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Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist #3
Yu-Gi-Oh!: Duelist, Vol. 3: The Player Killer
In the second saga of the Yu-Gi-Oh! epic, Duel Monsters is the world's most popular collectible card game-but to Yugi, it's the most dangerous game of all! Entering the Duel Monsters world championship, Yugi fights ruthless opponents like game designer Maximillion Pegasus and teenage multimillionaire Kaiba Seto, hoping to discover the origin of the game...and his own powers! Contains the original storyline of the first season of Yu-Gi-Oh! , including scenes too startling for TV!
The diabolical Player Killer, a collectible-card-gaming assassin, challenges Yugi to a duel! In the shadow of the "Castle of Dark Illusions" card, an army of lurking monsters hungers to steal Yugi's life points...and, if he loses, his actual life! But across the ocean in Japan, an even greater gaming force has been awakened. Kaiba, Yugi's number one rival, is back. Back to reclaim his fortune...back to get revenge on Pegasus...and back to make sure that this time when he fights Yugi, he wins!
The diabolical Player Killer, a collectible-card-gaming assassin, challenges Yugi to a duel! In the shadow of the "Castle of Dark Illusions" card, an army of lurking monsters hungers to steal Yugi's life points...and, if he loses, his actual life! But across the ocean in Japan, an even greater gaming force has been awakened. Kaiba, Yugi's number one rival, is back. Back to reclaim his fortune...back to get revenge on Pegasus...and back to make sure that this time when he fights Yugi, he wins!
216 pages, Paperback
First published October 2, 1998
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About the author
Kazuki Takahashi
293 books240 followersTakahashi (高橋和希) started as a mangaka in 1982. His first work was Tokiō no Tsuma (闘輝王の鷹), published in 1990. One of his earliest works was Tennenshokudanji Buray (天然色男児BURAY), which lasted for two volumes and was published from 1991 to 1992. Takahashi did not find success until 1996 when he created Yu-Gi-Oh!
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3.5 rounded up to 4
"That's right. You have to die...Are you ready?"
"Here, just let me get these out of the way. I don't want to get blood on my cards."
"So those are your last words. Die, Seto!"
This is probably the first volume of the Duelist Kingdom arc where the pacing drags a little at the beginning. This is due in large part to the fact that the plot and the character journeys of our protagonists aren't fully integrated into each other.
Yugi is dueling to get his grandfather's soul back from Pegasus, but he's only ever had one direct interaction with Pegasus, so for a lot of this arc, he's just another competitor in the tournament. And then there's Joey/Jonouchi, who really is just another competitor in the tournament, whose arc has nothing to do with the plot; his journey is about developing self-confidence and skill as a duelist (in order to win the prize money to save his sister's eyesight, yes, yes, but we barely ever hear about this and it feels tacked on just to build tension that didn't need to be there).
Because of this, Joey/Jonouchi's duel against Rex/Ryuzaki grinds everything to a halt, and because of Mai pulling the strings in the background, it feels like he's dueling her...which he just did...one volume ago. The only things that matter or change as a result of this duel (other than Joey/Jonouchi getting more star chips and progressing further in the tournament) are his acquisition of the Red Eyes Black Dragon, and him successfully defeating a strong opponent without any help from Yugi.
Those are important developments, and I wouldn't have found this duel nearly as boring if Mai hadn't been involved and it had just been Joey vs. Rex. And honestly, there was no reason she should have been because of what happens next.
Just as Yugi and Co. realize they forgot to bring food with them for a multiple day tournament, Mai shows up and agrees to press pause on their relationship as competitors for the night and share her food, tent, and outdoor shower. It's a nice moment for her that would have made more sense had she not been involved with the Joey vs. Rex duel, but never mind. The thing that's more interesting and hilarious is that Pegasus spent all this money to host a tournament on an island he owns but didn't provide food or shelter for the competitors and didn't tell anyone in advance that they'd have to fend for themselves while they were there.
Lucky for Pegasus, The Duelist Kingdom Tournament takes place within the world of 'Yu-Gi-Oh!' logic rather than the logic of our world because can you imagine the lawsuits? Actually, it reminds me a lot of the Fyre Festival fiasco back in 2017 (if you know, you know, and if you don't know, watch the first 5 minutes of Contrapoints's 'Envy' video).
