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遊☆戯☆王R [Yu-Gi-Oh! R] #2
Yu-Gi-Oh! R, Volume 2
The shocking sequel to Yu-Gi-Oh!: Duelist and prequel to Yu-Gi-Oh!: Millennium World! When the follower of an old enemy returns to take revenge, Yugi Mutou must duel to save a friend's life. But can he overcome the power of the three "Jashin," the terrifying Evil God Cards?
Yugi's battle with Yako Tenma continues, but things are not as they seem! Yako's Evil God Cards are just as strong as Yugi's Egyptian God Cards, and at the height of the duel, they unleash their hidden supernatural power. Meanwhile, Yako reveals the true purpose of his sinister "R.A. Project," and why he needs Anzu's body. Can anyone stop his mad plan?
Yugi's battle with Yako Tenma continues, but things are not as they seem! Yako's Evil God Cards are just as strong as Yugi's Egyptian God Cards, and at the height of the duel, they unleash their hidden supernatural power. Meanwhile, Yako reveals the true purpose of his sinister "R.A. Project," and why he needs Anzu's body. Can anyone stop his mad plan?
200 pages, Paperback
First published December 2, 2005
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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 4, 2023
"Bring it on, you filthy, carrion-eating dueling hyena"
Picking up directly where volume 1 left off, volume two begins with the continuation of the duel between Yugi and our season antagonist, Tenma. Except, wait, we still have 3 volumes to go, so there must be something afoot... Is this guy the real 'big bad' of Yu-Gi-Oh! R, or are we in for a twist?
Meanwhile, Kaiba and Mokuba arrive at their Domino headquarters after Tenma shuts down their computer mainframe and puts a tragic end to a tournament the brothers were attending in America. Although, based on Kaiba's commentary, maybe it's just as well. "The skill level of these duelists is lower than I expected...we may have to consider creating a facility to train duelists."
Ah, Kaiba. Always the pragmatist.
And speaking of Kaiba, we can always count on him to bring things back down to earth when the plot comes a tad untethered.
After his arrival at headquarters, Kaiba pulls a massive flex by trouncing one of Tenma's duel professors for no reason since he and Mokuba didn't need one of the keys to get into the building (hello, it's their building), and giving us the scathing burn of the volume by calling the guy a filthy, carrion-eating dueling hyena.
In a conversation in which he lacks all semblance of self-awareness, Tenma explains to Kaiba that they're on the same side, actually, practically brothers, what with their orphanage upbringings and rags to riches tales of being adopted by billionaires, with the one 'blot' on their respective rises to power being Yugi Mouto.
"As one in the same situation as I," Tenma says with all the conviction of a man who doesn't realize how very in the wrong he is, "I would like you to help me."
Seto -- I drove my adopted father to suicide after forcibly taking his company out from under him; yours was murdered/disappeared by a guy who won't even be relevant for another two seasons, and by the way I already had a successful rise to power, how dare you compare me to you, loser-- Kaiba is just like:
'Bruh, you do realize you should have asked for me to team up with you before you invaded my building and took over my computer mainframe, right? Like, why the heck would I help you?'
And Tenma's like:
'Dang. You're right. Well, this is awkward...' before dissolving dramatically into a mass of pixels.
Elsewhere, Yugi has the plot more fully revealed to him as not-Tenma explains that freaking Bandit Keith of all people, made up a story about seeing Yugi steal Pegasus's Millennium Eye and murder him (no one in this evil organization seems to be able to decide if Pegasus is dead or missing).
Not-Tenma goes on to explain that, like Pegasus, Tenma wants to use Kaiba's technology to bring back Pegasus's mind from... the afterlife? The same cyber-space the Big 5 were trapped in? Who knows. Somewhere. And then, he wants to transplant Pegasus's mind into Tea's body.
After the Noah arc in season 3, the idea of people using Kaiba's technology to play musical chairs with people's souls and bodies shouldn't be that big of a surprise, but it is weird that Tea was at the center of a bizarre, forced transgenderism plot twice, first with that penguin-obsessed dude who was really keen on having his mind uploaded into the body of a teen girl, and now Tenma being like: 'surely, this is what Pegasus would've wanted!' It's like Matt Walsh won a contest to choose one of the series plot points.
Poor Tea. Poor Pegasus.
According to Tenma, though, there were super legit reasons to pick Tea, actually.
