Thread:Maddog98/@comment-4842541-20150921053911/@comment-4842541-20151113182516

About Shiroi going through a different story arc than he did in the original, I was thinking of making it so that he has his completed Azure Dragon deck by the start of the story. But at the start of the story, he gets into a few wagers, one of which in the first chapter would be a ticket to Yume's group's concert, and loses a lot. So he'll end up going through a lot of losses before he finally comes to terms that his sentimentality for his favorite card just isn't going to cut it.

But of course I'm not going to have him abandon Azure Dragon. I'm going to make it so that Ryu helps Shiroi get into G Nova Grappler and Shiroi has the bright idea to continue using Azure Dragon within the deck alongside the new G3 of Nova Grappler. Also got the idea that Ryu has a Kai moment with Shiroi back when Shiroi was just a kid, in that it was Ryu who gave Shiroi Azure Dragon after Shiroi lost an Asura Kaiser deck. So ultimately Shiroi has Ryu to thank for his favorite cards.