Thread: Timeline of the Yu-Gi-Oh! Series

Originally Posted by Allana

It's a little weird that vacations starts a Tuesday. Why do you think Battle City starts before August ? The newpaper mentions August. So, Battle City isn't during August ?

Mainly because Yugi & Co. are back at school the Monday after Kaiba announces the tournament, and Japanese high schools are on break from July 21st to late August. They wouldn't have been at school if summer break had already started. The break starting on Tuesday might have happened, but that's why I was leaning towards Golden Week. It's not an actual week. The national holidays are April 29th, then May 3rd through 5th, so maybe the 3rd was Tuesday and that was how they were able to skip three days of school to finish the tournament.

Originally Posted by Sekhmet

Mainly because Yugi & Co. are back at school the Monday after Kaiba announces the tournament, and Japanese high schools are on break from July 21st to late August. They wouldn't have been at school if summer break had already started. The break starting on Tuesday might have happened, but that's why I was leaning towards Golden Week. It's not an actual week. The national holidays are April 29th, then May 3rd through 5th, so maybe the 3rd was Tuesday and that was how they were able to skip three days of school to finish the tournament.

I understand better. Interesting ! Thanks Sekhmet !

Alright. So thanks to the Animation Book and 5D's, we have the following information:

• 5D's Ushio is the DM Ushio.
• Pegasus is dead during 5D's.
• Most companies from the series have carried on, adapting to the D-Wheel business. Whether they are owned by the owners as we saw them in their respective series is not known.

While this doesn't help with establishing the year 5D's takes place in, it seems to imply that 5D's might not be an AU after all. The "Connection to 5D's" page in the Animation Book also mentions the Duel Academia.

Anyway, I tried working on the Wiki page, then I got stumped on the birthdays. More specifically, the year of birth for each character. We know the ages of several characters, but I don't know which year to calculate with, 1996 or 1997. In Pegasus' case, for example, we know he was 24 at the time of Duelist Kingdom, which took place in 1997 spring. So I calculated with 1996 because he didn't turn 25 yet at the time. Or let's look at Mai - she is also 24 years old, according to the Gospel of Truth. However, GoT came out around in Battle City's time, and Mai's birthday is in November. Battle City takes place in late August/early September from what we deduced. So going by this, she didn't turn 25 yet, therefore she was also born in 1972.

Thinking about the other characters just makes my head hurt. Am I doing it right and I'm just unnecessarily confusing myself? Or should I calculate the year of birth in a different way?

Originally Posted by Arynis

Alright. So thanks to the Animation Book and 5D's, we have the following information:

• 5D's Ushio is the DM Ushio.
• Pegasus is dead during 5D's.
• Most companies from the series have carried on, adapting to the D-Wheel business. Whether they are owned by the owners as we saw them in their respective series is not known.

While this doesn't help with establishing the year 5D's takes place in, it seems to imply that 5D's might not be an AU after all. The "Connection to 5D's" page in the Animation Book also mentions the Duel Academia.

Anyway, I tried working on the Wiki page, then I got stumped on the birthdays. More specifically, the year of birth for each character. We know the ages of several characters, but I don't know which year to calculate with, 1996 or 1997. In Pegasus' case, for example, we know he was 24 at the time of Duelist Kingdom, which took place in 1997 spring. So I calculated with 1996 because he didn't turn 25 yet at the time. Or let's look at Mai - she is also 24 years old, according to the Gospel of Truth. However, GoT came out around in Battle City's time, and Mai's birthday is in November. Battle City takes place in late August/early September from what we deduced. So going by this, she didn't turn 25 yet, therefore she was also born in 1972.

Thinking about the other characters just makes my head hurt. Am I doing it right and I'm just unnecessarily confusing myself? Or should I calculate the year of birth in a different way?

Your reasonning is good Arynis. Since the series start in 1996, ages must be calculated according 1996. On Wiki page, a note can precise date of birth of characters and the moment when events take place approximatively for the person who read be not confusing.

Or just before the event, a note can say the season. For example:

[Spring 1997 - Between March and End of June - Duelist Kingdom]

Or If the date is more accurate:

[End of August or Early September - Battle City]

Since the date given before explains the month of birth of the characters, the reader understand the years old of the characters.

For example, use colors is possible:

[Spring 1997 - Between March and End of June - Duelist Kingdom]

[Day 1]

The reader see in colors the date of events, maybe It's better. The events themselves an be written normally.

Actually, we don't need to write down Battle City or Duelist Kingdom in detail because those were supposed to go on their respective pages, save for some major events happening during the arcs (eg. Yugi obtaining God Cards). I'd refrain from using colors personally, unless it's really necessary, although it is a good idea if we ever need to mark something for whatever reason.

I added most of the old content on the page (Shortcut link to the Wiki page), although some of the birthdays might be off, because I calculated with 1996 for one person and with 1997 for another. I didn't even add Yugi and co.'s birthdays at this point because of the ambiguity of their ages.

Originally Posted by Arynis

Actually, we don't need to write down Battle City or Duelist Kingdom in detail because those were supposed to go on their respective pages, save for some major events happening during the arcs (eg. Yugi obtaining God Cards). I'd refrain from using colors personally, unless it's really necessary, although it is a good idea if we ever need to mark something for whatever reason.

Indeed, If Duelist Kingdom and Battle City own their page, it is unecessary to write events in details. No problem fior the colors it was a suggestion like another.

