Aporia Aporia was a survivor of the Meklord Emperor Genocide , and a member of the Iliaster ' s Four Stars of Destruction . After Aporia ' s natural death , three androids based on the different stages of Aporia ' s lives , named Jakob , Primo and Lester , were created by Z - one and sent to the past to change the future at all costs . Eventually the androids merged together to form a fourth android with the memories and personality of the original Aporia . He would stop at nothing to make sure his mission was carried out . He was defeated by Z - one after he had a change of heart and tried to stop him from destroying the future . Before his death he combined his Duel Disk with the Yusei Go ahead of Yusei ' s battle with Z - one . Design . Appearance . Unlike the other survivors of the apocalyptic future , his cyborg form didn ' t resemble his younger self , as he existed as a combination of his embodiments . He had the face , half of his hair color , voice , and lower body of Primo , the other half of his hair color , and Duel Disk of Lester , and the large physique and hands of Jakob . In addition , the three smaller jewels on each of their heads combined into a large one on his forehead . He had multilayered blue eyebrows , and red eyes , in addition to fangs . Aporia ' s chest resembles that of his ace card , " Meklord Astro Mekanikle " . Personality . When Aporia first fought Team 5D ' s , he stated that he was an embodiment of despair because of what he had suffered in the original future . However , after fighting so many times against the Signers , Aporia ' s personality transformed . His first shift in personality was through the claim that he felt neither hope or despair , and that the only thing he needed were machines and felt his android form was superior to his organical body . Afterwards , he had gotten to the point where he believed the human heart was a useless thing and that because of its existence , mistakes and the eventual despair were created . During his Duel against Jack , Leo and Luna , he became briefly unstable , first by remaining in cold logic and mostly emotionless after he easily took out a majority of his opponents ' Life Points , but later burst into fear and despair when things were turned in his opponents ' favor while trying to deny he felt any despair . Jack points out what he feels wasn ' t despair , but hope . Aporia realizes this and admits it after losing . After this loss , Aporia stated to Team 5D ' s that the true reason he had continued to live even after suffering for so long , was that because he himself never lost hope , believing that it could be found within the depths of despair : effectively fighting for the very hope he had deemed futile . Abilities . Aporia ' s body is an android much like his counterparts , with the qualities of the real person . Just like Jakob , and Primo , Aporia can fuse with his Duel Runner . He can even use the ring fused to his back as his Duel Disk much like Lester . Aporia can also combine with his Field Spell Card " Fortissimo the Mobile Fortress " in the same manner . He is also capable of materialize his own cards to damage the environment around him . Aporia is later shown to be telepathic , following his conversation with Z - one after being brought aboard the Divine Temple . His Duel Disk was able to give the Yusei Go the power of flight temporarily for his Duel against Z - one . Etymology . The name " " comes from the Greek word " ἀπορία " , which literally means to question or wonder and is used in philosophy to refer to a philosophical puzzle or state of puzzlement , and , in rhetoric , a rhetorically useful expression of doubt . Additionally , " Aporia " was a Greek mythological deity personifying difficulty , perplexity , powerlessness , and want of means . It may also derive from another Greek word " απόρροια " , which literally means result . Due to the fact that in Japanese , " l " may be pronounced as " r " , the name may derive from the Greek word " απώλεια " ( it is pronounced " apólia " ) , which actually means loss ( metaphorically it also means death ) . The name could represent the state of " Aporia " after losing all people that loved him and he loved back , and eventually the loss of his hope . Biography . History . As the world was evolving at an ever - increasing rate , the human race became dependent on the Ener - D system and Synchro Summon s , which were the gears that accelerated the spin of the Ener - D system . As the people became more greedy and selfish , the Ener - D system reacted to this by spinning faster and faster , and eventually , the speed became uncontrollable . As a result of this an invasion of Meklord Emperor s were set upon the world and the world was sent to ruin after the invasion . All lifeforms in the world had been vanquished by the subsequent Meklord Emperor invasion . As a child , Aporia , along with his mother and father , was chased by a " Meklord Emperor Granel " . It fired a beam at them , killing his parents and leaving Aporia alive . He regarded the loss of the people that loved him as the first of three major despairs in his life . His hair turned prematurely gray some time between this incident and before he reached his adulthood . At some point in his life , Aporia met and fell in love with a fellow freedom fighter named Eurea , whom he fought the Meklord Emperors with . The pair attempted to ambush a " Meklord Emperor Granel " using rocket launchers . However , the " Meklord Emperor " retaliated by blowing up half the building they were shooting from , taking Aporia ' s lover with it . Aporia regarded the loss of the one he loved as the second of three major despairs in his life . The Ener - D eventually changed and spun in the opposite direction , sparking a global disaster that eventually wiped out the majority of mankind . In his old age , Aporia found himself alone and believed himself to be the only survivor . Aporia regarded the sentiment of " having nobody left to love " as the third of the three major despairs of his life . Aporia soon discovered he wasn ' t the only survivor when he met Antinomy , Paradox and Z - one . Being the last survivors on Earth , the four of them formed Iliaster with the mission to create a better future . The four survivors attempted to dispose of the core power of Ener - D , the source that had wiped out the world before . They performed countless experiments in an attempt to find a solution to restore the world to its former state . However , as time passed , Antinomy and Paradox died of old age and Z - one became more mechanical . Aporia considered himself to be the only one left alive . Aporia was placed in a capsule as he neared the end of his life . He asked Z - one to do whatever it took to prevent their future from ever occurring and insisted that Z - one split him into three embodiments based on the three despairs of his life . World Racing Grand Prix . Keeping his word , Z - one split Aporia ' s being into three android - like embodiments of despair , Lester , Primo and Jakob , who were sent back in time . They became the Three Pure Nobles and used their power of falsification of history to alter the current events in time , including having themselves enrolled into the World Racing Grand Prix as Team New World . Team New World faced Team 5D ' s in the final event of the tournament . When both teams were down to their last Duelist , Yusei Fudo destroyed Jakob ' s " Meklord Emperor Granel " with " Shooting Star Dragon " . The three embodiments then combined back into Aporia . Aporia took over Yusei and Jakob ' s Duel and proceeded to Summon his " Meklord Astro Mekanikle " , overwhelming Yusei and putting him at a severe disadvantage . Aporia showed Team 5D ' s the future world from which he had come and explained that he was going to remove New Domino City from history to prevent it from happening . However Yusei refused to believe that humans were the reason that the future world had been destroyed and continued to fight on . Yusei managed to Summon " Red Nova Dragon " , " Black - Winged Dragon " and " Shooting Star Dragon " and use them to defeat Aporia . Contrary to what Aporia had expected , the Grand Design was completed despite his loss and the Divine Temple began to descend on New Domino . Z - one managed to recover Aporia ' s mechanical body and took it to the Divine Temple , where his human body still resided . Z - one informed him of the Divine Temple ' s appearance over New Domino despite the loss . Z - one explained that an outside interference has caused the future to change . Z - one asked if Aporia was willing to try to change the future again , only for him to respond that he would do anything . Aporia felt much obliged , as he regarded Z - one as his eternal friend . Tools then began to repair Aporia ' s mechanical body . Divine Temple . With his repairs fully completed , Aporia stood to protect the second Gear where he is challenged by Jack , Leo and Luna . In a 3 - on - 1 Duel , they are forcibly equipped with machines that inflict real damage . After Summoning " Meklord Astro Dragon Asterisk " and his " Meklord Army " monsters , Aporia reduces Jack and Luna ' s Life Points to 700 and 100 respectively . Leo begins crying and Aporia simply ends his turn