The Story of Warrior Dai Grepher // Yu-Gi-Oh! Lore // "THE 2 PATHS"

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In this video, I break down the unexpectedly detailed story of Warrior Dai Grepher in detail, including his alternate timelines.
Since people are wondering whether some details are real or fake:
Most of the story (~80%) is confirmed or inferred through card descriptions, artwork and the Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Guides which I would consider all canon.
Some parts of the story are ambiguous and up for interpretation. I attempt to connect the confirmed details together with what I believe are plausible and likely assumptions. When there are details that are obviously not canon, they will be indicated in the video.
You may have realized that "Lightray Grepher" was not included in the video.
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[@arturoarellano4710]

You should do the story of the Six Samurais next, it’s so extensive!!!

[@mohamedsd9657]

yeeeeeeeees yeeeees pliiiiiiiisssssssssss

[@tripe9658]

Mexican Ninja19 yuh, I agree

[@jagoc]

Yeeeeeeees

[@bigvicth]

Yeah six samurai would be great

[@kaidensmith287]

Cool

[@xKiyokix]

Knight Day Grepher shows up on the trap "Premature Return" coming through a rift, so I guess he survives?

[@ABRAXAS829]

oh, shit your right. by his expression, I'm guessing he got pushed through a dimensional rift during the fight somehow.

[@ib5131]

Is that for Lightray Grepher?

[@fallinggravity9964]

There is also painful return showing Dark Grapher and Lucius

[@skyslasher2297]

@@ABRAXAS829given their fight was in a realm between realm’s environment that doesn’t surprise me

[@MorphoComics]

Six Samurai Story, Duel Terminal Stories, Marauding captain Story, Fredd the Matress general... Pick one.

[@smhgaming3259]

Six sam

[@Exxag]

YES, duel terminal stories would be very awesome!

[@get_delete1195]

SAMURAI

[@redius]

Six Samurai

[@rey2103]

The mattress general lmao, so he can summon beds?

[@Merjia]

The dark blade revelation just blew my mind. I've been using dark blade in my deck for years.

[@agr0nianTV]

He forgot to mention that Dark Blade got a promotion to Dark Blade the Captain of the Evil World at some point

[@megadude5662]

Your deck must suck

[@pvshka]

@@megadude5662 gtfo

[@heliosdiaz5855]

AtlasAesthetics Trainer me too I’m really surprised! 😱

[@burger5853]

mega dude bruh why is that guy hating on you you’re just spitting facts

[@Katsuhi50]

Warrior Dai Grepher reminds me a bit of Guts from Berserk.

[@KeertikaAndFallenTree]

He's definitely inspired from guts. I mean, there's even a timeline where he has a berserk armor like Guts hellhound form.

[@richardshiflett5181]

Guts never lost to Casca tho

[@KeertikaAndFallenTree]

@@richardshiflett5181 Well Grepher didn't lost neither. Their first fight was interruoted while he was winning, then she used a trick to bounce him in the other dimension. Also, it is inspired from, it doesn't have to be exactly the same as in Berserk.

[@spenserfarman3045]

I would assume that Dai Grepher would be a version of Guts that didn’t have such a terrifying and literally scarring upbringing, but still ended up joining the Band of the Hawk.

[@coins_png]

Do the lore behind yu-jo friendship and unity. I always wanted to know about who were the characters in the artwork especially the short guy.

[@brenomanhaes9322]

They are clearly black tristan and ghost nappa

[@alexconnor3368]

@@brenomanhaes9322 Don't be hating on tristan's black face playa'

[@bluekirby_64]

Me and my friends always wondered who the "evil blue guy" in Sakuretsu Armor was during our childhood (we didn't know Dark Lucius yet)... Years later, holy damn, I wasn't expecting his story to be so deep.

[@kenshiroorjotarowithawhite829]

Another two very interesting things: At 3:40, when you look closely at the card The Paths of Destiny, you can see that there is actually a third route, directly in front of Dai Grepher since there is no tree blocking this third route. So there might be a possible neutral outcome for Dai Grepher as well. Also, judging from Dai Grepher's stance and overall body language in The Paths of Destiny, it seems like he took a step in direction of the light path, since his right foot shows in that direction and is the leading foot as you can clearly see in the shadow of Dai Grepher's legs. Even his sword leans more towards the light path and it is always said that a sword is an extension of a warrior's soul. However, Grepher himself seems hesitant to take the light path and looks to the dark path on the left. The front of his entire body (with exception of his right foot) is pointing towards the dark path, possibly hinting on Dai Grepher's eventual downfall.