Originally Posted by Arynis

I added most of the old content on the page (Shortcut link to the Wiki page), although some of the birthdays might be off, because I calculated with 1996 for one person and with 1997 for another. I didn't even add Yugi and co.'s birthdays at this point because of the ambiguity of their ages.

Congratulations for the page Arynis !

I didn't noticed Yliaster starts at this time ! Good note !

For birthdays, Bandit Kierce is born in 1971. Cyndia and Pegasus are born in 1973.

Mokuba is born in 1986: Chapter 40 mentions he has 11 years old at the end of the Death T and Chapter 42 mentions Jono-Uchi has already 16 years old. Also, Mokuba's birthday happened between DK and BC because he is born in July. So, when Battle City starts, he has 12 years old.

It's sure Jono-Uchi is born in 1981. It's seems Yugi, Honda and Anzu also but the manga hasn't mentions precisely their years like Jono-Uchi. Maybe write their birthday in italics in 1981 is possible ?

Originally Posted by Allana

Indeed, If Duelist Kingdom and Battle City own their page, it is unecessary to write events in details. No problem fior the colors it was a suggestion like another.

Congratulations for the page Arynis !

I didn't noticed Yliaster starts at this time ! Good note !

For birthdays, Bandit Kierce is born in 1971. Cyndia and Pegasus are born in 1973.

Mokuba is born in 1986: Chapter 40 mentions he has 11 years old at the end of the Death T and Chapter 42 mentions Jono-Uchi has already 16 years old. Also, Mokuba's birthday happened between DK and BC because he is born in July. So, when Battle City starts, he has 12 years old.

It's sure Jono-Uchi is born in 1981. It's seems Yugi, Honda and Anzu also but the manga hasn't mentions precisely their years like Jono-Uchi. Maybe write their birthday in italics in 1981 is possible ?

Yeah, I checked out episode 7 of 5D's, where Godwin states that the origins of Illiaster can be traced back 3000 years back in time. Although I have seen both 3000 and 5000 years popping up, and I'm not sure which is which.

Pegasus has to be born in 1972, or else the other years won't make sense. If he's born in 1973, he'd have to turn 17 years old in 1990 Autumn, and that would mean he created Duel Monsters in 1991, which doesn't match up with the canon statements. (Pegasus said during Duelist Kingdom he got the idea for the game seven years ago.)

Actually, Gospel of Truth was released in November 2002, around the time of late Battle City arc. If we assume GoT reflects everyone during Battle City, then Mokuba is still 11 years old, not 12.

On a side note, it is the 1st of March today, so happy birthday to Ryota Kajiki!~

Excellent job Arynis, it's really quite epic. I still worry a bit about giving exact dates that the characters were born as if they were canon, when admittedly they really are just are educated estimates though. However --

Yeah, I checked out episode 7 of 5D's, where Godwin states that the origins of Illiaster can be traced back 3000 years back in time. Although I have seen both 3000 and 5000 years popping up, and I'm not sure which is which.

I'm fairly sure Yliaster were 3000 years ago and the battle between the Crimson Dragon and the Earthbound Gods was 5000 years ago.

Originally Posted by Ryusaki

Excellent job Arynis, it's really quite epic. I still worry a bit about giving exact dates that the characters were born as if they were canon, when admittedly they really are just are educated estimates though. However --I'm fairly sure Yliaster were 3000 years ago and the battle between the Crimson Dragon and the Earthbound Gods was 5000 years ago.

Thanks! We could mark the birth years as estimates in that case, or should we do something else? Or remove birthdates entirely?

And yeah, that would be it. Thanks for the correction!

Just marking them should be enough. I mean, they're probably right but it does seem a bit presumptuous. I guess in the end, the most solid and important aspects of the DM dates are their distances from one another. They're undeniable.

Originally Posted by Arynis

Yeah, I checked out episode 7 of 5D's, where Godwin states that the origins of Illiaster can be traced back 3000 years back in time. Although I have seen both 3000 and 5000 years popping up, and I'm not sure which is which.

Pegasus has to be born in 1972, or else the other years won't make sense. If he's born in 1973, he'd have to turn 17 years old in 1990 Autumn, and that would mean he created Duel Monsters in 1991, which doesn't match up with the canon statements. (Pegasus said during Duelist Kingdom he got the idea for the game seven years ago.)

Actually, Gospel of Truth was released in November 2002, around the time of late Battle City arc. If we assume GoT reflects everyone during Battle City, then Mokuba is still 11 years old, not 12.

On a side note, it is the 1st of March today, so happy birthday to Ryota Kajiki!~

You're right, I'm confusing myself with dates of birth. My apologizes. I don't understood why Pegasus had 24 years and Ishizu 20 and 5 years old between them. I missed Pegasus month of birth.... October !

Agree for Mokuba.

Happy birthday Kajiki !

Originally Posted by Ryusaki

Just marking them should be enough. I mean, they're probably right but it does seem a bit presumptuous. I guess in the end, the most solid and important aspects of the DM dates are their distances from one another. They're undeniable.

Done! Birth dates are now italicized and a note is added for the year of birth.

Originally Posted by Allana

You're right, I'm confusing myself with dates of birth. My apologizes. I don't understood why Pegasus had 24 years and Ishizu 20 and 5 years old between them. I missed Pegasus month of birth.... October !

