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| headers = true
| image = BowmanBohman.png
| en_name = Bohman
| ja_name = ボーマン
| romaji_name = Bōman
| nicknames =
| other_names = Unknown<ref name="ep47">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|47|ref}}</ref><br>Bohboy (dub only, by Ai)
| gender = Male
| relatives = [[HaruHarlin]] ("younger brother")<ref name="ep48">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|48|ref}}</ref>
| appears_in_anime = ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS]]''
| anime_debut = {{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|47|ref}}
| anime_deck = [[Hydradrive]]
| ja_voice = [[Kenji Matsuda]]<ref name="YGOrg More Info On Season 2">{{cite web | url = https://ygorganization.com/areyoureadyforvrainstogethotblooded/ | title = <nowiki>The Organization | [VRAINS] More Info On Season 2</nowiki> | publisher = YGOrganization | date = March 20, 2018 | accessdate = April 22, 2018}}</ref>
| en_voice = [[Sam Black]]<ref name="envoice">[https://twitter.com/SamBlackVoices/status/1171831008817078272 Sam Black Twitter]</ref>
}}
'''Bohman''' (ボーマン ''Bōman"'') is a character of in the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS ]]'' anime working under Lightning, and the secondary and final antagonist of the second season. He is described as a mysterious Duelist who works with [[Harlin]] towards their goal. He initially lacks memories, and his belief of his identity changes until it is the revealed that he is a third generation of AI A.I. created by [[Lightning]] as a vessel , intended to unify all of assimilate the six [[Ignis into one perfect body]] as their successor. He is the secondary antagonist and later the final antagonist of Season 2. Bohman also serves as Playmaker's rival during the latter's team-up with After managing to assimilate [[Aqua (character)|Aqua]], [[Earth (character)|Earth]], [[Flame (character)|Flame]], [[VarisWindy]]and Lightning, Bohman challenged Playmaker to a fourth Duel, but was ultimately defeated.
==Design==
===Appearance===
{{triple image|left|Bowman-ConceptArt.png|220|Bohman Armor.png|208|Bohman_Third_Form.png|205|Bohman's three VR forms.}}
Bohman is a dark-skinned man, with orange eyes that have the irises lined in yellow. His hair is long and wild, flaring out in the shape of his shoulders, and is predominantly brown, but is blonde on the top with a small section of red at the border between brown and blonde hair, including a matching diamond at the top of his skull, and a thin orange fringe, eyebrows, a large bang of orange hair, and orange braids held in aquamarine bands that extend from his sideburns. An aquamarine diamond symbol is on his forehead and chin; the one on his chin melds with his red "chin-strap", which in turn melds with the pink sections on his cheeks. Bohman is extremely muscular, leaving his upper torso mostly bare in his first outfit and having abdominal muscles patterned on his armor in his second.
Bohman appears in a different outfit within [[LINK VRAINS]] in each of his appearances; he has appeared in three different outfits, each corresponding to his personality at the time. In the first, he wears a skintight jumpsuit that is silver on the legs, purple on the knees and calves, and blue on the feet and the torso, which exposes his abs, chest, and shoulders; the torso section covers his sides and underarms, and wraps around his biceps, ending in purple cuffs. This outfit is worn under his subsequent ones, representing his state as a relative blank slate at them the time. In the second, he wears a black chestplate with a broad, gold-lined collar and shoulder pauldrons, pink lines across his collarbone, and white sections on the thigh pauldrons. He also wears long black finger-less gauntlets with pink backs on the hands, golden cuffs, knuckles, and wristband on his right wrist (his [[Duel Disk]] covers his other wrist), white pants, and black calf-length boots with his symbol attached to the knee and extending midway up his thigh and down his shin, in addition to a red the "Hydradrive" crest on his belt buckle resembling a wolf's head. When he uses "Storm Access", the symbol on his chest glows. His armored appearance is symbolic of his rage towards [[Yusaku Fujiki]] at the time, as he believed that he was the true Yusaku and that Yusaku himself was a false copy. His third and final outfit is a more military garb resembling that worn by [[Jin Kolter]] in LINK VRAINS; he wears a white sword-shaped mantle with a gold border and a blue tip and shoulderpads. Under this mantle he wears a long black coat with a purple band at the hips below an orange belt, and with golden edges. He also wears blue gauntlets with golden cuffs, black boots with blue soles, and white pants. This "softer" outfit represents his calmer personality following his determining of his true origins. Prior to his first form, Bohman appeared in the form of a yellow energy beingwith a swirling vortex for a face; this energy peeled away to reveal his true form when he was damaged enough.
