A review by lergoo
Yu-Gi-Oh! (3-In-1 Edition), Vol. 1: Includes Vols. 1, 2 & 3 by Kazuki Takahashi

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!