Otes

Otes

Names
English	Otes
Other	Otis
Nicknames	Hologram Man (ホログラムの男（おとこ） Horoguramu no Otoko) The Creator (mistakenly)
Japanese Japanese オーティス Rōmaji Ōtisu
Personal
Gender	Male
Career
Organization	Goha Enterprises (Development Department)
Duelist
Tournament Position 666th Goha Dueling Tournament Disqualified
Deck	Legend Sevens Road
Appearances
Anime debut	Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS episode 0011: "Ready for the Rush!"
Appears in Anime Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS Yu-Gi-Oh! GO RUSH!!
Voice actors
English	Mateo Ervin
Japanese	Daisuke Namikawa
Otes

Otes (オーティス Ōtisu), initially known as the Hologram Man (ホログラムの男（おとこ） Horoguramu no Otoko) is a character in the Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS and Yu-Gi-Oh! GO RUSH!! anime.

In Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS, Otes is the main antagonist of the Team Battle Royal and King of Duels arcs, and the overall central antagonist of the series. He was the creator of Dueling and a designer for Goha Enterprises who grew dissatisfied with the state of Dueling and sought to return the enjoyment of it back to the children, and he chose Yuga Ohdo to be the King of Duels. Otes would test Yuga in the form of the Hologram Man, projected from a Relic that became the subject of urban legend. He is later suspected to be behind the Goha Rush Duel Team Battle Royal and its ulterior motive of uninstalling Rush Dueling. When confronted by this accusation, Otes refuses to confirm or deny any responsibility, but he later reveals he desires to destroy all Dueling, and has been manipulating Yuga through most of the series.

At the climax of Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS, Otes' final Duel with Yuga concludes with them being transported through time. In Yu-Gi-Oh! GO RUSH!!, Otes' Earthdamar was separated from him and transported thousands of years to the edge of the universe, where it became The Creator, the being who created the Velgearians.

Design

Appearance

Full-body view of Otes.

Otes is a tall pale-skinned man dressed in a white trenchcoat with gold markings and a red interior over a black jumpsuit with a gold belt and gold zipper. He also wears white knee-high boots and gloves, both with gold markings. Otes' face is never seen in the series: it is constantly concealed behind a mask that resembles Kite Tenjo's hairstyle, with a teardrop-shaped white point, and a triple-pronged attachment at the front with a red center prong and gold outer prongs. When Otes splits into three copies, they are all tinted with one of three colors; blue, red, and yellow. He also conceals himself in a purple cloak when attending the Goha Rush Duel Team Battle Royal.

Personality

Otes is theatrical and showy, joining the 666th Goha Dueling Tournament with the intention of entertainment and dynamically Dueling for the crowd. He believes that the world of Dueling has become too rigid and that a new road needs to be cut open for the Duelists of the future, an ideal he passed down to Yuga Ohdo. Otes is even willing to defy Goha Enterprises to convey these ideals, despite being an employee at the time.

However, while these motivations are true, they have a darker side to them Otes keeps hidden for most of the series. In truth he was driven to despair by the restrictions placed on Dueling and became resolved to destroy the game through the hands of children, believing both it was better for Dueling to be erased and that children as the custodians of games should be the ones to do so. To this end Otes manipulated Yuga Ohdo as a pawn to accelerate his plan and kidnapped Yuga Goha to advance his goals. Otes is incredibly secretive, often refusing to confirm or deny any elements of his plans and having a fondness for telling partial truths.

Otes's nature as the Hologram Man is initially unclear; he is projected as a holographic Duelist and is shown to be capable of emoting and responding to live conversation. He is intrigued by Yuga's Rush Dueling, believing it to be a dynamic form of Dueling and adapts to the format quickly.

Etymology

"Otes" may be derived from the name "Otis", which is another form of the name "Botis" in Goetian mythology, and is described as a president and earl, possibly referencing Otes's own desire to initially become the King of Duels.

