Yu-Gi-Oh! Season 0
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(遊☆戯☆王Yūgiō, trans. "King of Games", occasionally subtitled "A Game of Darkness" or "The Shadow Games" or incorrectly referred to as "First Season", or "Season Zero" by fans) is the first anime adaptation of theYu-Gi-Oh!manga series. The 27-episode series was produced byToei Animationand aired onTV Asahifrom April 4 to October 10, 1998.
While this series is not directly connected toYu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters(known internationally simply asYu-Gi-Oh!, produced byNihon Ad Systemsand aired onTV Tokyo), both anime series are based on theYu-Gi-Oh!manga.
Manga plots were re-written so that they could take up an entire episode's worth of time. Also, the level of violence was reduced between the manga and the anime. Finally, a minor character in the manga,Miho Nosaka, became a main character in the first series along withYugi Mutou,Katsuya Jonouchi,Anzu Mazaki, andHiroto Honda. Characterization was slightly modified. For instance, Miho is a "ditz" in the anime while in the manga she is a shy student librarian. Also, Honda is Jonouchi's verbal sparring partner instead of his crony in Toei's anime.
New characters and plots, such as those relating to the four game masters, were added, and there are more occurrences ofSeto KaibaandDuel Monsters(Magic and Wizardsin the original Japanese manga) than in the corresponding manga. Unlike the second series, the card game (Duel Monsters) is not the sole focus of the show. However, the Duel Monsters rules have been updated, becoming more like those used in theDuelist Kingdom, even though this anime never gets to that point. The last episodes of the series focus on the battle between Yugi andDark Bakura. This series had different voice actors and different character designs than the second series (e.g. Seto Kaiba's hair is green in Toei's anime). The series has not been licensed for an English-language release.
Yami no Game
In this series, Yami Yugi doesn't challenge people to a duel of Duel Monsters. Instead, he would challenge them to a Shadow Game, or Yami no Game, where he would then explain the rules. However, the person in question would cheat and the Doors of Darkness will open, thus Yami Yugi would do aPenalty Gameupon the person, and usually whatever they obsess over the most would be their nightmare, such as their makeup falling off and showing their true face or watches fusing to their being. Duel Monsters was not the main point of the show but was played a few times.
Continuation | Yu-Gi-Oh! Season 0
Yu-Gi-Oh!is a manga series about games byKazuki Takahashi, which the entireYu-Gi-Oh!franchise originated from.
It was serialized in Shueisha'sWeekly Shonen Jumpfrom September 30, 1996 to March 8, 2004. 343 chapters were published. These were reprinted in 38 volumes in the tankoban and 22 in thebunkoban.
The story was initially episodic, with a few exceptions. It focused on the adventures ofYugi Mutou, who would unknowingly become possessed byDark Yugiand defeat bullies and evildoers in dangerousShadow Games. The story later focuses more on the card gameDuel Monstersas a plot device in two tournament arcs and stories spanning over many more chapters. In the final arc, Dark Yugi relives his past life as a Pharaoh through a role-playing game, theShadow RPG.
The English version is subdivided into three series;Yu-Gi-Oh!,Yu-Gi-Oh! DuelistandYu-Gi-Oh! Millennium World. A number of minor changes are made, but significantly less than in other English adaptions ofYu-Gi-Oh!media.
Plot
School
The hall monitorUshiolearns thatYugi Mutouis being bullied byKatsuya JonouchiandHiroto Honda. Despite Yugi's wishes, Ushio proceeds to beat them up and demands bodyguard fees from Yugi. While under the pressure of what to do, Yugi solves theMillennium Puzzle, causing him to share his body with the spiritDark Yugi, initially without Yugi's knowledge. When Yugi and his friends, Jonouchi, Honda andAnzu Mazakiare faced with bullies and evildoers, Dark Yugi will often take control and challenge the offenders toShadow Gameshe sets up with nearby objects.
