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Ren

Ren is a mysterious character appearing in the Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V manga.

Ren
Ren
Names
English
  • Ren
Japanese
Japaneseれん
Base
Furiganaれん
RōmajiRen
Personal
Gender
  • Male
Relatives
Yugo (ancestor)
  • Career
OccupationProfessional Duelist
  • Duelist
Manga DeckWhite
Appearances
Manga debutYu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Scale 10: "The Entertainment Ends!"
Appears in
Manga
Ren

Contents

DesignEdit

AppearanceEdit

 
Ren's face.

Later revealed to be a descendant of Yugo, Ren resembles his ancestor as an adult with a large scar like Eve's on the right self of his face.[1][2] His attire consists of a Turbo Duelist uniform, two capes, white trousers, and a pair of driving gloves that hides a burnt scar on his right hand. Prior to revealing his face, his hairstyle resembling Reiji Akaba's at the time, Ren wore a mask with different colors on each side and engraved with an insignia.

PersonalityEdit

Ren possesses some of Yugo's traits, though he is more composed. Ren is also loyal, admitting of having no idea of what Genesis Omega Dragon itself desires, but intent to honor the pact he made with it and Eve.

AbilitiesEdit

 
Full body view of Ren.

Ren is an extremely skillful Turbo Duelist. He is knowledgeable of Duel Runners and their various types. He claims to own several kinds of Duel Runners, picking a model befitting his an opponent's regarding performance for a balanced match. He is easily able to ride at 300 km/h in a complex course while Dueling on a Duel Runner which he considers not among his best.[3] Following his lost against Yugo, Ren considered the youth enough of a rival to use a more advance Duel Runner model.[4]

EtymologyEdit

The character that composes Ren's name literally means "lotus flower", but it also has references to paradise and reincarnation. It can also be related to ''睡蓮'' meaning water lily, the water part can be related to his deck composed of WATER Aura monsters.

BiographyEdit

HistoryEdit

In his youth, originating from the distant future, Ren aspired to become a great Turbo Duelist like his ancestor Yugo, who his father called a legendary Turbo Dueling genius. But while Ren had the drive, he lacked the resources to achieve his dream. But Ren's life changed the day he received the opportunity to participate in the Memorial Race amongst various Turbo Duelists. When Ren learned his ailing father overworked himself to buy him a Duel Runner, he sought to win to honor his father's sacrifice and achieve his dream. But accident occurred that caused Ren to crash and begin dying from his injuries, though his will to survive was answered by Genesis Omega Dragon as it restored him to life and allowed him to repeat the duel and win. He was then approached by Eve who told him that G.O.D. has chosen him. Ren eventually reached the top of something called the Continental Circus during his dueling career. Sixty years later, spending his final days in a lavish mansion, Ren is approached by Eve who recruits him to repay his debt to G.O.D. Motivated to honor his end of the deal, Ren regained his youth while removed by the causality of time as he agreed to aid Eve in her cause.[5]

Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-VEdit

 
Ren rescues Sora.

Present as Eve's side when their observe the Duel between their sleeper agent Sora Shiunin's and Yuya Sakaki, he acts on Eve's orders to retrieve Sora. Ren travels through dimensional corridor to save the boy from being consumed in the explosion he caused. Ren then carries out Eve's other order to search through Yuya's memories for confirmation that he possesses the Adam Factor, hacking into Yuya's computer system and transferring himself to the unconscious youth's Duel Disk. Yuya's counterparts noticed but failed to stop him in time, with Yugo offering to deal with the intruder himself.[6] He shocks Yugo further by knowing of Yusho Sakaki, Leo Akaba, and the "World Illusion" event. Only telling Yugo his name, Ren offers to answer more if the youth can beat him in a Turbo Duel.[7] Though Yugo eventually won, Ren got the confirmation he was looking for and quickly leaves Yuya's body as Yugo and his counterparts got their hands full with the resurging memories caused by the duel.[8]

Ren later watched Yuya's duel with Reiji Akaba, whom Eve suspects to also possess the Adam Factor.[9] When Reiji reveals to Yuya that they are being watched, Ren appears and reveals Genesis Omega Dragon is in Eve's custody and that he intends to take the Adam Factor from Yuya and Reiji by force if needed. But the area the two youths were dueling in began to cave in, forcing Ren to fall back.[10]

Two weeks of failed searching later, Ren finally pin-points Yuya's location and ends up learning that he was being called out by the youth. Though Yugo momentarily subverts Yuya to settle things with him, overpowered the former with his White Aura Biphamet with the latter realizing he needs to figure out Ren's monster to beat him.[11][12] Explaining to Yuya that he will learn trials before him, Ren tells the youth his past life story before removing his mask and reveals his relation to Yugo. It is only a couple of turns later that Ren loses to Yuya when he figures out the mystery of White Aura Biphamet and completely destroys it. The force of the attack knocks Ren off his Duel Runner, his body becoming beginning to dissolve as consequence of being altered into an ageless being by the G.O.D. card. Before falling back, Ren reveals the true nature of the Adam Factor to Yuya while musing if his will can resist the G.O.D. card's influence.[13]

DeckEdit

Ren uses a "White" Deck, using complex tactics to gather Synchro Materials to Synchro Summon while distracting the opponent. Ren claims that the use of complex tactics is a basic Turbo Duel strategy, since the more distracted and worked up the opponent gets, the more mistakes they commit.

