{{Infobox chapter| image =YuGiOh!RChapter012.jpg| en_name =Featured DuelsCurtains For Jonouchi?!| ja_name =城之内、絶体絶命！？| romaji_name =Jōnouchi, Zettai Zetsumei!?| ja_trans_name = Curtains For Jonouchi?!| fr_name = | series = Yu-Gi-Oh! R| number = 12| ja_magazine = V Jump| ja_issue = | volume = 2| ja_release_date = March 20, 2005| en_release_date = December 1, 2009<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Yu-Gi-Oh-R-Vol-Akira-Ito/dp/1421530074/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1538320498&sr=8-1|title=Yu-Gi-Oh! R, Vol. 2 Paperback – December 1, 2009|publisher=Amazon.com}}</ref>| fr_release_date = }}

==='''"Curtains For Jonouchi?!"''' is the twelfth chapter of the ''[[Joey WheelerYu-Gi-Oh! R]] VS '' manga. It was first printed in Japan on March 20, 2005 in the ''[[V Jump]]'' magazine. It was later reprinted in volume 2 of ''Yu-Gi-Oh! R characters#Mendo Cino|Mendo Cino]]===''.

<u>'''Mendo{{chapter summary|[[Katsuya Jonouchi (manga)|Jonouchi]]'s Turn'''</u><br />*progress to the upper floors is again blocked, this time by [[SetMendo Cino]]s 1 card.}}

*==Featured Duel: Katsuya Jonouchi vs. Mendo Cino==<u>'''Turn 1: Mendo'''</u><br />[[Mendo Cino|Mendo]] [[Set]]s a card and [[Normal Summon]]s "[[Praying Mantis (manga)|Praying Mantis]]" (ATK: 1500/1200)in [[Attack Position]].

<u>'''Joey's Turn2: Jonouchi'''</u><br />*[[SetKatsuya Jonouchi (manga)|Jonouchi]] Sets a card and Normal Summons "[[The Legendary Fisherman (manga)|The Legendary Fisherman]]" (1850/1600 ) in Attack Position. It [[attack]]s "Praying Mantis", but Mendo [[activate]]s his [[face-down]] "[[Forced Withdrawal]]", [[return]]ing "Fisherman" to Jonouchi's 1 card[[hand]].

*<u>'''Turn 3: Mendo'''</u><br />"Praying Mantis" attacks [[Direct attack|directly]] (Jonouchi 4000 → 2500). Mendo activates "[[Labor Pain]]". Each time a player Normal SummonSummons a monster, they must [[pay]] 1000 [[Life Points]]. He then activates the [[Field Spell Card]], "[[Mantis Egg]]s ". It will [[The Legendary FishermanSpecial Summon]]a " [[Baby Mantis Token (ATK: 1850manga) (NOTE: In the real game |Baby Mantis Token]]"during each of Mendo's [[The Legendary FishermanStandby Phase]]s. Mendo Sets another "Forced Withdrawal" is a Level 5 monster).

*<u>'''Turn 4: Jonouchi'''</u><br />Jonouchi Normal Summons "[[The Legendary Fisherman]]" attacks "(1850/1600) in [[Praying MantisDefense Position]], paying 1000 Life Points via "Labor Pain"(Jonouchi 2500 → 1500). He then Sets a card.

*<u>'''Turn 5: Mendo'''</u><br />"Mantis Egg" Special Summons a "Baby Mantis Token" (500/500). Mendo activates [[Tribute]]s "Praying Mantis" and the "Baby Mantis Token" to Normal Trap CardsSummon "[[Dreadscythe Harvester (manga)|Normal Trap CardDreadscythe Harvester]]" (2300/1600) in Attack Position, paying 1000 Life Points via "Labor Pain" (Mendo 4000 → 3000). "Dreadscythe Harvester" attacks "The Legendary Fisherman", but Jonouchi activates his face-down "[[Forced RecoveryScapegoat (manga)|Scapegoat]]" to return , Special Summoning four "[[The Legendary FishermanSheep]]s" back to Joey's hand(0/0) in Defense Position. One of them becomes the new attack [[target]] and is destroyed.

<u>'''Mendo's Turn6: Jonouchi'''</u><br />*"[[Praying Mantis]]" [[attack]]s [[Direct Attack|directly]] (Joey's LP: 4000 → 2500)Jonouchi Sets a card.

*[[Activate]]s [[Continuous Spell Cards|Continuous Spell Card]]<u>'''Turn 7: Mendo'''</u><br />"[[Labor Pain]]Mantis Egg" Special Summons a "Baby Mantis Token" (500/500). "Baby Mantis Token" and "Dreadscythe Harvester" each attack and destroy a "Sheep Token".

