Hey guys, what is up? My name is the Analytical Duelist and this is actually
my first ever YouTube video! So before we get started, I'd really like to do a few
pointers just so that way you guys kind of get the rhythm of how I do these
things. I grew up watching Yu-Gi-Oh! and Yu-Gi-Oh! GX and it was fabulous.
The only problem I have is from 5D's onwards... Unless they are recommended by
you guys and you guys want me to do videos over them,
I will not include them. I will never do a video without you guys wanting me to
do anything from the new generations. I'm sorry they're just not my favorite and,
to be honest, they are a little bit ridiculous--but please don't click away
from the video just because I said that! Also, I grew up watching the Japanese
version of the show, so I'm gonna use the Japanese names because I'm more familiar
with them. If you guys want me to use the English names, please specify, and if you
guys don't really know the Japanese equivalency for some of the more English
people out there, I will also include that in the description below so that
way you guys can kind of follow along and kind of get a glimpse of who I'm talking
about. So today is very exciting. I'm gonna start off the video with one
of my favorite characters from a movie that recently came out in 2016. The movie
is Dark Side of Dimensions, and I'm not entirely certain if you guys have seen
it, so this episode is gonna contain a lot of spoilers. But I'm gonna be doing
one on my favorite character: my favorite character is Ryou Bakura. I absolutely
love his character, especially in the Dark Side of Dimensions, which is why
today, I'm going to be doing a character analysis on Bakura in Dark Side of Dimensions.
(So this will be his entire personality and his entire structure based
on the movie.) So I'm really excited to do this and I hope you guys are too, so
let's get started!
Bakura's character in Dark Side of Dimensions focuses
mainly on real Bakura, the good Bakura. It was really awesome that they decided
to use the good Bakura rather than the evil Bakura because he's given so much
more screen time in Dark Side of Dimensions than he was in the original
anime. Unfortunately, the original anime focused mainly on Yami-Bakura since he
was one of the main antagonists, but [I'll] save that for a different video.
Kazuki Takahashi did a fabulous job creating Bakura's character, and I can't
thank him enough for doing so. Of course, the anime being ten years old and the
movie being brand new, they did change a few things about his appearance,
one of them being his eye color. In the original anime, he had brown eyes, but now,
he has purple eyes; and the different lengths and styles of his hair. He had
white hair originally in the anime, but they changed it to grey hair in
DSoD (Dark Side of Dimensions). They did a fabulous job of developing the real Bakura's
character, and they did that by giving him his own scene. Of course, there were a
few differences from the anime. In the anime, Bakura's father was in Egypt on
a business trip, and he actually came into contact with the Sennen Ring from a
local merchant. He purchased it and brought it home as a gift for his son,
Ryou. However, DSoD shows
that Ryou and his father both lived in Egypt, and that his father was obsessed
with finding the Sennen Ring. One night, he goes out to try and search in the Valley
of the Kings to find the Sennen Ring, and Ryou tags along without his father
knowing. Bakura's father finally finds the Sennen Ring but is thoroughly
surprised when he sees Shadi and children guarding the tomb. Bakura's
father goes mad and he pulls out all the money he possibly can carry in a
briefcase and he offers it to Shadi, saying that he'll buy the Ring no matter
what the price is. Shadi then states that the Ring cannot be purchased, but rather
it must choose a suitable host before [he] can become into possession of the
Sennen Ring. Bakura's father tried on the Ring and he failed the test, resulting in
him being severely injured. Ryou comes to his father's aid, but his father is too
wrapped up in the excitement of finding the Sennen Ring and the pain from his
injuries to even notice that his son is there.
He's only focused on finding where the Ring landed.
Ryou, trying to help, goes and
picks up the Ring. The Ring decided that Ryou was going to be the
chosen one and was a suitable host for the ancient spirit. After being possessed
by the evil spirit, he goes on to kill Shadi and then tries to severely hurt
the children before he leaves with a new host.
For those of you who grew up
watching the 4-Kids! dub, you noticed that (a lot of the times) any sort of
violence or death was eliminated. But since 4-Kids! no longer exists (yay), they
were actually able to keep the original design and the original plot for Bakura's
possession, which was a good thing because of the line that's mentioned
later on.
One of the most interesting lines in the entire scene is when Bakura
is speaking with Aigami and he says:
"I am so sorry. It's not easy to lose someone. I know because I lost someone as well on that day."
This is a very interesting phrase that we hear from Bakura. We aren't entirely
certain if he's talking about his father, who might have physically died because
of his injuries, or his good self--the side that was pushed aside in order to
make room for the evil spirit.
Another great thing that DSoD
added was the previous scene, where Bakura was walking with Jounouchi (Joey) and Aigami.
You see Bakura fall to his knees, and he
grips his head and he says:
"I don't want to relive that memory...No, why am I talking about this? I don't want to revisit the terrible things that happened that night!"
This combined with the vivid flashbacks and the
intense trembling shows that he has some form of PTSD, or post-traumatic stress
disorder, which is incredibly common in people who have been abused. I won't go
into the relationship with the good Bakura and the bad Bakura in this episode,
but I will say that some of the signs that he shows really does prove that the
relationship with the Sennen Ring proved to be a very traumatizing experience for Ryou.
