Yu-Gi-Oh! R

Plot

Yu-Gi-Oh R takes place following Yugi Mutou's victory in the Battle City tournament. Yako Tenma, the protégé and adopted son of Maximillion Pegasus, decides to avenge his teacher's defeat at the hands of Yugi, believing him to be responsible for Pegasus' alleged death. After taking over KaibaCorp while Seto Kaiba is in the United States, Tenma kidnaps Anzu Mazaki, prompting Yugi and his friend Katsuya Jonouchi to face Tenma's RA Project and the duel professors. Seto Kaiba and his brother Mokuba also come to the scene to rescue the company.

Characters

Many of the characters that are exclusive to Yu-Gi-Oh! R have names that are also Intel codenames. Intel codenames in turn are frequently taken from names of cities and towns near Intel factories in Oregon, Washington, and other locations. ;Yako Tenma :The protégé and adopted son (often mistaken, or mistranslated as younger brother) of Maximillion Pegasus (Pegasus J. Crawford in the Japanese version) who wants revenge for Pegasus' defeat. ;Deschutes Lew :The first professor. Yugi defeats him. He is named after the Deschutes River and Deschutes County, Oregon. "Deschutes" is also a pre-release codename for the 333 MHz P6 Intel Pentium II chip. ;Tilla Mook :The second professor, who plays a vampire-themed deck. Yugi defeats her. She is named after Tillamook, Oregon. "Tillamook" is also a pre-release codename for the Embedded 266 MHz Intel Pentium MMX chip. ;Klamath Osler :The third professor, who has such bad luck. Jonouchi defeats him. He is named after Klamath Falls, Oregon. "Klamath" is also a pre-release codename for the 300 MHz Intel Pentium II chip. ;Kirk Dixon :The fourth professor, who plays a machine-themed deck. Yugi defeats him. "Dixon" is also a pre-release codename for the 333 MHz 1.6V Intel Pentium II chip. His key card Commander Covington (督戦官コヴィントン Tokusenkan Covinton) originates from "Covington" codenamed for the 266 MHz P6 Intel Pentium II chip. ;Pete Coppermine :The fifth professor, who plays a mutant-themed deck. Jonouchi defeats him. He is named after the Coppermine River in Oregon. The name of that river was used as a codename for the 866 MHz Flip Chip Pin Grid Array (FCPGA) Pentium III (P3-850) microprocessor, which was released by Intel. ;Maico Katou a.k.a. Mrs. Maico :The sixth professor, who is an old woman in a wheelchair that plays a forest-themed deck. Yugi defeats her. "Maico" is an alternate romanization of the name "Maiko", but it also refers to a brand of motorcycle. Kato Engineering is a company associated with motorcycles. The name also originates from the "KatMai" chip. ;Gekko Tenma :Yako Tenma's older brother (although only slightly older, since they are identical twins). Gekko wants to stop the RA project. He uses an elf deck. "Gekko" is the name of the microprocessor chip in the GameCube. ;Mendo Cino :Mendo, the seventh professor, uses an insect deck. Jonouchi defeats him. "Mendocino" is also a pre-release codename for the 300 MHz P6 Intel Pentium II Centrino chip. ;Willa Mette :Willa, the eighth professor, plays a White Horns Dragon deck. Kaiba defeats him. Willamette is a river in Oregon and a codename for Intel's 1.5 GHz P7 Pentium IV. ;Tedd Banias :Tedd, the ninth professor, duels Gekko. Gekko defeats Tedd. Uses a Beast Deck. Banias is the codename for Intel's first x86 Pentium M chip. ;Reiko Kitamori :Reiko, the tenth professor, duels Jonouchi. Jonouchi defeats Reiko. Uses a Chess/Deck Destruction Deck. Kitamori means northwood in Japanese. Northwood was the codename for the 130 nm version of Intel's Pentium 4 microprocessor. ;Depre Scott :Scott is the eleventh professor, and another of Pegasus' adopted sons. Yugi defeats Depre. He duels against Yugi using a Universe Deck. Prescott was the codename for the 90 nm version of Intel's Pentium 4 microprocessor. ;Richie Merced :Richie is the twelfth professor, and another of Pegasus' adopted sons. He duels Gekkou and wins. Merced was the codename for Itanium, an IA-64 microprocessor developed jointly by Intel and Hewlett-Packard. ;Cedar Mill :Cedar is the thirteenth professor and, although he is not actually named in the actual manga, dispatched almost offhandedly in a single panel by Yugi's Osiris the Heaven Dragon (Slifer the Sky Dragon in the English version), Cedar is identified in a sketch in the 4th volume of the collected manga. Cedar Mill was the codename for the 65 nm version of Intel's Pentium 4 microprocessor. It is also a play on "Cedar Mills", which is an area in Beaverton, Oregon. ;Masumi Momono :Appears in a special chapter of Yu-Gi-Oh! R. Momono tries to take over the Kame Game Shop owned by Sugoroku Mutou. His key card Tualatin originates from "Tualatin" codename for the 1.266 GHz Flip Chip Pin Grid Array (FCPGA2) Pentium III (P3-850) microprocessor, which was released by Intel.

