Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 040 Comparison

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In the manga, Yugi hears the story from Pegasus himself. In the anime? From a diary written in a short amount of time!

This extremely in-depth comparison charts the differences between the anime and manga on the subject of Pegasus J. Crawford's past. This is covered in episode 40 of the anime - King of Duelists - and in chapters 132 and 133 of the manga. However, in the anime the appearance of Shadi and his meeting with Yugi Mutou is incorporated in the story, which had been used much earlier in the manga, in The Man from Egypt arc.

[edit] Episode 040 - King of Duelists

• Draws content from chapter 13’s end and 14 (Yugi’s first encounter with Shadi), 132 (Pegasus’s backstory) and 133 (The group reacting to Pegasus’s backstory, Crocketts explaining Pegasus’s motives and Bakura taking the Eye from Pegasus).
• In the manga, Pegasus told his backstory to the group after his defeat, because Dark Yugi threatened him to tell about his Millennium Eye. In the anime, Pegasus leaves for his sanctuary after the duel ends, where he confronts Dark Bakura.
• He releases the souls of Seto Kaiba, Mokuba Kaiba and Sugoroku Mutou right at the duel table in the manga. In the anime, he does this in the sanctuary. The souls leaving the cards are not shown, the cards only glow as the souls are released. The anime adds the scenes of Seto, Mokuba and Sugoroku waking up. In the manga, Mokuba is seen waking up in a bed in chapter 133, while in the anime he wakes up next to Bakura on the balcony they were left at.
• In the manga, Pegasus tells Yugi he’ll keep his promise, then he releases the souls. This part is omitted from the anime, he just explains how he had never met anyone with two minds in their body. In the manga, he talks about that after the souls had been released and assures Yugi that the prize money is prepared for him. Crocketts’s, Saruwatari’s and the Big Five’s reactions to Pegasus’ loss is also absent from the anime.
• It is not known what goes on between Pegasus and Bakura in the manga. Only the result is seen, with Pegasus sitting motionless at the duel table, his Millennium Eye removed. Bakura gives him the Eye replica and tells him he can have it, then walks away laughing. (Bakura licking the Eye was moved to Episode 41, but unlike the manga, it doesn’t have any blood on it.) In the anime, Bakura confronts Pegasus in his sanctuary, where he does a little Tarot card reading for him. After revealing the last card, “Angel of Death’s Silence, Doma”, the two start a Game of Darkness involving their Millennium Items. Pegasus is drained because of his duel with Yugi, and loses. Bakura takes his Eye afterwards. When Yugi and the group arrives at the sanctuary, Pegasus is seen being carried away by Crocketts, Saruwatari and a servant.
• Cyndia’s introduction to the audience and Yugi is changed. In the manga, Pegasus presents the card to Yugi, tells him about her and begins talking about his backstory. In the anime, Pegasus is absent. The group observes the painting in the sanctuary, while Anzu Mazaki finds Pegasus’ diary. Cyndia’s card falls out of it as she’s flipping through the pages, which Yugi picks up. Pegasus’ dialogue is written down in the diary which is read by Anzu.

Ooooh, pretty!

• The image on Cyndia’s card in the anime is slightly different. In the manga, her entire person is shown sitting in an armchair while holding a rose bouquet in her hands. The background is adorned with bubbles. The anime version closes up to her upper body and the back of her armchair is used as the background.
• Pegasus in the anime explains why he created Duel Monsters. In the manga, he responds to Yugi’s question how he ended up getting his Millennium Item. (Pegasus’ creation of the card game isn’t discussed in a deeper detail until Battle City.)
• In the manga, Pegasus asks Dark Yugi if he knows about the evil intelligence of the Millennium Items. This is absent from the anime.
• In the manga, Pegasus tells his story to Dark Yugi. In the anime, Yugi is listening to the story.

A lookalike of Pegasus' father is having a wonderful time, at the expense of the actual father and his son.