Mai getting, even just briefly, integrated into Yugi's friend group is not only very cute, but also the thing that makes her different from Kaiba. Like Kaiba, Mai starts off with her sole character motivation being 'be the best duelist because winning is the only thing in life that matters.'
But unlike Kaiba, she finds the pushback to this philosophy that she gets from Joey/Jonouchi and Yugi interesting, and rather than brushing it off with an eye roll and a scoff, she gives it a chance. And because she gives it a chance, she realizes there is, perhaps, more to life than just winning at card games (though she still wants to win at card games).
In a conversation with Téa/Anzu, she admits that even before meeting them, she had already started to realize that some soul-searching was in order: "I didn't come to this island just for money...Not out of pride either...the pride of a duelist or a woman...It's more like I wanted to find the things I used to cherish a long time ago..." (p.38).
I really like this for her; it differentiates her as a character, makes sense of why she falls for Joey specifically, and positions her in contrast to Kaiba, who suffers from many of the same character flaws she initially does but doesn't grow away from them nearly as quickly or in the same way that she does.
HOWEVER, this very interesting stuff is sandwiched between the very boring Rex/Joey duel and the even more tedious duel between 'Yami' Yugi and that Player Killer hired by Pegasus to weed out weaker duelists so he can get to his duel against Yugi more quickly.
I don't want to say that this duel was completely unnecessary... but basically it was completely unnecessary and only served to undercut Mai's competence as a duelist for no reason.
Finally, after that annoying interlude, we get back to the plot. While the lads were all camping out, Kaiba was making a mad dash to Duelist Kingdom to confront Pegasus, place himself firmly back in the driver's seat of his own company, and also retrieve his kidnapped brother (who he now cares about by the way --see: character growth!).
Great chapter for all the Kaiba girlies out there (read: me) as we get what amounts to fan service of Kaiba being badass and getting the drop on his would-be assassins mid-helicopter flight despite them having him at gunpoint. He calmly jams the gun with a Duel Monsters card, twists it out of the assassin's hands, and forces both the assassin and the pilot to walk the plank (i.e. jump into the middle of the Pacific Ocean. "But don't worry," Kaiba says, "I can fly a helicopter. Even if I splatter your brains all over the cockpit, I can just wipe them off and keep going." (p.136)
And he basically does exactly that, arriving at Duelist Kingdom only to run straight into Yugi and co. Yugi (who we know from Volume 1 was visiting Kaiba in the hospital while he was in a coma) seems ready to forgive and forget, and immediately gives Kaiba his deck back. Kaiba is...incredibly ungrateful (XD) and tells Yugi in no uncertain terms that he's still pretty determined to beat him in a card game...once he deals with Pegasus.
Yugi seems shocked that Kaiba still seems to dislike him so much, but Joey/Jonouchi isn't ready to just let Kaiba walk away: "Hold it right there! Kaiba! Don't tell me you forgot what you did to us at Death-T!!" Which...valid. After this, the narrative does pretty much let Kaiba get away with having tried really, really hard to kill them all multiple times because otherwise it would be nigh on impossible to reposition him as an anti-hero rather than a villain, but... Joey is right to attempt to hold his feet to the fire here.
Instead of addressing the Death-T reference, Kaiba seizes on the opportunity to use Joey/Jonouchi as a guinea-pig for his shiny new proto-Duel Disk! (patent pending, apparently)
And god, how clunky it was. It's no surprise that after Duelist Kingdom Kaiba went away and completely changed up the design, because Joey was right when he pointed out how similar the prototype was to a yo-yo.
Anyway, the important thing is that this duel establishes the Kaiba/Joey animosity that launched 1,000 slash-fic authors/fanart artists careers. So thank you, Takahashi for that, seeing as Puppyshipping has been a large part of the backbone of the fandom ever since.
Oh, and Kaiba also reveals that he knows all about Pegasus's mind scan trick (though he doesn't know how he does it) and we get a flashback of Pegasus using this power to defeat an as-yet unintroduced character, Bandit Keith.
