The first Japanese volume of Yu-Gi-Oh!, Puzzle of the Gods, released by Shueisha on March 4, 1997.
The Yu-Gi-Oh!manga is written and illustrated by Kazuki Takahashi. It was originally serialized in Japan in Weekly Shōnen Jump from Shueisha from 1996 to 2004.[1][2] The plot follows the story of a boy named Yugi Mutou who is given the ancient Millennium Puzzle, and awakes an alter-ego within his body, who helps him with any problem he is having using various games.
Shueisha collected the chapters in tankōbon format; the first volume was released on March 4, 1997, and the last volume (volume 38) was released on June 4, 2004.[3][4] Shueisha republished the manga in twenty-two volumes from April 18, 2007,[5] to March 18, 2008.[6] In the United States, Viz Media serialized 14 volumes worth of the manga in Shonen Jump from December 3, 2002, to December 4, 2007. They also released the manga in volumes, but divided in three series. The first series, Yu-Gi-Oh!, includes the first seven volumes, and were released from May 7, 2003,[7] to December 7, 2004.[8]Yu-Gi-Oh!: Duelist includes volumes 8–31, and Yu-Gi-Oh!: Millenium World, the volumes 32–38. Both series started publication in 2005,[9][10] and while the last volume from Duelist was released on December 4, 2007, Millenium World ended on February 5, 2008.[11][12]
Chapter list
No.
Title
Original release date
English release date
1
The Puzzle of the Gods / The Millenium Puzzle Kami no Pazuru (神のパズル)
Battle 5: "The False Prophet" (妙な予言者, Myō na Yogensha)
Battle 6: "Into the Fire" (熱い死闘, Atsui Shitō)
Battle 7: "The Face of Truth" (真実の顔, Shinjitsu no Kao)
Yugi Mutou, a high school boy with a fond of games, is attempting to solve the Millenium Puzzle, an ancient object given to him by his grandfather, Sugoroku Mutou. As he is doing it, two other boys, Katsuya Jonouchi and Hiroto Honda, take the box containing the pieces and begin tossing it back and forth. Finally Anzu Mazaki, one of Yugi's childhood friends, catches the box and chases the two bullies off. Yugi tells Anzu about the treasure and that he made a secret wish on it, not realizing that Jonouchi had stolen the final piece, and dropped it in a moat. Tetsu Ushio overhears and after school asks Yugi if anyone has been bullying him, with Yugi denying it. The next day after school, Ushio shows Yugi a badly beaten Jonouchi and Honda, and demands that he pay him for it. While trying to come up with a plan, Yugi gets farther than he ever has in solving the puzzle. Jonouchi arrives just in time to give Yugi's grandpa the final piece. When Yugi finally solves the puzzle, another being takes over Yugi's body. Yugi then challenges Ushio to a shadow game at school, resulting in Ushio facing a penalty game, in which he sees nothing but money. At school the next day, Jonouchi meets with Yugi, who had no memory of what happened after he solved the puzzle, and they become friends. Yugi then starts to face several people in different games.
Battle 9: "The Cards with Teeth (Part 1)" (牙を持つカード<前編>, Kiba o Motsu Kādo (Zenpen))
Battle 10: "The Cards with Teeth (Part 2)" (牙を持つカード<後編>, Kiba o Motsu Kādo (Kōhen))
Battle 11: "The Wild Gang (Part 1)" (キレた奴ら<前編>, Kireta Yatsura (Zenpen))
Battle 12: "The Wild Gang (Part 2)" (キレた奴ら<後編>, Kireta Yatsura (Kōhen))
Battle 13: "The Man from Egypt (Part 1)" (エジプトから来た神<前編>, Ejiputo kara Kita Otoko (Zenpen))
Battle 14: "The Man from Egypt (Part 2)" (エジプトから来た神<後編>, Ejiputo kara Kita Otoko (Kōhen))
Battle 15: "The Other Criminal" (もう一人の罪人, Mō Hitori no Zainin)
In the first chapter of the second volume, Jonouchi spends a large sum of money on a pair of shoes known as "Air Muscle", only to have the shoes taken from him by "Muscle Hunters", a group after rare shoes. This turns out to be a scam created by the shopkeeper to get money. Yami Yugi challenges the shopkeeper to a Shadow Game, whereupon the Shopkeeper ends up being stabbed by the scorpion he placed inside the shoe. Then, Sugoroku introduces "Magic & Wizards" (later changed to "Duel Monsters") to Jonouchi and Anzu, which, while popular in America, has been gaining a following in Japan. Seto Kaiba then arrives in the Game Store, and offers a large