Yu - Gi - Oh ! Duelist - Duel 139 Friends till the End is a chapter of the Yu - Gi - Oh ! Duelist manga . Yugi Muto u and Katsuya Jonouchi continue their Duel , with Jonouchi under Marik ' s control . Summary . Marik instructs Jonouchi to finish Yugi off , with “ Meteor of Destruction ” . As Marik continues to prompt him to kill his friends and have this moment branded in his memory , Jonouchi drops to his knees and clasps his hands onto his head . “ Shut up ! ! ” Jonouchi yells , “ I don ’ t want to have that in my memories ! ” Marik is taken back by Jonouchi ’ s resistance , but simply tells him to just die happily together with Yugi when the time runs out . Yugi sees that Jonouchi is fighting for control , but there ’ s no time . Yugi calls out to Marik . He tells him that ’ s he figured out who the real loser of this Duel is , Marik . Marik is shocked at the accusation . Yugi explains that Marik can implant his evil thoughts into Jonouchi using his Millennium Rod , but Jonouchi will never give into him ; Jonouchi beat him ; Using the three remaining minutes , Yugi will turn Jonouchi back to normal and even if that both he and Jonouchi sink into the ocean and die , the fact that Marik lost will be branded in his memories forever . Yugi calls Marik to give his best shot ; try to defeat him and get his revenge . Outraged Marik forces Jonouchi to play “ Meteor of Destruction ” . A large blast directs itself at Yugi . Jonouchi snaps out of Marik ’ s control and yells at Yugi not to die . Yugi activates “ Mystical Rift Panel . A spirit holding a mirror appears , ready to deflect the blast . Marik swears as he thinks Yugi is about to redirect the blast back at Jonouchi , winning the Duel . Jonouchi asks why they are fighting and is confused as to why he has the Millennium Puzzle around his neck . Yugi tells him that the fight is over and they weren ’ t fighting each other anyway ; Jonouchi was fighting Marik and both Jonouchi and Yugi won . He lets Jonouchi know that he wanted to make sure they remained friends no matter what . Yugi explains that he had played “ Mystical Rift Panel ” to buy time to say that . Jonouchi had thought Yugi courage and that he wasn ’ t alone , Yugi reminds him . “ You ’ re my best friend . I love you Jonouchi ” he says before using “ Mystical Rift Panel ” to direct the blast at himself . Yugi takes the blast and his Life Points hit 0 . The box next to Jonouchi opens , revealing a key . Yugi instructs Jonouchi to use the remaining fifteen seconds to use to key to unlock himself and escape . Jonouchi sees what ’ s going on , his eyes begin to flood . He calls Yugi an idiot ; he can ’ t leave Yugi behind and run away . Jonouchi looks around to see what he can do . He orders “ Red - Eyes Black Dragon ” to attack him . The weakened Red - Eyes uses what little strength it has left to attack Jonouchi . Jonouchi ’ s Life Points hit 0 and Yugi ’ s box opens . Featured Duels . Yugi Mutou vs Katsuya Jonouchi Jonouchi activates " Meteor of Destruction " . Yugi activates " Mystical Rift Panel " , and directs " Meteor of Destruction " at himself . ( Yugi : 0 Life Points ) " Red - Eyes Black Dragon " attack s directly Jonouchi . ( Jonouchi : 0 Life Points ) Featured cards . The following cards appeared in this chapter . Cards in italics debuted here . Production history . Friends till the End is the 139th chapter of Yu - Gi - Oh ! Duelist . In the Japanese manga it is the 198th chapter of Yu - Gi - Oh ! . In was first printed in Japanese in the Weekly Jump magazine . It was reprinted in volume 23 of the Japanese graphic novels and volume 16 of the Yu - Gi - Oh ! Duelist graphic novels in English . Anime adaption . This chapter was redone in the middle of episode 78 of the Yu - Gi - Oh ! second series anime . Differences included :