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Episode 126: The Darkness Returns, Part 2 (Jounouchi vs Malik - Part 2) Serenity stands at the window of Mai’s room, thinking that the dark cloud covering the top of the Duel Tower is the same dark cloud that surrounded them during Mai’s duel. That means Marik and her brother are fighting a Shadow Duel! Marik and Joey trade insults. Marik repeats that every time one of Joey’s monsters is attacked, Joey will lose a little more strength. (It’s ironic that the dubbers have Marik calling Joey “Little Joey“ all the time, when in the Japanese, it’s Jounouchi who likes to call Malik “Malik-chan“—the honorific used for little children. It’s also ironic that the dubbers have Joey telling Marik he could use a haircut when, well, just look at Joey’s hair.... There’s actually no dialog here in the Japanese.) Téa asks about the card Marik put in Joey’s graveyard. Tristan explains that it removes one card from Joey’s hand each turn, and Duke says that some of Joey’s best cards could be destroyed before he ever gets the chance to use them. (Japanese Anzu says that one of Jounouchi’s cards will be sent to graveyard each turn, and Honda says that Malik played a dirty trick. Otogi says the situation turns against Jounouchi.) It’s Marik’s turn. He draws the trap card, Coffin Seller. Now he has several traps just waiting to be triggered by one of Joey’s pathetic monsters. All he has to do is lure Joey into attacking him, and he’s finished. (Japanese Malik observes that Jounouchi has two monsters on the field, Panther Warrior and Rocket Warrior. But they’re only level 4 monsters and he can get rid of them at any time. Besides, Panther Warrior has the Plasma Eel attached, so it will lose 500 attack points each turn, and can’t be used as a sacrifice. He decides to let Jounouchi keep his monsters. This shot of Panther Warrior is cut from the US version.) Marik sets two cards face down and ends his turn.
