Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters would often place the titular hero under Atem's shadow, but the sequel corrected this mistake.

It is then revealed that Yugi’s Dark Magician does not ... is one that has been added to the Yu-Gi-Oh! world relatively recently. Seto Kaiba faces Yugi Muto once again, only this time, Yugi ...

in the Weekly Shonen Jump manga anthology. “Yu-Gi-Oh!” tells the story of a teenage boy named Yugi Muto, who battles his rivals in competitive card games where monsters come alive to duel.