Yu-Gi-Oh! - Duel 224
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| English | The Future is Now | ||||||||
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| Serialization | |||||||||
| Series | Yu-Gi-Oh! | ||||||||
| Number | 224 | ||||||||
| Subseries | Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist | ||||||||
| Subseries number | 165 | ||||||||
| Japanese magazine | Weekly Shōnen Jump | ||||||||
| Tankōbon volume | 26: "Duel with the Future" | ||||||||
| Bunkoban volume | Volume 15 | ||||||||
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| Japanese | June 25, 2001 | ||||||||
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| Previous | "The Depths of Darkness!" | ||||||||
| Next | "Kaiba Declares War!" | ||||||||
"The Future is Now", titled "The Beginning of the "Future!"" (「未来」の始まり！！ "Mirai" no Hajimari!!) in the Japanese version, is the 224th chapter of the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga. In its first English printing, it was numbered as the 165th chapter of Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist. In the 3-in-1 edition, its number was changed to match the original Japanese printing.
Having defeated Mai Kujaku, Dark Marik subjects her to a Penalty Game. Then the last Duel of the Battle City semi-finals between Seto Kaiba and the eight duelist, revealed to be Ishizu Ishtar, Marik's sister, starts.
Featured cards[edit]
The following cards appeared in this chapter. Cards in italics debuted here.
Dark Marik
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Title pages[edit]
Japanese tankobon
Japanese color bunkoban
Anime adaption[edit]
In the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime, the end of the 92nd episode, ""Mind Game: Mai Vs. Marik, Part 3"" and beginning of the 93rd episode ""A Duel with Destiny, Part 1"" are based on this chapter. There are a number of differences including:
- In the anime, Jonouchi wasn't wearing his school uniform.
- In the anime, Anzu was wearing different clothes.
- In the anime, Mai was captured by "Sacred Stone of Ojhat" instead of "Viser Shock".
- Dark Marik trapped Mai inside an hourglass with sand falling over her instead of exposing her to flesh-eating scarabs.
- In the anime, they show a long time before the next Duel starts but in the manga it starts directly after the previous Duel ends.
