Yuzu Hīragi (manga)


 * This is the manga version of Yuzu Hīragi . For the anime character, see here.

Yuzu Hīragi is a main character appearing in the Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V (manga). She is a student of the Syu Zo Duel School.

Appearance
Like the original, Yuzu wears her Maiami middle-school uniform. However, unlike the original, she doesn't have her bracelet.

Personality
As opposed to her original counterpart, Yuzu is less mature, making her more persistent and somewhat childish in her own way. Her school's financial crisis makes her a gold digger, taking any opportunity to get money to the point of being reckless. This also make her quite stingy as she refused to give payment accordingly to others while she demands herself to be given a high payment. Once she set her mind on something, she is prepared to use tricks to ensure that she get what she wants.

History
When Yuzu was a child, she participated in National Children Arithmetic Competition, getting second place only below Shun Kurosaki.

Searching for Phantom
Yuzu is a student and heir of Syu Zo Duel School. The school lacked students, causing her and her father struggling financially. If they can't find someone who want to enrol in their Duel School by the end of the payment deadline, the school will be closed down, much to her frustration. While checking their finance, they were interrupted by the sounds of Leo Corporation's helicopters that are sent to capture the mysterious Entertainment Duelist known as the "Phantom".

Believing that Phantom can save them from their crisis if she scout him into the school as instructor, Yuzu determined to find and scout Phantom. Her search eventually led her to a rooftop where she saw the sight of the Entertainment Duelist who was on the run from LC. When the Duel begin, she tried to enter the Duel Field, but then remembered that no one can enter the Duel Field from the outside until the Duel is over. Realising that if Phantom was caught her hope to save Syu Zo Duel School will vanish, Yuzu cheered for Phantom by telling him that she will increase his salary to 500 Yen per hour.

Yūya vs. Shingo
When Yūya finally revealed himself and showed some of his magic tricks, Yuzu was impressed and asked for his autograph, making Yūya mistook her as his fan. She then encouraged him not to lose because the fate of her school is in his hand, confusing Yūya and Yuzu quickly immediately told him it was nothing. After Yūya defeated Shingo, he appeared beside Yuzu and as promised, gave her his autograph before departing. Not wanting to lose Phantom, Yuzu jumped into his Solid Vision paper plane without him realizing until he felt the paper plane was heavier than usual. Yuzu sheepishly said she just sort of jumped in, but this quickly turned into panic when Yūya revealed that it can only carry one person and both fell into the sea. When Yuzu gained consciousness, Yūya told her that she is at his hideout and the first person other than himself that he brought in.

Recruiting Yūya
Yuzu was momentarily shocked to see Phantom's hideout. She immediately asked him to teach at her school, offering 500 yen payment per hour, but Yūya refused because didn't have time. Yuzuu asked was it involved with the LC going after him. Yūya revealed that he must find a card called "Genesis Omega Dragon" so he hacked into LC Solid Vision system for this purpose, but Yuzu mistook it as a normal treasure card. She asked again if once he found the card he could teach at the school, to which Yūya replied that he could not make any promise. Having anticipated this, Yuzu told him that they were already under contract, showing him the paper that she had asked to sign earlier, revealing that the paper turned out to be a contract for Yūya to become her school's teacher whether he like it or not. With the contract done, Yuzu then stated that until they found the card, she will become his manager for 1000 yen per hour, something that Yūya immediately rejected because he couldn't pay that much and retorted that if she wanted to become his manager, she was the one who must pay him since he didn't care either way as he didn't need a manager. Reluctantly, Yuzu agreed to pay him him 100 yen a day but not until she's rich. Now officially becoming his manager, she declared they will find the Genesis Omega Dragon card.

Shun's Challenge
While thinking about what catchphrase will suit in his Entertainment Duel, Yūya asked did she even know about Dueling, and Yuzu boastfully told him that she did since her father own a Duel school and she won second place at the National Children Arithmetic Competition. Both were interrupted by a video uploaded on the underground site that showed her father easily defeated and taken hostage by Shun Kurosaki, much to Yuzu's embarrassment as it would kill the school's image. She suggested to show the video to the police since it was a kidnapping, but the video was set to disappear once it was played, leaving them no choice but to confront Shun. At the Deception Valley, Yuzu scolded her father for losing the Duel before she told Shun that only a coward taking a hostage. Shun then deployed an Action Field to Duel Yūya while Yuzu watched them.

Non-canon
Yuzu has made an appearance in the special manga chapter. She is seen several times cheering Yūya in his Action Duel against Reiji.