Theory: The Complete Yu-Gi-Oh! Anime & Manga Timeline

God that’s so on brand for Kaiba to be the literal sole reason of making an entire new timeline.

It's weird how simply Kaiba not being in one specific place at one specific time would create a whole new diverse timeline

I love how Yu-Gi-Oh basically went what if we turn playing cards games into energy to run the world.

So... Kaiba is still the most important character in Yugioh. As it should be

RIP Takahashi. Thank you for shaping the core of my childhood ❤️ 🙏🏾

I still don't think Kaiba outright died, given that he needed the quantum cube to visit the afterlife in the first place and how Atem is clearly smiling, which he wouldn't be if Kaiba just threw his life away, but the timeline still makes sense if he survived since he would still be on a drastically different route than the previous anime. Fantastic stuff.

I want a series that goes back to the fundamentals of the first show. A focus on egyptian mythos, shadow magic, and whatnot but with a modern design. Clean, sleek, realistic duels. Fast paced while complex.

This timeline actually makes so much sense, and it makes me happy to see two of my favorite characters (Zarc and Kaiba) play large roles in it in different ways. This is now the canon in my mind for the entire franchise. Kudos for your hard work!!

This is the most complete, coherent and actually understandable Yu-GI-OH! timeline I have seen.

And when the world needed him most, he returned in a blaze of glory!

The point made about Zarc made so much sense. I thought it was silly how he just sort of combined with his dragon through just malice alone. But Add in the context that Chaos is in the world it could be controlled by someone with enough will power, it makes sense now!

Takahashi was like a hero to me. Opening inspiration into music playing, singing, drawing, being aware of industry censorship, and third language learning. May he be in peace. May he be smiling.

If this be the end for your yu-gi-oh content, the you could not have gone out with a bigger bang. This is a wonderfully constructed peace of lore analysis that brings together almost all of the yugioh franchise that I’m definitely adopting as head canon. Whatever you go for next I’ve got no doubt that you’ll knock it out of the park just like you have these last fuw years. Great job!

You deserve my uncontested respect, even if the theory ends up not making sense when i finish watching, the sheer ammount of work and thinking done deserves so much respect. Pop off!

Good thing is, Duel Links' lore confirms that Duel Links is an expantion of Vrains, so it's in fact official that "Vrains" and "Dark side of Dimensions" must be related. Bad thing is, Duel Links' lore confirms that Zexal happens in a totally different timeline separated from the first 3 series, Arc-V dimensions are different from the previous series and YuGiOh Duel Monsters anime and manga are different timelines I'm sure with the Duel Links' lore this theory can be refined into the final YuGiOh theory and a "official" timeline

1:57 Duel Monster’s Story 5:17 Yugioh GX 6:36 5D’s 10:21 Illeaster 11:04 Zexal 14:06 15:53 Numeron Code 16:24 Arc-5, Dimension Jumping 17:38 Zark 20:16 22:14 Dimensional Barrier 27:58 Dark Side of Dimensions 30:48 Manga 31:50 Seto Kaiba

Rest in peace Takahashi. We shall never see his likes again. Also, thank you for the awesome video. The depth of the analysis was incredible, and the positivity regarding the modern parts of ygo have really boosted my motivation to keep watching the new series and keep playing the cardgame! Much love from Sweden!

Rest in piece Takahashi. Yugioh was a core part of my childhood, genuinely was a great part of my day whenever I watched an episode. I’m glad you made this video, and glad to see you back.

I'm accepting this video as canon because it's incredible and thorough and just makes sense, thank you for your hard work and dedication!!

I honestly love this version! I know people talk about a Multiverse but I like the thought of everything being on a single line