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rakkiankh:

So how long did the original Yugioh take place in universe? I know someone on here did some of the math for the duel monsters anime and concluded it all took place in around a month, which is possible for most of the arcs since most the runtime is just card games…

But in the manga it’s stated they’re all first years in high school when everything starts, and the ceremonial duel takes place six months before graduation, so third year. I’m also pretty sure there’s a scene mentioning them moving on to their second year at some point in the manga before duelist kingdom.

I assume that the graduation takes place in march-april since that’s usually when school years end and begin in Japan, so that’s around October-November when the ceremonial duel happens?

If only we knew when the series started aside from the year we might be able to make a timeline of events…

If anyone wants to throw in things I missed or correct me go right ahead.