[@Safersephiroth777]

Nice.

[@lovethatdarkness]

To me I think that the Dark Blade outcome was actually the Neutral path for Dai, instead of being the evil/dark path.

[@natanohxjahsap2528]

I think that's Kenshiro with a white bandana

[@Fredcat11]

Confirmed! "Chaos Grepher" is now existing because of that reason. Source: yugipedia.com/wiki/Chaos_Grepher

[@NeoScival]

I clicked your Gagagigo video thinking there couldn’t possibly be lore and now I’m hooked on this

[@jacksparrowjives3138]

Just happened to me.

[@Sealed_Chamber]

Same story here.

[@MrPig-oi2ov]

Saaame

[@Vospader21]

Dai Grepher’s story would be a great video game.

[@cathedral1375]

Alot of the card lore's tell an interesting story. So interesting in fact some fans are getting pissed the anime is based around some of the stories presented through the cards.

[@TrianglePants]

Lots of stories in this game would make for cool games, movies or shows. Hell, probably even books!

[@GoldLight73]

Alas, Konami’s too Busy with pachinko to really care.

[@thedragontactic]

Dai Grepher Visual Novel

[@tchoythao1730]

"Premature Return". Knight Dai Grepher is still alive!

[@OddSynergy]

He is right!

[@tobiasengel8385]

And eater of millions, seems like he was eaten by that card during the encounter with his dark Lucius counterpart. Not sure why only one of them was eaten tho..

[@agr0nianTV]

He also forgot to mention that Dark Blade got a promotion to Captain at some point

[@agr0nianTV]

5:37 No mention Dark Blade's promotion to Captain? Dai Dance has some of the best artwork in the game. I hope Knight Day Grepher's story continues - he comes back in Premature Return - so we can see more of him and D.D Warrior Lady ;) Great vid and awesome outro man!

[@red_dll]

I love that the game has cards that obviously are not meant to be taken seriously but having a laugh. They are awesome!

[@TailsWarrior38]

Probably the best one so far. I think it would be really interesting if you did a lore on the Pot cards. Always wanted to know why pot of greed broke into shards

[@sylvandoggo4416]

There is a card that shows how goblin merchant dropped it by accident xD

[@TailsWarrior38]

@@sylvandoggo4416 I guess the goblin will tie into that story just like D.D. warrior lady did here

[@SynneDennis]

I play "Pot of Greed. This card allows me to draw TWO MORE CARDS!"

[@huuua2]

What does pot of greed do, again? Lol 😂

[@TheGenchannel]

There's also a Chaos Grepher in the OCG, which was probably the middle road in paths of destiny. Also it feels great to finally be confirmed in my theory that the guardians are the weapons themselves.

[@palchumfriend4887]

Can you do the story of the Goblin? From the cards Good Goblin Housekeeping, Pot of Greed archetypes, etc.

[@gunsblazing]

he's on the list

[@palchumfriend4887]

gunsblazing Looking forward to it, good sir.

[@heartofjustice6041]

goblin attack force the most og card back in the day

[@ArlindOP]

You should do six samurai next as I'm about to go in debt when the new support pack for it comes to Duel Links

[@Narutoboi1978]

I love that pack

[@lordradiance2530]

Dropped in, dai grepher goes so deep he ends up limited

[@Koda89]

It’s insane how many of the cards are connected to each other. Between this and the Gagagigo episode, I’ve seen so many cards that I love and that I’ve often used, be tied together into a cohesive narrative. I always just thought they were recurring characters used for the hell of it, maybe because the artists liked drawing those characters.

[@mikuhachune7023]

Gunzblazing back at it again with fresh memes... Alternate timeline...YUUUUP!

[@simplethings9321]

Miku Hachune God tier Memes

[@gunsblazing]

ᵃˡᵗᵉʳⁿᵃᵗᵉ ᵗᶦᵐᵉˡᶦⁿᵉˢ . . . . . . ʸᵘᵖ

[@Jane-75-80]

Thus reminds me of Yub

[@elysahatestostudy9364]

Dai Grepher being the Dark Blade is a plot twist I did not expect. Dark Blade is one of my favourite cards so it's nice to see his backstory!

[@El_Leviatan]

Do the lore video of Blue Eyes White Dragon vs Red Eyes Black Dragon!

[@DuleAres9189]

second it

[@AmRealityInc]

This

[@thugnasty1021]

Yes please

[@parapsychresearch]

I’m loving this series! After moving out of home and getting a full time job I don’t get time to duel anymore so watching these videos really throws me back into it. Thanks a bunch! Would love to hear something about the six samurais next!

