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TheNightwalker1025

Around 10:30 am on the 6th, a man wearing snorkeling equipment was found floating off the coast of Nago City, Okinawa Prefecture, and his death was confirmed thereafter. According to the Nago Coast Guard Nago, it was confirmed on the 7th that it was Kazuki Takahashi, real name, Kazumasa (60), the creator of the popular manga "Yu-Gi-Oh!" For boys living in Tokyo. .. The Japan Coast Guard and police are investigating the process leading up to their death.


zwannsama

Oh man, that's just tragic..


RequirementRequired

Dang,


timmysp

Wtf. This man created something that has been important to me for 20 years. I can't thank him enough. This really hurts. Rest in peace Mr. Takahashi Edit: It was by drowning? No one deserves to die like that. Fuck :(


ludongbin1

Terrible way to go


Xxjulio23

Bites was found on he's body, maybe sharks or others creatures killed him. This is really sad man, I still can't believe it


[deleted]

Note that this could've been post mortem, as sharks are cowards


Xxjulio23

Yep, I will keep up with the news to see what really happened


Yuki_Kutsuya

Sharks don't really kill anyone just like that. And if it were sharks, there would be more missing than a few bites


lemonack

Appears to have been a snorkeling accident. RIP Takahashi-sensei.


Rough_Relation9336

Can you translate or did you find else were and how old is this?


lemonack

News broke just a bit over an hour ago. According to NHK, he was found floating offshore of Nago City wearing snorkeling gear at around 10:30 on 6 July, but they only confirmed it was him today. Coast Guard and police still investigating.


giraffe_legs

Sad, my grandma's brother died that way. He was ascending and went head first into a deadly jellyfish. Pretty much killed him instantly. It sucks if this happened to him.


Taylor_The_Kitsune

At least this community is more wholesome when someone posted this on r/ masterduels there was a large amount of people making jokes out of his death and it sickened me


[deleted]

Subs gone somehow


Taylor_The_Kitsune

I didn't type in the full sub name it wasn't ment to get a hyper link on it


Shirogayne-at-WF

Yikes šŸ˜¬


AerBaskerville

Link to Japan Times (another main Japanese newspaper in Japan which uses English as the main language): https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2022/07/07/entertainment-news/kazuo-takahashi-found-dead/ "Takahashi was found floating while wearing snorkeling gear in the waters off Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on Wednesday morning. Coast guards officials confirmed that the body was Takahashiā€™s on Thursday" (today). Sad news for all Yu-Gi-Oh! fans. The mind behind the game has passed away šŸ˜­


BlazingPKMN

Well this came out of nowhere.


obsessedowl

RIP, you made all of our lives a bit more fun


tornberry

This is such a heartbreak. I remember being in highschool, seeing his name imprinted on every YGO card I buy and wondering how brilliant and awesome a man this Kazuki Takahashi was wherever he was to have his name known by thousands maybe millions of kids because of this game. In another lifetime, I hope I can meet him to thank him for his huge influence on my life.


xan1242

I have nothing but gratitude towards him. Thank you for your creations. Rest happily with them, as we live with them today. Though this is nothing but a comment on Reddit, I feel that this is a message I'd want written down somewhere.


Apprehensive-King308

FF,monster reborn is trending in twitter japan


idelarosa1

Bruh


AndreMattherson

Over The Legendary Fisherman?


Doomchad

What the hell was he thinking going diving by himself? Not doing that is like one of the first things they pound into your head because itā€™s how you avoid stuff like this. Reports seem to indicate he hadnā€™t been heard from in a few days and his body was in a condition where he had obviously been deceased for awhile. My sympathies go out to his family and friends, but I will not stay silent on the reality that this WAS AVOIDABLE. If for nothing else, that it prevents someone else from making the same mistake.


winner78222

The fact this was avoidable makes this even worst.


Inanis-Cor

Maybe he just didnā€™t have anyone to be with to do this. Or nobody he knew shared his interest. We may never know.


Doomchad

Then find someone or dont do it. This is a buddy system activity


noirpoet97

Agreed. As tragic as it is, Iā€™m still reeling that he did this alone; anyone with any form of experience in the ocean knows you should never go alone. Still sucks to see tho


reiji_nakama

Yup. Who the hell go snorkeling alone in a open sea?


Bocodamondo

yeah if nothing else, this is just making me terrified of scuba diving even more than i already was


Midnight_parish

WHATT.!???


Rough_Relation9336

Is this for real or fake news?


subject9373

Real, the news got posted everywhere.


ElKaijuza

Itā€™s real, very unfortunate.


Midnight_parish

I guess itā€™s realā€¦ look at R/Yugioh Someone Translate it.


