Retrieve the Pharaoh's name, retrieve the Pharaoh's lost memories, defeat the Great Evil God Sock, and gather the Seven Great Millennium Items...
Listing the entire main storyline of DM and writing it into a long list, it seems the task list has undeniably reached 99% completion, with only a little more until the entire main story is cleared.
A slight regret compared to the animation is that President Kaiba didn't attend the final battle.
Of course, Youyu felt this was the president's own loss.
He was considering whether to take back the duel video of himself facing the Millennium Automaton in the Memory World to show Kaiba. Then throw that video in front of the president, saying, see what a real automaton is, what kind of thing are you usually playing against, president?
Heh, let him be tsundere and not come to Egypt, make him envious!
But from another perspective, maybe it's just as well that the president didn't attend, as the Egypt arc was full of supernatural phenomena from start to finish. Especially with beings like the Great Evil God Sock and the God of Light appearing one after another, it certainly wasn't friendly to someone like the president, who is a devout believer in science.
If the president had witnessed so many unscientific scenes, he might become displeased, have his worldview shattered, and stop believing in science henceforth, turning to study the supernatural.
Then he might have gone back and immediately sold Kaiba Company, established a research institution called TPC for paranormal phenomena, and recruited the likes of Shinjiro Taiga and other young talents...
And that would be another story.
The final step of the main storyline is to place the Seven Divine Artifacts into the Millennium Tablet, open the Netherworld's door, and send the Pharaoh back to rest... but there's a tiny detail before that.
"The Pharaoh can't enter the Netherworld with a sword," sister Ishizu explained to everyone, "To let the Pharaoh rest, his soul must be satisfied. He must have no regrets and leave his sword in this world."
The so-called "sword" is a metaphor for a weapon, and in the world view of card games, it naturally refers to a card deck.
Specifically, someone must stand out to satisfy the King's gambling addiction spanning over three millennia, and they must win. Only by overcoming his millennium-long card addiction can the King rest in his coffin...
This is quite distressing.
A card addiction spanning three thousand years, being asked to quit just like that, anyone would feel bad.
However, this time Youyu didn't join in the fun, saying he wanted to have one last duel with the Pharaoh to send him off.
He had already dueled Atem from three thousand years ago, so there were no regrets. This sacred final duel belonged to Muto Yugi and was the most important turning point in this young man's life.
If he were to take away this opportunity, even if the duel was won, the Pharaoh's soul wouldn't be able to let go of all ties, would it?
When Yugi put on the Duel Disc and stepped onto the stage for the final battle with a card deck assembled with all his heart, even his friends couldn't help but have some doubts about his strength.
It's hardly surprising. Until now, it had always been the King who stepped forward in battles against various enemies. Yugi had always been a bystander, the one silently supporting the King from behind.
Since he had never taken action, it's unavoidable that everyone might think he's not strong enough.
However, Atem accepted Yugi as his final opponent without any hesitation, as if it had been decided long ago, just like their souls' fateful meeting across three thousand years, this battle was equally destined.
The King could only truly rest after finding satisfaction in this battle; Yugi could only take a new step toward the future by defeating the King in this battle.
Luckily, Yugi didn't disappoint anyone.
This introverted, silent boy displayed overwhelming strength in this battle that astonished everyone, showing no weakness even against the Pharaoh's strongest Egyptian Gods.
Although the King printed quite a few new cards and was stronger than in the original animation, as the saying goes, a rising tide lifts all boats; Yugi's progress wasn't slow either. With fancy Kuriboh family, and the recently limited edition of the Magicians Girl series...
Even the originally Forbidden Card with formidable strength from the Dark Side of the Dimension movie, "Gandora-X the Dragon of Demolition," sprung out, leaving the audience with their jaws dropped.
Gandora-X the Dragon of Demolition, when successfully summoned, destroys all other monsters on the field and deals damage equal to the highest attack power among those destroyed monsters to the opponent's player, after which this card's attack becomes that value.
As for the Egyptian Gods, Yugi had prepared more strategies on his side.
For example...
Atem: In this way, I've summoned three tributes to my field! I hereby offer these three tributes to the heavens and call upon the name of the god...
Yugi: Activate Set Card! Continuous Trap - Summon Limit! Each player can only summon twice per turn! You've already summoned twice this turn, so you can't summon the god!
At this moment, Jonouchi and Honda exclaimed, "Oh, this is the card Youyu used against the Egyptian Gods!"
Atem's actions came to a stiff halt, expressionless, but his gaze unintentionally swept over Youyu in the audience.
And then...
Atem: I activate the Magic Card "Foolish Burial," sending "The Winged Dragon of Ra" from the card deck to the graveyard! You know what abilities Ra gains in the graveyard, don't you, AIBO?