Notable opponents Dark Yugi faces includeShadi,Seto KaibaandDark Bakura. Shadi, the owner of theMillennium KeyandScales, sets up theTrial of the MindShadow Game, endangering Yugi's friends, to test if Yugi is worthy of the Millennium Puzzle.Seto Kaibasets up theDeath-Ttheme park to try and kill the Yugis in vengeance for an earlier defeat. It is during Death-T, that Yugi becomes fully aware of Dark Yugi's existence.Dark Bakurapossess the body of Yugi's friendRyo Bakurathrough theMillennium Ringand faces Dark Yugi in a tabletop role-playing game,Monster World, where the souls of Yugi and his friends are trapped in the characters Dark Yugi uses.
List of Yu-Gi-Oh! Season 0 Characters
Yugi Mutou ( Manga )
Yugi Mutou(武藤むとう遊戯ゆうぎMutō Yūgi) is a character in theYu-Gi-Oh!manga. This is the original depiction ofYugi Mutou.
Yugi was a timid boy, who was frequently bullied and spent much time alone. However through gaining a number of friends, mainlyDark Yugi,Anzu Mazaki,Katsuya Jonouchi,Hiroto HondaandRyo Bakura, he overcame his problems becoming stronger and more independent.
After solving theMillennium Puzzle, Yugi unknowingly shared his body Dark Yugi, the spirit of an amnesiac ancient Egyptian Pharaoh, who would protect Yugi and his friends through the use ofShadow Games. Yugi became aware of Dark Yugi, when he facedDeath-T, a theme park designed bySeto Kaibato kill the Yugis, and met Dark Yugi for the first time, whenDark Bakuraseparated Yugi's consciousness from his body in a game ofMonster World.
Yugi helped Dark Yugi in winning theDuelist Kingdomtournament, to rescuehis grandfather. He defeatedRyuji OtogiinDungeon Dice Monstersby himself and reassembled the Millennium Puzzle inside a burning building to avoid losing Dark Yugi. Together the Yugis won theBattle Citytournament.
The Yugis were separated when they entered theWorld of Memories. There Yugi helped Dark Yugi relearn his name, Atem, and defeatZorc Necrophades. When they returned to the real world, Yugi defeated Atem in theCeremonial Battle, a ritual necessary for Atem to pass on to the afterlife.
Design
Kazuki Takahashidescribes Yugi's hair as "an open hand with hints of a dried autumn leave". When designing characters, he tried to make them instantly recognizable by their hair alone. The hair was made so extreme with the intention of making an impactful character. Yugi's hair initially had red lines, but as it was difficult to add shadows to pure red, this was changed to a shade of purple. He designed the hairstyles of the protagonists of the next two series,Jaden YukiandYusei Fudo, such that Yugi, Jaden and Yusei's hairstyles representedpaper, rock and scissors, respectively.
The series original setting was a school and Takahashi felt an ordinary uniform jacket and would be boring. So Yugi was given bondage elements under the jacket, with influences fromEdward Scissorhands.
History
Yugi lives withhis motherand grandfather,Sugorokuin the family game shop,Kame Game. His father was away on business.
Yugi found theMillennium Puzzleon a shelf in the shop. He spent eight unsuccessful years trying to solve it.
School
Ushio
Yugi, shocked to findUshiohas beaten upJonouchiandHonda
One day, Yugi stayed in the classroom during lunch time, declining an offer to play basketball with the rest of class. As he worked on the disassembled Millennium Puzzle, he was interrupted byHondaandJonouchiwho took thepuzzle boxfrom him. Jonouchi managed to secretly steal a piece and offered the box back, under the condition that Yugi would punch him. Yugi refused to do this and reacquired the box afterAnzu Mazakiarrived and caught the box as Jonouchi tossed it to Honda. Jonouchi and Honda left after Anzu told them off. Yugi told Anzu that the Puzzle was a memento to his grandfather,Sugoroku Mutouand he had spent eight years trying to solve the Puzzle, believing a wish will be granted a wish upon completing it.
The hall monitorUshiobelieved Yugi was being bullied by Honda and Jonouchi, so he took it on himself to be Yugi's bodyguard, although Yugi denied that Honda and Jonouchi had been troubling him. Regardless Ushio beat them both up and showed them to Yugi. Yugi protested as Ushio continued to hit them, resulting in Ushio attacking him too. Afterwards Ushio imposed bodyguard fees of ¥200,000 and threatened him with a knife should he not pay.
