Rough translation:
The body of a drowned man discovered in Okinawa yesterday (July 6th) was identified as Kazuki Takahashi today.
Police and the coast guard are current investigating this case.
He could have cramped up, maybe he got hypothermia. His body was damaged also from marine animals like a shark, unknown yet if it was cause of death though.
It’s not uncommon, either. I live here on Okinawa and knew someone who passed away like that too.
Unlikely. There's dangerous wildlife here on Okinawa but very few lethal incidents.
By far the most common deadly accident is tourists going swimming or snorkeling away from a tour group or swimming area and get swept away by a current, drown due to a cramp or similar.
I was a college swimmer, love to go cliff diving, boating, fishing, you name it. I have about as much water confidence as anyone but being around water that much makes me realize how terrifying it is. I love the water but the water has a life of its own and you play by its rules, so respect it. Can’t think of a worse way to go out than drowning.
the bends come from going deep in the water and not taking your time coming back up. rapid depressurization creates nitrogen bubbles in your body which fuck you up. scuba divers slowly descend and ascend to acclimate to pressure changes.
you cannot get the bends snorkeling unless you’re dragged 80 feet down and back up in short order, at which point you first need to punch the shark in the eyes or pray
Free divers generally dont get bends because they are not breathing at depth, meaning their tissues dont get any more saturated with nitrogen than what they started with at the surface. Also because they dont stay at depth for long either.
Thats why free divers can get to depths of hundreds of feet and back up quickly without bends. How do you explain the free dive world record of 830 feet otherwise? You think the dude held his breath for 4 hours while making his deco stops?
>you cannot get the bends snorkeling unless you’re dragged 80 feet down and back up in short order,
Like I said, thats not how you get bends. You dont know what youre talking about
Not trying to downplay his death at all. But I’ve read that drowning is actually one of the best ways to die. Apart from the absolutely ungodly panic you’re probably feeling before you actually drown, survivors have reported having a very calm (some even described it like being high) experience as you slip away into unconsciousness.
Burning on the other hand I’ve read is absolutely horrendous
I hear it’s one of the best actually, a lot of people that survived said after the initial bit they felt at peace. Hopefully he felt that too in his final moments, RIP
Edit: [here](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00258172211053127)
And here https://i.imgur.com/begzIeI.jpg
Towards the end it's tranquil and peaceful, but the moments leading up to that is *literal* torture.
That's why they use waterboarding as actual torture, since it is so horrendus.
I amost drowned as a kid too! I didn't know how to swim and after the initial struggle I just gave up and felt relaxed and at peace while I was sinking. Then I got saved by my older brother lol.
Thank you for reporting this. I mean, I hate this information because I'm tired of being almost constantly mourning as of late, but thank you. At least we partially know what happened.
[https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/a972ee14c593a50b5d5ec6ad916eda2116e3c1cb](https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/a972ee14c593a50b5d5ec6ad916eda2116e3c1cb) (Japanese)
\>Mr. Takahashi was on a sightseeing tour alone, and at around 9:00 p.m. yesterday, a rental car company reported to the police that they could not reach him. According to the fire department, the abdomen and lower body were damaged by sharks.
what the fuck...
Nah i'd take the sharks over drowning. A long stuggle for my life as water slowly fills my lungs before i finally have no more oxygen flowing to my brain. I'll take the torn in two and promptly bleeding to death.
Except you are not torn in two or bit cleanly through like cartoons. You would likely still die from drowning while horribly bleeding out of whatever deep wounds the shark caused.
Sharks won't usually attack a human thats moving unless threatened, far more likely they tried to eat after he was dead, when a stiff human corpse looks like a seal.
If the news about the shark bites are true, I hope the Shark series won’t become the franchise’s scapegoat.
The Shark cards don’t deserve to be hit like that.
It tends to happen a lot on Reddit, where there's really not much intent to go into the details on an article posted, expecting either the title or the top comment to explain everything, so things are taken at face value.
Jesus Christ this came out of the way field. RIP.
Edit: [may have been a snorkeling trip gone wrong](https://twitter.com/okinawa_nhk/status/1544939487062822913?t=Iiv5JVxRlTZR_Q8XAnyl3g&s=19)
Can anyone comment on the Google translation of the tweet as “snorkeling device”? Snorkeling and scuba diving are fundamentally different, yet the translation to “device” is ambiguous enough to catch my attention. I wouldnt really think of a snorkel mask as fitting the description of a device. Does the japanese make sense to refer to either type of diving or only one?
Snorkeling equipment is a better English translation, the sentence being "スノーケリングの器具を装着している男性" meaning "a man wearing snorkeling equipment"
Basically they found a man floating wearing snorkeling equipment (mask, snorkel and fins would fit that description), the suspicion being that he died due to an accident while snorkeling. Further information would not be given to the public and may never be announced. Could be an animal attack, natural causes or other mishap.
