History Manga / YuGiOhR

** Kaiba had one too, after losing a duel.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Bandit Keith gets to literally be both on the giving and the receiving end of this one. The former is when he suddenly starts beating Ted Banias up and increases the amount of debt he owes him, all for losing a duel against [[spoiler: Gekko]]. The latter comes almost immediately afterwards, when Richie starts to kick Keith around for not following orders once they meet up.

* NightmareFetishist: Tilla, who refers to her Vampire's Curse card as her "master" and [[KissOfTheVampire allows it to suck her blood to grow stronger]]. (That's right - the ''holographic vampire actually bites her.'' You can see the bite marks in her neck if you look closely.)

* PunchClockVillain: Most of the Card Professors don't have anything personal against Yugi or his friends--they're just in it for the pay, and they don't even try to cheat. Then again, they don't seem to have any problem with the idea of an innocent girl getting sacrificed, either...

* SchrodingersCat: Bandit Keith looks remarkably healthy for somebody who was MindRaped to death during the Duelist Kingdom finals...
** Mind you, it is revealed that [[spoiler: Bandit Keith is alive because he was the test subject for the R.A. Project, which is the source of Yako's confidence that his ambitions will be successful.]]

** Her whole approach to dueling was passive-aggressive, really, and was effective since her deck was so broken. Jonouchi even [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this. See UnderestimatingBadassery for more.

* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Played with in Seto's duel with Yakou, [[spoiler: as while Seto's gratuitous summoning of the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon is ultimately his downfall, Yakou's similarly gratuitous summoning of two Evil Gods works just fine for him.]]

* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler: Bandit Keith]] in the final volume, during his duel with [[spoiler: Jonouchi.]]
* WeakButSkilled: [[spoiler: Gekko Tenma, who uses hordes of low attack monsters with potent effects, supplemented with spells and traps.]]

Yet another spinoff of the ''Franchise/YuGiOh'' series, specifically the [[Manga/YuGiOh original manga]], ''Manga/YuGiOhR'' is written by Akira Ito, one of Kazuki Takahashi's assistants on the original manga. The story, taking place [[{{Interquel}} between the Battle City and Memory World arcs]], kicks off with Yako Tenma, Pegasus' adopted son and protege, taking over Kaiba Corp and challenging Yugi to a duel. There, he reveals "The Wicked Avatar," one of three "Evil Gods" that Pegasus had designed before his death. After [[TheWorfEffect destroying Yugi's Osiris in one blow]], Yako kidnaps Anzu and takes her to the Kaiba Corp building, where he intends to "sacrifice" her in "Project RA" as revenge for Yugi causing Pegasus' death at the end of Duelist Kingdom.

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* ContinuityNod: At least in the Viz translation, Kaiba claims that the caliber of duelists at his company's latest sponsored tournament isn't quite to par and that perhaps he should think about [[Anime/YuGiOhGX opening up a school]]

* TheThreeFacesOfEve: Reiko Kitamori, Tilla Mook, and Mrs. Maico Kato

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Ryou Bakura (the normal one), is nowhere to be seen in this spin-off, despite accompanying Yugi and his other friends in nearly everything in the original manga story. One might assume that this is a case of R importing weird anime practices like Dark Yugi getting a growth spurt when he takes over Yugi's body, [[FridgeBrilliance but he might probably be finishing up that]] [[TableTopRPG Egyptian "diorama" for the museum]].

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Ryou Bakura (the normal one), is nowhere to be seen in this spin-off, despite accompanying Yugi and his other friends in nearly everything in the original series. One might assume that this is a case of R importing weird anime practices like Dark Yugi getting a growth spurt when he takes over Yugi's body, [[FridgeBrilliance but he might probably be finishing up that]] [[TableTopRPG Egyptian "diorama" for the museum]].

* Ryuji Otogi, the SixthRanger of the original manga, also doesn't appear.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: A fixture of the group from the original manga, Ryou Bakura (the normal one), is nowhere to be seen in this spin-off. One might assume that this is a case of R importing weird anime practices like Dark Yugi getting a growth spurt when he takes over Yugi's body, [[FridgeBrilliance but he might probably be finishing up that]] [[TableTopRPG Egyptian "diorama" for the museum]].

