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
You did a great job on analyzing the Yu-Gi-Oh series. You are only of the few people on RU-vid who covered the whole manga instead of just covering the season 0 content
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. :)
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."
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.
12:00 what i felt was cool about jonochi was that his deck in the series kinda reflected a kids "real" deck. Full of fun RNG cards, monsters that he just thought looked cool no matter their stats and cards he won through his journey and has a connection to.
To be honest, for me, the three main characters represent kid's decks: Kaiba:the kid that simply puts his strongest cards in the deck with only a couple of combos. Joey:The kid without money and with bad cards that tries to compensate with luck Yugi:The kid that thinks that filling his deck with 30 different combos that don't connect with each other will work and all of them will come out in order. The funny thing is, I've seen kids and no so kids do all three of those
And as he improve himself and Win fights, his deck slowly evolve with him. (Yes others evolves as well but in the end it's still more or less the same deck while he have a totaly different battle style in the end)
@@sasir2013Kaiba had many combos in his deck. Joey did not have bad cards because he was poor. In the manga he was already placing well in tournaments by the time DK happened. He just wasn’t the best of the best. The second Jou got the smallest bit of help most of his bad cards vanished and that was again before DK. And Yugi never put 30 random cards together. His Decks are always designed around the competition he’s entering. A big part of Yugi’s deck building is the cards seem random and disconnected but they never ever are. All this to say they wete nothing like average players. They were way better
@@mrbubbles6468 Okay, first of all, I said they *represent* those kids, not that they were like that in the context of the series. Second, for yugi, I said 30 combos, not cards. With that I mean that he is like the players that had cards that combined with each other, but in a few groups, meaning that if they drew them separated (let's say, in Yugi's case, an initial hand with Jacks night, dark magician, valkyrian, Five twinkle star and catapult turtle) they couldn't do much. A real life example could be someone trying to make a fusion synchro XYZ link pendulum deck, without an archetype that supports that strategy, but with some lunalights to fuse, some junk tuners, a couple of cyberses... And yes, in the context of the show, they're good. But that's the thing, *outside of the show* their deck construction philosophies lead to bad decks, usually seen on novices or kids. That's what I was commenting.
@@mrbubbles6468 When was Jonouchi placing well in tournaments? pretty sure he only played in class and trained with Yugi (losing every match) Even Pegasus says Keith lost to 'someone who hasn't played in a tournament before this weekend'
This is my favourite RU-vid 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
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!
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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 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
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
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.
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 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.
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.
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!
Yeah a lot of the manga makes character interaction and scenes more impactful the death t arc especially an example would be Jonouchi /Joey reason for dueling Kaiba in duelist kingdom in the second anime he dueled him cause he was a asshole but in the manga it was also to get payback for the hell he put him and his friend like 4 months ago
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
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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
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.
My dude I liked the video and a was a magic player.. but for the love of god normalize your audio, you probably see the spikes on the audio track, your first minutes you talk very low and the music is crazy high.. rip my ears Great video
The original Yu-Gi-Oh (aka Zero series) is actually my favorite of all the Yu-Gi-Oh arcs, especially the Monster World arc. (which would later be the reason I learn about and originally love its inspiration D&D!) While I am sad that Yu-Gi-Oh had to leave its exploration of other games, I am glad they still were able to make and grow their own card game even if I myself only really play according the first generation’s rules. (mostly because those are the only cards I have before I stopped collecting them.) 🎴
Like holy swords of revealing light this was such a good vid!!! Great vid!!!! Like damn when I found out that Yu-Gi-Oh creator Kazuki Takahashi died the way he did or that he just died in general I..I did not know what to feel I really wanted to meet him to say to him thank u so much for making Yu-Gi-Oh it's been with me pretty much since I was born and it truly means the world to me these characters their stories I really don't know who or what I would have been like without Yu-Gi-Oh so I thank u Mr.Takahashi for everything I would loved to have met u in person. Also really loved reading the little things he would say in the beginning of each manga I got to see little bits of him at least...shiff....I'm crying bro....I really love also the way Yu-Gi-Oh was before the CARD GAME bc damn all the different games were just so cool and shadow games aaaaaaaaaa!!!! Just chu...love it I love the first seven volumes and season 0 so damn much if it had ended there I would have been satisfied....but still in the end I love how it turned out anyway it's good it's great awesome outstanding amazing!!!! But season 0 the manga the first series in general would always be safely tucked in my heart forever...ok..but for real man the ahkus...I don't think I said it right the millennium crosses looked so damn cool I understand why they took it out but damn the boi has Eqyptian drip..