Yuga Ohdo

**Yuga Ohdo** (*王（おう）道（どう） 遊（ゆう）我（が）, Ōdō Yūga*) is the main protagonist of *Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS* series. He is an enthusiastic fifth-grader in Goha 7th Elementary with a knack for coming up with innovative ways of Dueling, dubbing his creations "Roads." He's the inventor of "Rush Duels," a new, simplified format of Duel Monsters bringing everyone to have fun with Dueling.

## Biography

### Background

Yuga loved Duel Monsters ever since he was a child. He would play Duel Monsters whenever he gets a chance, but he found it tough to follow Dueling's strict regulations. Around this time, he attended the annual Goha Corporation sponsored Dueling Tournament. Watching the duel by Otes, Yuga got inspired by his talk of cutting open a new road and pressing onward. Yuga later met Otes backstage, where he received the "Sevens Road Magician" that Otes used, telling him to follow his heart to create a new road. From that day on, Yuga used this inspiration to create "Rush Dueling." He aims to bring back the fun in Dueling and leaving room for future rules to be added.

### Birth of Rush Duels Arc

Yuga first debuted in the series starts with him working on his Duel Disk to install Rush Duel for the 5th time, but Goha Corp's alert drone caught it. Ignoring the drone, he quickly hacked into the system within the given time limit of 6 minutes. He was, however, ran out of time, resulting in him getting his 5th penalty. If he was to obtain one more penalty, his Duel Disk's system will no longer function. That morning at School, Yuga tried to tell the Student Council's President Gakuto Sogetsu about Rush Dueling, but it was interrupted with the sound of a bell noting the start of class. Yuga later ran into Luke, who challenged him to Duel. He rejected his request, but Luke proposed he can solve his problem of not installing Rush Duels into the Duel disk.

    Yuga followed him to the Relic's Chamber, listening to Luke's recollection about Legend of the King of Duels. Legends say that every full moon, a secret door inside the Duel system built by an engineer of Goha Corp will reveal itself for any Duelist to challenge can illuminate an unknown path and will become the King of Duels. Inside the Hall, Yuga finally identified the Hologram Man to be Otes. Yuga then decided to gamble it for one last time to install Rush Duel, while Gakuto and one of Goha Corps Drone, including the spying Romin Kirishima, arrived. When he was about to install the Rush Dueling, his Duel Disk notified him the battery is about to die. Gakuto came up with using the Duel Bicycle to power up the Duel Disk. When Romin suggested using a "Real-Time Duel Programming" to finish installing Rush Dueling, Yuga's eyes lit up at her suggestion and challenged Otes to the first Rush Duel. During the Duel, Hologram Man swiftly summoned "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" overpowering Yuga. Yuga nonetheless defeated him by calling his ace "Sevens Road Magician" to the field, then using the spell card "Double Accel" and his monster's effect doubling its ATK points. Otes congratulated Yuga for creating a new road, and one to follow this road will become the next King of Duels, erasing Yuga and Luke's penalties.

The following day at school, Yuga tells his friends about Rush Dueling; his action of doing this so brought him being dragged underneath the desk by Luke to warn him of the importance of keeping this new way of Dueling a secret. However, Yuga urges his creation of Rush Duel is to bring fun to everyone, while Luke rejects this idea saying this is a one-way ticket to become King of Duels. Romin, who was listening to their argument, suggested they settle it with a Rush Duel. When surrounding people took pics of them, Luke presumably assumed his so-called power to somehow stop everyone's phones from recording the Duel with the wave of his hand; Yuga believes the Pauli effect caused it. While Dueling Luke, Yuga secretly ordered the modified Drone to livestream the Duel. The Duel ends with Luke edge a surprising victory. Romin notifies them that their Rush Duel was trending on the net, forcing Yuga to admit to live streaming the Duel secretly. He reveals his reason for doing so because he did not give up his original goal of bringing the joy of Rush Dueling to everyone, which finally got Luke to agree to it. Luke then asked if Yuga let him win on purpose, to which Yuga didn't answer.

