Thoughts&Observations | Mangá Vol.8-11 Part 4 (Jounouchi VS Mai)

In this post about thoughts and observations, the stars will be Jounouchi, Mai and Dark Yugi.



Plot Summary:

After the duel of Dark Yugi against Insector Haga, Dark Yugi is now with 3 stars and Jounouchi with only one star, so next is Jounouchi's time to duel, Dark Yugi reminds him the rules and to make it work to his advantage and the gang advise him to fight a weaker contestant but then they hear a voice and laugh from a area close to them and recognising as Mai's laugh, Mai just won a duel and she already has four stars, Honda and Jounouchi are impressed by her progress in the tournament, the others more quietly impressed (specially Dark Yugi, Anzu and Ryou), she comes to them and have a small talk and challenges Jounouchi, everyone is surprised, Jounouchi was hesitant at first but willingly accepts and has Dark Yugi's encouragement as well.
The duel starts with Mai taking the lead and using her "psychic" tactics which distracts Jounouchi to be focused on the duel, when Jounouchi figures out her trick, he starts performing better during the duel, there is a bit back and forth, while showing Mai being the more experienced player, the duel ends with Jounouchi winning and leaving Mai with a riddle.



Key Points:

 

So Yugi/Dark Yugi has 3 stars chips and Jounouchi has only one, since he still hasn't duelled yet in the tournament,Ryou, Honda and Anzu are worried about Jounouchi that maybe he will not reach the finals for his sister because most participants in the tournament are strong, so it's harder to find someone to the same level as him, it's amusing the friends being more worrywarts than Jounouchi, Dark Yugi is just chilling, Jounouchi is focused but energetic (that's the way he is), they taking Jounouchi and his sister a little too pitifully and putting that kind of weight to Dark Yugi to help him, specially Anzu, but treat it as going blind is the end of world from their friends side (it's terrible and very scary the idea of going blind, if she did go blind, at the beginning would be very rough in getting used to it, the difference is that there 50% chance of preventing happening if the family has the necessary funds for it) , Dark Yugi and Jounouchi are dealing with it fairly better, because is have a fighting chance, better having it than none at all.

 

I like the cool reference from Jounouchi of the field spell card "Sogen", it's a pretty well known card and one of the classics when Yu-Gi-Oh! card games started being available to everyone, even in it's video games, for someone who is familiar with Yu-Gi-Oh! gets the reference right away...

On topic about their the exchange between Jounouchi and his friends is interesting, we see his growth that Yugi have been teaching him quite thoroughly recently that Jounouchi understood the rules at a good pace, even his friends are understanding the rules and give good advices and Dark Yugi reminds that by now the other contestants probably know the new rules, after all many duelists watched Dark Yugi VS Haga...

Despite Honda advise to pick a weak one, even though in the previous key point stated all contestants being personally invited to attend the tournament must be strong, for himself thinks to pick a participant that Jounouchi's current level is closest to (beginner against a intermediate would be wisest).



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Thoughts&Observations | Mangá Vol.8-11 Part 3 (Dark Yugi VS Insector Haga)

Last post about Duelist Kingdom in the mangá, was the end of the prologue, now the tournament starts, Dark Yugi plans to take Haga first, for what he did to his exodia cards of his grandpa (I think he sees as his own grandpa, it's not only that, you see it soon, later after Duelist Kingdom) and making it Jounouchi dive to try to catch, we can tell from this and previously, Dark Yugi is a bit sensitive and a bit hot-headed (if you mess with his guts bit much), some flaws of his we will see from him in here, this will be how much we learn about Dark Yugi personality traits.

Update: Scratch that, it makes a very confusing introduction o.o, I have been starting to make updates my analysis posts about the Duelist Kingdom Arc to restructure it into the same structure as Battle City Arc and Memory World Arc.

Plot Summary:

They arrived the Duelist Kingdom island, they walk a little and participants and the gang in front of a castle gate and at the castle's balcony to welcome them and explain the rules of the tournament in a very "battle royale" fashion around the island and the time limit of the tournament is two days (48 hours) and the contestants who have less than 10 stars can't go to the finals.
After the rules been explained, the gang explores a little of the island for Dark Yugi follow Haga's trail and Haga challenges Dark Yugi to a duel, he accepts by betting his only one star and his life as Haga betting his two stars, the duel at first takes initial lead on Haga, but the moment he turn the tables, the back and forth starts between Haga and Dark Yugi, it's not only the gang watching being the first duel, the other contestants are watching too and among them is Mai Kujaku as a commentator for the gang being a more experienced duelist...the duel ends with Dark Yugi's victory and Haga having lost both his two stars is the first to leave the island.


Key Points:

 

Dark Yugi worried about Jounouchi in possibly getting a cold and apologising, so sweet and is not often we see him doing so, even Jounouchi was kinda moved because he responded with "Aww, this is nothing!" and he is right about what ticks him off in throwing Yugi's cards (more technically Yugi's granpa, specially being Exodia, I would feel so bad and irritated, because it was of someone close 😖).

Regarding what Dark said to him and now thinking that he will taking him down first, he means in literal sense, he is determined in putting Haga out of the tournament first.

Then Pegasus starts announcing the rules of the tournament, he mentions they have to use official licensed cards of the game, I find it interesting and then advices the other duelists if they aren't satisfied with their decks, they trade with one and another... 

 

It was a very high risk to begin with just from Dark Yugi giving away one of his star chips, which implied that they would have to use it in some way, with these conditions explained, Dark Yugi and Jounouchi have to win their very first battles, but then when we think Dark Yugi giving one star to Jounouchi of his own accord to give him a fighting chance, it's only logical and fair having these kind of conditions.