😍🤩😳... anyway ah yes that's why I call my sister yugi or the baby panda cos she is so much like yugi not wanting to fight and is A PACIFIST I'm always saying to her how she is yugi and I'm yami (yes I know his real name is atem but I've always preferred calling him yami and I'm not changing that NOW SO BYE!!) Cos well we are both BIG SOCIALLY AWKWARD DORKS THAT EVEN IF WE ATTRACT PPL TOWARDS US COA OF OUR RIZZ...UM OR CHRISMA we prefer not to be around so much ppl also we both come off also as dark and mysterious but in reality well my sister says anyway that I'm a good natured person and my heart's in the right direction and the growth that yugi goes through I would really want my sister to do that as well cause I know she is strong she will get everyone gets better if they want to. As for yami being smart charismatic and confident well my sister says I'm a highly intelligent person even if I don't think I am as I said before I have a good amount of charisma as for the confidence...ehhhh...kinda not really but hey maybe it's there somewhere...OMG YAAAAAAASSSSSSS I LOVE THAT DUEL THE VERSION OF IT IN THE MANGA OF YUGI VS THE PLAYER OF DARKNESS LIKE HOLY ELF JUST WOW I HAD GOOSEBUMPS WHEN I FIRST READ THAT ALSO ITS JUST SO COOL SO COOL SO COOL.....ok jonochi ok I love that guy like yami and kaiba are my most favorite Yu-Gi-Oh characters but damn joey like really liked how he looked like in the early chapters and season 0 I had a crush on him for that 😳 sorry joey but my heart belongs to yami...😅 Anyway I mean my chad of man goes against all these ppl and he don't even have that much plot armour but damn u gotta love the underdog he a real one very real and relatable. Also the backstory of his that his stupid drunk of a dad and his mom and sister separated from him...that's sad and heart breaking man...but inspiring also he truly is like a actual shouen character beating the living kuriboh out of anyone that provokes him or his friends...except kaiba cos that man can fight!!! And OMGODS THE VILLAINS like where to start with them well pegasus is the type of villain u want to hate so badly but u also feel sorry for him like he just wanted his lover once again but damn the methods he tried to do for umm..not the best but all in all a pretty interesting villain now the other two marik and bakura....ummm...like holy ra those two are dark and I mean DARK!!! Like marik wanted to kill the pharaoh and KILLED HIS OWN DAMN FATHER LIKE WHAT WHAT THE FRISK MAN!!!! And that is just the tip of the iceberg man like damn and bakura oh lords bakura well my friend loves him a lot so there's that but true man whatever bakura does u can literally feel the evilness within him oozing out of him just a person who wants everyone and everything to drown in darkness like damn...You just gotta love the fact that kaiba was a one time character...ONE TIME!!!! ALSO SO WAS THE CARD GAME BUT WHOO DE DILLY DO THEY STAYED BC WELL popularity they were popular also YAS NO CAN ARGUE AND CONVINCE ME OTHERWISE THE SETO KAIBA IS NOT THE BEST RIVAL IN SHOUEN HECK IN ANIME EVER I WILL NOT LISTEN TO YOUR PETTY EXCUSES SO SAVE YOUR BREATH!!! Heck man goes to the literal afterlife just to say to yami hey I'm here let's duel now and yami like....ok like omgods lol holy shit like the last parts of kaiba's part damn I'm a mix of both yami and kaiba as I explained above so read that but for kaiba well that is the exact same way I view games to me games are life u either win in life or lose also same based I don't follow the rules and society...bah who are they screw the rules and society!!! OMG that is a god tier quote "this is SETO kaiba's world and we're living in it" end quote like damn oh damn!!! 18:24 so I adopted the Takahashi art style cos i draw the exact way sharp and angler ow the edge man I cut myself with my own art but anyway...OMG 19:21 is me in a nutshell I would talk about everything in Yu-Gi-Oh but almost or forget entirely the card game cos everything else at least to be is so much more interesting than the card game but that's just my opinion...😅 I love this so much when the characters decks match their personalities it's just aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!! So good!!! I'm personally trying to figure out how to make a deck that resembles yami and kaiba and yuto's decks but idk that's kinda hard BUT I ALWAYS LOVED USING DARK DECKS BUT I ALSO LOVE SPELLCASTERS DRAGONS AND OH VAMPIRES ARE COOL OH OH!! AND DARK GODS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT BUT DARK WARRIORS ARE SO COOL TOO!!!😍😍😍 OOOO!! AND DEMONS FIENDS SO COOL!!! DARK ANGELS ARE GREAT ALSO!!! BUT IT WOULD BE AWESOME TO COMBINE DARK AND LIGHT TOGETHER EEEEEEEEEEEE!!!! Fast!!?? Lol *laughs in ppl taking their sweet ass time with their turn blocking decks* me who loves the fact that he compared it to chess since chess has a big meaning to kaiba lol. Oh yeah damn that duel but yeah it's ten times better in the manga then in the anime!!! BRO!!!! IM GONNA CRY AGAIN LIKE THATS IT BOI BONDS MOTHER JOSHING BONDS I EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN STORY BUT ALL END IN LIGHT!!!!😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 In the end everyone's lives end up better bc of unity don't be alone be with the ppl u created bonds with. Bonds that last beyond history and beyond death itself....shiff ok bye I'm crying and hungry I'ma go eat now here is my 800 word essay on not what to do at a stop light...wait oops I mean why Yu-Gi-Oh means the world to me I hold close and dear to my heart. Well bye bye!!...I can talk about Yu-Gi-Oh for hours upon hours but then nothing gets done...I'm obsessed ok for real bye.🤣🤣😍😍😍😳😳😳😳🥰🥰🥰🤩🤩🤩😘😘😘😋😋😋
