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* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist]]''* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Millennium WorldR]]''

Bakura was a holder of the [[Millennium Ring (manga)|Millennium Ring]]. This caused him to bear host to the evil spirit [[Dark Bakura (manga)|Dark Bakura]], who could take control of Bakura's body when in possession of the Ring. Dark Bakura often manipulated Bakura to achieve his goals and turn games with Bakura's friends into [[Shadow Games]]. Despite knowing the danger of the Millennium Ring, Bakura was fond of keeping it close to him and keen on learning the secrets of the [[Millennium Items (manga)|Millennium Items]].

Bakura and [[Bakura's father (manga)|his father]] once went on a trip to Egypt to acquire the [[Millennium Ring (manga)|Millennium Ring]]. They arrived, and his father went to [[Shadi Shin]], who allowed him to be tested by the ring, while Ryo was hiding. The ring rejected him and when Bakura rushed to his aid, he remained concerned about the ring. Ryo proceeded to pick up the ring, resulting in him getting possessed by [[Dark Bakura (manga)|Dark Bakura]], a malignant spirit within the Ring, who murdered Shadi, and attacked the [[Prana]] children present.<ref>''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions]]''</ref>

When Bakura transferred to [[Domino High School (manga)|Domino High School]], he sat next to [[Katsuya Jonouchi (manga)|Katsuya Jonouchi]] and quickly befriended him. During the lunch break of Bakura's first day, Jonouchi introduced him to his friends [[Yugi Mutou (manga)|Yugi Mutou]], [[Anzu Mazaki (manga)|Anzu Mazaki]] and [[Hiroto Honda (manga)|Hiroto Honda]]. Bakura was impressed to hear that Yugi's family owned [[Kame GameStore (manga)|a game store]]. He told his new friends about his interest in gaming and how he liked ''[[Monster World]]''. The others liked the sound of ''Monster World'' and suggested that they play it the next day. Bakura reluctantly agreed, thinking about what happened when he played games with his older friends. Bakura asked Yugi about his [[Millennium Puzzle (manga)|Millennium Puzzle]] and was about to tell him that he had a similar item, but stopped after feeling a pain in his chest.<ref name="d 50" />

[[File:YGO-050 Get a haircutKarita harasses Bakura.jpgpng|thumb|right|Bakura gets bullied by [[Mr. Karita]].]]

At school, Bakura saw [[Yugi Mutou (manga)|Yugi]]'s grandfather, [[Sugoroku Mutou (manga)|Sugoroku]], on the on Yugi's camcorder and mistook the device for a video phone when Sugoroku spoke to him. [[Katsuya Jonouchi (manga)|Jonouchi]] explained that [[Dark Yugi (manga)|Dark Yugi]] lost [[Dark Yugi and Maximillion J. Pegasus' TV Duel (manga)|a game]] of ''[[Duel Monsters]]'' to an apparent video recording of the [[Millennium Eye (manga)|Millennium Eye]] holder, [[Maximillion J. Pegasus (manga)|Maximillion J. Pegasus]], after which Pegasus used his power to seal Sugoroku's soul in [[Pegasus' videotape|the videotape]]. Yugi and Jonouchi said that they would have to go to the [[Duelist Kingdom (manga)|Duelist Kingdom]] ''Duel Monsters'' tournament in order to return Sugoroku to normal and Bakura showed interest in going to the kingdom to learn the secrets of the Millennium Items. He shocked his friends by showing them he still carried the Millennium Ring, but insisted it was safe as long as he did not wear it. Bakura went to [[Kame GameStore (manga)|Yugi's house]] after school that day. He saw Yugi's invitation and watched [[Serenity's videotape|a videotape]] Jonouchi received from his sister [[Shizuka Kawai (manga)|Shizuka]], but initially mistook as another tape from Pegasus. Bakura then learned about Shizuka needing an operation to prevent her going blind.<ref name="d d 4">{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist|4|ref}}</ref>

[[File:D-004 The adventure begins.jpg|thumb|left|Bakura travels to [[Duelist Kingdom (manga)|Duelist Kingdom]] with [[Anzu Mazaki (manga)|Anzu]], [[Katsuya Jonouchi (manga)|Jonouchi]], [[Yugi Mutou (manga)|Yugi]] and [[Hiroto Honda (manga)|Honda]].]]

