Related: Dragon Ball's Vegeta Once Led One Piece's Straw Hat Pirates After the bonding process was complete, Dark Yugi was born, delivering cruel justice on those that wronged him or his friends. The first chapter details how Pharaoh Atem possessed Yugi after the protagonist solved the Millenium Puzzle given to him by his deceptive grandfather. While initially geared towards children upon the manga’s release, Yu-Gi-Oh! was much more of a horror manga than the kid-friendly adventure it evolved into. While Yu-Gi-Oh and Duel Monsters have become synonymous in the public eye since the manga and anime series first gained major traction around the world, Yugi and Pharaoh started the series off playing a much darker game with Duel Monsters not even being introduced until chapter sixty of the manga series.Ĭhapters one through sixty of Yu-Gi-Oh! by Kazuki Takahashi running in Weekly Shonen Jump magazine detail the twisted Clive Barker-esque horrors of the Shadow Game. In the original manga, Yugi was a straight-up villain after he became possessed by the spirit of Pharaoh Atem and periodically became Dark Yugi thereafter. Though most know Yu-Gi-Oh! for the popular anime and card game which is mostly marketed toward younger audiences, the source material was far from kid friendly.
