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One is '''Bakura''', a good friend of [[Yugi Muto]] (Yugi Mutou in the original japanese anime and magna) and Yugi's group of friends. He is a kind young man, who enjoys playing [[Duel Monsters]] for recreational purposes. He owns of one of the [[Millennium Items]], the [[Millennium Ring]]. Bakura's father purchased the Millenium Ring whilst on a trip in Egypt, after being told that it was related to the Duel Monsters card game, which he knew his son had an interest in. | One is '''Bakura''', a good friend of [[Yugi Muto]] (Yugi Mutou in the original japanese anime and magna) and Yugi's group of friends. He is a kind young man, who enjoys playing [[Duel Monsters]] for recreational purposes. He owns of one of the [[Millennium Items]], the [[Millennium Ring]]. Bakura's father purchased the Millenium Ring whilst on a trip in Egypt, after being told that it was related to the Duel Monsters card game, which he knew his son had an interest in. | ||
[[Image:BakuraThief.jpg|thumb|right|Thief Bakura]] | [[Image:BakuraThief.jpg|thumb|right|Thief Bakura]] | ||
| − | The other entity is that of '''Thief Bakura''' (also known as '''Yami Bakura''' and the '''Spirit of the Ring'''), an ancient Egyptian tomb robber, sealed inside the Millennium Ring for 5,000 years by the Pharaoh, Atem ([[Yami Yugi]]). Thief Bakura wants all seven Millennium Items for himself, in | + | The other entity is that of '''Thief Bakura''' (also known as '''Yami Bakura''' and the '''Spirit of the Ring'''), an ancient Egyptian tomb robber, sealed inside the Millennium Ring for 5,000 years by the Pharaoh, Atem ([[Yami Yugi]]). Thief Bakura wants all seven Millennium Items for himself, in order to obtain a great evil power. |
The two rarley directly converse, and host Bakura refers to Yami Bakura only as a "voice". | The two rarley directly converse, and host Bakura refers to Yami Bakura only as a "voice". | ||
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Bakura (Ryo Bakura in the original Japanese anime and magna), is a character in the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime series.
Bakura is actually two seperate entities.
One is Bakura, a good friend of Yugi Muto (Yugi Mutou in the original japanese anime and magna) and Yugi's group of friends. He is a kind young man, who enjoys playing Duel Monsters for recreational purposes. He owns of one of the Millennium Items, the Millennium Ring. Bakura's father purchased the Millenium Ring whilst on a trip in Egypt, after being told that it was related to the Duel Monsters card game, which he knew his son had an interest in.
The other entity is that of Thief Bakura (also known as Yami Bakura and the Spirit of the Ring), an ancient Egyptian tomb robber, sealed inside the Millennium Ring for 5,000 years by the Pharaoh, Atem (Yami Yugi). Thief Bakura wants all seven Millennium Items for himself, in order to obtain a great evil power.
The two rarley directly converse, and host Bakura refers to Yami Bakura only as a "voice".
In the original Japanese version of Yu-Gi-Oh!, Bakura has a polite speaking matter using many honourifics. The darker half however, uses none. Reflecting this, Bakura in the English Anime, posseses a British accent, as does his evil counterpart (although he tends to treat other humans with great disrespect).
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Thief Bakura and Ancient Egypt
The origins of Bakura begin in ancient Egypt, where most of the Yu-Gi-Oh! characters stories begin. Thief Bakura was one of the main enemies of the Pharaoh and the holders of the Millennium Items. Slowly, Thief Bakura's strength grew and he began a campaign against the Pharaoh and his people seeking to gain the power of the Millennium Items.
Early Life
Thief Bakura grew up in a small village, home to many thieves and bandits. This villiage was known as Kuru Eruna. Akunadin (the brother of the ruling Pharaoh at the time), tricked the Pharaoh in allowing him to create the Millennium Items. What he failed to tell the Pharaoh was that this required sacrafices of evil souls. Akunadin decided Kuru Eruna was a perfect choice for the sacrafices, as all who lived there were thieves.
When the Pharaoh's men appeared in the villiage, Thief Bakura remained hidden and looked on in horror as everyone he knew was slaughtered by these men. It's possible that he witnessed the creation of the Millennium Items here, as that would explain his knowledge of them, aswell as the Millennium Stone.
A few years later it was revealed to Thief Bakura that the men who destroyed his villiage had been men of the Pharaoh, and thus he swore revenge on the King of Egypt.
Thief Bakura's Revenge
Thief Bakura begins his quest for revenge by raiding the tomb of the last Pharaoh (Atem's father), Akunumkanon. Here he not only takes valuable treasures and the Pharaoh's coffin itself, but he steals a ancient dueling device and Akunumkanon's collection of Shadow Monster Tablets. With all of this power now in his hand, Thief Bakura made his way to the Phraraoh's palace with his mounted henchmen.
When they arrived they quickly dispatched of the Pharaoh's guards and Thief Bakura found his way into the Royal Chamber. Here the Millennium Item Holders waged a battle against the tomb robber, but were defeated. Atem took control and he had the upper hand. Thief Bakura knew it would be unwise to fight the Pharaoh with his limited strength and thus he fled.