[[File:D-026 Millennium Ring pointing.jpgpng|thumb|right|230px300px|Bakura discovers the Millennium Ring pointing towards [[Pegasus Castle]].]]Bakura, Jonouchi and Honda were woken when they heard the commotion from Mai and Dark Yugi's Duels with the [[Player Killer of Darkness (manga)|Player Killer of Darkness]].<ref>{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist|25|ref}}</ref> As the boys tried going back to sleep again later, they were woken by Bakura screaming as he noticed a needle on the [[Millennium Ring (manga)|Millennium Ring]] was pointing towards [[Pegasus Castle]]. He theorized that it was reacting to the [[Millennium Eye (manga)|Millennium Eye]]. He admitted to the others that learning the secrets of the Millennium Items had been one of the reasons he had come to the island and assured them that he would not put the Ring on.<ref name="d d 26" />

With the Millennium Ring pointing in the direction of the Millennium Eye, Bakura was able to navigate in the direction of Pegasus Castle. This brought the group to the [[Paradox Brothers' dungeon|Meikyû Brothers' dungeon]].<ref name="d d 33" /> Jonouchi and Dark Yugi [[Dark Yugi, Jonouchi and the Meikyû Brothers' Duel (manga)|Dueled]] and defeated the [Paradox [Meikyû Brothers(manga)|Meikyû Brothers]] to gain access to the exit. Bakura, Anzu and Honda celebrated Dark Yugi and Jonouchi each reaching 10 Star Chips. However the group still had to solve a riddle to find which of two doors was the true exit. As they searched for clues, Dark Bakura spoke to Bakura. He asked him to put on the Ring, so that he could take control. As a master thief, Dark Bakura said he would have no problem choosing the correct door. Bakura refused at first, but when Dark Bakura pointed out that he and is friends would be trapped otherwise, he complied. Pretending to be Bakura, Dark Bakura was able to aid Dark Yugi in fooling the Meikyû Brothers into letting him choose the correct door. He returned control to Bakura afterwards.<ref>{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist|39|ref}}</ref>

Bakura joined the finalists for a [[Duelist Kingdom dinner party|dinner party]].<ref name="d d 52" /> Here he saw a portrait of [[Shadi Shin|Shadi]]. Dark Yugi, Jonouchi, Anzu and Honda told him that Shadi was a Millennium Item holder, who had nearly killed them in the [[Trial of the Mind]]. This enforced Bakura's suspicions that the secrets of the Millennium Items were hidden on the island. When Honda asked Dark Yugi to try and save the Kaiba brothers from Pegasus, Jonouchi showed them no sympathy, but Bakura backed-up Honda. Although Bakura thought Kaiba seemed selfish and arrogant and did not know the full extent of what he did at [[Death-T]], he thought that Kaiba could not be all bad, since he risked his life to save his brother. However he apologized when Jonouchi told him that he did not know what Kaiba was really like. The finalists each had a [[Replica Millennium Eye (manga)|replicaMillennium Eye]] in their soup as part of a bingo to randomize the pairings for the semi finals. Bakura asked Dark Yugi if he could have his replica eye afterwards.<ref name="d d 53">{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist|53|ref}}</ref>

Bakura and Honda were not present for either of the semi finals, as they had spent the night looking for Mokuba and were bring bringing him to a bedroom in the morning.<ref name="d d 65">{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist|65|ref}}</ref> As they did so, they spotted Jonouchi running around looking for his "[[The Honor of the King's Right (manga)|The Honor of the King's Right]]".<ref>{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist|60|ref}}</ref> Before Dark Yugi faced Pegasus, they informed their friends where they had been. As Bakura urged Dark Yugi to kill Pegasus, Honda noticed he had been acting different, like when they were at the dungeon, but thought it was a bad time to bring the matter up.<ref name="d d 65" />

