Aki is a lot kinder from the start and her psychic power is different.While in the anime, Rua and Ruka are rich and have parents that are simply away on business trips all the time, here the twins are poor and have been abandoned by their parents.Yusei, Jack, and Crow aren't childhood friends.None of the main characters are Signers nor do they have the Dragon Birthmarks.Alternate Continuity: Here are some notable details:.The attack is even called "United Shooting Assault". All Your Powers Combined: Through the spell card Gathering Light, Yusei special summons all of the Duel Dragons belonging to his friends and gains their Feel to attack the Ultimate God.The Crimson Dragon as Ultimaya Tzolkin, the true form of the Ultimate God.The twins Rua and Ruka first appeared as antagonists.the cards in an opponent's hand, a card currently facedown, etc.) Here, they're duelists with literal psychic powers, being able to know cards that normally shouldn't be known (i.e. Adaptional Superpower Change: In the anime, Psychic Duelists have the ability to inflict real damage during duels, leading to violent results and them being shunned.In the manga, they meet each other for the first time. Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: In the anime, Yusei, Jack, and Crow were childhood friends.In the manga, he's simply a duelist from Satellite who eventually befriends Yusei.
Adaptational Nice Guy: In the anime, Lotten was a selfish, sadistic, slave driver who would betray anyone for his own benefit.Kiryu is The Stoic, though he becomes more twisted when using Shadow Miasma.The twins are sadistic, Ruka being nearly emotionless.Jack is more of a jerk as the King compared to the anime.Aki, while still a Psychic Duelist, is a lot kinder.While a calm person in the anime, Manga Yusei is a lot more emotional.The latter's hair turns black after absorbing the Ultimate God into himself. Sect and Godwin's eyes turn green under the influence of shadow miasma.On the cover of volume 3 as seen above, Kiryu's eyes are blue.