On another day, Yuga heading to school was stopped by Luke telling him that their Rush Duel on the net has been deleted. Luke points out that Goha Corp is maybe observing them, suspecting a spy in the school, which he directs possibly their classmate Romin. From the behavior of her taking pics of them when dueling and her knowledge about duel programming, Yuga and others found her suspicious and decided to find her secret. Yuga uses one of his inventions, known as a microphone attached to a fishing pole in front of her, to test truth and lies based on sound waves. However, this turns out a failure.

    Romin showed interest in Yuga's inventions. Yuga invited her to his Road Laboratory, which caused Romin's face to flush at being asked by the guy to his place. At Yuga's lab, Luke and Gakuto, and Romin met the newly modified drone named Kaizo. Yuga showed various of his inventions and asked Romin to try Rush Duel. After repeated instigation, Romin agreed to Yuga's request to duel using a spare deck. As the duel was reaching the end, Romin shocked Yuga and others by summoning her monster card "Prima Guitarna of the Colorful Light." Yuga still managed to defeat her bring her enjoyment of Rush Dueling. Yuga asks if she was spying on him and others, which she decided against it, though Yuga is not fully trusting her fan of innocence.

Later, Luke brought up the idea of making a promo video of Rush Dueling to Yuga. Yuga agrees to this idea of recruiting Gakuto but was declined by Romin as she reclines to sing the anthem. Yuga got Gakuto to sing it instead. Although Gakuto's tone-deafness lackluster showed in his singing on the anthem, Yuga and his classmates successfully produced. Yuga used Kaizo to hack into the net and like several thousand times to get the video trending. Yuga then suggested Rush Dueling Gakuto to further promoting it. However, Gakuto that he will ban it at school as it causing chaos in the environment. Yuga challenged Gakuto into a Duel to decide on it. During the Duel, Yuga witnessed Gakuto's Sogestu Dueling style. The Duel enviably ended with Yuga's victory. Yuga added features into Kaizo to help Gakuto with School Council's workload.

The next day on the way to school, Yuga was alerted by Gakuto that the Rush Duel's videos were deleted, which Yuga hypothesis that it must be Goha Corps doing. To offset Goha Corp's pressure, Yuga accepted the interview by the Newspaper Club alongside Luke. Although Romin cautioned Yuga that the Club does not have a good reputation at the school, Yuga and Luke went through the interview. Falling to deaf ears, the Newspaper Club published an article degrading Rush Duel for being too easy and childish. Yuga and others went to get the article changed, but the Club's chief Bakuro Shinjitsu insist on deciding it by a Rush Duel. Yuga was ready to take up the challenge, but Luke took the challenge instead. Yuga watched with Romin the Duel as Luke toppled Bakuro. Keeping true to their words, Yuga saw the next day a new article promoting Rush Duel.

On another day, Yuga learned the closing of his favorite "Tahayasty Restaurant". With his classmates, Yuga went to see the Restaurant to get an explanation from the owner, to which he disclosed that a new A.I. Restaurant opened that stole his customers. Yuga and others went to see this new Restaurant, but the drone unexpectedly refused entry to them. Yuga then sent a disguised Kaizo to investigate what makes the new Restaurant very special. While they waited for Kaizo to come back with his investigation, Menzaburo Oomori stunningly bolted into the Restaurant. He noticed Yuga from a Goha 7th Newspaper, showing his passion for Dueling's new way. Oomori then ordered the bowl of ramen without knowing that it's the last one, causing Yuga to cry out that he hadn't had his fill yet. With Oomori's refusal, Yuga and Oomori started a Rush Duel, which ended with Yuga's victory. Yuga suggested sharing his ramen with everyone. However, Luke has already helped himself to the ramen. The Rush Duel just now was able to inspire to make new ramen known as *Rush Ramen* which later became famous due to Oomori spreading the word out. Oomori desired to create his Dueling just like Yuga, so Yuga brought him to the Relic, which unexpectedly was empty.