[@xingyaru]

I am LOVING these videos ! I've seen a lot of these cards and used them before and recognized them but never actually tried or expected that their backstories would be so complex. It feels like a huge plot-twist. I'm really looking forward to your future videos of this series !!

[@-carter-8681]

I'm really happy to see that your new content is bringing in new viewers! You should be proud of yourself!!

[@Bakachicki]

Dark Magician+ Dark Magician Girl does have an unexpected long alternative story, so why not Dark Magician and Dark Magician girl?

[@ysu503]

He already did a video on it iirc

[@negan4089]

@@ysu503 no he hasnt this is only his thrid video of this type.

[@ysu503]

@@negan4089 my bad i was thinking of a different youtuber (here's the link- kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJmvp4CCi7Sqiac)

[@lravenl]

Well presented... It feels like you are reading me a bedtime story

[@4289isOK]

Awesome!! Can you do Yu-Gi-Oh! Lore for the Solemn Cards?

[@Acsilverfish360]

Yes, I too would like to know the story of the one and only Solemn Johnson.

[@sylvandoggo4416]

You mean the forbidden/wicked witch lore? :V

[@Balila_balbal_loki]

at heaven a woman uses the forbidden shit and solemn keeps telling f off and striking her she becomes a witch and turns evil boom witch's strike and attacks back that it so far

[@Shikaschima]

I would like those too

[@krisscp9605]

*sees a bunch of cards with the same characters* "OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A COMPLEX STORY WITH ALTERNATIVE TIMELINES" It's super impressive you can put all this together lol

[@dormantray]

Hey i’ve never really commented much but i just want you to know i love your channel you got me into duel links 2 months ago when i stumbled onto ur channel and just keep up all your good work man ❤️😭

[@gunsblazing]

thank you

[@nicklim3443]

love how you describe each lore with such details. it is very amazing. please do a lore on Black Luster soldier and Chaos Emperor Dragon and perhaps show how they are link to each other or perhaps the lore on the entire chaos cards.

[@DarkchaoS-lc4vt]

Dude this new content is so goood please continue. This is amazing yuppp

[@acronyx991]

My mind is blown to smithereens. I never ever thought that these cards had a canon story behind them. I know every single card that you said and had the warrior and the dark blade and when i saw they were connected it was new levels of awesome. Cant wait for more videos of other cards

[@nilagangbaka2067]

Just do Poki Draco for April 1

[@tyraster8603]

This is so cool. I remember the first time I realized that yugioh cards told stories was during the Qliphort era and my mind was absolutely blown. Looking forward to more of your lore videos!

[@daimoncurrie6010]

Bloody hell used to watch your stuff and then stopped playing duel links and when I come back you've quit...sick meme my lad But I love this new story stuff gets me really going for them TIMELINES

[@Jonathan-rq3hi]

These Lore videos are the best yugioh content on KZbin. Keep killin it man

[@ThucTran-wm1gm]

Hey bunsblazing. I recommend doing the story of the six samarai

[@emmasofia3622]

This was a very interesting and informative video. I didn't notice all that stuff about the Power of the Guardians and also about Dai Grepher becoming Dark Blade while on the dark path. Also, I think it would be awesome to see a video about Warrior of Zera and his very complex story.

[@carpedm9846]

"Unable to defeat Umbral Horror Unform" Umbral Horror Unform: Has 0 stats

[@geraldcleveland6207]

@deniz-usta Gedik maybe it’s effect is the reason why he’s so strong

[@ravaniphoenix5431]

Maybe because he's unformed, thus unable to be damaged, like if he was a dark slime monster. You can see on that anime quick-play spell how his sword goes through him but nothing happens (in fact, his sword breaks).

[@zad_rasera]

@@ravaniphoenix5431 Its effect also lets him summon copies of himself when it's destroyed so you might be on to something

[@OmegaSaiyanPrince]

Bro, first the Gagagigo, and now this?! I am now subbing just because content like this rocks my socks off about Yugioh. God bless, earned ya a new fan, can't wait for more!!

[@Viselc]

Warrior of Zera has a damn good story

[@kevin65205]

man, these series is awesome, I started following you because of these story videos, please keep doing more of these

[@christianreyessaenz6822]

If Dark Blade Captain of Dark World was in there, I must've missed it

[@Fredcat11]

Nope, that "Captain" wasn't along the list.

[@alexisruiz1749]

Wow, I really like this series!, there are so many details that dont appear in similar videos, and you are an excellent narrator! Keep it up!

