Something that I feel is under appreciated is Kazuki Takahashi’s artwork; very comic-book inspiration and the artwork constantly evolving and getting better over time.
the manga itself is a masterpiece, the art is fantastic, the way he creates games in the manga is very interesting, yes the duel masters game takes over for most of the series, but even so it still comes up with new ways to make it much more interesting, like how naruto one piece and bleach evolve their characters through power ups, so does yugioh by evolving the monsters used by the MCs
it still surprises me that a series starting off as a manga, and a horror manga on top of that, actually grew into a worldwide phenomenon wide multiple spinoff series both anime and manga, and a super popular trading card game
even hearing takahashi senseis backstory from when he was in school, and how his teacher criticized him for drawing all the time during class, and saying he would never succeed in anything in life, well i hope the dude is still alive at least to grovel and kiss takashis grave to grovel for forgiveness for the harsh words that he said, because teach was 200% wrong in what takahashi sensei would be in his adult years, a successful man with a franchise that covers everything under the rainbow
One more thing about Seto Kaiba, despite how much hate 4Kidz gets, hiring the very talented Eric Stuart to do Kaiba was a genius idea. He voiced him perfectly, and probably is another reason why Kaiba is consider one of the top rated characters in anime
4Kidz only really gets hate nowadays. It was loved and stupidly popular and no one cared about any of the things it gets hated on nowadays. They just found it funny
One thing that I can never forgive is the treatment that the anime did to Anzu and Honda. Gone are the bonds that made them truly friends and now we have 2 glorified cheerleaders who do pretty much nothing but gawk at how awesome Yugi is. Sure, they duel even less in the manga than they do in the anime, but damn if they don't make their presence really felt during those downtime between duels
My little sister and I gushed over the "rare find" of Shonen Jump at the grocery store, and we spent hours talking about the few pages we managed to read before we got called away. Yugi was picking up white socks off his floor, and his mom was calling for him. We were amazed that he had a mom! We loved the art! Finding season 0 in those days was impossible; we had to use quizilla of all things! But we felt special and loved talking about it so much. Our local library didn't have the manga at the time, even though I looked for it several times, so unfortunately I have never read the manga in full. Yugi, the millennium world, the cards, all of it was incorporated into our playing pretend, mishmashed with other series we liked. To this day I have never rewatched the anime, because I want to keep it special in my memories, but it would be nice to read the manga from start to finish. :)
Casual: The early volumes are the darkest part of Yu-Gi-Oh. _Yami Marik (Manga) entered the chat._ Yami Marik in the subbed anime is a _teddy bear_ compared to his manga counterpart.
Fantastic work! Your love for the series and characters shines through the entire video. A fantastic tribute to both the manga and Takahashi himself. The Bakura and Kaiba portions were incredible!
You did a great job on analyzing the Yu-Gi-Oh series. You are only of the few people on TH-cam who covered the whole manga instead of just covering the season 0 content
This is my favourite TH-cam video of all time. Yu-Gi-Oh has had a major impact on my life and has shaped a large part of who I have become today and seeing such a passionate and detailed explanation of one of the best stories in fiction gives me a warmth in my heart I cannot explain. Thank you so much for making this video. I really hope it blows up and way more people can watch this fantastic video
My brain keeps reading the thumbnail as "Bloody Brilliant, Beautiful." And I have to remind myself that it's supposed to be more along the lines of "Bloody, Brilliant, Beautiful."
So yes i grew up with the 4Kids Dub, but that actually made me want to find and read the manga even more. I always felt a special connection with the first generation as I was very much like Yugi growing up. In fact for the most part I'm still like Yugi, though I'll admit I do have my Kaiba moments too. Especially when you mess with my family. The first Yu-Gi-Oh was special in every way you mentioned and then some. Many of us have found life long friends and even partners thanks to the creation of this series and game. Takahashi-Sensi will be forever missed by the lives he touched both directly and indirectly
The whole manga still has that horror edge to it that was washed away in the adaptations. If anything those Battle City death trap duels weren't an escelation but rather a return to form.
How can this only have 3000 something views? Excellent video. As someone that grew up with yugioh, played a lot of it and appreciates a deeper understanding of storys, I can only say: This was amazing! Keep it up! I believe you will God willing make it big on this platform. Peace
Its like you captured my love for Yugioh, and then showed it to me. But it is your love that is actually behind it. This is, and probably always will be, my favourite video on Yugioh. Just thank you for making it.