And with that, an incredibly jam-packed volume comes to an end as Kaiba peels off from the group, assuring all of us that he'll be the one trouncing Pegasus, thank you very much.
"That's right. You have to die...Are you ready?"
"Here, just let me get these out of the way. I don't want to get blood on my cards."
"So those are your last words. Die, Seto!"
This is probably the first volume of the Duelist Kingdom arc where the pacing drags a little at the beginning. This is due in large part to the fact that the plot and the character journeys of our protagonists aren't fully integrated into each other.
Yugi is dueling to get his grandfather's soul back from Pegasus, but he's only ever had one direct interaction with Pegasus, so for a lot of this arc, he's just another competitor in the tournament. And then there's Joey/Jonouchi, who really is just another competitor in the tournament, whose arc has nothing to do with the plot; his journey is about developing self-confidence and skill as a duelist (in order to win the prize money to save his sister's eyesight, yes, yes, but we barely ever hear about this and it feels tacked on just to build tension that didn't need to be there).
Because of this, Joey/Jonouchi's duel against Rex/Ryuzaki grinds everything to a halt, and because of Mai pulling the strings in the background, it feels like he's dueling her...which he just did...one volume ago. The only things that matter or change as a result of this duel (other than Joey/Jonouchi getting more star chips and progressing further in the tournament) are his acquisition of the Red Eyes Black Dragon, and him successfully defeating a strong opponent without any help from Yugi.
Those are important developments, and I wouldn't have found this duel nearly as boring if Mai hadn't been involved and it had just been Joey vs. Rex. And honestly, there was no reason she should have been because of what happens next.
Just as Yugi and Co. realize they forgot to bring food with them for a multiple day tournament, Mai shows up and agrees to press pause on their relationship as competitors for the night and share her food, tent, and outdoor shower. It's a nice moment for her that would have made more sense had she not been involved with the Joey vs. Rex duel, but never mind. The thing that's more interesting and hilarious is that Pegasus spent all this money to host a tournament on an island he owns but didn't provide food or shelter for the competitors and didn't tell anyone in advance that they'd have to fend for themselves while they were there.
Lucky for Pegasus, The Duelist Kingdom Tournament takes place within the world of 'Yu-Gi-Oh!' logic rather than the logic of our world because can you imagine the lawsuits? Actually, it reminds me a lot of the Fyre Festival fiasco back in 2017 (if you know, you know, and if you don't know, watch the first 5 minutes of Contrapoints's 'Envy' video).
Mai getting, even just briefly, integrated into Yugi's friend group is not only very cute, but also the thing that makes her different from Kaiba. Like Kaiba, Mai starts off with her sole character motivation being 'be the best duelist because winning is the only thing in life that matters.'
But unlike Kaiba, she finds the pushback to this philosophy that she gets from Joey/Jonouchi and Yugi interesting, and rather than brushing it off with an eye roll and a scoff, she gives it a chance. And because she gives it a chance, she realizes there is, perhaps, more to life than just winning at card games (though she still wants to win at card games).
In a conversation with Téa/Anzu, she admits that even before meeting them, she had already started to realize that some soul-searching was in order: "I didn't come to this island just for money...Not out of pride either...the pride of a duelist or a woman...It's more like I wanted to find the things I used to cherish a long time ago..." (p.38).
I really like this for her; it differentiates her as a character, makes sense of why she falls for Joey specifically, and positions her in contrast to Kaiba, who suffers from many of the same character flaws she initially does but doesn't grow away from them nearly as quickly or in the same way that she does.
HOWEVER, this very interesting stuff is sandwiched between the very boring Rex/Joey duel and the even more tedious duel between 'Yami' Yugi and that Player Killer hired by Pegasus to weed out weaker duelists so he can get to his duel against Yugi more quickly.
I don't want to say that this duel was completely unnecessary... but basically it was completely unnecessary and only served to undercut Mai's competence as a duelist for no reason.
