When most people talk about the Yu-Gi-Oh franchise, they think about everything it has become. The first part is the wildly successful monster-based card game and its associated collecting, trading, and even hosted and well-attended competitions. There is also the kid-friendly anime series that gets rebooted every few years; this includes new characters and monsters for fans to enjoy. These aspects of the franchise have led it to be associated with and compared to similarly popular monster-collecting and taming series like Pokémon and Digimon. However, this interpretation and presentation of the franchise has led it to stray far from its roots.
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