Ryo Bakura
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“I'm not British, I'm just gay.”
“This guy wasted 25 episodes just to transform into a giant black demon with a dragon growing between his legs. And they said I have no class!”
“I've seen better antagonists at an anime convention!”
“An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind!”
Ryou Bakura is a fictional character and the main antagonist in the popular anime series Yu-Gi-Oh!. He is also one of the greatest villains in the history of anime. He can easily be recognized by his ridicoulous white hair, and British accent.
Role in Manga/Anime[edit | edit source]
Introduced as a new exchange student early on in the series, Bakura quickly befriends Yugi Mutou. However, Bakura possesses the Millennium Ring,which for some unknown reason, is not even a ring, more like a circle with spikes growing out of it. Unknown to Bakura, the ring houses an evil spirit that seems to have nothing better to do than trying to steal Yugi's Millennium Puzzle. The spirit is also successful in stealing the Millennium Eye,by ripping it out of some gay pedophiles eye. He is non-existent for the rest of the first season.
In the Battle City arc, he teams up with the a fanboy Marik Ishtar to help steal Yugi's puzzle. As neither character has any sense of originality, they plan on entering the tournament and defeating him in the finals. Their plan goes perfectly until Marik turns into a crazy psycho and banishes him to the shadow realm. Bakura laughs and tells Pschyo Marik that he is "the darkness", making no connection whatsoever with the episode's plot. After that, he returns to seclusion for a very long time.
In the last season arc, he is promoted to the position of main villain by default. It is also disovered in this final season, that Bakura was just a giant demon with a dragon like penis. Insead of defeating Yugi the traditional way, you know, with childrens playing cards, Bakura has some fun and invites Yugi to play some over-dramatic RPG. It involves them dressing up and roaming the streets of ancient Egypt. The results were disastrous. The citizens of Egypt, particularly those of Kul Elna, mistook it for a anime cosplaying convention.
Early life[edit | edit source]
Bakura stalked Yugi's group for five episodes (episodes three through eight) so he can potentially be a main character. When he introduced himself to them, music from "The Omen" plays, foreshadowing the Yami Bakura personality. Yami Bakura takes over and duels Yami, to which he loses. Bakura joins the crew with Yami Bakura taking over at various times. Bakura's Parents wanted a girl, so like any good parents they decided to raise him as a girl named Florence which would later on cause him server mental scarring). His father had been a Drunken English man and one night went berserk. In her fear of this his mother found a teapot and figured that she could somehow use it as a weapon. Obviously this retarded plan doesn't work so he ends up taking the teapot and using his ancient egyptian Eye Beams to instantly boil the tea so he can pour it on her, which he does. He then goes over to his son and for no apparent reason (other than being drunk says "Why So British?" which somehow causes his son to spontaneously develop a british acent. Later his father feels guilty about this and so on a trip to egypt while he was looking to purchace some blue hair dye, he buys his son a evil posesed ring (just like any loving father would do) and instaled it with a gaydar to protect him from gay people who might want to molest him (as he looks so bloody efeminit]].
He was one of the founding members of some gay band, but quit when Yami Bakura refused to to do a duet with Jonouchi. Some German Pacifist discovered the lyrics and sold it on e-bay. This made Yami Bakura rage so hard that he went over and killed him banished him to the Shadow Realm. This caused a major controversy and almost led to Bakura's retirement from anime, manga, and anything remotely Japanese.
Ancient Bakura's family was murdered in the Egyptian City of Kul Elna. It was done on the order of Hitler, who mistaked his family for Jews. Bakura, however, was told by Zorc, that the Egyptian Royal Family was behind the massacre at Kul Elna. He started hating the Pharaoh (Akunumkanon) and wanted him to pay for his crimes. Yami Bakura didn't know that the Pharaoh didn't order the destruction of his village. When Akunumkanon died, Yami Bakura was angry because he wasn't the cause of death. His hate transferred to Atem, and when he found out what the bodies of his loved ones were used for, he went after the Items. First it was to lay his village to rest, then it was to destroy Atem, and then it was for power. Zork came along before the last one and offered Yami Bakura power to defeat the Pharaoh in exchange for his service, or something along those lines.
