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Many Yu-Gi-Oh! fans consider the original Duel Monsters anime to be the best. 1 / 8

But Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, its first successor, is arguably the stronger of the two shows. 2 / 8

Yu-Gi-Oh!'s original characters are rightly beloved... 3 / 8

But GX's cast saw much greater growth and more complex character development. 4 / 8

Yu-Gi-Oh! GX also got better with each season, both in its characters and its story. 5 / 8

Yu-Gi-Oh!, meanwhile, more or less peaked at Season 3... 6 / 8

With Seasons 4 and 5 not quite being able to recapture the magic. 7 / 8

While Yu-Gi-Oh! is undeniably iconic, GX is ultimately the more fulfilling journey. 8 / 8