[@geraldcleveland6207]

8:48 the battle was actually interfered by eater of millions. Knight Day Grepher was sucked inside the thing & ended up in another dimension along side with some other cards (if you look at the artwork of premature return) so that means his alive and then Dark Lucius managed to escape somehow I’m not sure how and began to evolve/grow more stronger. And I think you missed out on one version of Grepher which is Lightray Grepher. EDIT: 5:10 you also forgot that darkblade becomes a captain

[@goutam-007]

No he didn't miss the lightray grepher , he explained in timeline A 4:14

[@geraldcleveland6207]

@Goutam no because his form is ryu senshi he doesn’t explain how he just became lightray Grepher he just turns all of a sudden into ryu senshi with no explanation.

[@raysullivan6168]

I think I can relate to Dai Grepher's peril, to a degree. And that music at the end... Aeris's theme really added the feels, a brother in arms was lost to us. So those of us that still adhere to our humanity(little though it may be for some), must carry on the fight and honor the man that was Warrior Dai Grepher!

[@cuppajo7654]

Insert neckbeard joke here "While you were sleeping he studied the art of the blade"

[@yanber7637]

I only found this channel because of the lore videos and only staying for these awesome lore videos! I hunger for more!

[@anulokei-brei883]

I'll be waiting for more lore vids. Some of my friends Didnt know that cards themselves tell a story.

[@Hadokane]

This series is one of the most necessary series on the internet! Keep em coming!

[@jaymar9039]

OMG I CRIED COZ I APPRECIATED THE YUGIOH CARDS MAKER DID THOSE STORIES HUHUHU

[@taros789]

Warrior of Zera has a somewhat similar story as well, would be cool to see his paths as well.

[@PaUG1N]

A pleasant surprise for us the OGs? Pog

[@johnnyaguilar1985]

I am hoping he has secretly been playing to keep his account up to date and plans to come back to DL. That would be awesome.

[@springrain1752]

Pleasent surprise Streams while playing koa'ki meiru 😂

[@paulitics3629]

He's gonna move REZ back to tier 1 and mods wont be able to do a thing

[@colemanhill6281]

When i was a kid and i would notice that some characters from other cards were in a card such as this situation it would give me such a sense of wonder as to what is going on and I always thought it was so cool. Really glad to finally be getting some closure

[@Shikaschima]

I would like to have the stor yof the six summoners and their companions (aside from Gagagigo as we had him already) Also the Forbidden Scepter, Grail and the Punished Maiden There are so many incredibly stories in YuGiOh. Funnily enough x3

[@ItzKrave24]

Your Yugioh Channel did it first but I'm glad someone else is doing this again. I like the Yugioh lore story's and keep it up, good job man.

[@Trewsxcvbgfd]

Gaia the Fierce Knight, Machine King, Ryu-Kishin, Buster Blader

[@improbablyinnocent3291]

Love the edit effects. Makes it so much more lively!

[@imsnappin6065]

We need a Dai grepher archetype deck. Btw dark blade is my favorite card.

[@jlopez5897]

Please do more this is what got me hooked to your channel!

[@reaperdeathgod1]

but wait... what happened to dark blade after that... I mean he can union with both pitch black and kiryu, and there's his retrained version. Was there just not enough info to include it?

[@agr0nianTV]

Think of Kiryu as just another dragon like how Dai Grepher rode on the dragon in Dragon Manipulater, but he fused with Spirit Ryu in the end. I have no clue why he didn't mention his retrain Captain of the Evil World is quite the promotion after all :P

[@GwynoftheMist]

I've never watched a lore video from this channel before and I'm regretting not doing so until now! Very entertaining dude! If you want one hell of story and want to feature a character from duel terminal you should look into my home boy Gem-Knight Crystal, someone who has been a part of 7 archetypes and features in ~11 altogether.

[@duskyeng5407]

3 attempt for Gunz to do the world legacy or duel terminal lore

[@agr0nianTV]

World Legacy is still on going I believe

[@focafgc]

Here, ladies and gentleman, is where you get awesome contents! Congrats Gunz, Well Done!