Brilliant retrospective. Yu-Gi-Oh is one of my favorite manga along with Dragonball and Full Metal Alchemist. I went from watching the dub to finding poorly subbed originals to reading the manga all while playing the card game. I recently got back into building an OCG deck for nostalgia and to play the game with some of my friends again. It's a Blue-Eyes deck that includes in the extra deck a Blue-Eyes Alternative Ultimate Dragon: a card that Takahashi-sama drew art for. It means something different for me since his passing. As an introvert myself back in my youth, the manga's vision of strength through unity always filled me with hope that I would also make friends like Yugi did. The ones I did find are like my family now. It wasn't always through games, but the example of having each others back like Yugi and Jonouchi did helped inspire me to not just help my friends but to use that friendship to help us grow and stand on our own when needed. I could probably best summarize it in a quote I've seen attributed to a few people but rings true with me: "Be strong enough to stand alone, smart enough to know when you need help, and brave enough to ask for it." A great complement to "Something you can show but can't see."
This video deserves more attention, and your channel as well. Takahashi should be known not only for being the creator of the card game, but the creator of one of the greatest mangas ever.
I have a friend who's really into the manga specifically and I've been struggling to get myself back into it as it's such a big series, but your clear passion in this video inspires me to finally pick it up when I find the time.
You did such an amazing job hyping up all the characters that by the time you got to the part you said you put off talking about "him" long enough, I was like who could be left? The first half of your video made everything seem too awesome for there to be anyone else to rival what you already talked about. Great work!
What I love the most about Yu-Gi-Oh! is how it presents strategy and makes deep reflexion look as cool and entertaining as raw action in direct fights. And it's not a simple task to keep a turn based system captivating. You have to play on psychological tension and It's surely not as straightforward. But the big + is it keeps the cool punches, kicks and laser beams but adds big brain plays and frequent unexpected turns of event to it. This is the show that shows the best how badass intense reflexion can be.
This is such a great video. It really captures the strength of the manga's characters, storyline and artwork. I've only read up to early Battle City, but seeing how Kazuki Takahashi's artwork evolved over the course of the series was so good. I loved seeing how his artwork continued to grow even after the series ended too. Admittedly, I like some of the changes in the Duel Monsters anime, like the huge stadiums in Duelist Kingdom. Maybe I'm just more used to them, but I think that they help make the duels more visually interesting for a TV series. That being said, the DM series loses a lot from skipping those early volumes. Duelist Kingdom is in a lot of ways a follow up of the Death-T arc, especially for Yami Yugi and Kaiba. I still like the anime, but the manga is really great too and hopefully I'll be able to finish it one of these days.
On the one hand, I’m genuinely glad Takahashi decided to focus on making Duel Monsters a central element of the story, but on the other hand I can’t help but wonder what the series would be like if it maintained its original premise. Would the Millennium Items have connected to some other aspect of the story? If so, what?
I'm shocked that when talking about how dark the villains get you didn't even mention how dark Marik *killed his own father* and proceeded to cut the skin off his father's back then give it to Rishid/Odion.
What I love about yugioh is just the insane variety in aesthetic. 3 decks im building at the moment, Speedroid, PUNK, and Infernity are 3 completely different styles and inspiration, from toys and games, cyberpunk theater, and Native American spiritualism. There’s a deck for all kinds of interests and styles, it’s endless!
I think every Yu-Gi-Oh! fan owes it to themselves to watch this video. Dude, thank you so much for covering the ORIGINAL story and the messages of unity Takahashi-sensei was trying to spread. It's encouraged me to re-read the whole thing again now haha
This was a very nice video. Nothing too crazy but high quality and well paced. I'd love to see more detailed and in depth content from you, well, more content in general really. I hope to be able to say I was one of the first 100 subs for ya in a year or two.
As a person who grew up with the manga (the original yu gi oh anime didn't air in my country) and not the anime it's nice to see someone else appreciate the manga! Because 4kids really didn't do justice for how great the manga is
Excellent video I love your work here, another thing I love is the fact that yami yugi is still short and they shit themselves when he shows how he has the upper hand usually short characters are gag or jokes
tell the truth...I cried when I saw the death of Takahashi sensei...at first I thought it was some twisted joke then I took a closer look and another closer look and another closer look...by the time I confirmed the news being genuine, I literally got watery eyes....yugioh manga is the first manga I read and the first manga I loved....not game...not the card game....but its original form----manga....and it still remained as my favourite....I mean Konami can fuxk itself but yugioh is a legend, Takahashi sensei is a legend....it will be never be the same without the man himself....
I´ve read the early manga chapters years ago and honestly, I loved the different games :D And I will always fondly remember the culinary russian roulette that Mokuba set up xD Mokuba was a little psycho, too after all xD Yu-Gi-Oh was one of my first animes that I´ve watched and it is the reason I got into egyptian mythology and later ancient greek and roman mythology, for which I will always be thankful for ♥ And my very first fictional crush: Jonochi :D Thanks for this passionate video :3
Just started reading the Manga, it's crazy how different everything is from the anime. So YuGi just beat Seto in a WAY different way which actually I like better then the anime was more even ground and shows bonds are important to the cards.
I love the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga because it provides an edgier twist to the childhood story. Kazuki Takahashi will always be missed for the story and messages he gave to the world. Great video, man!