Bakura attended the grand opening of the [[Black Clown]], along with [[Yugi Mutou (manga)|Yugi]], [[Katsuya Jonouchi (manga)|Jonouchi]], [[Anzu Mazaki (manga)|Anzu]] and [[Sugoroku Mutou (manga)|Sugoroku]]. As they purchased their own ''[[Dungeon Dice Monsters]]'' Booster Packs, they got separated from Yugi. In his excitement, Sugoroku invited them back to [[Kame GameStore (manga)|his house]] to try and play ''Dungeon Dice Monsters'', without worrying about Yugi.<ref>{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist|77|ref}}</ref>

Bakura agreed to meet [[Anzu Mazaki (manga)|Anzu]], [[Hiroto Honda (manga)|Honda]] and [[Sugoroku Mutou (manga)|Sugoroku]] at the beginning of the [[Battle City (manga)|Battle City]] tournament to cheer for [[Yugi Mutou (manga)|Yugi]] and [[Katsuya Jonouchi (manga)|Jonouchi]]. However he stayed up all night writing an adventure for a tabletop role-playing game and showed up an hour late the next day. He met Anzu and Sugoroku, but Honda had left on a trip. As the three of them searched for Yugi and Jonouchi they found [[Strings|a mime]] that had been standing still for a day. Bakura shouted "boo" in front of him, but got no reaction.<ref name="d d 107">{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist|107|ref}}</ref>

As Jonouchi searched for his next opponent, Dark Bakura possessed Bakura as the Millennium Ring had sensed the presence of [[Marik Ishtar (manga)|Marik Ishtar]]'s [[Millennium Rod (manga)|Millennium Rod]]. Dark Bakura separated from the others, who thought Bakura got lost in the crowd. He then stole a Duel Disk and [[Locator Card|Puzzle Card]] from a tournament participant and confronted Marik.<ref name="d d 119" /> Dark Bakura agreed to help Marik in exchange for his Millennium Rod. To help him get close to Yugi's friends, Dark Bakura stabbed Bakura's arm and relinquished control to Bakura, who fell unconscious.<ref>{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist|121|ref}}</ref><ref>{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist|122|ref}}</ref>

One night, Dark Bakura possessed Bakura to stop [[God Card thief|a thief]] from stealing [[Yugi Mutou (manga)|Yugi]]'s [[Egyptian God]] Cards and give Yugi the [[Millennium Eye (manga)|Millennium Eye]].<ref>{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh! Millennium World|2|ref}}</ref><ref>{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh! Millennium World|3|ref}}</ref> The next day, Bakura went to school tired, unaware that his body had been awake late the night before. He, Yugi, [[Anzu Mazaki (manga)|Anzu]], [[Katsuya Jonouchi (manga)|Jonouchi]] and [[Hiroto Honda (manga)|Honda]] discussed Dark Yugi regaining his memories and Dark Yugi assured them that he would not forget them if he got his old memories back.<ref name="mw d 3">{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh! Millennium World|3|ref}}</ref>

[[File:MW-007 problem with Bakura.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Millennium ScaleScales (manga)|Millennium Scales]] detects evil in Bakura.]]After school, as part of the ritual to regain Dark Yugi's memories, Bakura and his friends went to the Museum, where Dark Yugi was to present the Egyptian God Cards to a tablet.<ref name="mw d 3" /> After doing so, Dark Yugi left Yugi's body and [[Bobasa (manga)|Bobasa]] explained that he had went to the [[Memory World]]<ref>{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh! Millennium World|5|ref}}</ref> to relive his past, including his death. Bobasa said that the others were allowed to enter the Memory World to help him,<ref>{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh! Millennium World|6|ref}}</ref> but before that he used the [[Millennium Scales (manga)|Millennium Scales]] to test them. Since Bakura shared his body with Dark Bakura, the Scales detected evil in his heart and he was not allowed to enter.<ref>{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh! Millennium World|7|ref}}</ref>