Trueman

Trueman

Trueman, also known as Mr. T, is a mysterious character and the secondary antagonisty of the fourth season of Yu-Gi-Oh! GX.

As the powerful and mysterious "Messenger of Darkness" who vows to destroy those who try to figure out his agenda, Trueman serves as the emissary of Nightshroud, the true mastermind behind the vicious siege.

At one point, Trueman stated that he has no real name, but he chose the name "Trueman" because he claims that he always speaks the truth. He does tend to use deceit and manipulation numerous times in non-verbal ways, however as he uses illusions to prey on victims.

He was voiced by Hozumi Gōda.

Biography

Trueman initially appears to dispose of Honest, a Duel Spirit who disguised himself as a long-missing Obelisk Blue student, Yusuke Fujiwara, only to be stopped by Jaden Yuki. Recognizing Jaden as a threat, Trueman attempts to destroy Jaden, only to be thwarted every time and retreats, promising to return. Trueman proves a difficult opponent for Jaden each time they Duel. In the first Duel Jaden won fairly easily but came very close to losing the second. Before their third rematch multiple Trueman(s) appear and they assimilate together to dispatch Jaden, considering him as a threat to their agenda. Jaden nearly loses this one, but manages to win using the card "Honest".

He later revives his machination and initiates a vicious assault on Duel Academy and Domino City, absorbing people into the World of Darkness by materializing through the cards of Duelists who have felt negative emotions and assuming their form, but not before eliminating the original. Additionally, when he does this, everyone who knew the person forgets they ever existed. Among the victims were Taigo Sorano, Axel Brodie, Sartorius Kumar, Sarina, Tyranno Hassleberry, and almost the entire population of Domino City and the students of Duel Academy. Names from a list of his victims, including many characters from the first series anime and manga, all disappear from the list leaving only Seto Kaiba's name behind.

To defeat Axel Brodie, Trueman copied the Deck and appearance of Brodie's father and exploits Brodie's negative emotions relating to an incident that nearly killed both of his parents. Many copies of Brodie later attempt to stop Jaden Yuki's escape from Domino City, but Jaden escapes them. However many copies of Jaden then try to stop Jaden, but he is rescued by Sartorius.

After defeating Taigo Sorano, Trueman begins to imitate both Sorano's Deck and appearance, enabling him to blend in with the other students of Duel Academy before finding his next victim, growing stronger with every duel. Each individual Trueman clone was capable of doing this, and so each of them would seek out students to defeat, among them Tyranno Hassleberry and Syrus Truesdale. He later assumes his true form once more and defeats Chazz Princeton and Alexis Rhodes.

The Trueman clones observed the Duel between Yusuke Fujiwara and Atticus Rhodes as well as the Duel between Yusuke, Jaden, and Jesse Anderson. During Jaden's Duel with Yusuke Fujiwara, all the Trueman clones are destroyed by "Rainbow Neos" when it attacks and destroys "Clear Vicious Knight" and the portion of Nightshroud that was possessing Yusuke.

Powers and Abilities

Trueman demonstrates numerous abilities during the season, the most notable is being able to manifest from cards tainted with darkness. He can transform into different people and replicate their Decks. When he Duels against a particular person he can manipulate the memories of his opponents in an attempt to psychologically weaken them.

He has also displayed the ability to teleport, create duplicates of himself, manipulate objects, and hypnotize people.

Deck

Trueman plays several decks throughout the season, though his main deck is an "Archetype" deck, centred around the effect of his signature card, "Dark Archetype", which allows him to quickly summon a variety of powerful monster. Because of Trueman's ability to manifest from any bunch of cards, his deck features a large amount of variety while still including "Dark Archetype" to maintain consistency, even if this results in him taking large amounts of damag early into the duel; most of his monsters are of the DARK attribute to further support his theme.

Trueman's deck evolves after each defeat, most notably following his duels with Jaden. During his first duel, his deck is shown to be a relatively disorganized "DARK Knight" deck, featuring cards such as "Zure, Knight of Dark World" and "Familiar Knight". During his second duel with Jaden, Trueman's deck has evolved into a "Fusion" deck, focusing on summoning "Meteor B. Dragon"; the deck also possesses a FIRE sub-theme, featuring unrelated cards such as "Twinheaded Beast" and "Molten Zombie". Trueman's deck evolves further when he duels Jaden for the third and final time, running a dedicated "Dragon" deck that focuses on summoning "Five-Headed Dragon"; interestingly, this is the only duel Trueman partakes in where he does not use "Dark Archetype" at any point.

Additionally, Turmean can replicate anyone's deck as long as public memory of the deck exists, using this ability while assuming the forms of others. When impersonating Daigo Sorano, he uses the Obelisk Blue student's "Horus Lockdown" deck to defeat the majority of Duel Academy's student body, inclduing Syrus Truesdale and Tyranno Hassleberry. When memory of Saigo vanished following the defeated students being absorbed into the World of Darkness, Tureman reverted to his regular form and deck to defeat those that remained, including Chazz Princeton, Mindy, Jazmine and Alexis Rhodes. When dueling Axel Brodie, Trueman takes on the form of Axel's father and replicates his "Volcanic Burn" deck while also adding some of his own cards, such as "Dark Archetype".