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Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist #6
Yu-Gi-Oh!: Duelist, Vol. 6: The Terror of Toon World
The Terror of Toon WorldKaiba, the world's second-greatest gamer, duels Pegasus! Are Kaiba's dragons stronger than Pegasus's rubbery, slapstick, fearsome toons? Awaiting their own turn to fight, Yugi and his friends explore Pegasus's castle. But they're not alone. Bandit Keith, the unscrupulous American card shark, prowls the dark castle with his own evil plans. And Mai Kujaku, both friend and foe, has also made it to the final rounds!
208 pages, Paperback
First published April 30, 1999
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About the author
Kazuki Takahashi
295 books239 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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September 21, 2016
The story is almost identical to the anime, but the artwork is astounding. There are little details such as Shadi's portrait that the group recognizes since they already know him and the fact that Yugi found Keith in Joey's room that are different but they aren't major differences. Yet they keep the story interesting. For example, Yugi hasn't lost his faith in his other self. The duel with Mai will be interesting because Yugi underestimates her, something that his grandpa warned him against doing.
July 12, 2018
L.o.L! Yugi bets his life on two separate card games and is brave. Kaiba bets his (and makes it clear losing means he will die) and he gets chewed out. Really? Whatev. I have forgotten most of this stuff so it's all fresh to me. I am having fun reading it all.
November 30, 2024
Pegasus kicked Kaiba's ass off and it was beautiful
September 13, 2015
A Quickie Review
After Kaiba won his duel with Yugi by putting his own life on the line, he now faces master dueler Pegasus, who has a Millennium Eye that lets him read minds. Fans of the series will enjoy this one...but, isn't that a given?
Score: 4/5
After Kaiba won his duel with Yugi by putting his own life on the line, he now faces master dueler Pegasus, who has a Millennium Eye that lets him read minds. Fans of the series will enjoy this one...but, isn't that a given?
Score: 4/5
January 11, 2025
"I was feeling happy, thinking people might call me a real duelist... But now... If all a real duelist cares about is pride -- I don't want to be like that!!"
Another A+ entry in the Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist series. In the first half of the volume, Takahashi slows things down to let the characters get philosophical and actually react to the incredibly intense duel that just happened between Yugi and Kaiba in volume 5.
This is where we really cement each character's core beliefs that will continue to be built up and/or challenged from this point forward.
Kaiba sneers at Yugi for having shown him mercy and compassion (even without knowing what Kaiba was fighting for), but Tea isn't having it. She gives a somewhat more convoluted version of her speech from the anime. In the manga, both she and Kaiba use an incoherent metaphor to basically argue about who the real loser of the duel is. Kaiba says that it was Yugi because, objectively, that's true: Yugi lost the duel. Kaiba claims that the outcome of winning or losing is what matters; not how the outcome is arrived at. He also claims that winning is so important that it's something on which you have to be willing to stake your life, or you'll always be a loser.*
Tea pushes back, arguing that the means are more important than the ends. She says the real loser behavior is valuing your life so little that you're willing to gamble it over something as unimportant as being the best: "Real courage is protecting that chip [of life] you have in your hands...no matter what!" And Joey/Jounouchi chimes in that it matters that Kaiba only won the game because Yugi chose mercy over victory. That it matters that Yugi valued Kaiba's life more than Kaiba did himself.
In other words: in the Yu-Gi-Oh!-verse, being strong is very closely tied to a recognition that we are more than the sum of our victories.
But Kaiba isn't particularly interested in mulling this over because now that he's fulfilled Pegasus's arbitrary demand that he defeat Yugi before he can face Pegasus in a battle for Mokuba's freedom, he's ready to enter the castle.