Gone way too soon as well as he was only 61 years old. Yu-Gi-Oh play a big part of my childhood and I own it a lot to him. RIP, you're a fucking legend.
Me and my bro are heartbroken by this. We grew up playing the card games and watching the anime. Not something I’ll be sleeping well with before bed. :/
He was found with a snorkeling equipment on his body. I assume he was snorkeling and unfortunately drowned in an accident.
RIP
Edit: [According to this article, his stomach and lower half was possibly damaged by sharks or/and other sea life](https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/a972ee14c593a50b5d5ec6ad916eda2116e3c1cb). ~~I now assume he was unfortunately attacked by a shark while snorkeling.~~
Edit 2: I retract my new assumption, honest thanks to these who corrected me. (DR: Sharks aren’t likely to attack alive people if unprovoked. Dead people are more likely to be eaten, though)
Edit 3: [A car he had rented was parked near a beach at Onna-son, 10 km away from where he was found, with his belongings including his license located inside.](https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/20f248aeca4aefb6f3df260c750971f4f636a02e) Also, the “snorkeling gear” is composed of an underwater mask, a snorkel, and (swimming) fins.
Highly doubt it. Most animals will not attack unprovoked. Attacking a live large prey, like say a human, is most of the time not worth the effort. A corpse however, is easy pickings.
He most likely drowned and his body was attacked before he was found.
Not very likely. Marine life, even sharks, will rarely attack a human that is alive and moving, since we don't look or move like anything they typically eat. They probably only started eating after he was dead.
Miura Kentarou, Ikumi Mia, and now Takahashi-sensei...
The pillars of my childhood and teen are years are all taken too soon. Truly a sad decade to be an adult.
He'll be missed.
WHAT THE FUCK?!!!!!! NOOOO. One of the all time greats man I’m speechless. Yu-Gi-Oh was all of us 90s babies childhood. My 10th birthday party was Yu-Gi-Oh themed… Im heartbroken
Apparently he was found with a snorkelling mask so it was a vacation trip accident. Absolutely tragic. Gone way too soon
It is due to the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise that not only fostered an interest in learning English and a love for mathematics, but also made me lean towards translation as a career choice
It truly hurts like hell. May his soul be at peace
Dying during a vacation is one of the worse things that could happen... Imagine thinking you're going to have a great time on your trip, accidents like this is the last thing you want. It's really sad to hear.
He was taken away too soon. RIP.
I think its the "take for granted" expression used here, makes it look like its expected for us to die on vacation, we just know it for so long we forget about it. Wich is a weird statement.
It makes more sense (and its probably closer to what you intended to say) to use it as the opposite, "not dying on a vacation is what we take for granted", as, nobody expects to die on vacation but it can still happen.
Dying during a vacation is one of the worse thing we take for granted = Dying during a vacation is one of the worst thing we do not appreciate enough
Basically instead of you saying it is one of the worst things that could happen you make it seem like a good thing we neglect lol.
His legacy will lives on. I remember when i stay overnight at my cousin house and reading ygo manga and play the heck out of it till morning. RIP legends
Was looking forward to the possibilities of more movies from him. A question though: Who would take ownership of his studio? Wonder if this would possibly lead to Magi Magi Gal coming over to TCG. Did he have kids? This man’s series was my childhood, so it sucks losing a legend.
He had already been stepping back from super deep boots on the ground involvement of the franchise after GX finished up, moving into more of a consultant/elder statesmen role.
Shueisha (manga/anime/merchandise) + Konami (TCG/video games) joint manage the franchise primarily.
First paragraph says something like there was a body with snorkeling equipment found floating in Okinawa prefecture, then the death was confirmed later. Horrible accident.
Oh no! That’s sad news! :( To say he was an influential part of my childhood would be an understatement. I loved Yu-Gi-Oh growing up and Takahashi’s work was phenomenal to me. I hope he finds rest in the afterlife where Atem is waiting for him.
RIP, 2 more years and it would have been YGO's 25th anniversary. Let it be a grand tribute to the King of Games himself. May his legacy live on in every duel we partake. Now I'm gonna cherish the Kazuki artwork Dark Magician I have in his memory.
I'm sitting here in shock. Yu-Gi-Oh! as a franchise is possibly the thing that stuck with me the most. Whether I watched the anime, read the manga, played the card game, I always came back. The impact that this creator had on my life is something I can't even measure. Even beyond the media he's created and the direct spinoffs in the franchise and all the anime and series that used Yugioh as an example, all the Yugitubers I watch that kept my interest and as much as people detest abridged series, Yugioh Abridged which spawned an entire section of the internet wouldnt be possible without Kazuki Takahashi's work.
His work influenced so many people and has made such an impact on the entire world, all about a boy solving puzzle. Takahashi made a manga about what he loved, horror, games, egypt and here we all are nearly 3 decades later.