Agree for Mokuba.

Happy birthday Kajiki !

No worries. But yeah, that's the same reason I'm struggling with the birthdates. Depending on which month they were born in, I'd have to calculate with 1996 (because they did not turn X+1 age yet, where X is the age written in the Gospel of Truth) or 1997 (they already had their birthday in that year, where Y+1 is actually age X written in the Gospel of Truth).

Other thing I'm wondering about (which is the reason "Timeline" has a level 1 header), depending on how 5D's plays out, we might need to write up two alternate timelines. The reason, of course, is Paradox. If Paradox's involvement as shown in the movie has an effect on how 5D's' recent future will play out (with Yusei having knowledge of Paradox and his future, etc.), then it means the distant future will be different, which calls for a new timeline. Fortunately, the timeline doesn't have to be rewritten twice, we'd detail out the timeline from the point the events play out differently. To illustrate what I mean:

Original Timeline
(Everything that happens in all three series, distant future is inevitably destroyed by Duel Monsters.)

New Timeline
(Original Timeline + The movie's events and however 5D's distant future plays out with Paradox in the picture.)

It would be similar to Chrono Trigger's Lavos and Keystone timelines. In the game's case, Lavos timeline is the original timeline in which the future got destroyed by Lavos, and the Keystone timeline is the one in which Crono and his friends started traveling through time in order to bring Lavos down.

Originally Posted by Arynis

Done! Birth dates are now italicized and a note is added for the year of birth.



No worries. But yeah, that's the same reason I'm struggling with the birthdates. Depending on which month they were born in, I'd have to calculate with 1996 (because they did not turn X+1 age yet, where X is the age written in the Gospel of Truth) or 1997 (they already had their birthday in that year, where Y+1 is actually age X written in the Gospel of Truth).

Other thing I'm wondering about (which is the reason "Timeline" has a level 1 header), depending on how 5D's plays out, we might need to write up two alternate timelines. The reason, of course, is Paradox. If Paradox's involvement as shown in the movie has an effect on how 5D's' recent future will play out (with Yusei having knowledge of Paradox and his future, etc.), then it means the distant future will be different, which calls for a new timeline. Fortunately, the timeline doesn't have to be rewritten twice, we'd detail out the timeline from the point the events play out differently. To illustrate what I mean:

Original Timeline
(Everything that happens in all three series, distant future is inevitably destroyed by Duel Monsters.)

New Timeline
(Original Timeline + The movie's events and however 5D's distant future plays out with Paradox in the picture.)

It would be similar to Chrono Trigger's Lavos and Keystone timelines. In the game's case, Lavos timeline is the original timeline in which the future got destroyed by Lavos, and the Keystone timeline is the one in which Crono and his friends started traveling through time in order to bring Lavos down.

It's a good idea, very interesting ! I say yes ! Thanks to this, all is explained at reader.

Mmm. Yep, I'll hold off the timeline split until we see how the movie relates to 5D's.

Added some more information, primarily pre-5D's events and some of the DM events. I'm not a pro in either, so someone more familiar with the details might want to give it a check to see if I got everything right.

In episode 2, there's something about Yusei and Jack dueling 2 years prior the beginning of the series. Does anyone know exactly what happened at then?

You mean that duel between Jack and Yusei, before Jack left for Neo Domino City?

Originally Posted by tori_yugio4ever

You mean that duel between Jack and Yusei, before Jack left for Neo Domino City?

Yeah, that one. Did Jack steal Yusei's D-Wheel and Stardust around that time, or they just had a duel back then?

Originally Posted by Arynis

Yeah, that one. Did Jack steal Yusei's D-Wheel and Stardust around that time, or they just had a duel back then?

I think this duel take place little time before Jack steal Yusei's D-Wheel.

So I just rewatched episodes 2 and 4. In two, they flashback to the two of them dueling and talk about how Jack planned to steal Yusei's D-wheel and Stardust. In four, Jack asks how long it's been--two years--and mentions that Yusei's original D-Wheel had since broken down.

I think it's safe to assume that Jack left Satellite two years before the start of 5D's, aka 20XX - 2, and that was around the same time, for simplicity's sake let's say the same year, that Yusei hacked the system, saw a Neo Domino City duel and built the D-Wheel.

Originally Posted by Sekhmet

So I just rewatched episodes 2 and 4. In two, they flashback to the two of them dueling and talk about how Jack planned to steal Yusei's D-wheel and Stardust. In four, Jack asks how long it's been--two years--and mentions that Yusei's original D-Wheel had since broken down.

I think it's safe to assume that Jack left Satellite two years before the start of 5D's, aka 20XX - 2, and that was around the same time, for simplicity's sake let's say the same year, that Yusei hacked the system, saw a Neo Domino City duel and built the D-Wheel.

Ah, so the whole stealing thing happened two years ago? Good stuff. I'll edit that, then. Thanks!

Originally Posted by Arynis

Ah, so the whole stealing thing happened two years ago? Good stuff. I'll edit that, then. Thanks!

Seems like it. Also, I think our use of 1996 can be mostly confirmed. I'm not sure if it's been brought up here or not, but on the first page of chapter 13 Yugi and his grandfather are looking at the newspaper. While the sound effect is blocking some of it, you can make out a 19#6. We can rule out 1986 or lower, so 1996 it seems to be.