Biography

Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS

History

Otes created Dueling before Goha Enterprises transformed it into Goha Dueling, and he continued to work as a card designer at Goha Enterprises. Otes created "Monster Reborn", a card capable of altering the memories of people when used in a Duel, with the intention to block painful memories in weak Duelists. As Dueling gradually became more restricted in Goha City and more complicated rules were enforced around it, Otes was driven to despair. He found a storybook, SEVENS, which told of an old man who manipulated a young sorcerer into gathering six companions, destroying the six elements, and battled the "SEVENS" on the moon, forcing the sorcerer to destroy the moon out of a belief a world in toil could only be saved by destroying it. Otes was inspired by this tale to destroy Dueling himself, and he created the "Sevens Road" series of cards based on the tales in the book.

Otes at the 666th Goha Dueling Tournament.

Otes was dissatisfied with the current state of Goha Duels but also desired to place their fate in the hands of those they were meant for: children. Otes believed that a King of Duels would be able to accomplish this, though as an adult he didn't believe he was capable himself. He entered the 666th Goha Dueling Tournament despite regulations barring Goha employees from entering, Dueling with "Sevens Road Magician" and reaching the finals. His employment was discovered and Otes was disqualified, but before he was taken backstage, he saw Yuga Ohdo in the crowd and gave him "Sevens Road Magician", telling him to walk the road in his heart.

Through unknown means, the image and personality of Otes were projected as the Hologram Man from a Relic that was inscribed with a legend of the King of Duels. This Relic took up residence inside an underground chamber in Goha City and was eventually discovered by both Roa Kassidy and Lucidien "Luke" Kallister a week before the series, both of whom desired to become the King of Duels themselves. Luke Dueled and defeated Otes six times, but each time a timer ran out and he received a penalty, eventually having his account locked. Otes also visited the Goha Duel Overseer, Nail Saionji, who recognized Otes and Otes told Nail that Dueling would soon change and that a new King of Duels would appear.

Birth of Rush Duels

Otes appears to Yuga and Luke.

After learning about Yuga Ohdo's Rush Dueling rules, Luke brought Yuga to the Hologram Man's chamber, suggesting that they could be the new path needed to defeat Otes. With only six minutes and sixty-six seconds after a Goha Enterprises Drone discovered Yuga and his friends, Yuga decided to use Real-Time Duel Programming to install his new rules by Rush Dueling Otes. Otes accepted Yuga's challenge, and he was intrigued by the repeated Summons of Rush Dueling, praising it as dynamic. Otes swiftly Tribute Summoned "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" on his first turn, destroyed Yuga's monsters, and reduced him to 1000 LP. Yuga was able to make a comeback on the next turn due to the rules of Rush Dueling allowing him to draw until he had five cards in his hand, Tribute Summoning "Sevens Road Magician" and increasing its ATK to 7000, destroying "Blue-Eyes" and defeating Otes. Following the Duel, Otes' voice congratulated Yuga, telling him that a new road would open. Otes reappeared by the door, telling the kids that the one who would become the King of Duels would follow the new road, though the door he had made appear was just a hologram. Before vanishing, Otes told them that though the door had been opened, they would have to find it themselves. Following that Duel, the Relic and Otes vanished without a trace, leaving behind seven symbols that formed the emblem of the Big Seven Arena, where the Relic would appear the next full moon.

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Otes appears during Yuga's Duel with Roa Kassidy.

