[Kiwami]

I feel like they want to avoid a manga adaptation, not just because of the violence and gore, but because the Duel Monsters game barely resembles the “Magic and Wizards” from the manga anymore. They dropped a lot of stuff from manga when they made the anime in an effort to introduce cards with rules they can actually sell in a working game.

Magic and Wizards was a completely different game with a bonkers rule set, and I feel like making an adaption out of the early years of Yu-Gi-Oh! Has no value to Konami whatsoever.

Dark Side of Dimensions is probably the closest you ever get to seeing the old characters again, aside form the usual crossovers. Don’t think we’ll see a faithful adaptation of the manga as long as the franchise still sells.