The Millennium Item Holders, now began a quest to find Thief Bakura. He himself began ambushing them one by one. The first was Mahaado, who he fought in a Magic caster's sacred tomb. Mahaado attempted to defeat the thief, but he was not powerful enough, and with the last of his power, fused himself with his Illusion Magician, creating the Dark Magician. However Thief Bakura survived, and took the Millennium Ring for himself.
He then ambused Akunadin, and through dark images, convinced the man that his son (Kaiba), should be Pharaoh, rather than his brother's child (Atem). This caused a fued between the Millennium Item holders, and Thief Bakura used it as an opportune time to battle the Pharaoh. He defeated Atem, taking his Millennium Puzzle, leaving him for dead. However, Atem had in fact survived and after tracking Thief Bakura down, they waged one last battle at Kuru Eruna, the birth place of the Millennium Items. Thief Bakura lost to the mighty Pharaoh, and he was punished by Atem, being sealed inside the Millennium Ring for 5,000 years, until Bakura obtained the powerful artifact.
Present Day
At the present day, the two entities of Bakura are joined in the same body, with Thief Bakura using Bakura as a vessel for him to conduct all his work. Through Bakura, Thief Bakura still hopes to aquire all seven Millennium Items.
Duelist Kingdom
Bakura makes his first appearance in the anime series while on the cruise ship to Duelist Kingdom. Strangley enough, Bakura was not selected by Maximillion Pegasus to be an official duelist in the tournament, and thus did not posses a dueling glove and two star chips, which were required for entry onto the ship. Bakura first makes contact with the group when he confronts them at Duelist Kindgom (he is seen by Téa Gardner a few times prior to this; on the ship transporting them to Duelist Kingdom and in some woods, however she thought her mind was playing tricks on her). Here Yami Bakura traps Yuigi, his friends and the host Bakura into their favourite Duel Monster cards, leaving Yami Yugi with the responsibility to save his friends lives. This is the anime's outlook on the original japnese anime and magna's RPG story arch (see original japense anime and magna section for details). To further support this, the cards each member inhabits are similar to that of which they inhabited in the RPG.
Yugi inhabits the Dark Magician, Joey Wheeler the Flame Swordsman, Tristan Taylor the Cyber Commander and Téa Gardner the Magician of Faith. The host Bakura himself was placed into his favourite, the magic card, Change of Heart. The host Bakura saves the day, betraying Yami Bakura when he plays Change of Heart. Yami Yugi seemingly banishes Yami Bakura to the Shadow Realm.
Bakura stayed with the group up until Yugi's defeat of Maximillion Pegasus (Pegasus J. Crawford in the original Japanese anime). After which Yami Bakura challanges Pegasus to another Shadow Game, and defeats him, taking his Milennium Eye. This brought Bakura's Millenium Item count up to two.
Japanese Media
Original Japanese Magna and First Anime Series
Bakura meets Yugi and his friends Katsuya Jonouchi (Joey Wheeler in the English anime), Hiroto Honda (Tristan Taylor) and Anzu Mazaki (Téa Gardner) when he is transferred to Domino High School. Bakura tells his new friends that he has a love for games of all types, particularly the RPG "Monster World". However for some mysterious reason that he can not explain, everyone who has played with him has fallen into a coma. This is the main reason he transfers schools so often. When Yugi allowed him to hold the Millennium Puzzle, Bakura felt a sharp pain in his chest (later revealed to be the Spirit of the Millennium Ring).
That night, Bakura is busy writing a letter to his sister, Amane (who later dies in a car crash), a voice announces that he is its new host. Bakura looks down in horror to find that the sharp points of the Millennium Ring are jabbing into his skin. This voice is Dark (Yami) Bakura, a 3,000 year old ancient spirit from Egypt (Yami Bakura is a 5,000 year old spirit in the engish anime), who has his sights set on aquiring the Millennium Puzzle for himself.
Bakura sets up a miniture "Monster World" game, and the next day invites his friends to play (in the Toei anime, Miho Nosaka is also invited). Each of the group picks a type of monster they wish to play as, and Bakura seals them inside minitures of their selected monsters. Yugi becomes a monster tamer, Jonouchi a warrior, Hiroto a magic gunman and Anzu as a magician. In the Toei anime Miho becomes a gypsy. With everyone elses souls sealed in minitures, Dark Yugi (occuping Yugi's body) challanges Dark Bakura to free his friends.
The host Bakura emerges in subtle ways throughout the course of the game, causing some criticals errors for Dark Bakura's game plan. Dark Bakura realises this and decided to punish his host by impaling his right hand on a tower spire in the game, laughing insanley. The host however, would not be beated so easy, determined to save his his friends. Concealing his soul into a pair of dice, the host Bakura causes the dice to shatter, ending the game, sacraficing his life in the process. Dark Bakura is then banished to the Shadow Realm when Dark Yugi conducts a Penalty Game.
The host Bakura is dead when Dark Yugi reaches him, howver his avatar is still animated in the RPG, and that Bakura uses his healing powers to bring his own body back to life.