A new transfer student that goes by the name Mimi Atachi showed interest in this Rush Dueling from Goha 7th Newspaper to the point of even asking Yuga to teach her about it. Yuga was more than friendly to help Mimi even though Luke, Romin, and Gakuto were suspicious. Mimi gifted Yuga and his friends a load of cash to relieve them, which Yuga straightforwardly reclined. Yuga brought her to his lab and even showing her the Rush Duel's guideline notebook, piquing Mimi's interest and acting weirder. She soon left after taking a call saying she has some business to handle. Romin seeing these points that Mimi might steal his notebook. Yuga disagrees with this claim, but Mimi came back to the lab to steal the notebook. Caught in the act, Mimi brought up the excuses she wanted the notebook to learn more about Rush Duel. Yuga offered her to take it, but she declined it – so they decided to settle it with a Duel. Yuga claimed victories allowing Mimi to borrow his notebook.

Ever since finding the missing of the relic, Yuga, Luke, and Gakuto got Kaizo to investigate it further, resulting in no discovery. They lament over the hot weather while fanning themselves. As soon as they left, they couldn't help feel thirsty for some drink. Yuga and his friends found a vending machine that, to their dismay, the last beverage taken by Romin, pointed them toward another vending machine across the street. While crossing the street, Yuga surprised to find a Goha 7th Newspaper, with Luke's advice column, blowing right up his face blocking his view. He gets rid of the newspaper to find being opposed by Yoshio Atachi and his gang from going to their vending machine, challenging Luke to a duel if they want to drink their fill. Yuga watched on the sideline the Duel in the hot weather while learning the truth behind Yoshio's grudge against Luke. According to Yoshi, it stems from Luke's advice from a newspaper column that made his mother forbid him to Rush Duel to the extent of threatening not to cook his favorite Spaghetti Napolitan. After Luke's win, Luke and Gakuto advise Yoshio to stay true to himself and keep convincing why he wants to continue Rush Dueling, and his mother will understand. Yuga suggests to use one of his inventions for that purpose, but Yoshio rejects it instead decided to follow Gakuto and Luke's advice.

On another day, Yuga, disturbed by the construction site's loud noise, created a Noise-canceling road to cancel loud noise in exchange for another speaker through the pipes, connected to a guitar. He then tested this new road creating a racket at the construction site. Yuga learns from Luke about a rumor spreading around about a dinosaur created by Goha Corp called "Gossie," causing Yuga to be excited. Along with Luke, the skeptical Romin, and Gakuto, he searched for this Gossie. He modified Kaizo to help them detect this adventurous spirit, leading them to go to the "Tahayasty Restaurant" bumping into the "Dueling and Dinosaur Research Club" members searching for the Gossie just like the crew. The vice-chairman Kaseki Hotta introduced the club, including Hanto Goto and the club's president Kan Hakubutsu. When Kaseki suggested joining teams to look for Gossie, Yuga agreed that his group failed to bore no result with their search.

When Yuga found that the club was using him to find the Relic, his friends felt disgusted with them and stated they would never reveal the Relic's whereabouts. However, much to their expectations, Yuga casually said he would tell them but insists Kan has to defeat him in Rush Duel. During the Duel, when Hanto proposes going to the construction site where the Gossie has originally seen, Yuga was caught off guard and had his mood damped, insisting that they stop looking there and do so reaffirms that he will win this Duel. After ups and downs, Yuga finally clinched a victory over Kan by increasing the ATK of "Sevens Road Magician" high enough. Regardless of Yuga's insistence, others went to the construction site only to find the cold truth that the Gossie would be one of Yuga's inventions. Faced with everyone's anger, he protested that he made it to help him cancel the loud noise made by construction noise and transfer it to the speaker over the building with the pipe. Yuga showed them his new speck attached to a guitar. Much to Yuga's late protest, the guitar piqued the interest of Romin string it — causing a powerful wave of sound that blows everyone away. Later that night, Yuga took the Dueling and Dinosaur Research Club to the Relic's Chamber to show them where the Relic used to be. Kan insists they can find the Relic whereabout as Kaseki has a unique ability to unearth valuable fossils and other artifacts. Yuga tells them his hypothesis of the Relic appearing only on the day of the full moon. The gang also took pictures of the emblems where the Relic shows out itself for further studies.

