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Yu-Gi-Oh! Millennium World #4
Yu-Gi-Oh!: Millennium World, Vol. 4: Birth of the Dragon
The final Yu-Gi-Oh! Story! After hundreds of battles, Yugi has finally gathered all the Egyptian God Cards... the key to unlocking his memories of his past life as a n Egyptian pharaoh. When Ryo Bakura gives him the Millennium Eye, Yugi opens the door to the world of memory, and hismind travels back in time to ancient Egypt, when the magic and mosters were real! Now Yugi and his friends must explore the world of Yugi's forgotten past... and fight an enemy who has been waiting for them for 3000 years!
192 pages, Paperback
First published November 4, 2003
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Kazuki Takahashi
297 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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May 21, 2022
LEAVE KISARA ALONEEEEE
Also, Akhenaden needs to chill
Also, Akhenaden needs to chill
June 7, 2017
Like most of these mangas, I sped through this one so the particular details are on the fuzzy side. From the title, I can tell you that this volume deals with Seto's experiments to employ stronger monsters. After they think the Pharaoh has fallen for good, Seto gets the help of a questionable fellow that tortures the prisoners by making them fight to the death in order to strengthen their Ka. He forces the blue-eyed girl into the pit and when she passes out, after Seto valiantly rushes in to rescue her (<3) the spirit of the White Dragon appears to save her. Seto's true father and his dubious intentions are revealed as well as Bakura's plans to use the darkness in the Millennium items to take over the world. Origin of the duel monsters was really cool though!
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August 22, 2023This is one of the most screwy and scary volumes in the entire Yu-Gi-Oh pantheon, and I am including the original manga (aka Season 0 content). And I'm not just talking about Zorc hitting the do-over button to give himself (itself?) a second chance - I am talking about the creation of the Millennium Items. The original intent was to prevent Egypt being taken over by a "foreign" army (whoever they were) using magical items.
The deliberate obfuscation by Akhenaden on how the Millennium Items must be made is chilling in it's context: It changes... worthless objects... into precious metals. The book tells us how to make seven treasures, each of which grants mysterious powers.
I think the anime did an okay job depicting the creation in all it's genocidal horror... the image of young Bakura peeking behind a wall as he watches his family, neighbors, friends, and fellow villagers get brutally murdered is deeply, deeply disturbing. I think the manga was willing to go a bit further - showing a dude getting penetrated (a la Qui Gon Jinn style) with a spear in shadow. Thief King Bakura's quest for vengeance is more than justified! I am actually on his side on all of this.
I always had this personal headcanon that the village of Kul Elna was kind of like a hub for foreigners, refugees, or even perhaps runaway & escaped slaves - basically, a group of people that were viewed with fear and disgust, whose only "value" to the monarchy resulted in their horrific destruction. Yes, we are told that the village is a den of scum and villany... but is it actually true? Like, for realsies?
Akhenaden magically brainwashes (yes, really) the troops and tells them the village of Kul Elna is a village of bandits, bandits that specifically target the tombs of Pharaohs no less (so hitting on the class divide and on their religious/spiritual violations), giving the troops the "justification" to mass-slaughter everyone there. No exceptions.
Kisara finally gets to do something in this volume! Shame Takahashi had to cut down on his Seto-Kisara subplot/expansion because her story moves at a lightning fast pace! And something that bugs me in anime, in manga, in movies, in television is when the characters are stuck in the same clothes. This poor woman is forced to continue wearing her potato sack dress and it's like COME ON! We couldn't give her a new dress? Also as someone with long hair, it is constantly getting snagged and tangled. Give the woman a headband or a piece of leather to bind her hair with, bleeech.
An errant thought: Yugi going into the bar for information (a la RPG) is a cute little foreshadowing for the ultimate silly twist in the next volume!
One more errant thought: I would hate to be the priest stuck with the frigging scale of justice. Everything else you can wear or at least tuck in somewhere (including the eye, lol) but those scales are frigging awkward.
The deliberate obfuscation by Akhenaden on how the Millennium Items must be made is chilling in it's context: It changes... worthless objects... into precious metals. The book tells us how to make seven treasures, each of which grants mysterious powers.
I think the anime did an okay job depicting the creation in all it's genocidal horror... the image of young Bakura peeking behind a wall as he watches his family, neighbors, friends, and fellow villagers get brutally murdered is deeply, deeply disturbing. I think the manga was willing to go a bit further - showing a dude getting penetrated (a la Qui Gon Jinn style) with a spear in shadow. Thief King Bakura's quest for vengeance is more than justified! I am actually on his side on all of this.
I always had this personal headcanon that the village of Kul Elna was kind of like a hub for foreigners, refugees, or even perhaps runaway & escaped slaves - basically, a group of people that were viewed with fear and disgust, whose only "value" to the monarchy resulted in their horrific destruction. Yes, we are told that the village is a den of scum and villany... but is it actually true? Like, for realsies?
Akhenaden magically brainwashes (yes, really) the troops and tells them the village of Kul Elna is a village of bandits, bandits that specifically target the tombs of Pharaohs no less (so hitting on the class divide and on their religious/spiritual violations), giving the troops the "justification" to mass-slaughter everyone there. No exceptions.
Kisara finally gets to do something in this volume! Shame Takahashi had to cut down on his Seto-Kisara subplot/expansion because her story moves at a lightning fast pace! And something that bugs me in anime, in manga, in movies, in television is when the characters are stuck in the same clothes. This poor woman is forced to continue wearing her potato sack dress and it's like COME ON! We couldn't give her a new dress? Also as someone with long hair, it is constantly getting snagged and tangled. Give the woman a headband or a piece of leather to bind her hair with, bleeech.