In the anime, what follows is a drawn-out panic response from Yugi over the fact that Yami Yugi's moral compass is dangerously close to Kaiba's, and he's freaking out because of his fear of what could happen if he allowed Yami Yugi to duel again. I think that was far more interesting and internally consistent than the version of this in the manga wherein Yugi hesitates to accept extra starchips from Mai because he's afraid that Kaiba's right about him being a loser who can't succeed without Yami Yugi dueling for him(???) and she's like: "no, don't let your pride get in the way of saving your grandfather and take these chips because I want to pay you back for helping me out earlier." And Yugi's like: "Do you know what? Ok."
Meh.
But then we get into the Pegasus-Kaiba duel over Mokuba's soul. And honestly, the manga does such a better job developing Pegasus as a villain, because we really get to see just how much he enjoys pretending that Kaiba ever had a chance to rescue Mokuba, how much he enjoys using the power of the Millennium Eye to humiliate him before finally crushing him in the duel and sealing his soul in a 'soul prison'. Considering all of Pegasus's unhinged, sadistic behaviour in Duelist Kingdom, it was kind of a wild decision to rehabilitate him in Waking the Dragons by framing him as a sympathetic side-character. And then the audacity to gaslight Kaiba when he reminds everyone about said unhinged, sadistic behavior. Blech! No.Justice.For.Pegasus.
But I digress...
Despite it being ultimately very one-sided, we get a pretty satisfying duel as Kaiba struggles (unsuccessfully) to beat Pegasus at his own game (literally). We also get a teaser for future Blue Eyes lore when Pegasus comments on Kaiba's love for the dragon.
The rest of the volume comprises of some filler involving Tristan/Honda and Bakura running around the castle in the middle of the night and a conversation between Yugi and his grandfather's soul, still housed within a digital camera (I will say it every time: literally why do this?). Yugi is still grappling with feelings of helplessness after his duel with Kaiba, and it’s implied that this is because he doesn't have it in him to be as ruthless as Yami Yugi and he's concerned that Kaiba was right about ruthlessness being a necessary trait for a strong duelist.
In a very on-the-nose, but still compelling counter-argument, Grandpa lays out the three types of people upon whom the "God of Duelists never smiles."
1.Cheaters, who will do anything to win.
2. Cowards, who fear defeat.
3. The Arrogant, drowning in their own powers.
And this is the framework upon which the outcomes of most of the duels in the rest of the series are based. You can't win in any of the aforementioned cases, but, we learn, sometimes it's morally correct to lose because your humanity and capacity for compassion are always more important than victory.
I like it; I think we get some good discourse out of this moral underpinning.
So, we end the volume with Grandpa reassuring Yugi that his empathetic notion of justice is a necessary counterweight to Yami Yugi’s arrogance and Machiavellianism.
Let's see how it plays out in Yugi's duel against Mai in Volume 7...
* I do want to point out the plot hole in the logic here created by the fact that Yami Yugi staked his life in the shadow game vs. Shadi in volume 3 to protect an illusion of Joey/Jonouchi. So, what was the difference supposed to be, considering that Kaiba actually stakes his life here in order to try and save Mokuba? What exactly was Kaiba being punished for? I think it just got a lil convoluted because of two dueling (forgive me a small pun here) plot threads. Plot thread 1 being: Kaiba needs to defeat Yugi to get one step closer to rescuing Mokuba. To do so, he threatens to off himself if Yugi doesn't throw the match (which, under these exact extreme circumstances is... understandable? Maybe even reasonable?) And then plot thread 2 being: we need to establish that Yugi is a better person than Kaiba because Kaiba values winning over compassion (which is true, but not directly relevant in this duel).
Another A+ entry in the Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist series. In the first half of the volume, Takahashi slows things down to let the characters get philosophical and actually react to the incredibly intense duel that just happened between Yugi and Kaiba in volume 5.
This is where we really cement each character's core beliefs that will continue to be built up and/or challenged from this point forward.
