Since its liberation , Yu - Gi - Oh!has been compared toPokémonfor reasons that include their similar ‘ colossus battle ’ , the estimation of collect tell ‘ monstrosity ’ to use strategically against one ’s opponent , and even the material - world playing card game that come from both franchises . While there are far more differences than similarities when it arrive toYu - Gi - Oh!andPokémon , some of those law of similarity do withstand some meritoriousness , and really ca n’t be deny . That said , it only make water good sense that Yugi and Ash would be compare , thoughPokémonfans may not be happy with that comparison sinceYugi proved to be better than Ash(and the first sequence ofYu - Gi - Oh!proves why ) .

Yu - Gi - Oh!tells the storyof Yugi who has been ‘ have ’ by the flavour of the ancient Egyptian Pharaoh , Atem . This chance after Yugi ’s grandfather , Solomon Muto , traveled to Egypt and uncover a occult artefact : the Millennium Puzzle , which held the smell of Atem ’s dark side while Atems light side was reincarnated as Yugi himself . When Solomon gave this mystifier to Yugi , who then figure out it with relative ease , Yugi became own by the grim one-half of his preceding life – though usually only while playing Duel Monsters ( as Atem was more than familiar with the original version of the game , Shadow Duel ) . When Atem takes over Yugi ’s body , he becomes experience as Yami Yugi who own an power recognise as the Heart of the Cards , which is something of a mystical connection to every menu in his deck . In other intelligence , Yami Yugi is able-bodied to draw the perfect visiting card at the perfect clip – something he exhibits brilliantly in his very first anime duel .

Yugi is the Very Best in Yu-Gi-Oh!’s First Episode (Unlike Pokémon’s Ash)

InYu - Gi - Oh!episode 1 ( written by Junki Takegami , Masashi Sogo , and Shin Yoshida , and direct by Kunihisa Sugishima ) , Yugi take exception Kaiba to a duel after Kaiba succeed Solomon ’s Blue - Eyes White Dragon away from him and then tore the card into patch . After Solomon ’s defeat , Yugi uses his grandfather ’s pack of cards to duel Kaiba , despite the fact that Kaiba not only just beat Solomon , but is also the Duel Monsters World Champion . At the start of the duel , Yugi is have over by Atem and becomes Yami Yugi , who use his built-in Heart of the Cards technique to accumulate all five pieces of Exodia – something that had never been done before . With Exodia , Yami Yugi shoot down Kaiba , which means that Yugi proves himself to be the greatest duelist in the world at that time ( aside from Pegasus , perhaps ) .

By defeat Kaiba , the World Champion , Yugi immediately proves to be the best there is at Duel Monsters within the very first installment – which is a far yell from where Ash was in the first installment ofPokémon . While Ash may be the World Champion now , he did not start out that way . When he first ventured out into the human race to become the best Pokémon trainer , Ash did n’t have it off how to catch wild Pokémon , he did n’t jazz the pattern about bring in badge by defeating gym leaders , and he was overall just not doing great compared to other trainer who started at the same time he did . essentially , Ash ’s journeying to the top was much more operose than Yugi ’s , who pretty much plant himself as the very best right away .

In the end , this statement boil down to one cold - hard fact : Yugi trounce the World Champion of theYu - gilbert - Oh!universe in the very first episode , and Ash did n’t accomplish thePokémonequivalent for decades after he was introduce . For this one reason , it is safe to say thatYu - gilbert - Ohio ! ’s Yugi is a better ‘ trainer ’ ( for lack of a good comparative term ) thanPokémon ’s Ash .

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Yu-Gi-Oh!’s Yugi and Pokémon’s Ash.

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