What Is Yu-Gi-Oh R?

Yu-Gi-Oh! has a TON of spin-offs, but for some reason the very first spin-off seems to be talked about the least. In today's video, I read through the somewhat forgotten Yu-Gi-Oh! R Manga.

Intro Animation and thumbnail art by Artsy Theo

Intro music by LeoSZN

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[pacificgrim]

Kaiba is so mad that someone made fun of Blue Eyes that he literally smashed someone's head with a brief case. *That's Kaiba*

[RosesSpindle]

One detail that always amused me was that nobody even considers kidnapping Mokuba during this entire miniseries. For once, the kid gets left alone!

[Flare]

"He basically dumps his entire deck into the discard pile so he can wreck with an OP endgame combo."

Sounds like modern YGO to me lmao.

[EinDose]

Weirdly, Joey winning a duel by psyching an opponent out actually IS character development for him. His biggest losses (off the top of my head Vs. Yugi in Duelist Kingdom and Vs. Marik in Battle City) are because he gets intimidated into not pressing the advantage when he has it. Him taunting an opponent into a misplay is... genuinely, him learning from his own failures.

[DCBiscuit]

It’s a polygonal Racing game based off of the Yu-Gi-Oh franchise.

[leafbladie]

It's still so bizarre to me this manga exists, and how cards from it keep getting printed every so often.

[TheAzulmagia]

I like how Joey reveals his stole Keith's Time Machine after Duelist Kingdom, but he gives it back to him and hopes that they can have a fair rematch someday after he beats Keith in R.

[L_Selverne]

Fun facts:

1. The story of R was created by Takahashi himself way before as it was intended to be part of the original manga, but it ended up being cut.

2. In chapter 14, Kaiba proposes the idea of creating a facility to train duelists, a direct reference to Duel Academia in GX.

3. The only time Yugi/Atem tries to use Ra in manga continuity is in Yugioh R, although the summon was negated (in the original manga he only summons Ra so that he can crate Horakhty, not to use Ra itself. He did use it to destroy Diabound in the memory world, however Yami Bakura rewound time so it never happened.)

[AwfullyFawfully]

Oh yeahhhh, I remember reading Yugioh R as a kid and buying the volumes as they came out at Borders. Lots of memories coming back

[MegamanElric]

It's so weird how Yami Yugi is known as just "Yugi, " while regular Yugi is called "little Yugi."

[SeafoamSmiles]

"It was actually his secret twin, but his brain was hacked" Had me literally laughing out loud at 3 AM.

[ProfDragonite]

JWittz talking about obscure nostalgia?

Must be a day ending in -y.

[Taka_Sakagami]

I'd love to see a Cardfight!! Vanguard vid. That's the one card game story that really pays attention to game shops and locals culture.

[USMCVeteran]

I found all the volumes of Yu-Gi-Oh! R at the library last year and read through them all. I really enjoyed the story.

[JoeDirtisawsome]

8:15 The same thing happened in 5ds. Yusei was all like "a real duel is when two opponents come at each other with everything they got. they're supposed to use their monsters to fight each other. If you were a real duelist, you wouldn't be milling my deck right now. No true duelist would be happy if they won because of some technicality. "

[brad]

R was actually my first Yugioh manga. Pretty nostalgic memories w/ this one. It's also pretty cool how this replaces the Seal of Oricalchos arc in the manga. It would've been cool to see this get animated.

[browniethesnivy]

I always have to remind people that R exists even in Yu-Gi-Oh! fandom spaces lol... hope this brings more awareness to a pretty cool bit often forgotten piece of Yu-Gi-Oh! history!

[JokerPhantomThief]

Prediction: Yu-Gi-Oh Royal, it adds a couple new characters and their own story arcs, plus another semester after Christmas. May or may not include grappling hook.

[octaviashadows]

I've read through R SO MANY times, I freaking love it! I still hold out hope that we'll get an OVA or something for it eventually.

[TheInfinityMaster]

Now I REALLY want a "Yu-Gi-Oh! R" anime series. I miss the original Yu-Gi-Oh! characters and anime...