It was September 14, 1996 when the legend of Yugi Muto in Weekly Shonen Jump began. Today, 26 years later, Yu-Gi-Oh is one of the most popular franchises in the world and is constantly evolving thanks to the new anime series, far from the author's original vision, and the countless expansions of the trading card game.
In the first chapter, the late mangaka Kazuki Takahashi introduced many of the elements that would have shaped the story of Yugi and his companions. The sense of adventure and discovery of the mystery associated with the Millennium Puzzle, a pyramid-shaped puzzle given to his grandson by Yugi's grandfather, was just the beginning of one long story that had nothing to do with the card game.
In the first few chapters of the manga, we understand how Takahashi wanted to expand and introduce narrative elements inspired by the History of ancient Egypt or the stories from different mythologies. However, the first few chapters aroused so much curiosity among readers that many of them asked the Shonen Jump editors what they were. the rules of Duel Monsters.
A series of requests such as urging the editors to ask Takahashi to better define her in the story and thereby bring the game we all know today to center stage and continue to thrive. Finally, we leave you with the touching farewell to Master Takahashi's Weekly Shonen Jump.
