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Yu-Gi-Oh! Millennium World #1
Yu-Gi-Oh!: Millennium World, Vol. 1: The World Of Memory
After hundreds of battles, Yugi has finally gathered all the Egyptian God Cards - the key to unlocking his memories of his past life as an Egyptian pharaoh. When Ryo Bakura gives him the Millennium Eye, Yugi opens the door to the 'world of memory,' & his mind travels back in time to ancient Egypt, when the magic & monsters were real
192 pages, Paperback
First published March 4, 2003
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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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February 21, 2012
Did the Duel Monster Games really originate in Ancient Egypt? The lively illustrations really pop and help keep the reader engaged. The illustrations of hieroglyphic wall carvings make me feel like I am inside an Ancient Egypt relic. If you like Pharaohs and mummies, too, there are some of those. In terms of the story, I think the Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist series (from what I've read so far) is easier to follow, and I think there's more of a sense of camaraderie between Yugi and his friends. I really like how it seems you can just "jump" into either one, as each volume provides you with a short helpful synopsis of what happened previously. I plan to continue reading on about Yugi and his friends, and his quest to collect all of the millennium items, learn more about his identity and fight for the greater good.
April 27, 2022
Admito que fue divertido ver a Yami fuera de su elemento, incluso esas expresiones que no parecen propias de su personalidad. Pero, por otro lado, lo sentí un poco más plano. No me gustó la idea de Bobasa siendo una especie de caja fuerte gigante ni la simpleza de los juegos de las sombras en la tumba de Yami.
December 9, 2015
И започваме новото приключение на Юги и приятели. Новата поредица слага началото на новата арка покриваща събитията след Бойния град и същевременно много много преди това - 3000 години в миналото. Нека ви кажа: Страхотно е. Фараона, жреците, Краля на крадците. Колебая се между тази и следващата арка (която е в друга поредица) за най-интересна от цялостната история. Имаме честта да видим първообраза на дуелите с чудовища, както и познати и непознати герои в бих казала страхотните одежди на древен Египет.
March 1, 2013
The book started with the past...how everything started. I was confused at start but the plot was easy to understand and the it started to get interesting as it got interesting the book ended. Why did you end...Anyway i really like the book and i am waiting until next time i go to the bookstore and buy the next book ( if it will be there ). I can't wait i want it now, now and now....
September 19, 2011
i think it was good because i like yu-gi-oh and i like that kind of thing the reson i gave it five stars is becaues it had a good story line to it and because there wasent a lot of jumping back and forth from caracter to caracter.
April 20, 2008
I LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS BOOK! It is a comic book/manga and it is really interesting if you like Japanese Mangas!!! I loved this book!
May 6, 2008
If you read the Yugioh manga volumes from the start you will really like them!
September 24, 2009
I liked the book becous it has two of the things I like.anchent egipshen stuf & yu-gi-oh . it also had a good story line & I liked it.
September 27, 2011
it was spitakuler this is a book that eneone can reed it is whaer the pharow gits trapt in his one mares I loveed it.
September 25, 2012
The games in this are awesome and I love the differences between the animated series. Way well worth a read.
August 20, 2023
Strong start. Re-reading this particular manga series after rediscovering my love for Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Monsters and Yugioh Abridged from littlekuriboh for like, the third or fourth time. I read these a long time ago, so I am going back in with some hazy memories but mainly with fresh eyes.
The beginning is kind of goofy but twisted at the same time. Our protagonist, Yugi Muoto, has won three God Cards from the Battle City Tournament. The God Cards are insanely valuable and rare, so rather than put them away in a safe or even under a basic lock and key system, he elects to leave them in a gold chachki box on the center of his desk, right by the breakable window. And he is honestly surprised when someone steals it?!
Welp, someone does. He chases down the thief to find that person, whoever he or she was, shanked by an evil Bakura (you know he is evil because is cackling and wearing a long, black overcoat). Yami/Dark Bakura returns the cards and a Millennium Item (for good measure) to Yugi. They have a brief conversation and then they both leave the thief to bleed out in the street. Our hero, ladies and gentlemen.
Extra notes:
- Bobosa being David Cronenberg-levels of body horror (having to stick the Millennium Items into his body) is something I completely forgot about, but this is Japan, so I guess I should have expected it. I mean some of the creatures presented later in this manga would make Cronenberg keel over in ecstasy.
- Anzu/Téa buying a blank cartouche for the Pharaoh for him to write his real name in (from the museum gift shop, no less), when he eventually finds it, is such a sweet touch. Takahashi could write friendships so well and show how valuable the characters were to one another in really beautiful ways.
