Tragicomedy
(Clear version under the cut)
There's a haunting feeling to the fact that at Aki's lowest points in the series she ditches the physical mask and cloak that gave a barier between what she thinks are her worst traits but almost fully…for want of better word 'incarnates' as the persona of The Black Rose Witch, and these moments tend to come out while she's dealing with someone who can only see her at her worst, as a monster…so if she's seen as a monster, she might as well act like one
But then Yusei spends his duel fighting this facade for most of their duel, allowing himself to take more pain than he needs too (and in fact not going for a win earlier because his victory was secondary to saving essentially a stranger at that point's soul)
And to skip ahead to the end of the series, to defeat the failed embodiment of hope turned to nihilist Z-One who is essentially the Anti-Yusei, the card that allows Stardust Dragon to change Fate, 'Converging Wishes' has a draconic angel…that looks a lot like Aki.
From a witch who sought only to cause pain because she had only received it to a symbol of taking the strength, along with Yusei and her friends, to claim a chance to change the future for the better.
