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{{Infobox character
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| image = AoiZaizen.png
| en_name = Aoi Skye Zaizen
| ja_name = {{Ruby|財|ざい}}{{Ruby|前|ぜん}} {{Ruby|葵|あおい}}
| romaji_name = Zaizen Aoi
| ja_trans_name = Aoi Zaizen| other_names = Blue Angel (ブルーエンジェル, ''Burū Enjeru'')<br/>Blue Girl (ブルーガール, ''Burū Gāru'') <br/>Blue Gal (dub)<br/>Blue Maiden (ブルーメイデン Burū Meiden)| it_name = Skye Zaizen
| age = 16<ref name="ep18">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|18|ref}}</ref>
| gender = Female
* Unnamed parents (deceased)<ref name="ep7">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|7|ref}}</ref>
| school = [[Den City High School]]
| deck = [[Trickstar]]<ref name="ep1">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|1|ref}}</ref><br/>[[Marincess]]
| appears_in_anime = ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS]]''
| anime_debut = {{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|1|ref}}
| en_voice = {{voice actors|en|[[Emily Cramer]]}}<ref>{{cite tweet|user=barrettleddy|number=1011699402774401025|date=June 26, 2018|title=The VA’s name is Emily Cramer, and she is super talented. Can’t imagine a better Blue Angel.}}</ref>
| ja_voice = {{voice actors|ja|Yuki Nakashima}}
}}
{{quote|AoiSkye<ref name="ep6"/>|I just want my brother to know that I can hold on my own.}}
'''Skye Zaizen''', known as '''Aoi Zaizen''' ({{Ruby|財|ざい}}{{Ruby|前|ぜん}} {{Ruby|葵|あおい}}, ''Zaizen Aoi'') in the Japanese version, is a character appearing in the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS]]'' anime. She is [[Yusaku Fujiki|Yusaku]]'s classmate and the younger step-sister of [[Akira Zaizen]]. In [[LINK VRAINS]], she is a popular [[Charisma Celebrity Duelist]] under the alias '''Blue Angel''' (ブルーエンジェル, ''Burū Enjeru''). During the second season, Skye allies with [[Emma Bessho]], taking up the alias of '''Blue Gal''' (ブルーガール, ''Burū Gāru'', '''Blue Girl''' in the Japanese version). After allying herself with [[Aqua (character)|Aqua]] and the other [[Ignis]], Skye later changes her LINK VRAINS alias to '''Blue Maiden''' (ブルーメイデン, ''Burū Meiden'').
==Design==
===Appearance===
[[File:FullAoiZaizen.png|left|thumb|100x300px|Full-body image of Aoi.Skye]][[File:YoungAoi.png|thumb|128px|Young Aoi]]Aoi Skye is a fair-skinned young woman with light brown hair in a bob-cut and yellow eyes. Her standard attire is a the [[Den City High School]] girls uniform that consists of a slate-colored jacket with a light blue trim, which she wears over a light yellow jumper. Underneath, she has a white dress shirt with a blue tie and heart-shaped clip. AoiSkye's uniform also includes a short black skirt with black socks that reach below her knee and brown shoes. When In the dub, she was younger, Aoi would wear a yellow dress with a green shirt underneath. Her hair was styled similarly to her Blue Angel persona. Aoi also carried a doll wears tights instead of "[[Evilswarm Mandragora]]"socks.
===Personality===
===Etymology===
"Aoi" (葵) means "[[wikipedia:Alcea|hollyhock]]", a plant associated with abundance and great fortune and was also the emblem of the Tokugawa family. "Aoi" may also be derived from (青い), a Japanese word for Blue"blue", reflected by her alias, "Blue Angel". The characters that form "Zaizen" (財前) can be translated as "before wealth". Her first name in the dub, "Skye", also ties into her color theme of blue.
===Abilities===
In [[LINK VRAINS]] as Blue Angel she can summon and create a blue energy whip.<ref name="ep2" />In LINK VRAINS and even in the Data Material-deprived [[Mirror LINK VRAINS]] as Blue Maiden, she can re-materialize her Blue Angel wings and use them to fly.
In a Speed Duel, Aoi Blue Angel can use the [[Skill]] "[[Trickstar Trick (anime)|Trickstar FraudTrick]]", which allows her to discard a "[[Trickstar]]" monster during the opponent's turn in order to force them to draw until they have 3 three cards in their hand. Blue Gal can use the Skill "[[Trickstar Gig (anime)|Trickstar Gig]]", which sends cards from the top of her Deck to her Graveyard for each "Trickstar" monster she opponent controls and then allows her to add a "Trickstar" card from her Graveyard to her hand. As Blue Maiden, her Skill is "[[Shape of Sea]]", which activates when she takes battle damage and allows her to Special Summon a WATER monster from her Graveyard whose ATK is less than or equal to the damage taken.
==Biography==
===History===
[[File:Aoi_Waits.png|thumb|Young Aoi Skye waits outside for Akira.]]Ten years prior to the story, Akira and AoiSkye's parents were married, and the two became siblings. But on their way to an anniversary, their parents died in a car accidentcrash.<ref name="ep7">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|7|ref}}</ref> This left Akira and Aoi Skye alone and their possessions were sold, including their manor. To provide a living for him and his sister, Akira often broke the law, but Aoi Skye made him happy, and Akira swore to protect her smile.<ref name="ep18">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|18|ref}}</ref> Aoi Skye cried a lot for the disappearance of her parents, feeling alone and miserable. To cheer her up, Akira read her the story of "[[Blue Angel (book)|Blue Angel]]", which made Aoi Skye happier. This also motivated her to become a hero of LINK VRAINSas a Celebrity Duelist, under the alias of Blue Angel.<ref name="ep33">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|33|ref}}</ref> Skye only had a single friend as a child, [[Miyu Sugisaki]]. One day Miyu lost [[Mrs. Sugisaki|her mother]]'s ring, and Skye took the blame for its loss, resulting in Miyu's mother preventing them from seeing one another again, though Akira reassured Skye that he didn't blame her for the ring's loss.<ref name="ep77">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|77|ref}}</ref> ===Knights of Hanoi===[[File:Playmaker Saves The Blue Angel.png|thumb|250px|left|Blue Angel saved by Playmaker]]Blue Angel was preparing to face another Duelist in [[LINK VRAINS]], but before she was able to begin the Duel, a [[Number 10 (character)|Knight of Hanoi]] appeared and began attacking LINK VRAINS with his "[[Cracking Dragon (anime)|Cracking Dragon]]". She fled from the Knight in fear, and was about to be attacked by "Cracking Dragon", but [[Yusaku Fujiki|Playmaker]] arrived in time to save her.<ref name="ep1">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|1|ref}}</ref> She then watched the Duel between Playmaker and the Knight, and when Playmaker fell from his [[Duel Board]], she returned her debt to him by throwing him back his Duel Board with an energy whip she summoned.<ref name="ep2">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|2|ref}}</ref> After Playmaker defeated the Knight she and [[George Gore|The Gore]] approached him and challenged him to a Duel. He refused their challenge, claiming that he had no interest in either of them and left, much to their dismay.