Actually, we have two time markers here! I didn't keep reading until after I posted the above. But chapter 13 starts with Yugi and his grandpa looking at the newspaper where Sugoroku's old Egyptian buddy is coming to town. It then says "two months later" where Yugi tells everyone about the exhibit coming to town (not Ishizu's) and then that Sunday they go to the museum.

Unfortunately I can't tell from the picture if Yugi had solved the Sennen Puzzle or not yet, because I can't tell if he's wearing it. However, I personally would make the logical leap that he had and this was heading into the winter time, as they're all wearing long sleeves and jackets. This also tracks with the penalty game that came earlier where the older student was playing in the leaves (thus fall).

Is there no calendar shown on walls or something in the manga or somewhere in the animes ? XD Like maybe in Series 1 for example.

Originally Posted by Sekhmet

Seems like it. Also, I think our use of 1996 can be mostly confirmed. I'm not sure if it's been brought up here or not, but on the first page of chapter 13 Yugi and his grandfather are looking at the newspaper. While the sound effect is blocking some of it, you can make out a 19#6. We can rule out 1986 or lower, so 1996 it seems to be.

Yep, it was already mentioned, But yeah, I think 1996 is pretty much it!

Originally Posted by Sekhmet

Actually, we have two time markers here! I didn't keep reading until after I posted the above. But chapter 13 starts with Yugi and his grandpa looking at the newspaper where Sugoroku's old Egyptian buddy is coming to town. It then says "two months later" where Yugi tells everyone about the exhibit coming to town (not Ishizu's) and then that Sunday they go to the museum.

Unfortunately I can't tell from the picture if Yugi had solved the Sennen Puzzle or not yet, because I can't tell if he's wearing it. However, I personally would make the logical leap that he had and this was heading into the winter time, as they're all wearing long sleeves and jackets. This also tracks with the penalty game that came earlier where the older student was playing in the leaves (thus fall).

Hmm, so does this mean the exhibition came to Domino two months after they read about it in the newspaper?

So the series began in autumn and they were slowly heading into winter, right? But I don't get one thing - if the theme park event with Anzu happened in the summer vacation, and the series begins in autumn... how does that add up? And we already know DK takes place before the new school year, some time in spring. Battle City takes place in 1997 late August/early autumn. Also, I assumed the leaves were just from nearby bushes, or something...

However, that would place Death-T around late autumn/winter, as Duelist Kingdom must have occurred before the new school year, and we know that Pegasus' deal with the Big 5 happened 6 months prior Duelist Kingdom, shortly after Death-T which caused KC's popularity to decrease.

Originally Posted by Sekhmet

Seems like it. Also, I think our use of 1996 can be mostly confirmed. I'm not sure if it's been brought up here or not, but on the first page of chapter 13 Yugi and his grandfather are looking at the newspaper. While the sound effect is blocking some of it, you can make out a 19#6. We can rule out 1986 or lower, so 1996 it seems to be.

Originally Posted by DARKMASTER

Is there no calendar show in wall in the manga or somewhere in the animes ? XD Like maybe in Series 1 for example.

I don't recall any in the manga, but I haven't watched the Toei series.

I remember when I originally watched Yu-Gi-Oh! (4kids! version) I would always make snide remarks wondering, "Just when do these high-school kids find time to go to a private island vacation or an overnight blimp ride?!! Doesn't anybody actually go to school in this show?"

Obviously the reason it seems like this is because the setting for Yu-Gi-Oh! had already expanded beyond their school adventures by the start of the DM anime. They spend a lot of the first seven manga volumes at school (notwithstanding being abducted by Kaiba to tour his killer theme park, or getting involved in a terrorist bombing incident at the water park, etc...).

Added some DM and GX events, as well as majority of the Fortune Cup and Dark Signer arc events. I also added a timeline for the 10th Anniversary Movie.

Also, uh, my knowledge of GX is horribly poor, so I can't write much for the GX part of the timeline, sans season 4 maybe.

Originally Posted by Arynis

Added some DM and GX events, as well as majority of the Fortune Cup and Dark Signer arc events. I also added a timeline for the 10th Anniversary Movie.

Also, uh, my knowledge of GX is horribly poor, so I can't write much for the GX part of the timeline, sans season 4 maybe.

I did a little summary of the main events of the Season 1. I excluded fillers (Episode 2, 3 4, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 23, 43) to do a synthetic summary. I hope I forgot nothing. I hope this summary can help you Arynis !

- Judai gets Winged Kuriboh from Yugi

- He starts in first year after he win his exam entrance against Chronos

- Judai win his first Duel of Darkness against Titan, who use a fake Millenium Puzzle. The duel is located in the abandonned dorm, a forbidden place to the students.

- Trying to find what happened between Sho and Ryo, Judai duels Ryo. He lose.

- Chrono discover Judai and Sho were in abandonned dorm. To they leaves Academia, Chrono calls Meikyu Brothers. Sho and Judai win their tag duel.

- Yugi's deck go to Duel Academia. Kagurazaka try to steal it but Judai prevent him to do it. Yugi's deck return to Academia.

- Rei Saotome infiltrate in Osiris Red dorm. She wants to see Ryo. She duels Judai and loose. She leaves Duel Academia.

- Judai duels Daichi Misawa to get the right to represent Duel Academia against North Academia

- Manjome leaves Duel Academia to North Academia. He beat the best student and become the best student. He get the right to represent Academia of North in the duel againt Duel Academia's best student.

