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| first run = September 3014, 1996<!-- cover release date --> | last run = March 8, 2004<!-- no idea if this is the cover date or the actual street release date -->

It was serialized in Shueisha's ''[[Weekly Shonen Shōnen Jump]]'' from September 3014, 1996 to March 8, 2004. 343 chapters were published. These were reprinted in 38 volumes in the tankoban and 22 in the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (bunkoban)|bunkoban]].

The English version is subdivided into three series; ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! (subseries)|Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'', ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist]]'' and ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Millennium World]]''. A number of minor changes are made, but significantly less than in other English adaptions adaptations of ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' media. ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' is one of the [[wikipedia:List of best-selling manga#Between 30 million and 49 million copies|best-selling manga series]] of all time, with a total estimated circulation of approximately [[wikipedia:Weekly Shōnen Jump#Manga series|1.38 billion copies]] in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'', and selling an estimated 40 million volumes.<ref name=zenkan>{{cite web | url=http://www.mangazenkan.com/ranking/books-circulation.html | script-title=ja:歴代発行部数ランキング | publisher=Manga Zenkan | language=ja | access-date=November 9, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029182642/http://www.mangazenkan.com/ranking/books-circulation.html | archive-date=October 29, 2018 | url-status=live }}</ref>

| [[Priest Seto (manga)|Seto]]

! scope="colrow" | ChaptersSource →! rowspan="2" scope="col" | ''Bunkoban'' / ''Duel Art''! rowspan="2" scope="col" | ''Millennium Book''! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Shueisha Jump Remix|-! scope="col" | Chapters ↓

| 337–343 || [[Ceremonial Battle Rite of the Duel (manga arc)|Ceremonial BattleRite of the Duel]]

'''===School''': ==={{main|School (arc)}}[[Yugi Mutou (manga)|Yugi Mutou]] solves the [[Millennium Puzzle]], causing him to share his body with the spirit [[Dark Yugi (manga)|Dark Yugi]], initially without Yugi's knowledge. When Yugi and his friends are faced with bullies and evildoers, Dark Yugi will often take control and challenge the offenders to [[Shadow Game]]s. Significant opponents include [[Seto Kaiba (manga)|Seto Kaiba]], who becomes a rival of Dark Yugi and [[Shadi Shin|Shadi]], who sets up the [[Trial of the Mind]] Shadow Game to test if Yugi is worthy of the Millennium Puzzle.

'''===Death-T''': ==={{main|Death-T (arc)}}Seto Kaiba sets up the [[Death-T]] theme park to try and kill the Yugis in vengeance for an earlier defeat. It is during Death-T, that Yugi becomes fully aware of Dark Yugi's existence.

'''===Monster World''': ==={{main|Monster World (arc)}}Dark Yugi faces more villains, in a similar format to the School arc. The final opponent, being [[Dark Bakura (manga)|Dark Bakura]], who possess the body of Yugi's friend [[Ryo Bakura (manga)|Ryo Bakura]] through the [[Millennium Ring]] and faces Dark Yugi in a tabletop role-playing game, ''[[Monster World]]'', where the souls of Yugi and his friends are trapped in the characters Dark Yugi uses.

'''===Duelist Kingdom''': ==={{main|Duelist Kingdom (manga arc)}}Yugi is forced to take part in the [[Duelist Kingdom]] tournament, hosted by [[Maximillion J. Pegasus (manga)|Maximillion J. Pegasus]], the creator of ''[[Duel Monsters]]'' and owner of the [[Millennium Eye]]. [[Katsuya Jonouchi (manga)|Katsuya Jonouchi]] also takes part to win the prize money to save his sister, [[Shizuka Kawai (manga)|Shizuka Kawai]] from going blind.

'''===Dungeon Dice Monsters''': ==={{main|Dungeon Dice Monsters (manga arc)}}[[Ryuji Otogi (manga)|Ryuji Otogi]], the creator of ''[[Dungeon Dice Monsters]]'' transfers to Yugi's school. His father, [[Mr. Clown]], had previously lost a game to Yugi's grandfather, Sugoroku. In revenge, he forces Yugi into a game of ''Dungeon Dice Monsters'' with Ryuji, with ownership of the Millennium Puzzle on the line.

'''===Battle City''': ==={{main|Battle City (manga arc)}}Seto Kaiba hosts the [[Battle City]] tournament to try and acquire the three [[Egyptian God|God cards]]. Dark Yugi takes part as a step towards regaining his lost memories from when he was a pharaoh. The Yugis are opposed by [[Marik Ishtar (manga)|Marik Ishtar]], a [[Tomb Keeper|Tomb Guardian]], who blames the pharaoh for the tragedy his family had to endure.

'''===Tournament Finals''': ==={{main|Tournament Finals}}The final stages of the Battle City tournament take place in the [[Kaiba Craft 3|Battle Ship]] and [[KaibaCorp Island Duel Tower|Duel Tower]]. The psychotic [[Dark Marik (manga)|Dark Marik]] takes control of Marik's body.

===King'''s Memories==={{main|King's Memories''': }}Dark Yugi's quest to regain his memories is turned into [[Shadow RPG|a role-play game]], by [[Dark Bakura (manga)|Dark Bakura]], set in the [[World of Memories]], where he relives his past life, including the battle with [[Zorc Necrophades]].

'''Ceremonial Battle''': ===Rite of the Duel==={{main|Rite of the Duel (arc)}}Yugi and Dark Yugi, now are aware of his real name, "Atem", face each other in [[Ceremonial Battle (manga)Rite of the Duel|a Duel]] to determine if Atem is ready to pass on to the afterlife.

'''===TRANSCEND GAME''': ==={{main|TRANSCEND GAME}}A special two-part chapter serving as a prelude to the film ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions]]''. It shows Kaiba attempting to make contact with Atem.

The manga was printed in 38 paperback books in Japanese, between March 1997 and June 2004. Some changes were made from when the manga was printed in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'', such as overlay text and logos being removed from title pages and color pages switched to black-and-white. Each volume contained a foreword with comments from [[Kazuki Takahashi]]. One volume [[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Volume 031|Volume 31]] of the Japanese ''takōbontankōbon'' came with a [[Yu-Gi-Oh! Volume 31 promotional card|promotional card]].

The English translation of the ''tankōbon'' was published between March 2003 and February 2008. It was split into three series; ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' (volumes 1 to 7), ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist]]'' (volumes 8 to 31, renumbered to 1 to 24) and ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Millennium World'' (volumes 25 to 38, renumbered as 1 to 7). Additionally, [[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Duel 060|Duel 060]], renumbered as Duel 001 of ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist'', was moved from the end of volume 7 to the beginning of ''Duelist'' volume 1. Some changes were made from when the magazine was printed in ''Shonen Jump'', including changing the name of ''Magic & Wizards'' to ''[[Duel Monsters]]''. Volumes featuring the ''Duel Monsters'' game included a "Master of the Cards" section which detailed cards that appeared in the volume. Two volumes of the English ''takōbontankōbon'' came with promotional cards.

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==Chapter listingslisting==* {{main|''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! chapter listing|Yu-Gi-Oh!]]''* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist chapter listing|Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist]]''}} ==References==* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Millennium World chapter listing|Yu-Gi-Oh! Millennium World]]''<references />