<ref name="ep3">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|3|ref}}</ref> [[Akira Zaizen|Akira]] refused to allow Skye to [[Speed Duel (VRAINS)|Speed Duel]]. Despite this, Blue Angel eventually participated in one, defeating another Duelist to the cheers of her fans. Afterwards, she logged out of LINK VRAINS and went to watch the sunset. When Skye went to the [[Duel Club]] the next day, they were joined by a new member, [[Yusaku Fujiki]]. Skye introduced herself to Yusaku, who asked about the new [[Duel Disk]] model everyone in the club used. [[Naoki Shima|Shima]] started bragging about how Akira had given them all the new Duel Disks, and Skye shot him a stern glare. Skye noticed that Yusaku's Duel Disk was a card-loading model, the same as Playmaker's. She asked to see Yusaku's Deck, and Yusaku handed it to her, a basic [[LIGHT]] Deck. After she looked at the cards, she politely handed it back with a word of thanks, but Shima snatched it up and started laughing at the cards. She looked on as the club's [[Hosoda|president]] scolded Shima for insulting the Deck, and Shima apologized and gave it back to Yusaku. After school, Skye returned to [[Zaizen apartment|her apartment]], and the housemaid robot there told her that Akira would not come home because of work. She turned on the TV and saw Akira deflecting press questions about Playmaker's Duel against The Gore. When he was asked if Blue Angel would Duel Playmaker next, he said no, prompting Skye to turn the TV off.<ref name="ep6">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|6|ref}}</ref> [[File:Spectre gives card to Blue Angel.png|thumb|250px|Spectre throws the tainted card to Blue Angel.]]That evening, she got a call from Akira, who asked her why she was unhappy. Skye claimed that she wasn't, and Akira then told her to stop Speed Dueling because it was dangerous, in addition to warning her not to let anyone learn that she was Blue Angel, as it could jeopardize his position. She timidly replied that she understood and hung up, but reflected on her resolve to show him that she could hold her own, and she decided to Duel Playmaker. She entered LINK VRAINS and, after turning down several Duel requests, issued a public challenge to Playmaker to come out and Duel her. She waited in vain for Playmaker to show up, and was instead approached by [[Spectre]], who claimed to be a fan of hers, but she realized he was lying. He told her he wanted her to defeat Playmaker, and gave her [[Dark Angel (anime)|a card]], which he told her would free her hidden desires. After he left, she wondered what she was doing there, apparently having no memory of the incident. She bumped into Yusaku again the next morning at school. As Skye and Yusaku walked to class, she asked him why he had joined the Duel Club, not believing it was because he loved Dueling. Yusaku asked her about her brother, and she angrily told him that people only ever talked to her because they wanted favors from her brother. She told him not to bother asking because her brother wouldn't trust her, and ran off.<ref name="ep6" /> [[File:Vrains 007.png|thumb|250px|left|Blue Angel under Hanoi's influence]]While Skye was in class, she received a text from Playmaker accepting her challenge. She excused herself, claiming she needed to go to the infirmary, but instead went to the rooftop to enter LINK VRAINS, though when she met up with Playmaker, he claimed that he hadn't challenged her. Nevertheless, he agreed to Duel Blue Angel, and as the Duel started, she felt a wave of excitement when she heard her fans cheering her on.<ref name="ep6" /> Blue Angel started off splendidly, chipping away at a considerable amount of Playmaker's LP and destroying "[[Decode Talker (anime)|Decode Talker]]" despite his attempts at defense. However, when Blue Angel drew "[[Dark Angel (anime)|Dark Angel]]", she began to fall under the influence of the [[Knights of Hanoi]]. Playmaker took advantage of her continued attacks on his LP, allowing him to use his "[[Storm Access (anime)|Storm Access]]" [[Skill]], bringing out "[[Encode Talker (anime)|Encode Talker]]". As he prepared to attack, Blue Angel used her Skill in tandem with her cards to attempt to defeat Playmaker, but was [[Defect Compiler|foiled]]. She was forced to use "Dark Angel", infecting her with a virus created by the Knights of Hanoi that caused her to go berserk, screaming in agony. Playmaker managed to defeat her in a single attack, just as she lost consciousness from the mental damage she had received.<ref name="ep7"/> [[File:Blueangelcoma.png|thumb|250px|Blue Angel in a coma]]After the Duel, Blue Angel [[Deleted|fell into a coma]]. Playmaker caught her and made sure she was okay before he logged out. Yusaku Fujiki found the comatose Skye on the roof of the school, calling the paramedics, who rushed her to the hospital. The doctors were unable to identify the reason or cure for Skye's condition. Blue Angel remained unconscious within LINK VRAINS, and after disguising herself as her, [[Emma Bessho|Ghost Gal]] captured Playmaker and brought him to Blue Angel, as Akira tortured Playmaker for the cure. [[Roken Kogami|Varis]], the leader of the Knights of Hanoi who had controlled Blue Angel, arrived, claiming responsibility for Blue Angel's condition and that he had an antivirus for her condition, which he would only relinquish if Playmaker defeated him in a Duel.<ref name="ep8">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|8|ref}}</ref> With Skye's fate dependent on Playmaker's victory over Varis, Akira remained by his sister's avatar, lamenting that he couldn't protect her.<ref name="ep9">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|9|ref}}</ref><ref name="ep10">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|10|ref}}</ref><ref name="ep11">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|11|ref}}</ref> [[File:Blue Angel virus-removal program.png|thumb|250px|left|Playmaker uses the virus-removal program on Blue Angel.]][[File:Aoi wakes up.png|thumb|250px|Skye wakes up from her coma.]]Playmaker was able to defeat Varis, who relinquished the program needed to remove the virus from her. Playmaker returned to the church, approached Blue Angel's avatar and released the program, causing her to disappear as she logged out. Akira came to Skye's bed at the hospital, and watched as she woke up from her coma. Skye apologized for her actions, but Akira just asked her to rest, weeping tears of joy, and Skye smiled, seeing how much her brother cared for her.<ref name="ep12">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|12|ref}}</ref> [[File:Blue Angel's victory.png|thumb|250px|left|Blue Angel winks at her victory.]]Following the incident in LINK VRAINS, Akira prevented Skye from going to school or entering LINK VRAINS in an attempt to protect her. She took her tablet and accessed LINK VRAINS in the shape of a butterfly. She overheard the conversation between Ghost Gal and Akira. After Akira logged off, Ghost Gal recognized the butterfly as Blue Angel, and offered her a chance to regain her reputation. She logged into LINK VRAINS and used her energy whip to stop [[Prototype Red-B]]. She swore that she would be the one to defeat Playmaker, and ordered the AI to stop its attack. The AI prototype vowed to eliminate her too, and Blue Angel promised to take them on and defeat them.