Otes and the Relic re-emerged on the next full moon at the Big Seven Arena during a Rush Duel between Yuga and Roa, where Otes introduced himself to the assembled crowd and explained his desires. With the aid of the Goha 7th Elementary Newspaper Club, Otes confirmed that he had been disqualified from the 666th Goha Dueling Tournament for being a Goha Enterprises employee and that he had created "Sevens Road Magician", whose legality was currently under question. Otes restored access to the card's data, noting that someone had been trying to obscure it on the internet. Roa, who had also been present at the 666th Goha Dueling Tournament, asked Otes why he had chosen Yuga and not him to be the King of Duels, though Otes never had the chance to answer him as Luke claimed Roa's underhanded tactics made him ineligible for the position. Yuga however believed Roa had a chance to obtain the title and offered to barter it on the Duel, a decision that Otes accepted, warning Yuga that he would be ineligible if he lost here. During the Duel, Yuga Summoned "Sevens Road Witch" and "Sevens Road Mage" in addition to "Sevens Road Magician", monsters that Otes confirmed he was responsible for creating, though he had only given "Sevens Road Magician" to Yuga, who had found the others on his own. Yuga defeated Roa, and as Goha Enterprises unsuccessfully tried to take possession of the Relic, Otes congratulated Yuga and told him he had only taken his first steps on the road to the King of Duels. Yuga himself admitted he hadn't been interested in the title prior, but was now and Otes bid him to look for the key to the door to a new world before vanishing underground.

Maximum

Otes divides into three to test Gavin, Romin and Luke.

Otes became aware of Yuga's defeat at the hands of Nail and his new Maximum Summoning. Gavin, Luke and Romin all came to Otes' chamber and asked to speak with him, and Otes appeared to them once they had all arrived. He confirmed that he was aware of Maximum Summoning and that they wanted to know how to defeat it and he divided into three copies, explaining that they would all have to Rush Duel him and win to learn how to defeat Maximum. Otes also warned them that the Goha systems counted him among Yuga's allies, so regardless of the Duels' outcomes, they would all receive three penalties. All three copies of Otes opposed Gavin, Romin and Luke with the same strategy; Special Summoning "Red-Eyes Black Dragon" and inflicting severe damage to them with "Inferno Fire Blast", then retrieving the Spell Card with "Black Dragon's Roar" and increasing the ATK of "Red-Eyes", effectively giving them all one turn each to defeat him. To Otes' joy, all three of his opponents were able to find a way around his strategy and defeat him. Impressed by their resolve, Otes recombined back into a single copy and explained to Gavin, Romin and Luke that the hint they needed to defeat Maximum Summoning was already within them before vanishing.

Team Battle Royal

Otes Rush Duels Yuga at Goha Stadium.

Otes became aware of the Goha Rush Duel Team Battle Royal, and of Yuga's unwillingness to participate in the tournament. He decided to visit the tournament grounds at Goha Stadium in person, despite knowing that his disqualification from the 666th Goha Dueling Tournament prohibited him from doing so, and passed by Yuga, Romin and Gavin to catch their attention. Yuga was asked to join the Heavy Cavalry Duel Club to enter the tournament, and when he protested that he only wanted to spectate, Otes revealed himself and challenged Yuga to a Rush Duel. Yuga accused Otes of trying to manipulate him again, but Otes dismissed the notion as preposterous and claimed he only wanted to inform Yuga of the true nature of the tournament if Yuga could defeat him. Otes opposed Yuga relentlessly with "Summoned Skull" and its support cards, even countering his combination of "Sevens Road Magician" and "Sevens Road Witch", a strategy that impressed Luke. He noted to Yuga that the word of Rush Dueling had become larger since its inception, but asked if this would really be the end of it, and compared Yuga to a bystander who had stopped walking, suggesting that Rush Dueling could eventually become as strict as Goha Dueling was. Yuga was reinvigorated to continue, and he used "Sevens Road Warlock" to recover "Sevens Road Witch" and "Sevens Road Magician", but Otes returned all the monsters in Yuga's Graveyard to his Deck to prevent him from using the effect of "Sevens Road Magician". Yuga was instead able to use his own support card, "Sevens Twin Burst", to increase the ATK of "Sevens Road Magician" high enough to surpass that of "Summoned Skull" and defeat Otes, giving Otes hope that Yuga's Road had taken off into the sky and that it would someday reach the stars. After the Duel, Yuga didn't ask Otes what he meant, having decided to join the tournament to learn the answer he was looking for. Otes was then arrested for his rule violations, and he allowed himself to be taken away by Goha Stadium's security, proclaiming that the Road Yuga needed to take would always be in his heart. Once he was incarcerated, Otes briefly remained in his cell before using The Relic to escape through the floor.

