Recap

(The Previously on Yu-Gi-Oh! Summary)
Their plane lands and Tea buys some type of souvenir from a little shop at the airport. Then Marik, Ishizu, and Odion flag them down.
Odion drives them to a dome-like structure and the two ancient tablets are inside. Ishizu said she can’t go with him and Yugi, Joey, Tristan, and Tea walk down the stairs. Ishizu says that the pharaoh is beginning the journey to his resting place. Bakura watches and waits from above.
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They walk up to The Tablet of Lost Memories, and Tea thinks about how Yami doesn’t remember anything from his past - even his name. Then she gives Yami a cartouche, saying that Pharaohs used to carve their names on them in ancient Egypt and when he remembers his name, he can carve it on the necklace. Tea also says that there’s a picture of a cartouche on the tablet, but it looks like the name was worn away. Yami says he’ll never take it off.
When Yami holds up the three Egyptian god cards, a bright light comes from the tablet and Yami leaves Yugi’s body and flies into the tablet. The part of Yami Bakura, which he snuck into the Millennium Puzzle earlier, comes out of the Puzzle and joins Yami on the journey. Then the rest of Yami Bakura leaves Bakura and merges with his other half.
When the light fades, Yugi says that Yami’s gone (And he took the cartouche with him). Then Shadi arrives and Tristan recognizes him as the guy in the bathrobe who saved him and Duke back in Battle City. Everyone’s surprised when Yugi tells them he’s the guardian of the Millennium Items.
Yami finds himself in ancient Egypt, a multitude of people cheering for the Pharaoh. A man tells him they want a speech and Yami waves and says ‘hi’. After that, everyone bows down, surprising Yami. Yami then goes inside. He’s again surprised by everyone bowing to him, as he walks to the thrown. Yami is very surprised to see some familiar faces. The man who has been helping him looks just like Mr. Muto, but his name is Shimon. And Isis and Seto look a lot like Ishizu and Kaiba. Yami also notices that all six members of his court have a Millennium Item.
Two guards are escorting Thief Bakura, when he collapses on the ground. Yami Bakura inters his body with a blast which knocks out or kills the two guards. Then seven mysterious people in robes appear on horseback. They cut off Bakura’s shackles. Bakura says he remembers this day, it’s the day the great pharaoh inherited the throne of Egypt. (Thief Bakura looks a lot like Bakura, only with shorter hair and blue eyes instead of brown.)
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Two girls with scarves dance and the people in the palace watch them, seeming to be a part of a celebration for welcoming the new pharaoh to the thrown. Yami wonders if he’s really in the past or not, thinking that it’s odd that so many people look like people he knows. But Ishizu showed him that tablet at the Domino Museum and the person on that tablet did look like Kaiba, so maybe he really is in the past and everyone really did look like people from the future. Then a man hiding in the shadows above them shoots a dart at Yami, and Mahado blocks it. Seto orders the guards to capture the man. The other members of the court say to throw him into the dungeon, but Seto thinks they should have a Millennium Trail.
First, Shada uses the Millennium Key to read the man’s mind and he sees something. Aknadin uses the Millennium Eye to remove the monster which Shada saw inside him. Shimon explains to Yami that when a shadow creature like that is born, it makes it's host do evil, so the guardians of his court remove them and seal them into tablets. Seto then uses the Millennium Rod to put the monster in a large stone tablet. Yami wonders if this could be where the Duel Monsters game came from. When Seto sees the surprised face of Yami, he smiles at him. (I think he’s trying to impress the new pharaoh, and he thought he had when he noticed the pharaoh’s expression.)
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Shadi says that Yami’s reliving his past, but it’s both a gift and a curse. Yugi asks what that means and Shadi says that he has to save the world from the same evil he did when he was alive back then. Tea wants to get him out of there, but Shadi says it’s impossible - the only way for him to leave is to win. Joey is upset that Shadi didn’t tell them about the danger, but when he tries to grab a hold of Shadi, his hand goes right through him. Shadi says that Bakura killed him in the past. Everyone is surprised by this and Yugi asks if he’s sure it was Bakura. Shadi says he is. Shadi says that Bakura wants to release a creature of ultimate darkness with the Millennium Items and take over the world. He also tells them that Bakura went into the tablet as well as Yami. Yugi and Tea isn’t sure if Yami can save the world again or not because the past events could change. Shadi says that there’s one way to go to the world of Yami’s memories - they have to enter the Millennium Puzzle.
Bakura’s in the tomb of a past pharaoh. He takes some clothes and riches, and a sarcophagus to give to the current pharaoh as a gift.
Seto wants to send the man to the dungeon now, but Aknadin says that they had already removed the darkness from his heart. Aknadin orders to release the man. Then Seto walks over to Mahad, saying it was his fault the man got in because he was in charge of security. Mahad confesses that it is his fault, but Isis doesn’t seem to agree. Mahad says to Yami that the Millennium Ring has been acting weird lately and he’s having trouble detecting things with it. He requests increasing security and Yami readily agrees, realizing how dangerous it is to have such a high position in society. Shimon whispers to Yami that they should go on with the celebration as quick as possible. Shocked, Yami tells him that he was just attacked. Shimon says that if they don’t, everyone would see how worried he is and it would make them worried as well. And the best way to hide those feelings is with merriment and laugher. But he really just wants to see those girls dancing. Yami looks at him weirdly, saying he’ll try. But right before they continued the festival, Isis says that she senses a great evil approaching the kingdom.
Bakura and his followers stand on a ledge, looking down at the city. As the words “To be Continued” appears at the bottom of the screen, he says “let the ultimate shadow game begin!”..

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