*<u>'''Turn 8: Jonouchi'''</u><br />Jonouchi activates "[[ActivateCross Shift]]s ", returning his last "Sheep Token" to his hand and Special Summoning "[[Field Spell CardsSwordsman of Landstar (manga)|Field Spell CardSwordsman of Landstar]]" (500/1200). He Tributes "Swordsman of Landstar" and "The Legendary Fisherman" to Normal Summon "[[Mantis EggJinzo (manga)|Jinzo]]" (2400/1500) in Attack Position, paying 1000 Life Points via "Labor Pain" (Jonouchi 1500 → 500). The effect of "Jinzo" destroys Mendo's face-down "Forced Withdrawal".

*''Duel continues in [[Set]]s 1 card ([[Normal Trap CardsYu-Gi-Oh! R - Chapter 013|Normal Trap Card]]"[[Forced Recoverythe next chapter]]").''

<u>'''Joey's Turn'''</u><br />==Featured cards=={{Decklist|Katsuya Jonouchi|normal monsters =* [[Swordsman of Landstar (manga)|Swordsman of Landstar]]|effect monsters =*[[Normal SummonJinzo (manga)|Jinzo]]s "* [[The Legendary Fisherman(manga)|The Legendary Fisherman]]|spells =* ''[[Cross Shift]]" ''* [[Scapegoat (DEF: 1600manga).|Scapegoat]]}}

{{Decklist|Mendo Cino|normal monsters =*Because of "''[[Praying Mantis (manga)|Praying Mantis]]''|effect monsters =* ''[[Dreadscythe Harvester (manga)|Dreadscythe Harvester]]''|spells =* ''[[Labor Pain]]" Joey's lifepoints decrease by 1000 (Joey's LP: 2500 → 1500)* ''[[Mantis Egg]]''|traps =* ''[[Forced Withdrawal]]'' x2}}

*[[Set]]s 1 card. <u>'''Mendo's Turn'''</u><br />*[[Special Summon]]s 1 "[[Baby Kamakiri Token]]" through "[[Mantis Egg]]" (ATK: 500). *[[Tribute]]s "[[Baby Kamakiri Token]]" and "[[Praying Mantis]]" to [[Tribute Summon]] "[[Dreadscythe Harvester]]" (ATK: 2300). *Because of "[[Labor Pain]]" Mendo's lifepoints decrease by 1000 (Mendo's LP: 4000 → 3000). *"[[Dreadscythe Harvester]]" attacks "[[The Legendary Fisherman]]" but Joey activates [[Quick-Play Spell Cards|Quick-Play Spell Card]]"[[Scapegoat]]" [[Special Summon]]ing 4 "[[Sheep Token]]s" (DEF: 0) and redirecting the attack to one of them (NOTE: In the real game a replay would have occured and the attack would not neccesarily have been redirected to a "[[Sheep Token]]"). *"[[Dreadscythe Harvester]]" attacks and destroys a "[[Sheep Token]]". <u>'''Joey's Turn'''</u><br />*[[Set]]s 1 card. <u>'''Mendo's Turn'''</u><br />*[[Special Summon]]s 1 "[[Baby Kamakiri Token]]" through "[[Mantis Egg]]" (ATK: 500). *"[[Baby Kamakiri Token]]" attacks and destroys a "[[Sheep Token]]". *"[[Dreadscythe Harvester]]" attacks and destroys a "[[Sheep Token]]". <u>'''Joey's Turn'''</u><br />*[[Activate]]s "[[Cross Shift]]" returning his last "[[Sheep Token]]" to his hand and [[Special Summon]]ing "[[Swordsman of Landstar]]" (ATK: 500). *[[Tribute]]s "[[The Legendary Fisherman]]" and "[[Swordsman of Landstar]]" to [[Tribute Summon]] "[[Jinzo]]" (ATK: 2400) (NOTE: In the real game "[[Jinzo]]" is a Level 6 monster). *Because of "[[Labor Pain]]" Joey's lifepoints decrease by 1000 (Mendo's LP: 1500 → 500). *Because of "[[Jinzo]]" Mendo's [[Face-down]] "[[Forced Recovery]]" is destroyed (NOTE: In the real game Jinzo only prevents the activation of Trap Cards). *Mendo [[Activate]]s the effect of "[[Dreadscythe Harvester]]" tributing "[[Baby Kamakiri Token]]" to increase its [[ATK]] by the [[ATK]] of the tributed monster (NOTE: In the real game you can only activate "[[Dreadscythe Harvester]]" during your [[Main Phase]] and "[[Dreadscythe Harvester]]" [[ATK]] increases only by 500). ''[[{{Yu-Gi-Oh! R - Chapter 013 - The Appearance of Seto Kaiba!!|Continued next chapter...]]chapters}}