- Duel between Judai and Manjome. Duel Academia win with Judai's victory.

- Judai duel the chief of Gravekeeper. He win and get a medaillon.

- Samejima gives at Judai, Ryo, Asuka, Daichi, Manjome, Chrono and Daitokuji at each a clef. Judai fight Nightground and win against him. In reality, It's Fubuki, Asua's brother. The mask Fubuki had bear is sealed.

- Camula, the second assassin, appears. Chrono and Ryo's defeat. Judai's victory.

- Winged Kuriboh lead Judai in Duel Monster Spirit World. He duels Judai and win. He teaches at Judai to don't have fear the defeat.

- Tania's appereance. She is the third assassin. Daichoi loose against her and Judai win.

- Anacis arrives to recruit Judai. Failure.

- Manjome win against Black Scorpion Group, who are the fifth assassins.

- Asuka win against Titan, the sixth assassin.

- Judai win against the Seventh assassin, Abidos the Third. He was a Pharaoh after Atem's reign.

- Duel Monster Spirit Day at Duel Academia. Last appareance known of Duel Monster Spirits in the real world.

- Asuka and Manjome lose their keys against Amnael, the seventh Star Assassin. Judai's victory against Amnael who is in reality Daitokuji, who become a ghost.

- Kagemaru try to revival Uria, Raviel and Hamon. He loose against Judai.

- Hayato leaves Duel Academia before finals exams because he get a job in Industrial Illusions.

- Ryo wishes Judai duel him for his Graduation Match. Judai accept. The duel end on a tie.

Many thanks, Allana! I'll add your notes later to the Wiki. :]

Originally Posted by Arynis

Many thanks, Allana! I'll add your notes later to the Wiki. :]

You're welcome Arynis ! I will do the same thing for Season 2. I will try for Season 3 but I will watch episode before because I never see it on my channel contrary to Season 1 and 2 who was aired many times.

Thanks Allana! =D

Oooooh. It appears Nintendo World BBS (XYZ Dragon Cannon and others) are also attempting to build the timeline in this thread. http://bbs.newwise.com/thread-462771-1-1.html

That thread seems to be about the Yu-Gi-Oh! Vs. GX movie that Takahashi had in his mind (he talked about it in one of the bunkoban afterwords), but there's a timeline discussion going on as well.

Credits to Nintendo World BBS and XYZ Dragon Cannon:



And they seem to be a much better job, too. :0 *impressed* If only we could break the language barrier, we could all work together!

Does anyone know Chinese here? XD Apart from Heleentje, that is...

Originally Posted by Arynis

Thanks Allana! =D

Oooooh. It appears Nintendo World BBS (XYZ Dragon Cannon and others) are also attempting to build the timeline in this thread. http://bbs.newwise.com/thread-462771-1-1.html

That thread seems to be about the Yu-Gi-Oh! Vs. GX movie that Takahashi had in his mind (he talked about it in one of the bunkoban afterwords), but there's a timeline discussion going on as well.

Credits to Nintendo World BBS and XYZ Dragon Cannon:



And they seem to be a much better job, too. :0 *impressed* If only we could break the language barrier, we could all work together!

Does anyone know Chinese here? XD Apart from Heleentje, that is...

If only the problem of the barrier language don't exist !They seems have done a incredible job ! Apparently, they take count of the OCG, the anime and the manga publication. I wonder me what can mean 2011 ?



Here the main events of the Season 2. I excluded fillers (Episode 54, 56, 64, 71, 72, 80, 81, 82, 86, 90, 91, 96) to do a synthetic summary.

Main events:

[Undefined time] Mizuchi and Saiou are orphans but they survives thanks to Saiou’s natural ability to forsee the future. Edo’s father design Heroes of the Destiny, Blood D included. Blood D is infected by the Light of Destruction. He is assassinated by the D. who want the card. Saiou is corrupted by the Light of Destruction after he meet the D.

- Takuma Saiou's first apparence. Edo Phoenix enters to DuelAcademia to meet Judai. He duels Judai to test his kills and loose on purpose

- Tyranno Kenzan's first appareance. He steal Duel Disks students which Sho's Duel Disk. Judai duels him and win.

- Edo and Ryo's duel in the Profesional League. Edo's victory. Looses for Ryo starts

- Edo say Judai had copied his deck. To decide the real master of Elemental Heroes Edo duels Judai. Edo's victory. All cards Judai's deck become white and It's owner can't see them. All others person can do it. Judai loose his motivation to duel.

- Takuma Saiou enter in Duel Academia as third year student. He win a duel against Manjoume who become affiliated at the Society of Light.

- Judai try to leave Duel Academia. He is transported in Neo Space and get Neo Spacians cards.

- Ryo loose again and again. Saruyama discover him. He lead Ryo in Underground League. Ryo become Hell Kaiser.

- At Duel Academia, at the moment when Asuka will duel Edo, Judai come back and duel Edo himself. Judai's vicory, not seen in the future by Takuma Saiou.

- Asuka and Manjome duel. If Manjome win, Asuka must integrate the Society of Light. Manjome win, Asuka become a member of the Takuma's Society.

- Kenzan duel Takuma. If Takuma win, Kenzan become a member of the Society of Light. Takuma's victory but Kenzan can't be affected by the Light of the Destruction because his DNA, who came from a dinosaur.