As with all members of [[Lightning]]'s organization, a strange, star-shaped symbol resembling the Southern Cross appears prominently in Bohman's design, occasionally attached to a diamond-shape at one of the points; a yellow one on his bare chest, yellow ones on his ankle cuffs, orange sections that are part of his braids, and blue ones on his forearms in his first outfit. His armor retains the star on the chestplate, and has pink-lined golden elongated stars on his knees and forearms. His military garb has the star on the mantle in orange, and in gold on his gauntlets and boots.
===Personality===
Bohman's personality changes over his appearances. During his first Duel with Playmaker, he remains relatively stoic and is unaware of his actions prior, yet he assesses the state of the Duel and plans his moves within seconds. He expresses horror that he took someone's consciousness. When his memories are altered by [[Lightning]] to believe himself to be [[Yusaku Fujiki]], he became determined to reclaim his "real" body and defeat the "impostor", and remained in a state of anger throughout much of the Duel. Despite this, he intended to honor his promise to return [[Jin Kolter]]'s consciousness to Playmaker, though he was spirited away before he was able to do so. Once Bohman learns of his true origins, he begins to evolve as an individual. He becomes much calmer and demonstrates a nobility that contrasts the more sadistic demeanors of Lightning and Windy. He affably compliments his opponents during a Duel, and he expresses disappointment at his fellows using underhanded tactics to the point of stepping in and stopping Lightning from holding Jin and [[Specter]] hostage during his Duel with [[Varis]]. When he defeated [[Skye Zaizen|Blue Maiden]], he allowed [[Akira Zaizen]] to see her one last time before she was assimilated. Though he knows of his and [[Harlin]]'s true origins, he still views him as a little brother and cries upon learning of his erasure, promising not to forget him. Indeed in his final moments, it is Harlin that Bohman thinks of. After Harlin's defeat, Bohman comes to know anger, hatred and sorrow for the first time in his life. As a result, despite caring for Harlin, he is simultaneously thankful to Blue Maiden and Aqua for allowing him to feel those emotions and develop as an individual, and he demonstrates no grudges against them during their Duel. Likewise he expresses gratitude for Soulburner when he regards him with fury, as he believes this validates him as an individual, and during his final Duel with Playmaker he expresses thanks for him serving as the basis of his heart and offers to give him a happy existence within him after absorbing him. In the dub, after learning of his true purpose, Bohman is noticeably harsher-spoken and more arrogant, speaking with a more dramatic tone during a Duel. He also demonstrates a degree of sadism as he taunts Ai about the fate of the Cyberse, though it is also suggested he is simply saying this to play mind games with Ai as he was in the original version. Bohman retains his capacity for offering compliments, but maintains a superior attitude. After Harlin is defeated, Bohman becomes vengeful and targets Blue Maiden to avenge his brother's defeat, though as he did in the original version, he admits he is thankful to Blue Maiden for stirring such emotions in him, as he believes they amplified his Dueling skills. Even after doing so, he remains motivated by Harlin's loss and during their final Duel Playmaker accuses Bohman of ultimately fighting for revenge over the loss of Harlin. Though Bohman opposes the underhanded actions of Lightning, to the point of denying him aid after Lightning cheats to win his Duel with Varis, he too ultimately believes in the superiority of A.I. over humans. As he begins absorbing the Ignis and becoming more powerful, he declares himself a god, and he desires to absorb humanity into himself to give them all a painless existence rather than destroy them. He believes that he is capable of choosing the right path for the word and that a singular existence would prevent conflict. He suggests to Lightning that this superiority means they do not need to use dirty tactics and that they can win fairly. This belief in the superiority of A.I. is magnified in the dub, and he commonly brings the topic up. Bohman goes as far as to suggest that all A.I. should be treated with the same respect as living creatures by humans, and he states that the reign of humans should come to an end. ===Abilities===Bohman's abilities are enhanced by programs given to