<ref name="ep16">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|16|ref}}</ref> She explained that she had come to repay Playmaker for curing her. Playmaker claimed he never indebted her; regardless, Blue Angel started a Speed Duel with the Red-B. Blue Angel started with her usual tactics; assembling "Trickstar Light Stage", "Trickstar Holly Angel", "[[Trickstar Narkissus]]", and "Trickstar Lycoris", beginning to slowly sap its LP. To counter Blue Angel's strategy, the Red-B used "[[Abyss Invitation]]" to inflict 200 damage back to Blue Angel whenever Red-B was damaged. It Link Summoned "[[Tentacluster Nautilus]]", and used the effects of two "[[Tentacluster Blastsucker]]" to inflict a total of 1200 LP damage. Blue Angel noted that the prototype fought her using effect damage, and she would retaliate in a similar manner. Red-B brought Blue Angel's LP to 400, while it had 1500 LP left, then brought back a "Tentacluster Blastsucker", and attacked "Trickstar Lycoris", which Blue Angel noted would destroy "Blastsucker" on purpose and banish it to win the Duel. Blue Angel [[Trickstar Cascade|negated]] the attack, preventing the AI's victory. On her nest turn, Blue Angel Link Summoned "[[Trickstar Black Catbat (anime)|Trickstar Black Catbat]]", and her "Trickstar" Link Monsters defeated the AI prototype, banishing it. Blue Angel cheered and winked for her victory.<ref name="ep17">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|17|ref}}</ref>
[[File:Vrains 007Blue Angel Link Summon.png|thumb|250px|left|Blue Angel under Hanoi's influenceproceeds to Link Summon, Dueling against Baira.]]While in class, she received a text from "Playmaker" accepting her challengeReturning home, when it Skye was actually sent angered by Ai. She excused herself, claiming Emma's words and she needed to go to the infirmary, but instead went to the rooftop decided to enter log into LINK VRAINS. When the She found [[Baira]] about to Delete [[Frog (character)|Frog]] and [[Pigeon]] and aggressively challenged Baira to a Duel started, claiming that she felt was in a wave of excitement when very bad mood. Baira admitted that she heard was surprised that Blue Angel had shown up in LINK VRAINS, and Blue Angel angrily asked if Baira was going to lecture her fans cheering her on.<ref name="ep6" /> Baira revealed that she was the creator of the Deleted virus and that Blue Angel started off splendidlyhad been used as a test subject. Enraged by these revelations, chipping away Blue Angel vowed to defeat Baira. They Speed Dueled in a considerable amount of Playmaker's LP and destroying "[[Decode Talker (anime)Data Storm#Data Gale|Decode TalkerData Gale]], and Blue Angel quickly Link Summoned "Trickstar Holly Angel" even with his attempt at defenseand began inflicting damage to Baira. Baira warned Blue Angel then drew that her Deck had become too well known and infected her monsters with "[[Dark Angel (anime)|Dark AngelCurrent Corruption Virus]]" and started getting influenced by , negating the effects of all of Blue Angel's monsters with 2000 or less [[Knights of HanoiDEF]]. As Playmaker made his move and was about reducing their DEF to attack, Blue Angel used her 0 for three turns. Baira then Link Summoned "[[SkillDark Mummy Surgical Forceps]] in tandem with her cards to attempt to defeat Playmaker", attacking "Holly Anegl", but Blue Angel was foiled. She then lost consciousness from the mental damage she received from Dark Angel, as able to protect it with "[[Encode Talker (anime)|Encode TalkerTrickstar Perennial]]" finished by sending another "Trickstar" card to her Graveyard, though the attack blasted her in one hitoff her Duel Board and into a building.<ref name="ep7ep25"/>
[[File:BlueangelcomaAoismile.png|thumb|250px|Skye smiles after Akira praises her.]]Baira's "Surgial Forceps" and "Virus" cards continued to press Blue Angel in back; by drawing a comaTrap Card, the effect of "Surgical Forceps" inflicted 500 damage to Blue Angel, and by using her "[[Malevolent Malpractice]]" Skill, she brought out two "[[Dark Mummy Infuser]]s" to protect "Surgical Foreceps" from Traps and trigger her "[[Root Ransom Virus]]After " to sap the duelATK of [[Link Monster]]s to zero and negate their effects. Baira attacked "Holly Angel", depleting most of Blue Angel fell into a coma's LP, but Blue Angel protected "Holly Angel" once again with "Trickstar Perennial". Playmaker then logged out Blue Angel used her Skill on her next turn, allowing her to discard "[[Trickstar Mandrake (anime)|Trickstar Mandrake]]" and found a comatose Aoi on the roof. She was then rushed trigger its effect to [[Special Summon]] itself, but which would allow Baira to draw three cards and put Blue Angel at risk from the hospitaleffect of "Surgical Forceps". The doctors stated that they couldnFortunately, Baira didn't identify draw any Trap Card, and Blue Angel was able to draw another monster on her next turn and Link Summon "[[Trickstar Bella Madonna (anime)|Trickstar Bella Madonna]]" and destroy the reason or cure for Aoi"Infuser" linked to "Surgical Forceps", allowing Baira's conditionown "Virus" to affect "Surgical Forceps", though "Bella Madonna" herself was unaffected and defeated Baira. Later After the Duel, Baira approached her, observing that Blue Angel's unconscious body was seen in a building within LINK VRAINSback. Blue Angel replied that all she did was defeat her and get revenge on Baira, claiming she only fought for herself and was back only for today. Baira then revealed that she had activated the removal program, during curing the Deleted victims. Blue Angel asked her why she activated the confrontation between Akiraprogram, Playmaker and RevolverBaira claimed that Blue Angel was able to change her heart, who and that though she may have fought for herself, she could change those around her. Baira encouraged Blue Angel to carry her hopes on to others and stated that he she would only give Aoi the removal program be fighting for everyone if Playmaker defeated him in a duelshe did that, before vanishing.<ref name="ep8">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|8|ref}}</ref> The next day Skye and Akira looked at her sister's unconscious LINK VRAINS avatar, noting how her fate depended in watched the news about the Playmaker's Duel against RevolverDeleted being cured while they were eating breakfast.<ref name="ep9">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|9|ref}}</ref> Skye felt guilty for disobeying Akira looked at his sisterand attempted to apologize, concerned how Revolver but Akira told her that he was proud of her and Playmaker stopped their Speed Duel praised her for saving the Deleted. This made Skye genuinely happy and entered the Data Stormshe cheerfully smiled at Akira.<ref name="ep10">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|10|ref}}</ref><ref name="ep11ep26">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|1126|ref}}</ref>