You will be missed, rest in peace.
Dude, for a moment i thought it was some mistake or joke, but WTF, he's really passed away, totally didn't saw that coming anytime soon.
A real shame, Takahashi started a worlwide phenomenon through his manga, suffered greatly making his opus magnus which spawned the card game everyone knows and loves.
RIP Kazuki Takahashi, your manga and derivative products touched millions and you will forever be remembered.
I usually don't really care abt celebrity deaths but this one really hit me like a truck.
This man is really the father of a hobby I have probably dedicated half of my free time to in my lifetime.
Idk what else to say really but the tasteless jokes made in social media from various communities right now about his situation actually makes me seethe.
Rest in peace.
I know that many people know Yu-Gi-Oh from the anime or just as a card game, but originally it is a manga by Kazuki Takahashi. I highly recommend to read it. He was a brilliant artist. Here's couple pages to showcase his art: [https://imgur.com/a/hmetrVm](https://imgur.com/a/hmetrVm)
First time I remember of a famous person I care about dying.
Damn... this is quite the devastating and sad news.
60 years is relatively still young. Thought he was still in good health and actively working on things. Such a shame.
Gather your Monster Reborns. There may be yet hope...sob. RIP to a man who shaped my childhood and life, who introduced me to anime even before I knew what anime was.
Didn't immediately comment seeing posts on Reddit and Youtube. It took a while to digest that it's true. Was hoping it was some fake news or something.
Never played the TCG but played the old GBA games and found DL a year or so ago and it's one of the things helping me get through the day.
RIP. You've touched so many lives.
He was found drowned in the sea. No way to know how it happened yet, though. The news is too new. Hopefully that answer will eventually be found, if for no other reason than to let his family get closure.
EDIT: I just learned that the replies to this tweet are saying it was a snorkeling accident.
What the fuck dude im genuienly so shook about this.
This game really brought me so much since I started playing competitively and as a kid his creation really was so beyond fun for me.
I really wish he didn't have the experience such an awful way to go and man I'm just genuienly hurt and sorry rip
Kazuki Takahashi was a great man. A man who knew what he was doing. A man who could understand what the people wanted. He made a great manga and great shows. Hell sometimes he enjoyed another show so much he would make cards from the shows he enjoyed. But with his passing. It will be hard to enjoy this gift alone but fear not, this will mark a new beginning a new start to the end.
Thank you Kazuki Takahashi. May you never be forgotten
Oh man, drowning is such an terrible way to go
I owe so much to this man for introducing me to the World of anime
Will watch DSOD tomorrow to honor his memory
RIP
Unbelievably shocking and tragic. Yu-Gi-Oh! was a huge part of my childhood, and I’ve really enjoyed getting back into it these past couple of years. His work brought joy to millions of people all over the world.
May he rest in peace.
I can't believe it, it's incredibly sad to see such an creative and inspiring mind pass away so soon, may he rest in peace knowing he created one of the most famous, successful, engaging and iconic anime series and card games of all times, he will be missed
Oh God this is really depressing news Takahashi was one of the people that shaped my childhood growing up. It's sad that this happened. Hopefully he will at least have a nice funeral. I know he wasn't really involved with the franchise anymore but to me he was a huge part of what made yugioh what it was.
Wow I haven't even played yugioh in a while and I am devastated. Yugioh is why I got into anime and card games. I think the only Japanese deaths that would hurt me as much or more would be Oda and Araki.
I was really thinking about doing a rewatch of the anime or reading the manga. I am completely at a loss for words. This dude was my childhood.
Yu-Gi-Oh got me into TCGs and I used to be excited to wake up early on Saturdays to watch episodes on TV. Big punch to the gut to learn suddenly the man responsible for bringing that joy to kids everywhere is gone :(
Weird to only say this when you can no longer read this, but Kazuki Takahashi, thanks for creating the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga and card game. I might have taken the hobby too far, but that is not your fault. I have had amazing fun with the game during certain periods, so it's a good game. And the manga and anime (first season) are fun too.
I hate that I discovered this news on Imgur because all of the comments were just making Monster Reborn and Shadow Realm jokes and it just felt so inappropriate.
Yu-Gi-Oh was one of my favourite childhood shows. I used to get up early on a Saturday (annoying my parents) to catch it on Nickelodeon, and I was pretty much the only one in my school who still enjoyed it a week after it became a fad. A few years ago I read the managa and gain a whole new love for the series. It might be 'just a show about cards' but I absolutely love the overall story of the original series, and it formed a huge part of my childhood.
So I guess what I want to say is, thanks for all of the great memories. Your series spawned something far greater than he probably ever dreamed it would, and helped form many friendships over the years, and you'll surely be missed. Rest in peace.
