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That would be the day that would change my life, even just a little bit. We giggled through episode 1 and watched episode 2 talking amongst ourself saying “this is so ridiculous!!” And then watched episode 3 and then watched all of season 1. I still remember the very moment I thought to myself “wow I really love this show.”

I wasn’t able to finish duel monsters at the time for whatever reasons I had, but 4 years later I picked the show back up again, and then proceeded to watch nearly every single spin off until that point. Never did the math but I easily watched 1000 episodes in that moment in time. It’s quite literally taken over my life, for lack of a better phrase.

Takahashi singlehandedly created one of the most important franchises ever and changed how we played and viewed card games forever, on top of changing the landscape for shounen series going forward. The Yugioh franchise has become an indescribable success and created so many more stories to tell beyond just his original work.

He was a genius, both artistically and in writing, and one of the smartest game designers of our era.

To die in such a seemingly random and senseless way hurts us all, and at such a young age too no less. However, at that young age he accomplished more than any can even hope to dream of, and that just shows how deeply special he was. I wish nothing but the best to his family, this is hitting them harder than anyone else.