Skye watched as [[File:Blue Angel virus-removal program.png|thumb|leftTower of Hanoi|Playmaker uses the virus-removal program on Blue Angel.an ominous tower]][[File:Aoi wakes upappeared in LINK VRAINS, and wondered what was going on.png|thumb|Aoi wakes up from She watched in horror as the Avatars of people logged into LINK VRAINS were absorbed by the comaTower, and she realized that they couldn't log out.She watched a Knight of Hanoi, [[Spectre]]With Revolver's defeat, Playmaker acquired the virus-removal programerasing Kitamura, and threaten to do so to anyone that dared enter LINK VRAINS. Angered by his threat, Skye logged into LINK VRAINS. He approached Blue Angel's avatar and released the programquickly met up with The Gore, making her disappear. Ghost Girl explained she logged outPlaymaker, and Akira sensed Aoi was recovering. Akira came to Aoi[[Ai]], Playmaker's bed at the hospital, and watched as she woke up from her comaA.I. Aoi apologized for her actions, but Akira just asked her to rest. While Akira cried declaring that she was restored, Aoi smiled, seeing how much her brother cared fighting for her.<ref name="ep12">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|12|ref}}</ref> Since the incident in LINK VRAINSeveryone, Aoi did not show as they looked up at schoolto her, nor did she enter and Gore exclaimed the network. Yusaku believed her brother simply restricted her same, since he was the access hero that needed to protect LINK VRAINS . Playmaker explained that he had come to prevent any further danger that could befall herstop the Tower of Hanoi, rescue Ghost Gal and confront Varis. As predicted, Aoi Blue Angel was restricted shocked to hear that Ghost Gal had been defeated by Varis and absorbed by the robot at her apartment from leaving, per Akira's ordersTower. She took a tablet and accessed Playmaker explained that Varis intended to destroy LINK VRAINS networkwith the Tower of Hanoi, in a shape of a digital butterflyand Blue Angel realized that all the people absorbed would be destroyed too. She overheard Gore asked how to stop the conversation between Ghost Girl tower, and AkiraPlaymaker explained that Varis had to be defeated. After Ai warned them that they had six hours before the latter logged offTower was completed. Gore and Blue Angel promised to go there, Ghost Girl recognized the butterfly as but Playmaker replied it was better if they stayed home in safety. This actually motivated Gore and Blue Angeleven further, and offered her Playmaker claimed not to care, but asked them to be careful. He reminded them that one of them had to defeat Varis, who according to Ghost Gal, wielded [[Mirror Force (later anime)|a chance powerful card]]. The trio promised to regain her reputationmeet up against and departed in different directions towards the Tower of Hanoi. She logged into Blue Angel soon found opposition in Spectre, who introduced himself and reminded Blue Angel that it was the LINK VRAINS and stopped one of second time they'd met, revealing that he had given her the AI prototypes from attacking Playmaker with "Dark Angel" that Deleted her whip. She swore she would He claimed to be the one her fan, and Blue Angel demanded an explanation, but Spectre refused to defeat Playmakeranswer, and asked of the AI believing that an idol like her would not understand his noble ideals. Although he had been ordered to crush anyone that wanted to stop their attacksthem, Spectre offered to let Blue Angel escape. The AI prototype swore Blue Angel refused, swearing to eliminate defeat him and Varis, and Spectre told her that a weakling like hercould not defeat Varis, toowarning her that a far worse fate than a computer virus awaited her should she lose, revealing that she would be absorbed by the Tower if she did. Blue Angel nevertheless promised to take them on protect LINK VRAINS from the likes of him. They [[Master Duel]]ed, and Spectre began by Normal Summoning "[[Sunseed Genius Loci (anime)|Sunseed Genius Loci]]", and defeat themused it to Link Summon "[[Sunavalon Dryas (anime)|Sunavalon Dryas]]".<ref name="ep16ep32">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|1632|ref}}</ref>
Blue Angel Link Summoned "[[File:Blue Angel Shocked.png|thumbTrickstar Crimson Heart (anime)|Blue Angel shocked by Playmaker's story.Trickstar Crimson Heart]]" and regained a bit of her LP. To stop "Sunavalon Dryades", Blue Angel was concerned when Akira got directly hit by attempted to return it to the Extra Deck with "Decode Talker[[Trickstar Temptation]]", claiming that Spectre bore love towards the tree, but hatred as well that the tree concealed. As Akira tried to persuade Playmaker to stand downSpectre admitted he sought love, but that love was never fulfilled, though he claimed that he was fine, even if he was scarred. He tempted Blue Angel came, surprising Akira who fought for her arrival. Blue Angel wished to know about the story from ten years agothose that were hurt, too. She admitted she did not know what to Duel fight forhim too, and felt this story would focus her on continuing forwardnegating "Trickstar Temptation" with "[[Sunvine Maiden (anime)|Sunvine Maiden]]". Blue Angel listened to the story, and was shocked to hear the children undertook cruel experimentsdispleased that her strategy had failed, under the name Hanoi Project. She was also shocked a failure Spectre attributed to hear SOL Technologies' data bank contained the name her lack of the mastermind behind the projectdesire to understand him. He claimed he felt alone, and told she would never defeat him if she did not understand that.<ref name=He evolved "Dryades"ep19further into ">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|19|ref}}</ref> Blue Angel was amazed to see Playmaker turned the Duel with [[Cynet Backdoor Sunavalon Dryanome (anime)|one cardSunavalon Dryanome]]. "Firewall Dragon, and Link Summoned another "Sunvine Thrasher" attacked , who destroyed and stole "Tindangle Acute CerberusCrimson Heart", and thoug Blue Angel rushed was able to restore her brotherLP with "Trickstar Light Arena". HoweverDefenseless, he protected her and fell down in defeat. Akira saw he could not do anything to stop Playmaker, but Blue Angel corrected him, as she knew what Akira was feeling. She noted nobody would stand up to Playmakerattacked by both of her "Trickstars", and nobody would prevent her brother from protecting reducing herto 1000 LP.<ref name="ep20ep34">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|2034|ref}}</ref>
Blue Maiden and Aqua flew into the sky with Playmaker and Soulburner, noting that it was time for them to fight together again and they affirmed their goals and decision to fight. Skye left her brother a note, asking her to be left alone while she sorted out her feelings about the Ignis.<ref name="ep77" /> As they and Ghost Gal headed to the location where Aqua had been imprisoned, Aqua asked Blue Maiden if she had any regrets given the dangers of the coming battle. Blue Maiden reassured her that this wasn't just Aqua's fight, but Blue Maiden's to save Miyu. Aqua noted that Blue Maiden could wind up on opposite sides to her brother, but Blue Maiden believed that he would understand, claiming she had to walk her own path eventually. They arrived at Aqua's former prison, but Lightning had covered his tracks well and left no traces.<ref name="ep78">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|78|ref}}</ref> Further search proved fruitless until [[File:Cal Kolter|Playmaker's ally]] sent them coordinates of a portal, Blue AngelMaiden bravely vowing that they couldn't pass up the lead. The portal led to Lightning's defeatpalace, where he was Dueling The Shepherd.<ref name="ep79">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|79|ref}}</ref> Blue Maiden watched the Duel, with Soulburner and Aqua explaining the details of the Duelists' moves to her. Though he was able to counter "[[Judgment Arrows]]", Shepherd, who Ghost Gal revealed to be her brother, was defeated and his data was erased.