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Yu-Gi-Oh! #4
Yu-Gi-Oh! (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 4
The manga series that inspired the card game that swept the globe!
Tenth-grader Yugi always had his head in some game—until he solved the Millennium Puzzle, an Egyptian artifact containing the spirit of a master gambler from the age of the pharoahs! Possessed by the puzzle, Yugi becomes Yu-Gi-Oh, the King of Games, and challenges evildoers to the Shadow Games…weird games with high stakes and high risks!
The diabolical Player Killer, Pegasus’s second gaming assassin, challenges Yugi to a Shadow Game! 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! Then the action moves into underground tunnels beneath Duelist Kingdom. There Yugi and Jonouchi must conquer the maze of the Meikyu Brothers in a two-on-two duel. Waiting in the Brothers’ deck is the Gate Guardian, lord of the underworld and one of the most powerful monsters of all.
Tenth-grader Yugi always had his head in some game—until he solved the Millennium Puzzle, an Egyptian artifact containing the spirit of a master gambler from the age of the pharoahs! Possessed by the puzzle, Yugi becomes Yu-Gi-Oh, the King of Games, and challenges evildoers to the Shadow Games…weird games with high stakes and high risks!
The diabolical Player Killer, Pegasus’s second gaming assassin, challenges Yugi to a Shadow Game! 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! Then the action moves into underground tunnels beneath Duelist Kingdom. There Yugi and Jonouchi must conquer the maze of the Meikyu Brothers in a two-on-two duel. Waiting in the Brothers’ deck is the Gate Guardian, lord of the underworld and one of the most powerful monsters of all.
624 pages, Paperback
First published November 3, 2015
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About the author
Kazuki Takahashi
292 books238 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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August 28, 2020
An okay volume. After having seen the anime so many times, and having played the Legacy of the Duelist game twice, these duels are a little old. But that’s just a personal issue, anybody experiencing these for the first time will enjoy them.
March 5, 2023
Il capitolo 105 è, senza ombra di dubbio, uno tra i più intensi di tutto il Manga. A dir poco meraviglioso.
July 28, 2024
Damn, I forgot there was actually more of an angle toward Yugi-Anzu romance...!
The manga continues its zany take on card games. The Player Killer of Darkness is the main enemy in Volume 10, and that whole duel is just nonsense. How does Castle of Dark Illusions float outside the context of the holograms? Sure, it makes enough sense for it to summon Darkness/Yami to obscure PKD's other monsters, but... that's about it. Like, Yugi can't attack the enemy monsters because he can't see them to target them. Does it even work that way in the real-life game? I guess it does. Having to claim "I attack Yamimakai no Haō," unlike the MtG method of defenders being able to choose shields. I don't know what I'm saying, because I'm more family with YGO as a game than MtG. Well, anyway... the whole "Swords of Revealing Light keeps Castle of Dark Illusions floating after Catapult Turtle destroys the Castle's floatation ring(!?), and Chaos Shield keeps PKD's monsters from running away from the Castle when it falls because...????"... It's just wild, man.
Bro, but, like, if Jonouchi passed out because he was spooked by the crypt... why not just loot his Star Chips???
Also, the Kuriboh versus Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon battle just doesn't make much sense at all, either. Multiplied Kuriboh don't take damage because... they explode before the Damage Step? And you can just fuse Mammoth Graveyard to BEUD to fuck him up, which means he loses power equal to MG's ATK each turn...??? I'd want to kill myself, too, if someone pulled that bullshit against me.
One thing about Duel Monsters that sets it widely apart from subsequent, non-canon (that is, non-Takahashi) series is that all the decks are Cookie Cutter. There are some archetypes, kind of; Harpie Lady, for example. But no duelist goes balls-to-the-wall like Judai with his HERO cards or Playmaker with all the Cyberse guys. What does Dark Magician have to do with Summoned Skull or Celtic Guardian or Beaver Warrior? Why does Gaia ride Curse of Dragon through Fusion? Kaiba has three Blue-Eyes, but how does Battle Ox factor in?Or La Jinn? Flame Swordsman, Axe Raider, and Kojikocy kind of fit together as a Warrior deck, but what about Time Wizard or Red-Eyes? The Meikyū Brothers have labyrinth-themed monsters, but Monster Tamer himself is random, and Gate Guardian plays more into the "guarding the doors to the castle" element than anything really to do with the labyrinth itself.
Volume 10: The (somewhat abrupt) conclusion of Jonouchi versus Ryuzaki. Mai versus Player Killer of Darkness (mostly offscreen). Dark Yugi versus Player Killer of Darkness. Kaiba's helicopter ride to the island. The dawn of the Duel Disk, through Jonouchi versus Kaiba. (Bandit Keith versus Tom.)