May he rest in peace. This manga means so much to me since it was the first manga that taught me deeper things in life. I can't describe what that it is unless watching the anime and reading the manga. Yeah this manga is beautiful and how it grows and evolved over time holds up really well.
Jounouchi dueling to become a true duelist has stuck with me. I first read the manga in high-school and now I'm in my 30s. Yu-Gi-Oh is in my top 5 favorite manga of all time.
Kaiba absolutely outclasses every other Shonen Manga Rival when it comes to being obsessed with beating his rival. The guy literally advanced society several decades, possibly even a century or two, overnight, creating portable hologram-projectors and building a space-elevator with an orbital station, where a super-advanced AI worked for two years on studying a puzzle, the space elevator also serving as a gateway to the afterlife. Keep in mind that Yu-Gi-Oh! takes place in 1997, and DSoD in 1999! They still use freaking VHS-tapes for movies, yet Kaiba's out there advancing society's tech-level just because he wants to play a children's card game.
Amazing video!!!! The manga is one of my favs of all time but it feels like whenever it's brought up it's just for the sake of "manga d-d-dark???? yugi KILLS people???" and it's good to see videos like this that appreciate all the manga had to offer beyond that
I think this video really nails down why a lot of Yugi boomers don't take real well to the visual design of modern archetypes as well. There's a severe lack of grittiness to the archetypes nowadays, with only a few recent exceptions like Memento, Kairyu-shin (modern umi control), Danger and Unchained coming to mind. Honestly, it feels like Konami and even the community misunderstands this, with upcoming archetypes like Horus being a distinct example. Yugioh monsters weren't iconic because they had an Egyptian motif (there's nothing Egyptian about Blue-Eyes in its design). They were iconic because the designs felt very dangerous and low fantasy. Its not like we can't have the other archetypes we have today (we had monsters like Injection Fairy Lily back in the day), but there's not a lot of archetypes nowadays that have that sort of edge (as cheesy as that sounds). Even new support for legacy decks like the Poker Knights feel very sanitized, and stuff like Tistina and Ghoti just barely miss the mark. Granted, i get that a lot of this has to do with the fact that modern day audiences really take to the more modern anime aesthetic, but there's room for variety in this game. I mean, if Magic the Gathering can have a fucking Dr Who and Lord of the Rings set, then there's no reason why Yugioh can't have both weeb shit and classic Yugioh designs coexisting. Like, this game just doesn't make cards anymore with artwork like Gale Dogra. I'd love to see a modern archetype with a rough aesthetic like that.
I wholeheartedly agree with you I just don't see the anime as the same timeline/universe, let alone 4Kids dub some people might say the anime is canon but the manga will always be the true canon to me while anime just tried to retcon to be closer to irl cards, which created all the "Yugi cHeAtEd!" "He mIsPlAyEd!" when in reality, they were just poorly adapted. Also, about the deck of Sugoroku (AKA Solomon in 4Kids dub). If you really think about it, his deck was actually strong by that time. Just look at the Vol.1 of irl OCG release. you will see that the baseline of monsters was 800 ATK and below. 1200 was premium. And the infamous "Mushroom Man" has both ATK and DEF at 800. He was not weak at all by the time he was called the game master. His deck truly had no pathetic card.
26:42 Boy is THAT an understatement. The card game has gotten to be a massive mess because they refuse to use set rotation with multiple formats. For the longest time, they allowed powercreep to be the single major driving force behind sales, until it became practically unsustainable without also using the banlist to nerf previous decks that could beat the new cards. Letting the powercreep go nuts has resulted in a game that's a pretty significant departure from what it was, and not in a good or fun way. As far as "always having some worth", that's not really true, not the way you're implying, specifically BECAUSE of powercreep. Some other games at least have alternate formats where you can use cards that have been rotated out, or even rotate them back in with reprints. Because Yu-Gi-Oh! runs mostly off powercreep, most older cards that were once good can't compete, at least not without new cards to support them, and the ones that CAN get/stay banned so they don't interfere with sales. Set rotation, particularly with alternate formats, is more responsible, allowing the companies to make sales without as much risk of wrecking balance or warping how the game itself plays, which is what powercreep does.
Yugioh as a whole (excluding Rush Duels or shows related to it) is mainly for a teenage male demographic. Which is why it’s so violent and dark. Understand, it’s a Shonen, which is a demographic term for manga and anime aimed mainly at early to late teen boys (12-18). And according Hiroyuki Nakano the current chief editor of Weekly Shonen Jump, he states that since day one the magazine has always targeted young teenage boys and that the strong focus they have to always keep in mind cor the magazine. Which tell you, they always have to remind mangaka of this if they want to publish their works in the magazine. Plus the Yugioh OCG official says on the back of every pack, deck and set that the target age range is “対象年齢12才以上” (Translation: “Target age 12 years and older”) Which implies it’s for early teens or older. And “12 and up” ratings in most countries (including Japan) consider this a standard teen rating. The series is so amazing with how dark and violent it is. To us Americans, it’s like a whole different series when we watch the original Japanese version or read the manga. And the OCG is legally confirmed by Konami to be a separate game from the TCG (despite the cards being the same and only in different languages). But, of course, there’s a reason behind that, and that’s a subject for another time.
