Would Dark Yugi win a Shadow Game? 5ch: “Wait, what’s Usogui?”

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The story

In a chat thread on 5ch’s “Nandemo Jikkyo G” (general live-commentary board), the topic bounced around fast — from comments watching someone’s first-ever VALORANT stream, to intros for Hololive’s new gacha characters, to the price gap on Blue-Eyes cards from the newest Yu-Gi-Oh! set. But what really got the thread going was a fantasy showdown: “If Dark Yugi and Usogui’s Baku played a Shadow Game, who’d win?” One reply shot back instantly, “Dark Yugi, obviously 😏,” while another asked, “Wait, what’s Usogui?” — unexpectedly exposing just how far apart the two series are in name recognition.

What people said

1AnonymousSep 27, 2026 19:09
_,,,
_/・e・)
∈ミ;;;ノ,ノ
6AnonymousSep 27, 2026 19:10
My first FPS game ever, nooooo 😱

[Starts 21:00] VALORANT #hololive #AsobiMawariTai #TsuzuriDelivering
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36AnonymousSep 27, 2026 19:17
Re: #6
Who cares about FPS
We'll protect Tsuzuri (fan nickname for Hakui Koyori) "tousuko" style forever 🦄 (obscure fan slang, exact meaning unclear)
44AnonymousSep 27, 2026 19:18
Re: #6
Since I want her to do well, I'll teach her all kinds of techniques
17AnonymousSep 27, 2026 19:13
That's a meta-breaking power level — basically Hololive Dreams' resident circus acrobat 😱

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26AnonymousSep 27, 2026 19:15
28AnonymousSep 27, 2026 19:16
I mean, it really feels like a new era, huh
32AnonymousSep 27, 2026 19:16
Re: #28
Nah, I don't know anything about VTubers
33AnonymousSep 27, 2026 19:16
Re: #28
That's only at the start, right?
50AnonymousSep 27, 2026 19:20
I want to try that Ace Combat 8 game Nnatan's playing — can I run it on a mini PC with no graphics card? 🥺
53AnonymousSep 27, 2026 19:22
Re: #50
No way, the specs won't cut it
86AnonymousSep 27, 2026 19:30
Did you get the new Yu-Gi-Oh! set?
The manga-style Blue-Eyes card is seriously good
205AnonymousSep 27, 2026 19:39
Re: #86
Buying it as a single card is cheaper, yo
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HTHNaaQaUAA4pib.jpg
212AnonymousSep 27, 2026 19:40
Re: #205
Nice job with the random image you grabbed off the internet
Heard the buyback price on that one's like 10 yen
217AnonymousSep 27, 2026 19:40
Re: #205
I bought four copies of the color-version secret rare Blue-Eyes for ¥12,000
158AnonymousSep 27, 2026 19:35
I wanna get into pachinko — what should I do?
161AnonymousSep 27, 2026 19:36
Re: #158
Get a job first 😰
166AnonymousSep 27, 2026 19:36
Re: #161
Shut it, you idiot!!
173AnonymousSep 27, 2026 19:36
Re: #161
What even is this?!,!!!!! -at is this? (post garbled in original)
180AnonymousSep 27, 2026 19:37
If Dark Yugi and Usogui's Baku played a Shadow Game, who would win?
186AnonymousSep 27, 2026 19:37
Re: #180
Dark Yugi, right? 😏
192AnonymousSep 27, 2026 19:38
Re: #180
Wait, what's Usogui?

Background and Talking Points

Dark Yugi is the alternate persona of Yugi Mutou, the protagonist of Yu-Gi-Oh!, while “Usogui” (literally “Lie Eater”) is the nickname of Baku, the protagonist of the manga of the same name. The two series ran in different eras and different magazines and have no real connection, so this matchup is just the kind of “what if” fantasy debate that regularly pops up on 5ch. The Yu-Gi-Oh! card talk that also caught fire, though, reflects a real-world situation: the new Blue-Eyes card from the latest set can go for as little as around ¥10 in buyback price as an ordinary single, while the same artwork in a low-pull-rate rarity like a secret rare can trade for anywhere from a few thousand to tens of thousands of yen per copy. It’s an everyday occurrence in trading card games for cards featuring the same character to vary wildly in price depending on print run and rarity, and it was surprise at that very price gap that kicked off the conversation in the thread.

*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyo G) thread “&#XA&#XA   _,,,&#XA  _/::o・ァ&#XA∈ミ;;;ノ,ノ&#XA  ヽヽ 🏡.”

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