Quotes from Kazuki Takahashi

It's time to duel!

The rules are simple: the first one to lose dies.

You say people's struggles are a game! That's totally wrong! Facing yourself no matter how tough things get... and keeping up the fight... that's what games are really about! You bet your chip of life as if it meant nothing! You lost to yourself! When you realized you were going to lose, you didn't have the courage to keep living! Listen... Real courage is protecting that chip you have in your hands... no matter what!" -Anzu to Kaiba

The rules are simple!

From the Manga) Whoever solves this puzzle shall be granted one wish ... like the dragon balls ...

Exodia Obliterate!

We have a saying back home. It's time to duel!

Get your filthy hands off the puzzle, you little brats!

Those who trespass in others' souls will always get burned in the end.

Yugi… dia menikmati pertarungan ini. Dia yang selama ini menjadi bayangan, selalu mengekor di belakang, kini mendapat kesempatan untuk menunjukkan kemampuannya.

Katsuya J?nouchi: Give up...!? You wish! If I do that...how can I get to my future?

Anzu: I don't know where I should go either...everybody's like that! We're all scared, but we have to keep moving forward, even if we can't see the road in front of us...holding our heads up high...believing in what lies ahead...even while we sit here, that moment is coming closer every second...We've all got limited time...you know?...I know it's not easy to chase your dreams...But I want to believe that I have a chance. Even if it's just a tiny one...

Anzu [to Atem]: Even if you are two hearts in the same body...It's your own heart you'll face! So stay honest to your heart!

The other personality that lives in your heart'...This is the central theme of Yu-Gi-Oh!. Perhaps the characters I draw are also personalities that exist inside me. Y?gi is in my heart. But also J?nouchi and Kaiba...Pegasus and Mai...Ushio the bully, Insector Haga, Esper Roba...and the countless monsters! Just what kind of person am I?

YÅ«gi [to Atem]: I won't ask what you're fighting for...or what you want...but I'll go with you to find the answer!

Katsuya J?nouchi [to Dinosaur Ryuzaki]: You really think I can't beat him [Esper Roba]? Then I will!! Step one to becoming a true duelist — don't pass up an opponent, no matter what! Step two: Fight opponents that seem stronger than you!

Katsuya J?nouchi: I...I don't know what's gonna come in the future. For example, if I go down this street and I turn at the corner, I might be able to see the next town...Maybe there's a lady I don't know, carrying a baby and shopping...That's about as much as I can see into the future!

Katsuya J?nouchi [to Esper Roba]: I have friends in this town...and you have your brothers! As long as you're not alone...you're always strong!

Dark Bakura: The odds are a bit against you. But that doesn't mean you've lost yet...

Dark Bakura [to Ry?gi]: If someone with a weak heart like you tried to solve the puzzle, you'd just end up trapped in a labyrinth of darkness.

Seto Kaiba: The next generation Duel Disk is finally finished! Let the curtain rise on a new kind of Duel Monsters! Now I must start the play at the only appropriate place...the place where the ancient duelists and their cards slumber in the stones...Gather, duelists...by the gravestone of your predecessors!

Atem: ...The soul of the lost king of ancient Egypt, trapped in the Millennium Puzzle for thousands of years! That is who I am. Heh heh...after all this time, it's no wonder I've forgotten everything!

Dark Bakura [to YÅ«gi]: The odds are a bit against you. But that doesn't mean you've lost yet...

YÅ«gi [paraphrasing Atem's perspective]: I can't bet my precious cards on a wager! A real rare card isn't about how scarce it is or how much money it costs...It's different for each person...it's the 40 cards they chose out of thousands and thousands to build their deck! All those cards are precious to the duelist who chose them! All of them are one-of-a-kind.