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“Yako Tenma kidnaps Anzu to lure Yuugi into a deadly duel at Kaibacorp for revenge against Pegasus' fate.”
Yu-Gi-Oh! R
遊☆戯☆王R
6.94
10,555 rank · 6,582 readers · 83 favorites
Shounen
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Synopsis
Yako Tenma kidnaps Anzu to lure Yuugi into a deadly duel at Kaibacorp for revenge against Pegasus' fate.
It's been many duels since Yuugi defeated Maxmilion Pegasus, the super-rich designer of the collectible card game "Duel Monsters." But Yako Tenma, Pegasus' protégé, has never forgiven Yuugi for his master's horrible fate. To draw Yuugi out, Yako kidnaps Anzu Mazaki and takes her to the heart of the Kaibacorp building, guarded by dozens of the world's most dangerous gamers! But Yako's true plan for Anzu is much worse than mere revenge... (Source: VIZ Media)
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Derived from 2 sampled reviews
6.0
/10
What 2 readers settled on.
100%
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Score distribution
median 6
mode 4
σ 2.00
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Polarized
σ 2.00 · split reception
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 2.00
Running avg · Jun 2013 → Sep 2022
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “Okay, here's my first time writing here. Actually, I never knew that Kazuki Takahashi would continue some spin-off of Yu-Gi-Oh! Manga, so when I look that at my local bookstore "Oh fuck yes!". Here...”
- 4 “I really enjoy the original Yu-Gi-Oh and spinoffs made by the same team that made this one, but Yu-Gi-Oh! R is just disappointing. It made me not care at all what happens to characters that I...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 45 × 5 ch × vol
- Total read 6h 00m approx
- Published Apr 2004 – Dec 2007
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M4803 catalog