Lucien Grimley

Lucien Grimley, known as Ikkaku Tachibana (橘一角 Tachibana Ikkaku) in Japanese, is a character in the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX anime. He is a student from North Academy and a failing Duelist who makes a deal with the malevolent spirit of the forbidden and cursed "Grim Reaper" card locked away by the academy and sells his soul to obtain incredible draw power.

Lucien Grimley

English name	Lucien Grimley
Japanese translated	Ikkaku Tachibana
Japanese name Japanese 橘一角 Rōmaji Tachibana Ikkaku
Gender	Male
School	North Academy
Tournament Position Genex Tournament Did not place
Anime Deck	Reaper
Anime debut	Yu-Gi-Oh! GX episode 09191: "Don't Fear the Reaper"
Appears in Anime Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
English voice	David Wills
Japanese voice	Kazuhiro Nakata
Grimley, Lucien

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DesignEdit

Lucien Grimley's linework.

Lucien is a tall teenager with dark grey eyes, thick eyebrows, and long black hair. His hairstyle is styled into a spike on the front of his head and tied up in a ponytail on the back of his head, with two long strands on both sides of his head barely reaching his shoulders.

Lucien wears an open black jacket with a raised collar lined with a closed zipper and beige sleeves rolled up to his elbows. He wears a red-orange T-shirt underneath his jacket, a pair of khaki pants tied with a belt, and a pair of white-and-grey sneakers. He also wears a pendant around his neck containing the "Grim eaper" card inside. In a flashback and in a class picture, while attending North Academy, Lucien wore a standard North Academy outfit.

While making his pact with the Grim Reaper, Lucien's right hand is decorated with the Grim Reaper's symbol of a human skull with a pair bat-like wings on each side. He also has dark triangular marks underneath his eyes, which also represents his deal with the Grim Reaper. After breaking his deal with the Grim Reaper, both the tattoo and the dark markings under his eyes disappear.

PersonalityEdit

Prior to obtaining the "Grim Reaper" card, Lucien was a passionate Duelist who truly cared for his Deck and believed in the bond between a Duelist and their cards.

After losing many Duels, however, Lucien loses his faith in his Dueling and becomes irritated enough to make him shed a tear. When he makes his deal with the Grim Reaper, he becomes reliant on his newly-obtained drawing power to bring him victory, disregarding the risks of losing his soul in the process. This causes him to become eager to Duel and prove his victories by defeating other Duelists and winning the Genex Tournament, and became over overconfident and boastful about the efficiency of his One Turn Kill Deck. When Jaden Yuki demonstrates his ability to draw his needed card, he becomes jealous, as it reminded him of why he continued losing his previous Duels.

When Jaden reveals that Lucien truly cared for his Deck, he regains his faith in his Deck and his passion for Dueling. After breaking the deal with the Grim Reaper, he becomes committed to winning without any assistance from the "Grim Reaper". Despite his loss to Jaden, he admits he loves his Deck to the point where he shed tears while smiling.

EtymologyEdit

His title "Ikkaku" (一角) translates to "one horn", which reflects his spiked hairstyle on the front of his forehead.

In the English dubbed anime, his surname, Grimley, references the Grim Reaper.

Voice and MannerismsEdit

In the English dubbed anime, Lucien makes death-related puns while using the "Grim Reaper".

Powers and abilitiesEdit

Lucien is revealed to be ambidextrous, as he is able to use his Duel Disk on both of his arms and draw with his left hand.

After striking his bargain with the Grim Reaper, Lucien is endowed with its power and is able to communicate with said spirit. Using the GrimReaper's mark on his right hand, he is granted the power to draw the card he needs to bring him victory while Dueling, which he does so repeatedly with "Slash Draw" to perform a One Turn Kill. The power of the Grim Reaper is also capable of retrieving the card by possessing other people to do it, despite being separated from a long distance from him and safely locked away. After breaking his deal with the "Grim Reaper", he loses these abilities.

BiographyEdit

HistoryEdit

Lucien was a student North Academy who believed in his Deck and its combos, wanting to show it off to his peers on campus. After losing many Duels, including one particular Duel against the Czar, he became irritated that he couldn't draw the card he needed. To that end, he stole the dangerous "Grim Reaper" card from North Academy and struck a bargain with the malevolent spirit to grant him the incredible power to draw the card he needed to bring him victory. The Grim Reaper marked his right hand as a source of its power to grant him its drawing power.

Society of LightEdit

Lucien joins the Genex Tournament, becoming known around the Duel Academy island as a Grim Reaper Duelist after defeating a number of Duelists with the power of the Grim Reaper.

After defeating an Obelisk Blue student with a One Turn Kill using "Slash Draw", Lucien later basks in his victories while the Grim Reaper reminds him of their deal to sell his soul after winning the tournament. As Lucien acknowledges the deal, he passes out from exhaustion just as Jaden Yuki, accompanied by Syrus Truesdale and Tyranno Hassleberry, finds him and challenges him to a Duel, only to find him sleeping and the spirit of the Grim Reaper. After the Grim Reaper is dispersed, Chazz Princeton finds the "Grim Reaper" card in a pendant around Lucien's neck.