Yugi solves theMillennium Puzzle.
That night, Yugi worked on the Puzzle, while thinking of way to make the money. Unlike other days, he was able to assemble the Puzzle more easily and quickly, until he realized the last piece was missing. As he searched the room, his Grandfather appeared and gave him the last piece, which Jonouchi had returned earlier. When Yugi assembled the Puzzle, he became the Guardian of the Shadow Games and his body came to bear host for the spirit of the 3,000-year-oldNameless Pharaoh. The spirit, known asDark Yugishared Yugi's body, unbeknownst to Yugi.
Dark Yugi arranged to meet Ushio, defeated him in theMoney and KnifeShadow Gameand inflicted aPenalty Gameon him. Dark Yugi changed back to Yugi, who had no knowledge of what has passed. The next day at school, Jonouchi answered Yugi's riddle, "something you can show, but can't see," saying that is friendship and that they are friends.
ZTV director
Yugi bullied for the staged documentary,Caught on Camera: School Violence
On the way to school, Jonouchi told Yugi about a pornographic video,Video Girl♡, he had watched and offered to lend it to Yugi.
When they arrived at school, they spotted aZTVvan and suspected someone famous might go their school. When Yugi tried peering into the van, he was seen bythe director, who decided to use him in his staged bullying documentary,Caught on Camera: School Violence, with his assistantFujitaplaying the bully. As Jonouchi began to spread rumors of a star attending the school, Yugi tried telling him that they did not know that for definite, causing Jonouchi to angrily leave him to search for the star himself. Having overheard this exchange, Fujita lied to Yugi about there being a star and that he could meet her behind the gym after recess if he came alone. When Yugi arrived, Fujita proceeded to beat him up on camera. Jonouchi managed to break up the fight, but could not cease the production. Yugi switched to Dark Yugi, who later confronted the director and beat him in adice gameShadow Game.
Another day, Jonouchi brought theVideo Girl♡tape to school to give to Yugi. As he tossed it to him, Anzu caught the tape midair and teasingly asked what it was and if she could borrow it.
Sozoji
The untalented singer,Sozoji, forced Yugi to sell tickets to his concert. AfterHanasakitried to sell Yugi a ticket, Yugi took all Hanasaki's tickets off his hands. Knowing neither of them were going to be able to sell the tickets, he tried to spare Hanasaki the burden. The day of the concert, Yugi informed Sozoji that he couldn't sell any tickets. As punishment, Sozoji forced Yugi to listen to music at full blast and revealed Hanasaki, beaten-up, as the audience for the next song. Dark Yugi once again took over and beat the bully in thesilence gameShadow Game
Sugoroku Mutou ( Manga )
Sugoroku Mutouis a character appearing in theYu-Gi-Oh!manga. This is the original depiction of Sugoroku Muto, known asSolomon Mutoin most English media, as created byKazuki Takahashi.
Sugoroku is the grandfather ofYugi Mutou. He was once a gaming master, who used his skills to master many different games and recover theMillennium Puzzlefrom theTomb of the Nameless Pharaoh. He later opened a shop,Kame Game, where his family resided and he sold games to people in the area.
Dark Yugi ( Manga )
Dark Yugi(闇遊戯Yami Yūgi), real nameAtem(アテムAtemu), is a character in theYu-Gi-Oh!manga. This is the original depiction ofDark Yugi, as created byKazuki Takahashi.
As an Egyptian Pharaoh, Atem defeatedZorc Necrophades, causing himself to be sealed within theMillennium Puzzleand lose his memories, including his name, in the process.
3000 years laterYugi Mutousolved the Millennium Puzzle, causing Atem to reside in his body as Dark Yugi. Initially Dark Yugi would take control of the body to protect Yugi and his friends through the use ofShadow Games, with Yugi unaware of his existence. Major earlier opponents includedShadi,Seto KaibaandDark Bakura, with Yugi and his friends eventually learning of his existence. Together with Yugi, he won theDuelist KingdomandBattle Citytournaments, defeatingMaximillion J. PegasusandDark Marik, respectively, and also learned he was a Pharaoh, whose name had been lost in history.