Finally, after that annoying interlude, we get back to the plot. While the lads were all camping out, Kaiba was making a mad dash to Duelist Kingdom to confront Pegasus, place himself firmly back in the driver's seat of his own company, and also retrieve his kidnapped brother (who he now cares about by the way --see: character growth!).
Great chapter for all the Kaiba girlies out there (read: me) as we get what amounts to fan service of Kaiba being badass and getting the drop on his would-be assassins mid-helicopter flight despite them having him at gunpoint. He calmly jams the gun with a Duel Monsters card, twists it out of the assassin's hands, and forces both the assassin and the pilot to walk the plank (i.e. jump into the middle of the Pacific Ocean. "But don't worry," Kaiba says, "I can fly a helicopter. Even if I splatter your brains all over the cockpit, I can just wipe them off and keep going." (p.136)
And he basically does exactly that, arriving at Duelist Kingdom only to run straight into Yugi and co. Yugi (who we know from Volume 1 was visiting Kaiba in the hospital while he was in a coma) seems ready to forgive and forget, and immediately gives Kaiba his deck back. Kaiba is...incredibly ungrateful (XD) and tells Yugi in no uncertain terms that he's still pretty determined to beat him in a card game...once he deals with Pegasus.
Yugi seems shocked that Kaiba still seems to dislike him so much, but Joey/Jonouchi isn't ready to just let Kaiba walk away: "Hold it right there! Kaiba! Don't tell me you forgot what you did to us at Death-T!!" Which...valid. After this, the narrative does pretty much let Kaiba get away with having tried really, really hard to kill them all multiple times because otherwise it would be nigh on impossible to reposition him as an anti-hero rather than a villain, but... Joey is right to attempt to hold his feet to the fire here.
Instead of addressing the Death-T reference, Kaiba seizes on the opportunity to use Joey/Jonouchi as a guinea-pig for his shiny new proto-Duel Disk! (patent pending, apparently)
And god, how clunky it was. It's no surprise that after Duelist Kingdom Kaiba went away and completely changed up the design, because Joey was right when he pointed out how similar the prototype was to a yo-yo.
Anyway, the important thing is that this duel establishes the Kaiba/Joey animosity that launched 1,000 slash-fic authors/fanart artists careers. So thank you, Takahashi for that, seeing as Puppyshipping has been a large part of the backbone of the fandom ever since.
Oh, and Kaiba also reveals that he knows all about Pegasus's mind scan trick (though he doesn't know how he does it) and we get a flashback of Pegasus using this power to defeat an as-yet unintroduced character, Bandit Keith.
And with that, an incredibly jam-packed volume comes to an end as Kaiba peels off from the group, assuring all of us that he'll be the one trouncing Pegasus, thank you very much.
May 10, 2015
Кайба, the badass, се завръща с гръм и трясък (и хеликоптер). Поуката в този том става ясна накрая, а именно, че всеки си има причина да се бори. Само дето това, че някои причини се водят "по-благородни" от други е пълна простотия. Сето си го каза (макар и не с тези думи): боли ме фара за твоите причини, аз си имам свои. За всеки човек неговите си проблеми са приоритет. И така трябва да бъде. Веднага ще се намери някой, който да не е съгласен с мен, ама и мен "ме боли фара". Често съм чувала израза: Недей да страдаш толкова, защото има хора, които са по-зле от теб. Но знаете ли какво? Това за мен звучи като: Какво толкова се радваш, след като има хора по-щастливи от теб. Я всеки да си гледа в паничката.
September 20, 2016
That's real entertainment!!! You get to read the story as close to the anime as possible with some small differences. In this volume these differences were crucial. For example, Tea and Yugi having a moment. Tea telling Yugi she likes both little Yugi and the other Yugi. The scene between Tea and Mai was really nice too. Also, getting to see a more sensitive side of Mai is great. Her dream to fight Yugi and her need to find friends are little bits that make the story better. Kaiba is Kaiba of course and I like him even less in the manga than the anime, even though so far he does the same things he did in the anime.
December 28, 2023
This one really stretches the limits of its own stupidity and ridiculousness. One has to question with each successive match how anyone is supposed to know how to do what they do with these holographic box things. Moreso in this volume than any previous, it’s made clear that these people aren’t playing a card game so much as playing a video game whose rules change roughly every minute.
