Neo Domino City VS Satellite
This series starts by two distinguishable cities. One is a gorgeous and hierarchical society named [Neo Domino City]. High-class residents are called to be chosen people to live here. Another city is an old-structure and unorganized city called [Satellite], which is located on a solitude island not far from Neo Domino City. Satellite is a plant that handles all trashes transferred from the residents in Neo Domino City and recycles them. It's nothing rather than a factory where low-class people live. People who live in Satellite are called [Satellite Scum].
These two cities are completely separate and monitored by securities. They are linked only by the undersea pipeline that is used to transfer trashes from the city to Satellite plant. Satellite Scums are just a labor who can't escape from the factory in order to migrate into Neo Domino City.
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Neo Domino City |
Satellite |
Satellite Scum Left Behind
Yusei, Taka, Blitz, Rally, Nerve, are all Satellite residents. Because they are separate from the city, they have no idea how much the city has been developing. Yusei has knowledge about machines and computers, so he usually hacks into the security system to watch duel broadcasting. There, people have realized that a duel has developed into a new era called [Riding Duel]. All duelists are riding a vehicle called [D-Wheel] and they are called [D-Wheeler]. In this riding duel, a new rule called [Master Rule] is applied. In order to build up everyone's dream, Yusei assembles a D-Wheel by himself with anything he can gather at Satellite plant, amazing his gang by riding it to summon his ace card, [Stardust Dragon].
The story begins when Jack, who used to be a member of this gang and lived in Satellite with everyone, stole Yusei's D-Wheel and Stardust Dragon card. He rode Yusei's D-Wheel to escape from Satellite through the undersea pipeline linking two cities together. After that, Jack turned pro and became the king of the riding duel, leaving all of his friends behind at Satellite and forgetting his gloomy days over there. In order to follow Jack and get back the precious card, Yusei has to assemble a new vehicle, which is his current [Red D-Wheel]. The gang helps and supports him in order to avoid being arrested by the security at Satellite and escape from this place to go after Jack successfully.
New Power of Stars
In this series, a new of stars called [Synchro Summon] is introduced. There are some conditions required to summon a Synchro Monster, and the main condition is played with the level of stars. One concept is that tuner monster and non-tuner monsters must together be materials for a Synchro Monster. The second concept is that the levels of the material monsters must add up to the level of Synchro Monster to be summoned. This concept is called by Yusei to be a new power of stars. When Yusei is about to do a Synchro Summon, he normally declares to tune a tuner and non-tuner monsters together. The following statement is an example of Yusei's words commonly said in most of his Synchron Summons:
"I tune Speed Warrior with Junk Synchron. Clustering stars will call a new force, become a path its light shines upon. Synchro Summon, come on, Junk Warrior!"

Main Plot of the Story
Like the previous series that must be related
to some ancient mysteries, Yu Gi Oh 5D'S doesn't go away
from this plot. Although this series comes with new
technology in the modern world, the mysteries are related to
the ancient era that haven't been solved for thousand years.
What is different in Yu Gi Oh 5D'S is that it picks up the
mystery of Inca as the main plot of the story. Many
artifacts displayed in this series are real and well known
to the world. Their origins haven't been resolved, and that
is what Yu Gi Oh 5D'S tries to create a main plot. Some
people may be familiar with the artifacts in Yu Gi Oh 5D'S
that also appear in famous Hollywood movie: Indiana Jones
the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull released in May 2008. The
difference is that Yu Gi Oh 5D'S main plot isn't with the
aliens as shown in the movie but a mysterious dragon called
[The Crimson/Red Dragon ~ Akaki
Ryu].
The Crimson Dragon (God) VS Nazca Lines (Evil)
As Yu Gi Oh 5D'S has run for a couple episodes,
we have been able to find out some figures well known to the
world. One of them is [Nazca
Lines], mysterious lines in various shapes of animals
located in Peru. In our real world, it has been unknown who
actually created the lines, and there are variously unique
belief about them. A common rumor is that aliens created
them, and that is presented in the movie, Indiana Jones the
Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Anyway, how is it related to
Yu Gi Oh 5D'S?
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The Crimson Dragon |
Nazka Lines |
Yu Gi Oh 5D'S applies Nazca Lines as representation of
gods. They create the story of ancient people 3,000 years
ago and call them [People of
the Stars]. These ancient people worship the stars as
gods called [The Star of Dragon].
Their leader is also called to be [The
King of the Star Dragon]. The king has responsibility
to pray for the red star in the sky at the top of [Sanctuary
of the Sky]. When the red star shines, the king
understands that it's a message from the god. He then
transfers this message to people. This is the way their
civilization has been developed: through the guide of the
red star.
Anyway, the world is still disturbed by wicked threats.
The king prays for the Star of Dragon for salvation, and
the star responds to him again. The star sends the Crimson Dragon, the embodiment of god, to seal
the incarnation of an evil left in the earth. This evil has been
sealed under Nazca Lines. In reality, there are different
hundreds of shapes in Nazca Lines, and most of them are the
shapes of animals like birds or lizards. They are the perfect form of
a monster that Yu Gi Oh 5D'S tries to present when it is unsealed.
5D'S & Singers
To summon the Crimson Dragon to fight the evil under
Nazca Lines isn't easy. Only 5 chosen people called [Signer]
with a dragon mark on their bodies can perform this job. The
group that has attempted to search for these people is
called [Yliaster] leaded by Rex
Godwin. Rex is trying to look for the 5 chosen people with a
dragon mark. Each mark represents a part of the Crimson
Dragon. 4 of them have already been confirmed to have the
dragon marks, and they are Yusei Fudo (Tail Birthmark), Jack Atlus (Wing Birthmark), Aki Izayoi, and Ruca (Claw Birthmark). Of course, the dragon actually has nothing to deal
with Nazca Lines. It's just the story that Yu Gi Oh 5D'S
tries to tie together.
5 Dragons and the 5 Signers should be the theme of this
Yu Gi Oh 5D'S series as following:
Signers |
Dragon |
Dragon Mark's
Part |
Yusei Fudo |
Stardust
Dragon |
Tail |
Jack Atlus |
Red Demon's
Dragon |
Wings |
Aki Izayoi |
Black Rose
Dragon |
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Ruca |
Ancient Fairy Dragon |
Claw |
In sum, Nazca Lines represent evils sealed in the earth
that may be incarnated someday. Only 5 Signers with dragon
marks on their bodies can summon the Crimson Dragon to fight
the evils. Yliaster currently presented as Neo Domino City's
public maintenance bureau is actually the group searching
for the 5 Signers.
You may see that the story doesn't seem to be related to
Duel Monster games highly advanced in this series.
Nevertheless, a duel is still the main battle as usual.
Because the story mainly focuses on the power of the stars
that ancient people worships, the duel is presented to have
connection with the power of the stars. That's Synchro
Summon as described earlier.