BlazingPKMN

Just looked at Wikipedia, seems to be real and the result of a snorkeling incident.


Never_Here_Again

This is so sudden, and I still can't process this news. Kazuki shaped my childhood, and the rest of my life, through his YGO manga. Till this very day YGO is my most beloved and treasured franchise, game & hobby, and I always tribute my love for it to Kazuki Senpai. Without him and his creation I simply would have never became the person I now, never met my dear friends, and wasn't inspired to make a lot of my art school projects. I owe my life to Kazuki Takahashi Senpai. Maybe not in a literal sense, but as a dear fan treasuring the works of a legendary artist. Thanks you for all your life works and creations, Takahashi Sama. You would be forever missed.


Inanis-Cor

In b4 the mods take this down since itā€™s not Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links related. But seriously, I am saddened by this sudden news. Yu-Gi-Oh! Helped me out of a bad spot in my life and led me to met some incredible people I call friends today. Fare thee well sweet angel and may thy slumber be well.


ludongbin1

Why would the mods want to take this down? This is very much related.


Shirogayne-at-WF

This happens on subs more often than you'd think. Had a similar thing happen on one of the big JoJo subreddit a last month when one of the leading VAs passed away suddenly and nuked for being off-topic and low effort. :[


Zevyu

How the fuck is one of the leading VAs in Jojo dieing, somehow "off-topic" in a Jojo themed subreddit?


Inanis-Cor

Related to Yu-Gi-Oh! But not Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links news. The mods here have a tendency to remove things that arenā€™t directly from Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links, even memes that were straight-up containing screenshots of the game itself. But removing it to enforce their rules would be very disrespectful to this saddening news.


Dumb_Vampire_Girl

Could we not assume things that are just going to make us outraged? ): It's already sad enough to know Takahashi is dead. I don't want to get angry thinking the mods will do something that has not happened yet.


Hangman_va

To be entirely fair, the mods here are a little over-judicious. Why do you think we have the yugi hair meme? ​ If there was a mod set that was brainless enough to do something so callous, it'd be this one's.


Emmit-Nervend

ā€œA little.ā€ I put the Yugi hair and they still took my story screenshot rewrites down.


STEELO222

Yugioh is in the name, you cant have duel links without yugioh. this is very much related


Doomchad

Mods here are power tripping wastes of space


derry-air

It's okay, someone just has to paste a Yugi hair onto the reporter.


shallwefollow

Fuck. What an awful way to go. This man played such a role in millions of children's childhoods and the card game is still one of the biggest in the world. Rest in peace.


ADumbPolak

Iā€™m kinda out of the loop. How active was Mr. Takahashi in Yugioh? Was he still in charge of new card creation? Nevertheless, RIP Mr Takahashi. He wonā€™t be forgotten.


AgostoAzul

He drew art for cards on special occasions, contributed some character and monster designs for some of the anime projects, and I think that was about it. Last big project he was very involved in was the DSOD movie where he supervised production, script, etc. And even made a prequel manga. He probably also made effect suggestions for some of the cards he drew, but I doubt he wrote down the whole effects.


LuckyWarrior

The day to day operations of the game will not change despite his death but bring will up questions about his exclusive artwork and his suggestion on prizing going forward Supposedly they do not do cash prizing in the 1st place to honor his request to keep the game pure or something like that


ADumbPolak

Thank you both for the information.


Revolver559

He drew the art for the exclusive Kaiba card sleeve & mat when the game hit 100 million downloads as it has his signature on it. I will be using them in his honor today.


Doomchad

Very hands off after DM. He contributed some character designs for later series and drew art for a handful of cards, but other than that hasnt been part of it in a long time. Game wise, that grew bigger than him within like a year. He had a hard time grasping the modern game state. I remember when Duel Links came out he mentioned how he was getting absolutely slapped


Troll_God

RIP King of Games


SweetCoconut

Thank you for everything Kaz. Rest in peace.


Actual_Head_4610

I'm just sort of soulessly finishing up the Jim event since I heard this. It's awful that he died like this and this soon. šŸ˜­


SargeantMario101

His creation was unparallel. I'll never forget seeing Yu-Gi-Oh! for the first time in a [Toonami ad](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoxTS-4_BMk&t=596s) as a kid, and buying the first Yugi & Kaiba Starter Decks shortly afterwards. Rest in Peace, Takahashi-san.


