Japanese Volume 8. Corresponds to Episodes 2–6 of the anime.

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Product Description

A fantastic melding of cool teenage drama and ancient myth. Sitting by himself at the back of the classroom , 10th grader Yugi always has his head in some game or another. Until, that is, he solves the Millennium Puzzle, an Egyptian artifact containing the spirit of a master gambler from the age of the pharoahs ...Awakened after three thousand years, the King of Games possesses Yugi, and recklessly challanges all comers, whether school bullies or violent criminals to the Shadow Games. The stakes are high and even the most ordinary bet may result in weirdness and danger beyond belief.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #395340 in Books
• Published on: 2005-02-02
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 216 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781591166146
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Review
"Those who enjoyed the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime series will probably enjoy reading a couple of volumes just to see where it all started." -- Gemma Cox NEO Magazine

About the Author
Kazuki Takahashio has been involved in manga since 1982. It was only in 1996 with the debut of Yu-Gi-Oh in the Shonen Jump weeky comic that his career took off. After the phenomenal success of the series and the trading cards and TV anime that have followed he is a multiple millionaire courted assiduously by Hollywood.

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Customer Reviews

Let the Games Continue!?!?!?...hmm...
There are several reasons why you should buy this manga. First, Yami. Two, Kaiba. Three,...I'm just kidding! Seriously, though,...

If you've flipped through the Shonen Jump mags out there, but were waiting for the graphic novels to come out, these are the stories included in this volume (NO spoilers here, so you don't have to worry about something being ruined ;-). These synopses should lightly touch upon the content, nothing more...):

8: The Poison Man - the one in which Joey buys a pair of rare sneakers from a shady businessman
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9: The Cards with Teeth part 1 - the introduction of Kaiba, kinda like episode 1 of the cartoon...
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10: The Cards with Teeth part 2 - except it doesn't have Exodia, that's a later one, and there's a different purpose behind this duel...
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11: The Wild Gang part 1 - Joey doesn't come to school one day...
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12: The Wild Gang part 2 - and as Honda, Yuugi, and Anzu find out why, they race to find him...
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13: The Man from Egypt part 1 - introduction of Shadi, vaguely resembling the "Aftermath" of Duelist Kingdom in the cartoon series...
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14: The Man from Egypt part 2 - except they're in a museum...
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15: The Other Criminal - the follow-up to The Man from Egypt--this leads into Shadi testing the other Yuugi (which is in the third installation...!)
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The artwork is great, but still evolving--e.g., you can see Jonouchi's hair style begin to change to its current form. And as always, the messages in these eight stories are strong and defined.
However, I can't help but have this feeling that the translations will reflect those of the cartoon. Honestly, I was looking forward to this volume (the Wild Gang is my favorite in this compilation), but seeing these translations make me worry for the future issues. I had bought the graphic novel in hopes of seeing Yu-Gi-Oh! in its true form, but if this continues, there still may be some drastic name changes. But I am glad that they at least honor the real names of the cards in the back of the book. Hopefully, they'll stop basing the translations on what the cartoon has done to it and start translating the manga the way it was meant to be read.

Still for the older crowd, Yu-Gi-Oh! 2 is definitely worth the purchase.

GO YUGI!!

The continuing awesomeness!
Again, brilliant! This volume continues where the first left off, and introduces us to Shadi! Again more graphic violence, which makes the story even better!

The true story behind the first episode!
Remember in the first episode where Kaiba rips up the Blue Eyes owned by Yugi's grandpa, and Yugi then duels him and wins with Exodia? Well, this is the original story behind it: Death-T! Kaiba's been wanting revenge ever since Yugi actually defeated him at Magic and Wizards(the original name for Duel Monsters), so he blackmails him, more or less, into facing his amusement park from heck. Kaiba wants Yugi dead, but if somehow he actually manages to get by the first 4 stages, he'll face Kaiba in a rematch. And yes, it's going to be exactly the same as in the first episode... or is it? Let's just say that there will be quite a few surprises for people familiar with, "The Heart of the Cards." I happen to notice; that there's an extreme lack of Yami Yugi in this volume(he only shows up briefly to poison Mokuba and save Jonouchi). But don't worry, he'll get to show up next volume. Also, not only do we get introduced to a completely new perverted character(who, get this--- is just a baby!), but lots of stuff in this will more than likely give them nightmares--- especially one character named the Chopman, a serial killer(yes, a serial killer) Kaiba hires to off the group. It's stuff like this that reminds me why I love the Yu-Gi-Oh manga:

1, All the characters are a bit more extreme than in the anime, 2, Some characters actually die in the manga, 3, The card game, while still important, is not as much of a focus as it is in the anime(which even creates HUGE filler storylines to have more of the card battles), 4, The duels themselves are much more violent than in the anime, and 5, the art just looks so cool! Too bad the anime sugar-coated everything in it, and then 4Kids came and sugar-coated it again, just so the kids could watch! But with this volume, we can at least see how it is originally intended, and it's no exception to the reasons of why I love it so much. So in the end, if you want to see the "mature" version of the Yu-Gi-Oh your kid brother or sister watches, I recommened this volume!