- Princess Rose duels Judai. If he win he can choose the place where the Academia must visit. Judai win and Domino City. Kaiba leave Saiou use tha Kaiba Land.

- In Domino City, in the Virtual World program of Kaiba Corporation, Edo and Judai fight against Mizuchi, Saiou's sister who wants save his brother of the Light of Destruction. Edo and Judai's win. Mizuchi’s Spirit is trapped in the Virtual World.

- Ryo duels Samejima and get the Underworld Deck.

- Start of the Genex Tournament. Prince Ojin wants to know Edo and his Destiny Heroes. Saiou, who said him to be Edo, win against Prince Ojin, who own a satellite

- Judai win against Franz who use a copy of the Winged Dragon of Ra created by Pegasus

- Judai duels Manjome and win. Manjome retrieves his normal personality.

- Trying to help Ryo, Fubuki bears the mask again and become possessed. Ryo duels him and win.

- Chrono and Napoleon think Samejima want they leave Duel Academia. Learning Pegasus will arrive on the island, they want to integrate Industrial Illusion. They duel Pegasus together instead Pegasus is alone. If they win, Pegasus take them in Industrial Illusion. Pegasus's Victory but he accept to integrate Chrono and Napoleon in his staff. Samejima explains that Chrono and Napoleon had misunderstood his words.

- Saiou good side appears to Judai and Edo and give each other a key who control the satellite. Judai duels Asuka and win. Asuka retrieve his normal personality.

- Sho, trying to do become his brother like before challenge him in a duel. Sho’s defeat.

- Edo duels the D. to get his father’s card, Blood-D and win. The Light of Destruction is reaveled.

- Judai duel Prince Ojin and win. Prince Ojin become normal.

- Edo, with the support of the good side of Saiou duels the Saiou corrupted by the Light of Destruction and loose. Saiou get the first key of the Sattellite. His goal is realease the power of the satellite to throw the Light of Destruction on the entire Earth causing all people will become possessed by the Light of Destruction.

- Judai duels Saiou and win. He is realeased from the influence of the Light of Destruction but loose his natural ability to forsee the future. Mizuchi, which the spirit had succeded to reintegrate his body is reunites with his brother. Manjome win the Genex Tournament. Rei Saotome become an Osiris Red student. Judai, Asuka, Manjome, Sho, Daichi and Kenzan get their finals exams for this year.

Originally Posted by Arynis

Oooooh. It appears Nintendo World BBS (XYZ Dragon Cannon and others) are also attempting to build the timeline in this thread.

Great find. I don't speak Chinese, so I'm no help on specifics, but it looks like they're breaking it down into categories for (and these are guesses) read world releases, anime, manga, and then..... I'm thinking maybe movie, but GX or the 10th I don't know. Either way it looks like we're more or less on track with them.

XYZ Dragon Cannon's timeline scheme is quite impressive and clear. (too bad I don't know neither chinese nor japanese...and I hate myself for this.) It's good that we inspire each other with making such kind of projects about all YGO series. Slowly but gloriously we're getting to the truth.

Thank you for the Season 2 write up Allana! I'll be adding that as well. ^^

Heleentje is working on that timeline table as I'm writing this. She sent me some of the translations, and I must say XYZ Dragon Cannon did do his work. Impressive!

The table seems to take reality (as in, our time, real life events), anime, manga and movie events.

Spoiler: Cut to save space

You asked for it, so here you are! Unfortunately my formatting skills utterly suck, so I hope this is clear enough. Better version now, courtesy of Arynis!

Also, there were two parts I wasn't able to translate because the characters were too small for me to read and enlarging it only made it blurry. They're the '15 years later' and 'at the same time' part, both underneath '1000 B.C.' If anyone's able to make out the characters, I'd be very grateful!

Thank you Heleen! You did a great job!

This is really interesting and very impressive. XYZ Dragon Cannon really did take everything into consideration. However, I don't see why there would be a one-year difference between Pegasus' and Cyndia's meeting in the manga and the anime? As far as I know, that was left exact in both mediums. (Met her 14 years ago, died when she was 17, etc.) Unless there's something in the anime that would change that fact.

And that timeline is the reason I don't like that little bit with Rafael's past - it totally effs up the timeline. =\ (It would be perfectly fine, though, if it weren't for the fact that Duel Monsters existed at that time.)

Originally Posted by Arynis

The table seems to take reality (as in, our time, real life events), anime, manga and movie events.

Ha! I was right, mark one point for intuitive leaps! And thanks so much Heleentje! This is great, it shows that for the most part we are on track, although I have to admit, I feel like it doesn't really tell us anything we didn't already know.

Arynis, as for the Raphael bit, are we sure it's supposed to take place before DM's creation? I mean, couldn't it have been some other war, or maybe he's not as old as we think he is? On the other hand, it's a filler, who says we even have to include it, hehe.

I won't tell if you won't.

No, I believe the Raphael bit was established in the anime. XYZ Dragon Cannon posted this quote in the thread:

レベッカ:杏子、これ見て。
ネットに何か情報があるんじゃないかと思って、調べてみたら

杏子:え、まさか。ネットに情報が載ってるの?
10年前の新聞記事･･････豪華客船の沈没事故?