1. The soul vessel must be physically and mentally fit (I guess soul-switching is hard on a person?)
2. The soul vessel can't be a duelist because it's too difficult to detach the soul of a duelist from their body (source: trust me, bro. Also, it would have saved everyone a heck-ton of trouble if someone would have mentioned this little crumb to Gozaburo and Noah. Ah, well, you live and you learn).
3. The soul vessel has to be someone whose loss would inflict pain on Yugi.
Imagine being Tristan and realizing you got skipped over for the whole 'soul vessel' plot because no one believed your loss would upset Yugi that much. Ouch.
That's the only reasonable explanation for not going with Tristan...one hopes.
We get a great cameo by Bandit Keith, where he dude-bros his way through his dialogue, half of which is him swearing in asterisks and dollar signs. Glorious. 10/10.
Can't wait to see what crazy antics we get in volume 3!
Picking up directly where volume 1 left off, volume two begins with the continuation of the duel between Yugi and our season antagonist, Tenma. Except, wait, we still have 3 volumes to go, so there must be something afoot... Is this guy the real 'big bad' of Yu-Gi-Oh! R, or are we in for a twist?
Meanwhile, Kaiba and Mokuba arrive at their Domino headquarters after Tenma shuts down their computer mainframe and puts a tragic end to a tournament the brothers were attending in America. Although, based on Kaiba's commentary, maybe it's just as well. "The skill level of these duelists is lower than I expected...we may have to consider creating a facility to train duelists."
Ah, Kaiba. Always the pragmatist.
And speaking of Kaiba, we can always count on him to bring things back down to earth when the plot comes a tad untethered.
After his arrival at headquarters, Kaiba pulls a massive flex by trouncing one of Tenma's duel professors for no reason since he and Mokuba didn't need one of the keys to get into the building (hello, it's their building), and giving us the scathing burn of the volume by calling the guy a filthy, carrion-eating dueling hyena.
In a conversation in which he lacks all semblance of self-awareness, Tenma explains to Kaiba that they're on the same side, actually, practically brothers, what with their orphanage upbringings and rags to riches tales of being adopted by billionaires, with the one 'blot' on their respective rises to power being Yugi Mouto.
"As one in the same situation as I," Tenma says with all the conviction of a man who doesn't realize how very in the wrong he is, "I would like you to help me."
Seto -- I drove my adopted father to suicide after forcibly taking his company out from under him; yours was murdered/disappeared by a guy who won't even be relevant for another two seasons, and by the way I already had a successful rise to power, how dare you compare me to you, loser-- Kaiba is just like:
'Bruh, you do realize you should have asked for me to team up with you before you invaded my building and took over my computer mainframe, right? Like, why the heck would I help you?'
And Tenma's like:
'Dang. You're right. Well, this is awkward...' before dissolving dramatically into a mass of pixels.
Elsewhere, Yugi has the plot more fully revealed to him as not-Tenma explains that freaking Bandit Keith of all people, made up a story about seeing Yugi steal Pegasus's Millennium Eye and murder him (no one in this evil organization seems to be able to decide if Pegasus is dead or missing).
Not-Tenma goes on to explain that, like Pegasus, Tenma wants to use Kaiba's technology to bring back Pegasus's mind from... the afterlife? The same cyber-space the Big 5 were trapped in? Who knows. Somewhere. And then, he wants to transplant Pegasus's mind into Tea's body.
After the Noah arc in season 3, the idea of people using Kaiba's technology to play musical chairs with people's souls and bodies shouldn't be that big of a surprise, but it is weird that Tea was at the center of a bizarre, forced transgenderism plot twice, first with that penguin-obsessed dude who was really keen on having his mind uploaded into the body of a teen girl, and now Tenma being like: 'surely, this is what Pegasus would've wanted!' It's like Matt Walsh won a contest to choose one of the series plot points.
Poor Tea. Poor Pegasus.
According to Tenma, though, there were super legit reasons to pick Tea, actually.
1. The soul vessel must be physically and mentally fit (I guess soul-switching is hard on a person?)
2. The soul vessel can't be a duelist because it's too difficult to detach the soul of a duelist from their body (source: trust me, bro. Also, it would have saved everyone a heck-ton of trouble if someone would have mentioned this little crumb to Gozaburo and Noah. Ah, well, you live and you learn).
3. The soul vessel has to be someone whose loss would inflict pain on Yugi.
Imagine being Tristan and realizing you got skipped over for the whole 'soul vessel' plot because no one believed your loss would upset Yugi that much. Ouch.
That's the only reasonable explanation for not going with Tristan...one hopes.