Otes monitors events from underground.

During the final Duel between Yuga and Luke, Otes watched as Rush Dueling was being uninstalled from the Relic underground, noting to himself that this was "Real-Time Rush Duel Uninstallation". Otes himself watched the moon from atop a water tower as the Relic was destroyed by Galian Townsend, suspected of being behind the tournament and the uninstallation of Rush Dueling. However Yuga was able to reinstall Rush Dueling, this time locating its data within the Super Rush Robot that Nail had constructed from space debris, making it a more robust program.

Goha 6 Siblings

Yuga brought his new friend Swirls with him to Otes' chamber, calling out to him and asking why he tried to uninstall Rush Dueling and what his true goal was. Otes appeared from a new Relic and told Yuga he would have to defeat him in a Duel to learn the answer, but Yuga stated that Swirls would Duel Otes instead. Noting Swirls' timid demanor, Otes slyly asked if he wouldn't just run away, but after Luke, Romin and Gavin arrived and encouraged him, Swirls agreed to Duel and borrowed Yuga's Deck, Rush Dueling for the first time. Swirls started with the same hand Yuga had during his first Rush Duel with Otes, and Otes likewise brought out "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" on his first turn and destroyed Swirls' monsters with "Burst Breath of Destruction", reducing him to 1000 LP. On his next turn Swirls again played the same moves as Yuga had, but this time drew and Summoned "Sevens Road Wiz" rather than "Sevens Road Magician", using its effect to reduce the ATK of "Blue-Eyes" to zero. Seeing the smiles on everyone's faces as Swirls attacked, Otes found himself smiling as well. After the Duel Yuga asked Otes to tell him why he'd tried to uninstall Rush Dueling, and Otes asked if Yuga actually had any proof that he was behind it before suggesting it had been a good thing, as it led to Rush Dueling becoming a more robust program, before retreating underground with the Relic.

King of Duels

Yuga created a program that allowed anyone to upload Dueling rules to the Goha Duel Server, "Original Duel Development". However, the reckless addition of formats required associated constructs to be created on the moon and risked a server overload. Although this would have been part of Otes' plan, he acted to control the load on the server to maintain it, also learning that Yuga Goha had been reawakened and deducing he would likely try to use "Monster Reborn" to wipe his memories. As Otes had predicted, Yuga Goha eventually went to the his chamber and challenged him to a Rush Duel, accusing him of setting in motion the creation and attempted erasure of Rush Dueling to strengthen it and allow multiple formats to exist in the hands of children. Otes himself refused to confirm Yuga Goha's claims but accepted his Duel. Deducing Yuga Goha would want to send "Dark Magician" to the Graveyard and revive it with "Monster Reborn", Otes acted to prevent the move and almost defeated him with "Dark Magician" and "Dark Magician Girl". However Yuga Goha was able to successfully send "Dark Magician" to the Graveyard and revive it, defeating Otes. As Otes had history with Yuga Ohdo prior to the creation of Rush Dueling his memory remained unaffected, but he feigned memory loss and departed the chamber.

Otes stopped managing the influx of new formats, furthering the notion his memory had been wiped, but continued to work behind the scenes with the assistance of Celestia Noodlina, Terra Kneadalina, Prioria Sweetalina, Oceania Illumilina, Yureiko Hire and Sagawa Konvoy. Once Yuga had restored the memories of his friends that had been sealed by "Monster Reborn", Otes sent Yureko to kidnap Yuga Goha and imprisoned him at the Nanahoshi Insect Ninja Village, also having Nana Nanahoshi, Kabuto Bito and Kirihito Kamagaya bound. Otes then revealed himself to Yuga Goha and told him he had done well in setting the destruction of Dueling in motion, while also livestreaming the conversation to the Goha Enterprises Main Office, where Yuga and his friends had just learned the true story of SEVENS. However he refrained from revealing his true motives.