With the acquisition of theEgyptian Godcards, he managed to separate from Yugi's body where he replayed his life as Pharaoh through theShadow RPGagainst Dark Bakura. With the help of his friends, Atem relearned his name, and SummonedHorakhtyto defeatZorc Necrophadesagain. Atem was returned to the present world, where he had to face defeat to Yugi in theCeremonial Battleto pass on to the afterlife.
Ancient Egypt
In theEighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, Atem was born the son of PharaohAkhenamkhanen, shortly before the creation of theMillennium Items. Atem later served as Pharaoh and holder of theMillennium Pendant. He was accompanied by his vizier,Siamun Muran, and the six priests,Akhenaden,Isis,Kalim,Mahado,SetoandShada.
School Years
Around 1996, Yugi solved the Millennium Puzzle while he was under the pressure of coming up with money to payUshio, for his self-imposed body guard fees. This caused the Pharaoh's spirit to inhabit Yugi's body. The Pharaoh's soul, which comes to be known as "the other Yugi" or "Dark Yugi" was missing the vast majority of his memories. He was able to occasionally take control of Yugi's body without Yugi knowing.
Dark Yugi emerged and arranged to meet Ushio atthe schoolat midnight. He challenged Ushio to aShadow Game,Money and Knife, where players had to grab bank notes off their own hand with a knife. Ushio got greedy and tried to stab Yugi, so he could take all the money for himself. However Dark Yugi dodged the attack and inflicted the Illusion of AvaricePenalty Gameon him for cheating. Ushio was put under the illusion that litter and leaves were money, which he showered himself in.
Dice game
AdirectorfromZTVtried to orchestrate a bullying documentary,Caught on Camera: School Violence, by havingA.D. Fujitaattack Yugi. Dark Yugi confronted the director afterwards and challenged him to adice gameShadow Game, where the director must roll equal to or lower than him to win. Dark Yugi rolled a 6, but still insisted that the director roll, despite his victory seeming obvious. The director tried injuring Yugi by throwing the die at his face. However Dark Yugi blocked with the Millennium Puzzle, breaking the die in two, making it land on both 1 and 6, totaling 7. Dark Yugi then inflicted the Mosaic Illusion Penalty Game on the director, pixelating his vision
The untalented singer,Sozoji, forced Yugi andTomoya Hanasakito sell tickets to his concert, and subsequently beat-up Hanasaki for letting Yugi take his burden of tickets. Dark Yugi emerged and faced Sozoji in agame of silence. The first person to make a sound, lost. Sozoji noticed how Dark Yugi might lose. With Yugi's life on the line, his heart pounded as he got excited about winning. But his heartbeat became amplified by his microphone connected to nearby speakers, making him lose the game. Subjected to one of Dark Yugi's Penalty Games, Sozoji continued to hear his heart beat louder and louder.
One finger BATTLE!
Dark Yugi and the 's Shadow Game, .
WhenAnzu Mazakiwas held captive by anescaped prisonerarmed with a gun atBurger World, Yugi had to serve the convict cigarettes and vodka. Dark Yugi took control and challenged the convict to theone finger BATTLE!Shadow Game, where each player could only use one of their ten fingers. Blindfolded, Anzu could not see who was challenging the convict and thought he sounded like Yugi, but was too confident and daring to be him. The convict choose his index finger, hoping to pull the trigger of his gun. Dark Yugi choose his thumb and used it to flick on a cigarette lighter. Dark Yugi was allowed to light the convict's cigarette, after which he dropped the lighter on the convict's arm, which was pouring vodka. The vodka began to overflow, making it impossible for the convict to fire the gun without setting himself on fire. While Dark Yugi escorted Anzu away, the convict dropped his cigarette, setting himself on fire. After this incident, Anzu obsessed over finding the identity of her rescuer.
Paper Crash!
Dark Yugi and 's Shadow Game, .
