Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS
On TV Tokyo
A high-energy anime action series built around competitive card dueling in a virtual reality space, balancing mystery and spectacle with a protagonist seeking truth about his past.
Den City is a city with advanced network systems in which a VR space called LINK VRAINS was created by SOL Technologies. The Knights of Hanoi, a group that hacks through dueling, as well as SOL Technologies are seeking a mysterious AI program. Yusaku Fujiki, also known as Playmaker, is a first year high school student who manages to capture this AI program while trying to find out the truth about an incident in the past.
Clusters
Questions people ask
Is Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 73% of series.
Is Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS sad? Not especially. Less sad than 68% of series.
Is Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS violent? Not especially. Less violent than 59% of series.
Is Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Does Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS leave you hopeful? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
These describe how the series comes across across its whole run, compared with other well-known series. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked episode by episode, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.
Cinnamon Score
How much this series gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.
Familiar shape, done well.
How unlike any other series this one feels
How much more it delivers than it promises
How much audiences actually like it
Ensemble
Like Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS
Nearest across the full emotional profile.
Same Mood as Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS
Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.
Like Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS, But Darker
Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.
Like Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS, But Lighter
Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.
Like Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS, But Less Popular
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.