after explaining to Leo that what he is feeling is true despair . However , Jack shows Leo how to never give into despair and keep believing in hope . After doing so , Jack ' s Life Points are reduced to 100 , but Leo begins acting as Jack and Luna ' s shield . Leo ends up dying from the damage , but Ancient Fairy Dragon explains that she needs him to protect Luna and revives him through the effect of " Morphtronic Lantron " . Leo is then revived as a Signer and Aporia watches helplessly as Leo Summons " Life Stream Dragon " . Through its effect , Luna , Jack and Leo ' s Life Points become 2000 and further effect damage is prevented . When Aporia realizes he is about to lose , he wonders if it is because he feels despair . Jack explains to him that fighting to protect Z - one makes Aporia feel hope , not despair . Jack ' s attack reduces Aporia ' s life to 0 . As the field surrounding them collapses , Jack , Leo and Luna escape . Aporia then begins falling to his death , with a smile on his face and notes that he feels no pain , only hope . However , he later reappears at the central gear to Team 5D ' s , having survived the falling before , but his mechanical body is heavily damaged and malfunctioning . He challenges Z - one in an effort to show him there is still hope in the future . Before the Duels begins , Aporia reveals to Leo that witnessing the hope the Signer had during their Duel , made him realize the bonds within Team 5D ' s , as well as Leo ' s own personal growth , is the same hope Aporia himself had been searching for so long . That same hope being the reason he will fight against Z - one . Zone effortlessly overpowers Aporia with his Timelords , but Aporia refuses to give up and draws " Afterglow " , the card he plans to show Z - one that there is still hope . Aporia proceeds to mill his entire deck so that when he activates " Afterglow " , it will be the only card in his Deck thus he will be guaranteed to draw it again and win . Z - one however ruins that plan with " Lazion , the Timelord " , which returns Aporia ' s Graveyard to his Deck and shuffles it . If Aporia fails to draw " Afterglow " , the effect of " Lazion " effect will finish him off , giving Aporia a 1 / 34 chance to win . Aporia refuses to give up and draws , but instead of getting " Afterglow " , he draws the monster that caused the despair in his life , " Meklord Emperor Granel " . Z - one taunts Aporia about his futile efforts before finishing him off . The damage taken critically damages Aporia ' s already malfunctioning body and he collapses . Team 5D rushes to try to help Aporia . Aporia feels he failed to give anyone hope , but Yusei points out that thanks to him now they know how Z - one ' s deck works and that knowledge will give them hope to save the future . Satisfied by hearing that , he fuses his Duel Disk with Yusei ' s Duel Runner , giving it the power to fly , for the final Duel between Yusei and Z - one , right before his body finally gives in and he dies . Z - one shruggs off killing Aporia by pointing out that was nothing but a mechanical replica and that the real Aporia had already died long ago . Later , when Yusei battles Z - one , Yusei thinks of all of his friends and allies and Aporia is seen right before Bruno . Afterwards , in order to stop the Divine Temple from falling onto New Domino City , Yusei decides to throw himself and his Duel Runner , with an Ener - D reactor within it , into the Divine Temple ' s reactor . However , Z - one stops Yusei and sacrifices himself instead . Before Z - one dies , he wishes to still meet Aporia in the future . Relationships . Z - one . Aporia holds great respect for Z - one , and considers him his true friend . After Z - one agreed to separate him into three embodiements of despair , Aporia said he knew Z - one would save the future . However , things took a turn after losing to Jack , Luna and Leo , as he tried to convince him to leave the future in the hands of Team 5D ' s . During his fight with Z - one , Aporia tried to show Z - one hope by drawing " Afterglow " , but was ultimately defeated due to not drawing it . Deck . Aporia uses a " Meklord " Deck , focused around a combination of " Fortissimo the Mobile Fortress " , " Level Cannon " and " Lock - On Laser " to inflict large amounts of effect damage . He also utilizes cards such as " Damage Boost " to punish anti - Burning severely . During his Duel with Z - one , Aporia uses the " Meklord Emperor s " to thin his Deck in an attempted One Turn Kill strategy with " Afterglow " , also using cards such as " Chaos Blast " and " Future Destruction " to hurry the process up further .