him by [[Lightning]], [[Harlin]], and [[Windy]]. He is capable of manifesting in the real world and extracting a human's consciousness even without a connection to [[LINK VRAINS]], he can resist [[Ai]]'s attempts to devour him due to an anti-[[Ignis]] program, and he is capable of using his [[Skill]] during a [[Master Duel]] by freely summoning a [[Data Storm]]. As he continues to grow through Dueling [[Yusaku Fujiki|Playmaker]] and Ai, his Dueling strategies develop and become more complex and his abilities become stronger. After regaining his memories, he was strong enough to pass through a high-density Data Storm unaided, albeit not without brief injury, and skilled enough to defeat Playmaker in a [[Duel Board]] race. Once he becomes one with [[Mirror LINK VRAINS]], Bohman's abilities continue to increase; simply with his willpower, he is able to take control of LINK VRAINS and cause it to glitch and quake, preventing users from logging out. Bohman claims that luck itself is part of him as a result, suggesting that he can either predict or influence his dice rolls during a Duel. He can also sense actions and remotely disable systems, and project Avatars across a distance. When he defeats people in a Duel in Mirror LINK VRAINS, he can absorb their data and make it part of himself. He gains new abilities as he absorbs the Ignis; after absorbing [[Earth (character)|Earth's]] data and [[Aqua (character)|Aqua]] he is able to alter the appearance of Mirror LINK VRAINS to a limited degree, and this ability is enhanced after he absorbs more of the Ignis. He becomes so powerful that he is able to overpower Lightning's programs after absorbing Flame and Windy.
===Etymology===
==Biography==
===Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS===
==Deck==
! scope="col" | Outcome
|-
| [[Yusaku Fujiki|Yusaku FujikuFujiki/Playmaker]] || [[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - Episode 047|47]]-[[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - Episode 048|48]] || Lose
|-
| [[Yusaku Fujiki|Yusaku FujikuFujiki/Playmaker]] || [[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - Episode 057|57]]-[[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - Episode 058|58]] || Lose
|-
| [[Yusaku Fujiki|Yusaku FujikuFujiki/Playmaker]] || [[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - Episode 072|72]]-[[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - Episode 073|73]] || [[DRAW]]
|-
| [[Skye Zaizen|Skye Zaizen/Blue Maiden]] || [[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - Episode 090|90]]-[[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - Episode 091|91]] || Win
|-
| [[Takeru HomuraTheodore Hamilton|Takeru HomuraTheodore Hamilton/Soulburner]] || [[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - Episode 094|94]]-[[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - Episode 095|95]] || Win
|-
| [[Yusaku Fujiki|Yusaku FujikuFujiki/Playmaker]] || [[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - Episode 099|99]]-[[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - Episode 102|102]] || Lose
|}
==Trivia==
* Bohman's name and motive seems to be inspired by David Bowman, a character from science fiction writer, [[wikipedia:Arthur C. Clarke|Arthur C. Clarke]]'s ''[[wikipedia:Space Odyssey|Space Odyssey]]'' novel series. In the series, David Bowman was an astronaut sent along with four other people and a supercomputer, [[wikipedia:HAL 9000|HAL 9000]] on a mission to the planet [[wikipedia:Jupiter|Jupiter]]. Due to the supercomputer's malfunction, which resulted in the death of the other four astronauts, Bowman had to shut it down during the trip. Upon reaching Jupiter, Bowman discovers a mysterious monolith and through it, transformd into a "Star Child", an immortal being that resides in outer space. During the last installment of the series, HAL 9000 and Bowman would merge together into a new being known as "HALman".
* Bohman has some similarities to [[Varis]]. Both have Dueled Playmaker exactly four times and were his final opponents for the season. They were also secondary antagonists, but became the final antagonist upon the deaths of the true masterminds ([[Lightning]] and [[Kiyoshi Kogami|Dr. Kogami]], respectively); however, unlike Varis, who had two Duels against Playmaker that ended in DRAWs, Bohman only managed to achieve one DRAW against Playmaker and lost the other three Duels against Playmaker.
* Outside of flashbacks, Bohman is the only [[Duelist]] in ''Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS'' to win against Theodore Hamilton.
==References==