Afterwards, Otes left Yuga Goha and his minions bound and departed for space in the Otes Robot with Celestia, Terra, Prioria, Oceania, Yureko, Sagawa, and the President Drone, lying in wait for Yuga to follow him on the other side of the moon. When Yuga, Luke, Romin, Gavin, Roa, Nail and Asana arrived in the Star Shuttle Rush, Otes used the Otes Robot to attack them with meteors, though they combated him by taking control of the Super Rush Robot with the Goha Six's crowns and used it for Yuga to challenge Otes to a Rush Duel. Otes accepted, beginning with his own "Sevens Road Magician" and reminding them they shouldn't be surprised he had it given he had created the card. He encouraged Yuga to use his own "Sevens Road Magician", but to his surprise Yuga instead Maximum Summoned "Yggdrago the Sky Emperor", revealing he'd incorporated his friends' ace monsters into his Deck. Despite the powerful effects of "Yggdrago", Otes was able to survive its attack and destroy it with "Road Magic - Dark Twilight" on his next turn, Summoning "Sevens Road Witch" and destroying Yuga's backup monsters, "Constructor Wyrm Buildragon" and "Yamiruler the Dark Delayer". When Yuga tried to counterattack with "Royal Rebel's Heavy Metal" and "Prima Guitarna the Shining Superstar", Otes changed "Heavy Metal" face-down to ensure Yuga couldn't use its effect and had his minions rip their own formats from the Goha Duel Server to attack the Super Rush Robot and the Duel Server, though their efforts were thwarted by Yuga's other friends on Earth uninstalling their formats to block the strikes and the Goha Six arriving in Star Six with Yuga Goha in tow.

Yuga then asked Otes why he was attempting to destroy Dueling, and Otes told them of his history and beliefs as ordained by SEVENS, declaring children the king of games that needed to decide the fate of Dueling. He destroyed Yuga's monsters with "Darkness Zerorogue" and fused it with "Sevens Road Magician" into "Magician of Dark Sevens", though Yuga was able to survive the turn by using "Multistrike Dragon Dragias" as a shield and reducing the ATK of Otes' "Darkness Sanga". Yuga combated Otes on his next turn with the effects of "Supreme Skystream Magnum Overlord", bringing "Dragias" back to his hand and Special Summoning it and his own "Sevens Road Magician", then using their effects and "High Magic - Double Acceleration" to make "Sevens Road Magician" stronger than "Magician of Dark Sevens", but Otes was able to reduce their ATK. However Yuga played his own "Fusion", fusing "Sevens Road Magician" and "Dragias" into "Sevensgias the Magical Dragon Knight", though Otes had one last trick, forcing Yuga to attack him and take the battle damage when he destroyed his monsters using Trap Cards. Before the attack could strike, Otes' minions piloted the Super Rush Robot to the dark side of the moon and left, claiming their work hours were over: Otes learned after they had left that Nana Nanahoshi had sabotaged the girls' alarm clock so it sounded early. As the President Drone began to forget its form and accused Otes of overusing it, Yuga returned alone in the Super Rush Robot to continue their Rush Duel, Otes realizing Yuga no longer had his Duel ID card. They resumed the Duel, but Yuga avoided losing by gaining enough LP to survive the damage with his "Perfect Sevens" Trap, which allowed a final attack that would defeat Otes. Otes tried to avoid a loss by reminding Yuga he would lose without his ID card when they re-entered the range of the Goha Duel Server, but Yuga used the Super Rush Robot to take them both to lightspeed, allowing him enough time to defeat Otes.

Before the two massive robots were destroyed by the forces pulling at them, Otes asked Yuga if he knew what would happen, though Yuga retorted Otes knew what he was thinking. Otes asked Yuga if he knew his feelings, Yuga claiming that of course he did. When Yuga returns to Earth two years after the events of the series, he is wearing a helmet similar in design to Otes'.

Yu-Gi-Oh! GO RUSH!!