We get a great cameo by Bandit Keith, where he dude-bros his way through his dialogue, half of which is him swearing in asterisks and dollar signs. Glorious. 10/10.
Can't wait to see what crazy antics we get in volume 3!
October 15, 2019
More duels but not better.
My thoughts are basically the same I had with volume 1: okay characters, okay story, okay art style. Nothing specially good, yet nothing specially bad.
The main problem is that Duels are really short and they are finished before you get actually excited. The last Duel was really good, though. And I’m looking forward to read the next Yu-Gi-Oh R chapter.
Yu-Gi-Oh R Vol. 1
My thoughts are basically the same I had with volume 1: okay characters, okay story, okay art style. Nothing specially good, yet nothing specially bad.
The main problem is that Duels are really short and they are finished before you get actually excited. The last Duel was really good, though. And I’m looking forward to read the next Yu-Gi-Oh R chapter.
Yu-Gi-Oh R Vol. 1
October 4, 2022
Es demasiado. Esto tiene tantos huecos argumentales que me niego a creer que alguien lo haya pensado. Primero, Pegasus crea una conjunto de cartas súper poderosas de las que nadie supo nada y después dicen que aparte cuidaba niños huérfanos ¿y dónde quedó todo esto en el pasado que nos cuenta durante el reino de los duelistas?
Segundo, Yakou quiere un cuerpo para revivir a Pegasus ¿y decide secuestrar a una chica? ¿No era más fácil secuestrar a un hombre? ¿Quizás algún duelista como Joey o Duke? Tercero, el bandido Keith declara que Yugi mató a Pegasus y los hermanos Tenma van tras él, pero Yugi les dice que fue mentira ¿e inmediatamente le creen y se enfrentan a Keith? ¿Así nomas? ¿Son tan crédulos o en ese mundo todos son honestos?
Cuarto, ¿dónde está Yugi? ¿Por qué siendo un protagonista sólo aparece en breves cameos? ¿Cómo es posible que no aparezca ninguna vez en forma de espíritu como hace Yami? ¿Por qué Yami parece más preocupado por Anzu siendo que Yugi es el que está enamorado de ella? Porque, en serio, este Yami se vuelve loco de preocupación como sólo lo hace por Yugi.
O sea, no. Simplemente no.
Segundo, Yakou quiere un cuerpo para revivir a Pegasus ¿y decide secuestrar a una chica? ¿No era más fácil secuestrar a un hombre? ¿Quizás algún duelista como Joey o Duke? Tercero, el bandido Keith declara que Yugi mató a Pegasus y los hermanos Tenma van tras él, pero Yugi les dice que fue mentira ¿e inmediatamente le creen y se enfrentan a Keith? ¿Así nomas? ¿Son tan crédulos o en ese mundo todos son honestos?
Cuarto, ¿dónde está Yugi? ¿Por qué siendo un protagonista sólo aparece en breves cameos? ¿Cómo es posible que no aparezca ninguna vez en forma de espíritu como hace Yami? ¿Por qué Yami parece más preocupado por Anzu siendo que Yugi es el que está enamorado de ella? Porque, en serio, este Yami se vuelve loco de preocupación como sólo lo hace por Yugi.
O sea, no. Simplemente no.
October 6, 2021
It gets a little better as we actually slow down on the duels as we only get like 3 of them instead of a duel every chapter. But still we really do not get to learn much from the other duelists aside from the Tenma Twins as they are the main focus of this story. And Yakko Tenma does get a little more interesting as he starts acting a little more twisted and we finally get to see Seto come into the mix and a return of a previous character.
September 30, 2023
"R" continues with Yugi finishing his duel against Yako and his god card "Dreadroot". The art really shines in this duel; and is solid enough throughout the rest of the volume. Kaiba arrives to take back control of his building and has to face off with a card professor. Jonouchi takes on a few as well; while Yugi teams up with an unlikely ally and faces off against a familiar face. Overall this series continues to just be okay for the most part.
December 15, 2023
This volume’s quite a bit more stretched out than the first. A lot less happens in the same amount of pages for the most part, and more time is devoted to backstory. The characters involved are also a bit less fun to read about since the two leads take a backseat comparatively.
It still moves fine enough, and the art’s still solid.
It still moves fine enough, and the art’s still solid.
October 16, 2025
Un relleno, un desarrollo de historia medio absurdo, más duelos de "me burlo del oponente y al final pierdo", con personajes no muy interesantes. Pero a ver qué tal.