I think it was in either an author's note or an interview with Takahashi, but he said that Yami Yugi basically has the super power of "good luck", which is why he's king of games and what heart of the cards is.
I think this was the first anime I ever watched. I was pretty young too. I remember watching it on the weekends when we lived in my grandma's house and it was always on for Saturday morning cartoons after my parents bought their own house and we moved.
This was such a great video. By the time you bring up being 20 min in the video I had to check to confirm. I couldn’t believe it had actually been 20 min. Lol
Yugi muto duel style is one best. Compare to many other duel, Atem, Kabia dueling is battling to gain the upper while Joey is luck and tricks. Yugi Muto style isn't about gaining the upper hand but combintion counter power and planing, often using opponents to cement their own defeat. Taken the best from Atem and Joey to be quite a powerful duel. He defeat Dark Bakura, Kabia from the movie, Atem, often by using their own skill against them.
A remake would the best desicion to made for this series. a new experience for the master piece. now with the short animated film released by Konami ,anything could be possible.
when I transferred schools for the 4th time, there was a small shelf of books in the classroom, and one of them was the first seven chapters of the season zero manga. it taught me there is a whole level of anime and manga content beyond just the tv. I truly am thankful for it.
Here's something that I will love to see, a movie, about Yu-Gi-Oh, that's very close to the manga, sure, take some liberties here and there, but above All Else, it is the manga, just as a animated movie.
I always got vague Hellraiser vibes from Yu-Gi-Oh, the millennium puzzle always gave of a vague Lament Configuration vibe and Yami was kind of like uncle frank, but more heroic.
Wished it stayed as a horror manga and adapted into some sort of jojo anime with supernatural elements and kind of horror themes instead of collectible toys and cards for children. That's the only thing bothering me from Yugioh, it would have been kino in an alternate universe.
Something that I feel is under appreciated is Kazuki Takahashi’s artwork; very comic-book inspiration and the artwork constantly evolving and getting better over time.
the manga itself is a masterpiece, the art is fantastic, the way he creates games in the manga is very interesting, yes the duel masters game takes over for most of the series, but even so it still comes up with new ways to make it much more interesting, like how naruto one piece and bleach evolve their characters through power ups, so does yugioh by evolving the monsters used by the MCs
it still surprises me that a series starting off as a manga, and a horror manga on top of that, actually grew into a worldwide phenomenon wide multiple spinoff series both anime and manga, and a super popular trading card game
even hearing takahashi senseis backstory from when he was in school, and how his teacher criticized him for drawing all the time during class, and saying he would never succeed in anything in life, well i hope the dude is still alive at least to grovel and kiss takashis grave to grovel for forgiveness for the harsh words that he said, because teach was 200% wrong in what takahashi sensei would be in his adult years, a successful man with a franchise that covers everything under the rainbow
Man, he was good from the start of the manga.
Me too, there's an epilogue on the pocket edition of the manga where he shows 5D's characters concept and they look great
One more thing about Seto Kaiba, despite how much hate 4Kidz gets, hiring the very talented Eric Stuart to do Kaiba was a genius idea. He voiced him perfectly, and probably is another reason why Kaiba is consider one of the top rated characters in anime
Fr 4kidz always got the voice acting and the music right
i heard that apparently takahashi said he was his favourite kaiba voice
I can hear him in my head now
4Kidz only really gets hate nowadays. It was loved and stupidly popular and no one cared about any of the things it gets hated on nowadays. They just found it funny
@@mrbubbles6468Dude, they butchered One Piece. Let's not overcorrect and pretend 4Kids didn't get the hate it deserved
One thing that I can never forgive is the treatment that the anime did to Anzu and Honda. Gone are the bonds that made them truly friends and now we have 2 glorified cheerleaders who do pretty much nothing but gawk at how awesome Yugi is. Sure, they duel even less in the manga than they do in the anime, but damn if they don't make their presence really felt during those downtime between duels
Not enough people talk about how absolutely epic the Japanese soundtrack for Yu-Gi-Oh can get. Seriously, it might actually be one of the best
I have just finished reading the manga. This was already my favorite anime, but damn, I love the manga even more. Rest in Peace, Takahashi-Sensei.
