Yu - Gi - Oh ! - Duel 050 " Millennium Enemy 1 : The Mysterious Transfer Student " is the fiftieth 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 . This chapter contains the first appearance of Ryo Bakura in any media and is the first part of the ten part " Millennium Enemy " storyline . Summary . School time . Classroom . At school , in Yugi ' s class , one girl excitedly rushes into the room to inform her friends that there is a new transfer student coming to their class and he ' s a guy . Her friends ask if she ' s seen him and what he ' s like . She replies that he ' s really cute . Yugi overhears their conversation and starts to wonder about the new student . The teacher walks in with the new student . The girl says that that ' s him and one of her friends agrees that he ' s " high level " . The teacher draws everyone ' s attention and introduces the new student , Ryo Bakura . Bakura tells the class his name and says that he is pleased to meet them . The teacher finds Bakura a place to sit next to Jonouchi . Jonouchi waves to direct Bakura to where he is , but one of the girls tells Bakura to be careful as Jonouchi is the worst in the school . ( In the English version , she says not to let Jonouchi " pollute " him . ) Bakura happily sits next to Jonouchi , who feels that they are going to get along fine . ( In the English version , Jonouchi suggests that they be friends . ) During a break , Jonouchi introduces Bakura to his friends , Yugi , Honda and Anzu . Bakura is surprised to hear that Yugi ' s family owns a game shop , as he has a keen interest in games himself . He tells Yugi that he especially likes board and tabletop games , with his favorite being " Monster World " . He asks if he has heard of it , which Yugi has . Jonouchi asks what kind of game " Monster World " is , so Yugi explains that it ' s a combination of a board and role - playing game . ( In the English version , he adds that it ' s like " " or " " . ) He goes on to explain some of the rules . One person plays the Dark Master and the monsters , while the other people play a group of adventurers . Together they act out a story , by using miniatures on the board . The Dark Master wins if the adventures are defeated , while the adventures must defeat the Dark Master , who acts as a final boss in order to win . Yugi also describes how the board is made by connecting different blocks , which can be forests , mountains , villages or castles . Players can come up with different ways to arrange them to set up different adventures each time . Bakura is impressed that Yugi knows a lot about games . Jonouchi thinks that it sounds like fun and suggests that they all play " Monster World " tomorrow . Bakura hangs his head a little and reluctantly replies " Okay " . Yugi notices that he doesn ' t seem too keen on the idea . Bakura says that there ' s something he ' s been wondering about and asks Yugi where he got his pendant . Yugi replies that it ' s called the Millennium Puzzle and it came from the tomb of an Egyptian pharaoh . He asks Yugi if he could hold the Puzzle for a moment . Bakura starts to admire it and comments " Actually , I also . . . " , but he feels a pain in his chest and stops . Yugi asks what ' s wrong , but Bakura insists that it ' s nothing . He returns the Puzzle to Yugi and wonders what just happened . The girls who were admiring Bakura earlier come over and order them to give Bakura back to them . ( In the English version , they tell Jonouchi not to " hog Bakura all to himself " . ) They gather around Bakura and pull him away . One of them claims that they have already started a fan club about him . Jonouchi sighs , saying that Bakura is the kind of guy that girls admire . ( In the English version , he says that guys like Bakura have all the luck . ) " Unlike you " , Anzu adds . Yugi and Jonouchi agree that Bakura is a nice guy and will be a good friend . Yugi looks forward to playing " Monster World " with him sometime . Hallway . In the hallway , the girls excitedly point Bakura to all the different rooms . Bakura thinks that this is a bit much for him and that he doesn ' t like this situation . ( In the English version , he unenthusiastically replies that he sees and thinks to himself that he ' s not too good with girls . ) They ' re suddenly stopped by Mr . Karita , the P . E . teacher . He asks if Bakura thinks he can walk around the hall with a flock of girls and asks whose class he ' s supposed to be in . Karita recognizes Bakura as the new transfer student . He says that he ' s heard Bakura had some problems at his last school , but there are rules at Domino High . He seizes Bakura by the hair and states that boys having long hair is against the rules . The girls are horrified and plea with Karita not to hurt Bakura . Karita pulls Bakura over to him by the hair and demands that he get his hair shaved by tomorrow ( In the English version , he demands him to get a ) and then he ' ll start treating him like a student of this school . Karita walks off laughing and the girls try to comfort Bakura , but he politely requests that he be alone for a while . Toilet . Inside the toilet room , Bakura stands over a mirror . He wonders why his chest has been hurting him since he touched the Millennium Puzzle . He suddenly hears laughter , but doesn ' t see anyone when he looks around and wonders if he ' s going crazy . As he unbuttons his jacket and the top of his shirt , he thinks that Yugi ' s pendant " looks so similar . . . " . He takes out an item he had been wearing around his neck , consisting of a triangle surrounded by a ring with five prongs hanging from it , and finishes , " . . . to my pendant " . After school . Outside . As Bakura is leaving school , he is called back by Yugi , Jonouchi , Honda , and Anzu . Yugi says that he ' s been talking with the others and that they ' d all love to play " Monster World " tomorrow . He asks what Bakura thinks and asks if they can go to his place . If not , Yugi says , they can go to his . Bakura is a little taken aback and bows his head . Yugi sees that he ' s not too eager and asks if he doesn ' t want to . Bakura insists that it ' s not like that . He does want to play with them . However , at his last school , he used to play role playing games with