Dimensional counterparts A dimensional counterpart is a phenomenon featured in the " Yu - Gi - Oh ! ARC - V " anime where a person from one of the Four Dimensions resembles another person from another dimension . In addition to sharing the same face , the counterparts seem to be drawn to each other . History . Yuya and his counterparts are the reincarnations of Zarc while Zuzu and her counterparts are the reincarnations of Ray Akaba , who came to be when Ray used the four cards created by her father , Leo Akaba , to split the Supreme King Dragon Zarc with herself and the United World , which resulted in the creation of their reincarnations and the Four Dimensions . Leo eventually regained his memories of the events , and attempted to bring back his daughter by capturing Celina and her counterparts . He had Yuri capture Lulu Obsidian and Rin for him , and later sent him after Zuzu Boyle . Originally , Ray ' s incarnations were intended to keep Zarc ' s incarnations in check , but Leo ' s actions caused Yuri and his counterparts to come in contact with one another , and Yuya Sakaki accidentally absorbed Yuto after Yugo defeated the latter in a Duel , resulting in Zarc ' s influence driving his fragmented incarnations to absorb each other to restore himself without Ray ' s incarnations capable of stopping them . During the Lancers ' time in the Synchro Dimension , Celina was captured by Barrett and brought back to Duel Academy . By placing a Parasite Monster into her mind , the Doktor used her to capture Zuzu . Sometime later , Yuri was able to absorb Yugo after defeating him in a Duel and went after Yuya in order to become one with him . After watching Yuri seal his father into a card , enraged , Yuya and Yuri faced off against each other in a duel . After Yuri lost , Zarc was able to take control of Yuya and used Astrograph Magician to fuse his alter egos and the Four Dimension Dragons back into the Supreme King Dragon Zarc . At the same time , having captured all four girls , Leo processed to fuse them back into Ray with ARC - V by transferring each girls ' life force into the machine ' s reactor core one at a time starting from Zuzu , Lulu , Rin , and finally Celina . However , due to Leo ' s recklessness of ordering the operators to transfer Lulu and Celina into Arc - V at insufficient energy level , Ray ' s resurrection was incomplete and she was not revived back into her physical form , instead becoming a semi corporeal spirit trapped in the core . During the battle against Zarc , Riley Akaba came to Ray and offered her body to her so she can defeat Zarc . But the moment Ray defeated Zarc with Yuya ' s help , Riley purged Ray ' s spirit from her body and used the Natural Energy Cards to extract Zarc ' s spirit and seal him inside of herself . Since Riley disrupted the process that would have separated them , Yuya still had his counterparts merged in his body as they manage to eventually put Zarc ' s spirit at peace . At that moment , as she and her incarnations were in a inactive state until sensing Zarc ' s passing , Ray reincarnates as Zuzu with Celina , Rin , and Lulu ' s spirits living on within her . Mistaken Identities . A common recurrence is for a character to confuse one counterpart with another counterpart due to their identical facial structures . Instances of confusion include : Counterparts . Zarc . When Zarc was defeated by Ray with the power of the Natural Energy Cards , his essence was divided in four and manifested as four infants who grew into youths who each possesses a Dimension Dragon . Yuya serves as the primary protagonist of the series , with Yuto and Yugo as secondary protagonists and Yuri as a major antagonist . Zarc manifests within his incarnations whenever they enter a rampant state of mind and begin to sync with each other . This process is magnified when the four dragons have all been summoned in the same area , enabling Zarc to speak through all four incarnations and voicing his desire to become whole by merging his incarnations back into single being . Zarc was only able to reform by influencing his incarnations into wanting to Duel each other . When one incarnation lost , the winner would absorb him ( or in Yuto ' s case , even though he lost to Yugo , Yuya absorbed him since he was closer ) until all were merged together . With his incarnations now one in Yuya ' s body , considering them his " alter egos " rather than actual people , Zarc took complete control over Yuya , turning his body into a demonic form . While in control , Zarc defeated everyone who faced off against him using demonic versions of his dragons and his own dragon form . However , while fighting Ray as she used Riley Akaba ' s body to duel him , his incarnations rallied under Yuya and resisted him long enough to cause his defeat while exposed to the Natural Energy Cards . However , instead of being separated from each other , Yuya and his counterparts remain in one body after Riley extracted Zarc ' s essence from them . Each of their Decks seems to be based on that of a past protagonist of a series which their dimension is based on . Yuya uses Spellcaster s similar to Yugi Muto and his " Dark Magician " . Yuto uses Warrior s similar to Yuma Tsukumo and his " " . Yugo uses Machine s like Yusei Fudo and both of them use WIND Dragon - Type ace monsters . Yuri is the only one to not follow this pattern ; his Deck instead takes inspiration from Yubel , Jaden Yuki ' s spirit partner , as they both use Plant - themed Decks , though his use of the card " Super Polymerization " mirrors both characters . Ray Akaba . Having used the Natural Energy Cards to stop Zarc , Ray ' s body was split in four as consequence of their use . She became four infants who grew into young girls who each possesses a bracelet , an embodiment of one of the Natural Energy Cards . For this very reason , they are collectively called Bracelet Girls ( ブレスレットの , " Buresuretto no Ko " ) . Zuzu serves as a secondary protagonist of the series , with her counterparts Celina , Rin and Lulu each playing a major supporting role . Unlike Zarc , Ray choose not to subjugate her incarnations and allowed them to live as they pleased . However , acting through the bracelets to make sure Zarc ' s incarnations are not in the same place at the same time , Ray subconsciously influenced the girls to be close to her respective Zarc counterpart to keep them from being influenced by Zarc ' s will . Whenever Zarc ' s incarnations approached each other , the bracelets Ray created would warp all but one of them away and snap them out of Zarc ' s control . While Zuzu , Lulu , and Rin were able to do that , Celina could not due to the actions of Leo Akaba who sought to restore his daughter at any cost . Her father used Duel Academy to invade the other dimensions to abduct Lulu and Rin before recapturing Celina and then capturing Zuzu , leading to Yuya , Yuto , Yugo , and Yuri meeting up and Dueling as they sought one another out , with Ray ' s counterparts unable to stop them . This caused the the events that would lead to Zarc ' s resurrection . All four girls were briefly placed under the control the Doktor ' s Parasite Monster s , making them temporary antagonists , but were freed when Leo carded the Doktor for his dangerous thinking . However , they were already placed in capsules to be inserted into the reactor core of ARC - V . Leo , not regretting their feelings as separate beings or taking Ray ' s wishes into account , inserted them into the reactor to be forcefully merged back into Ray . However , Ray lacked a physical form and was forced to use Riley ' s body to deal with Zarc once he was reconstituted . However , once Zarc was defeated , Ray was forced out of Riley ' s body as the child used the Natural Energy Cards to extract Zarc ' s essence from his incarnations and absorbed it . When Ray returned to ARC - V , Leo deduced that his daughter and her incarnations are an inactive state following the second dimensional split . But upon sensing Yuya ' s win against Declan enabling Zarc ' s spirit to finally rest , Ray awakens and reincarnates as Zuzu with her counterparts ' spirits residing within her . The girls ' Decks are shown to each have a feminine themed to them as nearly all of their monsters are female . Their Decks also possess a synergy to Fusion Summon and each one is based around a Natural Energy Card with a musical theme to them : Zuzu being flowers and melody , Celina ' s moon and dancing , Rin ' s wind and instruments ( bells ) , and Lulu ' s being birds and singing ( songbirds ) . As for Ray , other than the cards she used to defeat Zarc , her Deck is unknown .