La idea de los avatares oscuros es medio buena, pero algo que ya se veía en los rellenos del anime con el hermanastro kaiba y el arco de los dragones.
La idea de los avatares oscuros es medio buena, pero algo que ya se veía en los rellenos del anime con el hermanastro kaiba y el arco de los dragones.
May 12, 2017
It took me way too long to read this. Name inconsistencies. Grammar typos all over the place. Inconsistent art.
The duels lasted way too long and there's not enough story between them. Really disappointing.
Yami Yugi also acts far too aggressive for his character.
The duels lasted way too long and there's not enough story between them. Really disappointing.
Yami Yugi also acts far too aggressive for his character.
December 19, 2020
Enjoyed volume 2, good duels and interesting interactions. I prefer the Japanese story rather than the animated dubbed into English version with these same characters.
December 28, 2021
good series
April 17, 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😻👌😁❤️
September 29, 2023
Hm...this last duel has me wondering.
September 24, 2025
Kaiba is a lil bitch
July 8, 2016
So horrible, I laughed
The longer this goes, the worse it gets. Yakko (not the Animaniac – I have to remind myself) needs a body to resurrect his mentor Pegasus into, so he chooses… Anzu. How does he think his mentor is going to react when he wakes up in Anzu’s body? Even if it is Pegasus.
But I digress. He chose the body of a teenage girl… for a much older man’s soul. Does anyone else see problems with this? No? Okay.
I really want to know what he was thinking. Heck, I want to know what the authors were thinking.
Interviewer: So tell me how you came to this conclusion.
Yako Tenma: Well, I needed a body for Pegasus, and Yugi is the reason he’s dead…
Interviewer: Not exactly, but okay.
Yako Tenma: … so I stole one of his friends!
Interviewer: Why Anzu? Why not Jounouichi or Honda or, heck, Kaiba. Pegasus would get a kick out of waking up as Kaiba.
Yako Tenma: There are three requirements: a person whose disappearance would harm Yugi, who is physically and mentally healthy, and who is not a duelist.
Interviewer: Honda fits that bill. So does Mokuba.
Yako Tenma: And Anzu.
Interviewer: Sure, but she’s a-
Yako Tenma: She’s clearly the best choice.
Interviewer: And he's a-
Yako Tenma: It’s perfect!
I give up.
On the other hand, the art was much more like the other Yu-Gi-Oh series.
The longer this goes, the worse it gets. Yakko (not the Animaniac – I have to remind myself) needs a body to resurrect his mentor Pegasus into, so he chooses… Anzu. How does he think his mentor is going to react when he wakes up in Anzu’s body? Even if it is Pegasus.
But I digress. He chose the body of a teenage girl… for a much older man’s soul. Does anyone else see problems with this? No? Okay.
I really want to know what he was thinking. Heck, I want to know what the authors were thinking.
Interviewer: So tell me how you came to this conclusion.
Yako Tenma: Well, I needed a body for Pegasus, and Yugi is the reason he’s dead…
Interviewer: Not exactly, but okay.
Yako Tenma: … so I stole one of his friends!
Interviewer: Why Anzu? Why not Jounouichi or Honda or, heck, Kaiba. Pegasus would get a kick out of waking up as Kaiba.
Yako Tenma: There are three requirements: a person whose disappearance would harm Yugi, who is physically and mentally healthy, and who is not a duelist.
Interviewer: Honda fits that bill. So does Mokuba.
Yako Tenma: And Anzu.
Interviewer: Sure, but she’s a-
Yako Tenma: She’s clearly the best choice.
Interviewer: And he's a-
Yako Tenma: It’s perfect!
I give up.
On the other hand, the art was much more like the other Yu-Gi-Oh series.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 23, 2015
It is a good book and I can see why it is abridged or in this case never made included in the episode series.
June 17, 2013
I LOVE YU-GI-OH
May 1, 2017
Meh. Volume 2 doesn't add anything to the grand scheme of things. Yako has a twin who may be on Yugi's side? Jonouchi and Honda get separated and he has to duel on his own as he's now dueling on his own to save Anzu. The issue is I don't think the author read Takahashi's original manga, because Jonouchi wasn't the confident duelist that almost took down Marik...instead, he was the bumbling amateur we saw pre-Duelist Kingdom. The duels weren't memorable at all, lasting only a chapter in length and with no cool saves or interesting monsters. I don't know...this series is missing its spark.
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November 8, 2018I love on how the book was able to give a bit of excitement since the battles were intense and the way that the author makes you want to read more so that you continue reading.
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