- So, when Yugi/Atem is thrown back in time, he can instantly speak the ancient Egyptian language again? Yes, I know I sound pedantic (and him having to re-learn the language would grind the plot to a halt) but I wish there was even a single panel acknowledging it.
- Ancient Egypt magic is real!!
- Forgot how frigging bloodthirsty Kaiba is - going full House Bolton during the introductory scenes.
Extra amazing line: We'll make sure the canopic jar for your guts is a somewhat larger one
- Isis is kind of like Councillor Troi from Stark Trek: Next Gen - predicting the bloody obvious. I sense danger approaching! Oh bloody really?!
- Awfully nice of King Thief Bakura to wait for Seto to call up his monsters rather than attack the priests and the Pharaoh while he has the chance. Could have ended the entire story right there. Being pedantic again, I know!
- Funniest panel in the entire manga:
The beginning is kind of goofy but twisted at the same time. Our protagonist, Yugi Muoto, has won three God Cards from the Battle City Tournament. The God Cards are insanely valuable and rare, so rather than put them away in a safe or even under a basic lock and key system, he elects to leave them in a gold chachki box on the center of his desk, right by the breakable window. And he is honestly surprised when someone steals it?!
Welp, someone does. He chases down the thief to find that person, whoever he or she was, shanked by an evil Bakura (you know he is evil because is cackling and wearing a long, black overcoat). Yami/Dark Bakura returns the cards and a Millennium Item (for good measure) to Yugi. They have a brief conversation and then they both leave the thief to bleed out in the street. Our hero, ladies and gentlemen.
Extra notes:
- Bobosa being David Cronenberg-levels of body horror (having to stick the Millennium Items into his body) is something I completely forgot about, but this is Japan, so I guess I should have expected it. I mean some of the creatures presented later in this manga would make Cronenberg keel over in ecstasy.
- Anzu/Téa buying a blank cartouche for the Pharaoh for him to write his real name in (from the museum gift shop, no less), when he eventually finds it, is such a sweet touch. Takahashi could write friendships so well and show how valuable the characters were to one another in really beautiful ways.
- So, when Yugi/Atem is thrown back in time, he can instantly speak the ancient Egyptian language again? Yes, I know I sound pedantic (and him having to re-learn the language would grind the plot to a halt) but I wish there was even a single panel acknowledging it.
- Ancient Egypt magic is real!!
- Forgot how frigging bloodthirsty Kaiba is - going full House Bolton during the introductory scenes.
Extra amazing line: We'll make sure the canopic jar for your guts is a somewhat larger one
- Isis is kind of like Councillor Troi from Stark Trek: Next Gen - predicting the bloody obvious. I sense danger approaching! Oh bloody really?!
- Awfully nice of King Thief Bakura to wait for Seto to call up his monsters rather than attack the priests and the Pharaoh while he has the chance. Could have ended the entire story right there. Being pedantic again, I know!
- Funniest panel in the entire manga:
October 1, 2023
Millennium World picks up where the Duelist series left off; as Yugi and his friends finally are ready to unlock the Pharaoh's memories after defeating Marik in the Battle City tournament. The opening chapter of this volume is a flashback with Sugoroku to finding the millenium puzzle. Then the series takes time to set the stage which is appreciated. We get grounded in the reality that no one knows what'll happen to the Pharaoh once his memories are opened up. We see Yami Bakura manipulating (regular) Yugi. Everyone gets some time together before heading off to the Tablet of Lost Memories. There; the Pharaoh is seemingly flung back in time to ancient Egypt where he's holding court when a mysterious enemy attacks.
It is bold of Takahashi to have kick off a story arc without any Duel Monsters card games; something that has become ingrained in the series for awhile now. However it surprisingly works for now. Takahashi's art is also elevated to new levels. Ancient Egypt is meticulously recreated and character details are amazingly done. This is truly some of his best work to date.
Millennium World is well worth the time if you have enjoyed the series so far. While a departure from what Duelist was about; give it time and you will enjoy the new drama with the characters.
It is bold of Takahashi to have kick off a story arc without any Duel Monsters card games; something that has become ingrained in the series for awhile now. However it surprisingly works for now. Takahashi's art is also elevated to new levels. Ancient Egypt is meticulously recreated and character details are amazingly done. This is truly some of his best work to date.
Millennium World is well worth the time if you have enjoyed the series so far. While a departure from what Duelist was about; give it time and you will enjoy the new drama with the characters.
June 9, 2020
Old Egypt with a new start, Yu-Gi-Oh! uses familiar themes but changes it storytelling for mostly great effect
I want to start this one out, by saying the art is absolutely amazing. It combines the crazy details of the duelist arc, with the energy and expression from the first books. The art has always been a major selling point in the books, and to see it becoming better as it goes on, is a joy.
