His punishments are plain nasty, and frequently permanent. Many of his tests were cruel -though fair if you were honest- and only laid on Asshole Victims. But he remembered the power of the Millennium Items/Shadow Powers, and apparently passing judgement on evildoers, if they proved to be rotten in their soul. Eeep if he was.) The name sealing and time meant he had almost zero conscious memory when he awoke, once Yugi put the puzzle together. (I was never clear if he was conscious or not during that time. His spirit, imprinted memory self, consciousness, whatever, is locked in a fancy magic puzzle for a few thousand years. So a description of what Yami Yugi is and then a note that what the implications are are up for debate, maybe with a blue link of Rule of Cautious Editing Judgement?Īs for what Yami is: An ancient king (Pharaoh is referenced as a Greek term in some works) who gave his life to defeat an ancient evil, sealing it with his name. (I won't argue originally Yami Yugi was quite nasty, regardless of original intent. Ideas for cleanup, and can anyone locate that interview or whatever it was? Viz has made many mistake while localizaing the manga, so we should take a Q&A from them with a grain of salt, not as Word of God." And unless Takahashi says it himself, no one should be claiming that the other Yugi was officially "evil". Would you call THEM evil? He stopped giving out Penalty Games on his own accord after hearing about the evil intelligence in the Millennium items. If anything, he was sort of a Well-Intentioned Extremist, although his friends didn't seem to mind him dishing out Penalty Games to the assholes they faced. Dark Yugi had the intentions of keeping his other self, his family, and friends safe from harm though.That, and every shadow game he ran was a fair test of character. The only thing that made it acceptable is because every victim very definitely had it coming. Sets man on fire for real, sends explosive vial sliding across the makeshift air hockey table (which goes boom on the loser, and it may or may not have been real), inflicting post traumatic stress disorder on Kaiba by turning him into a card (and inspiring him to be much more evil). Also, his rage and desperate desire to win during the "Waking the Dragons" filler saga isn't anything like his calm and collected confidence in the original manga. I'd like to see this interview myself to see if this came directly from the author or the editors of the American Shonen Jump (Word of God matters more if it comes from the former). He's more of a superpowered evil side that isn't actually "evil". And while he looked pretty scary while doing so, that doesn't mean he was evil. Dark Yugi seemed more like he was giving evildoers poetic justice for messing with Yugi and his friends rather than doing it for his own evil delights in the initial chapters of the manga.Which makes him a more vulnerable target to Dartz's machinations. After Yugi's soul gets imprisoned, leaving Yami in control 24/7, he starts to regress back to his original evil nature, without Yugi's kind nature there to temper his drive for vengeance. (Quite likely, the turning point occured during the first encounter with Shadi.) The plot point was revisited in the second anime in the "Waking the Dragons" arc. Word Of God stated in a Shonen Jump Q&A that Yami Yugi actually WAS evil at first, due to a few millennia of his soul being imprisoned, but that his experiences with Yugi and his friends gradually helped him regain his sense of righteousness. (Regular Marik isn't exactly a nice guy either.) In the manga, however, Yami IS evil, at least initially. Yami Bakura and Yami Marik, on the other hand, are both gleefully, psychotically evil. "Yugi's powerful alter ego in Yu-Gi-Oh!, Yami Yugi, is not actually evil, but he is a lot less concerned for the well-being of his enemies.Aang's successor, Korra, never had this problem (She had completely different issues). Once Aang reaches full mastery, we see him using the Avatar State with full control. This is stated to be something all Avatars faced to some degree: Until full-mastery, the Avatar State was more of a defense mechanism that had to be reined in. Third, the out-of-control Avatar is only true for Aang because he had yet to fully master his powers ("Fully Realized", in the show's words). Second - the Avatar could always control the classic western elements, the Avatar State simply ramps up the power. First of all, what is described here is the Avatar State - the Avatar's Super Mode, not the Avatar him/herself. In a proper one-on-one battle, it is nearly impossible to deafeat.ĭeleted this for gross inaccuracy. When the vessel for the Avatar is threatened it locks into a superpowered mode that controls all the elements it cares only for the protection of the current Avatar and to uphold the balance of the world. Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Avatar.
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