The alleged psychicKokuranotried to seduce Anzu, by reading her future, telling her that a wonderful man would reveal himself to her, causing her to swoon before him in love. Anzu hoped this was the man who saved her at Burger World. For Yugi's disbelief in his powers, Kokurano predicted that countless letters would fall from the heavens and bring disaster on Yugi. Later that day Kokurano knocked over bookshelves on top of Yugi. Dark Yugi emerged and realized that Kokurano was making his predictions come true. He rushed to Anzu, who Kokurano had knocked out with a bottle of chloroform. Using the bottle, Dark Yugi defeated him in thePaper Crash!Shadow Game, leaving him unconscious and exposed as a fraud.
Griddle Ice Hockey
Dark Yugi and play .
During aschool festival,Goro Inogashirahad his class tear up Yugi's classCarnival Gamesspot, to make room for their okonomiyaki stand. Dark Yugi challenged Goro to an air hockey Shadow Game,Griddle Ice Hockey, using a block of ice containing a tube of an explosive chemical as a puck and the okonomiyaki grill as a board. Goro dealt powerful blows to the puck, making it difficult for Dark Yugi to keep up. But Dark Yugi, managed to nick the puck with his bat, causing the ice to break with Goro's next blow. The chemical hit the hot surface, causing it to explode in front of Goro.
Dark Puzzle
The teacherMs. Chonofound Honda'slove jigsaw puzzletoMiho Nosaka, during a desk check and began reading the message to the class. As she assembled it to find the sender's name and expel him, Dark Yugi turned the jigsaw into aDark PuzzleShadow Game, where Ms. Chono felt the pain she was inflicting on others. On completion of the puzzle, her makeup cracked-up, revealing her true ugly self. She then fled the room without expelling anyone.
Coin in sneaker
Dark Yugi and the 's Shadow Game, .
TheJunky Scorpionshopownersold Jonouchi a rare pair of shoes, but had them stolen back by hisMuscle Hunters. Dark Yugi returned to the Junky Scorpion and played thecoin in sneakerShadow Game with the owner to take back the shoes. Theowner's pet scorpionwas put in a shoe, while both players tried to pull out coins without getting stung. The owner got greedy and tried to kill the scorpion. He failed to do so and got his hand stuck when he tried grabbing all the coins at once. The scorpion left him badly poisoned from a sting.
Katsuya Jonouchi (manga)
Katsuya Jonouchi(城之内じょうのうち克也かつやJōnouchi Katsuya), known asJoey Wheelerin the English version ofYu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions, is a character in theYu-Gi-Oh!manga. This is the original depiction of Katsuya Jonouchi, known asJoey Wheelerin most English media, as created byKazuki Takahashi.
Jonouchi is the best friend ofYugi MutouandHiroto Honda. He suffered a poor upbringing with his parents divorcing and him living withhis alcoholic father, while his sisterShizukalived withtheir mother. Jonouchi used to be a thug and even hung out withHirutani's gangfor a while. After becoming friends with Yugi he became more righteous and would do anything to protect his friends or innocent people being taken advantage of.
Jonouchi starts out as a weak player after taking-upDuel Monsters, but becomes more powerful as he learns from Yugi andDark Yugiand fights to protect people he loves.
Jonouchi used to live with his sister,Shizukaand would walk all around town with her. They were separated when Jonouchi was 10, at the time of their parents divorce. Shizuka was brought by their mother while Jonouchi lived withtheir father. Jonouchi became a street thug and hung out inHirutani's gangfor periods of time while he was in middle school. He often got into fights and developed great fighting skills. He also hung out withHiroto Honda. Jonouchi lived in poverty, due to his father's gambling addictions and alcoholism. Jonouchi went to great lengths to repay his father's debts, such as working at multiple jobs. He was the "lone paperboy" in middle school, meaning that he was one of the few students that were permitted to work while going to school.
Jonouchi along with Honda used to bullyYugiat school. Jonouchi was annoyed at how Yugi would let himself get pushed around and claimed his bullying was teaching Yugi how to be a man and even offered Yugi to punch him back, although Yugi hates violence. After he and Honda swiped the box containing the pieces of theMillennium Puzzle, Jonouchi was told off byAnzuand left the room, but managed to secretly take a piece of the puzzle beforehand.