Volume 11: Jonouchi versus Ghost Kozuka. Dark Yugi and Jonouchi versus the Meikyū Brothers.
Volume 12: The conclusion of YuJo versus Meikyū. Dark Yugi versus Kaiba, via Duel Disk.
****
Anzu's boobs when she's about to take a shower...!
The silly plan of dropping Castle of Dark Illusions, which somehow works to deplete PKD's Life Points.
Kaiba stopping the gun with Gyakutenno Megami!
Mai in the casino dealer costume, adjacent to the start of Chapter 85...! 🤤🥵
"Don't make me laugh, you baby goth!"
The Gate Guardian, who was always cool as fuck!
And the motherfuckin' BLACK SKULL DRAGON!!!1!
BLUE-EYES ULTIMATE DRAGON!!!!!!!!!!
"This cross I've carried... the cross of Collectible Card Game defeat... NOW IT'S YOUR TURN TO CARRY IT! AND YOU'LL CRAWL ON THE GROUND IN HUMILIATION!"
****
I... I think someone fucked up in the translation. Yugi refers to Mai as "Miss Shiranui" in Chapter 88. Mai Shiranui is an entirely different character in an entirely different franchise. Still hot, though ¯\_( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)_/¯
The manga continues its zany take on card games. The Player Killer of Darkness is the main enemy in Volume 10, and that whole duel is just nonsense. How does Castle of Dark Illusions float outside the context of the holograms? Sure, it makes enough sense for it to summon Darkness/Yami to obscure PKD's other monsters, but... that's about it. Like, Yugi can't attack the enemy monsters because he can't see them to target them. Does it even work that way in the real-life game? I guess it does. Having to claim "I attack Yamimakai no Haō," unlike the MtG method of defenders being able to choose shields. I don't know what I'm saying, because I'm more family with YGO as a game than MtG. Well, anyway... the whole "Swords of Revealing Light keeps Castle of Dark Illusions floating after Catapult Turtle destroys the Castle's floatation ring(!?), and Chaos Shield keeps PKD's monsters from running away from the Castle when it falls because...????"... It's just wild, man.
Bro, but, like, if Jonouchi passed out because he was spooked by the crypt... why not just loot his Star Chips???
Also, the Kuriboh versus Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon battle just doesn't make much sense at all, either. Multiplied Kuriboh don't take damage because... they explode before the Damage Step? And you can just fuse Mammoth Graveyard to BEUD to fuck him up, which means he loses power equal to MG's ATK each turn...??? I'd want to kill myself, too, if someone pulled that bullshit against me.
One thing about Duel Monsters that sets it widely apart from subsequent, non-canon (that is, non-Takahashi) series is that all the decks are Cookie Cutter. There are some archetypes, kind of; Harpie Lady, for example. But no duelist goes balls-to-the-wall like Judai with his HERO cards or Playmaker with all the Cyberse guys. What does Dark Magician have to do with Summoned Skull or Celtic Guardian or Beaver Warrior? Why does Gaia ride Curse of Dragon through Fusion? Kaiba has three Blue-Eyes, but how does Battle Ox factor in?Or La Jinn? Flame Swordsman, Axe Raider, and Kojikocy kind of fit together as a Warrior deck, but what about Time Wizard or Red-Eyes? The Meikyū Brothers have labyrinth-themed monsters, but Monster Tamer himself is random, and Gate Guardian plays more into the "guarding the doors to the castle" element than anything really to do with the labyrinth itself.
Volume 10: The (somewhat abrupt) conclusion of Jonouchi versus Ryuzaki. Mai versus Player Killer of Darkness (mostly offscreen). Dark Yugi versus Player Killer of Darkness. Kaiba's helicopter ride to the island. The dawn of the Duel Disk, through Jonouchi versus Kaiba. (Bandit Keith versus Tom.)
Volume 11: Jonouchi versus Ghost Kozuka. Dark Yugi and Jonouchi versus the Meikyū Brothers.
Volume 12: The conclusion of YuJo versus Meikyū. Dark Yugi versus Kaiba, via Duel Disk.
****
Anzu's boobs when she's about to take a shower...!
The silly plan of dropping Castle of Dark Illusions, which somehow works to deplete PKD's Life Points.
Kaiba stopping the gun with Gyakutenno Megami!
Mai in the casino dealer costume, adjacent to the start of Chapter 85...! 🤤🥵
"Don't make me laugh, you baby goth!"
The Gate Guardian, who was always cool as fuck!
And the motherfuckin' BLACK SKULL DRAGON!!!1!