Yet another spinoff of the ''Franchise/YuGiOh'' series, ''Manga/YuGiOhR'' is written by Akira Ito, one of Kazuki Takahashi's assistants on the original manga. The story, taking place [[{{Interquel}} between the Battle City and Memory World arcs]], kicks off with Yako Tenma, Pegasus' adopted son and protege, taking over Kaiba Corp and challenging Yugi to a duel. There, he reveals "The Wicked Avatar," one of three "Evil Gods" that Pegasus had designed before his death. After [[TheWorfEffect destroying Yugi's Osiris in one blow]], Yako kidnaps Anzu and takes her to the Kaiba Corp building, where he intends to "sacrifice" her in "Project RA" as revenge for Yugi causing Pegasus' death at the end of Duelist Kingdom.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: A fixture of the group from the original manga, Ryou Bakura (the normal one), is nowhere to be seen in this spin-off. At first one might assume that this is a case of R importing weird anime practices like Dark Yugi getting a growth spurt when he takes over Yugi's body, [[FridgeBrilliance but he might probably be finishing up that]] [[TableTopRPG Egyptian "diorama" for the museum]].

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: A fixture of the group from the original manga, Ryou Bakura (the normal one), is nowhere to be seen in this spin-off. [[FridgeBrilliance Probably finishing up that]] [[TableTopRPG Egyptian "diorama" for the museum]].

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: A fixture of the group from the original manga, Ryou Bakura (the normal one), is nowhere to be seen in this spin-off. [[FridgeBrilliance Probably finishing up that that]] [[TableTopRPG Egyptian "diorama" for the museum]].

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: A fixture of the group from the original manga, Ryou Bakura (the normal one), is nowhere to be seen in this spin-off. [[FridgeBrilliance Probably making that]] [[TableTopRPG Egyptian "diorama" for the museum]].

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: A fixture of the group from the original manga, Ryou Bakura (the normal one), is nowhere to be seen in this spin-off. [[FridgeBrilliance Probably making that Egyptian "diorama" for the museum]].

* DistressedDamsel: Anzu. [[DesignatedVictim Mokuba]] actually gets left alone for once.

* HopeSpot: During Gekko's duel with Richie, [[spoiler: just as Gekko is about to win with a devastating direct attack, there is a sudden flash of light and Richie has won. A quick flashback next chapter reveals what happened, and leads into a nasty Tearjerker.]]

* {{Tearjerker}}: [[spoiler: Seeing Yuugi in despair, watching Anzu's soul fade away as they reach out to each other, is not easy on the heart.]]

Yugi, Jounouchi, and Honda race to Kaiba Corp to rescue Anzu, only to find that Yako has commissioned the Card Professors--thirteen professional American duelists--to block their way. Our heroes must battle their way up the tower to stop Yako before he can carry out his plans. Meanwhile, Kaiba and Mokuba, not exactly thrilled with Kaiba Corp getting taken over ''again,'' [[StormingTheCastle storm the castle, er, skyscraper]], to reclaim the company.

* BlankWhiteEyes: A RunningGag in this series involves this happening to Jounouchi when he's overwhelmed with indignation. Don't worry; it's PlayedForLaughs.

* BrickJoke: After Yugi defeats Tilla in the first volume, Jounouchi asks if he can borrow her Duel Disk, since he hadn't brought his with him. At the very end of the series, he's seen repaying the favor by giving her the special black Duel Disk.

* CatchphraseInterruptus: Okay, not really a catchphrase, but Jounouchi's attempt at making a [[BadassBoast badass speech]] after beating Mendo gets drowned out by the roar of Kaiba's jet engines.

* CheatersNeverProsper: Bandit Keith tries to sneak a Ring Of Destruction card into his hand from outside his deck during his duel against Jounouchi. ''Of course'' it doesn't work.

* ItsAllUpstairsFromHere: ''Of course'' Yako's going to wait for Yugi on the top floor of the Kaiba Corp building. Jou and Honda have it even worse, since they fell through a TrapDoor early on and ended up in the basement. Subverted with Kaiba and Mokuba, who [[DungeonBypass came in through the roof]].
* JerkAss: Not like this is any sort of surprise, but Bandit Keith pretty much started this whole mess by telling Yako that Yugi killed Pegasus. Of course, this is all untrue, but Keith couldn't care less either way, [[spoiler: as long as he gets the chance to duel Jounouchi again.]]

* MoodWhiplash: Chapter 27 opens with Jounouchi and Honda beating up tons of Mooks, with a humorous LampshadeHanging by Jounouchi about how long its been since he fought someone with his fists instead of cards. [[spoiler: Then we shift back to Yuugi and Gekko, who has just lost and thus prevented Yuugi from being able to advance and rescue Anzu. Ouch.]]