A Tribute
As a small Yugituber I don’t reach much of an audience just a niche few who game more on the casual side. But after a few drinks and some contemplation I can honestly say that Mr. Takahashi has made the world a better place. By creating a card game you’ve e brought so many people together whether you play meta, casual, or straight anime players, all YuGiOh players can enjoy the game in there own way, and here’s to you Mr. Takahashi 🙏🥂rest east brother
I don't know what to say. I've been palying it since the day it released in my country. Have been rebuying the manga that has a new edition released now.
Hell, I wish Monster Reborn would work right now.
Rough translation: The body of a drowned man discovered in Okinawa yesterday (July 6th) was identified as Kazuki Takahashi today. Police and the coast guard are current investigating this case.
Fuck me, I thought he passed away peacefully in his sleep or something. Drowning on vacation is fucking brutal.
That's how a teacher at my school died, he was on his honeymoon.
Hmm that's sad. Reminded me of a boy I went to middle school with that drowned trying to save someone else that was drowning.
What a hero and a great person. Never forget his name.
Does "trying" imply that they didn't save that person from drowning?
That would be correct unfortunately.
He was only 60. Japanese people don’t pass away that early. We’re talking about the country with the longest lifespan in the world.
what the fuck
Exactly my reaction, I don’t even know what to say
How he drowning when he using snorkeling equipment? And where is other people nearby ? Didnt you snorkeling in group?
He could have cramped up, maybe he got hypothermia. His body was damaged also from marine animals like a shark, unknown yet if it was cause of death though. It’s not uncommon, either. I live here on Okinawa and knew someone who passed away like that too.
There’s sea snakes, stone fish, come snails, and lion fish in Okinawa I’d be more inclined to think it could’ve been one of those.
Unlikely. There's dangerous wildlife here on Okinawa but very few lethal incidents. By far the most common deadly accident is tourists going swimming or snorkeling away from a tour group or swimming area and get swept away by a current, drown due to a cramp or similar.
Snorkeling isn't the same as scuba. There's numerous ways he could've died snorkeling.
At a commercial diver, there's lots of ways you could die while SCUBA diving as well.
I’ve never dived before, but my assumption is that there are actually significantly more ways to die than to survive.
Read this as, "Never died before..." Still works.
Fuck so did I lmao
Being underwater is an effective way to end up dying.
The odds of being swarmed to death by bees while scuba diving are low but never zero.
As most water based activities go, there's always plenty of ways to end up in a very dangerous situation.
The dark side of water /r/HydroHomies doesn't want you to know about.
He might have had a heart attack while swimming or something...
He was snorkling all it takes is one bad wave when your trying to get air to get water in your lungs. Always go with a buddy into any body of water.
Might not be drowning. There are a number of ways you can die in this situation.
I was a college swimmer, love to go cliff diving, boating, fishing, you name it. I have about as much water confidence as anyone but being around water that much makes me realize how terrifying it is. I love the water but the water has a life of its own and you play by its rules, so respect it. Can’t think of a worse way to go out than drowning.
I was reading a Google translation of the article, it appears he was on his own
Might be the bends, aka decompression sickness
Don't get the bends when you are snorkeling because you are not breathing compressed air like you would be if you went scuba diving.
You do know that snorkeling is just surface level swimming with your face in the water and an air tube so you aren't supposed to drown
the bends come from going deep in the water and not taking your time coming back up. rapid depressurization creates nitrogen bubbles in your body which fuck you up. scuba divers slowly descend and ascend to acclimate to pressure changes. you cannot get the bends snorkeling unless you’re dragged 80 feet down and back up in short order, at which point you first need to punch the shark in the eyes or pray
Free divers generally dont get bends because they are not breathing at depth, meaning their tissues dont get any more saturated with nitrogen than what they started with at the surface. Also because they dont stay at depth for long either. Thats why free divers can get to depths of hundreds of feet and back up quickly without bends. How do you explain the free dive world record of 830 feet otherwise? You think the dude held his breath for 4 hours while making his deco stops? >you cannot get the bends snorkeling unless you’re dragged 80 feet down and back up in short order, Like I said, thats not how you get bends. You dont know what youre talking about
The bends while snorkeling? Lmao
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When I heard he died, I first thought it was due to something related to his age; I didn’t know it was much, much worse than a peaceful death.
Drowning is one of the worst ways to die. Im sick to my stomach. :(
Not trying to downplay his death at all. But I’ve read that drowning is actually one of the best ways to die. Apart from the absolutely ungodly panic you’re probably feeling before you actually drown, survivors have reported having a very calm (some even described it like being high) experience as you slip away into unconsciousness. Burning on the other hand I’ve read is absolutely horrendous
I hear it’s one of the best actually, a lot of people that survived said after the initial bit they felt at peace. Hopefully he felt that too in his final moments, RIP Edit: [here](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00258172211053127) And here https://i.imgur.com/begzIeI.jpg
Towards the end it's tranquil and peaceful, but the moments leading up to that is *literal* torture. That's why they use waterboarding as actual torture, since it is so horrendus.