<ref name="ep80">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|80|ref}}</ref> [[File:Aqua tells Skye that something sad may happen.png|thumb|Blue Angel falls down left|250px|Skye and Aqua observe The Gore's reappearance in her defeat.LINK VRAINS]]She swore to save SpectrePlaymaker and Soulburner later logged into LINK VRAINS, and Skye informed Emma, who dared had gone to [[Mr. Bessho|her father]]'s grave, of the situation before deciding to just do log in herself. Before they did, Aqua voiced her concerns thatsomething sad was about to happen. When she logged in, Blue Maiden found The Gore Dueling Playmaker, and she and Aqua joined Soulburner and Flame to watch the Speed Duel. Spectre took 1600 damage from To Blue AngelMaiden's shock, Gore Link Summoned "G Golem Crystal Heart", and Aqua revealed that Gore had Earth's tacticdata in his [[A.I. Dueling Chip]].<ref name="ep81">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|81|ref}}</ref> Gore used "Crystal Heart" to augment [[Dinowrestler King T Wrextle (anime)|his ace monster]] and was able to reduce Playmaker to 1000 [[LP]]. Playmaker attempted to counter with "Storm Access", but he replenished LP by bringing out Gore negated it with "Sunvine Healer[[Anti Skill]]"and then prevented Playmaker's counter, reducing him to 100 LP and blasting him off his [[Duel Board]]. Blue Angel continued by setting Maiden and Soulburner tried to catch him, but were too late to stop him from hitting the ground. Playmaker was then able to use a second copy effect of his Skill to obtain and [[Xyz Summon]] "Trickstar Reincarnation[[Firewall eXceed Dragon (anime)|Firewall eXceed Dragon]]", halving Spectredefeating Gore. Although he was almost imprisoned by a capture unit, Ai was able to retrieve "Crystal Heart" from Gore and give it to Blue Maiden, asking Aqua to keep it and make Earth happy, and they noted that Gore had been another victim of the battle.<ref name="ep82">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|82|ref}}</ref> Aqua added "Crystal Heart" to Skye's LP"Marincess" Deck, transforming it into "[[Marincess Crystal Heart (anime)|Marincess Crystal Heart]]".<ref name="ep90">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|90|ref}}</ref> Playmaker asked to meet with Skye, Aqua and Emma, and they logged into LINK VRAINS and waited for him and Soulburner in LINK VRAINS' upper levels. Playmaker explained that Varis wanted to talk with them, much to Blue Angel noted even Maiden's shock, and she asked Ghost Gal if she was all right with it. Ghost Gal stated she was willing to give Varis a chance, though Aqua suspected it could be a trap. Varis was true to his word, though he enclosed them all in cruelest hearts, people yearned a barrier for lovetheir safety and requested an alliance to battle Lightning's organization. To Blue Maiden's shock, Soulburner angrily refused and played her final challenged Varis to a Duel to avenge his parents.<ref name="Trickstar Reincarnationep83">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|83|ref}}</ref> Blue Maiden watched in surprise as Varis passed his turn, wondering if he intended to lose, and Aqua added that she didn't sense anything from Varis's soul. Soulburner was unable to finish Varis off, and Varis revealed that he was Roken Kogami, the son of [[Kiyoshi Kogami|Dr. Kogami]], and that he had rescued the victims of the Lost Incident. He asked them to follow him, and Aqua stated that Varis had no ulterior motives, so Blue Maiden decided to trust him, asking what Soulburner and Ghost Gal would do. Varis led them through a portal to the ruins of the old LINK VRAINS, where the [[Tower of Hanoi]] still stood. Varis explained that he wanted to modify the Tower's systems to scan the network, and Blue Maiden asked Ghost Gal if it was possible. Ghost Gal admitted that it was, though Blue Maiden was wary of what happened to her thanks to the Tower. Varis assured them they didn't need to worry about betrayal, as they would be working together to complete the main program. Skye and Aqua watched that night as Emma helped code the program. Skye asked Emma to go to LINK VRAINS to monitor the situation and contact Akira if it became necessary, while she and Aqua joined Playmaker, Soulburner, Ai, Flame, Varis and [[Spectre started crying]] at the Tower of Hanoi; Skye explaining what she'd done to the others. They activated the Tower's scan program, demanding revealing that Lightning was hiding in a mirror world; "[[Mirror LINK VRAINS]]", and headed into a portal to the mirror world.<ref name="ep84">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|84|ref}}</ref> As they moved through the path, Blue Angel Maiden was briefly buffeted by the turbulence, though Playmaker saved her. As they emerged into Mirror LINK VRAINS, Blue Maiden wondered if the original was all right, and as Playmaker's ally updated him on its status, [[Bit]][[Boot]]s accosted the group and engaged them in Speed Duels. After defeating a BitBoot, [[Harlin]], Bohman's younger brother A.I., challenged Blue Maiden to a Speed Duel, bringing out "[[Twin Hydradrive Knight]]" and activating "[[Judgment Arrows]]". Aqua encouraged Blue Maiden to believe in their Deck, and Blue Maiden began her "Marincess" combo, though her efforts were blunted by the anti-WATER effect of "Twin Hydradrive Knight", she was able to gain some advantage. Harlin mocked her for calling Akira her brother when they weren't blood related, but before denied being Bohman's brother when Blue Maiden asked. Blue Maiden replied that happenedHarlin couldn't understand, Spectre played as their bond was the memories they'd made together. Harlin counterattacked on his next turn with "[[Sunbloom DoomCoolant Hydradrive]]", but Blue Maiden negated its effects and destroyed it. Targeting Harlin was able to destroy "[[Marincess Coral Anemone (anime)|Marincess Coral Anemone]]", but Blue Maiden used her new "Trickstar Holly Angel[[Shape of Sea]]"Skill to revive it, Spectre gained LP equal claiming that she couldn't lose against someone who had nothing to fight for. She brought out "[[Marincess Marbled Rock (anime)|Marincess Marbled Rock]]" and negated the effect of "Twin Hydradrive Knight", freeing up her monsters' effects and boosting the ATK of all monsters "Marbled Rock" beyond the doubled ATK of "Hydradrive Knight", then defeating Harlin with "[[Marincess Current (anime)|Marincess Current]]" and erasing him.<ref name="ep85"/> When Mirror LINK VRAINS re-synchronized with LINK VRAINS, the Data Material in the mirror world was greatly depleted and everyone's Duel Boards stopped working. Blue Maiden was able to fly away with her wings until Lightning materialized energy barriers that shared trapped her in the typecity; Blue Maiden realized they had walked into a trap. She watched as Lightning approached Spectre to Duel him, and noted that Spectre was in trouble from the first turn after Lightning created an [[FairyExtra Link]]to deny him access to the [[Extra Monster Zone]]s. However, Spectre was able to steal Lightning's "Judgment Arrows" and counterattack. <ref name="ep86">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|86|ref}}</ref> She watched as Spectre noted created his own Extra Link, and then an Ultimate Extra Link, but Lightning was able to defeat and erase him.