amount of trading cards for Sugoroku's Blue-Eyes White Dragon, which he refuses. Kaiba then tricks Yugi into giving him the Blue-Eyes when he brings it to school. Yami then challenges him to a Shadow Game where the monsters in the game come to life. Kaiba manages to summon Sugoroku's Blue-Eyes, but it instead sacrifices itself as Kaiba did not understand its heart. Kaiba loses, and then is subjected to a Penalty Game where he is trapped in an illusion where he believes he is surrounded by monsters. Afterward, Jonouchi's former gang leader Hirutani comes back and demands that he rejoins his gang otherwise he would beat all of his classmates at Domino High. Jonouchi initially agrees until a gang member injures Yugi, who was pleading with Jonouchi to come with them. The gang then ties Jonouchi up and begins to torture him with tasers. Using the power of the Millennium Puzzle, Yami was able to find Jonouchi and defeat the gang by getting them soaked in rainwater and using one of their own tasers against them. Lastly, a museum exhibit with recently found Egyptian artifacts comes to Japan, and the man who discovers them, Professor Yoshimori, invites his friend Sugoroku (along with Yugi and company) to see the exhibit for free. The curator of the museum then tricks Yugi into giving him the Millennium Puzzle, which he intends to sell. However, he ends up murdered in a Shadow Game by Shadi, the owner of both the Millennium Scale and Key. Yugi then runs into Shadi, who is surprised to learn that he is the one who solves the Millennium Puzzle. He uses the Millennium Key to peer into his soul, where he finds Yami, who submits him to a Shadow Game and wins. Defeated, Shadi then leaves to punish Professor Yoshimori, and finds that he knows Yugi. Wanting to have a rematch with Yami, Shadi brainwashes Yoshimori with the Millennium Key and forces him to attack Yugi's friends in an attempt to bait Yami Yugi out.
Shadi's Challenge - Conclusion: Desiring to discover the Millennium Puzzle's true power, with the Millennium Scales and the Millennium Key, Shadi summons deadly Shadow Game trials that, if Dark Yugi can't successfully pass them, will kill his best friends.
Battle 33: "Cubes of Fear!!!" (正方形の恐怖！！！, Seihōkei no Kyōfu!!!) / "Terror Cubed!!!"
Seto Kaiba, who lost a Shadow Game of Magic & Wizards (changed to Duel Monsters in the English version of the manga) to Dark Yugi for stealing his grandfather's precious Blue-Eyes White Dragon card, suffered a Penalty Game in which he experienced a sensation similar to death, and suffered nightmares from it thereafter. Begrudged over the loss and humiliation, he decided to build a deranged theme park called Death-T, designed to enact revenge on Yugi by killing him with deadly games. Luring Yugi's grandfather, Sugoroku Mutou, into a virtual version of the game, he defeats the old game master with three Blue-Eyes White Dragons and tears up his precious card. When Kaiba tortures Sugoroku with an artificial Penalty Game and threatens his life, Yugi and his friends are forced to partake in Kaiba's deadly games in order to save him. The games are a laser gunfght, a coaster which can electrocute those who make any noise, a timed game in which Yugi's friends' hands will get chopped up if he doesn't figure out a riddle, a chainsaw deathmatch and a room with falling cubes. Yugi's friends, except for Honda, who had "disappeared" during the falling cube game, successfully beat these challenges.
5
The Terror of Blue Eyes!! / The Heart of the Cards Burūaizu no Kyōfu!! (青眼の恐怖！！)
Battle 42: "Get the 1,000,000 Yen!!" (１００万円をゲットせよ！！, Hyakuman'yen o Getto Seyo!!) / "Get the Million!!"
The Second Arena - 1 Piece of Heart: Yugi tells his friends about his "other self" before facing Mokuba in a rematch of Capsule Monster Chess. He saves Mokuba from the penalty game Kaiba set up, and the other Yugi faces Kaiba in a Magic & Wizards rematch. After a few turns, Kaiba used his three blue-eyes combo he used against Yugi's grandpa. The other Yugi gathers all the cards needed, the parts of Exodia, the Forbidden One, to beat Kaiba. He uses a "mind crush" on Kaiba, in which Kaiba will slowly rebuild his heart.