Kaiba sneers at Yugi for having shown him mercy and compassion (even without knowing what Kaiba was fighting for), but Tea isn't having it. She gives a somewhat more convoluted version of her speech from the anime. In the manga, both she and Kaiba use an incoherent metaphor to basically argue about who the real loser of the duel is. Kaiba says that it was Yugi because, objectively, that's true: Yugi lost the duel. Kaiba claims that the outcome of winning or losing is what matters; not how the outcome is arrived at. He also claims that winning is so important that it's something on which you have to be willing to stake your life, or you'll always be a loser.*
Tea pushes back, arguing that the means are more important than the ends. She says the real loser behavior is valuing your life so little that you're willing to gamble it over something as unimportant as being the best: "Real courage is protecting that chip [of life] you have in your hands...no matter what!" And Joey/Jounouchi chimes in that it matters that Kaiba only won the game because Yugi chose mercy over victory. That it matters that Yugi valued Kaiba's life more than Kaiba did himself.
In other words: in the Yu-Gi-Oh!-verse, being strong is very closely tied to a recognition that we are more than the sum of our victories.
But Kaiba isn't particularly interested in mulling this over because now that he's fulfilled Pegasus's arbitrary demand that he defeat Yugi before he can face Pegasus in a battle for Mokuba's freedom, he's ready to enter the castle.
In the anime, what follows is a drawn-out panic response from Yugi over the fact that Yami Yugi's moral compass is dangerously close to Kaiba's, and he's freaking out because of his fear of what could happen if he allowed Yami Yugi to duel again. I think that was far more interesting and internally consistent than the version of this in the manga wherein Yugi hesitates to accept extra starchips from Mai because he's afraid that Kaiba's right about him being a loser who can't succeed without Yami Yugi dueling for him(???) and she's like: "no, don't let your pride get in the way of saving your grandfather and take these chips because I want to pay you back for helping me out earlier." And Yugi's like: "Do you know what? Ok."
Meh.
But then we get into the Pegasus-Kaiba duel over Mokuba's soul. And honestly, the manga does such a better job developing Pegasus as a villain, because we really get to see just how much he enjoys pretending that Kaiba ever had a chance to rescue Mokuba, how much he enjoys using the power of the Millennium Eye to humiliate him before finally crushing him in the duel and sealing his soul in a 'soul prison'. Considering all of Pegasus's unhinged, sadistic behaviour in Duelist Kingdom, it was kind of a wild decision to rehabilitate him in Waking the Dragons by framing him as a sympathetic side-character. And then the audacity to gaslight Kaiba when he reminds everyone about said unhinged, sadistic behavior. Blech! No.Justice.For.Pegasus.
But I digress...
Despite it being ultimately very one-sided, we get a pretty satisfying duel as Kaiba struggles (unsuccessfully) to beat Pegasus at his own game (literally). We also get a teaser for future Blue Eyes lore when Pegasus comments on Kaiba's love for the dragon.
The rest of the volume comprises of some filler involving Tristan/Honda and Bakura running around the castle in the middle of the night and a conversation between Yugi and his grandfather's soul, still housed within a digital camera (I will say it every time: literally why do this?). Yugi is still grappling with feelings of helplessness after his duel with Kaiba, and it’s implied that this is because he doesn't have it in him to be as ruthless as Yami Yugi and he's concerned that Kaiba was right about ruthlessness being a necessary trait for a strong duelist.
In a very on-the-nose, but still compelling counter-argument, Grandpa lays out the three types of people upon whom the "God of Duelists never smiles."
1.Cheaters, who will do anything to win.
2. Cowards, who fear defeat.
3. The Arrogant, drowning in their own powers.
And this is the framework upon which the outcomes of most of the duels in the rest of the series are based. You can't win in any of the aforementioned cases, but, we learn, sometimes it's morally correct to lose because your humanity and capacity for compassion are always more important than victory.
I like it; I think we get some good discourse out of this moral underpinning.