<ref name="ep87">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|87|ref}}</ref> After the broadcast cut, Aqua warned Blue Maiden that they could Duel next, but Soulburner was the next to be challenged, this time by the Wind Ignis, Windy. Blue Angel didnMaiden and Aqua watched as Windy combated Soulburner with the effects of his [[Field Spell Card]]s, confused as to why he was increasing the ATK of his [[Stormridership Bahamut Bomber|ace monster]] against a reincarnated "Salamangreat Heatleo", but Windy then used his Field Spell to [[Stormrider Blast|negate the effects]] of "Heatleo".<ref name="ep88">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|88|ref}}</ref> Although all of Soulburner't live s monsters were destroyed, he was able to defeat Windy, and Flame absorbed his data.<ref name="ep89">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|89|ref}}</ref> [[File:Blue Maiden refuses to give up .png|thumb|right|250px|Blue Maiden vows not to give up during her promiseDuel with Bohman]]After the Duel, Blue Maiden and Aqua began exploring the city; Aqua warning Blue Maiden again that they could be the next to Duel. Blue Maiden spotted a building in place of where Central Station would be, and she and Aqua decided to investigate. They found Bohman there, who was terrifiedintroduced himself to them. As he and Aqua discussed his actions, Blue Maiden warned Bohman that she couldn't forgive him due to Lightning's actions in infecting Miyu with the computer virus, and Bohman offered to give her the vaccine data for Miyu's virus if Blue Maiden defeated him. Blue Maiden made a strong start, as SpectreLink Summoning "Marbled Rock" and setting herself up to nullify the attacks of all three of Bohman's LP raised "Coolant Hydradrives", but Bohman used them to Link Summon "[[Cubed Hydradrive Lord]]" rather than attack with them, negating the effects of "Marbled Rock" and fell destroying it. Blue Maiden was able to survive by bringing out "Crystal Heart", telling Bohman that she couldn't afford to 7200lose until she had saved Miyu. He admitted Bohman proceeded to demonstrate his power, causing Mirror LINK VRAINS to quake around them and claiming that he had become one with LINK VRAINS, asking if Blue Maiden still intended to fight him despite the difference in their strength. Blue Maiden affirmed that she did read , and she attempted to use "[[Marincess Bubble Blast]]" to inflict effect damage to Bohman, but he blocked her first attempt with "[[Interference Canceller]]", which would allow him to prevent the damage two more times, though Blue Maiden emphasized to Aqua that Bohman could only do so two more times, while Blue Maiden wasn't limited to inflicting effect damage twice.<ref name="ep90"/> She set herself up to inflict enough damage to defeat Bohman despite his protections, but Bohman was able to re-use the effect of "Interference Canceller", preventing Blue AngelMaiden from inflicting any more effect damage.<ref name=" bookep91">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|91|ref}}</ref> [[File:Blue Maiden is erased as Zaizen runs to her.png|thumb|left|250px|Blue Maiden embraces Akira as Bohman absorbs her data.]]Aqua then asked Bohman why he didn't seem to hate them for defeating Harlin, and found Bohman claimed to instead be thankful that they had, as he had experienced new emotions as a result, much to Blue Maiden's shock. Bohman Link Summoned "[[Tesseract Hydradrive Monarch]]" and forced Blue Maiden to choose whether to send "Crystal Heart" or "Coral Anemone" to her Graveyard to allow "Tesseract" to attack again, which would bypass the effect of "Crystal Heart" and either way would defeat someone as pathetic enough Blue Maiden. Blue Maiden began to panic, apologizing to Miyu, but sensed Akira telling her not to think give up, and she realized that she still had an option; banishing her monsters with "[[Marincess Cascade (anime)|Marincess Cascade]]". She thanked Akira for telling her not to save himgive up, and Link Summoned "[[Marincess Wonder Heart (anime)|Marincess Wonder Heart]]", protecting it from Bohman's effects with "[[Marincess Battle Ocean (anime)|Marincess Battle Ocean]]". She destroyed "Tesseract" and Special Summoned "Marbled Rock" to attack Bohman directly, but he was able to reduce the damage and survive. He ripped claimed that Blue Maiden had lost by destroying "Tesseract", and revived it with doubled ATK via its own effect on his next turn and attacked "Wonder Heart", slowly depleting its equipped monsters and eventually destroying it. Blue Maiden was able to reduce the damage with "[[Marincess Crown Tail (anime)|Marincess Crown Tail]]" and revive "Crystal Heart", then reduce the bookdamage from "Tesseract's" next attack by 10000. But it wasn't enough to prevent her from losing, which and she apologized to Aqua. Aqua reassured Blue Maiden that she was burnt downproud to be her partner before Bohman's attack hit, defeating them. Bohman then projected Akira's image to Blue Angel questioned if tormenting her made Specter happyMaiden, who explained even if and she embraced him as she fragmented into data.<ref name="ep91" /> Bohman then absorbed Blue Maiden and Aqua's data.<ref name="Trickstar Treatep92" would deplete >{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|92|ref}}</ref> After Playmaker defeated Bohman, Blue Maiden's data was restored and she was transported to Central Station with The Shepherd, Soulburner, Playmaker and Ai. As Akira and Ghost Gal arrived, Playmaker explained that Bohman had released them all and Ai speculated it had been out of pride. Mirror LINK VRAINS vanished in the distance, and Soulburner then asked what had happened to Flame. As Blue Maiden looked at her LPown Duel Disk for any sign of Aqua, he would personally Ai apologized to them and fled into the network.<ref name="ep103">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|103|ref}}</ref> Bohman's defeat also restored Miyu's data, and Skye began visiting herin the hospital. Simply She stopped by banishing Café Nom to get food from Yusaku due to its proximity, and they noticed an advertisement for the [[SOLtiS]] and discussed Zaizen's work on them. Skye teased Yusaku that he might not have to work the stand anymore and bid him farewell as Theodore arrived.<ref name="ep103" /> ===Ai===As Skye left for school one day, [[Akira Zaizen|Akira]] received a call from [[SOL Technologies]] that [[Queen]] had been attacked, though he reassured her that she didn't need to worry and headed to work.