He's getting decked in his grave
My little sister and I gushed over the "rare find" of Shonen Jump at the grocery store, and we spent hours talking about the few pages we managed to read before we got called away. Yugi was picking up white socks off his floor, and his mom was calling for him. We were amazed that he had a mom! We loved the art! Finding season 0 in those days was impossible; we had to use quizilla of all things! But we felt special and loved talking about it so much. Our local library didn't have the manga at the time, even though I looked for it several times, so unfortunately I have never read the manga in full. Yugi, the millennium world, the cards, all of it was incorporated into our playing pretend, mishmashed with other series we liked. To this day I have never rewatched the anime, because I want to keep it special in my memories, but it would be nice to read the manga from start to finish. :)
Oh god Quizilla. I published loads of fanfic on that site in middle and high school iirc.
Casual: The early volumes are the darkest part of Yu-Gi-Oh.
_Yami Marik (Manga) entered the chat._
Yami Marik in the subbed anime is a _teddy bear_ compared to his manga counterpart.
Fantastic work! Your love for the series and characters shines through the entire video. A fantastic tribute to both the manga and Takahashi himself. The Bakura and Kaiba portions were incredible!
You did a great job on analyzing the Yu-Gi-Oh series. You are only of the few people on TH-cam who covered the whole manga instead of just covering the season 0 content
Dark Marik will forever be my favorite Yugioh villain.
Nobody from the later series' could handle the OG villains.
This is my favourite TH-cam video of all time.
Yu-Gi-Oh has had a major impact on my life and has shaped a large part of who I have become today and seeing such a passionate and detailed explanation of one of the best stories in fiction gives me a warmth in my heart I cannot explain. Thank you so much for making this video. I really hope it blows up and way more people can watch this fantastic video
My brain keeps reading the thumbnail as "Bloody Brilliant, Beautiful." And I have to remind myself that it's supposed to be more along the lines of "Bloody, Brilliant, Beautiful."
So yes i grew up with the 4Kids Dub, but that actually made me want to find and read the manga even more. I always felt a special connection with the first generation as I was very much like Yugi growing up. In fact for the most part I'm still like Yugi, though I'll admit I do have my Kaiba moments too. Especially when you mess with my family. The first Yu-Gi-Oh was special in every way you mentioned and then some. Many of us have found life long friends and even partners thanks to the creation of this series and game. Takahashi-Sensi will be forever missed by the lives he touched both directly and indirectly
This really needs a remake.
This art style needs to make put into an anime.
Yugioh the Manga - The Animation.
The whole manga still has that horror edge to it that was washed away in the adaptations. If anything those Battle City death trap duels weren't an escelation but rather a return to form.
How can this only have 3000 something views?
Excellent video. As someone that grew up with yugioh, played a lot of it and appreciates a deeper understanding of storys, I can only say: This was amazing!
Keep it up!
I believe you will God willing make it big on this platform.
Peace
Liked and subbed
It’s close to 10,000 right now.
Really good video! It's so hard to find anyone talking about the manga that isn't just explaining the differences source material and adaptation.
"I knew you wouldn't follow the rules."
"What !?"
"PENALTY GAME !!"
Man I was waiting for you to say "bonds that last beyond time"
Thanks for making a video mostly about the manga. It bothers me that yugioh is just a card game to most people
Its like you captured my love for Yugioh, and then showed it to me. But it is your love that is actually behind it. This is, and probably always will be, my favourite video on Yugioh. Just thank you for making it.
Brilliant retrospective.
Yu-Gi-Oh is one of my favorite manga along with Dragonball and Full Metal Alchemist. I went from watching the dub to finding poorly subbed originals to reading the manga all while playing the card game. I recently got back into building an OCG deck for nostalgia and to play the game with some of my friends again. It's a Blue-Eyes deck that includes in the extra deck a Blue-Eyes Alternative Ultimate Dragon: a card that Takahashi-sama drew art for. It means something different for me since his passing.
As an introvert myself back in my youth, the manga's vision of strength through unity always filled me with hope that I would also make friends like Yugi did. The ones I did find are like my family now. It wasn't always through games, but the example of having each others back like Yugi and Jonouchi did helped inspire me to not just help my friends but to use that friendship to help us grow and stand on our own when needed.
I could probably best summarize it in a quote I've seen attributed to a few people but rings true with me: "Be strong enough to stand alone, smart enough to know when you need help, and brave enough to ask for it."
A great complement to "Something you can show but can't see."
Yu-Gi-Oh deserves the Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood treatment. A rebooted anime opting for as close to a 1:1 adaptation of the manga as possible.
Its criminal that this video has so few views. This was a spectacular analysis of my Favorite manga of all time. Keep up the good work!
This video deserves more attention, and your channel as well.
Takahashi should be known not only for being the creator of the card game, but the creator of one of the greatest mangas ever.
I have a friend who's really into the manga specifically and I've been struggling to get myself back into it as it's such a big series, but your clear passion in this video inspires me to finally pick it up when I find the time.
You did such an amazing job hyping up all the characters that by the time you got to the part you said you put off talking about "him" long enough, I was like who could be left? The first half of your video made everything seem too awesome for there to be anyone else to rival what you already talked about. Great work!