Battle 50: "Millenium Enemy 1: The Mysterious Transfer Student" (千年の敵１ -謎の転校生-, Sennen no Teki Ichi: Nazo no Tenkōsei)
Battle 51: "Millenium Enemy 2: Monster World" (千年の敵２ -モンスター・ワールド-, Sennen no Teki Ni: Monsutā Wārudo)
Ryo Bakura, a fan of tabletop role-playing games, is a new transfer student at Domino City High, and quickly befriends Yugi Mutou and the rest of his friends. However, Bakura has a dark secret, he is also the owner of a Millennium Item, the Millennium Ring, and like Yugi, has another personality dwelling within him called Dark Bakura, who has been turning every game he plays into Shadow Games and putting Ryo's friends in a coma by putting their souls within miniature figures using Penalty Games; causing Ryo to constantly transfer schools and lose friends. Fearing for the safety of his new friends, he insists that they shouldn't play games together. Despite his plea, Yugi and his other pals come to Bakura's house to play his favorite Monster World game in order to cheer him up. Desiring to take Yugi's Millennium Puzzle, Dark Bakura turns this friendly tabletop RPG into a Shadow Game, trapping the souls of Yugi and his friends into their RPG miniatures. However, Dark Yugi takes over Yugi's body at the last second and the battle to free their new friend and their souls commence as they adventure into the Monster World campaign.
7
Millenium Enemy / Monster World Sennen no Teki (千年の敵)
Battle 58: "Millenium Enemy 9: The White Wizard Bakura" (千年の敵９ -白魔導士バクラ-, Sennen no Teki Kyū: Shiro Madōshi Bakura)
Battle 59: "Millenium Enemy 10: Miracle Dice Roll" (千年の敵１０ -奇跡のダイス・ロール-, Chitose no Teki Jū: Kiseki no Daisu Rōru) / "Millenium Enemy 10: The Last Die Roll"
Millenium Enemy: Yugi & his friends succeed in beating the RPG & the spirit of the ring.
Challenge!!!: Magic & Wizards has gotten popular, but Jonouchi still hasn't improved his skills. Yugi looks at his deck, and tells him that he needs monster AND magic/trap cards to have a strong deck. After school, Yugi and co. receive a package containing a video tape, a glove, and two star chips. The gang play the tape, and it comes with a surprise. The creator, Pegasus J. Crawford (changed to Maximillion J. Pegasus in the English version), challenges Yugi to a game of Magic & Wizards, and Yugi accepts. The other Yugi takes over from there.
Battle 67: "The Ultimate Perfect Appearance!!" (究極完全態！！, Kyūkyoku Kanzentai!!) / "The Ultimate Great Moth"
Battle 68: "Devil Shock" (魔の電撃, Ma no Dengeki) / "Demon Lightning"
Battle 69: "Evil Woman" (魔性の女, Mashō no Onna) / "The Siren"
The other Yugi continues his match with Pegasus, but is defeated by a time limit. Pegasus takes Sugoroku's soul, and the only way to get him back is if Yugi beats Pegasus on his private island - Duelist Kingdom. Jonouchi tells the gang about his blind sister, Shizuka Kawai, and the reason he too is entering the tournament - to get the money to pay for her eye surgery. Anzu, Honda and Bakura manage to get on board with Yugi and Jonouchi, and Yugi and Jonouchi meet on the ship Mai Kujaku, Insector Haga and Dinosaur Ryuzaki. Unfortunately, a moment with Yugi and Haga alone causes Yugi to lose cards vital for using Exodia. The other Yugi then takes over from that point on. Pegasus explains the rules for the tournament known as the Duelist Kingdom tournament. Yugi duels Haga, betting his single star chip and his life, while Haga bets two of his star chips. After a few turns, Mai joins the gang to watch. After even more time passes, Yugi wins the duel and takes the star chips.
9
The Legendary Dragon!! / The Puppet Master Densetsu no Doragon!! (伝説の竜！！)
Battle 139: "Rare VS Rare!!" (レアＶＳレア, Rea Bāsasu Rea!!) / "Rare vs. Rare!"
Battle 140: "The Broken Bond!!" (壊れた絆！！, Kowareta Kizuna!!) / "The Broken Bond"
Battle 141: "The Calling of the Powers" (呼び合う力, Yobiau Chikara)
Battle 142: "Solve the Puzzle!!" (パズルを解け！！, Pazaru o Hodoke!!)