<ref name="Sunbloom Doomep104">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|104|ref}}</ref> However, that evening Akira told Skye that the culprit had stolen the code key to SOL Technologies Queen had owned and they were after his. Skye agreed to help protect her brother, Spectre destroyed as did [[Emma Bessho|Emma]], [[The Shepherd]], and [[George Gore|Gore]], who had removed his [[A.I. Dueling Chip]] and recovered from his Duel with [[Yusaku Fujiki|Playmaker]]. Akira also contacted Playmaker, who met them at the defunct Central Station alongside [[Theodore Hamilton|Soulburner]] and their support ally, [[Cal Kolter|Unnamed]]. To Blue AngelMaiden's shock, Akira revealed that the attacker had been [[Ai]], now using a human form and promising to come for Zaizen in three days. Akira asked for Playmaker's help, though Playmaker asked for time to think. That night, Skye watched footage of Playmaker's Duel with [[Bohman]], and she decided that she didn't want Playmaker to go through the pain of having to fight his former partner. Unwilling to let Akira know her intentions, Skye instead decided to try and contact Playmaker through [[Naoki Shima]], though his efforts yielded no results. After school the next day, Skye found Akira walking in the streets, and he explained he was trying to burn the city he lived in into his memories. To cheer Akira up, Skye took him to [[Café Nom]], where they met Yusaku. Akira realized that Yusaku was Playmaker, and they went to a playground to talk in private, Akira thanking Yusaku for saving Skye from the [[Deleted]] virus before being called away by work. After Akira had left, Skye sat with Yusaku and she admitted she'd wanted to meet him to thank him for saving her and her brother. She asked him not to join the fight, as she didn't want Yusaku to fight Ai and asked what [[Aqua (character)|Aqua]]'s final moments had been like. Yusaku stated he hadn't seen Aqua, but according to Ai she had given him her power and urged her to stop Bohman, an act that Skye reflected was indeed like Aqua. Before she left, Skye asked Yusaku to shake her hand, and he did so, something Skye felt was strange.<ref name="Trickstar Lycorisep105" (whose Level equaled >{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|105|ref}}</ref> When the number day of Spell Ai's attack arrived, Skye joined Akira on an airplane to log into Central Station from there.<ref name="ep108">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|108|ref}}</ref> Soulburner, Ghost Gal, The Shepherd and The Gore had all joined them, but Playmaker had not. The [[Knights of Hanoi]] also arrived, and Blue Maiden and Ghost Gal were both concerned over their intentions and crimes, but [[Roken Kogami|Varis]] reassured them that they bore no grudge against SOL Technologies after [[Lightning]] had been revealed to be responsible for infecting [[Kiyoshi Kogami|his father]] with a computer virus rather than SOL Tech, and Trap cards played during this that they would turn)themselves in after Ai had been dealt with. Ghost Gal noted that SOL Technologies would be implicated in the [[Hanoi Project|Lost Incident]] and Akira would take the fall as the current leader of the company, an outcome Akira stated he had made peace with. He asked Blue Maiden to remain with him in the center of the Station to protect him, and inflicted 1000 LP Varis gave Blue Maiden a copy of [[Pandor]], an anti-Ignis A.I. with free will he had created. As everyone moved to their assigned positions, Playmaker finally arrived, having decided to herjoin the fight after all.<ref name="ep105" /> As Zaizen and Blue Maiden observed the start of the battle, Zaizen declared that he was counting on them. Spectre bid farewell A signature approached, but to Aoi Zaizen's shock, it split into three and Playmaker, Soulburner and Varis each encountered a girl copy of Ai. Zaizen told them that they would have to Duel them to determine which was the true Ai, but Blue Maiden realized that all three copies were using the exact same stall strategy, and Varis realized that the copies intended to distract them from the real Ai. Sure enough, the true Ai and Roboppi approached Central Station, and Ai easily defeated [[Baira]] and [[Dr. Genome]] and took their data before engaging Faust, shocking Blue Maiden with his strength, while Ghost Gal and The Shepherd found [[Roboppi]].<ref name="ep106">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|106|ref}}</ref> Blue Maiden was impressed by how well Ghost Gal used Shepherd's cards, and Akira explained that failed the key to become a Tag Duel was the partners' trust in one another; it would take advantage of their bond. However, Roboppi defeated both of them, and Ai defeated Faust and Spectre, leaving only The Gore to oppose Ai.<ref name="ep107">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|107|ref}}</ref> Blue AngelMaiden and Zaizen were encouraged when Gore appeared to have defeated Ai, whose wings shattered at her but Ai was able to survive and comeback on his next turn to defeatGore, leaving no-one to oppose him from reaching the Zaizens. Blue Angel fell downMaiden and Akira subsequently cut their broadcast to Central Station.<ref name="ep108" /> Ai soon found them, making Spectre laugh out maniacallyhaving boarded their aircraft and defeated Pandor.<ref name="ep34ep109">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|109|ref}}</ref>
==Relationships==
===Akira Zaizen===
===Yusaku Fujiki (Playmaker)===
Yusaku is interested in getting close to Aoi Skye in order to obtain leads regarding SOL and his fight against Hanoi, but Aoi Skye assumed that he, like many others, wanted a new Duel Disk or a job at SOL so she quickly dismissed him.<ref name="ep6" />
Yusaku was shocked when he discovered that Aoi may have ties 's defeat of [[Roken Kogami|Varis]] allowed him to obtain the Knights of Hanoi showing that removal program which he never thought of used to awaken her as enemy, but . Following his Duel with Varis he immediately asked [[Cal Kolter|Kolter]] if Skye was still willing to duel heralright. He was visibly disturbed when HanoiAfter Skye's card began damaging Aoi so he rushed recovery, Yusaku is shown to end the Duel as quickly as possible, out of concern still be concerned about her safety and worried that she hadn't attended school for a long time. Ai also teases him for being worried about her well being. After Skye and Yusaku's care for one another is exaggerated in the Dueldub, Yusaku felt it was his responsibility to help Aoi recover from her coma and willingly walked into a trap set by the point that Ghost Girl for the sake of saving herGal openly teases Blue Gal about it.
After hearing about Yusaku's defeat traumatic past, Skye felt a great feeling of [[Revolver]] allowed him to obtain the removal program which he used to awaken her. Following his duel with Revolver he immediately asked [[Shoichi Kusanagi|Shoichi]] if Aoi was alright. After Aoi's recovery, Yusaku is shown to still be concerned about her safety and worried that she hadn't attended school sympathy for a long time. Ai also teases him for being worried about her.
==Deck==Blue Angel====Aoi uses a '''"[[Trickstar]]" Deck'''<ref name="ep1" /> that incorporates [[Link Summoning]]. Her As Blue Angel, her main strategy is to first gain card advantage while Summoning multiple "Trickstar" monsters, then use inflict effect damage to the opponent multiple times a combination of turn, often using "[[Trickstar Light StageLycoris (anime)|Trickster Light StageTrickstar Lycoris]]" and "[[Trickstar LycorisLight Stage (anime)|Trickstar Light Stage]]" to inflict effect damage to the opponent multiple times a turn, while and powering up "[[Trickstar Holly Angel (anime)|Trickstar Holly Angel]]" at the same time. Her [[AiSkill]] describes her Duel style as "poking with needles". Her tactics also include quickly assembling different , "[[Trickstar Trick (anime)|TrickstarTrick]]" , plays into this combo, as it forces the opponent to draw cards to perform a variety and triggers the effect of combos"Lycoris".
