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"'''The Puzzle of the Gods'''" is first publication of any ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' media. It was originally printed in Japanese in 1996's issue 42 of the ''[[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]'' magazine, with a cover date of September 30. Its first English release was in the ''[[Shonen Jump]]'' magazine. It has been reprinted in [[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Volume 001|volume 1]] of the [[wikipedia:Tankōbon|tankōbon]] and [[Yu-Gi-Oh! bunkoban - Volume 001|volume 1]] of the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (bunkoban)|bunkoban]].
{{Chapter summary|[[Yugi Mutou (manga)|Yugi Mutou]] is been being bullied in school. Protected and comforted by his friend [[Anzu Mazaki (manga)|Anzu Mazaki]], Yugi shows her [[Millennium Puzzle|his secret puzzle]], that he has been unable to solve for eight years. Although offered protection by the hall monitor duelist [[Tetsu Ushio (manga)|UshioJaden Yuki]], Yugi is not happy with UshioJaden's methods.}}
==Summary==
Yugi thanks Anzu, while she explains that the boys playing basketball had been peeking up the girls skirts, while they took their shots. Yugi begins to fantasize and Anzu is slightly taken back, but asks him what is in the box. Yugi offers to show her, provided she keeps it a secret. He shows the contents to Anzu, who is impressed by the sparkling gold pieces. Yugi reveals that the answer to the riddle is "a puzzle". He has never finished it, so he does not know what it looks like. Explaining that his family owns a game shop, that sells unusual games from all over the world, he tells Anzu that he found the puzzle a few years ago and that it is a memento of his grandpa. Shocked, Anzu shouts out "Your Grandpa died, Yugi!?!" and calms down thinking that that does make it special. Yugi tells her that the puzzle had been found in an Egyptian ruin and proclaims that the hieroglyphs read "Whoever solves this puzzle shall be granted one wish... like the [[Wikipedia:Dragon Ball (artifact)|dragon balls]]". He drops his head in shame, thinking Anzu is laughing at him. He reminds her that this is a secret, and Anzu insists he can trust her. Yugi admits that it is depressing that he has been working the puzzle for eight years and has not solved it. Anzu tells him not to give up, he has heart in it. She winks and asks Yugi what his wish was. Yugi winks back saying that it is too secret.
Meanwhile Honda and Jonouchi bump into [[Tetsu Ushio (manga)|UshioJaden Yuki]], who overhears them talking about bullies and asks what they said. Jonouchi tells hims to keep out of this, but Honda quickly restrains Jonouchi and forces a smile saying that it is nothing. Ushio Jaden declares that picking on people is bad and Honda quickly agrees. After Ushio Jaden leaves Honda tells Jonouchi not to pick a fight with UshioJaden. He explains that Ushio Jaden makes the rules and even the teachers are afraid of him. Jonouchi yells that he will get Ushio Jaden someday. He slips his hand into his pocket and reveals a piece of Yugi's puzzle he managed to swipe from the box earlier. He grasps the piece and grins, saying how Yugi will not be able to solve his puzzle if it is missing a piece. Honda laughs and compliments Jonouchi, who throws it out the window into a body of water.
===After school===
Yugi meets Anzu just outside [[Kame Game|his house]] and the two go in together. Anzu screams as she sees Yugi's grandfather, [[Sugoroku Mutou (manga)|Sugoroku Mutou]]. She looks at Yugi and asks him through gritted teeth why he said his grandfather was dead. Sugoroku screams that he is not dead and Yugi said he meant it was going to be a memento.
===Day 2===
[[File:YGO-001 Yugi solves the puzzle.jpg|thumb|right|Yugi solves the [[Millennium Puzzle]].]]