レベッカ:その事故にはたった一人だけ生存者が居た。
私、今頃になって思い出した。
私が全米チャンプになったときにね、噂で言われたことがあるの。
全米で一番は私じゃない。公の場には決して出てこない伝説のガーディアン使いが居るって。
そのガーディアン使いの名は、ラフェール

That's from during the Doma arc, and Anzu tells Rebecca to look at a 10-year old newspaper regarding Rafael. If DM takes place in 1996/1997, that would but his tragedy in 1986/1987 (or just 1986, according to the timeline table). However, Cyndia didn't even die by that time, meaning that Pegasus didn't depart to Egypt yet. o.O

Hmmm, well that's just obnoxious isn't it. I guess the best thing to do is simple footnote it in the wiki then? Say this is when it happened, but it should have happened during 19XX and let people know it was just the animators' mistake. Stupid fillers, messing with our timeline!

No matter how you look at it, the fact that Rafael has Duel Monsters cards ten years before the events of the series makes no sense. Especially since Sugoroku and Arthur Hopskins had their duel in the collapsed tomb 'several years ago' (according to Yu-Jyo) when supposedly the game was not yet particularly well-known. Which is a shame, because Rafael's is a cool story. It's a casualty of the anime's desire to put Duel Monsters everywhere.

Thanks a lot for the translation Heleentje ! Rafael's tragedy family take place when the Duel Monster is already created: Rafael own his Guardian Eatos. But Rafaeal's tragedy can't happen ten years ago: this season with Rafael take place in 1997 and the game was created in 1990. It's a mistake of the writers. In the timeline, KC and Doma are excuded for this reason.

Originally Posted by DARKMASTER

Is there no calendar shown on walls or something in the manga or somewhere in the animes ? XD Like maybe in Series 1 for example.

Checked the Toei series: no mentions to dates, unluckyly. In the manga there are some, and by now we found out a date on a newspaper (twice) and on Jounouchi's yo-yo, they're quoted in the previous pages.

Originally Posted by Ryusaki

No matter how you look at it, the fact that Rafael has Duel Monsters cards ten years before the events of the series makes no sense. Especially since Sugoroku and Arthur Hopskins had their duel in the collapsed tomb 'several years ago' (according to Yu-Jyo) when supposedly the game was not yet particularly well-known. Which is a shame, because Rafael's is a cool story. It's a casualty of the anime's desire to put Duel Monsters everywhere.

In the manga it's just stated that Sugoroku got his BEWD card from an American friend, no time references. Also, it states that the game itself is popular there and will soon become popular in Japan too. So, we got a divergent timeline on this too.

Thanks Heleen for the translation ^^

Originally Posted by remaner

In the manga it's just stated that Sugoroku got his BEWD card from an American friend, no time references. Also, it states that the game itself is popular there and will soon become popular in Japan too. So, we got a divergent timeline on this too.

Although it's already popular enough at least for Kaiba to be the Japanese champion of the game.

Originally Posted by Ryusaki

Although it's already popular enough at least for Kaiba to be the Japanese champion of the game.

We have about 6-7 years between the moment Pegasus created the game and the first time it made its appeareance in the story. Unluckyly we don't have a precise time reference about when the duel between Pegasus and Bandit Keith (where Seto too is present) takes place, that would have helped.

Originally Posted by remaner

We have about 6-7 years between the moment Pegasus created the game and the first time it made its appeareance in the story. Unluckyly we don't have a precise time reference about when the duel between Pegasus and Bandit Keith (where Seto too is present) takes place, that would have helped.

In the Anime, Pegasus tells Kaiba (after Tom takes over his place) that he looked over Kaiba's proposal on the Card Battle Simulation System. In the anime, this possibly corresponds to the Duel Ring, but it sounds similar to "Virtual Battle Simulation Box". We know that Kaiba developed it for Death-T, so we can assume the Pegasus - Keith duel took place sometime before Death-T. I don't have the manga with that particular chapter, so could someone look it up if Pegasus says the same to Kaiba?

Originally Posted by Arynis

In the Anime, Pegasus tells Kaiba (after Tom takes over his place) that he looked over Kaiba's proposal on the Card Battle Simulation System. In the anime, this possibly corresponds to the Duel Ring, but it sounds similar to "Virtual Battle Simulation Box". We know that Kaiba developed it for Death-T, so we can assume the Pegasus - Keith duel took place sometime before Death-T. I don't have the manga with that particular chapter, so could someone look it up if Pegasus says the same to Kaiba?

I guess so. In the manga Pegasus sits next to Kaiba and says (my translation) "I've read about your project, 'Card Battle Simulation Box', it would be great if our societies could develop this product together".

Also, in that scene, Seto is wearing his old white outfit. It might be a coincidence, but in the story Seto changes his dresses four times: during his first apperance he wears a school uniform like Yugi's, during the Death T arc he's wearing that white outfit (that he also wears when he takes over Kaiba Corp), the third outfit is the Shirt Tails o' Doom one, and he wears it after he wakes up from the Yami Yugi induced coma and until he meets with Isis. His last and most famous dress, the white sleeveless coat, is the one he wears until the end of the story (the end of Battle City in the manga, after the Cerimonial Duel in the anime).

