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lergoo's review
4.0
This manga was really different than expected. I used to watch the anime and I played the game a little bit, but the manga is what came first. These first 3 volumes don't even really touch the card game, there are maybe like 20-30 pages that are about the card game and all the rest is about these shadow games that Yugi plays. This is really interesting to see because from what I remember, the anime starts off way later in the story. The manga feels more like a prequel at the moment if anything, which I don't mind. The story is also more mature than the anime, which is a welcome change.
Normally I don't really count a regular manga as a book for my Goodreads reading goal of the year, since it's quite short. I wouldn't feel like it truly counted towards my goal. This book however, is a 3 in 1, which means that you got 3 manga volumes in 1 edition, which is around 600 pages. So that's good enough in my book.
Anyways, back to the book itself. At first, the story took a while to get going for me, but when it did it was great. It was also interesting to see that so far Tristan (Honda) plays a much smaller role in the story, he's not even there for the vast majority of it. Téa, Joey and Yugi are the main friend group so far.
Anyways, I really enjoyed reading through this and I will definitely pick up the next 3 in 1 volume!
Normally I don't really count a regular manga as a book for my Goodreads reading goal of the year, since it's quite short. I wouldn't feel like it truly counted towards my goal. This book however, is a 3 in 1, which means that you got 3 manga volumes in 1 edition, which is around 600 pages. So that's good enough in my book.
Anyways, back to the book itself. At first, the story took a while to get going for me, but when it did it was great. It was also interesting to see that so far Tristan (Honda) plays a much smaller role in the story, he's not even there for the vast majority of it. Téa, Joey and Yugi are the main friend group so far.
Anyways, I really enjoyed reading through this and I will definitely pick up the next 3 in 1 volume!
chiron_00's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
inamarie's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.0
aotora's review
4.0
I remembered this manga being dark..... but it was even darker than I remember it being and I loved it for that.
I loved all the different shadow games, I love how different the Dark Yugi is. It takes a while to get used to characters having their Japanese names instead of the English ones they have in the anime but you get used to it after a whie.
The only thing that bothered me just a little bit was that Yugi, Joey and Yugi's grandma all are perverts - it's a freaking stupid trope and I am glad that it was seemingly dropped halfaway into the story because it just made the story worse for me. Especially when both Yugi and his grandpa creeped on Anzu. It was just .... weird and gross. And I know that it's a popular Japanese trope but I just loathed it. Also weird upskirt shots of Anzu. That was just... meh.
This manga also contains one of my absolutely favourite scenes that just made me crack up: Everyone is obsessed with Tamagachi type of game- where everyone keeps a little virtual pet and when Joey/Junouchi realizes that they can mate he screams: "Awright Yugi!! Let's you and me mate right away!!" and that was just so funny and unexpected and I just loved it. That part of the manga was super short compared to the rest but it becamse one of my favourites just for this line alone.
This was overall a decent start of the series and we meet a lot of the characters from the anime. I can't wait to read the rest now.
I loved all the different shadow games, I love how different the Dark Yugi is. It takes a while to get used to characters having their Japanese names instead of the English ones they have in the anime but you get used to it after a whie.
The only thing that bothered me just a little bit was that Yugi, Joey and Yugi's grandma all are perverts - it's a freaking stupid trope and I am glad that it was seemingly dropped halfaway into the story because it just made the story worse for me. Especially when both Yugi and his grandpa creeped on Anzu. It was just .... weird and gross. And I know that it's a popular Japanese trope but I just loathed it. Also weird upskirt shots of Anzu. That was just... meh.
This manga also contains one of my absolutely favourite scenes that just made me crack up: Everyone is obsessed with Tamagachi type of game- where everyone keeps a little virtual pet and when Joey/Junouchi realizes that they can mate he screams: "Awright Yugi!! Let's you and me mate right away!!" and that was just so funny and unexpected and I just loved it. That part of the manga was super short compared to the rest but it becamse one of my favourites just for this line alone.
This was overall a decent start of the series and we meet a lot of the characters from the anime. I can't wait to read the rest now.
sealleonie's review
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
blackangel's review
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
chemicalpoisons's review
adventurous
dark
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
This is my first dip into the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga and what better time to do it than in the wake of Takahashi's untimely death, in order to celebrate his magnum opus? For Yu-Gi-Oh is not only Takahashi's greatest work, it is one of the finest shonen manga ever written.
The first three volumes have no resemblance to the first episodes of the anime we all know, but you can see clearly, through them, how much Takahashi enjoyed games, in general. This is the very early stories of how Yugi almost released another self altogether, with the help from the Millennium Puzzle, extracting revenge on anyone who wronged him, his friends or innocent bystanders. Revenge might be a too general word for the mass murder this kid inflicted but, hey, didn't you want to torture bullies at sixteen?
The stories have no succinct continuity, but we do get to meet Seto and Mokuba Kaiba, two characters that will play a major role in the upcoming Death T arc. But that will arrive in later volumes. For now, if you're into games of any sort, Egyptian magic, and a homicidal teenage boy who enjoys using penalty games to punish the bad guys, this manga is just for you. It definitely was for me. ;)
The first three volumes have no resemblance to the first episodes of the anime we all know, but you can see clearly, through them, how much Takahashi enjoyed games, in general. This is the very early stories of how Yugi almost released another self altogether, with the help from the Millennium Puzzle, extracting revenge on anyone who wronged him, his friends or innocent bystanders. Revenge might be a too general word for the mass murder this kid inflicted but, hey, didn't you want to torture bullies at sixteen?
The stories have no succinct continuity, but we do get to meet Seto and Mokuba Kaiba, two characters that will play a major role in the upcoming Death T arc. But that will arrive in later volumes. For now, if you're into games of any sort, Egyptian magic, and a homicidal teenage boy who enjoys using penalty games to punish the bad guys, this manga is just for you. It definitely was for me. ;)
jossarian4's review
5.0
This story is so different than what one expects when one thinks back on their childhood memories of Yu-Gi-Oh! and that's a wonderful surprise.