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I don't think it's ever suggested that it's not a real thing.
The '''Shadow Realm''' was alleged to be is a place of eternal suffering where people could be sent to, explicitly designed by [[4Kids Entertainment]] for the dubbed version of the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (second series anime)|''Yu-Gi-Oh! second series '' anime]]. When a death would occur in the Japanese version, it would usually be censored in the English version dub, sending the victim to say he/she is sent instead to "the Shadow Realm"instead. The concept is also mentioned in the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]] '' anime.
==Japanese version==The very concept of the Shadow Realm is often derided, mostly for as presented in the basic fact that it is a result English language version of the censorship of some of anime does not exist in the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (manga)|''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' manga]] and the darker aspects Japanese version of the showanime. However, but it the concept is also partly because some based on an occasionally mentioned place called the '''World of Darkness''' ({{Ruby|闇|やみ}}の{{Ruby|世界|せかい}} ''Yami no Sekai''). This was where the more preposterous insertions soul of the Shadow Realm[[Solomon Muto]] was placed after being absorbed into a "[[Soul Prison]]" card by [[Maximillion Pegasus]].<ref name="dm16">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|16|ref}}</ref>
==Known residents==
*[[PanikGhost Kaiba]]: Sent there twice, once after Yami Yugi's and Seto Kaiba's Duel via Mind Crush, then again when he lost to Yami Yugi at Duelist Kingdom with another Mind Crush.*[[PaniK]]: After losing to Yami Yugi beat Panik in a duelDuel, Panik PaniK attempted to kill him, but the Millennium Puzzle shielded him and he banished Panik PaniK to the Shadow Realm with a Mind Crush.*The [[Mugger]]: While threatening Téa, the mugger was challenged to a card draw game by Yami (who had taken over the unconcsious unconscious [[Yugi Muto]]), who won and used a Mind Crush to banish the mugger's soul to the Shadow Realm.*[[Seeker]] the Rare Hunter: After losing to [[Yami Yugi]] in a duelDuel, [[Marik Ishtar|Marik]] used the [[Millennium Rod]] to take control of the Rare Hunter's body and trap his mind in the Shadow Realm.*[[Arkana]]: After losing to Yami Yugi in a duelDuel, [[Marik Ishtar|Marik]] used the [[Millennium Rod]] to take control of Arkana's body and trap his mind in the Shadow Realm.*[[Lumis and Umbra|Lumis]]: Once it was clear there was no way Lumis could win, Marik took over his body and trapped his soul in the Shadow Realm, as after Marik left him and he collapsed, Kaiba walked over to his lifeless form and picked up his locator cards.*[[Bonz]]: After being defeated by [[Yami Bakura]] in a duelDuel, Bakura trapped him in the Shadow Realm, along with Sid and Zygor. Presumably he never chose to release them.*[[Sid]]: After Yami Bakura defeated Bonz, he trapped Sid in the Shadow Realm along with him Bonz and Zygor. It is unknown if he ever released them.*[[Zygor]]: After Yami Bakura defeated Bonz, he trapped Zygor in the Shadow Realm along with him Bonz and Sid. It is unknown if he ever released them.*[[Mr. Ishtar]]: Who was sent to the Shadow Realm by [[Yami Marik]] with the Millenium Millennium Rod.*[[Mai Valentine]]: After [[Yami Marik]] defeated her in a duelDuel, he used his Millennium Rod to trap her soul in the Shadow Realm, which looked slightly similar to a Mind Crush in that the negative effect was used (but not the glass effect). She was later released when Yami Marik was destroyed.*[[Ryo BakuraRyou]]: After Yami Bakura was beaten by Yami Marik, he vanished into the Shadow Realm, along with the original Marik's soul. However, Marik was still able to control Téa, and Yami Bakura hid inside Yugi's [[Millennium Puzzle ]] (as he had placed a bit of his soul there in an earlier episode), thus the only one who was truly fully banished to the Shadow Realm was the original Bakura(however Yami Bakura's complete form and Marik's full form were still trapped there). He was later released when Yami Marik was destroyed.*[[Yami Bakura]]: After he was beaten by Yami Marik, he was sent to the Shadow Realm along with the real Marik, however, a portion of him still existed in the Millennium Puzzle. He returned when Marik undone all of Yami Marik's Penalty Games.*[[Marik Ishtar]]: After Yami Bakura was beaten by Yami Marik, he was sent to the Shadow Realm along with Yami Bakura and Bakura Ryou, however, a portion of him still existed in Téa's mind. Yami Marik then brought him back as he was going to use him as part of Yami Yugi's and Yami Marik's Shadow Game, where if Yami Marik lost Life Points, then Marik will lose parts of his body to the Shadow Realm. Later fully returned when he switched places with Yami Marik.*[[Mushara]]: While wanding wandering through the tomb with [[Ahmet]] and [[Solomon Muto|Grandpa]], he was slashed by a statue and fell into a pit of shadows, leading to the Shadow Realm.