Anime Yu-Gi-Oh! Manga in "Shonen Jump"

[DeathBug]

Hi, all. I started this thread because the original Yu-Gi-Oh Manga has been brought to the shores compliments of Shonen Jump magazine. I figured we'd need a place to discuss it, and since I got my issue yesterday, I'll start off:
[spoiler]Yu-Gi-Oh Duel One: The Puzzle of the Gods
Summary: Yugi Mutou has a run in with two bullies, Honda (Tristen) and Jonouchi (Joey), and they try to steal the strange Milleniumo Puzzle he's trying to solve. They're scared off by Anzu (Tea), but not before Jonouchi steals a piece of the Puzzle and tosses it into the school pond.
A thug named Ushio tells Yugi that he'll take care of his problems. The next day, Ushio takes Yugi to Honda and Jonouchi, and beats the two senseless. Yugi tries to stop Ushio from hurting his "friends", and gets beaten up as well for his troubles. Ushio then tells Yugi that for his "bodyguard duties", he wants 200,000 Yen, or he'll hurt him even worse. He brandishes a daggar to prove his point.
At home, Yugi works on the Millenium Puzzle to take his mind off his troubles, but finds that the Eye piece is missing. Yugi is depressed because now he'll never get to make his wish on the puzzle. (A legend says that if you make a wish on the Puzzle when you complete it, it will come true. yUgi wanted to wish for friends.)
Yugi's grandpa gives Yugi the final piece and said a young man who asked not to be identified gave it to him. (Of course, it's Jonouchi.) Yugi completes the pzzle, and blacks out.
That night on the school grounds, Ushio arrives; he'd been called by Yugi to recieve his money. When he finds Yugi, the boy is dressed in leather black attire with various Egyptian pieces on him. His eyes are also different; the kid looks slightly deranged.
He has 400,000 yen in small bills, and he wants to play a Shadow Game with Ushio for the money. They would each place the stack of bills on their hands and use Ushio's knife to stab te bills. Any money that you can take off the stack, you can keep. The trick is to keep your greed in check so you don't stab your hand.
As the game goes on, Ushio's greed reveals itself, and he tries to stab Yugi and keep the money. Yugi (Or, I should say "Yami Yugi", though he's not referred to by that name.) uses his powers to force Ushio into a "Penalty Game" for cheating. "Greed: The Illusion of Avarice" causes Ushio to see nothing but money all around him. Yami Yugi takes his money and leaves, having avenged Honda and Jonouchi.
The next morning, Ushio is still in the school yard. He's rolling in a pile of leaves, babbling about how they're money and it's all his. Yugi shows up and doesn't remeber anything that happened to his after he solved the Puzzle. He sees Jonouchi in the halls, and Jonouchi thanks Yugi for standing up for them, and tells him they're friends, much to Yugi's delight. Jonouchi then runs off, disgusted that he could be so sappy, but Yugi's right behind him.
"To be continued..." [/spoiler]

I liked this, by the way. I particularly think Manga Yami Yugi's a lot more interesting than Anime Yami Yugi. And he dresses snappier. (If you read it, you'll notice that unlike in the Anime, Yami Yugi is the same hieght as normal Yugi) Also, several of the characters looke a little different than in the anime, particullarly Jonouchi, Honda and Yugi. (Half the time, Yugi has no nose!) As mangas go, this one's very good, IMO, and I can see why it was so popular in Japan.
Oh, and for those of you wondering where the Duel Monsters cards are, it's explained in the opening that the cards don't show up until the fourth manga story, when Kaiba shows up.
And as a special bonus, the Shonen Jump magazine ame with an exclusive BEWD foil card! Schweet!
(I plan to summarize and review the manga each month when my edition of Shonen Jump arrives. Check back here!)

[Makai Kite]

Sounds good so far... I need a copy! Don't they also serialize Yu Yu Hakusho and One Piece? I can't remember the other one.

[DeathBug]

The other two are Dragon Ball Z, beginning with the section where Namek blows up and ending with a cameo of Future Trunks, and a new strip called SandLand, about a quest by a human and Beelzebub, prince of Demons, to find a new source of water and free all the townspeoplew from the grip of an evil dictator. SandLand is done by the same guy who does DBZ. Want further proof? The Demon Lord Lucifer, father of Beelzebub, looks exactly like Deborah. (If you notice, he's shown reading "Faust".)

As an added bonus, the Garlic Jr. Saga wasn't even in the manga, so we go right to the Androids! (Which is good, because I hated Garlic Jr.)

[spike speigel]

So, is that really how yugi met joey and tristan? I really can't see them as bullies......but I guess any thing is possible in a manga.

[Makai Kite]

Anything is possible in an anime, too. Just watch Excel Saga. There's this Martian princess who has tuberculosis and dies every 5 minutes. Once it took 3 hours for her to come alive again. There was an episode called "Menchi's Great Adventure- Part 2" and there was no Part 1. It's all about an evil organization with pure ideals that wants to conquer the city, but they can't even do that much. There are only 3 members of the organization ACROSS, and that doesn't help things much.