Differences in the Manga and Anime[edit | edit source]
After reading the anime and the manga, one can conclude that there are many differences between his two alter egos. This confused many readers/viewers. Especially in the last story arc, when there were like five of these guys running around. Even the fan girls couldn't keep up with it. And to top things off, he gets this smexy new Egyptian avatar. In the manga he loves RPGs, in the anime he's just British. In the manga he is very sadistic and cruel, while in the anime he's just British. In the manga he is very manipulative, in the anime he's just British. In the manga he is very evil, but in the anime he's just British. In the manga he is a good duelist, in the anime he is just British. I ccould go on and list more, but this article was written by a Polytheist and despite the fact that that has nothing to do with this, I decided to post it anyway. Hehehe...
Character Voicing, Appearance[edit | edit source]
In the Duelist Kingdom arc, he wears a totally British sweater. Later on his out fit includes an unbuttoned sky blue collared short sleeved shirt over a blue and white horizontally striped t-shirt. His white hair is pointed downwards in various directions and trails just past his shoulders. He wears the Millennium Ring on a thin rope or cord around his neck. His talks in a British accent, winning the hearts of many fangirls. These mannerisms, have also, however, led to many accusing him of bieng gay. Bakura's response to these claims is that he is just British, not gay. Ryo has quite a shy personality, so the "I'm not good with girls" thing doesn't necessarily make him homosexual or asexual. Just...shy. And he has a feminine appearance, but he's an anime character, and that's quite typical of anime boys. In the millennium world arc Bakura possesses a unique scar over his right eye, with two horizontal marks underneath it. The mark seems to be inflicted by some sort of blade, though who inflicted it, when, and why is never revealed in canon. Perhaps it was ancient Pscyo Marik. Nonetheless, Bakura is still able to see out of that eye. The fangirls went crazy when Bakura agreed to pose nude for Playboy.
Deck[edit | edit source]
Bakura uses an Occult Deck for the initial part of the show, using monsters that reflect his views on the supernatural.He uses a bunch of annoying and often, weak, normal monsters, and the only strategy is to lose a bunch of life points, and scare the shit out of your opponent. His favorite card is Change of Heart, a Spell Card that ironically, caused his defeat in his first duel. His Battle City deck helped him beat some sociopath kid in some cemetary. The signature card of this deck is Dark Necrofear, a powerful fiend monster. Once destroyed, Bakura can play Dark Sanctuary, a card that fills the arena with eyes and mouths. When all else fails, Bakura is known to use other things than the cards in his deck. Bakura is known to possess the skill of fighting with ancient Egyptian laser beams.The only other person to know this is a guy named Pegasus. Pegasus, already weakened from his duel with Yugi, lost the laser battle, and Bakura tore the Millennium Eye from its socket and took it for his own. Then, later on in the series, Bakura hands the eye over to Kaiba, making the the whole eye-ripping thing pointless. He later uses a deck based upon some giant snake thing. Yes, we all have times in our lives when, out of desperation, we command giant snake things to battle people.
Use of the Gaydar[edit | edit source]
Bakura is perhaps one of the most famous users of this invention.It was given to his good side by his father to protect him from homosexuals whom may want to molest him, however his evil side (who lived in the gaydar and entered his body through it had other plans. He carries it around throughout the series and uses it to locate gay people, like Marik. Why he does so is a mystery. Perhaps he likes to make new friends. And who wouldnt spend their free time looking for gay people? After his retirement from anime, he opened a shop in Chicago, selling Gaydars to straight people. He now owns a multimillionaire corporation which has extended the uses of the gaydars, to wide range public use. He has even done ads, that have made millions of dollars. But they have also offended many rednecks. But then again, they're just a bunch of rednecks. Who cares? Bakura also does tea parties.
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