• The anime shows duplicates of the Cyndia card floating as Anzu (fading into Pegasus’s voice) goes on with reading Pegasus’s diary, explaining who she is to the group. The manga shows a close-up of her face first, then shows her sitting in an armchair, holding a bouquet of roses. (Just like on the card art.) Pegasus’s expression during his narration is also shown at this point.
• The manga switches between the flashback and Pegasus and Dark Yugi, usually to show their expressions and the latter’s reaction to the story. The anime shows the flashback from the beginning until the end with no switches back to present day.
• Child Pegasus looks slightly different in both versions. In the manga, he wears a black suit, which is cyan in the anime. His hair is somewhat shorter in the anime.
• The manga shows Pegasus’s and Cyndia’s fathers next to their children, but their faces are not shown. They do not appear in the anime, a man from the crowd seems to resemble Pegasus’ father, however.
• The anime expands on the social function, focusing on the crowd enjoying the evening.
• In the anime, Pegasus blushes at Cyndia. In the manga, he just looks at her.
• In the manga, the 'love bubbles' only appear when Pegasus meets her. In the anime, they are already present at the beginning of the flashback.
• Absent from the anime is a bit showing Pegasus and Cyndia spending the rest of the evening together.
• Both versions show a close-up of the two holding hands, the anime uses it as 'passage of time' scene.
• The angle from which the couple is viewed is different. In the anime, the mansion cannot be seen, and the painting of Cyndia is placed farther away from the two.
• Cyndia's dress looks slightly different in both versions.
• The anime adds a scene with Pegasus putting a ring on Cyndia’s finger in a church. They are about to kiss each other when Cyndia turns into a rosebud and disappears, leaving Pegasus with a shocked expression.

Pegasus really, really liked painting Cyndia. If that isn't clear enough in this comparative image

• The manga expands on Cyndia’s funeral. She’s shown in her coffin, which is then placed into the ground. A group of people are standing around the grave. Pegasus is absent from the scene, or probably off-screen. In the anime, only Pegasus is seen by her coffin.
• The images on the paintings are slightly different in both versions.
• The manga shows a plane going to Egypt. Pegasus’s expression is different in both versions. In the anime, he looks more determined. In the manga, he looks at his canvas with a blank look on his face. The manga shows the location of the Valley of the Kings and its landscape. Dark Yugi’s thoughts are also shown at this point.

Pegasus doesn't care about his environment too much, unlike his manga counterpart.

• In the anime, Pegasus just walks ahead in the village without looking at anything.
• In the manga, he glances at the residents of the village.
• The anime omits Pegasus’s encounter with the thief of the Millennium Ring entirely. In the anime, the wind blows his hat away, which flies in Shadi’s direction. He picks it up and gives it back to Pegasus. He simply tells him to leave the place, as he won’t find what he’s looking for. Pegasus gasps upon hearing this. In the manga, Shadi talks with Pegasus for while (“Are you a traveller?”) then tells him to leave the village. He thinks Shadi read his mind.
• In the manga, Dark Yugi stops Pegasus and asks if the man he had met was Shadi. Pegasus asks how he knows his name. Yugi asks him to continue.
• The manga shows the thief being given the Millennium Ring, who is killed by it afterwards. Shadi and his guards talk about the Millennium items. Pegasus tells Dark Yugi about the Pharaoh’s Memory Tablet.

With the lack of attractions going on, the temple isn't that shocking to behold in the anime.

• In the anime, Pegasus is shocked to see the underground temple. Shadi tells him he didn’t listen to his warning. He’s caught by the guards. In the manga, Shadi doesn’t notice him until he’s dragged down by the guards coming down to the temple.
• In the manga, Pegasus adds that he became the holder of the Millennium Eye at this point, with Dark Yugi being shocked about it.
• In the manga, Pegasus’ reaction to Shadi’s explanation about the Millennium Eye’s powers is different, he seems more shocked.
• In the anime, Shadi himself inserts the Millennium Eye inside Pegasus’ eye socket. In the manga, the process is more ambiguous. The guards approach Pegasus with the Eye and a dagger, after which only the shadow of Pegasus is shown as he’s screaming in pain.
• The anime shows Pegasus moaning and trying to get up from the floor.
• In the manga he mentions that a miracle happened.

Door? What door? Now with purple backlight!

