Yu-Gi-Oh! - Volume 023
"The Battle City Finals", titled "Burning Friendship!!" (友情に向けて撃て！！ Yūjō ni Mukete Ute!!) in the Japanese version, is the twenty-third volume of the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga. In its first English printing, it was numbered as the sixteenth volume of Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist. In the 3-in-1 edition, its number was changed to match the original Japanese printing.
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| Names | |||||||||
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| English | The Battle City Finals | ||||||||
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| Serialization | |||||||||
| Series | Yu-Gi-Oh! | ||||||||
| Number | 23 | ||||||||
| Subseries | Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist | ||||||||
| Subseries number | 16 | ||||||||
| 3-in-1 volume | "Yu-Gi-Oh! (3-in-1 edition) - Volume 008" | ||||||||
| Contains chapters | 197 (D 138) – 205 (D 146) | ||||||||
| Release dates | |||||||||
| Japanese | April 4, 2001 | ||||||||
| English | August 1, 2006 | ||||||||
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| Yu-Gi-Oh! volumes | |||||||||
| Previous | "Yugi vs. Jonouchi" | ||||||||
| Next | "One-Turn Kill" | ||||||||
ChaptersEdit
| Image | Number | Subseries number | English title | Japanese title |
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#197 | #138 | "One Card of Life and Death!" | 生死の一枚！ |
| Seishi no Ichimai! | ||||
| "One Card of Life or Death!" | ||||
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#198 | #139 | "Friends till the End" | 友情に向けて撃て！！ |
| Yūjou ni Mukete Ute!! | ||||
| "Attack Our Friendship!!" | ||||
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#199 | #140 | "The Treasure" | ボク達の宝 |
| Boku-tachi no Takara | ||||
| "Our Treasure" | ||||
| Yugi Mutou and Katsuya Jonouchi's Duel, where Jonouchi was partly under Marik's control has just ended and the timer to the bomb that will drop an anchor dragging both players into the sea is about to hit zero. | ||||
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#200 | #141 | "The Courage to See" | 見ることの勇気 |
| Mirukoto no Yūki | ||||
| "The Courage to See" | ||||
| Jonouchi is finally reunited with his sister Shizuka, but still feels ashamed of what he put Yugi through. | ||||
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#201 | #142 | "Warriors Assemble" | 決戦の闘士達！！ |
| Kessen no Tōshi-tachi!! | ||||
| "The Final Challengers" | ||||
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#202 | #143 | "The Eight Finalists" | 闘技場の者たち |
| Tōgi-ba no Mono-tachi | ||||
| "Our Arena" | ||||
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#203 | #144 | "The First Enemy!" | １回目の敵！！ |
| Ichi-Kai Menokataki!! | ||||
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#204 | #145 | "The Thing in the Dark" | 潜む者！！ |
| Hisomu Mono!! | ||||
| "Hidden Person!!" | ||||
| The first round of Battle City's quarter-finals start. The first Duel is between Yugi Mutou and Ryo Bakura who is being controlled by the evil spirit of the Millennium Ring, Dark Bakura. | ||||
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#205 | #146 | "The Undying Grudge!" | 怨念の魂！！ |
| On'nen no Tamashī!! | ||||
| "Soul of Grudge!!" | ||||
| Dark Yugi and Dark Bakura continue their Duel in the first of Battle City's quarter-finals, with Dark Bakura having just lured Dark Yugi into allowing him to Summon "Dark Necrofear". | ||||