Yu - Gi - Oh ! - Duel 011 " The Wild Gang ( Part 1 ) " is the eleventh 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 2 of the and volume 1 of the bunkoban . Summary . School . Like always , Yugi got on the bus , arrived at school at 8 : 20 and greeted everyone . Unlike always , Jonouchi ' s desk was empty that day . Honda starts to worry and says that they must solve this mystery . The others may find it hard to believe , Honda says , but in all of high school , he doesn ' t remember Jonouchi ever skipping class ; He always gets an A in P . E . , but of course flunks in everything else . Yugi asks if Honda knows what ' s going on , but he hasn ' t heard from Jonouchi at all . Although she hates to admit it , Anzu says that it ' s kind of lonely without him . Honda suggest they go by Jonouchi ' s place after school . Yugi agrees , as does Anzu , who has no work today . Searching for Jonouchi . The three of them arrive at Jonouchi ' s apartment building . Although Honda has known Jonouchi since middle school , he ' s only been here once before . They make their way to the apartment and knock on the door . When nobody responds , Honda checks to see if the door is open and peers inside . Suddenly a bottle of alcohol smashes off the door and they hear a man yell " Hey ! You brat ! Where ya been the last two days ! " The three run off scared and Honda tells them that that was Jonouchi ' s father and he ' s the reason Jonouchi never brings friends over . From that visit they find out that Jonouchi has been missing for two days and decide to search for him The three search Jonouchi ' s usual hangouts , but to no avail . Honda suggests that Yugi and Anzu head home before it gets dark and he ' ll keep searching . Yugi and Anzu agree , but suddenly they hear a noise and turn to see a group of boys in Rintama school uniforms mugging someone outside the American Club . Honda recognizes the uniforms and says that they ' re trouble , so it ' s best they leave . However Yugi spots Jonouchi among the Rintama boys . The Rintama gang leave for J ' z , but Yugi chases after them asking Jonouchi what he ' s doing hanging out with people like them . One of the gangsters turns and asks Jonouchi if he knows this kid . Jonouchi denies knowing Yugi and suggests they get moving . Yugi starts to persist and the ringleader of the gang tells Jonouchi that he ' s too soft , letting kids like that follow him around at Domino High School , so he should have went to Rintama with the rest of them . Honda recognizes the leader as Hirutani , someone Jonouchi used to hang out with it , but is surprised to see Jonouchi back with him . Yugi pleas with Jonouchi to come home with him . The first gangster gets annoyed and punches Yugi , telling him to shut up . In the Japanese version , he threatens Yugi , saying he ' ll kill him if he makes any more noise . In the English version , he says if he sees him again , he ' ll cut off his hair and feed it to him . Honda helps Yugi up , while Honda and Anzu shout after Jonouchi in disgust . Afterwards Anzu tends to Yugi ' s wound , while Honda tells them about Jonouchi ' s history with Hirutani . Back in middle school , Jonouchi hung out in Hirutani ' s gang and would pick fights with other gangs , even ones from high schools . In the English version , Honda also mentions that Jonouchi developed a long record and was almost sent to jail . In the Japanese Honda mentions how the gang would pick on weaker people , while in the English he says that Jonouchi would at least stick up for younger kids and would never beat - up people weaker people . Honda wonders if Jonouchi is ever coming back . Yugi doubts that Jonouchi has changed and Honda agrees ; Jonouchi may not be a genius , but he wouldn ' t treat his old friends that way . They agree to go look for him again . Remembering the gang say something about going to J ' z , they decide to look there . J ' z . Outside J ' z , they spot one of the gangsters is alone , complaining about the American style bars Hirutani insists on them going to . ( In the English version , he was out looking for foreign cigarettes for Hirutani . ) Yugi and Anzu stand back , while Honda follows him for a while . Honda attacks him and drags him into an alley , demanding to know why Jonouchi is hanging out with them . He says he doesn ' t know , but Honda starts to threaten him , so he agrees to talk . Inside J ' z , Hirutani compliments Jonouchi on joining them and makes plans to cause trouble like old times . The gangster who punched Yugi earlier , realizes Hirutani is out of cigarettes and offers Hirutani one of his . After lighting it , he notices Jonouchi looking at him funny . He asks Jonouchi what ' s up and thinks to himself that Hirutani is trying to expand his gang and even brought back that disrespectful jerk , Jonouchi , Jonouchi refused at first , but his face went pale after Hirutani issued a warning ; if Jonouchi didn ' t join Hirutani would beat - up the kids in his class one - by - one . Jonouchi stands up and tells the gangster that he can ' t forgive him . Jonouchi punches him hard , knocking him across the room as punishment for hitting his friend earlier . Hirutani is glad to see Jonouchi get that old look back in his eyes , but since it was aimed at them , he orders the rest of the gang to hold Jonouchi down , as he needs to be taught a lesson . Outside , Honda , Yugi and Anzu are rushing away from the now beaten - up gangster in order to save Jonouchi . Anime adaption . In Toei Animation ' s Yu - Gi - Oh ! series , episode 9 , " " is based on this and Duel 12 amalgamated with Duels 48 and 49 . Differences included :