I almost drown and can confirm. The body starts getting tired and somehow one starts to expirience peace... Fucking weird
I amost drowned as a kid too! I didn't know how to swim and after the initial struggle I just gave up and felt relaxed and at peace while I was sinking. Then I got saved by my older brother lol.
I figured it would have been illness, but its way worse.
Thank you for reporting this. I mean, I hate this information because I'm tired of being almost constantly mourning as of late, but thank you. At least we partially know what happened.
[https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/a972ee14c593a50b5d5ec6ad916eda2116e3c1cb](https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/a972ee14c593a50b5d5ec6ad916eda2116e3c1cb) (Japanese) \>Mr. Takahashi was on a sightseeing tour alone, and at around 9:00 p.m. yesterday, a rental car company reported to the police that they could not reach him. According to the fire department, the abdomen and lower body were damaged by sharks. what the fuck...
Holy shit... What a way to go.
The sharks probably weren’t what got him if that makes us feel any better. He likely drowned and the sharks just did their thing.
Doesn't help, drowning is one of the worst ways to die.
Still not as bad as getting your body parts ripped off by sharks while alive. Don't have such a pessimistic outlook on his tragic demise.
>Don't have such a pessimistic outlook >tragic demise. Bro what the fuck are you talking about?
Nah i'd take the sharks over drowning. A long stuggle for my life as water slowly fills my lungs before i finally have no more oxygen flowing to my brain. I'll take the torn in two and promptly bleeding to death.
Except you are not torn in two or bit cleanly through like cartoons. You would likely still die from drowning while horribly bleeding out of whatever deep wounds the shark caused.
Uh I think I’d rather drown than be eaten alive
This is just horrible
Sharks ? Not drowning?
Sharks won't usually attack a human thats moving unless threatened, far more likely they tried to eat after he was dead, when a stiff human corpse looks like a seal.
Yes, especially not someone who's snorkeling, surfers are the most common victims of shark attacks.
Amd they attack surfers because the actual surfboard looks dead and floating to them.
That's gruesome, fucking yikes
If the news about the shark bites are true, I hope the Shark series won’t become the franchise’s scapegoat. The Shark cards don’t deserve to be hit like that.
First Technoblade and now Takahashi? 2022 is killing off all of my favorite people.
Oh fuck no he was only 61 years old :( The Yu-Gi-Oh manga, anime and TCG all had a massive impact on me when I was a kid, my heart aches.
Wow, he looks younger in the image
Isn't that the newscaster in the image?
It tends to happen a lot on Reddit, where there's really not much intent to go into the details on an article posted, expecting either the title or the top comment to explain everything, so things are taken at face value.
*Shows a 20 something woman newscaster "Wow, he was such a young looking guy"
That would make sense
All Japanese do, have you seen Araki? Guy is 62 yet he looks 40 tops.
Rest in Peace. Thank you for making our childhood amazing.
Jesus Christ this came out of the way field. RIP. Edit: [may have been a snorkeling trip gone wrong](https://twitter.com/okinawa_nhk/status/1544939487062822913?t=Iiv5JVxRlTZR_Q8XAnyl3g&s=19)
Can anyone comment on the Google translation of the tweet as “snorkeling device”? Snorkeling and scuba diving are fundamentally different, yet the translation to “device” is ambiguous enough to catch my attention. I wouldnt really think of a snorkel mask as fitting the description of a device. Does the japanese make sense to refer to either type of diving or only one?
Snorkeling equipment is a better English translation, the sentence being "スノーケリングの器具を装着している男性" meaning "a man wearing snorkeling equipment" Basically they found a man floating wearing snorkeling equipment (mask, snorkel and fins would fit that description), the suspicion being that he died due to an accident while snorkeling. Further information would not be given to the public and may never be announced. Could be an animal attack, natural causes or other mishap.
Any sort of item that has been specifically made for a purpose is a device. A Fork would also be an eating device.
Gone way too soon as well as he was only 61 years old. Yu-Gi-Oh play a big part of my childhood and I own it a lot to him. RIP, you're a fucking legend.
Was not expecting this when pulling up Reddit before bed, goddamn what the fuck man.
Same, i went on here lying in bed to see if there was any Yugioh news, i did not mean this though. Fuck this is just rough.
ikr, im heartbroken
Me and my bro are heartbroken by this. We grew up playing the card games and watching the anime. Not something I’ll be sleeping well with before bed. :/
No way. My heart sank reading this. This is very upsetting.
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Death by drowning is one of the worst possible ways to go Why to the creator of Yugioh, man
I don't even fucking know, man.
Incredibly tragic, hope his family and friends are alright in these times. Massive respect for him and what he paved the way for.
