Time changes all things and, inevitably, advancement is always accompanied by degradation. Far in Domino City's future, nothing is the same - not even dueling. What once were the streets where Kaiba began his Duelist City Tournament, where Yugi caught the bus to school with his friends, now is a dim and desparing slum called Satilite whose poor citizens "exist" to recycle the garbage coming down from Neo Domino City.
5D's begins as the story of one such citizen of Satilite, Yusei. Older than both Yugi and Judai, Yusei is quiet and calm. Two years ago a friend stole his most important Duel Monster and the D-Wheeler he'd built from scratch to make his own way to the prestigeous tournaments of Neo Domino City. D-Wheelers are the motorcycles used in dueling. That's right, high speed dueling.
Yusei isn't filled with revenge, he doesn't even seem overly angry but he is determined to get that card back and has built a new D-Wheel since to help him accomplish just that.
But 5D's isn't completely devoid of the supernatural either. 5 duelists exist who have been marked by dragon markings (the wings, the tail...) that apper in glowing red and will be brought together by fate and sinister purpose. Yusei and his former friend Jack are two of the five.
So here's the run down, Domino city has turned into Arcadies, dueling has completely changed, our hero is actually old enough for all of those inevitable fanfiction authors to feel zero guilt, and did I mention he's a hacker? So what's the craziest, most disturbing thing about the future?
Ushio is in it.
This is the place for all things 5D's. And this is Yusei.