In the hallway, Jonouchi said he was sickened by how Yugi was obsessing over a puzzle and how Anzu had called them bullies. They then bumped intoUshio, who asked what they were saying about bullying. Jonouchi tried telling Ushio to stay out of it, but was restrained by Honda and insisted it was nothing. After explained how influential and powerful Ushio was, Jonouchi vowed to get back at Ushio. He then showed Honda the piece of the puzzle he had taken and threw it into the school pool
The next day, Ushio beat-up Honda and Jonouchi under the suspicion that they were bullying Yugi. Yugi tried to stop Ushio, saying they were teaching him how to be a man, not bullying him. That resulted in Yugi also being beaten-up. Jonouchi was inspired by how Yugi had tried to help him and came to care for Yugi. Later that day, he retrieved the piece of the puzzle from the pool and gave it toYugi's grandfather, to give to Yugi. The next day atschool, Jonouchi answered Yugi's riddle, "something you can show, but can't see", saying that it's friendship and he is Yugi's friend.
ZTV
When Jonouchi saw aZTVvan outsidetheir school, he began to spread rumors about there being a star at their school. He suspected that they were disguised as a student and planned on unmasking them to make a fortune. However Yugi was skeptical of there being a star, so Jonouchi left him to find that star by himself. Later he spotted Yugi being beaten byFujita. He quickly broke up the fight and found out that it was a staged bullying scene for a documentary,Caught on Camera: School Violence. When he confronted the director, the director reminded him that he was being filmed, so Jonouchi was reluctant to attack. However the director attacked Jonouchi when he told the cameramen to stop filming.
Later having looked into it, Jonouchi admitted that there was no star at the school, which Yugi was surprised he hadn't given up on until now. Jonouchi instead vowed to become the star of the school himself. He noticed something was bothering Yugi, who hadn't told him he was being forced to sell tickets toSozoji's concert. Yugi insisted that he was fine. Jonouchi and Honda then proceeded to lift up Anzu's skirt using a t-square, earning him a punch in the face
Hiroto Honda ( Manga )
Hiroto Hondaknown asTristan Taylorin the English version ofYu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions, is a character in theYu-Gi-Oh!manga. This is the original depiction of Hiroto Honda, known asTristan Taylorin most English media, as created byKazuki Takahashi.
Honda started out as a bully, who would along withKatsuya Jonouchi, would pick onYugi Mutou. However soon after Jonouchi became friends with Yugi, he got Yugi to help when Honda had a crush onMiho Nosaka, resulting in Honda befriending Yugi. Honda accompanies Yugi on most of his adventurers. His fighting and shooting skills prove useful in earlier games. DuringDuel Monsterstournaments, he andAnzu Mazakiprovide support and encouragement for Yugi and Jonouchi.
Honda andJonouchiused to bully Yugi at school. Together they took the unsolvedMillennium Puzzlefrom Yugi and teased him about it. HoweverAnzu Mazakiarrived and told them off, causing the two boys to flee. While talking about what happened in the hall, Honda and Jonouchi met the hall monitor,Ushio, who overheard them mentioning bullying. Jonouchi tried telling Ushio to stay out of it, but knowing how influential Ushio was, Honda restrained Jonouchi and said nothing important about bullying. The next day Ushio beat-up Jonouchi and Honda, accusing them of bullying Yugi. However Yugi tried defending them when he found out, which resulted in him being beaten-up too. Although Jonouchi became friends with Yugi after the encounter with Ushio, Honda still forced Yugi to carry stuff and buy pornographic magazines for him. Honda lent his air rifle to the class for usage in theirCarnival Gamesbooth for theschool festival.
Honda developed a crush onMiho Nosaka (manga). As his infatuation got to him, he let Jonouchi know and despite Honda's wishes, Jonouchi told Yugi and asked him for help. Yugi suggested that they browse hisfamily's storefor a present.Yugi's grandfathersuggested alove letter jigsaw puzzle. Honda could write a love letter to Miho on it, for her to assemble when she receives it. Jonouchi laughed at the idea of Honda doing something like that. However Honda thought it was perfect and bought it. Having never sent a love letter before, he got Yugi to write one and threatened him, should Miho not like it. Honda becomes friends with Yugi.