So, we end the volume with Grandpa reassuring Yugi that his empathetic notion of justice is a necessary counterweight to Yami Yugi’s arrogance and Machiavellianism.
Let's see how it plays out in Yugi's duel against Mai in Volume 7...
* I do want to point out the plot hole in the logic here created by the fact that Yami Yugi staked his life in the shadow game vs. Shadi in volume 3 to protect an illusion of Joey/Jonouchi. So, what was the difference supposed to be, considering that Kaiba actually stakes his life here in order to try and save Mokuba? What exactly was Kaiba being punished for? I think it just got a lil convoluted because of two dueling (forgive me a small pun here) plot threads. Plot thread 1 being: Kaiba needs to defeat Yugi to get one step closer to rescuing Mokuba. To do so, he threatens to off himself if Yugi doesn't throw the match (which, under these exact extreme circumstances is... understandable? Maybe even reasonable?) And then plot thread 2 being: we need to establish that Yugi is a better person than Kaiba because Kaiba values winning over compassion (which is true, but not directly relevant in this duel).
April 1, 2020
Back to good quality work. First book in the duelist era that makes me look forward to the next book.
This volumes makes full use of having a larger ongoing story arch, as we are seeing pay-offs from smaller set-ups earlier, but also setting new ones up. The added downtime in this book gives the characters room to breathe, and gives us many interesting smaller moments. One of the greater moments comes with the character Mai, as we continue to see her character developed and get to see her play again.
She is the first character to have a strategy with her deck going in (and not coming up with one on the go), and now that the book is actually getting good at describing card battles, this is actually one to be excited about. But most importantly, we finally get some time to digest that the other yugi is one to be afraid off, as the fact that he has been ready to kill in the past now is revealed.
This volumes makes full use of having a larger ongoing story arch, as we are seeing pay-offs from smaller set-ups earlier, but also setting new ones up. The added downtime in this book gives the characters room to breathe, and gives us many interesting smaller moments. One of the greater moments comes with the character Mai, as we continue to see her character developed and get to see her play again.
She is the first character to have a strategy with her deck going in (and not coming up with one on the go), and now that the book is actually getting good at describing card battles, this is actually one to be excited about. But most importantly, we finally get some time to digest that the other yugi is one to be afraid off, as the fact that he has been ready to kill in the past now is revealed.
February 24, 2023
After such an intense battle with Kaiba, Yugi forfeits not wanting to put someone life on the line. The fact that other Yugi was willing to do it, scares Yugi causes him to be afraid of the other half.
Kaiba and Keith go into Pegasus Castle where Kaiba duels Pegasus to get his brother back. Things do not go as planned. Once the group reach the castle, Yugi sees a painting of Shadi and a beautiful woman and wonders why there are hanging there.
Bakura insists that he will not put on the ring but there are times throughout the volume that we see him being taken over. Despite that Kaiba has done, Yugi and Honda want to save the Kaiba boys as Kaiba was dueling to save someone close to him.
With his mind on dueling Pegasus, Yugi is not fulling thinking when he is dueling Mai and that is why he is making so many mistakes and falling for traps that ordinary he would see right away.
Kaiba and Keith go into Pegasus Castle where Kaiba duels Pegasus to get his brother back. Things do not go as planned. Once the group reach the castle, Yugi sees a painting of Shadi and a beautiful woman and wonders why there are hanging there.
Bakura insists that he will not put on the ring but there are times throughout the volume that we see him being taken over. Despite that Kaiba has done, Yugi and Honda want to save the Kaiba boys as Kaiba was dueling to save someone close to him.
With his mind on dueling Pegasus, Yugi is not fulling thinking when he is dueling Mai and that is why he is making so many mistakes and falling for traps that ordinary he would see right away.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 15, 2023
Yu-Gi-Oh Duelist Vol 6 deals with the fallout of Yugi losing a duel, Kaiba facing off against Pegasus, and setting the stage for the Duelist Kingdom tournament. While this volume is undoubtedly the slowest of the series so far, it does touch on more Egyptian lore from the first game and feature a pretty entertaining duel between Kaiba and Pegasus. The spends a few chapters exploring the motivations of each of the finalists; Yugi, Joey, Mai, and Bandit Keith. The collection ends with the opening salvos of Yugi and Mai's duel, with a pleasant twist.