We see Bakura facing a lot of different opponents in the original anime. However
in DSoD, we never really get to see him duel. There was an
idea that was proposed by Yugi that they should all get together for one final
duel before graduation, but that [is] never (shown).
I hate to be a
Debbie Downer and end the episode on such a low note, so I decided that I'll
start with some of the negatives and then move on to some of the positives. So
here are the negatives: I don't mean to sound nitpicky or be extremely
detail-oriented, but one of the biggest disappointments was that it never showed
any of Ryou's scars. In the original manga, Yami-Bakura was seen stabbing Ryou's left
hand into the tower of a castle. Another point in the manga was when Yami-Bakura
was working with Marik Ishtar and (he) stabbed himself in the left arm and made
a deep gash. This is where in the anime Marik finally meets Jounouchi (Joey) and Anzu (Téa).
You might remember the episode, especially the scene where Marik is seen
carrying Bakura because Bakura is injured. That's where the injury comes
from: Yami-Bakura. For whatever reason, the anime left the detail out.
Another really disappointing factor was when the entire group was up on the roof talking about
their futures. Everyone mentioned what they were going to do in the future.
Unfortunately, no one bothers to ask Bakura about his future, so we really don't see
what he has in store for the next 10 years of his life, especially once he
gets out of (high school). This was actually really depressing for me because I
really wanted to see what Bakura wanted to do with his life, especially after the
traumatizing experiences he had with Yami-Bakura. I hate being so nitpicky, but
this was something that just could not be ignored, so I had to focus on it:
Bakura's age. When the anime started, he was a first-year high schooler (in) Japan,
which is equivalent to a sophomore in the United States. Most sophomores begin
when they're 15 and end when they're 16, so he's around that age when the anime
starts. Most commonly in animes, a season represents a year. Since there are five
seasons in the original Yu-Gi-Oh! anime, that would mean that five years have
passed. (Those of you who don't really believe in that theory, we'll just say
that it was three years that the entire Yu-Gi-Oh! series took place)
Despite cutting out two years, he still would end up to be 20 or 21 years old, if
this were reality!! But the movie only portrays him being 18 or 19 and ready to
graduate high school. (This entire inaccuracy is based on
estimations and theories, so you can't take my word for it).
Let's see what the
DSoD did right about Bakura. I loved the idea that DSoD
uses different outfits for different situations. You see one outfit
being worn by Bakura at the mall. Then, you see him when he's walking with
Aigami, he has a different outfit. It also shows him in a school uniform
and it really gives a good and unique perspective on the characters and how
they go about their everyday lives, especially in school and out of school.
It was wonderful to see the characters in different outfits in different
situations because a lot of the time, anime characters usually wear the
same things, and that gets a little stale after a while, so this was a very unique approach.
Another great thing that DSoD s did was included
Bakura's popularity with female students. A lot of the times, when we think about
Bakura, we think about drooling fangirls and DSoD definitely
delivered that. In the scene where the main characters are eating lunch at the
mall, Anzu (Téa) actually points out some female observers that are hiding behind
a pillar and staring at Bakura. One thing I really did appreciate about the
English version of DSoD is when they point out the fact that he
has a British accent. The British accent is something that is entirely unique to
the English dub and it's something that really fits Bakura well.
Honda (Tristan) actually states:
"It's the accent. Gets 'em every time."
The funniest thing is that this isn't even the first time
that it's mentioned. The first time [in the movie] Bakura's accent was pointed out was when
Yugi and Anzu (Téa) were in the school yard and he was being surrounded by females.
They made the assumption that his accent was the reason why he was so popular
among female students. (Girls love British accents.)
Another great thing they did to develop
Ryou's character was the fact that they didn't mention Yami-Bakura once, except
for the scene where his presence was relevant. This really allowed the writers
to focus on good Bakura and developing his character more than spending time on
what kind of evil sinister thing Yami-Bakura was going to do next.
This last point isn't really a negative, but rather it was very bittersweet.
At the end of the movie, when the Japanese credits are playing, we see the
main characters (along with Bakura) throwing their graduation caps in the
air, ready to face their futures and whatever the world has in store for them next.
For viewers that have been watching since Yu-Gi-Oh! first aired, it was a really
bittersweet moment, watching the characters grow up and being able to
keep track of them as they did so. I don't know about you, but it definitely
made me feel more connected to the characters and make them seem more
realistic. In ways overall, Bakura's character was really well done in
DSoD and there wasn't really much to complain about.
That was the first analysis that I ever did so if you guys really liked it, please like and
be sure to subscribe for more videos! I'm really considering doing another video
about Bakura, but before that, I'd really like to try and get out at Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
character analysis for you guys. I'm not entirely certain which character I'm
going to do yet, but I'll let you guys know as soon as I do, so be sure to watch
for the notifications when I come out with a new video. Thank you
you guys for watching, and I'll see you next time! :)
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