* ShrinkingViolet: Reiko, whose first instinct upon encountering another Duelist is to run away, and is described as having no fighting spirit when she does duel. [[spoiler: Ironically, she would have beaten Jounouchi if she had stuck to her passive deck destruction strategy instead of gaining the confidence to straight-out attack him.]]
** Her whole approach to dueling was passive-aggressive, really, and was effective since her deck was so broken. Jou even [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this. See UnderestimatingBadassery for more.

* TookALevelInJerkass: Honda, who spends a good portion of Joey's duels chastising him for loosing rather than try and support him and [[spoiler: Assumes Joey goading Reiko into attacking was just so he could win rather than to help her grow as a duelist]].

* UnderestimatingBadassery: When Jounouchi first encounters Reiko Kitamori, he thinks she doesn't look too tough. And indeed, while Reiko is [[ShrinkingViolet easily intimidated]], [[spoiler: She is in fact one of the most powerful duelists in the series, using a deck-destruction strategy that would put Seto Kaiba and Isis Ishtar to shame. Oh, and she only started playing Duel Monsters a month ago.]]
** To be fair, Reiko was playing a GameBreaker of a mill deck. Not only in that one of her key cards, Battlefield Tragedy, is a Continuous Spell Card that forces the opponent to mill 5 cards every time they attack, making it 5 times more potent than the similar real-life card Gravekeeper's Servant, but she uses two copies at the same time for a total of 10 cards every time the opponent attacks, and even worse, combines it with cards that force the opponent's monsters into attacking ''each other'', clearing the opponent's monsters and their deck to boot. Leave it up to the manga to come up with broken cards that can be counted on to be nerfed if they make it into the actual game. On the flipside, [[spoiler:it is possible that Jounouchi could have won without having to goad her into attacking, had he the chance to attack on his own with the cards he had on field during the last turn, since a duelist loses only if they have to draw when their deck is empty]].

* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler: Bandit Keith]] in the final volume, during his duel with [[spoiler: Jounouchi.]]

Yet another spinoff of the ''YuGiOh'' series, ''Manga/YuGiOhR'' is written by Akira Ito, one of Kazuki Takahashi's assistants on the original manga. The story, taking place [[{{Interquel}} between the Battle City and Memory World arcs]], kicks off with Yako Tenma, Pegasus' adopted son and protege, taking over Kaiba Corp and challenging Yugi to a duel. There, he reveals "The Wicked Avatar," one of three "Evil Gods" that Pegasus had designed before his death. After [[TheWorfEffect destroying Yugi's Osiris in one blow]], Yako kidnaps Anzu and takes her to the Kaiba Corp building, where he intends to "sacrifice" her in "Project RA" as revenge for Yugi causing Pegasus' death at the end of Duelist Kingdom.

* ContinuityNod: At least in the Viz translation, Kaiba claims that the caliber of duelists at his company's latest sponsored tournament isn't quite to par and that perhaps he should think about [[YuGiOhGX opening up a school]]

* {{Eagleland}} / EvilForeigner: Not only are the Card Professors Americans, but guess who's back...

* SymbolSwearing: Bandit Keith, lovable EvilForeigner that he is, gets his speech liberally peppered with this in the Viz translation.

* EyeScream: [[NightmareFuel That eye-melting scene]]...

* NightmareFuel / {{Squick}}: [[spoiler: Yako's desire to resurrect '''Pegasus''' in '''Anzu's body'''.]]
** Yako's face deformations could also count as NightmareFuel, as well as his EyeScream scene.
** At the end of Seto Kaiba's duel with Yakou, [[spoiler: Seto has a vision of a shadowy Blue-Eyes White Dragon roaring at him in a scene rather reminiscent of the first penalty game that Yami had inflicted upon him so long ago...]]

Yet another spinoff of the ''YuGiOh'' series, ''[[{{Yu-Gi-OhR}} Yu-Gi-Oh! R]]'' is written by Akira Ito, one of Kazuki Takahashi's assistants on the original manga. The story, taking place [[{{Interquel}} between the Battle City and Memory World arcs]], kicks off with Yako Tenma, Pegasus' adopted son and protege, taking over Kaiba Corp and challenging Yugi to a duel. There, he reveals "The Wicked Avatar," one of three "Evil Gods" that Pegasus had designed before his death. After [[TheWorfEffect destroying Yugi's Osiris in one blow]], Yako kidnaps Anzu and takes her to the Kaiba Corp building, where he intends to "sacrifice" her in "Project RA" as revenge for Yugi causing Pegasus' death at the end of Duelist Kingdom.

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