Lucien is taken to the school's infirmary, shortly after Chazz identifies him with his PDA device. He recognizes Jaden and Chazz, and acknowledges them for their natural drawing power and boasts that his One Turn Kill Deck would defeat them. He realizes that his "Grim Reaper" card is gone, which Chazz locks away in the Slifer Red dorm, locked away in a box and guarded by the spirits of the Ojama Brothers. When Chazz explains the legend of the "Grim Reaper" card, Lucien begrudgingly recounts his losses. He admitted he didn't care about losing his soul so long as he could use the power of the Grim Reaper to bring him victory. A whisp of dark smoke surrounds his right hand as he calls on the "Grim Reaper" card to return to him and bring him victory. As the darkness sweeps over the infirmary, Vellian Crowler enters the infirmary with the pendant containing the "Grim Reaper" card, apparently having retrieved it under its influence. Lucien snatches the "Grim Reaper" card runs out of the infirmary, followed by Jaden and his friends.

After Jaden runs out into the campus, he is challenged to a Duel by Lucien, who claims that his right hand is yearning for victory. The two begin their Duel, with Jaden brining out two cards on his field. Lucien uses his "Goddess" Spell Cards to increase the number of cards on Jaden's field to four, then activates "Slash Draw" to destroy his cards and perform his One Turn Kill. He calls upon the power of the Grim Reaper, who makes him choose between victory or his soul, to which he chooses the former. He draws the second copy of "Slash Draw" and damages Jaden; however, Jaden's "Hero Medal" Trap Card returned it to the hand instead of the Graveyard, thereby reducing the damage to 3000 and his Life Points to 1000. After Jaden notices Lucien's Deck was missing something, Lucien Special Summons "Invincible Demise Lord" with "Footsteps of the Goddess".

When Jaden draws his "Polymerization" and turns the Duel around with his Fusion Summoned "Elemental Hero Flame Wingman", Lucien expresses his displeasure and jealousy of how Jaden could naturally draw the card he needed while he could not, despite the effort he put in assembling his Deck. Lucien then Special Summons "Invincible Demise Lord" from the Graveyard and increase its ATK to 3000 via its effect and uses it to attack and destroy "Flame Wingman".

During Lucien's next turn, he uses "Spell Reproduction" to add "Slash Draw" from the Graveyard to his hand. Chazz questions if Lucien would sell his soul to win the Genex Tournament, but Jaden corrects him by pointing out that he sold his soul for his Deck. When Jaden reminds Lucien about how much he cared about his Deck, the Grim Reaper's spirit appeared and reminded him that he desired victory against those who laughed at him and his Deck. As Lucien activates "Slash Draw" Jaden figures out that the card missing from his Deck was his "heart". The Grim Reaper once again reminds Lucien about the bargain they struck and ordered him to claim his victory; however, at the last second, Lucien throws the "Grim Reaper" card away, breaking his deal, as he believed in his Deck and wanted to achieve victory without it.

He switches arms with his Duel Disk and draws the third copy of "Slash Draw" with his left arm, thanking his Deck for coming through for him; however, as Lucien activates the destruction and damage effect of "Slash Draw", Jaden activates "Emergency Evasion" to banish all cards on his field and prevent him from taking damage from "Slash Draw", impressing Lucien.

After Jaden defeats Lucien with "Elemental Hero Neos" equipped with "Neos Force" to destroy "Invincible Demise Lord" and inflict its 3000 ATK as damage, Lucien is seen fallen on his back while his cards are scattered in the air, and the Grim Reaper's mark on his right hand disappears. Lucien is happily reminded of how fun Dueling was and, with tears in his eyes, admits that he loves his Deck.

DeckEdit

Lucien plays a Reaper Deck, which uses various "Goddess" Spell Cards to force his opponents to automatically play or Set cards on the field. This allows Lucien to build up a certain number of cards on the field before he activates "Slash Draw" to instantly wipe out his opponents' Life Points after he draws another copy from his Deck. In the event that Lucien fails to defeat his opponent through a One Turn Kill, he will Summon "Invincible Demise Lord", who can revive itself with immunity to destruction by card effects when it is destroyed in battle, allowing it to survive the effect of "Slash Draw", which would destroy it under normal circumstances.

DuelsEdit

Opponent(s)	Episode(s)	Outcome
Czar	91	Lose (flashback)
Obelisk Blue student	91	Win
Jaden Yuki	91	Lose

TriviaEdit

• Lucien is the first Duelist in the anime to be portrayed as left-handed or ambidextrous.
  • Initially, he uses the power of the Grim Reaper to draw with his right hand, but after breaking his deal, he later switches it to his left hand.