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Mr. Stein

Mr

Names
English

Mr. Stein

Japanese

佐藤浩二

Rōmaji

Satō Kōji

English (Asia)

Kouji Satou

Alternate names

Professor Satou

Appearances
Anime debut

Yu-Gi-Oh! GX episode 113: "Win Mr. Stein's Duel, Part 1"

Personal
Gender
  • Male
Loyalty
Affiliation

Duel Academy

Occupation

History Professor

Previous occupation(s)

Professional Duelist

Deck
Anime

Scab

Voice actors
English
Japanese

Mr. Stein known in Japan as Professor Kouji Satou 「佐藤浩二, Satō Kōji」, is a Duel Academy professor only seen in the third season, though flashbacks indicate he was there in the first year seeing as Chumley appears in one of them. A former Pro League duelist who came from a poverty-stricken family, Mr. Stein fosters a grudge towards Jaden Yuki for ruining the interest of other students in his lectures because of the boy's position as the academy's top duelist despite having the horrendous grades sets an example for others that they don't need to study to succeed. Most of them opting to sleep through his classes. His grudge increased when his one good student, Alexis Rhodes, ditched his class, sending him over the edge.[2]

During his days as a pro duelist, he was also studying to become a teacher so he didn't have much time to practice. He once dueled The D but fell ill before being able to complete the match due to his extensive studying. It's revealed that when Stein could no longer duel professionally "Scar-Knight" "transformed into a bitter hardened version of himself", creating the separate "Scab Scar-Knight". He tried to prevent Jaden from reaching Professor Viper in the lab where the monkey Wheeler was trained, but is defeated. Afterwards, when he attempts to pick up his precious "Scar-Knight" card, he seemingly falls to his death into the abyss.[1] In the English version, he is characterized as a parody of Ben Stein, particularly Stein's role in Ferris Bueller's Day Off. He is noted as having a dull accent. In the Japanese version, Satou quotes Uncle Ben Parker's famous line "With great power comes great responsibility" from Spiderman.

Later, Mr. Stein is seen when Jim Crocodile Cook uses the Eye of Orichalcum to look into Jaden's dark mind, this was cut out of the English version.[3]

Stein is seen one more time prior to Jaden's Duel with Yubel, as Jaden remembers all the people Yubel has wronged.[4]

Deck

Record
Opponent(s) Episode(s) Outcome(s)
The D 114 Lose
Unnamed Duelist 114 Win
Unnamed Duelist 114 Win
Unnamed Duelist 114 Win
Unnamed Duelist 114 Lose
Jaden Yuki 113-114 Lose

Mr. Stein plays a Scab Scar-Knight Deck, which focuses on the abilities of the eponymous card (based on Unit 01 from Neon Genesis Evangelion) to gain control of his opponents' monsters, swarming his field.


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Yu-Gi-Oh! GX episode 114: "Win Mr. Stein's Duel, Part 2"
  2. Yu-Gi-Oh! GX episode 113: "Win Mr. Stein's Duel, Part 1"
  3. Yu-Gi-Oh! GX episode 139: "A Sight Unseen, Part 1"
  4. Yu-Gi-Oh! GX episode 153: "Return of the Supreme King, Part 1"
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