[@RespawnGod]

Red Eyes Black Dragon please or demise and ruin's story

[@yunanasnakewoman5150]

I've always wanted to know what the Celtic Gaurdians back story is, so I hope you do a video about him soon. Loving these so far especially Gagagigos

[@KodexKat]

Can you do exodia if there is lore on it. I honestly dont know what the hell it is

[@Anoter]

Read the manga Exodia was a God who protected Egypt and was used by the father of the Pharaoh Atem (Yami Yugi) Exodia destroyed an army of at least 1000 soldiers (if my memory is right) I don't know anything about the other forms of Exodia tho, maybe there's more lore

[@Beetlejuice2959]

@@Anoter One on Exodia Necros would be cool too

[@Seymour927]

@@Anoter isn't the very aim of this kind of videos to search for lore elements in the cards lore instead of just reading the manga? duh

[@Anoter]

@@Seymour927 Yep, you're 100% right But there isn't a lot of lore about Exodia in the cards, because his story is telled in the manga

[@Anoter]

For the same reasons we can't find lore about the Egyptian gods in the card game

[@elitethor8676]

I didn't think a normal monster could be this cool

[@ThreeMagicks]

Do duel terminal next

[@Sinrix]

Holy shit, i been gone from duel links for so long but coming back to seeing you did this man this is the best damn yugioh content i have seen in a long ass time, maybe you’ll be back for more one day wish you the best my baggio

[@anteraljevic7354]

lore of red eyes black dragon

[@emildokle261]

As of today Grepher has 3 possibilities, now he can even become Chaos Dai Grepher!

[@squeegie]

How about story on the Gearfried Or Story on the Amazoness.

[@Zyco178]

I do not play YuGiOh and I haven't played in like 10+ years. I am subbing specifically for these lore vidoes. You have filled a need I did know I had =-=

[@kachafas1]

I SOOOO need that “Alternate time line yup” sound right now

[@GatsbyCioffi]

The story of The Emperor/Tyrant is one of my favorite. Even though YourYUGIOHChannel did it a few years back, you should totally put your spin on it!

[@nextgengamerjc]

Like I asked before Six Samurai And a full.DD warrior lady Lol

[@yugimoto2600]

Nextgengamer Jc, I did a story about the legendary six samurai. You should go check it out. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nHbQYqyhqrdrick

[@cancan8186]

I support you man! Keep uploading story videos like this!

[@bingbong5076]

Did... Did D. D. Warrior Lady really yeeted Dark Lucius out? *W H E E Z E*

[@jonathanyanes8505]

The final fantasy VII music at the end is a really nice touch. Good video by the way.

[@Senyuno]

Lol so ridiculous I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

[@josuetapia9517]

Boy, I loved this. Really added depth beyond the narrative. Twas a very sad story indeed

[@dragonbzx1469]

When you left Duel Links, everything went to shit

[@missnanunana01]

Love the Final Fantasy VII music when you hold your "speech" before the end of the vid. Also, the stories behind certain cards are honestly amazing - So many details :O

[@stephenjude559]

That's amazing, I always wondered why Dark Blade and Warrior Dai Grepher had a similar sounding description.

[@lugge978]

I love these yu gi oh lore videos. And i love the music in it. If there will be Terranigma Music, ill cry. Thank you for doing these videos!

[@sweetpatata1156]

Please do more of thiiiiiis!!! I've never thought that yu-gi-oh cards have this kind of stories and yet i'm becoming more interested. So please do moooreee!!!! 😊😊😊

[@smol_cl]

I miss you so much, you have no idea, i'm glad to see you're doing good progress.

[@matthewpoile1195]

These lore videos are SOOOO cool I’ve been needing me some nerdgasms thank you sir

[@drewallen5579]

Thanks so much for the update. I really enjoy seeing you grow

[@youssefmoataz7374]

Please continue this series it's magnificent!

[@TropicalRegicide]

This was *AMAZING* I've watched your videos for a long time & I like this change.

[@Ze33roX]

My man, I'm really really hooked by all these little stories, keep doing them :]

[@doubledamn2599]

Dai Grepher, I remember this guy. In one of the few 'Anime Rules' games I played, I managed to bullshit my way into having this card's ability as 'take control of an opponent's Dragon-Type or 'Dragon Named' monster'. Claimed control of Slifer the Sky Dragon and won the game.

[@Ru_90]

I’ve been waiting for something all week

[@Justgottaadamup]

Goddamn Gunz another amazing video! Thanks so much for making content with such care and passion.

[@retiresatisfied]

Deep message that I needed to day. Hope all is well with you.

[@97ponchito]

It be amazing to hear your interpretation of the six samurai, might be a handful trying to find all their card art, but it be worth it for the lore. Hands down I would watch every episode

[@GreenDinoRanger]

Damn, I thought Zera's story was cool, but Warrior Dai Grepher is amazing. I've never looked too far into it, but it's awesome how multiple cards can tell a story.

[@miggy-san.]

Never stop these lore videos!!!