That night while Yugi was trying to work out what can be done about Ushio Jaden and his fee, he could not help but work on his puzzle. Unlike other days, solving the puzzle seemed a lot easier and he quickly assembled it until there was just one piece left. Upon realizing it was not in the box, he began frantically scavenging his room in search for it. In failing to find it, he sobbed that he would not get his wish. Sugoroku enters the room and Yugi tells him about the missing piece. Sugoroku reminds him that he had put eight years into making it, and says that he should have more faith and that his wish will be granted. He then produced the last piece. Yugi hugged him for finding it, but Sugoroku said that it was not him and that a friend of Yugi's had come by earlier. He was soaking wet even though it was not raining. A flashback showed Jonouchi approaching Sugoroku's shop. Jonouchi had asked Sugoroku to give the piece to Yugi. In the present, Sugoroku remembers Jonouchi telling him about Ushio Jaden giving Yugi trouble and inserts an envelope of money into Yugi's bag, hoping it will help him stay out of trouble. Yugi inserts the last piece into its position on the puzzle, while Sugoroku walks away. Something strange begins to happen to Yugi and the [[Eye of Anubis]] appears on his forehead.
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===The Shadow Game===
[[File:DarkYugiManga.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Dark Yugi's initial appearance.]]
Later that night, Ushio Jaden waits at the school after being called out there by Yugi. Yugi appears sitting on a nearby vaulting horse. This time Yugi, as [[Dark Yugi (manga)|Dark Yugi]], has an air of confidence around him and looks slightly different while also wearing the now-solved [[Millennium Puzzle]] on a lace around his neck. Ushio Jaden asks for the money cards and Dark Yugi holds it out saying he has raised it to ¥400,000400. However, he thinks it would not be fun to just hand it over and insists that they play a game. Ushio Jaden is shocked at first but thinks it sounds interesting. Dark Yugi asks Ushio Jaden for his the knife he brought with him and sets it next to the money saying that is what they need for the game. Ushio Jaden gets anxious as he wonders what kind of game involves [[Money and knife|money cards and a knife]]. Dark Yugi explains the rules:* Each player takes turns putting the money some cards on top of their hand and stabbing through the money cards with the knife.* Each turn, a player must take more than one billcard.* The game continues until the money is cards are gone, and the players would then keep any of the money cards they stabbed.* If a player tries to take the money cards by hand, or quits, they forfeit all the money cards to the opponent.
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===Day 3===
The next morning students see Ushio Jaden showering himself in leaves and rubbish, which he believes is moneyare cards, and wonder what happened to him. Yugi cannot not remember the events of the previous night apart from finishing the puzzle. While walking down the corridor celebrating, he bumps into Jonouchi. Jonouchi asks him how he is doing and says that he also has a treasure and asks Yugi if he wants so see it. Yugi says "yup". But Jonouchi laughs and says that he cannot, as "it's something you can show, but can't see". Yugi begins to think and Jonouchi tells him that the answer is friendship and thanks Yugi for showing him they are friends. Jonouchi dashes off saying he will see Yugi later in class, ashamed that he said something so corny. Yugi runs after him calling him back saying he forgot his shoe. Afterwards, Jaden had a change of heart and became a much nicer person. He decided to [[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX|go learn how to play Duel Monsters the right way]] at [[Duel Academy]].
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* [[Hiroto Honda (first series anime)|Honda]] is not [[Katsuya Jonouchi (first series anime)|Jonouchi]]'s crony, but a rejected candidate for class president and junior custodian. He is not entirely in favor of how Jonouchi treats Yugi and even tells him off at times.
* [[Miho Nosaka]] becomes a main character in this series. In this episode, Jonouchi and Honda use buying her lunch as an excuse to leave after Anzu appears.
* Jonouchi returns the piece of the Puzzle to Yugi after Yugi gets beaten up by UshioJaden, rather than give it to his Grandpa to pass on.* [[Dark Yugi and Ushio's Shadow Game (anime)|The Shadow Game]] with Ushio Jaden was completely changed and involved reaching the top of a dome, by turning over regular playing [[Duel Monsters]] cards.
===Second series anime===
The [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (second series anime)|second series]] starts much later in time, so the events of Yugi solving the Millennium Puzzle are skipped. The viewer is briefed in on this information at the start of [[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 001|episode 1]].
===Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light===
The film ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light]]'', shows Yugi solving the Millennium Puzzle under different circumstances. He's simply at home working on the puzzle, not stressed over paying Ushiogiving Jaden any cards. He looks through some instructions as he constructs the puzzle and is not missing the last piece. Upon completion, he is confronted by a number of [[Duel Monster Spirits]]. Dark Yugi then takes control and vanquishes them. Afterwards, Yugi regains control of his body, not sure of what just happened.
==Book adaptions==