his friends , but the people he played with would end up unconscious and are still in the hospital in comas . He understands that they may not believe him , but insists that it is the truth . The same thing kept happening , he explains , so people began avoiding him and that is why he has had to keep changing schools . Right now , he lives in an apartment away from his family and although he does want to be their friend and play games , he has made a decision that he doesn ' t want to lose any more friends . He says that it ' s better that he doesn ' t play the game with them , before turning around and briskly leaving . ( In the English version , he advises them not to get close to him instead of saying it ' s better that he doesn ' t play the game with them . ) Yugi calls Bakura back , but to no avail . He and his friends are left dumbfounded as they wonder if it ' s possible that people are being left in a coma from playing such games . Bakura ' s apartment . In his apartment , Bakura begins writing a letter to his sister Amane . It reads : He stops as he hears the same voice from earlier laughing again . " So you can hear my voice now , can you ? " , it says . The voice celebrates being able to finally communicate with Bakura and meeting the boy who possesses another Millennium Item . He suspects the two events are related . ( In the English version he figures that the Millennium Items must be resonating with each other to create some sort of field , which is why Bakura can hear him . ) Bakura demands to know who this voice in his head is . The voice replies that he has been with Bakura for a long time , hiding within him and the Millennium Ring . Figuring that the Millennium Ring must be his pendant , Bakura opens his shirt to take it out , but finds that the prongs are now pierced deeply into his body . The voice laughs that Bakura cannot take off the Ring now . Thanks to Bakura , he has finally found the wielder of the Millennium Puzzle , he says , so he has decided to keep him as his permanent host . Bakura yells at the voice to get out of his body . The voice asks Bakura not to be so cold . Instead of paying rent , he has been granting Bakura wishes , he says , and claims to have granted them almost every day . As Bakura wonders what he means , the voice reminds him of how he had thought " How fun is this ? I wish I could play games with my friends forever " and claims to have granted that wish . Bakura asks what he ' s talking about and the voice informs him that he will find out soon enough . This is the voice ' s chance to get the Millennium Puzzle , he says and if he misses this opportunity , he doesn ' t know how long he ' ll have to wait to get another . He explains that the Millennium Items are relics that house souls from the past , like memorial stones or portable tombs . However , if there is a guardian of a tomb , there must also be a thief to rob it , he laughs . Since he ' s feeling good tonight , the voice announces that he shall " pay [ his ] rent " . Bakura tries to stop him , but he laughs and asks if he wants to shave his head . He claims that although Bakura may not believe it , he cares for his host and that gym teacher didn ' t respect him . Bakura pleas with him not to continue , but the voice tells him to sleep . After Bakura lost consciousness , his face turns to a more sinister expression as the voice takes control of his body . Domino High . Back at the school , Dark Bakura confronts Karita and inflicts a Penalty Game on him . Karita ' s body falls to the floor . Dark Bakura laughs and holds up a figure , in which he has just sealed Karita ' s soul . He says that Karita will live the rest of his life as a living game miniature . ( In the English version , he says that from now on , Karita will act his part as a living piece in his campaign world . ) Next day . Bakura ' s apartment . After school , Yugi , Jonouchi , Anzu and Honda talk about Bakura didn ' t show - up for school . Outside Bakura ' s apartment building , Jonouchi goes over the plan ; They have to go to Bakura ' s place today . ( In the English version , he says that Bakura must be feeling down in the dumps . ) Bakura is their friend , so they ' re going to play games with him to prove that his previous mishaps were just accidents . ( In the English version , he says that the people falling into comas was just a coincidence . ) As they head up the stairs , Jonouchi is asked if he heard about Karita being sent to the hospital in a coma and the possibility of that being a coincidence . Jonouchi calls him a stupid P . E . teacher and asks who cares . ( In the English version he says that he deserved it . ) They reach the door to Bakura ' s apartment and ring the bell . Bakura answers the door , surprised to see them . Yugi and Jonouchi explain that they came over to play " Monster World " . Bakura tries telling them to leave , but Dark Bakura takes control . ( In the English version , Dark Bakura finishes Bakura ' s sentence " Get out of . . . " with " . . . the hall and come in . " . ) He welcomes them in , glad that they could make it . Yugi thinks he noticed Bakura ' s expression change , but suspects that he ' s just worrying too much . ( He suspects that he imagined it in the English version . ) Dark Bakura thinks that that was close and tells his host that it ' s rude to chase away his friends like that . Since they ' re his friends , Dark Bakura says that he suspected they would come over . Jonouchi looks around , wishing he had an apartment like this to himself . Dark Bakura opens the door to another room and shows them a game he ' s already got set up . Jonouchi , Anzu , Yugi and Honda are impressed by the massive board he has set up , consisting of a village , a forest and a castle . Dark Bakura smiles and suggests that they start playing " Monster World " . " Or should I say a Shadow Game " , he thinks to himself . Anime adpations . Toei . Yugi and his friends meet Bakura in episode 19 : of the Toei , although the circumstances are different . Episode 25 : " " is based more on this chapter , although a number of changes are made . NAS . The NAS anime is set after Yugi and his friends meet Bakura . The Millennium Ring and its evil spirit are not brought up until much later in the story .