This really feels a lot more like the first books, and hits a more comedic feel. While it mostly succeeds, there is some awkward moments when the tone is off. But the new series finds itself its way forward, when Yami finally finds himself in the past.
With a new game, a new setting, this story feels fresh even as it hits its 32 volumes in total.
This series is aiming for going out with grace, and I am here for it.
I want to start this one out, by saying the art is absolutely amazing. It combines the crazy details of the duelist arc, with the energy and expression from the first books. The art has always been a major selling point in the books, and to see it becoming better as it goes on, is a joy.
This really feels a lot more like the first books, and hits a more comedic feel. While it mostly succeeds, there is some awkward moments when the tone is off. But the new series finds itself its way forward, when Yami finally finds himself in the past.
With a new game, a new setting, this story feels fresh even as it hits its 32 volumes in total.
This series is aiming for going out with grace, and I am here for it.
September 25, 2021
Sice jsem byla zklamaná z toho, že Seto zde nehrál žádnou ústřední roli, ale i tak se mi tohle zakončení líbilo.
Mimochodem jedna věc, která mi vrtá hlavou již od minulé "série" volumek... Jak se tam neustále objevuje Duke Develin (nebo jak se vlastně originálně jmenuje :D)? Vždycky jsem si myslela, že tam není, pak se ale najednou objevil v nějakém panelu a vyvolal ve mně zmatek. To jsem ho akorát vždy přehlédla??? Nebo si prostě autor vzpomněl, že by ho tam mohl nakreslit?? :D Protože já si ani nepamatuji, že by řekl nějakou větu nebo tak něco. Tohle asi pro mě bude už navždy záhadou. :D Je možné, že mluvil při hraní kartiček, protože to jsem tak trochu skipovala, k tomu by však neměl žádný důvod. Mě tedy nic nenapadá. Skoro mám chuť to přečíst znovu a dávat si na to pozor, avšak tak šílená nejsem. :D
Dávám 65% Jazyk: Aj
Mimochodem jedna věc, která mi vrtá hlavou již od minulé "série" volumek... Jak se tam neustále objevuje Duke Develin (nebo jak se vlastně originálně jmenuje :D)? Vždycky jsem si myslela, že tam není, pak se ale najednou objevil v nějakém panelu a vyvolal ve mně zmatek. To jsem ho akorát vždy přehlédla??? Nebo si prostě autor vzpomněl, že by ho tam mohl nakreslit?? :D Protože já si ani nepamatuji, že by řekl nějakou větu nebo tak něco. Tohle asi pro mě bude už navždy záhadou. :D Je možné, že mluvil při hraní kartiček, protože to jsem tak trochu skipovala, k tomu by však neměl žádný důvod. Mě tedy nic nenapadá. Skoro mám chuť to přečíst znovu a dávat si na to pozor, avšak tak šílená nejsem. :D
Dávám 65% Jazyk: Aj
May 30, 2017
This is the final Yu-Gi-Oh series! Long-running plots are finally beginning to be tied up. Now that he has the 3 Egyptian God cards, Yugi can finally unlock his memories and discover his true name. Guided by yet another Tomb Guradian, the gang head back to the stone tablet at the museum, only it doesn't go quite as planned and only Pharaoh!Yugi is sent back and everyone else is left behind.
It was a really cool set up and I really feel like this is going to be the best run of the entire series. It's refreshing and focused, not as silly as the others were. There was a bit of Anzu/Pharaoh time for shippers too.
It was a really cool set up and I really feel like this is going to be the best run of the entire series. It's refreshing and focused, not as silly as the others were. There was a bit of Anzu/Pharaoh time for shippers too.
September 8, 2023
So, this series picks up not too soon after the events of Duelist.
It seems we are going to not only learn more about the origin of the Millennium items but, also, learn more about the history of Yugi’s prior reincarnation as a pharaoh. Likewise, the history of all the priests who reincarnated as Yugi’s friends seems to be a focus.
Honestly, I’m very interested in the direction of this series. It’s not my “cup of tea” per day but I do think the series is a titan in the genre and it’s worth reading if for no other reason than it allows you to trace back the origins of so many contemporary manga~
It seems we are going to not only learn more about the origin of the Millennium items but, also, learn more about the history of Yugi’s prior reincarnation as a pharaoh. Likewise, the history of all the priests who reincarnated as Yugi’s friends seems to be a focus.
Honestly, I’m very interested in the direction of this series. It’s not my “cup of tea” per day but I do think the series is a titan in the genre and it’s worth reading if for no other reason than it allows you to trace back the origins of so many contemporary manga~
September 19, 2022
The opening of this volume was pretty cool. Showing how Yugi's grandpa got the millennium puzzle and was saved of the spirit of the puzzle was pretty awesome.