The finale of the Duelist Kingdom arc begins here and fans won't want to miss it.
The finale of the Duelist Kingdom arc begins here and fans won't want to miss it.
May 29, 2025
Having another person join the party, even subtlety, has added a fresh dynamic to the story, one that shakes up the familiar rhythm in an interesting way. I’m not sure how closely this sticks to the anime canon (is that even a thing?), so I’m trying not to overthink it and just enjoy the ride. The pacing is definitely picking up, and the tension is building toward the inevitable battle. I’m ready for it. 🐴
Also I have to mention this, looking back all these years later, the outfits are still absolutely ridiculous. Yugi, what are you wearing?!
Also I have to mention this, looking back all these years later, the outfits are still absolutely ridiculous. Yugi, what are you wearing?!
September 6, 2022
Pegasus is a big cheat. I can't believe he is the creator of Duel Monsters, I feel like he's a big idiot and stole the idea from someone else or something like that. The duel between Pegasus and Kaiba was insane to say the least, like how was Kaiba supposed to win, Pegasus can read his freaking mind, and using cards that are way overpowered and have just been created and no one else has one that's insanity. I hope Yugi wins the duel against Mai, I bet he will, but if Joey beats Kieth that means Yugi and Joey will have to duel, but I don't know who would win lol.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 9, 2025
Pensando en todo lo que el manga mantiene de hace tantos números atrás, como la mención al sobrino de Tristan y por qué quiere ayudar a Mokuba; o Bakura reconociendo a Shadi. Y todo lo que se manejaría en la historia en un futuro, es genial.
Igual los duelos; y el Pegasus muy a la michael jackson. haha
Igual los duelos; y el Pegasus muy a la michael jackson. haha
March 14, 2022
One of my favorite duels occur here.
Kaiba v Pegasus..
We see Kaibas love for his brother and for Blue Eyes White dragon (I believe he likes the dragon more 😂).also we get more about Pegasus and his love for saturday morning cartoons.
Kaiba v Pegasus..
We see Kaibas love for his brother and for Blue Eyes White dragon (I believe he likes the dragon more 😂).also we get more about Pegasus and his love for saturday morning cartoons.
June 2, 2019
Re-reading the series again after close to a decade with what volumes as my library system has available. Good overall volume.
May 13, 2021
Es un buen manga.
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😻👌😁❤️
November 21, 2021
His brother is trapped in a soul card. He will have to win it seems impossible.
December 28, 2021
love it
September 24, 2022
Pegasus is so cool - what a freak.
October 20, 2022
I love how they handle Yugi's reaction to losing to Kaiba in the manga so much better than in the anime!
December 2, 2022
amazing once again
December 29, 2023
This volume’s interesting in that the bulk of its page count has nothing to do with actual game matches. It gives off Season 0 vibes throughout thanks to this.
February 6, 2024
Great book, like the show! Love it!
May 28, 2025
Yay! Yami Bakura is back! 🖤
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 26, 2016
The majority of this manga contains Kaiba’s duel with Pegasus, where he . It also has the start of the quarter finals of Duelist Kingdom with the beginning of Yugi and Mai’s duel.
I love Pegasus’s character, he is really funny. He spends the whole duel just toying with Kaiba. I like the fact that his Millennium Eye is now being used to properly read others minds, not like it was in the first volume.
What interested me was the way that some of the scenes are drawn almost identically to the anime. This shows that the producers of the anime really did use the manga images and tried to keep as close as possible to the original. This was particularly noticeable in the scenes where Keith was creeping into Jonouchi’s room to steal his card. Although the anime did cut out the scene where Keith hit Yugi and so Jonouchi punches Keith.