A new game shop called the Black Clown opens across the street from Yugi's house, the Kame Game shop. Advertising a new game abbreviated "DDD" (changed to "DDM" in the English version of the manga), Yugi and his friends decide to try out the new game on their free time. But unbeknownst to Yugi, Jonouchi, Anzu, Honda, and Bakura, the owner of the new shop is Mr. Clown, who lost a Shadow Game called the Devil's Board Game to Sugoroku Mutou long ago, losing his youth and becoming disfigured as a Penalty Game in a competition for the Millennium Puzzle. Raising his son to be a master gamer in order to enact revenge by beating Sugoroku's grandson, new classmate Ryuji Otogi starts causing trouble for Yugi and his friends with his bar bet games as he plans to take revenge for his father using a game of his own creation, Dragons, Dice & Dungeons (changed to Dungeon Dice Monsters in the English version of the manga), in order to take the title of "Game King" as well as the Millennium Puzzle.[41]
17
The Lost Cards / The Egyptian God Cards Ushinawareshi Kādo (失われしカード)
One day, Seto Kaiba meets Ishizu Ishtar, holder of the Millennium Tauk, at the Domino City Museum and learns that the game of Duel Monsters was based on a Shadow Game played long ago by an Egyptian Dynasty ruled over by a nameless Pharaoh who resembled his rival Yugi Mutou, and that an organization of thieves and bootleggers ("the Ghouls of the gaming underworld"[45]) robbed Ishizu of two of three God Cards that were made to be the strongest monsters in the game by Pegasus, based on the gods depicted on the stone tablet. In order to lure them out, Ishizu gives Kaiba the "God of Obelisk" and manipulates him into opening the Battle City tournament to lure them out. At the same time, Dark Yugi finally learns of his true origins, that he is the spirit of an ancient Egyptian Pharaoh trapped in the Millennium Puzzle for thousands of years, and that the key to regaining his lost memory is to fight in the Battle City tournament. However, the owner of the last Millennium Item, the Millennium Rod, is the leader of the Ghouls, and has a vendetta against the nameless king and plans to kill him.
19
Magic Battle!! / Magician vs. Magician Majutsu Sen!! (魔術戦！！)
Battle 279: "Millenium Treasure!!" (千年の秘宝！！, Sennen no Hihō!!)
Battle 280: "The Uneasy Night!" (胸騒ぎの夜！, Munasawagi no Yoru!)
Battle 281: "The Truth of the Artifacts!!" (超古代遺物の真実！！, Ātifakuto no Shinjitsu!!)
Battle 282: "Memory Journey!!" (記憶への旅へ！！, Kioku e no Tabi e!!)
Battle 283: "The 6 Chosen Priests" (選ばれし６神官, Erabareshi Roku Shinkan)
Battle 284: "Evil Shadow" (邪悪なる影, Jākunaru Kage)
Battle 285: "Thief King Bakura!!" (盗賊王バクラ！！, Tōzoku-Ō Bakura!!)
Battle 286: "Diabound VS Galestgoras!!" (精霊獣VS魔物！！, Diabaundo bāsasu Garesutogorasu!!)
Battle 287: "Father's Shadow" (父の影, Chichi no Kage)
After conquering Battle City, Dark Yugi has obtained all three God Cards and now requires all seven Millennium Items to unlock his lost memories. Dark Bakura once again feigns allegiance with Yugi and relinquishes the Millennium Eye which he took from Pegasus before his death, promising the Millennium Ring later. A mysterious man named Bobasa offers to act as a guide for Dark Yugi under orders from their old enemy Shadi, promising him Shadi's Millennium Key and Scales. When Dark Yugi and his friends arrive at the museum to present the God Cards in front of the Memory Tablet, Dark Yugi seems to disappear into the Memory World, where Yugi and his other friends (except Ryo Bakura, who is excluded because Bobasa had sensed an evil presence in his heart) decide to enter the Millennium Puzzle to find the true room to the Memory World using the Millennium Key, guided by Bobasa, in order to find the other Yugi. However, Dark Yugi was actually transported to the back of the Domino City Museum to play against Dark Bakura in the Shadow RPG, a tabletop role-playing reenactment of history powered by the Millennium Puzzle's memories, with his player character being his past self, the young Pharaoh aided by his six priests. In order to stop Dark Bakura from resurrecting the evil god Zorc and save the souls of his friends who are trapped in the game world, he must defeat Dark Bakura in the RPG. At the same time, Yugi and his friends must search for Dark Yugi's true name as NPCs in the Ancient Egyptian game world that resembles the past, ravaged by the vengeful Thief King.
33
Ancient Diaha!! / Magician's Genesis Inishie no Diaha!! (古の決闘！！)
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