Dark Yugi's memories are pretty cool. The Pharaoh's castle is insane, and the king of thieves is pretty evil it seems like.
Yugi, Anzu, Joey, and Honda going into Yugi's soul to see Dark Yugi's memories was a neat idea. The maze of his soul is pretty cool and hard to navigate.
Past Bakura is as crazy and evil as the spirit that lives in the millennium ring, maybe it is him?? Dark Yugi remembering his father was interesting.
Dark Yugi's memories are pretty cool. The Pharaoh's castle is insane, and the king of thieves is pretty evil it seems like.
Yugi, Anzu, Joey, and Honda going into Yugi's soul to see Dark Yugi's memories was a neat idea. The maze of his soul is pretty cool and hard to navigate.
Past Bakura is as crazy and evil as the spirit that lives in the millennium ring, maybe it is him?? Dark Yugi remembering his father was interesting.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 30, 2025
Los diseños y el definitivamente irse por el "egipto-asthetic" está padre. haha
Solo medio aburre el "somos los sacerdotes con mega poderes que nadie puede igualar hasta que alguien sí", medio trillado, y ya te sabes cómo va la cosa. Por lo demás está padre, nunca supe de Bobasa y medio se siente como alivio cómico y medio como algo fuerte con lo de su cuerpo y los artículosd el milenio.
El Faraón y lo demás pinta bien.
Solo medio aburre el "somos los sacerdotes con mega poderes que nadie puede igualar hasta que alguien sí", medio trillado, y ya te sabes cómo va la cosa. Por lo demás está padre, nunca supe de Bobasa y medio se siente como alivio cómico y medio como algo fuerte con lo de su cuerpo y los artículosd el milenio.
El Faraón y lo demás pinta bien.
not-gonna-read
July 27, 2025I wasn't really into the anime like some of my friends during the 90's. I didn't hate it. I just never got into it like I didn't get into Pokemon unlike a lot of my classmates.
So yeah, I'm gonna pass on this one.
So yeah, I'm gonna pass on this one.
August 2, 2025
I love Millennium World arc. It's refreshing to see real monsters rather than holograms and cards. Love that Bakura is the main villain and love that this arc is focused on the Pharaoh's lost memories. A great arc. 👍
September 22, 2020
I don’t know how to read the book
October 16, 2021
good book
December 8, 2021
Finally we get to know some of the secrets...
The millennial items were used to judge people and to cure them from the monsters within.
The millennial items were used to judge people and to cure them from the monsters within.
October 1, 2022
Hora de retomarlo y terminar la serie antes que el año concluya.
February 3, 2023
Not bad
I'm really just in it for completion's sske. Kinda weird reading Japanese manga about Egyptian stuff in English. Strange times.
I'm really just in it for completion's sske. Kinda weird reading Japanese manga about Egyptian stuff in English. Strange times.
March 17, 2023
I'm not ready for this. To end the original series 😭 also grandpa looks fabulous in a tux while tomb raiding
January 19, 2025
Okay this arc is fucking epic.
June 20, 2025
Turns out I don’t care about how the Pharaoh got his memories back as much as I thought I did. No more nostalgia here, I’m walking down a path never traveled.
August 2, 2016
This was one of the best books of the entire Yu-Gi-Oh franchise! I loved the plot. I loved the pacing. I loved the revelations and explanations.
I particularly liked Grandpa Motou's backstory. He's an interesting side character, and I was pleased to see that he was adventurous in his youth. My favorite line was him promising to wear "denim overalls" if he ever lost a game. I want to know what game he lost.
My most favorite scene is at the very end of this book. One beef I've always had with the premise of dueling is the stakes. If someone is threatening the life of someone dear to me, dueling with cards is not what comes to mind. "Sure, we can duel. Here, cut my deck." *Decks the villain instead*I know Jonouchi defended Mai in her duel against Marik and interrupted the duel and whatever, but I haven't been satisfied.
Now I am. It was a glorious moment, and possibly the best part of the entire series.
I particularly liked Grandpa Motou's backstory. He's an interesting side character, and I was pleased to see that he was adventurous in his youth. My favorite line was him promising to wear "denim overalls" if he ever lost a game. I want to know what game he lost.
My most favorite scene is at the very end of this book. One beef I've always had with the premise of dueling is the stakes. If someone is threatening the life of someone dear to me, dueling with cards is not what comes to mind. "Sure, we can duel. Here, cut my deck." *Decks the villain instead*I know Jonouchi defended Mai in her duel against Marik and interrupted the duel and whatever, but I haven't been satisfied.
Now I am. It was a glorious moment, and possibly the best part of the entire series.
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