• The anime doesn’t really have a 'door of light'. The view goes from the entrance to the temple to the ceiling, which then goes bright. The manga has a “door” appear in front of Pegasus.
• Cyndia’s silhouette seems to be a bit further away in the anime than in the manga, where she is right in the “door”.
• Cyndia's dress does not have a ribbon on it in the manga.
• In the manga, Pegasus reaches out to her, in the anime, he looks at her for a while before reaching out to her and holding her.
• In the anime, Pegasus embraces her illusion and is happy he had met her again. Then the vision fades away, and Pegasus starts shedding tears. He falls over afterwards, with rose petals flying around in the background. In the manga, he is looking at her while crying. It is not known if they embrace in the manga; after a close-up shot of the two, Pegasus is seen kneeling on all four while having a hand over the left side of his face.
• In the anime, Pegasus is seen alone. In the manga, Shadi is standing in front of him.

Pegasus might have been dazzled a bit too much by the amount of shiny hair in the anime...

• In the anime, Pegasus explains that even though it may have been a lingering feeling, he wanted to see her again. In the manga, he says he then accepted the Millennium Eye. Dark Yugi realizes he only wanted to make his wish come true.
• Crocketts’ explanation of Pegasus’s motives is omitted from Episode 41, it has been moved to the end of Pegasus’ journal in this episode. Pegasus explains that when he heard about Kaiba Corporation’s technology, he wanted to take the company over in order to materialize Cyndia’s card. Anzu says that Pegasus wanted to see his lost lover by taking over Kaiba Corp. In the manga, Crocketts says Pegasus was forever chasing the illusion of his lover.
• The group’s reaction to Pegasus’ backstory is changed. Anzu’s reaction was possibly merged with Crocketts’s explanation instead. Katsuya Jonouchi is rather calm compared to his manga counterpart, he only says “The absolute devotion of a man…”. Bakura’s reaction is absent as he’s with Mokuba. In the manga, Jonouchi is upset that Pegasus didn’t receive a Penalty Game, he would’ve beaten him up if he were in his place. Bakura says that even if Yugi couldn’t forgive him, he pitied him after hearing his story. Anzu adds that Cyndia’s death was the beginning of Pegasus’ tragedy.
• In the anime, the group notices the soulless Soul Prison cards lying on the desk. They see that the souls have been released already. In the manga, the group is aware of it from the moment Pegasus releases them, as they see him doing so.
• Because the second series anime starts adapting from volume 8 of the manga, Shadi’s encounter with Yugi was never shown. The encounter was moved to the second part of Episode 40.
• In the anime, Yugi is trying to catch up with the rest of the group (who had already run down the stairs), who is then stopped by Shadi appearing out from nowhere. In the manga, Yugi is trying to look for his Millennium Puzzle which was left in the Domino Museum with Kanekura. He meets Shadi on his way to the office.

Shadi, courtesy of Deus Ex Machina.