What I love the most about Yu-Gi-Oh! is how it presents strategy and makes deep reflexion look as cool and entertaining as raw action in direct fights. And it's not a simple task to keep a turn based system captivating. You have to play on psychological tension and It's surely not as straightforward. But the big + is it keeps the cool punches, kicks and laser beams but adds big brain plays and frequent unexpected turns of event to it. This is the show that shows the best how badass intense reflexion can be.
BROOOOOO THIS MADE ME FEEL SO MUCH HYPE ISTG!!! I will start reading the manga just because of this video I swear
This is such a great video. It really captures the strength of the manga's characters, storyline and artwork. I've only read up to early Battle City, but seeing how Kazuki Takahashi's artwork evolved over the course of the series was so good. I loved seeing how his artwork continued to grow even after the series ended too. Admittedly, I like some of the changes in the Duel Monsters anime, like the huge stadiums in Duelist Kingdom. Maybe I'm just more used to them, but I think that they help make the duels more visually interesting for a TV series. That being said, the DM series loses a lot from skipping those early volumes. Duelist Kingdom is in a lot of ways a follow up of the Death-T arc, especially for Yami Yugi and Kaiba. I still like the anime, but the manga is really great too and hopefully I'll be able to finish it one of these days.
On the one hand, I’m genuinely glad Takahashi decided to focus on making Duel Monsters a central element of the story, but on the other hand I can’t help but wonder what the series would be like if it maintained its original premise. Would the Millennium Items have connected to some other aspect of the story? If so, what?
I loved this video essay. The passion with which you talk about the manga and its contents is amazing.
Your conclusion abotu bonds and the true nature of yugioh was absolutely incredible and powerful! Thanks for the great video!
I'm shocked that when talking about how dark the villains get you didn't even mention how dark Marik *killed his own father* and proceeded to cut the skin off his father's back then give it to Rishid/Odion.
I wish Jounouchi (Joey) had had more time in the spotlight! He's a brilliant character with an interesting background!
Couldn't have said it better myself, fantastic video my guy!
What I love about yugioh is just the insane variety in aesthetic. 3 decks im building at the moment, Speedroid, PUNK, and Infernity are 3 completely different styles and inspiration, from toys and games, cyberpunk theater, and Native American spiritualism. There’s a deck for all kinds of interests and styles, it’s endless!
This was a great watch, deserves more views. Good job!
I think every Yu-Gi-Oh! fan owes it to themselves to watch this video. Dude, thank you so much for covering the ORIGINAL story and the messages of unity Takahashi-sensei was trying to spread. It's encouraged me to re-read the whole thing again now haha
This was a very nice video. Nothing too crazy but high quality and well paced. I'd love to see more detailed and in depth content from you, well, more content in general really. I hope to be able to say I was one of the first 100 subs for ya in a year or two.
The fact you said “Bonds Beyond-“ like three times at the end without saying “Bonds Beyond Time” is commendable.
As a person who grew up with the manga (the original yu gi oh anime didn't air in my country) and not the anime it's nice to see someone else appreciate the manga! Because 4kids really didn't do justice for how great the manga is
Excellent video I love your work here, another thing I love is the fact that yami yugi is still short and they shit themselves when he shows how he has the upper hand usually short characters are gag or jokes
"So, how do I wrap this up? Hmm..." *video ends abruptly*
this is some quality content! the pacing, the music, the transitions. i paused to like and subscribe at kaibas intro
tell the truth...I cried when I saw the death of Takahashi sensei...at first I thought it was some twisted joke then I took a closer look and another closer look and another closer look...by the time I confirmed the news being genuine, I literally got watery eyes....yugioh manga is the first manga I read and the first manga I loved....not game...not the card game....but its original form----manga....and it still remained as my favourite....I mean Konami can fuxk itself but yugioh is a legend, Takahashi sensei is a legend....it will be never be the same without the man himself....
The manga finale allways makes me cry, the emotions can't stop flowing and the artwork is so beutifil just tears after tears.
I´ve read the early manga chapters years ago and honestly, I loved the different games :D
And I will always fondly remember the culinary russian roulette that Mokuba set up xD Mokuba was a little psycho, too after all xD
Yu-Gi-Oh was one of my first animes that I´ve watched and it is the reason I got into egyptian mythology and later ancient greek and roman mythology, for which I will always be thankful for ♥
And my very first fictional crush: Jonochi :D
Thanks for this passionate video :3
Just started reading the Manga, it's crazy how different everything is from the anime. So YuGi just beat Seto in a WAY different way which actually I like better then the anime was more even ground and shows bonds are important to the cards.
I played the card game without even knowing about the show, then some years after I realized I had the three god cards lololol.
I love the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga because it provides an edgier twist to the childhood story.
Kazuki Takahashi will always be missed for the story and messages he gave to the world.
Great video, man!
