Volume 5
The first story is a direct continuation of the last volume (and it had better be, considering the fact that they were in the middle of what's arguably the real starting point for the Yu-Gi-Oh manga)
Tristian's caught in the room with the falling boxes, and the gang is worried about him. But they decide to push on. Mokuba shows up, and challenges Yugi to another capsule monster game, and, as per usual, rigged the game to give him super high level monsters, and Yugi, super crappy level monsters. Yugi wins, of course, but I won't tell you how. I don't consider it a cheat, but it's sort of....hmmm......well, Yugi wins fair and square, but I think the manga-ka cheated a little bit with the ending.
Duel 36 sees Yugi saves Mokuba from his punishment for losing, so maybe Mokuba won't be the complete and total piece of fuck he was in the earlier manga. This chapter also basically shows what most of the rest of the manga is going to be about. The next 5 chapters are basically one story, so I'll review them as such.
Yugi, who was given his grandpa's cards in the last volume, is challenged by Kaiba to a Duel Monsters game (it's changed from Magic and Wizards in volume 2. Probably due to copyright issues, since I doubt the manga-ka was expecting Yu-Gi-Oh to take off, and create a real card game this early in the manga.) I'm not going to spend time detailing every card each one of them draws, that'd be boring. Basically, Yugi draws a good card, and wins a few rounds, till Kaiba draws good monster card and spell card that makes his monster pretty good, and so Kaiba wins for awhile, till Yugi draws a card that can defeat it. It looks pretty good for Yugi, but then Kaiba draws the Blue-Eyes White dragon(yeah, I know he tore up grandpa's card, and in volume 2, said he never had one before, but I think that between volume 2, and volume 3, Kaiba goes around buying the other 3 in order to complete his revenge), and blows Yugi's monster to kingdom come.
Yugi spends the next few rounds defending, and Kaiba draws another BEWD(Blue-Eyes White Dragon.) Yugi then draws a spell card that keeps Kaiba's BEWD from attacking for three rounds. He thinks that all hope is lost as Kaiba draws the THIRD BEWD, and prepares to attack Yugi. Yugi has to draw his last card, and he's scared to, untill he sees his friend standing there, with the smiley face tattoo Téa drew on them in the last volume. This was a REALLY great bit, and it kind of made me choak up. Yugi draws his card and.......
Well, I won't tell, but you can probably guess. Anyhoo, Yugi's grandpa's going to be okay, but since Yugi has a BEWD in the anime, I wonder where he gets one in the manga, since his grandfather's was destroyed. I guess I'll find out.
Duel 41: This one involves these little love testers where you program in your vital statistics, and then if you pass by someone who's compatible, it beeps. It doesn't beep when Téa and Yugi brings their's together, however. A meanie teacher takes Yugi's away, and forces him to search for it. Dark Yugi finds it using Téa's love tester. It rings this time, suggesting that Dark Yugi is more compatible with Téa then ordinary Yugi. This was an okay story, but a bit of a letdown after the emotional high of the last story arc.
Duel 42: This one has Joey trying to win a contest on a show to help pay off his Dad's debts. Naturally, the game's rigged, and Yugi prevents it, and Joey wins! Or.....does he?*
I LOVED this volume, tho I wish Viz could've put the entire Kaiba's Revenge arc in one volume, as I think the other two stories suffer in comparison to the Kaiba's Revenge arc, which is REALLY good, and really cements the gang's friendship. I can't recommend this, or volume 4 too highly. You really have to get both, to get the whole story. If you don't like Yu-Gi-Oh after this volume, stop reading it, you never will.
(*No)
The first story is a direct continuation of the last volume (and it had better be, considering the fact that they were in the middle of what's arguably the real starting point for the Yu-Gi-Oh manga)
Tristian's caught in the room with the falling boxes, and the gang is worried about him. But they decide to push on. Mokuba shows up, and challenges Yugi to another capsule monster game, and, as per usual, rigged the game to give him super high level monsters, and Yugi, super crappy level monsters. Yugi wins, of course, but I won't tell you how. I don't consider it a cheat, but it's sort of....hmmm......well, Yugi wins fair and square, but I think the manga-ka cheated a little bit with the ending.
Duel 36 sees Yugi saves Mokuba from his punishment for losing, so maybe Mokuba won't be the complete and total piece of fuck he was in the earlier manga. This chapter also basically shows what most of the rest of the manga is going to be about. The next 5 chapters are basically one story, so I'll review them as such.
Yugi, who was given his grandpa's cards in the last volume, is challenged by Kaiba to a Duel Monsters game (it's changed from Magic and Wizards in volume 2. Probably due to copyright issues, since I doubt the manga-ka was expecting Yu-Gi-Oh to take off, and create a real card game this early in the manga.) I'm not going to spend time detailing every card each one of them draws, that'd be boring. Basically, Yugi draws a good card, and wins a few rounds, till Kaiba draws good monster card and spell card that makes his monster pretty good, and so Kaiba wins for awhile, till Yugi draws a card that can defeat it. It looks pretty good for Yugi, but then Kaiba draws the Blue-Eyes White dragon(yeah, I know he tore up grandpa's card, and in volume 2, said he never had one before, but I think that between volume 2, and volume 3, Kaiba goes around buying the other 3 in order to complete his revenge), and blows Yugi's monster to kingdom come.
Yugi spends the next few rounds defending, and Kaiba draws another BEWD(Blue-Eyes White Dragon.) Yugi then draws a spell card that keeps Kaiba's BEWD from attacking for three rounds. He thinks that all hope is lost as Kaiba draws the THIRD BEWD, and prepares to attack Yugi. Yugi has to draw his last card, and he's scared to, untill he sees his friend standing there, with the smiley face tattoo Téa drew on them in the last volume. This was a REALLY great bit, and it kind of made me choak up. Yugi draws his card and.......
Well, I won't tell, but you can probably guess. Anyhoo, Yugi's grandpa's going to be okay, but since Yugi has a BEWD in the anime, I wonder where he gets one in the manga, since his grandfather's was destroyed. I guess I'll find out.
Duel 41: This one involves these little love testers where you program in your vital statistics, and then if you pass by someone who's compatible, it beeps. It doesn't beep when Téa and Yugi brings their's together, however. A meanie teacher takes Yugi's away, and forces him to search for it. Dark Yugi finds it using Téa's love tester. It rings this time, suggesting that Dark Yugi is more compatible with Téa then ordinary Yugi. This was an okay story, but a bit of a letdown after the emotional high of the last story arc.
Duel 42: This one has Joey trying to win a contest on a show to help pay off his Dad's debts. Naturally, the game's rigged, and Yugi prevents it, and Joey wins! Or.....does he?*
I LOVED this volume, tho I wish Viz could've put the entire Kaiba's Revenge arc in one volume, as I think the other two stories suffer in comparison to the Kaiba's Revenge arc, which is REALLY good, and really cements the gang's friendship. I can't recommend this, or volume 4 too highly. You really have to get both, to get the whole story. If you don't like Yu-Gi-Oh after this volume, stop reading it, you never will.
(*No)
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