Yu - Gi - Oh ! First Series - Episode 004 " Theft ! Rare Watch Battle " is the fourth episode of the Toei " Yu - Gi - Oh ! " anime . Summary . Prologue . The episode starts with a shot of Shotaro standing in front of his collection . In the next scene , the sun rises and Hiroto Honda is waiting for Miho Nosaka somewhere in the city . He asks himself what she might want with him at this time of the day and wonders if it is love , but his thoughts are interrupted by a piece of paper on the ground - intolerable for a head of the clean - up committee ! Miho arrives some moments later and states her request . At the same time , Yugi Mutou leaves the game shop . Sugoroku Mutou , after bidding him farewell , mentions he is very happy that Yugi is not just playing games all alone but has started meeting with his school friends . Fight for the Premium Collection . Strolling through the city , Yugi sees a long queue of people in front of a shop . The man last in line tells him it ' s the " D - Shock Premium Collection " they are waiting for , and that this " mythical " premium collection watch is on limited sale just this day . Yugi then notices Honda is also part of the queue - to get a D - Shock for Miho Nosaka of course . Being in quite a pinch because he needs to go to the bathroom , but also wanting to fulfill Miho ' s wish under all circumstances , Honda begs Yugi to take his place for a moment . After some waiting it ' s Yugi ' s turn . The shopkeeper tells him he is really lucky , because he is holding the last piece of the " D - Shock Premium Collection " . Hearing this , the people behind Yugi get a little upset while Shotaro , who is among them , gets really frustrated . Yugi pays , but the moment he wants to take the box with the watch , Shotaro appears telling him he doesn ' t deserve this item . To stress this he displays the " Swiss Color Watches in Special Variation " he is wearing ( 5 on each arm ) , claiming that there are only about 100 of each of the 10 types worldwide , and that no one has collected all 10 . Explaining that the D - Shock has only meaning in the hands of a rare watch collector like himself he collars Yugi but is stopped by the reappearing Honda who reminds him that he also has to obey the rules . The shopkeeper starts calling the police and Shotaro flees from the scene . The Arcade / Disappearance of the D - Shock . Next , Miho is seen standing in front of an arcade , surrounded by Katsuya Jonouchi , Anzu Mazaki , Yugi and Honda , wearing her new D - Shock . She tells Honda she loves him ( which Jonouchi quotes with a silly grin ) . Honda gets embarrassed and starts a speech about this whole waiting being a totally normal duty for a beautification member . Jonouchi isn ' t listening to his lecture and asks Miho if he can wear the D - Shock just once , which results in Honda challenging him to a game of janken to decide who of them will have the honor of wearing it . Their quarrel is observed by Shotaro who has not given up and is waiting just around the corner . Inside the arcade Honda , who apparently won the rock - paper - scissors match , is caressing the " D - whatever " of his beloved Miho while Yugi wins a ton of coins from a slot machine and the " rare watch collector " , Shotaro Akaboshi , is bumped into by another arcade visitor . The watches don ' t take any damage but nonetheless the incident results in the visitor being beaten up in the toilet . Honda then enters the room to refresh himself and puts the D - Shock in the back pocket of his pants to keep it from getting wet . From there it is stolen right away by Shotaro on his way out while Honda washes his face . When Miho wants to leave the arcade because of her early curfew , Honda is unable to return the D - Shock to her . After searching his whole body for it ( and getting almost naked in the process ) , Miho slaps him and runs out crying , calling him an idiot and screaming she hates him . Yugi notices that Shotaro is standing nearby and thinks that he might have stolen it . While Honda ( dressed again ) is on all fours on the floor doing some more searching , Shotaro steps on his hand on purpose . Jonouchi seizes him , asking what his problem is but Honda doesn ' t care and says Jonouchi should help him look for the watch instead of " playing with that idiot " . Shotaro then leaves for the basement , followed by Yugi who decides to check for proofs of him being the thief . The proof is given as Shotaro of his own accord shows the watch to Yugi on the way down . After reaching an air conditioning room , Yugi and Shotaro are fighting over the D - Shock . Having beaten Yugi up quite badly Shotaro wants to leave , but behind his back the Millennium Puzzle reacts and the door does not open . Dark Yugi appears , and " It ' s Game Time ! " The Game of Darkness . In the Game of Darkness the D - Shock is on the line . The room suddenly fills with dozens of gears , a pendulum swings from side to side and the watch is snatched from Shotaro by a mechanical bird emerging from the floor . Dark Yugi explains the rules : " The D - Shock will reappear from the ground and the stop watch will activate . The one who stops it closest to 10 seconds wins . But if you exceed the 10 seconds you will get hit by the pendulum passing by right next to the D - Shock . " Shotaro accepts the rules and decides to start . He stops the watch at 9 . 35 seconds . On his turn , Yugi concentrates with eyes closed and stops the watch at 9 . 95 seconds . Shotaro complains that this was just a test and that they will do it again , but this time he wants to switch places with Yugi . Yugi agrees and Shotaro starts again . While waiting he thinks the side he is now on has an advantage , because it is easier to reach the switch on the D - Shock . But when trying to stop the watch he recognizes the pendulum is coming from the other side now and he will be in its way - and while hesitating his left hand gets hit by the pendulum . Yugi reaches out to take back the D - Shock , but even after losing twice Shotaro refuses to hand it over . Anyhow , that doesn ' t matter because the Door of Darkness has been opened already and Shotaro begins turning into the object of his obsession . When Yugi leaves him screaming in the air conditioning room , the Swiss Watches seem to have merged with his arms and even his eyes look like faces . Conclusion . Yugi returns the D - Shock to Honda telling him he found it " under the stairs " . Honda is certainly happy - now he can face Miho again ! In the aftermath of the Game of Darkness , Shotaro , immediately on returning home , destroys his whole watch - collection with a baseball bat . The next day Miho tells the gang at school that on Sunday the " Emperor Department Store Mambo Lady Line Perfume " is specially on sale and " Miho wants this ! " . No one is surprised that Honda will wait in queue again in her stead . His brave decision provokes Jonouchi ' s final comment of this episode : " I don ' t suppose they make medicine for stupidity ! "