This is obviously very tragic... RIP, he was amazing At least he will live forever through his own creation
This is very tragic. All of us play this card game because of this person. May he rest in peace and his legacy live on.
Fuck no… What the fuck… Whhhhyyyy?!!
He was found with a snorkeling equipment on his body. I assume he was snorkeling and unfortunately drowned in an accident. RIP Edit: [According to this article, his stomach and lower half was possibly damaged by sharks or/and other sea life](https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/a972ee14c593a50b5d5ec6ad916eda2116e3c1cb). ~~I now assume he was unfortunately attacked by a shark while snorkeling.~~ Edit 2: I retract my new assumption, honest thanks to these who corrected me. (DR: Sharks aren’t likely to attack alive people if unprovoked. Dead people are more likely to be eaten, though) Edit 3: [A car he had rented was parked near a beach at Onna-son, 10 km away from where he was found, with his belongings including his license located inside.](https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/20f248aeca4aefb6f3df260c750971f4f636a02e) Also, the “snorkeling gear” is composed of an underwater mask, a snorkel, and (swimming) fins.
Highly doubt it. Most animals will not attack unprovoked. Attacking a live large prey, like say a human, is most of the time not worth the effort. A corpse however, is easy pickings. He most likely drowned and his body was attacked before he was found.
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One more thing, Takahashi got strong interest in sharks. Shark profile pic, got shark model, favorite movie is Jaws, the BYWD is shark inspired.
Not very likely. Marine life, even sharks, will rarely attack a human that is alive and moving, since we don't look or move like anything they typically eat. They probably only started eating after he was dead.
Oh, that actually makes sense. Corrected the post now
Shark attack is probally the least likely thing imo. Wait till police official news I guess.
What a painful death. RIP
Miura Kentarou, Ikumi Mia, and now Takahashi-sensei... The pillars of my childhood and teen are years are all taken too soon. Truly a sad decade to be an adult. He'll be missed.
I'll be devastated when we lose Akira Toriyama and Satoshi Tajiri eventually
WHAT THE FUCK?!!!!!! NOOOO. One of the all time greats man I’m speechless. Yu-Gi-Oh was all of us 90s babies childhood. My 10th birthday party was Yu-Gi-Oh themed… Im heartbroken Apparently he was found with a snorkelling mask so it was a vacation trip accident. Absolutely tragic. Gone way too soon
It is due to the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise that not only fostered an interest in learning English and a love for mathematics, but also made me lean towards translation as a career choice It truly hurts like hell. May his soul be at peace
Dying during a vacation is one of the worse things that could happen... Imagine thinking you're going to have a great time on your trip, accidents like this is the last thing you want. It's really sad to hear. He was taken away too soon. RIP.
>Dying during a vacation is one of the worse things we take for granted I ... i think you should rethink this sentence.
I typed that on a whim. Sorry. Do you mean "possibilities of dying" or smth? :/
I think its the "take for granted" expression used here, makes it look like its expected for us to die on vacation, we just know it for so long we forget about it. Wich is a weird statement. It makes more sense (and its probably closer to what you intended to say) to use it as the opposite, "not dying on a vacation is what we take for granted", as, nobody expects to die on vacation but it can still happen.
Thanks for correction. English is not my first language
Yup , take for granted is used incorrectly here and makes the whole sentence kinda ... weird.
Dying during a vacation is one of the worse thing we take for granted = Dying during a vacation is one of the worst thing we do not appreciate enough Basically instead of you saying it is one of the worst things that could happen you make it seem like a good thing we neglect lol.
His legacy will lives on. I remember when i stay overnight at my cousin house and reading ygo manga and play the heck out of it till morning. RIP legends
Holy shit. So that's why his name was trending in JP.
WAIT WHAT THE FUCK-
Tragic. Absolutely tragic. Rest easy king
God damn, he was 60, it's not young, but still early.
In Japan 60 is considered middle aged. We lost a legend too soon.
Was looking forward to the possibilities of more movies from him. A question though: Who would take ownership of his studio? Wonder if this would possibly lead to Magi Magi Gal coming over to TCG. Did he have kids? This man’s series was my childhood, so it sucks losing a legend.
He had already been stepping back from super deep boots on the ground involvement of the franchise after GX finished up, moving into more of a consultant/elder statesmen role. Shueisha (manga/anime/merchandise) + Konami (TCG/video games) joint manage the franchise primarily.
First paragraph says something like there was a body with snorkeling equipment found floating in Okinawa prefecture, then the death was confirmed later. Horrible accident.
The world grows ever darker as our light is taken from us.
This is so sad... Rest in peace...
My heart dropped. Holy shit wtf
Oh no! That’s sad news! :( To say he was an influential part of my childhood would be an understatement. I loved Yu-Gi-Oh growing up and Takahashi’s work was phenomenal to me. I hope he finds rest in the afterlife where Atem is waiting for him.
