Yu-Gi-Oh! Vol. 5: The Heart of the Cards

Yu-Gi-Oh! Vol. 5: The Heart of the Cards by Kazuki Takahashi
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I honestly don't know if it's a good idea to time and time again go back and compare the manga with the anime (I saw the anime first). However, it's fun to see how the Duel Monsters game have improved. And how the characters have changed, especially Seto and Mokuba. But back to this volume.

In this volume Yuugi reach the two final stages in Kaiba's game, Death-T. Honda is gone and Anzu and Jounouchi hostage. Yuugi doubt himself as he reach the final stage of the game. The older Kaiba brother is sure hes going to win, as he has three Blue Eyes White Dragon cards in his deck, and doesn't hide it. The duel goes on and Yuugi's life points are getting lower for each turn.
Takahashi has managed to describe the action far better than I think it would be if I saw the duel live. (But not as good as in the anime.) I also like how the relationship between the Kaiba brothers is described (even though Seto is a complete jerk) and later how Mokuba starts to (hopefully) show a sweeter side.

After the Deat-T games life goes back to normal. Or as normal as it gets for someone with two personalities and a gift for games. One chapter focuses on Anzu and there you get even more reasons to ship (fangirl terms, not sorry) her with Yuugi/his alter ego. The last is Jounoushi's moment, which turns out not as expected and exactly as you thought.

This might be the best volume of the manga so far. Let's see where it goes from here :)

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