Editing Yu-Gi-Oh! - Duel 219

{{Infobox chapter
| image           = Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 219 - bunkoban - JP - color.png
| en_name         = The Dark Game!!
| ja_name         = 漆黒のゲーム！！
| romaji_name     = Shikkoku no Gēmu!!
| ja_trans_name   = Jet Black Game!!
| series          = Yu-Gi-Oh!
| number          = 219
| ja_magazine     = Weekly Shōnen Jump
| ja_issue        = 
| volume          = 25
| bunkoban_volume = 15
| sjr_volume      = 
| ja_release_date = May 14, 2001
| en_release_date = 
}}

"'''The Dark Game!!'''", titled "'''Jet Black Game!!'''" (漆黒のゲーム！！ ''Shikkoku no Gēmu!!'') in the Japanese version, is the 219th chapter of the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (manga)|''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' manga]]. In its first English printing, it was numbered as the 160th chapter of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist]]''. In the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (3-in-1 edition)|3-in-1 edition]], its number was changed to match the original Japanese printing.

{{Chapter summary|[[Dark Marik (manga)|Dark Marik]] immediately turns the Duel between him and [[Mai Kujaku (manga)|Mai]] into a [[Shadow Game]], causing illusions that seem real and fearful.}}

==Summary==
[[Dark Marik]] has turned the Duel into a [[Shadow Game]]. Mai is initially thrown off, but she is grateful when [[Katsuya Jonouchi (manga)|Jonouchi]] and his friends show up, though she continues to rebuff him. Jonouchi maintains that they are friends. Dark Marik, amused, thinks that they should watch as he destroys their friend. [[Dark Yugi (manga)|Dark Yugi]] then realises that Dark Marik has startewd a Shadow Game, and he begs Marik not to do this, and Mai not to Duel, but both refuse. Mai vows to defeat Marik, take his God card, and see Jonouchi and Yugi in the finals. Dark Marik actively encourages Mai to keep up her attitude so he can feed her to the darkness. 

The Duel begins, and Mai appears to take an early lead over "[[Makyura the Destructor]]," but Dark Marik's Shadow Game has caused life lines to appear between the player and their monsters. The injuries their monsters take are inflicted to them as well via illusions, though the pain is all too real. Mai's first strike slices off both "Makyura's" and Dark Marik's heads, reducing Mai to terrified screams within minutes, and Dark Marik returns the favour, returning Makyura to the field with "[[Rope of Life]]" and attacking, slashing Mai across the chest. The Shadow Game causes Mai to see blood spurting from the apparent wound, sending her into shock. But no-one else can see the injuries. 

==Featured Duels: [[Mai|Mai Kujaku]] VS [[Dark Marik]]==

<u>'''Turn 1: Mai'''</u><br >
Mai draws. She [[Set|Sets]] a card and [[Normal Summon]]s "[[Amazoness Swords Woman (manga)|Amazoness Swords Woman]]" in [[Attack Position]] (1500/ 1600).

<u>'''Turn 2: Dark Marik'''</u><br >
Dark Marik draws, and then [[Normal Summon]]s "[[Makyura the Destructor (manga)|Makyura the Destructor]]" in [[Attack Position]] (1600/ 1200). "Makyura the Destructor" [[attack]]s "Amazoness Swords Woman", but [[Mai Kujaku (manga)|Mai]] [[activate]]s her Set [[Normal Trap Card|Trap Card]] "[[Amazoness Archers (manga)|Amazon Archers]]" to decrease "Makyura the Destructor's" [[ATK]] by 500. "Makyura the Destructor" is destroyed. During the turn that it's destroyed "Makyura the Destructor's" [[Card effect|effect]] allows [[Yami Marik|Marik]] to [[activate]] [[Trap Cards]] from his [[hand]]. He [[activate]]s the [[Normal Trap Card|Trap Card]] "[[Rope of Life (manga)|Rope of Life]]", discarding his hand and [[Special Summon]]ing "Makyura the Destructor" from the [[Graveyard]] in [[Attack Position]] and increasing its [[ATK]] by 800 ("Makyura the Destructor": 1600 → 2400 [[ATK]]). "Makyura the Destructor" [[attack]]s and [[destroy]]s "Amazoness Swords Woman" ([[Mai Kujaku (manga)|Mai]]: 4000 → 3600 [[Life Points]]).

:''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist - Duel 161#Mai Kujaku VS Dark Marik|... continued in the next chapter]]

==Featured cards==
The following cards appeared in this chapter. Cards in italics debuted here.

{{Decklist|Mai Kujaku
| monsters =
* ''[[Amazoness Swords Woman (manga)|Amazoness Swords Woman]]''
| traps =
* ''[[Amazoness Archers (manga)|Amazoness Archers]]''
}}

{{Decklist|Dark Marik
| monsters =
* ''[[Makyura the Destructor (manga)|Makyura the Destructor]]''
| traps =
* ''[[Rope of Life (manga)|Rope of Life]]''
}}

==Production History==
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 Japanese in [[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Volume 025|volume 25]] of the tankōbon. It has been reprinted in English in [[Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist - Volume 018|volume 18]] of the Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist tankōbon. 

==Anime adaption==
This chapter was redone at the start of [[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 090|Episode 90]] of the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (anime)|anime]].

A number of changes were made including:

* In the manga, [[Mai Kujaku (manga)|Mai]]'s breasts were bigger and her cleavage was more revealing, compared to the anime.

* The rules of the [[Shadow Game]] were different:
: In the anime each time a Duelist loses [[LP|Life Points]] by an attack, they forget one person in their mind, while in the manga each time one of the duelist's monsters are destroyed, the Duelist feels the pain as how their monster fell, for example when [[Dark Marik (manga)|Dark Marik]]'s [[Makyura the Destructor (manga)]] was destroyed and its head was cut, Marik's head was also cut.

* In the anime, the Duel started before [[Yami Marik]] started the [[Shadow Game]]. Those events of the Duel do not happen in the manga.

* In the anime, [[Mai Valentine|Mai]] summoned "[[The Unfriendly Amazon (anime)|The Unfriendly Amazon]]" instead of "[[Amazoness Swords Woman (manga)|Amazoness Swords Woman]]".

==Title pages==
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Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 219 - tankobon - JP.jpg         | Japanese ''tankobon''
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