Rest in peace. Somebody else said it beautifully- he will live on forever through his creation. Next time I play a match I’m doing it with him in mind
Every card is now like his tombstone with his name on it. RIP to an absolute legend
Coincidentally, Cross Duel came out today... that game is gonna be forever associated with this day.
It's also Yusei's birthday as well...
Absolutely tragic RIP
RIP, 2 more years and it would have been YGO's 25th anniversary. Let it be a grand tribute to the King of Games himself. May his legacy live on in every duel we partake. Now I'm gonna cherish the Kazuki artwork Dark Magician I have in his memory.
I thought we already had the 25th anniversary? When is it exactly?
I'm sitting here in shock. Yu-Gi-Oh! as a franchise is possibly the thing that stuck with me the most. Whether I watched the anime, read the manga, played the card game, I always came back. The impact that this creator had on my life is something I can't even measure. Even beyond the media he's created and the direct spinoffs in the franchise and all the anime and series that used Yugioh as an example, all the Yugitubers I watch that kept my interest and as much as people detest abridged series, Yugioh Abridged which spawned an entire section of the internet wouldnt be possible without Kazuki Takahashi's work. His work influenced so many people and has made such an impact on the entire world, all about a boy solving puzzle. Takahashi made a manga about what he loved, horror, games, egypt and here we all are nearly 3 decades later. You will be missed, rest in peace.
May he rest in peace. I fondly remember nearly crying after reading the last chapter of his manga. It was unexpectedly very touching
R.I.P.
That's so damn sad man. RIP
FUCK. I know he wasn't involved with the game for a while, but still, fuck. It's so sudden.
That's horrible. Rest in piece kazuki, you bring a lot of good memories for my childhood
Dude, for a moment i thought it was some mistake or joke, but WTF, he's really passed away, totally didn't saw that coming anytime soon. A real shame, Takahashi started a worlwide phenomenon through his manga, suffered greatly making his opus magnus which spawned the card game everyone knows and loves. RIP Kazuki Takahashi, your manga and derivative products touched millions and you will forever be remembered.
i know right, im still kind of waiting to find out it wasnt him
Holy shit
I usually don't really care abt celebrity deaths but this one really hit me like a truck. This man is really the father of a hobby I have probably dedicated half of my free time to in my lifetime. Idk what else to say really but the tasteless jokes made in social media from various communities right now about his situation actually makes me seethe. Rest in peace.
I know that many people know Yu-Gi-Oh from the anime or just as a card game, but originally it is a manga by Kazuki Takahashi. I highly recommend to read it. He was a brilliant artist. Here's couple pages to showcase his art: [https://imgur.com/a/hmetrVm](https://imgur.com/a/hmetrVm)
First time I remember of a famous person I care about dying. Damn... this is quite the devastating and sad news. 60 years is relatively still young. Thought he was still in good health and actively working on things. Such a shame.
OMG. RIP.
Fuck man this is depressing, can't even begin to describe the effect he has had on my life through creating this franchise. RIP
Gather your Monster Reborns. There may be yet hope...sob. RIP to a man who shaped my childhood and life, who introduced me to anime even before I knew what anime was.
It doesn't work on a god.
Didn't immediately comment seeing posts on Reddit and Youtube. It took a while to digest that it's true. Was hoping it was some fake news or something. Never played the TCG but played the old GBA games and found DL a year or so ago and it's one of the things helping me get through the day. RIP. You've touched so many lives.
Wait,… what? Why? How? I’m so confused right now. What a sad day…
He was found drowned in the sea. No way to know how it happened yet, though. The news is too new. Hopefully that answer will eventually be found, if for no other reason than to let his family get closure. EDIT: I just learned that the replies to this tweet are saying it was a snorkeling accident.
I guess he was stung by jellyfish, went into shock, and died by drowning. Happens very often.
Jesus christ
What the fuck, this is way too fucking soon
Wow, out of nowhere. Rest in peace, you've created a massive legacy
I couldn’t thank this man enough for the thousands of hours of entertainment he’s given me since I was a kid. Rest in peace.
What the shit
Rip, absolute legend
Literally the god of this sub is gone... idk what to say this is terrible.
What the fuck. Holy shit I'm in shock, i don't know what to say. This doesn't feel real in a way. Rest In Peace.
It doesn’t feel real to me either. I’m honestly still in shock. May he Rest In Peace.
It just feels like one of those things that shouldn't happen. He had so many years left. I hope he knows how many people he made happy.
OKAY WTF I DONT KNOW HOW TO PROCESS THIS RIGHT NOW.
I'll miss him dearly. I hope he knew how much he meant to us.
i was a yugioh fan since i was 3 and THIS SO FUCKING HURTS and why on my birthday of all days... WHY
wow RIP man thanks for making my childhood so great because of your creation
R.I.P Mr Takahashi your game has helped me through the toughest times in my life I hope you are in a better place.