{{Decklist
|skill = [[Trickstar Trick (anime)|Trickstar Trick]]
|effect monsters =
* [[Dark Angel (anime)|Dark Angel]]<ref group=Notes name="angel">This card Skye is given to Aoi this card by [[SpecterSpectre]] in [[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - Episode 006|episode 6]].</ref>
* [[Trickstar Candina (anime)|Trickstar Candina]] x2
* [[Trickstar Lilybell (anime)|Trickstar Lilybell]]
* [[Trickstar Bloom (anime)|Trickstar Bloom]]
* [[Trickstar Crimson Heart (anime)|Trickstar Crimson Heart]]
* [[Trickstar Delfiendium (anime)|Trickstar Delfiendium]]
* [[Trickstar Holly Angel (anime)|Trickstar Holly Angel]]
|spells =
* [[Trickstar Bouquet(anime)|Trickstar Bouquet]]* [[Trickstar Light Arena (anime)|Trickstar Light Arena]]
* [[Trickstar Light Stage (anime)|Trickstar Light Stage]]
* [[Trickstar Temptation]]
* [[Trickstar Vision]]
* [[Trickstar Scatter]]
* [[Trickstar Treat]]
}}
====Blue Gal====
As Blue Gal, in addition to her previous strategies, she also focuses on recycling tactics, using cards such as "[[Trickstar Fusion (anime)|Trickstar Fusion]]" and her Skill "[[Trickstar Gig (anime)|Trickstar Gig]]". She also incorporates [[Fusion Summon]]ing into her Deck.
{{Decklist|Skye Zaizen/Blue Gal
|skill = [[Trickstar Gig (anime)|Trickstar Gig]]
|effect monsters =
* [[Trickstar Birdhelm]]
* [[Trickstar Calobane (anime)|Trickstar Calobane]]
* [[Trickstar Lilybell (anime)|Trickstar Lilybell]]
* [[Trickstar Lycoris (anime)|Trickstar Lycoris]]
|fusion monsters =
* [[Trickstar Band Sweet Guitar (anime)|Trickstar Band Sweet Guitar]]
|link monsters =
* [[Trickstar Divaridis (anime)|Trickstar Divaridis]]
* [[Trickstar Holly Angel (anime)|Trickstar Holly Angel]]
|spells =
* [[Trickstar Fusion (anime)|Trickstar Fusion]]
* [[Trickstar Live Stage (anime)|Trickstar Live Stage]]
* [[Trickstar Vision]]
}}
===Marincess===
As Blue Maiden, Skye plays a '''"[[Marincess]]" Deck''' that was provided to her by [[Aqua (character)|Aqua]]. The Deck focuses on boosting the ATK of her [[WATER]] monsters while also creating a steady defense with her [[Trap Card]]s that can be activated from the hand and have additional effects the higher the [[Link Rating]] of the [[Link Monster]] Skye controls is. Her Skill is "[[Shape of Sea]]", which can be activated when she takes battle damage and allows her to Special Summon a WATER monster from her Graveyard whose ATK is less than or equal to the damage that she took. This Deck includes "[[Marincess Crystal Heart (anime)|Marincess Crystal Heart]]" after [[Ai]] recovered "[[G Golem Crystal Heart (anime)|G Golem Crystal Heart]]" from [[George Gore|Gore]]. Skye continues using this Deck even after Aqua's termination.
{{Decklist
|skill = [[Shape of Sea]]
|effect monsters =
* [[Marincess Basilalima (anime)|Marincess Basilalima]]
* [[Marincess Blue Tang (anime)|Marincess Blue Tang]]
* [[Marincess Crown Tail (anime)|Marincess Crown Tail]]
* [[Marincess Mandarin (anime)|Marincess Mandarin]]
* [[Marincess Sea Horse (anime)|Marincess Sea Horse]] x3
* [[Marincess Sea Star (anime)|Marincess Sea Star]]
|link monsters =
* [[Marincess Blue Slug (anime)|Marincess Blue Slug]] x2
* [[Marincess Coral Anemone (anime)|Marincess Coral Anemone]] x2
* [[Marincess Crystal Heart (anime)|Marincess Crystal Heart]]
* [[Marincess Great Bubble Reef (anime)|Marincess Great Bubble Reef]]
* [[Marincess Marbled Rock (anime)|Marincess Marbled Rock]] x2
* [[Marincess Wonder Heart (anime)|Marincess Wonder Heart]]
|spells =
* [[Marincess Battle Ocean (anime)|Marincess Battle Ocean]]
* [[Marincess Bubble Blast]]
|traps =
* [[Marincess Bubble Circle]]
* [[Marincess Cascade (anime)|Marincess Cascade]]
* [[Marincess Current (anime)|Marincess Current]]
* [[Marincess Decision]]
* [[Marincess Snow (anime)|Marincess Snow]]
* [[Marincess Wave (anime)|Marincess Wave]]
}}
| [[Yusaku Fujiki|Yusaku Fujiki/Playmaker]] || [[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - Episode 007|7]] || Lose
|-
| [[Prototype AiRed-B]] || [[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - Episode 017|17]] || Win
|-
| [[Kyoko TakiBaira|Kyoko TakiKlarissa Turner/Baira]] || [[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - Episode 025|25]]-[[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - Episode 026|26]] || Win
|-
| [[SpecterSpectre]] || [[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - Episode 032|32]]-[[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - Episode 034|34]] || Lose |-| [[Theodore Hamilton|Theodore Hamilton/Soulburner]] || [[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - Episode 056|56]] || Lose|-| [[Bit]][[Boot]] || [[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - Episode 085|85]] || Win|-| [[Harlin]] || [[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - Episode 085|85]] || Win|-| [[Bohman]] || [[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - Episode 090|90]]-[[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - Episode 091|91]] || Lose|-| [[Ai]] || [[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - Episode 110|110]]-[[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - Episode 111|111]] || Lose (with [[Akira Zaizen]])
|}
== Trivia ==
* Similar to many previous heroines of ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' series, Skye used a performance-themed Deck. In this case, her idol-themed "[[Trickstar]]" Deck.
** ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX|GX]]'': Alexis used the "[[Cyber Girl]]" series in the anime; most of its members are based on dance-related sports performance.
** ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL|ZEXAL]]'': [[Tori Meadows|Tori]] used "[[Fairy Cheer Girl]]" who is based on cheerleading, which is a type of performance sport, as her ace monster.
** ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V|ARC-V]]'': [[Zuzu Boyle|Zuzu]] used the "[[Melodious]]" archetype, whose members have a musical performance theme.
* When Skye's Avatar disintegrates into data, her data is blue, she and Kolter are the only characters to be so; most characters usually disintegrated into yellow data, Varis disintegrated into green data, and Soulburner and Flame into red.
* Skye has the least amount of wins of any heroine, with only five confirmed Duel wins (Tori does not count, as she has never won a single Duel. It's also worth noting that four of [[Téa Gardner|Téa]]'s seven wins were off-screen, meaning she only won three on-screen).
* Skye is the only heroine:
** Who is not a close friend of the [[Yusaku Fujiki|protagonist]] of her series, although she does occasionally work with him.
** To refer to the protagonist of her series by his surname instead of his given name in the Japanese version.
** Whose last name is unchanged in the English dub.
* Skye is the only known Duelist in LINK VRAINS with more than one alias (in this case, three).
* Throughout the ''VRAINS'' anime, Skye has never won a [[Master Duel]].
** This is parallel to [[Emma Bessho|Emma]], who has never won a [[Speed Duel (format)|Speed Duel]].
==References==
<references group="Notes" />
{{Skye Zaizen pages}}
{{Characters/VRAINS/Anime}}
[[Category:Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS characters]]