*[[Weevil Underwood]]: Temporarily sent to the Shadow Realm by Yami Bakura while along with Rex attempting to steal Yugi's Millennium Items (mistaking them for god God cards).*[[Rex Raptor]]: Temporarily sent to the Shadow Realm by Yami Bakura while along with Weevil attempting to steal Yugi's Millennium Items (mistaking them for god God cards).*[[Mokuba Kaiba]]: Temporarily sent to the Shadow Realm by Yami Bakura to make Kaiba duel Duel him.*[[Karim]]: Gave all his diadankh energy [[Ba]] to Shada so the Twin"[[Two-Headed Jackal Warrior]]" could destroy "[[Giant Axe Mummy, and ]]"; since his diadankh Ba was depleted, his soul was trapped in the Shadow Realm. Was later released when Yami Bakura and [[Zorc]] were destroyed. *[[Aknadin]]/Shadow Magus: Destroyed by the "[[Blue-Eyes White Dragon (anime)|Blue -Eyes White Dragon]]", trapping his soul in the Shadow Realm. Was later released when Yami Bakura and Zorc were destroyed. *[[HassanHasan]]: His diadankh energy was depleted when he He jumped in front of the guards to protect them from Zorc's attack, causing his soul to go to the Shadow Realm. Was later released when Yami Bakura and Zorc were destroyed. *[[Shada]]: His diadankh energy Ba was depleted when he jumped in front of the Pharaoh to protect him from Zorc's attack, causing his soul to go to the Shadow Realm. Was later released when Yami Bakura and Zorc were destroyed. *[[Isis]]: Zorc destroyed her Winged Dragon Guardian of the Fortress, depleting her diadankh DiaDhankh energy and trapping her soul in the Shadow Realm as she fell. Was later released when Yami Bakura and Zorc were destroyed. *[[Shimon]]: His diadankh energy Ba was depleted when his "[[Exodiathe Forbidden One]] " was destroyed by Zorc, causing his soul to go to the Shadow Realm. Was later released when Yami Bakura and Zorc were destroyed. *[[Priest Seto]]: His diadankh energy Ba was depleted when his "Blue -Eyes White Dragon " was destroyed by Zorc, causing his soul to go to the Shadow Realm. Was later released when Yami Bakura and Zorc were destroyed. ==Possible residents==*[[Solomon Muto]]: Pegasus trapped his soul inside a card, and could have possibly been as was presumably all the Shadow Realm, or similar to it. Pegasus later released him after his defeat by Yugiother Egyptian characters who were banished there.*[[Mokuba KaibaYami Bakura|Yami Bakura's fragment]]: Pegasus trapped his soul inside Was sent there when he lost a card, and could have possibly been the Shadow Realm. Pegasus later released him after his defeat by Game to YugiMuto.*[[Seto KaibaTitan]]: Pegasus trapped his soul inside a card, and could have possibly been the Shadow Realm. Pegasus later released him after his defeat by Yugi.*[[Lumis and Umbra|Umbra]]: In the duel against Yugi and Kaiba, Kaiba summoned [[Obelisk the Tormentor (original)|Obelisk the Tormentor]] and took out all of Umbra's life points, causing the "shadow barrier" glass to break and causing him Sent to fall into the Shadow Realmtwice. Though he activated a parachute, his mind appears to have been trapped to the Shadow Realm, as he was quite motionless. However, it is debatable that he may have "stopped the effect" in The first time when the parachute caught on a pole. Whether or not he was truly sent to the Shadow Realm remains unknownafter losing to Jaden, then again after losing to [[Alexis Rhodes]].
==Duels that took place in the Shadow Realm==
*[[Yugi Muto|Yugi]] vs [[Maximillion Pegasus|Pegasus]] (in the duel Duel in which Pegasus stole Grandpa's soul)*[[Yami Yugi]] vs [[Yami Bakura]] (in the duel Duel where Yugi, Joey, Téa, Tristan, and Bakura are all cards)
*[[Yugi Muto|Yugi]] vs [[Maximillion Pegasus|Pegasus]] (the finals of Duelist Kingdom)
*[[Yami Bakura]] vs [[Bonz]] (in Battle City)
*[[Yami Yugi]] vs [[Yami Marik]] (Battle City finals)
*[[Seto Kaiba]] vs [[Yami Bakura]]
*[[Lyman Banner]] vs [[Atticus Rhodes]] (off-screen)
*[[Jaden Yuki]] vs [[Titan]]
*[[Alexis Rhodes]] vs [[Titan]]
==Trivia==
*The deaths of [[Cecelia Pegasus]], [[Mrs. Ishtar]], [[Gozaburo Kaiba]], [[Noah Kaiba]], the [[Big Five]], [[Dartz]] and [[Ironheart|his]] [[Chris|family]], [[Shadi]], [[Thief King Bakura]], [[Yami Bakura]], and [[Zorc Necrophades|Zorc]] were not censored with the Shadow Realm; however, Noah's death was censored by characters speculating that he saved his mind on a backup drive, and the Big Five's original deaths were temporarily censored by Noah imprisoning them in the virtual world, only to be destroyed along with it eight episodes later.
*Also, [[PaniK]]'s threats to incinerate Yugi, and Marik's Duel between Yugi and Joey that threatened to drown the loser, were not censored with threat of being sent to the Shadow Realm, unlike most other Duels that threatened death to the loser.
*The Shadow Realm is often believed to be Hell, as they both have a similar concept of souls being condemned to eternal torment, and the Shadow Realm's creator, Zorc, appears to be the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' version of the devil. Indeed, the Shadow Realm is used as a stand-in for Hell as the final fate of Bonz, Sid, and Zygor.
==References==
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