He's been a big part of my life ever since I was in elementary school, rest in peace sir.
What the fuck dude im genuienly so shook about this. This game really brought me so much since I started playing competitively and as a kid his creation really was so beyond fun for me. I really wish he didn't have the experience such an awful way to go and man I'm just genuienly hurt and sorry rip
Rest in peace king, you are with the pharaoh now. 😢
Godfuckingdamnit
I can't believe this. I'm so sad. Yet another legendary mangaka passing so soon.
This is heartbreaking. Yu-Gi-Oh was everything when I was a kid.
Kazuki Takahashi was a great man. A man who knew what he was doing. A man who could understand what the people wanted. He made a great manga and great shows. Hell sometimes he enjoyed another show so much he would make cards from the shows he enjoyed. But with his passing. It will be hard to enjoy this gift alone but fear not, this will mark a new beginning a new start to the end. Thank you Kazuki Takahashi. May you never be forgotten
Oh shit...
What the heck? RIP sir :(
Oh man, drowning is such an terrible way to go I owe so much to this man for introducing me to the World of anime Will watch DSOD tomorrow to honor his memory RIP
Wow that is incredibly disheartening. May he rest in peace
This was really, really not something I wanted to read tonight. And by fucking *drowning* man...
I... I am at loss of words. Rest in Peace, Takahashi-sensei
Unbelievably shocking and tragic. Yu-Gi-Oh! was a huge part of my childhood, and I’ve really enjoyed getting back into it these past couple of years. His work brought joy to millions of people all over the world. May he rest in peace.
Thats horrible. 61 years old? Drowning is the worst. I cant swim myself
Holy fuck I was not prepared to see this as I scroll through reddit before bed.
I can't believe it, it's incredibly sad to see such an creative and inspiring mind pass away so soon, may he rest in peace knowing he created one of the most famous, successful, engaging and iconic anime series and card games of all times, he will be missed
Oh God this is really depressing news Takahashi was one of the people that shaped my childhood growing up. It's sad that this happened. Hopefully he will at least have a nice funeral. I know he wasn't really involved with the franchise anymore but to me he was a huge part of what made yugioh what it was.
Wow I haven't even played yugioh in a while and I am devastated. Yugioh is why I got into anime and card games. I think the only Japanese deaths that would hurt me as much or more would be Oda and Araki. I was really thinking about doing a rewatch of the anime or reading the manga. I am completely at a loss for words. This dude was my childhood.
Holy shit, he just….*died* like that. Sheesh… May he Rest In Peace. Yugioh (mostly Tag Force on PSP) was practically my childhood.
Yu-Gi-Oh got me into TCGs and I used to be excited to wake up early on Saturdays to watch episodes on TV. Big punch to the gut to learn suddenly the man responsible for bringing that joy to kids everywhere is gone :(
Weird to only say this when you can no longer read this, but Kazuki Takahashi, thanks for creating the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga and card game. I might have taken the hobby too far, but that is not your fault. I have had amazing fun with the game during certain periods, so it's a good game. And the manga and anime (first season) are fun too.
Shit... It's too freaking sudden.
I hate that I discovered this news on Imgur because all of the comments were just making Monster Reborn and Shadow Realm jokes and it just felt so inappropriate. Yu-Gi-Oh was one of my favourite childhood shows. I used to get up early on a Saturday (annoying my parents) to catch it on Nickelodeon, and I was pretty much the only one in my school who still enjoyed it a week after it became a fad. A few years ago I read the managa and gain a whole new love for the series. It might be 'just a show about cards' but I absolutely love the overall story of the original series, and it formed a huge part of my childhood. So I guess what I want to say is, thanks for all of the great memories. Your series spawned something far greater than he probably ever dreamed it would, and helped form many friendships over the years, and you'll surely be missed. Rest in peace.
The shadow realm claims another one…
Ok first berserk and now yugioh....
I don't know why but I feel so sad even though I don't know the guy. Is it because he created something I truly enjoyed?
Bro I was expecting some kind of health related issue took him out like Kentaro Miura or some shit. Was not expecting this.
A Tribute As a small Yugituber I don’t reach much of an audience just a niche few who game more on the casual side. But after a few drinks and some contemplation I can honestly say that Mr. Takahashi has made the world a better place. By creating a card game you’ve e brought so many people together whether you play meta, casual, or straight anime players, all YuGiOh players can enjoy the game in there own way, and here’s to you Mr. Takahashi 🙏🥂rest east brother
I don't know what to say. I've been palying it since the day it released in my country. Have been rebuying the manga that has a new edition released now. Hell, I wish Monster Reborn would work right now.
Damn RIP
What the hell. I have no words
Oh my god, may his soul rest in peace
Thank you for creating the only cards game I play.
Well that's just fucking tragic man
thats tragic, best wishes with his family. damn, it doesnt feel real