Ryuji Otogi

Infobox animanga character
name = Ryuuji Otogi
series = Yu-Gi-Oh!


caption = Otogi (Duke) in the second series anime
first = "Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist" Volume 9, Duel 75
Original Japanese manga Volume 16, Duel 134
last =
creator =
voiced by = Ryo Naito (Japanese)
Marc Thompson (English)
alias =
age = 17
born = February 28
relatives = Father: Mr. Crown

nihongo|Ryuuji Otogi|御伽 龍児|Otogi Ryūji, known in the English anime as Duke Devlin, is a fictional character in the anime and manga series "Yu-Gi-Oh!".

He is usually called by his given name (Ryuji) in the English manga, while he is usually called by his family name (Otogi, which means "fairy tale") in the Japanese manga and anime. In the English anime and video games his name is changed to "Duke Devlin" and he is usually called "Duke".

In the series, Otogi invented the Dungeon Dice Monsters game. Otogi also owns a game shop called "Black Crown" that rivals the Kame Game Shop. (In the manga, the game shop is owned by Otogi's father, "Mr. Crown".) Otogi challenges Yugi Mutou to a game of Dungeon Dice Monsters despite the fact that Yugi does not know how to play it. In the anime, Otogi does this because Yugi defeated Maximillion Pegasus (Pegasus J. Crawford in the Japanese versions), the creator of Duel Monsters, smashing Otogi's dreams of successfully making Dungeon Dice Monsters go world-wide. Otogi believed Yugi cheated, and did not deserve to be the King of Games. After defeating Katsuya Jonouchi (Joey Wheeler) in a duel, Otogi was able to force Yugi to duel for Jonouchi's freedom, under the condition that if he lost, Yugi would have to hand over his title as King Of Games to Duke, and swear never to play Duel Monsters ever again.

Yugi, however, manages to win, using some help from a laptop computer (which Otogi included in all Dungeon Dice Monsters set-ups, supposedly to provide help to new players and give accurate statistics) Otogi realizes that Yugi is not a cheater, and becomes friends with Yugi. Otogi also received information from Pegasus's company that they decided to spread Dungeon Dice Monsters.

In the manga, Otogi is forced to have a Dungeon Dice Monsters duel with Yugi by his father, Mr. Crown, who was cursed by an ancient “Reaching the Goal” dice game he once played with Yugi's grandfather, Sugoroku Mutou (Solomon Moto). Otogi's father wanted revenge on Sugoroku by doing to his grandson what Sugoroku had done to him. He also wants his son Ryuji to become the new owner of the Millennium Puzzle. During the course of the game, Otogi's father smashes the Millennium Puzzle to pieces. Although Yugi succeeds in defeating Otogi, Otogi's father grabs Yugi and the Puzzle and takes it to a secret room where he attempts to piece the Puzzle back together again. However, doing this causes him to hallucinate about being trapped in a maze, and in his confusion he knocks over a candle, setting the building on fire. Yugi is forced to solve the Puzzle on his own in the burning building, and though he does, he faints, but is rescued by Jonouchi.

Otogi proves to be a quite important secondary character. Otogi saves Shizuka Kawai (Serenity Wheeler), whom he develops a crush on, and Hiroto Honda (Tristan Taylor) from the Ghouls (Rare Hunters) in Battle City. Otogi also seems to think that Mai Kujaku (Mai Valentine) seems hot after meeting her. In the Virtual Realm Arc, Otogi duels against Nesbitt of the Big Five. He helps Jonouchi when he collapses from his duel with Marik Ishtar, and cheers for Yugi.In the anime, he also helps Yugi, Jonouchi, and Seto Kaiba against the Doma Organization in the Waking the Dragons saga and also tags along during the KC Grand Prix and Ceremonial Battle sagas.

Deck

Otogi's first deck has no specific strategy, as it contained random cards from the Pharaoh's Servant booster packs. The monsters he had weren't very strong, and there were mostly machines monster cards. However, he used cards like Limiter Removal and Fairy Meteor Crush to enhance his monsters. Otogi's Dungeon Dice Monsters dice are in some way similar to a dueling deck. Otogi's second deck is based around monsters from his Dungeon Dice Monsters game, such as, Battle Ox, Yaranzo, Ryu Kishin, Orgoth the Relentless, and his other Dungeon Dice Monsters, and has other dimension themes along with dice cards (such as Summon Dice, as revealed in episode 165 of the anime), similar to Jonouchi's gamble deck. In Duel Monsters, his Orgoth the Relentless has 2500 ATK, making it one of the strongest monsters in his deck.

Appearance

Duke wears a headband with a diamond pattern and also wears one dice-shaped earring on his left ear.

References

*Kazuki Takahashi (2002). "Yu-Gi-Oh! Characters Guide Book - The Gospel of Truth" (遊戯王キャラクターズガイドブック―真理の福音―). Shueisha. ISBN 4-08-873363-0