Kaiba is the ultimate chad next to the Chad king Chazz
Dope vid, love the Japanese score you included
I thought you were gonna say bonds beyond time at the end😂. Golden opportunity missed lol
Excellent review of Yugioh outstanding.
May he rest in peace. This manga means so much to me since it was the first manga that taught me deeper things in life.
I can't describe what that it is unless watching the anime and reading the manga.
Yeah this manga is beautiful and how it grows and evolved over time holds up really well.
THANK YOU for talking about Jounouchi, it was my best character in the manga and was done dirty in the anime!
Jounouchi dueling to become a true duelist has stuck with me. I first read the manga in high-school and now I'm in my 30s. Yu-Gi-Oh is in my top 5 favorite manga of all time.
Kaiba absolutely outclasses every other Shonen Manga Rival when it comes to being obsessed with beating his rival. The guy literally advanced society several decades, possibly even a century or two, overnight, creating portable hologram-projectors and building a space-elevator with an orbital station, where a super-advanced AI worked for two years on studying a puzzle, the space elevator also serving as a gateway to the afterlife. Keep in mind that Yu-Gi-Oh! takes place in 1997, and DSoD in 1999! They still use freaking VHS-tapes for movies, yet Kaiba's out there advancing society's tech-level just because he wants to play a children's card game.
Childhood nostalgia meter is at all time high
Oddly enough, In future manga adaptations, the horror elements remained.
Which ones all of them? Which one should I check out first?
@@akiraasmr3002 all of them to an extent
You seriously understood everything, sir. Amazing video!!
I've always wondered why Yugioh abridged called Joey Jonochi-chan & Tristan Honda'kun during the weevil battle city episode... Mind Blown!
Great video, my friend. Keep up the great work. I loved the manga and this brought me back to that works.
Amazing video!!!! The manga is one of my favs of all time but it feels like whenever it's brought up it's just for the sake of "manga d-d-dark???? yugi KILLS people???" and it's good to see videos like this that appreciate all the manga had to offer beyond that
Great video! Potentially pondering about, purchasing the series. Video definitely helped; Thank you very much!
I think this video really nails down why a lot of Yugi boomers don't take real well to the visual design of modern archetypes as well.
There's a severe lack of grittiness to the archetypes nowadays, with only a few recent exceptions like Memento, Kairyu-shin (modern umi control), Danger and Unchained coming to mind. Honestly, it feels like Konami and even the community misunderstands this, with upcoming archetypes like Horus being a distinct example. Yugioh monsters weren't iconic because they had an Egyptian motif (there's nothing Egyptian about Blue-Eyes in its design). They were iconic because the designs felt very dangerous and low fantasy. Its not like we can't have the other archetypes we have today (we had monsters like Injection Fairy Lily back in the day), but there's not a lot of archetypes nowadays that have that sort of edge (as cheesy as that sounds).
Even new support for legacy decks like the Poker Knights feel very sanitized, and stuff like Tistina and Ghoti just barely miss the mark. Granted, i get that a lot of this has to do with the fact that modern day audiences really take to the more modern anime aesthetic, but there's room for variety in this game. I mean, if Magic the Gathering can have a fucking Dr Who and Lord of the Rings set, then there's no reason why Yugioh can't have both weeb shit and classic Yugioh designs coexisting.
Like, this game just doesn't make cards anymore with artwork like Gale Dogra. I'd love to see a modern archetype with a rough aesthetic like that.
This was so well done! Didnt expect to watch 28 minutes of yu gi oh tonight but im loving it, good stuff 🤓
I wholeheartedly agree with you
I just don't see the anime as the same timeline/universe, let alone 4Kids dub
some people might say the anime is canon
but the manga will always be the true canon to me
while anime just tried to retcon to be closer to irl cards, which created all the "Yugi cHeAtEd!" "He mIsPlAyEd!" when in reality, they were just poorly adapted.
Also, about the deck of Sugoroku (AKA Solomon in 4Kids dub). If you really think about it, his deck was actually strong by that time. Just look at the Vol.1 of irl OCG release. you will see that the baseline of monsters was 800 ATK and below. 1200 was premium. And the infamous "Mushroom Man" has both ATK and DEF at 800. He was not weak at all by the time he was called the game master. His deck truly had no pathetic card.
Ah yes, the fucking finger pointing. "PUT YO HANDS IN THE AIR, KAIBA! THESE HANDS ARE LOADED!"
9:58 Is that an Synthwave remix of "The makers ruin" from FF14 i hear in the background? That slaps so hard
26:42 Boy is THAT an understatement. The card game has gotten to be a massive mess because they refuse to use set rotation with multiple formats. For the longest time, they allowed powercreep to be the single major driving force behind sales, until it became practically unsustainable without also using the banlist to nerf previous decks that could beat the new cards. Letting the powercreep go nuts has resulted in a game that's a pretty significant departure from what it was, and not in a good or fun way.
