapter would be a entire flashback.

There is a particular genre of anime, usually shounen, devoted entirely to the playing of various games, such as mahjongg, Go, etc. These anime may also be tie-ins for CCGs.

Someone skilled with computers who is able to break into secure programs and alter them. A hacker's motives vary, some do it for malicious reasons, some for heroic ones, and others just for fun.

A hater is a person with an intense dislike of something or someone for no reasons other than a desire to intensely dislike something and/or jealousy.

Capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment .

The act of taking another person's life.

The act of controling an individual, making him preform actions at your will.

Rivals are competitor to someone. Unlike an enemy, rivals could have similar goals but disagree on the process.

Signer are chosen by the Crimson Dragon to save the world from evil.

A anonymous follower and tab-keeper of another person or persons.

A duel monster from Yu-Gi-Oh which is at the maximum level

A battle between participants to see who is the strongest. It usually involves brackets and moving up the line, but it can also be in other formats such as a "survival of the fittest" format.

A passion or romance for a person where these feelings are not returned by the object of affection. A one-sided love.

Blood sucking creatures of the night, although not always evil necessarily. They are a staple of countless anime and manga series.

Zombies are an undead rotting corpse that is alive yet dead and have voracious appetites for living flesh.