Trying to look past that, though, there is some measure of fun to be had here that is pretty harshly tamped down by the return of Seto. Why in the world is Jonouchi the only character who seems to care that this guy is a murderous freak? Oh well.
Trying to look past that, though, there is some measure of fun to be had here that is pretty harshly tamped down by the return of Seto. Why in the world is Jonouchi the only character who seems to care that this guy is a murderous freak? Oh well.
May 18, 2010
Great story as always but I just found something entertaining. The Japanese version of Castle of Dark Illusions means Castle Which Disappears Into the Darkness.. (Yamikuramashi no Shiro) hehehe =)
May 10, 2023
Yu-Gi-Oh Duelist Vol 3 raises the stakes of the Duelist Kingdom arc with intense life or death duels, the return of Kaiba, and showcasing the terrifying power of Pegasus.
The collection opens with the end of Joey and Rex's duel leading into a storyline where the gang befriends Mai. Yugi then faces off against the "Player Killer of Darkness", a star chip hunter as deadly as his name implies. The final parts of this collection deal with Kaiba arriving at Duelist Kingdom, facing off against Joey, and then a discussion of Pegasus' mysterious power. The art in this series continues to deliver, only getting better as the series goes on.
Duelist as a series continues to evolve and tell an entertaining story that'll delight Yu-Gi-Oh fans even if it doesn't have much depth with the characters just yet.
The collection opens with the end of Joey and Rex's duel leading into a storyline where the gang befriends Mai. Yugi then faces off against the "Player Killer of Darkness", a star chip hunter as deadly as his name implies. The final parts of this collection deal with Kaiba arriving at Duelist Kingdom, facing off against Joey, and then a discussion of Pegasus' mysterious power. The art in this series continues to deliver, only getting better as the series goes on.
Duelist as a series continues to evolve and tell an entertaining story that'll delight Yu-Gi-Oh fans even if it doesn't have much depth with the characters just yet.
February 18, 2023
Yugi begins his match with the Player Killer, someone that Pegasus hired to steal contestants stars. The match was really good. Actually all the matches in this volume were good.
Kaiba comes out of his coma and flies to Pegasus castle, unfortunately some of his former employees have switched sides and now work for Pegasus. Kaiba intends to beat Pegasus and get his brother Mokuba back. This does make it seems that Seto does care about his brother.
Kaiba duels Jonouchi, who has not forgotten about Death T, using a new card battle machine (this is probably what caused people to ship these two in fanfiction). Seto wants revenge on Yugi but first he wants to go get to the castle.
Now is it a race against time to see who will get there first. Yugi or Kaiba?
Kaiba comes out of his coma and flies to Pegasus castle, unfortunately some of his former employees have switched sides and now work for Pegasus. Kaiba intends to beat Pegasus and get his brother Mokuba back. This does make it seems that Seto does care about his brother.
Kaiba duels Jonouchi, who has not forgotten about Death T, using a new card battle machine (this is probably what caused people to ship these two in fanfiction). Seto wants revenge on Yugi but first he wants to go get to the castle.
Now is it a race against time to see who will get there first. Yugi or Kaiba?
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 12, 2020
This volume, continuing the story from Kazuki Takahashi that the would inspire the first season of the anime series, continues the manga versions habit of containing more character development alongside darker story points not touched upon in the anime adaptation. This volume in particular managed to give Mai much more depth to her character and back story, which left me liking her a lot more than the show ever achieved. This along with the return of a character last seen in the original Yu Gi Oh series makes me hopeful that the story's only going to get more interesting in the next volume.
March 31, 2020
Yu-gi-Oh! finds its footing again.
The new approach to story telling has finally payed off. Here it manages to use its extended cast very well, with includes human characters like Mai but also the cards themselves. We finally know the cards, and every turn in the game is no longer feeling like a Deux Ex Machina. The enemies are also flavorful and there is actual suspense in the battling again.
Its only major downside is that it cannot quite pull off the camp tone for Kaiba’s return, which is ridiculous but not in the right way.