Publication

Written and illustrated by Akira Itō, under supervision by Kazuki Takahashi, Yu-Gi-Oh! R was serialized for 44 chapters in Shueisha's magazine V Jump from April 21, 2004, to December 21, 2007. Shueisha collected its chapters in five ja volumes, released from March 4, 2005, to April 4, 2008.

In North America, the manga was licensed for English release by Viz Media. The five volumes were published from October 6, 2009, to June 1, 2010. The manga was added to Viz Media's Shonen Jump online service in 2018.

Volumes

• Duel R1: "A Wicked Shadow...!?" / "A Wicked Shadow!"
• Duel R2: "Avatar's Menace!!"
• Duel R3: "KC Tournament, Start!! / "KaibaCorp Duel Begins!!"
• Duel R4: "Menace of the Immortal Deck!!" / "Terror of the Immortal Deck!!"
• Duel R5: "Jonouchi's Clever Plan" / "Jonouchi's Plan"
• Duel R6: "Threat of the Armored Unit!!" / "Marvelous Armed Division!!"
• Duel R7: "Jonouchi, Again!!" / "There Goes Jonouchi"
• Duel R8: "Dweller in the Deep Darkness!!" / "Dweller in the Dark!!"
• Duel R9: "A Fearsome God, Descends!!" / "A Fearsome God Descends!!"
• Duel R10: "A World Ruled by Terror!!"
• Duel R11: "The Conclusion, And...!?" / "The Showdown, And Then...?!"
• Duel R12: "Jonouchi, Cornered!?" / "Curtains for Jonouchi?!"
• Duel R13: "Enter, Seto Kaiba!!" / "Enter Seto Kaiba!!"
• Duel R14: "The Menace of "Mist"!!"
• Duel R15: "Ultimate Life Form, Descend!" / "Advent of the Ultimate Life-Form!!"
• Duel R16: "The Tenma Brothers' Secret...!!"
• Duel R17: "The Elf Warriors!!"
• Duel R18: "The Perfect Duel!!"
• Duel R19: "Helpless Jonouchi!!" / "Jonouchi...Helpless?!"
• Duel R20: "The Anger of Seto Kaiba!" / "The Rage of Kaiba!!"
• Duel R21: "The Truth of the R.A. Project!!"
• Duel R22: "Showdown in Outer Space!!" / "Outer Space Showdown"
• Duel R23: "Toy Magic!!"
• Duel R24: "Another Partner!!"
• Special Duel: "Dark Ruler, Summoned!!" / "Summon The Dark Ruler!!"

In a special chapter set before or after the story, the bully Masumi Momono duels people by using decks specialized to counter them, then takes their cards after he wins. Despite using a Light deck to counter Dark Yugi's Dark monsters, Dark Yugi defeats him.

• Duel R25: "Richie's Fight, Start!!" / "Gekko vs. Richie"
• Duel R26: "Pegasus' Minion!!" / "Pegasus's Prodigies!!"
• Duel R27: "Respective Battle!!" / "To Each His Own Battle!!"
• Duel R28: "Apex Arena!!"
• Duel R29: "Summon The Evil God!!"
• Duel R30: "Unsurpassable "1"" / "The Invincible "1""
• Duel R31: "R.A. Launched!!" / "Rebirth of Avatar!!"
• Duel R32: "Pegasus Summoned!?" / "The Resurrection of Pegasus?!"
• Duel R33: "Rematch!! Keith vs. Jonouchi"
• Duel R34: "Last Evil God, Descend!!" / "The Last Jashin Rises!!"
• Duel R35: "Jonouchi, Fight Back!!" / "Jonouchi Strikes Back!!"
• Duel R36: "Devil God Destroyed! / "Death of a God!!"
• Duel R37: "Final Showdown!" / The Final Showdown
• Duel R38: "Offense and Defense of the Summoned God" / "Clash of the Gods!!"
• Duel R39: "Godspeed Summons!!" / "Speed Summon!!"
• Duel R40: "Ruler of the Field" / "Reign of the Avatar"
• Duel R41: "Existence of Another Person" / "The Other"
• Duel R42: "Clash! God vs. Devil God" / "God vs. Evil God!!"
• Duel R43: "Annihilation!! And..." / "Mutually Assured Destruction"
• Duel R44: "The End of the Battle"

Notes

References

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