| Wish (1st episode; Season 0)
"Jii-chan! Jii-chan! What's that up there?"
"Hm? Ah… that would be the Millennium Puzzle. Why do you want to know?"
"It looks really pretty. Is it an actual Puzzle or something else entirely?"
"Hehehe, that's a good question, Yugi. At first glance, it looks to be exactly what you would think, but maybe it's not."
"Can I see, Jii-chan? I'll promise to be very careful with it."
"Ohoho, I don't see why not. You've been a very good boy while you were over here. Now wait a moment – let me get the step stool."
"Whoa… it's a lot heavier than I thought! Hey, Jii-chan? What are these markings?"
"Those are Egyptian Hieroglyphics. They're how the ancient Egyptians would record stories and messages. Cool, huh?"
"Haha, very! Do they mean something here?"
"Hum, I'm a little rusty but I can tell you that they speak of magic."
"Magic? Like… granting wishes and genies?"
"Eh? Now I wouldn't know about all that, Yugi. Though, I guess there is a kind of magic that can be found by solving this puzzle. I think it's impossible – the only hint you have is 'It's something you can see, but can't see' .Mysterious…"
"'Something you can see, but can't see'…?Jii-chan… can I try and solve the puzzle?"
As he pulled the puzzle box from his book bag, Yuugi couldn't help but smile when seeing its brilliant golden sheen. He could tell from the beginning that the puzzle was special. Despite his grandfather's warnings that he'd rather not have Yuugi spend his entire life trying to solve it, Yuugi couldn't help but be fascinated with it. Even though it had quickly become depressing to work on it for eight years with no luck in solving it, he couldn't bring himself to give up.
At the time he was eight, a time where he couldn't wait to run to his grandfather's game shop and home every weekend, when all that he could hear throughout his home was the sound of his parents' fighting, when he was frequently bullied at school for his recent hospitalization, he found solace in being able to block them out with the clicking of the puzzle pieces. Even though it seemed fruitless, a part of him was happy to focus on something else.
At nine, when he began living with his mother and grandfather, he had been beyond elated. From a young age, he had always wished he could move in with his kind-hearted grandfather and play games with him all the time. It had almost seemed like a wish come true and so soon after receiving the Millennium Puzzle. Impressionable and young, the coincidental events were all it took for Yuugi to believe the puzzle could indeed grant wishes.
That's why he'll continue to work on the puzzle for as long as time ran on to realize his ultimate wish: True Friends.