The new approach to story telling has finally payed off. Here it manages to use its extended cast very well, with includes human characters like Mai but also the cards themselves. We finally know the cards, and every turn in the game is no longer feeling like a Deux Ex Machina. The enemies are also flavorful and there is actual suspense in the battling again.
Its only major downside is that it cannot quite pull off the camp tone for Kaiba’s return, which is ridiculous but not in the right way.
September 2, 2022
The Duelist kingdom is amazing in this book. Reading about all of the different duels are cool, and I like that Yugi becomes Dark Yugi whenever he duels even tho normal Yugi is an extremely skilled duelist as well. I am a little confused about Kaiba's state, because Dark Yugi's penalty game from their last duel put him into a coma and he said that it would make him the Kaiba he used to be before he became darker.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 7, 2025
El duelista de las sombras es una muy buena historia, que le mete acción a la historia y los discos de duelo también agregan un plus a que los juegos de cartas se podrían volver repetitivos.
Sin mencionar el hitazo de la historia y las cartas en su momento, pero que nunca fui muy fan de los dragones y kaiba. Así que no es mi número favorito, pero la historia tiene dinamismo y cohesión.
Sin mencionar el hitazo de la historia y las cartas en su momento, pero que nunca fui muy fan de los dragones y kaiba. Así que no es mi número favorito, pero la historia tiene dinamismo y cohesión.
August 28, 2019
Hasta ahora el numero más flojo de la serie, lo único rescatable el momento "Liam Nesson" de Kaiba.
October 12, 2024
¡Qué buenos dibujos tiene! Va desde que Jonouchi gana la carta del Dragón Negro de Ojos Rojos; va de la pelea de Yugi contra Panik y de la llegada de Kaiba a la Isla de los Duelistas y su enfrentamiento con Jonouchi.
No avanza mucho la historia pero está bueno.
No avanza mucho la historia pero está bueno.
June 27, 2018
This was a fun read! Except Yugi kept betting his life on card games... but whatever- he's dramatic.
March 1, 2021
Es un manga decente.
August 28, 2021
Always loved yugioh, it was my favorite show as a kid and my first manga! Love all the great characters and the Egypt story line it has😻👌😁❤️
December 29, 2021
good book
March 14, 2022
This volume was great. It gives Mai more character.. Gives Yugi and Tea sweet moments and great duels too boot.
May 31, 2022
Pretty standard volume, not much special happens. I liked that Mai became friendly and that Kaiba came back.
June 7, 2022
One of my favorite duels is the duel between Panic and Yugi so getting to read about it was awesome
November 3, 2022
Really enjoyed how Mai’s motivations and development was shown in this volume. Her and Anzu’s growing understanding of each other was great too. Lots of exciting moments in this one.
July 2, 2023
Great!!! I think it’s slightly better than the show, but I will say the card rules still don’t make sense haha, but very enjoyable!
January 11, 2025
Kaiba is truly the character of all time
May 24, 2025
Love this volume. Yugi vs. The Player Killer of Darkness. (Panik) I do love the anime version of this duel as well but the manga version is much darker and much more threatening.
May 26, 2025
Takahashi finding his stride. Nice to see the Mai character arc start to develop. Great scene between her and Anzu that I wish wasn't cut short.
January 31, 2022
In which the author is playing fast and loose with his own rules.
November 26, 2016
This manga took me just under an hour to read, so it was a nice little filler for an afternoon. This volume covers the end of Joey’s duel with Ryuzaki, Yugi’s duel with the Player Killer of Darkness, and Kaiba’s duel with Joey. It also has the flashback to Pegasus’ duel with Keith.
I liked the way that Keith challenged Pegasus to a duel and Pegasus agreed as long as it was played on his terms (i.e. in front of a huge audience and on TV). Pegasus begins by teaching a few kids how to play and then in his duel with Keith he doesn’t play a single card (unlike the anime), but rather just calls Tom straight into the duel and gives him instructions that allow him to win in his first turn. Pegasus then turns the whole duel into an advertisement for his card game, claiming that it’s so easy that any kid can quickly get the hang of it enough to beat a champion.