Early that morning, Yuga started to integrate Duel Disk into the Guitar used on the noise-canceling Road after seeing it arouse Romin's interest in it. Their merging created a new road to which he calls the "Duel Guitar." When Luke and Gakuto look over the emblem pictures taken from the underground hall, Romin told them she was leaving before giving each of them a VIP ticket to the coming RoaRomin's concert occurring on the weekend at Seven Hells Hall. Yuga, hearing the show held at the same hall as where the Relic last seen, agreed to come. He surmised that the Hologram Man would appear on the day of the concert as there will be a full moon on that night. The coming weekend, Yuga, Gakuto, and Luke went to the Seven Hells Hall and discussed this old venue's topics along the way. At Romin's dressing room, Yuga presents Romin a large case which composes her newly Road, Duel Guitar, after seeing her interest aroused. Romin was so surprised that she wanted to test it out directly, causing Yuga to be flustered. He admits his wish for her to enjoy Rush Dueling and music together. Seeing Yuga and Gakuto gifting Romin, Luke rushes out of the room to bring her one too. Yuga and co. Soon found the light in the room turned off, followed by Luke's scream. Yuga and Gakuto rushed out to look for Luke to find him sitting on the floor and mumbling about a ghost guitarist roaming around in an old venue, and then suddenly they discovered Romin is gone. Before they got to chance to locate her, the concert kicked off. So, they took their seats at the VIP section where they found Mimi and watched as Romin's cousin Roa Kirishima takes center stage, announcing a challenge to Yuga for the rights of Rush Dueling and become the new King of Duels. Yuga accepted Roa's bout with reasons being suitable for Rush Dueling and not interested in ownership of it. Roa stipulates a "three-way team Duel" condition to spice the Duel, which Yuga agreed to. Yuga watched as Luke took the first Duel facing RoaRomin's bassist, Ushiro Omaeno. Every time Omaeno summons a "Zombie" Monster, he tells ghost stories that creeped out everyone, even Yuga himself. Luke was able to win the Duel.

After Luke's granted Yuga's team the first victory, Yuga tried to walk forward for the second Duel. However, Gakuto stops him as he wants to take this one. To Yuga and co's surprise, the next opponent turns out to be their very own friend, Romin, claiming to be a spy. To make this betrayal worst, Kaizo siding with her, mocking Yuga for even realizing it and urge him to give up the right to Rush Duel. Yuga admitted that he knew and warned Roa to drop this blackmailing as he doesn't like it – to which Roa agreed. Romin urged it was her own free will to spy on them, then activated her new Duel Guitar, much to Yuga's happiness seeing her using it, to start the Duel with Gakuto. During the Duel, Yuga realized there was something wrong with Romin because she was hungry and suggested she look for a hidden compartment in the Duel Guitar for a snack – which she didn't listen too. Oomori and his two friends, Sushiko Maki and Nick Yagi disturbed into the stage with a food catering. Yuga and co. sampled the delicious foods from the cater. Romin, seeing them eating all those foods, went berserk entranced by her hunger. She turned the Duel around in a rock 'n roll fashion, rocking her guitar to claim victory in this second Duel.

## Trivia

* Yuga is the youngest Yu-Gi-Oh! protagonist at age 11, the second being Yuma, at age 13.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-12-20/yu-gi-oh-sevens-anime-reveals-april-2020-debut-staff-cast/.154622
2. ↑ *Episode 1: Let’s Do This! Rush Duel!*
3. ↑ *Episode 2: The Man Who Possesses a Demon*
4. ↑ *Episode 3: Romin's Secret*
5. ↑ *Episode 4: Farewell, Student Council President!*
6. ↑ *Episode 5: Luke, a Manly Battle*
7. ↑ *Episode 6: I Beg Your Noodle! Ramen Duel!*
8. ↑ *Episode 7: The Transfer Student Is an Elementary Schooler?*
9. ↑ *Episode 8: Post-Apocalypse and Napolitan*
10. ↑ *Episode 9: Wonderful Jurassic*
11. ↑ *Episode 10: A Terrifying Ghost Story Duel*
12. ↑ *Episode 11: No More Holding Back!*