Yu-Gi-Oh!: Duelist, Vol. 17: One-Turn Kill

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist #17

by Kazuki Takahashi

Jonouchis Gegner im Finale ist kein anderer als Marik! Ein heftiges Duell entbrennt, in dem Jonouchi ganz schön zittern muss. Doch irgendwie ist Marik ganz anders als zuvor: Jonouchis Gegner scheint nun eine Duellantenseele zu besitzen...

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Comics, Fiction, Shonen, Graphic Novels, Young Adult

192 pages, Paperback

First published June 4, 2001

About the author

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!

Reviews

[Bradley · Rating 3 out of 5]

I’m playing a TCG right now, Disney’s Lorcana, and it’s funny how YuGiOh reads in the light of playing a card game. It’s a recommended experience. I had YuGiOh cards but never really dove in. One of my best friends from childhood was my playing partner and we skewed all the rules for various things.

Anywho, this volume is pretty sweet. Yami Bakura’s rad for going out in his own way. Gotta respect it.

Favorite card: Earl of Demise (probably because I owned it xD)

[Leandro Escobar-herrera · Rating 4 out of 5]

Yu-Gi-Oh’s continue dipping its toes in horror tropes to good effect, though this volume lacks an emotional punch

The end of the Yugi/Bakura fight ends in an emotional chess game, and Joey has some nice moments proving his worth as a duelist to his peers. The villains this time around are both engaging and compelling, and their plans are actually good for once.

This volume continues the hot streak this series has been on.

[Burberi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty awesome to see Bakura's evil side protecting him

[Jerry (Rebel With a Massive Media Library) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Two intense duels in this volume! Can't wait to read the next one, so I can see what happens next!

[Joseph B · Rating 5 out of 5]

One-Turn Kill is the 17th volume in the Duelist series of Yu-Gi-Oh. Continuing the semi-finals of the Battle City arc. First, Yugi finishes off his duel against Yami Bakura. There is some emotional weight to this storyline, as much as there can be in a manga series like this. I enjoyed that dynamic. The "Occult Combo" Bakura uses is also interesting. The story then shifts into Jonouchi's duel against "Marik" who is Rishid in disguise. He has a trap deck with an Egyptian theme which is fitting. One would think Jinzo, Jonouchi's card which destroys all traps, would make this an easy duel but there is a lot of strategy at play. Takahashi has a lot of fun with the art this time around and you can tell. Overall this is a great entry into this storyline. 4.5 stars.

[Kassy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Yugi's duel against Bakura was crazy. He was turned back into himself but the spirit of the millennium ring didn't want his vessel to die so he took over the body again when Yugi attacked with his God card.

Joey's duel against "Marik" is going pretty interesting, he thought he had the upper hand with having a bunch of monsters vs. a bunch of traps but that didn't work out very well. The duel is definitely crazy, it is very back and forth and Joey can loss at any minute he only has 50LP.

The ending of the volume with Marik's back story was kinda interesting tho.

[Daniel Pappas · Rating 4 out of 5]

decent nail biter

Surprisingly the duels are always solid nail biters. I like Yugi’s duel against Bakura. Really makes you think although there seems to be no real consequences for losing a duel even though we keep getting elaborate death traps.

[Adrian Santiago · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lamentablemente es como volver a ver el anime, así que me sé la historia y los cambios son minúsculos.

Pero en sí, la historia es muy buena, ojalá no recordara cómo acaba la historia y los duelos, sería mucho más interesante. Al menos los diseños y las peleas son muy buenas.

[Kurtis Burkhardt · Rating 5 out of 5]

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😻👌😁❤️

[Inge · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm curious what will happen next because Marik is not playing as himself.

[Roselyn Blonger · Rating 4 out of 5]

¿Cómo pudieron hacer esto? Para el final de este tomo era un mar de lágrimas... no sólo por Marik sino también por Rishid. No tengo palabras.

[Jaden John · Rating 5 out of 5]

love it

[Alexandra · Rating 5 out of 5]

Yugi vs Bakura is awesome and Joey was peak Joey shenanigans

[Josh · Rating 3 out of 5]

A ouija board of doom made for a far more interesting duel than the dozens of previous ones.

[Nightshade · Rating 3 out of 5]

I find it interesting that Bakura has an occult deck. This is obviously the influence of Yami Bakura; however, Bakura himself seems thrilled by his deck. Yugi manages to beat Yami Bakura by summoning Slifer. Marik forces Bakura to re-emerge in an attempt to make Yugi throw the duel as Bakura would die if Silfer attacked. However Yami Bakura regained control to allow Yugi to strike the winning blow without killing Bakura, as he still needs his vessel.
Then Jonouchi gets to fight Rishid, although it is barely a fight as Jonouchi is crushed pretty easily right from the start, despite making a comeback. This duel so far has just been annoying.
I liked Rishid’s flashback. From that I worked out that Rishid is 25 years old, Ishizu is 20 and Marik is 16. That places me closest to Ishizu’s age, yay. The flashback actually showed Marik’s father carving the tomb keeper’s secret into Marik’s back with a flame heated knife. It also showed the blood pouring from Rishid’s face where he created his own scar (this is probably one of the reasons for the return of the ‘including scenes to startling for TV!’ comment on the back of the book which was absent for the volumes 9-12). Marik was terrified of the rite of the tomb guardians and came out asking Rishid who he should hate for what was done to him.
I can’t wait to read the rest of the volumes in this series, but unfortunately the library does not have them so I will have to find them elsewhere.

[Sarah Maddaford · Rating 3 out of 5]

Reviewed on previous volumes Yu-Gi-Oh! Volumes 1-4 and Duelist Volumes 1-5 as well as the final volume

[Emma L.B.]

- Will re-read before I put a review -

[Chelsea · Rating 4 out of 5]

And the semi-finals continue! Yugi calls upon Slifer to end Bakura, but the attack would kill him. Evil!Bakura decides to protect his host so sacrifices himself in the end. Next up is Jonouchi vs. "Marik". Of course, we know he's actually Rishid. And Rishid's deck is nothing but traps! His strategy is to call upon the fake Ra card to further convince everyone he is Marik. The volume ends with a flashback on how Rishid and Marik came to be "friends", and offers more of a backstory on Marik. It was a really graphic tale of the God Cards secrets being carved into Marik's back.
This volume was really intense and full of drama. I liked the insight into Marik and felt like fleshing out both Marik and Rishid was ultimately necessary. Jonouchi truly shows how far he's come as a duelist as he figures out a strategy to beat Rishid.