The next day at school, the teacherMs. Chonofound the puzzle on Miho's desk and confiscated it. As she found out it was a love letter, she read it to the class and offered the sender a chance to confess or face expulsion. Although owning up would still result in expulsion. Yugi claimed to have wrote it and Jonouchi claimed to have sent it, so Honda can still have a chance with Miho. However Honda also claimed it was from him. Chono continued the puzzle to find out who really sent it and planned to punish the others for lying.Dark Yugiemerged and turned the jigsaw into a Shadow Game,Dark Puzzle; as Chono continued to complete the puzzle, she felt the pain she was inflicting on others by doing it. The makeup on her face began to peel away, revealing her true ugly self. Chono then fleed the room, sparing the boys any trouble.
After the incident, Honda plucked up the courage to ask Miho out directly, but she rejected him. Jonouchi then treated him to a hamburger to cheer him up and since then Honda became good friends with Yugi.
Honda accompanied Jonouchi when he bought new top of the range shoes at theJunky Scorpion. Honda didn't see how such a fuss could be made out of shoes and tried to talk Jonouchi out of taking thestore owner'stest of putting his foot into a shoe, believed to have a scorpion in it. After leaving the shop, Honda, Jonouchi and Yugi were attacked from behind, bya gangwho stole Jonouchi's shoes. They tracked down the gang afterwards. Jonouchi and Honda beat up the gang, who told them they were paid by the store owner. Dark Yugi playedcoin in sneakerwith the store owner, resulting in Yugi returning to Jonouchi and Honda with the shoes, unaware of how he got them back.
Honda first learned aboutDuel Monsterswhile watching Yugi and Jonouchi playing at school
Anzu Mazaki ( Manga )
Anzu Mazaki, known asTéa Gardnerin the English version ofYu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions, is a character in theYu-Gi-Oh!manga. This is the original depiction of Anzu Mazaki, known asTéa Gardnerin most English media, as created byKazuki Takahashi.
Anzu is a childhood best friend ofYugi Mutouand often accompanies him on his adventures. She is interested in dancing and wants to study abroad after leaving school. At the beginning of the series she develops a crush onDark Yugiand becomes obsessed with finding out his identity, having been saved by him while she was blindfolded
Elementary school
Anzu first metYugiin elementary school. He gave her a handheld game, which she got engrossed in. However after spending a lot of time playing it, she did not get any better and smashed the game out of frustration. Yugi laughed at the ordeal and brought her an easier game the next day
High School
One lunchtime, after becoming fed-up playing basketball with the boys, who were trying to look up the girls' skirts, Anzu returned to her classroom. Here she caught Yugi'sMillennium Puzzlebox thatJonouchiandHondawere throwing around and told them off for bullying him. After they left, Yugi told Anzu that he had been working on the Millennium Puzzle for eight years and that it was a memento ofhis grandfather. Anzu went toYugi's houseafter school. She was surprised to find his grandfather was actually alive and put off when he commented on her bust size.
After Yugi became friends with Jonouchi, Anzu started to spend time with Jonouchi too. When aZTVvan arrived at their school, she argued with Jonouchi for spreading rumors of there being a star at their school and his choice to make money selling pictures of them. When Honda and Jonouchi lifted her skirt with a t-square, she punched Jonouchi in the face
Going against school rules, Anzu secretly got a part time job atBurger Worldto earn money to attend a dance school in New York. Yugi and Jonouchi noted suspicious behavior on her behalf, which Jonouchi suspected was a result of her dating older men for pay. They followed her to Burger World after school one day. There Anzu served them burgers, but squirted a message onto the burgers, in ketchup, warning them not to tell.