[Shy]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Kaiba's Angel [/i]
[B]Anything is possible in an anime, too. Just watch Excel Saga. There's this Martian princess who has tuberculosis and dies every 5 minutes. Once it took 3 hours for her to come alive again. There was an episode called "Menchi's Great Adventure- Part 2" and there was no Part 1. It's all about an evil organization with pure ideals that wants to conquer the city, but they can't even do that much. There are only 3 members of the organization ACROSS, and that doesn't help things much. [/B][/QUOTE]

[size=1]That post has no relevance to the topic at hand, please don't do this sort of this in the future.

I got a copy of the Shonen Jump free preview, but I haven't subscribed to it yet (although I want to). It is interesting that Joey and Tristan were once bullies who picked on Yugi, it doesn't surprise me though. A kid like Yugi is just begging to get knocked around a bit.

-Shy ;)[/size]

[Makai Kite]

I'm sorry, Shyguy. It won't happen again. I agree about how it is interesting that Joey and Tristan were bullies to Yugi, but anything could happen. ;)

[Domon]

Where can i get Shonen Jump?? I must have that new BEWD! Cause i found out that you can use it in tourneys. I must know!! Where is it? Where can i get Shonen Jump??

[DeathBug]

I would guess a comic shop; I subscribed from their website, so I recieved it at home.

[spike speigel]

I just read it today, and I have to say...it's REALLY different then the show. Everyone looks different, and they have a different story to it. And it's a lot less kiddie-like.

[DeathBug]

Okay, I got the second issue of Shonen Jump today, and will proceed with summarizing and commenting on the Yu-Gi-Oh content. I'll also, just for kicks, rate the stories. The stories are rated on a scale of one to five star chips, five being the absolute best, one being the absolute worst.

You guys *do* read this, right? I wo'nt bother typing this all up if no one shows any interest.

[spoiler] DUEL 2: LYING EYES

Jonouchi and Yugi are walking to class, and Jonouchi tells Yugi about a new porn(!) movie he found, and promises to let Yugi borrow it. On the way to school, they see a television van parked outside the school building. The director inside sees Yugi and decides to use him in his film project.

The director is filming a human interest story about bullying in schools. After he's done objectifying the female reporter, he sends an intern to find Yugi, and 'play the part of the bully'.

Meanwhile, Jonouchi's decided the reason a TV van was outside the school is because a movie star must be attending classes there in disguise. Anzu disagrees, and the two get into an argument. Yugi wonders off and is met by the TV intern, who poses as a student. After Jonouchi goes off to find the hidden celebrity, the intern tells Yugi there really is a famous actress going to the school, and she wants to meet Yugi. Yugi agrees to meet him behind the gym at recess.

Poor Yugi shows up bearing flowers, but on the director's cue, the intern starts beating the crap out of Yugi. Jonouchi shows up and puts a stop to it, but the director proceeds to kick the crap out of Jonouchi. The director laughs, saying he could show the film of Jonouchi getting beaten up and make him a luaghingstock if he complains. Yugi's puzzle activates as the director leaves.

Later that night in the garage of the TV studio, Yami confronts the director, and accuses him of 'trespassing his soul'. He challanges him to a game, a simple dice game. ("People have been staking their fate on dice since ancient Egypt. Although, back then, we used 'astragali'-the uneven bones and calves of sheep...") They just roll a single die, and whoever rolls the highest number wins.

Yami rolls a six, and the director says that he doesn't evenh ave to play; there's no way he can roll more than Yami, so he wins. Yami says that the game isn't over until both players have rolled, so the director takes the die and chucks it full force at Yami's head. At first, it appears as though the die landed on one, but a second look reveals that the die split in two from being thrown so hard; the other face up half was six, giving him a total of seven! Yami induces the Penalty Game, Mosaic Illusion. "For bending the truth in front of the cameras, then all you see shall be censored!" All the director can see has become Mosaic. (Mosaic is the 'tiling-out' effect used on TV shows like COPS, when they are'nt allowed to show peoples' faces.)

The next morning, Jonouchi brings the porno tape to Yugi, but it's intercepted by Anzu, who thinks the title looks interesting (Video Girls), and says she'll borrow it. "Is it really that interesting?"

Review: Well, the character moments were the best part of the story. tHe actual villain, in the form of the unnamed director, was a bit weak, and the plot was kind of contrieved. But everyone acted true to form: Jonouchi introducing Yugi to porn(!), Anzu shooting down Jonouchi's wild rumors about the TV star, Yugi bringing flowers to meet the actress...

It's sad and kind of funny that out of all the kids att he school, the director chose Yugi as *the one* to be bullied. Poor Yugi just has that look about him... Of course, it was expectd that Jonouchi would come to Yugi's aid, but that also seemed out of place: where's the school principle while grown men are going around beating up school kids? And where the heck was Honda?

My Rating: Two and a half Star Chips. The plot was weak, but the characters were strong, so I say that evens them out for an average score.

(I give DULE 1: THE PUZZLE OF THE GODS four and a half Star Chips retroactivly; that was some good manga there.) [/spoiler]

Later I'll summarize the second story in this month's issue: HARD BEAT.

[Circ]

You know, it's too bad I don't have the first part of the manga (all parts 1 through 17 are out in french :naughty: ) But I can give spoilers from anything between issue 8 through 43. (I've received parts 2 through 6 for Christmas :D )