Kazuki Takahashi > Quotes

“It's time to duel!”
― Kazuki Takahashi

“The rules are simple: the first one to lose dies.”
― Kazuki Takahashi, Yu-Gi-Oh!: Duelist, Vol. 23: Ra the Immortal

“Your move!”
― Kazuki Takahashi

“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”
― Kazuki Takahashi, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Vol. 5: The Heart of the Cards

“The rules are simple!”
― Kazuki Takahashi, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Vol. 1: The Millenium Puzzle

“(From the Manga) Whoever solves this puzzle shall be granted one wish ... like the dragon balls ...”
― Kazuki Takahashi

“Exodia Obliterate!”
― Kazuki Takahashi

“Get your filthy hands off the puzzle, you little brats!”
― Kazuki Takahashi, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Vol. 3: Capsule Monster Chess

“We have a saying back home. It's time to duel!”
― Kazuki Takahashi

“Those who trespass in others' souls will always get burned in the end.”
― Kazuki Takahashi, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Vol. 1: The Millenium Puzzle

“Yugi… dia menikmati pertarungan ini. Dia yang selama ini menjadi bayangan, selalu mengekor di belakang, kini mendapat kesempatan untuk menunjukkan kemampuannya.”
― Kazuki Takahashi, 遊戯王 キャラクターズガイド 真理の福音

“Katsuya Jōnouchi: Give up...!? You wish! If I do that...how can I get to my future?”
― Kazuki Takahashi, Yu-Gi-Oh! (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 6: Includes Vols. 16, 17 & 18

“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!”
― Kazuki Takahashi, Yu-Gi-Oh! (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 6: Includes Vols. 16, 17 & 18

“Yūgi [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!”
― Kazuki Takahashi, Yu-Gi-Oh! (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 6: Includes Vols. 16, 17 & 18

“Katsuya Jōnouchi [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!”
― Kazuki Takahashi, Yu-Gi-Oh! (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 6: Includes Vols. 16, 17 & 18

“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. Yūgi is in my heart. But also Jōnouchi and Kaiba...Pegasus and Mai...Ushio the bully, Insector Haga, Esper Roba...and the countless monsters! Just what kind of person am I?”
― Kazuki Takahashi, Yu-Gi-Oh! (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 6: Includes Vols. 16, 17 & 18

“Katsuya Jōnouchi: 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!”
― Kazuki Takahashi, Yu-Gi-Oh! (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 6: Includes Vols. 16, 17 & 18

“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...”
― Kazuki Takahashi, Yu-Gi-Oh! (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 6: Includes Vols. 16, 17 & 18

“Seto Kaiba [to Ishizu]: If you, a government official of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities, called me here to lecture me on the occult...you're wasting my time! I'm busy developing the next generation platform for Duel Monsters!”
― Kazuki Takahashi, Yu-Gi-Oh! (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 6: Includes Vols. 16, 17 & 18

“Katsuya Jōnouchi [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!”
― Kazuki Takahashi, Yu-Gi-Oh! (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 6: Includes Vols. 16, 17 & 18

“Seto Kaiba: So what if that was you [Yūgi] on an ancient Egyptian carving? It's just a relic to me! This is my era! I'm only interested in the enemy in front of me!”
― Kazuki Takahashi, Yu-Gi-Oh! (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 6: Includes Vols. 16, 17 & 18

“Katsuya Jōnouchi: If I take that card [the Red-Eyes Black Dragon]...I feel like I'll just get farther from being the true duelist I'm trying to become. That Red-Eyes Black Dragon means more to me than any card in the world. It's been my fighting partner for ages! But I've leaned on it for too long! If I accept that card, I won't grow as a fighter! Not just that...The way I am right now...the card won't want me to have it!”
― Kazuki Takahashi, Yu-Gi-Oh! (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 6: Includes Vols. 16, 17 & 18

“Seto Kaiba: Do you [Yūgi] still seek the lost honor of the past? Then I - will take the glory of the future!”
― Kazuki Takahashi, Yu-Gi-Oh! (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 6: Includes Vols. 16, 17 & 18

“Seto Kaiba [to Ishizu]: 'Duel Monsters' was invented in the mid-90s! There's no way it's 3,000 years old!”
― Kazuki Takahashi, Yu-Gi-Oh! (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 6: Includes Vols. 16, 17 & 18

“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!”
― Kazuki Takahashi, Yu-Gi-Oh! (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 6: Includes Vols. 16, 17 & 18

“Dark Bakura [to Yūgi]: The odds are a bit against you. But that doesn't mean you've lost yet...”
― Kazuki Takahashi, Yu-Gi-Oh! (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 6: Includes Vols. 16, 17 & 18

“Seto Kaiba [to Koji Nagumo]: You poor duelist...When you insult my little brother...you insult Kaiba Corporation. I assume you're prepared for the consequences...”
― Kazuki Takahashi, Yu-Gi-Oh! (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 6: Includes Vols. 16, 17 & 18

“Seto Kaiba: How will it [the God of the Obelisk] fare against my deck I spent so many years building...my deck with three Blue-Eyes White Dragons?”
― Kazuki Takahashi, Yu-Gi-Oh! (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 6: Includes Vols. 16, 17 & 18

“Seto Kaiba [to Ishizu]: How do I know you didn't just make this slab a few days ago?! There's no proof it's 3,000 years old! Even carbon dating doesn't work perfectly on rocks!”
― Kazuki Takahashi, Yu-Gi-Oh! (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 6: Includes Vols. 16, 17 & 18

“Atem: Out of the thousands of cards available, duelists build their decks by choosing cards they trust. But...cards also choose duelists! Card and duelist! When the two hearts are bound by trust...the card will display its true powers!”
― Kazuki Takahashi, Yu-Gi-Oh! (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 6: Includes Vols. 16, 17 & 18