An errant thought: Yugi going into the bar for information (a la RPG) is a cute little foreshadowing for the ultimate silly twist in the next volume!
One more errant thought: I would hate to be the priest stuck with the frigging scale of justice. Everything else you can wear or at least tuck in somewhere (including the eye, lol) but those scales are frigging awkward.
October 1, 2023
While Yugi and the gang continue to take a backseat to the ancient Egyptian politics of the memory world; this series overall delivers complex characters tackling surprisingly dark storylines. Kaiba continues torturing civilians while he has his eyes set on Kisara and her dragon of white. Bandit King Bakura continues his rampage across the kingdom; with civilian casualties mounting. The Pharaoh grapples with the sinister origins of the millennium items. All while Yami Bakura and Zorc manipulate the world of memory to their own wills.
Takahashi has proven with this storyline he can write an interesting, new world while still making it feel familiar. With his exceptionally beautiful art to bring it to life. His paneling and framing in particular has evolved with Millennium World, and it is a delight to read.
Takahashi has proven with this storyline he can write an interesting, new world while still making it feel familiar. With his exceptionally beautiful art to bring it to life. His paneling and framing in particular has evolved with Millennium World, and it is a delight to read.
July 1, 2020
Yu-Gi-Ohs side characters somehow remain less integral to the plot than when they were just wathing a card game
This book has a lot going for it, great plot, complex characters and amazing villians. A plot of this quality is a new for the series, which relied on charm, horror and art to win it's audience.
It also manages to use Seto in new and interesting way, really showcasing what a great character he is and what could be done in a new environment.
But wow, does this book have no idea what to do with the former main cast, who has been doing literally nothing of interest in a few books.
They need to be cut out or be used, because every time the book gives them some focus it gets akward fast.
This book has a lot going for it, great plot, complex characters and amazing villians. A plot of this quality is a new for the series, which relied on charm, horror and art to win it's audience.
It also manages to use Seto in new and interesting way, really showcasing what a great character he is and what could be done in a new environment.
But wow, does this book have no idea what to do with the former main cast, who has been doing literally nothing of interest in a few books.
They need to be cut out or be used, because every time the book gives them some focus it gets akward fast.
September 20, 2022
Wow, just wow. The Birth of the Dragon was a crazy volume. Kisara being the vessel for the Great White Dragon was insane, I couldn't tell in the last volume if she is the girl that was the Apprentice of the magician or not.
Seto not knowing who his father was is a interesting twist, and kinda sad that his father was the priest who trained him but kept his parents identity from him, jerk.
The whole thing with that village being the sacrifice for the priests to have the ability to forge the millennium items was insane. I can't believe Dark Yugi's dad had no clue about it.
Anyway next volume lol.
Seto not knowing who his father was is a interesting twist, and kinda sad that his father was the priest who trained him but kept his parents identity from him, jerk.
The whole thing with that village being the sacrifice for the priests to have the ability to forge the millennium items was insane. I can't believe Dark Yugi's dad had no clue about it.
Anyway next volume lol.
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October 10, 2025
No es que esté "mal, mal"; pero como que la amenaza de Marik (y su diseño e historia) estuvo mucho más rifado. Aunque el arte está muy bueno, y la historia igual está entretenida, ya ni en el anime este arco tuvo tanta trascendencia.
Está bueno en cosas como la historia de los artículos; estuvo meh en el "he entrenado en el más allá", "la fuerza de la convicción me da poderes", Bakura en realdiad es... hasta lo de el dragón blanco tiene más peso, de cierta forma. Pero reitero que nunca me gustaron ni el dragón ni el mago oscuro; por eso me iba más con Bakura y su tabla ouija y Marik y sus torturas en el arco/historia anterior.
Éso sí, esta historia tiene mucha y buena acción.
Está bueno en cosas como la historia de los artículos; estuvo meh en el "he entrenado en el más allá", "la fuerza de la convicción me da poderes", Bakura en realdiad es... hasta lo de el dragón blanco tiene más peso, de cierta forma. Pero reitero que nunca me gustaron ni el dragón ni el mago oscuro; por eso me iba más con Bakura y su tabla ouija y Marik y sus torturas en el arco/historia anterior.
Éso sí, esta historia tiene mucha y buena acción.
June 29, 2022
La historia está bien, pero me decepcionó mucho. Supongo que estaba acostumbrada al anime y la mayoría de las diferencias me parecieron a peor, en especial la falta de protagonismo de Mana y Kisara. Incluso Yugi queda relegado a unas meras apariciones que sólo sirven para recordar que sigue vivo.
October 16, 2021
it is a great book
January 21, 2025
Thats some cool shit
June 22, 2025
A good story but not one I care about. I wish this didn’t have the Yu-Gi-Oh! moniker attached to it, otherwise I would be enjoying it more.
June 13, 2015
Хубаво е да знаем, че Сето, макар и доста краен, всъщност не е зъл (за разлика от баща си). А след като знаем и кой е баща му излиза че всъщност Сето и Фараона са брат'чеди. Интересно нали? Малко сапунена пяна да вкараме в историята. Злия чичо, нищо не подозиращия братовчед, измамения баща - всичко е на лице.
July 6, 2008
A great manga series.
June 25, 2012
Reviewed on previous volumes Yu-Gi-Oh! Volumes 1-4 and Duelist Volumes 1-5 as well as the final volume
February 12, 2022
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😻👌😁❤️
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