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!
Yugi fights Pandora, a duelist who uses one of Yugi’s own favorite cards, the Dark Magician! But can Yugi duel while chained to the path of a roaring buzz saw? Next, using one of his brainwashed pawns to fight for him, the mysterious Marik traps Yugi in a deadly cage match against one of the most powerful cards in the world. And more duels rage as fish monsters, sea serpents and dark beasts are unleashed from their decks!
Takahashi (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!
Not a good ratio of duels to plot in this one. I realize Yu-Gi-Oh! revolves around the game of duel monsters, but I’m not a fan of when 90% of the story is just dueling. I want the plot to be advanced and this collection did very little of that.
Prideshipping come se non ci fosse un domani ✨💜💙✨ Kaiba che incoraggia (a modo suo) Atem quasi sconfitto da Osiris e il tag match Kaiba-Atem ti rincuorano per tutti gli inutili capitoli jonouchicentrici in questo volume (e nella Battle City in generale, anzi, in tutto il manga).
This arc keeps proving to be one of the best ones, so entertaining. From really intense and well thought out duels to new character introductions and development. All around a fun time. Although, the whole dark magician becoming self-aware was kinda of a stretch honestly. The introduction of dark magician girl was awesome, so cute, an icon. They are also really stretching the whole Joey's storyline being based around his sister giving him purpose. I guess it could be worse. First to help her pay for her surgery and now to give her the courage to see. Guess he needs a purpose to participate in these events. However, Joey as a duelist has grown so much compared to the beginning of the series, he no longer wins based on luck but skill. Talented. That mime dude was super creepy, what in the world. The god cards are honestly such a great addition to the card game, it makes everything high stake. Also based on the people who currently hold on to the cards by the end of the volume it makes the anticipation for the upcoming explosive duel bigger. Malik has also been making a really good villain, he's pretty cool. Lastly, Bakuya is a rat and Kaiba can get annoying. On to the next.