It was interesting to see the differences between the original manga and the anime that I am used to. Once again it mentions that there are scenes to startling for TV. When Yugi duels the Player Killer, he is trapped in a wire noose to stop him from escaping and to kill him if he loses. When the player killer loses he is shown walking up to the gallows and then falling down. Yami seems to have maintained the darker nature of his penalty games as shown in the original Yu-Gi-Oh series that are not shown in the Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Monsters anime. Also Mai continues to be scantily clad and Anzu is shown having a shower. One of the main scenes cut for the anime is where Kaiba is held at gunpoint in the helicopter and then he throws the two men out of the helicopter into the ocean.
Although very interesting to read I stand by my previous assessment that Yu-Gi-Oh is a story that is better told through the anime than through the manga.
I liked the way that Keith challenged Pegasus to a duel and Pegasus agreed as long as it was played on his terms (i.e. in front of a huge audience and on TV). Pegasus begins by teaching a few kids how to play and then in his duel with Keith he doesn’t play a single card (unlike the anime), but rather just calls Tom straight into the duel and gives him instructions that allow him to win in his first turn. Pegasus then turns the whole duel into an advertisement for his card game, claiming that it’s so easy that any kid can quickly get the hang of it enough to beat a champion.
It was interesting to see the differences between the original manga and the anime that I am used to. Once again it mentions that there are scenes to startling for TV. When Yugi duels the Player Killer, he is trapped in a wire noose to stop him from escaping and to kill him if he loses. When the player killer loses he is shown walking up to the gallows and then falling down. Yami seems to have maintained the darker nature of his penalty games as shown in the original Yu-Gi-Oh series that are not shown in the Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Monsters anime. Also Mai continues to be scantily clad and Anzu is shown having a shower. One of the main scenes cut for the anime is where Kaiba is held at gunpoint in the helicopter and then he throws the two men out of the helicopter into the ocean.
Although very interesting to read I stand by my previous assessment that Yu-Gi-Oh is a story that is better told through the anime than through the manga.
June 5, 2011
I found this series while randomly searching manga on the internet. I watched the anime religiously when it was on Kid's WB, so I figured, why not? After reading 3 volumes, I can honestly say the manga is much more interesting that the American-censored anime! (I haven't seen but season 0 in Japanese, and that season was soooo violent and amazing!)
My favorite thing so far is Kaiba using a card to stop a gun ("You made me damage a rare card!!!"), then throwing the gunman and his cohort out of the helicopter and into the sea. Full of suprises, are you, Kaiba-Boy?
Oh, and Mai trying to set Yugi and Anzu up(Tea in the English dub)!
And I thought when Yugi switches to the Pharaoh that the Pharaoh was taller than normal Yugi? In the manga you have a mature Pharaoh-Yugi, but he's still short! Maybe that's a change they made specifically for the anime to make it easier to tell the two apart, like changing female Ranma's hair to red in the Ranma 1/2 series?
My favorite thing so far is Kaiba using a card to stop a gun ("You made me damage a rare card!!!"), then throwing the gunman and his cohort out of the helicopter and into the sea. Full of suprises, are you, Kaiba-Boy?
Oh, and Mai trying to set Yugi and Anzu up(Tea in the English dub)!
And I thought when Yugi switches to the Pharaoh that the Pharaoh was taller than normal Yugi? In the manga you have a mature Pharaoh-Yugi, but he's still short! Maybe that's a change they made specifically for the anime to make it easier to tell the two apart, like changing female Ranma's hair to red in the Ranma 1/2 series?
November 23, 2016
For those up to speed on the anime, they will not be too shocked at the few twists included in the third volume...however, they may appreciate the darker tone the manga takes. Mai reaches out a hand of friendship to the gang for one night and that had gone sour when a Player Killer appeared. But the most thrilling aspect is...Kaiba wakes up! Kaiba's awakening disturbs the fake Kaiba and ceases the Blue Eyes attack and the duel again turns in Yugi's favor. Again, there's more exposition on how Pegasus's plans may play out and how he plans on taking over Kaiba Corp. It was certainly fun and I appreciated the dark tone. Not to mention we get a sneak preview and the upcoming duelist Bandit Kieth!
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