As far as "always having some worth", that's not really true, not the way you're implying, specifically BECAUSE of powercreep. Some other games at least have alternate formats where you can use cards that have been rotated out, or even rotate them back in with reprints. Because Yu-Gi-Oh! runs mostly off powercreep, most older cards that were once good can't compete, at least not without new cards to support them, and the ones that CAN get/stay banned so they don't interfere with sales. Set rotation, particularly with alternate formats, is more responsible, allowing the companies to make sales without as much risk of wrecking balance or warping how the game itself plays, which is what powercreep does.
The bleach music for kaiba's section. Excellent touch.
Yugioh as a whole (excluding Rush Duels or shows related to it) is mainly for a teenage male demographic. Which is why it’s so violent and dark. Understand, it’s a Shonen, which is a demographic term for manga and anime aimed mainly at early to late teen boys (12-18). And according Hiroyuki Nakano the current chief editor of Weekly Shonen Jump, he states that since day one the magazine has always targeted young teenage boys and that the strong focus they have to always keep in mind cor the magazine. Which tell you, they always have to remind mangaka of this if they want to publish their works in the magazine. Plus the Yugioh OCG official says on the back of every pack, deck and set that the target age range is “対象年齢12才以上”
(Translation: “Target age 12 years and older”)
Which implies it’s for early teens or older. And “12 and up” ratings in most countries (including Japan) consider this a standard teen rating. The series is so amazing with how dark and violent it is. To us Americans, it’s like a whole different series when we watch the original Japanese version or read the manga. And the OCG is legally confirmed by Konami to be a separate game from the TCG (despite the cards being the same and only in different languages). But, of course, there’s a reason behind that, and that’s a subject for another time.
Great video man!! I’m dying to finally give the manga a read.
I think it was in either an author's note or an interview with Takahashi, but he said that Yami Yugi basically has the super power of "good luck", which is why he's king of games and what heart of the cards is.
I think this was the first anime I ever watched. I was pretty young too. I remember watching it on the weekends when we lived in my grandma's house and it was always on for Saturday morning cartoons after my parents bought their own house and we moved.
I've just finished reading the Yu-Gi-Oh manga, and I LOVED It!!!
It wouldn't surprise me if season 0 was a metaphor for gaming addiction.
This was such a great video.
By the time you bring up being 20 min in the video I had to check to confirm. I couldn’t believe it had actually been 20 min. Lol
Yugi muto duel style is one best. Compare to many other duel, Atem, Kabia dueling is battling to gain the upper while Joey is luck and tricks.
Yugi Muto style isn't about gaining the upper hand but combintion counter power and planing, often using opponents to cement their own defeat. Taken the best from Atem and Joey to be quite a powerful duel. He defeat Dark Bakura, Kabia from the movie, Atem, often by using their own skill against them.
4kids Kaiba is peak kaiba though. And 4kids Yugi is peak yugi.
How did I just now find this video
A remake would the best desicion to made for this series. a new experience for the master piece.
now with the short animated film released by Konami ,anything could be possible.
Seriously!! I would love a manga accurate remake
@@BeatEngine-qr7if it's a dream, but lets hope.
when I transferred schools for the 4th time, there was a small shelf of books in the classroom, and one of them was the first seven chapters of the season zero manga. it taught me there is a whole level of anime and manga content beyond just the tv. I truly am thankful for it.
That was an amazing video man thank you 🙏🏽
Another thing that's different in the Manga that doesn't happen in the Anime
Pegasus actually dies when his Millennium item is stolen
i think takehash regated that so in the anime witch he did have creative controll on he literly keep pegaus alive becuse he liked the chator
The phrase "Penalty game" is forever etched in my mind.
Anime is just a watered-down version of manga with a 'what if' story.
Bro is that Carpenter Brut's "Looking For Tracy Tzu" near the end there? Thats even more mad respect right there
Here's something that I will love to see, a movie, about Yu-Gi-Oh, that's very close to the manga, sure, take some liberties here and there, but above All Else, it is the manga, just as a animated movie.
6:10 Skipping the early manga era/season 0 is a MISTAKE.
It seems this video is gaining more traction for some reason. Hope you get more views, you deserve it.
that raw ass opening line into kawaita sakebi was crazy
Player: bricks
Yugi and Friends: he's just a bad duelist
Okay but the orichalcos arc was dope
I always got vague Hellraiser vibes from Yu-Gi-Oh, the millennium puzzle always gave of a vague Lament Configuration vibe and Yami was kind of like uncle frank, but more heroic.
i'm here for the title.
i would've never stuck around to this series if it wasn't truly dark.
That was an amazing intro.
the manga deserves more attention than it deserves it's gorgeous read
Wished it stayed as a horror manga and adapted into some sort of jojo anime with supernatural elements and kind of horror themes instead of collectible toys and cards for children.
That's the only thing bothering me from Yugioh, it would have been kino in an alternate universe.