History

Otes' fate remains unknown. His Earthdamar was separated from him and was transported back in time to the edge of the universe and found himself alone on a planet, becoming the being known as "The Creator".

Cards created

Otes created Dueling in Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS. While working at Goha Enterprises, in the Goha Development Department, Otes created cards for the game. His main known cards being the "Sevens Road" cards, based around SEVENS, starting with "Sevens Road Magician". The following are the known cards he created.

• "Sevens Road Magician"
• "Monster Reborn"

Decks

Each time Otes Rush Duels prior to his final Rush Duel against Yuga Ohdo, he uses a Deck focused on a different Legend Card, using various cards which support his Legend of choice. Most of his monsters in these Decks are imported from the OCG/TCG, rather than being unique to Yu-Gi-Oh! Rush Duel.

In the past, Otes created and used "Sevens Road Magician", later giving it to Yuga. Otes himself retains a copy of "Sevens Road Magician" with an alternate artwork.

Blue-Eyes

Using "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" against Yuga, Otes focuses on straightforward beatdown tactics, combining the high-Level and high-ATK "Blue-Eyes" with "Burst Breath of Destruction" to destroy his opponent's monsters. He reuses this Deck and the same moves during his Rush Duel with Swirls.

Red-Eyes

Using "Red-Eyes Black Dragon" against Gavin, Luke and Romin, Otes reuses "Inferno Fire Blast" to inflict large amounts of damage to his opponent each turn, even on the first turn.

Summoned Skull

Using "Summoned Skull" in his rematch against Yuga, Otes' strategy combines elements of his previous Duels, with high ATK and monster destruction effects together with effect damage, while also adding extra effects to protect "Summoned Skull" from destruction.

Dark Magician

In his Rush Duel against Yuga Goha, Otes used "Dark Magician" and cards that continuously prevent its destruction in anticipation of his use of "Monster Reborn" to try and seal his memories.

Sevens Road

In his final Rush Duel against Yuga, Otes uses a Sevens Road Deck, heavily supported by the Darkness series. Unlike Yuga's multi-Attribute Deck that includes monsters of other Types, Otes focuses entirely on DARK Attribute Spellcaster Type monsters, and uses other effects to take advantage of having a large number of monsters in his Graveyard. His Deck contains a large number of Trap Cards designed to return his alternate artwork "Sevens Road Magician" to the field should it be destroyed and debilitate his opponent's moves in a variety of ways. Otes also includes "Fusion" in this Deck, fusing "Sevens Road Magician" and "Darkness Zerorogue" into "Magician of Dark Sevens", which takes advantage of the large number of monsters in his Graveyard to gain tremendous ATK.

Deck

Main Deck Monster Cards Effect Monsters Darkness Rogue x3 Darkness Sanga Darkness Zerorogue Sevens Road Enchanter Sevens Road Mage Sevens Road Magician Sevens Road Sorcerer Sevens Road Warlock Sevens Road Witch Sevens Road Wiz Spell Cards Normal Spells Darkness Divine Darkness Greed Darkness Singularity Fusion Road Magic - Dark Twilight Field Spells Darkness Lode Trap Cards Normal Traps Darkness Deal Darkness Disorder Darkness Fault Darkness Reborn Darkness Restraint Extra Deck Fusion Monsters Magician of Dark Sevens

Owned cards

Deck
Monster Cards Effect Monsters Sevens Road Magician

Duels

Opponent	Episode(s)	Outcome
Unknown Duelist	13	Lose (disqualified; flashback)
Lucidien "Luke" Kallister	1	Lose (six times; flashback)
Yuga Ohdo	1	Lose
Lucidien "Luke" Kallister	24	Lose
Gavin Sogetsu	24	Lose
Romin Kassidy	24	Lose
Yuga Ohdo	43	Lose
Swirls	53	Lose
Yuga Goha	81	Lose
Yuga Ohdo	90-92	Lose

Other appearances

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  Otes (Dawn of the Battle Royale)