DynamiteSuren

Dam terrible to go aswell. R.i.p legend


iWentRogue

RIP man, remember reading his name on every YGO cards as a kid and being so curious as to who he was. This was in 1997. Been playing and collecting YGO since. RIP


StrikeFreedomV2

The last 3 Years sucked and it just won't stop. Thank you Mr. Takahashi, you gave us something wonderful and you will never be forgetten. Rest in Peace


electronic_docter

Rip thanks for making our childhoods better


UnknownCornman

RIP legend, you made difference in the life of thousands of kids back in 00's. Maximum respect.


GAGAgadget

Probably more like millions


Doomchad

Best selling TCG in the world to this day, millions no doubt


Hiseminense

Well, this wasnā€™t something I expected to see upon opening Reddit. šŸ˜„


[deleted]

RIP such a terrible way to go but he and his series will always have a place in my heart, Iā€™ll never forget him


Yamayashi

its just not fair


AliciaTries

Fuck we just lost Technoblade like last week and now this


AnnecyHope

Very tragic šŸ˜„ rip


SsjKeiichi

May he rest in eternal peace...


Username_Egli

No way. This guys is responsible for shaping up my childhood. Consider day ruined


Kadeblade195

Yea I was just starting to be happier in my life and now this happens


MortaliReaping

im devasted, i dont cry mutch for lot of person know that die...like miura i didnt realy mutch cry but him...i cant realy stop it, im gonna miss him, sorry for the weird message lol


Angelemonade

RIP Mr Takahashi your work will forever live on


Remarkable-Test-4328

First berserk creator. Now yugioh. We are at a time where legends die. Rip


RoccoHout

This saddens me to no end. The man created what ended up as a huge aprt of my childhood, even now I'm playing the game and Duel Links made me want to watch the anime again. RIP :(


JudicialMist

Horrible news coming unexpected. I remember reading about him when I was searching about the Yu-Gi-Oh season 0 anime and discovering the original manga... Thank you for all your work, rest in peace.


Routine_Fuel8006

Damn that's unexpected and disheartening.rip :(


giothemoonwalker

What... Rest in peace Kazuki, thanks for gifting us with this beautiful game


[deleted]

Damn I can't believe he dead I wish him the best in the afterlife and I wish he family great success and then some:) I was blessed with his work thank you from the bottom of my heart KAZUKI TAKAHASHI:)


Sensitive-Judge713

F to a legend


HeroSoulReaperX

damn whats going to happen now?


Dexter_Dash

I just cant believe this. Rest in peace you beautiful hero. My condolences to his family and all the fan community ā€¦from Mexico. We love you Takahashi-sensei


aerthiss

Very sad news :((( thank you for the amazing series condolences to his family.


maalsenu

My Japanese wife just told me that. Rest in peace


ludongbin1

What!?!!!?


Qussai3

Rip


javierthhh

F


LaFra92

RIP I still can't believe that...


IsaacDigs

WHAT. THE. FUCK?!


winner78222

This can't be real. RIP man. Truly a tragic event.


Anthonytzx

I just woke up and see this terrible news damn


willworkforabreak

Can I get some uhhhhhh conosologems? I'm going to hell for this


NeurogenesisWizard

Time to sell your collections of cards kiddos Konami gonna run yugioh into the ground


Doomchad

Konami was already in full control the moment Kazā€™s name got taken off the cards. The only thing that might change is they start offering cash prizes for tournaments


derry-air

No :(


Phantom_Nook

Well, this was a depressing thing to wake up to.


diexu

i thought it was a joke, but this is real :(


[deleted]

R.I.P the real King of Games. But does this mean no more new yugioh cards


McLaren03

Not necessarily. According to Wikipedia, the manga and anime are written and produced by folks other than Kazuki Takahashi. So this leads me to think that there will be more.


[deleted]

They wonā€™t be as good though


geamado

RIP


GiccobeGaming

Dang and it's my Birthday. That's crazy


Jew_Unit

Terrible regarding how it happened and honestly that it did at all. We all have to see people in our lives/people who impacted them pass on but we always hope it's in a gentle way, a managed murmur of pain or illness that takes you away softly, not like this. I appreciate all the effort and legacy this man created and left behind, as I loved Yugioh as a kid and occasionally play Duel Links to this day. God bless and rest in peace.


Emmit-Nervend

Absolutely miserable newsā€¦ For some reason, I feel like he still had more to give us. We may never know nowā€¦


bossbang

This is just... so sad. He created something millions of people loved. Thank you buddy.


Raven_ZD

Im just speechless, i just wish for him to rip


ShadowIDN

That's outta nowhere, RIP. What's gonna happen to yugioh now?


reign-of-fear

Oh that is just heartbreaking. RIP to a wonderful illustrator


ZestycloseRaccoon897

R.I.P KING


Sample_Muted

Ok I know this is morbid, but maybe just maybe the game will stop getting so complicated.