 

After Pegasus, explains the rules, and mentions the battlefield it's around the island, "battle royale" style, being around the island, Dark Yugi starts questioning by what meant by that, from a participant's perspective since a card game tournament just need a room filled with tables and not around a huge area such an island for a TCG Tournament and quickly comes to the conclusion is related to the new rules, this proves his quick thinking, I wouldn't call just quick thinking that he does.

On the subject about the rules, Pegasus says there is a time limit to be 48 hours, in other words two days and to enter the castle, the participant must have 10 stars and moving to the semi-finals.

But one can keep wondering with this many contestants, is it two days even enough? I don't think it is, from how treated his contestants of not even providing a sleeping bag and force Yugi into this tournament, something fishy going on, the tournament won't be that smoothly as Pegasus make it sound and is more to say about how much of a awful tournament host he is...

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Official V-Jump wallpapers

there is a good amount of Yu-Gi-Oh Wallpapers from V-Jump, there is plenty new ones, recently is Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal focused and now the current calendar wallpaper is of Yu-Gi-Oh and Yu-Gi-Oh Zexal...

pretty cool, huh? from the style, I can bet was Kazuki Takahashi himself or one of the artist(I'm pretty sure the art was the author)

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Thoughts&Observations | Mangá Vol.8-11 Part 2 (On Board to Duelist Kingdom)

NOTICE: You must have read manga Yugioh! Duelist 1. (if you don't have, you can read through my scan in the YGO Media, the first volume maybe some blurry in a corner and some cut in words, but it's readable, it becomes less blurry)

we stopped at some good amount of observation on Jounouchi character development.


Plot Summary:

After school, Yugi arrives home and finds an envelope stuck in the door with  cards inside...the gang appears at the entrance and Jounouchi reveals he also received a videotape of 8mm, asks if he can watch at Yugi's home since he doesn't have VCR, Yugi explains news about his situation about 5 cards he received as invitation cards saying the location being on a island called Duelist Kingdom and the meet up being at the Domino Pier to be on a ship, in order to the presented Tournament's location with some basic rules in other cards plus two honor cards (King's left (it's a blank card) and King's right (the prize money)).
After catching up with the recent news about the tournament, they watch Jounouchi's videotape, they were worried that it would be Pegasus but in the end, the person Jounouchi wasn't expecting to appear being his little sister Shizuka, she explains why she sent a video and her time to see his brother coming to a close, Jounouchi is feeling very down with this news and explains their situation, confesses his frustration on thinking he is not a good brother, then Dark Yugi takes over and cheers him up by giving one of the stars that came with glove from the package, so Jounouchi could have a fighting chance to help his little sister.
The day to come to meet at Domino Pier, Yugi and the gang arrive and and see a huge ship that will take them to the island of Duelist Kingdom, they see many contestants including the top and runner up in Japan and meet for the first time a beautiful woman, who is also a contestant and most of the boys (except Ryou Bakura) are amazed by her beauty, she introduces herself as Mai Kujaku and express her interest in seeing Yugi's skills for herself in the tournament...
The whole gang smoothly boards the ship, Yugi gets the chance to talk with the two top contestants from the national championship tournament, Haga and Ryuzaki,Jounouchi complains how everyone has to sleep common room with not even bunk beds, he is not the only one, Mai starts complain about how come there isn't a room for lady at least to take a shower with later revealed that the two top contestants from the national tournament gets suite rooms, so Mai uses her charms by getting closer to Ryuzaki, the runner up and is escorted to his room by Ryuzaki.
As Yugi and Haga continue their conversation then Haga brings his curiousity about Yugi's deck, specifically Exodia The Forbidden one and throws the 5 pieces of Exodia to the ocean and Jounouchi jumps to the ocean in attempt to save Exodia's cards but in vain, Haga leaves laughing claiming that now no one is a threat to him in the competition, Yugi launches lifebuoy to help Jounouchi back to the ship, while with Mai and Ryuzaki, she challenged him to a mini-game to see who could stay in the room and she won, she got his room.


Key Points:


 

I have to say, why didn't he had given the cards inside the package? It's a bit weird and creepy doing this way, specially seeing a sort of private or spy to leave the envelope and checking if Yugi picks up the cards, let's say is a bit unnecessary 😑, I understand is also a way to show Pegasus pays close attention in not just Dark Yugi but also Yugi.

 

The envelope given 5 cards, with the information about the tournament (the day, location, prizes), even though one of them is suspicious, such as the "Honor of the King" cards of Right and Left, the "Honor of the King's Right" being the prize money and "The Honor of the King's Left" being empty with "???", it's not difficult to guess what is for and it hints is not something good and shady, but who has saw the animated series and read the manga knows and who doesn't, knows well, what it is...

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YGO Media: Yugioh manga Duelist Kingdom completed

I will give here the full scans so far, which is Duelist Kingdom completed, so I will give you the full list:
it's also in YGO Media.
Edit (I changed the links downloads, MEGA included, their not in winrar anymore, just cbr files)
Manga YGO Duelist:

Volume 8 - Volume 1 Duelist

Volume 9- Vol.2 Duelist

Volume 10 - Vol.3 Duelist

Volume 11 - Vol.4 Duelist

Volume 12 - Vol.5 Duelist

Volume 13 - Vol.6 Duelist

Volume 14 - Vol.7 Duelist

Volume 15 - Vol.8 Duelist


to be able to read the cbr files, use cbr reader, I suggest to use CDisplay.

Click here to download CDisplay