Character Design
His usual outfit consists of the standard male Domino High School uniform, although he wears a closed buckled leather collar. During his duels in the Battle City Arc, he (under the influence of Atem, who was then called "The Pharaoh," as his name was unknown at the time) would wear his jacket like a makeshift cape. His extravagant hair consists of multiple layers: while his fringe is made up of long, crooked blond locks spraying from his head, the main body features seven large, black spikes with magenta-rimmed edges. He wears the Millennium Puzzle on a chain around his neck. In the first volumes of the manga (Yu-Gi-Oh! Volume 1 through Yu-Gi-Oh: Duelist Volume 8), in the first anime series, and in the second anime series (during the Duelist Kingdom Arc) the chain is replaced with a rope as Yugi mentions in Volume 9 of the Duelist manga series that the Puzzle is an important bond between himself and his alter-ego and that no-one can ever break it again. Yugi himself is wide-eyed and young-looking, sporting large eyes and cartoonist features.
Upon becoming the Pharaoh, his features become accented and "serious-looking." In the manga (post Volume 10 of Duelist) and in the second series anime (after the Duelist Kingdom Arc) he often wears a KaibaCorp Duel Disk on his left arm and as such, is seen holding the duel cards with his right hand, suggesting he is right-handed.
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