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{{Infobox/Yu-Gi-Oh!/Chapterchapter | series image = Yu-Gi-Oh!Duel 27 - bunkoban - JP - color.png | image name en_name = YuGiOhProject Start!Duel027.jpg | image size = | image caption = | kanji ja_name = {{Ruby|計画|プロジェクト}}{{Ruby|始動|スタート}}！！ | romaji base_romaji_name = Keikaku Shidō!!| romaji_name = Purojekuto Sutāto!! | english ja_trans_name = Project Start!! | japanese translated series = Project Start!Yu-Gi-Oh! | chapter number = 27| ja_magazine = Weekly Shōnen Jump| ja_issue = 1997 #18| en_magazine = Shonen Jump| en_issue = | volume = 4| bunkoban_volume = 3| sjr_volume = 272| ja_release_date = March 31, 1997| en_release_date =
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"'''Project Start!'''" , known as "'''Project Start!!'''" in the Japanese version, is the twenty-seventh chapter of the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (manga)|''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' manga]].
This chapter was originally printed in the ''[[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]'' magazine in Japanese. Its first English release was in the ''[[Shonen Jump]]'' magazine. It has been reprinted in [[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Volume 004|volume 4]] of the ''[[wikipedia:Tankōbon|tankōbon]] '' and [[Yu-Gi-Oh! bunkoban - Volume 003|volume 3]] of the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! (bunkoban)|bunkoban]]''.
{{Chapter summary|[[Seto Kaiba (manga)|Kaiba]] reveals his secret project, as he brings [[Yugi Mutou (manga)|Yugi]] and [[Katsuya Jonouchi (manga)|Jonouchi]] to the [[Kaiba Land grand opening|grand opening]] of the indoor amusement part [[Kaiba Land]].}}
However when they go through the door, they see Yugi's grandfather [[Sugoroku Mutou (manga)|Sugoroku Mutou]] inside a cube in the middle of an arena. Yugi rushes over to him. Sugoroku tries to explains that Kaiba kidnapped him and forced him to cooperate by threatening to kill Yugi, but Yugi cannot here him through the glass. The guard orders Yugi to step back, as Sugoroku tries to warn him that Kaiba is up to no good.
Kaiba enters the arena and his fans start cheering. Yugi humiliated him once by defeating him in ''[[Duel Monsters (manga)|Duel Monsters]]'' and now the day to avenge that shame has come, Kaiba thinks and Yugi shall repay him with his death. As Kaiba proceeds to the cube, Yugi and Jonouchi realize that they had been right about Kaiba at first.
Kaiba announces to the crowd that for their entertainment, they will witness [[Sugoroku Mutou and Seto Kaiba's Duel (manga)|a game]] of the world's number 1 collectible card game, ''Duel Monsters''. His challenger is Sugoroku Mutou, a man who claims to have never lost a Duel. The crowd laugh that there is no way Sugoroku can beat Kaiba. Yugi realizes his grandfather looks serious, as Sugoroku promises to win.
| items =
* ''[[Duel Monsters (manga)|Duel Monsters]]''
* [[Penalty Game]]
** [[Experience of Death]]
* [[Millennium Items (manga)|Millennium Items]]
** [[Millennium Puzzle (manga)|Millennium Puzzle]]
* '''[[Solid Vision]]'''
* [[Battle Box]]
| locations =
* [[Duel Monsters Spirit World|World of Duel Monsters]]
* [[Domino City (manga)|Domino City]]
** [[Kaiba Manor]]
** '''[[Kaiba Land]]'''
==Featured Duels==
===Seto Kaiba vs. Sugoroku Mutou===
* Kaiba Summons "[[Hitotsu-Me me Giant (manga)|Hitotsu-me Giant]]".
* Sugoroku Summons "[[Hobbit]]".
* Sugoroku plays a [[Spell Card]]
* Turns are skipped.
* Kaiba attacks and destroys an unidentified monster, with his own an unidentified monster, causing Sugoroku to lose 300 Life Points. Kaiba is now ahead in Life Points.
* Sugoroku Summons "[[Blue-Eyes White Dragon(manga)|Blue-Eyes White Dragon]]".
* Kaiba Summons "Blue-Eyes White Dragon".
* Kaiba Summons "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" on his next turn.
{{Decklist|Sugoroku Muto
|monsters =
* [[Blue-Eyes White Dragon (manga)|Blue-Eyes White Dragon]]
* ''[[Hobbit]]''
* ''Unidentified''
{{Decklist|Seto Kaiba
|monsters =
* [[Blue-Eyes White Dragon (manga)|Blue-Eyes White Dragon]] x3* ''[[Hitotsu-Me me Giant (manga)|Hitotsu-me Giant]]''
* ''Unidentified''
}}
* [[Doppel-ganger]]
==Anime adaptionsTitle pages==<gallery widths="200" heights==First series anime==="145">The twenty second episode of the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (first series anime)|first series anime]], {{episodeDuel 27 - tankobon - JP.jpg |Japanese ''tankobon''Yu-Gi-Oh! (first series)Duel 27 - bunkoban - JP - color.png |22}} is based on this chapter.Japanese color ''bunkoban''</gallery>
==Anime adaptations=Second series ====Toei anime===The twenty second episode of the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (Toei anime)|Toei anime]], {{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! (Toei anime)|22}} is based on this chapter. ===NAS anime===The first episode of the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (second series anime)|second series anime]], "{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|1}}" is an amalgamation of [[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Duel 009|Duels 9]] and [[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Duel 010|10]], "The Cards With Teeth" and the [[Death-T]] arc. It contains elements from this chapter.
Differences included: