Yu - Gi - Oh ! - Duel 044 Monster Fight ! ! ( Part 2 ) is the forty fourth chapter of the Yu - Gi - Oh ! manga . This chapter was originally printed in the Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine in Japanese . Its first English release was in the Shonen Jump magazine . It has been reprinted in volume 6 of the tankōbon and volume 4 of the bunkoban . Summary . Dark Yugi has just explained how they will be taking damage instead of their monsters in the Shadow Game of Monster Fighter that he is playing with Nagumo . Nagumo has just noticed the wound on his face that his monster should have received . Nagumo picks up his monster " Wild Spider " to get ready for the next round . He understands that if he doesn ' t pay attention to the game , he will get hurt , but now it ' s Yugi ' s turn , he says . Yugi explains again that the game consists of three sets , that the first player to win two sets is the winner and that Yugi has now claimed the first set . Nagumo reminds Yugi that he too is a gamer and can play seriously if he has too . He hates to say it , but he agrees to play fair . Nagumo claims to have learned to fight on the street as reflected by his Monster Fighter strategy ; judging distance , skills and techniques as well as psyching his opponent out . Because of this he claims there is no way he could lose to a kid like Yugi , who has never been in a fight . The second round starts . Nagumo calls out all his moves as he executes them and Yugi blocks . Nagumo yells " left hook " and Yugi gets " Killer Emaada " to put out its right hand ready to block . However " Wild Spider " barely moves its left arm and quickly pulls it back before Nagumo launches an attack with its right hand . Yugi realizes the left hook was a and doesn ' t have time to block the real attack . However Yugi switches off the power on his fighter , causing " Killer Emaada " to flop forward , avoiding the punch . Yugi promptly switches the power back on to continue the fight . Yugi announces a middle kick . " Killer Emaada " raises its leg and Nagumo gets " Wild Spider " to block . However Yugi used the feint strategy , too , and " Killer Emaada ' s " leg quickly moves from mid - body to high and kicks " Wild Spider " in the head , which is its weak point . Nagumo ' s grip starts to vibrate , indicating he can ' t move his monster for two seconds . He knows that all Yugi needs to do now is pull his finishing move trigger to win . Nagumo refuses to lose to Yugi , so he quickly kicks him in the side , outside of the game , preventing Yugi from initiating his finishing move . Nagumo laughs that this is how he fights and that the tables have now turned . " Wild Spider " has unfrozen and Nagumo gets it to crouch and duck under " Killer Emaada " . " Wild Spider " quickly raises its head , throwing " Killer Emaada " into the air . Nagumo calls it a fly in a spider ' s web and has " Wild Spider " use its open air combo , " Spider Death Trap " , where it launches an array of punches at " Killer Emaada " . Due to the nature of the Shadow Game , Yugi feels the pain his monster would be taking . Nagumo wins the round and laughs that the game is now even . Yugi is on the ground , gasping after having taken several blows . He wonders how low Nagumo can sink . Nagumo orders him to stand up for the final set . Yugi says that Nagumo has really made him mad . He removes his shirt . The clothing he is wearing underneath is damaged from the blows . Until now , the Shadow Game was Level 1 , he says , but for the final round , he ' s raising the " Shadow Mode " to level 3 . ( " Shadow Mode " is simply referred to as " darkness " in the Japanese version . ) Nagumo laughs and thinks Yugi is just trying to scare him . However , the Millennium Puzzle lights up and Yugi thinks that the Shadow Game shall now show Nagumo ' s true nature . Darkness swirls around the two of them and Yugi informs Nagumo that he won ' t be able to cheat in this round . Nagumo isn ' t convinced and claims that he will win this round his way . The battle starts with Yugi blocking most of Nagumo ' s attacks . Yugi eventually makes some attacks and knocks Nagumo ' s monster off balance . Again he hits " Wild Spider ' s " weak point , causing it to freeze for two seconds . Nagumo gets ready to kick Yugi in the stomach again , but finds he is unable to move his leg . Yugi reminds Nagumo that he said he wouldn ' t be able to cheat in this game and advises him to look at his legs . Down at Nagumo ' s legs are the stolen Monster Fighters clinging on to him . Nagumo also sees " Wild Spider " down there and wonders what that means . Yugi explains that Nagumo ' s monsters refuse to take part in his evil , leaving him fighting alone , with no monsters to support him . Since " Wild Spider " is on the ground , Nagumo wonders what monster is on his field . Having betrayed his monsters ' trust , Yugi says that the only monster left on Nagumo ' s side is himself . The " Wild Spider " on the field has now changed to have Nagumo ' s face . Yugi calls it Nagumo ' s inner - self , the part of him which is twisted into a shape to match his sick desires . Yugi activates " Killer Emaada ' s " finishing move , " Space Cannon " . It launches a punch , which goes straight through Nagumo ' s monster . A person can change their soul into any kind of monster , Yugi thinks , but in the end the shadows always eat them alive . As he leaves , Nagumo ' s is left lying on the floor , with most of his body covered in shadows .