• In the manga, Shadi found the completed Puzzle in the office and is trying to look for the person who completed it. Yugi asks him if he saw his Puzzle. Shadi is shocked to see Yugi is the one who has completed the Puzzle, and wonders if he has been affected by its powers. He then uses his Millennium Key to check Yugi’s Soul Room. In the anime, he sees that Yugi has the Puzzle, and wants to know if he’s the one who stole Pegasus’ Eye. Then he checks Yugi’s Soul Room.
• In the manga, Yugi met Shadi for a brief moment in the museum when he saw the Egyptian man shedding the Pharaoh’s tears. Shadi then told him he was a nice child and walked away. In the second series anime, this is the first time the two meet.
• In the anime, Shadi doesn’t appear as shocked as his manga counterpart when he sees Yugi having two Soul Rooms.
• In the anime, Shadi adds that a person with a Soul Room without wicked thoughts (Yugi) couldn’t have stolen the Eye.
• In the anime, Shadi mentions that the room looks like a tomb of a pharaoh. In the manga, he just says it looks like an ancient tomb.
• In the anime, Dark Yugi asks what Shadi’s intentions are. In the manga, he asks how he got into his Soul Room.
• In the manga, Shadi says he wanted to know the secret of the Puzzle’s power, so he visited. He explains that the Items were created by magicians for the Pharaoh, and were used to judge tomb robbers. This is written down in the “Book of Per Em Hru”. In the anime, he explains that whoever obtained all seven Items could rule the world. Therefore, several people tried obtaining them. He explains he’s searching for the person who stole Pegasus’s Eye. He mentions he’s the guardian of the Millennium Items. His manga counterpart doesn’t say who he is.
• In the manga, Shadi explains how his Millennium Key and Millennium Scales work. He states he doesn’t know the Puzzle’s power, or if the one who solved it was given any power or not. He also tells Dark Yugi that he’ll take back the Puzzle to his family, if necessary. This is omitted from the anime.
• In the anime, Dark Yugi asks if Shadi thinks he’s the criminal. He then explains the truth is hidden in his room somewhere in his heart. In the manga, he says the power of the Puzzle must be asleep somewhere in his room. Then in both versions, he explains this is going to be a Game of Darkness.
• In the manga, Dark Yugi explains the rules. The treasure is hidden somewhere in that mind’s realm, and asks Shadi if he can find it. Shadi mentions his Key’s remodelling ability, and says he’ll accept the game. Dark Yugi asks him if he thinks the game would be easy. This part is absent from the anime, apart from Shadi accepting the game.
• In the anime, Dark Yugi says “Game start!” at which point the labyrinth is revealed. In the manga, Shadi looks up first, and then sees the maze. After looking at his environment in shock, Dark Yugi says the game begins.
• In the anime, Dark Yugi says the game won’t begin if he doesn’t take the first step, then disappears. In the manga, he watches Shadi open the first door with the trap knocking him down. He asks Shadi if he’s scared, then tells him he’ll be looking for a while at this rate. He adds that he’ll be waiting in the “true room”, then vanishes in the wall.
• Before he opens the door to the true room, Anime Shadi says he’ll find what it is (Dark Yugi’s mind) about. His manga counterpart says he’ll discover the power of the Puzzle.
• In the manga, Dark Yugi pulls Shadi up after the floor collapsed under him. In the anime, it’s Yugi who saves Shadi.

“My hand isn’t a trap!”

• In the anime, Yugi tells his other self he has played around enough and asks him to release Shadi from the game. In the manga, Dark Yugi tells Shadi it was a lesson not to peep around in people’s minds, and says he should leave while he can. They appear to be back in the room Shadi stepped in first. Shadi says he has lost the game. Dark Yugi asks if this is the beginning, and Shadi agrees. He then leaves Dark Yugi’s Soul Room through the door.
• The anime adds a segment with a new door appearing, which leads to a room with Duel Monsters tablets in it. Yugi and Shadi check it out together. Shadi tells him about the history of Duel Monsters, how the magicians used the monsters in the stone tablets and how they fell into a deep sleep after the magicians perished. The legends were written down in the Book of Thoth, passed down among men for generations. They eventually became Tarot cards. Yugi explains the stone tablets were the foundations of Duel Monsters. Then the Black Magician materializes from the tablet, and attempts to attack them both. Shadi decides to summon Blue-Eyes White Dragon from the tablet below him, but Yugi stops Black Magician from attacking. Shadi is shocked by this, and thinks about the real identity of Yugi, but he is then interrupted as they both leave the Soul Room.
• In the anime, Shadi tells Yugi to tell his other self he wrongly suspected him. He mentions that he discovered things he would have never imagined. In the manga, he gives Yugi back his Puzzle and says he’s in debt for his other self. Yugi has no idea what he’s talking about. Shadi realizes Yugi may not know about his other self. He then asks Yugi’s name. He wonders if the power of the Puzzle awakened his other personality.
• In the manga, Shadi says Yugi will discover his other self, the true power of the Puzzle sealed for 3000 years. In the anime, he says Yugi and his other self must learn the secret of the Puzzle, resolving the mystery sealed for 3000 years.
• In the anime, Yugi asks what he knows about the Puzzle. Shadi explains someone with a Millennium Item is looking for his Puzzle, then walks away. Yugi wonders if it’s Bakura, but he’s in doubt as the Millennium Ring was thrown away. Yugi then asks him to wait, as he has other things to ask.
• In both versions, Shadi tells his name to Yugi, explaining this is the first time he told anyone his name. However, in the anime, Shadi is sure they’ll meet again. And in the manga, it is Yugi thinking about this, while Shadi says he’ll look for the other man who intruded upon the Land of the Gods, and judge him.