The main feature of Ren's monsters is the ability to Special Summon themselves back as Tuner monsters when they are destroyed, which Ren calls "Reincarnation Synchro". This allows him to keep Summoning stronger Synchro Monsters as his monsters are defeated.

Image Information
  "White Moray" (「白鱓ホワイト・モーレイ」 Howaito Mōrei)
Attribute
 WATER
Level
 2 ★ ★
Types
 Fish / Effect
ATK
 600
DEF
 200
  "White Moray" (「白鱓ホワイト・モーレイ」 Howaito Mōrei)
Attribute
 WATER
Level
 2 ★ ★
Types
 Fish / Effect
ATK
 600
DEF
 200
  "White Moray" (「白鱓ホワイト・モーレイ」 Howaito Mōrei)
Attribute
 WATER
Level
 2 ★ ★
Types
 Fish / Effect
ATK
 600
DEF
 200
  "White Stingray" (「白棘鱏ホワイト・スティングレイ」 Howaito Sutingurei)
Attribute
 WATER
Level
 4 ★ ★ ★ ★
Types
 Fish / Effect
ATK
 1400
DEF
 1000
"White Aura Biphamet" (「白闘気双頭神龍ホワイト・オーラ・バイファムート」 Howaito Ōra Baifamūto)
Attribute
 WATER
Level
 10 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Types
 Fish / Effect / Synchro
ATK
 3300
DEF
 3000
  "White Aura Dolphin" (「白闘気海豚ホワイト・オーラ・ドルフィン」 Howaito Ōra Dorufin)
Attribute
 WATER
Level
 6 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Types
 Fish / Effect / Synchro
ATK
 2400
DEF
 1000
"White Aura Whale" (「白闘気白鯨ホワイト・オーラ・ホエール」 Howaito Ōra Hoēru)
Attribute
 WATER
Level
 8 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Types
 Fish / Effect / Synchro
ATK
 2800
DEF
 2000
  "White Barrier" (「しろ鉄壁てっぺき」 Shiro no Teppeki)
Card type
 Spell Card
Property
 Continuous
  "White Circle Reef" (「白の循環礁ホワイト・サークル・リーフ」 Howaito Sākuru Rīfu)
Card type
 Spell Card
Property
 Normal
  "White Mirror" (「白の水鏡ホワイト・ミラー」 Howaito Mirā)
Card type
 Spell Card
Property
 Normal
"White Nightmare" (「白の悪夢ホワイト・ナイトメア」 Howaito Naitomea)
Card type
 Spell Card
Property
 Continuous
  "White Prosperity" (「白の繁栄ホワイト・プロスペリティ」 Howaito Purosuperiti)
Card type
 Spell Card
  "White Salvation" (「白の救済ホワイト・サルベージ」 Howaito Sarubēji)
Card type
 Spell Card
Property
 Continuous
  "Synchro Zone" (「シンクロ・ゾーン」 Shinkuro Zōn)
Card type
 Trap Card
Property
 Continuous
  "White Arbitration" (「白の仲裁ホワイト・アービトレーション」 Howaito Ābitorēshon)
Card type
 Trap Card
Property
 Continuous
  "White Howling" (「白の咆哮ホワイト・ハウリング」 Howaito Hauringu)
Card type
 Trap Card
  "White Line" (「白の防衛線ホワイト・ライン」 Howaito Rain)
Card type
 Trap Card

DuelsEdit

Opponent(s) Chapter(s) Outcome
Yugo 11-13 Lose
Yugo/Yuya Sakaki 20-23 Lose

ReferencesEdit

  1. Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Scale 22: "Immortal Beings!!"
  2. Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Scale 23: "The Trick Revealed!"
  3. Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Scale 11: "Turbo Duel!"
  4. Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Scale 20: "Your Opponent Is Me!"
  5. Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Scale 22: "Immortal Beings!!"
  6. Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Scale 10: "The Entertainment Ends!"
  7. Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Scale 11: "Turbo Duel!"
  8. Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Scale 13: "The Adam Factor!"
  9. Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Scale 17: "Another Fact!"
  10. Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Scale 18: "An Unknown Enemy!"
  11. Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Scale 20: "Your Opponent Is Me!"
  12. Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Scale 21: "Yuya's Memories!"
  13. Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Scale 24: "The Reason They're After Us!"