An escaped convictentered the restaurant and took Anzu hostage. While she was blindfolded, Yugi was forced to serve the convict a drink andLucky Stripecigarettes.Dark Yugitook control and playedone finger BATTLE!with the convict. To Anzu, his voice sounded like Yugi's, but he was much too confident and dangerous to be Yugi. Dark Yugi defeated the convict and saved Anzu. Not knowing who her rescuer was, Anzu developed a crush on him and wanted to find out his identity
The alleged psychicKokuranotried to seduce Anzu, by reading her future telling her how she would meet a wonderful man, who would reveal himself to her and she would swoon before him in love. Anzu hoped that this would be the man who saved her at Burger World. However, Kokurano tried to make himself the man from the prediction and caused Anzu to swoon, by knocking her out with a bottle of chloroform. Dark Yugi learned how Kokurano was in the habit of making his predictions come true and rushed to Anzu's rescue. Using the bottle, Dark Yugi defeated him inPaper Crash!.
Anzu was class representative as her class prepared for theschool festival. She took suggestions from other students as to what they should do and decided to go with Yugi'sCarnival Gamesidea. She managed to win the most popular spot at the festival in a lottery. As they built the booth, she assigned Jonouchi the role of playing Bluebeard in their life sizePop-up Pirate, despite his wishes.Goro Inogashiratried to steal the spot for his class and tore down the Carnival Games booth. When Yugi saw Anzu cry over this, he changed to Dark Yugi and won the spot back in aShadow Game,Griddle Ice Hockey, against Goro. Yugi andSugorokuintroduced Anzu toDuel Monstersat theKame Gameshop.
When Jonouchi mysteriously missed a day of school, Anzu admitted that it was lonely without him and helped Honda and Yugi look for him later. They later spotted him withHirutani's gangattacking someone outside theAmerican Club. After Jonouchi denied knowing Yugi and didn't react whenone of the gangsterspunched Yugi, Anzu told Jonouchi that he was the worst. Anzu tended to Yugi's injury later, while Honda told them about Jonouchi's past withHirutani. The three agreed that Jonouchi wasn't back with Hirutani by choice and went after the gang. They spotted a member and Honda interrogated him into telling them that Hirutani forced Jonouchi to rejoin the gang by threatening to beat-up everyone in his class. The trio split-up to search for Jonouchi after finding out there had been a fight among the gang. Anzu and Honda later caught with Jonouchi after he had been rescued from the gang by Dark Yugi.
Yugi invited Anzu, Jonouchi and Honda toThe Art of Egyptexhibition inDomino City Museum. Anzu worried Jonouchi, who was fearful of curses, by pointing out that Yugi's Millennium Puzzle, which was also from Egypt was said to be cursed as the archaeologists who uncovered it died mysterious deaths, according to Yugi's grandfather. At the exhibition, Anzu and her friends were shown around byProfessor Yoshimori, who told them about theWeighing of the Heartafter Anzu took interest in papyrus depicting it
Trivia
Despite being his trump card inthe next series,Yuginever played "Dark Magician" in this show.However, Yugi is seen using it inthe opening theme."Dark Magician" is also seen in the hand of another duelist in episode 3.Yugifinally Summons "Dark Magician" in theToei Movie."Unguard Magic" (theToeiequivalent of "Stop Defense") is the only card in English.Characters are more accurate to their manga equivalents.Kaibais seen with green hair and wears a white outfit likeNoah Kaibain the third season ofthe next series.Some manga chapters are packed together in one episode (eg. the 3 chapters withHirutanioccur in only one episode).TheMillennium Itemsare not gold-colored only. In fact, they are colored gold and brown (except forYugi'sPuzzle).Most of the dark games are changed, except for the Dragon Card against Himori andShadi's tests.Most of themonstersare colored differently, except for "Blue-Eyes White Dragon".Thecard backingsshow stylised "MW" letters for "Magic and Wizards", even though the characters refer to the game asDuel Monsters.Cards are played on a duel mat with different areas depicted. All these areas give a 30% bonus tomonstersplaced in the right area.This is similar to the "field power bonus" in the Duelist Kingdom arc inthe next series.Only a few duels useKaiba's virtual reality system to show monsters.Others ideas used to show monsters are puppets, Dark Games, ...
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