Don't know if this dress code bears any meaning, but it deserves to be mentioned. Also, in the Toei anime Seto always wears the white dress, while in the NAS anime in his first appereances he always has the blue school uniform, apparently this was done to avoid the identification of Toei and NAS Kaiba. Another thing worth to be noticed: in the manga and the NAS anime Seto was a student in Yugi's school, while in the Toei anime he was a 'transfert student' (in that version he changed schools just to get or steal cards from students that collected them). In Japan transfert students usually (don't know if it's an obligation) wear the uniform of the school they come from, and not the one they're attending in that moment.

Originally Posted by remaner

I guess so. In the manga Pegasus sits next to Kaiba and says (my translation) "I've read about your project, 'Card Battle Simulation Box', it would be great if our societies could develop this product together".

Also, in that scene, Seto is wearing his old white outfit. It might be a coincidence, but in the story Seto changes his dresses four times: during his first apperance he wears a school uniform like Yugi's, during the Death T arc he's wearing that white outfit (that he also wears when he takes over Kaiba Corp), the third outfit is the Shirt Tails o' Doom one, and he wears it after he wakes up from the Yami Yugi induced coma and until he meets with Isis. His last and most famous dress, the white sleeveless coat, is the one he wears until the end of the story (the end of Battle City in the manga, after the Cerimonial Duel in the anime).

Don't know if this dress code bears any meaning, but it deserves to be mentioned. Also, in the Toei anime Seto always wears the white dress, while in the NAS anime in his first appereances he always has the blue school uniform, apparently this was done to avoid the identification of Toei and NAS Kaiba. Another thing worth to be noticed: in the manga and the NAS anime Seto was a student in Yugi's school, while in the Toei anime he was a 'transfert student' (in that version he changed schools just to get or steal cards from students that collected them). In Japan transfert students usually (don't know if it's an obligation) wear the uniform of the school they come from, and not the one they're attending in that moment.

Ah. Thanks, Rem. It's definitely the Duel Box, then.

From the dresses, we could deduce that it is pre-Death T Kaiba with Pegasus, but also the Kaiba who already took over KC (well, that was obvious, considering Pegasus' dialogue).

You told me last night how Yugi and co. were surprised that Kaiba was KC's CEO. I was wondering, may have it been because the news about Gozaburo committing suicide were held back? (Granted, it's hard not to notice his body at the base of the building...) Or perhaps the news only said "Gozaburo Kaiba is dead, and a new heir took his place" without mentioning his name? Or they merely forgot/didn't realize until then?

As for Duel Monsters itself and its popularity, it could go like this:

1990: Pegasus creates Duel Monsters. Industrial Illusions is founded by Pegasus. I2 is a small game company by this point.
~1992: The God Cards are created and sealed away by Ishizu.
1990-1996: Duel Monsters becomes popular in America. Sugoroku meets with Arthur and receives his BEWD card. Pegasus adopts several orphans and tutors them to be card designers, etc. I2 grows into a corporate giant.
1996: Duel Monsters reaches Japan. Kaiba becomes the Japanese champion. (However, it makes me wonder - if he was under Gozaburo's discipline at the time, he couldn't have just gone to America... meaning that he just won the very first Japanese tournaments, perhaps?) Pegasus defeats Bandit Keith in the American National Stadium.
~1996 Autumn: I2 and KC develop the Duel Boxes together. Death-T occurs, Kaiba falls into a coma and KC's popularity decreases. Pegasus makes his deal with the Big 5.
1997: Duelist Kingdom and Battle City occurs, further increasing the game's popularity. (Anime only: KC Grand Prix.)
1997-2002: Sometime during this period, Kaiba builds the Duel Academia for the purposes of researching the mysteries of the game (I believe that was stated somewhere...). On the front, the Duel Academia is an actual school.
2007: Humanity's despair dyes the cards black, Darkness appears. Judai defeats Darkness.
2007-20XX: Kaiba Corporation and Domino City are developed into a modern city. Kaiba Corporation develops the Momentum technology and the D-Wheels.
20XX+6 months: WRGP begins.
???? (Distant future): Duel Monsters leads to the world's destruction.

Anthony ? Like in Anthony Hopkins ? XD

Originally Posted by Arynis

Ah. Thanks, Rem. It's definitely the Duel Box, then.

From the dresses, we could deduce that it is pre-Death T Kaiba with Pegasus, but also the Kaiba who already took over KC (well, that was obvious, considering Pegasus' dialogue).

You told me last night how Yugi and co. were surprised that Kaiba was KC's CEO. I was wondering, may have it been because the news about Gozaburo committing suicide were held back? (Granted, it's hard not to notice his body at the base of the building...) Or perhaps the news only said "Gozaburo Kaiba is dead, and a new heir took his place" without mentioning his name? Or they merely forgot/didn't realize until then?

Mine was just a theory: what if Seto takeover (and Gozaburo suicide) happened between his first meeting with Yugi and Death T? In the manga it might have happened, while in the anime it would have been impossible without creating plotholes: in the manga Mokuba says he and his brother where adopted when they were respectevely 5 and 10 and that the takeover took place 6 years after, so it happened around the time of the story (either just before he met Yugi and stole the BEWD card or after that), while in the anime when he took control of the company he was clearly younger, but this would create more discrepancies. I don't think Gozaburo would have allowed him to become a M&W player when he was still alive (in the anime Gozaburo forbid Seto to play at all, in the manga it's not stated but it's implied), so the dress code it's not that useful, or at least it doesn't mark a turning point, not in the first part of the manga.