BLUE-EYES ULTIMATE DRAGON!!!!!!!!!!
"This cross I've carried... the cross of Collectible Card Game defeat... NOW IT'S YOUR TURN TO CARRY IT! AND YOU'LL CRAWL ON THE GROUND IN HUMILIATION!"
****
I... I think someone fucked up in the translation. Yugi refers to Mai as "Miss Shiranui" in Chapter 88. Mai Shiranui is an entirely different character in an entirely different franchise. Still hot, though ¯\_( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)_/¯
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 18, 2018
Enjoyable. The plot is getting more interesting and the development of the characters is a welcomed sight. The “villains” sometimes feel way to over the top, not every bad guy needs to me the most vile person in the world. Mai is probably the best thing of the book since she is a new character that has depth and is unique, she is definitely the highlight for me. Joey always winning due to luck is interesting I guess, his character has shown a lot of improvement as of late, also a highlight. Yugi is the same. I like the return of a previous character, what a dramatic entrance, love it. Next book is developing to be quite an interesting one.
August 9, 2020
4.5 stars*
This volume was really quite fun to me. ,The tension is building up more and more and we're on the second day of Duelist Kingdom now. One of my favorite duels, against Ghost Kozuka, from the anime is in this volume and that's a big reason as to why i gave it 5 stars.
The duels throughout this volume are actually all really entertaining. The main story moves along quite nicely aswell in my opinion. There is also some conflict within Yugi that deepens him as a character.
I really look forward to reading the next volume, and i'll surely pick it up as soon as i can.
This volume was really quite fun to me. ,The tension is building up more and more and we're on the second day of Duelist Kingdom now. One of my favorite duels, against Ghost Kozuka, from the anime is in this volume and that's a big reason as to why i gave it 5 stars.
The duels throughout this volume are actually all really entertaining. The main story moves along quite nicely aswell in my opinion. There is also some conflict within Yugi that deepens him as a character.
I really look forward to reading the next volume, and i'll surely pick it up as soon as i can.
May 6, 2024
Nel bel mezzo della storia che riguarda l’isola dei duellanti, ci sono stati dei momenti che non ricordavo e che ho apprezzato particolarmente.
1) Kaiba torna in scena: si risveglia dal coma, dirotta un elicottero e arriva anche lui sull’isola, in stile Tom Cruise alla Mission Impossible; il suo scopo è salvare Mokuba e riprendersi la Kaiba Corporation; si scontra prima con Jonouchi, vincendo facilmente e poi contro Yugi terminando il volume con un plot twist gigantesco.
2) Yugi e Anzu si avvicinano sentimentalmente, lei comincia a provare qualcosa per Yugi. Non ricordo se questo ci fosse nell’ anime o fosse stato tralasciato ma mi ha fatto piacere.
3) Incontro doppio: Yugi e Jonouchi per arrivare al castello di Pegasus devono superare il labirinto dei fratelli Meikyu, mi ha fatto piacere vedere l’intesa tra i due e la loro amicizia che si consolida capitolo dopo capitolo.
1) Kaiba torna in scena: si risveglia dal coma, dirotta un elicottero e arriva anche lui sull’isola, in stile Tom Cruise alla Mission Impossible; il suo scopo è salvare Mokuba e riprendersi la Kaiba Corporation; si scontra prima con Jonouchi, vincendo facilmente e poi contro Yugi terminando il volume con un plot twist gigantesco.
2) Yugi e Anzu si avvicinano sentimentalmente, lei comincia a provare qualcosa per Yugi. Non ricordo se questo ci fosse nell’ anime o fosse stato tralasciato ma mi ha fatto piacere.
3) Incontro doppio: Yugi e Jonouchi per arrivare al castello di Pegasus devono superare il labirinto dei fratelli Meikyu, mi ha fatto piacere vedere l’intesa tra i due e la loro amicizia che si consolida capitolo dopo capitolo.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 3, 2023
I am surprised that more of the story makes sense compared to the anime. The game style reminds me a lot of the Duelist of the Roses game for the PS2. Still enjoyed the story and love seeing the differences and how dark the book series really is.
October 22, 2020
are we camping cause this is in-tents.
hah.
hah.
June 15, 2023
Now that this has gone full card game mode it's a lot more fun. Summoned Skull and Pumpking, the King of Ghosts are great monsters.
September 10, 2023
Kaiba you dirty cheater!
January 12, 2024
"THE CROSS OF COLLECTABLE CARD GAME DEFEAT"
I love Yu-Gi-Oh so much
I love Yu-Gi-Oh so much
July 30, 2024
Where my Magician of Black Chaos at?
October 16, 2025
The gate guardian duel flooded me with nostalgia
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