Jonouchi is shown to be very uncaring about the Kaiba brothers, commenting that Kaiba got what he deserved. Whereas Tristan is far more worried about them, saying he owes Mokuba for saving his life and promises to free their bodies, so they will be free when Yugi reclaims their souls for them. Apparently Tristan has a nephew who Mokuba reminds him of. Although he is still a side character Bakura seems to have more of a role in the manga than the anime, placing him at an equal level with Anzu and Tristan. However he is getting annoying with how often he claims that the ring’s evil spirit will never overcome him again, while it is doing just that!
I am starting to enjoy the manga version of Yu-Gi-Oh more now than I did at the start of the series. This may be partially because these volumes are more similar to the anime than the previous ones.
I love Pegasus’s character, he is really funny. He spends the whole duel just toying with Kaiba. I like the fact that his Millennium Eye is now being used to properly read others minds, not like it was in the first volume.
What interested me was the way that some of the scenes are drawn almost identically to the anime. This shows that the producers of the anime really did use the manga images and tried to keep as close as possible to the original. This was particularly noticeable in the scenes where Keith was creeping into Jonouchi’s room to steal his card. Although the anime did cut out the scene where Keith hit Yugi and so Jonouchi punches Keith.
Jonouchi is shown to be very uncaring about the Kaiba brothers, commenting that Kaiba got what he deserved. Whereas Tristan is far more worried about them, saying he owes Mokuba for saving his life and promises to free their bodies, so they will be free when Yugi reclaims their souls for them. Apparently Tristan has a nephew who Mokuba reminds him of. Although he is still a side character Bakura seems to have more of a role in the manga than the anime, placing him at an equal level with Anzu and Tristan. However he is getting annoying with how often he claims that the ring’s evil spirit will never overcome him again, while it is doing just that!
I am starting to enjoy the manga version of Yu-Gi-Oh more now than I did at the start of the series. This may be partially because these volumes are more similar to the anime than the previous ones.
December 3, 2016
This volume shows the follow-up to Yugi's defeat from Kaiba. He is shattered as a duelist knowing his "other self" would stop at nothing to win, even at the cost of another's life. (Uhm, does he not remember his shadow games from the original 7 mangas?!?) Kaiba must now face Pegasus in order to win back Mokuba's soul. However, Pegasus isn't the King of Duelists without reason...well, he did create Duel Monsters...so he has the exclusive card Toon World which provides the perfect defense. It was a lot of character progression for Kaiba as he faces the toughest duel yet. And the stakes grow higher...
May 14, 2010
I truly love this manga series and TV show. Pretty expensive stuff at $8 per book but well worth it. I want to own them all but I need something for birthdays and Christmases I suppose. This book in particular was a birthday present. =)
November 22, 2012
Yugi falls to Kaiba, allowing Kaiba to enter the castle and Yugi down four starchips. Luckily, Mai has extra, and the gang enter the castle to witness the battle between Kaiba and Pegasus. Will Kaiba defeat Pegasus and win back the soul of his brother?
September 22, 2021
4.5/5 estrellas
¡Un tomo increíble de principio a fin! No sólo tuvo aventura y duelos excelentes sino también esas pequeñas escenas peachshipping que valen mucho la pena. Porque Yugi es el personaje más dulce y hermoso en todo el mundo del anime.
¡Un tomo increíble de principio a fin! No sólo tuvo aventura y duelos excelentes sino también esas pequeñas escenas peachshipping que valen mucho la pena. Porque Yugi es el personaje más dulce y hermoso en todo el mundo del anime.
June 29, 2013
Reviewed on previous volumes Yu-Gi-Oh! Volumes 1-4 and Duelist Volumes 1-5 as well as the final volume
June 24, 2018
Book #24 of the 2018 Reading Challenge
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