The originalYu - Gi - Oh ! Duel Monstersanime is known by many for being one of the best kids show from the 2000s . Its colorful aesthetical , endearing character , and entertaining bill of fare games help it quickly become one of the most beloved series both in Japan and abroad , a popularity that remains even to this mean solar day . Nonetheless , Yu - Gi - Oh!did hold back dark moments and vogue , which would often manifest when revealing the backstories of its antagonists .

Among themost powerful and skilled scoundrel Yugifaced on his escapade , there is one whose origins are by far the most atrocious : Marik Ishtar ’s malign half . Unlike Atem , this front was not an ancient feeling controlling the tomb guard and forcing him to do his bid . alternatively , it was the manifestation of all the pain and suffering he went through as a tyke , make him the most tragical villain in the show .

Marik’s Past Is Beyond Traumatic

The Boy Suffered More Than Most Villains

After Pharaoh Atem sealed his soul inside the Millennium Puzzle to defeat Zorc , one of the most overpowered and evil animate being inYu - Gi - Oh!history , a divination foretold that his soul would come back to keep enter the planet . His follower , wanting to maintain the bequest of their brave swayer , recruited a group of firm servants who would defend the rest position of the Pharaoh of Egypt and would gestate a message that would help him defeat evil in the future . They became the grave guards , a proud but secretive order whose only aim in life was to be make in example Atem yield .

Marik Ishtar , the main villain of the Battle City Tournament , was born as the heir of this secret system , destine to stay the custom and aid the Pharaoh of Egypt in his quest to stop evil . Due to his bequest , he never had a normal puerility , or else being forced to hit the books and prepare in the arts of his people . His father was an extremist who believed that deviating from their purpose would be a dishonor to their family . Due to this , Marik was prohibit from interacting with the international world and was punished drastically for any mistake .

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Although his entire puerility was suffering for him , it does not equate to the vicious thing his father ever did to him . When he was take for old enough to inherit the mystery of the pharaoh ’s grave , he was aim to a ceremonial bedchamber . There , his father used a knife to carve the message on his back . After so many yr of enduring pain and suffering , Marik ’s mind snapped in two , make a dark and roughshod version of the boy whose only instinct was to live on . Yami Marik would go on to kill his Padre before running away .

Yami Marik’s Existence Is Proof of How Broken the Villain Was

His Other Half Was the Man’s Only Coping Mechanism

Yami Marik is , without a doubt , one of the cruelest villain theYu - Gi - Oh!franchise has to offer . After taking restraint over the original ’s organic structure , he became an agentive role of chaos , have many innocent duellist to stop up in the hospital or trap inYu - Gi - Oh’sshockingly scary Shadow Realm . Unlike with his other half , essay to reason with this scoundrel was useless , as all he cared about was succeed and killing his opponents . It could be easy to just impute this behavior to him being an malefic entity , but his origin prove this wrong .

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This adaptation of Marik was not bear from the serviceman ’s desire to verify the domain or an unstoppable impulse to kill . Yami Marik was create as a way for the son to endure the distortion and pain his Padre inflicted on him . He is the embodiment of the villain ’s desire to live a better life , free to make his own choices and without anyone cause him unnecessary hurt . This was proven by Yami Marik ’s first action after being born . Instead of seek to vote down everyone in his life history immediately , he only assail his father , the origin of his job .

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The master rationality why this edition of the tomb guard became more irrational and red with meter is because the scars that make him never healed . Marik never try on to let go of the pain his begetter caused him , instead of using it to fuel his goals . By doing so , he feed his gloomy half more ability than ever but also reverted him into an animalistic individual . Yami Marik was a creature who ran only on inherent aptitude and who saw anyone who would get in his route as an enemy as dangerous as his Padre .

No Other Villain Had Such a Tragic Origin

Bakura’s Story Is Nowhere Near as Dramatic

The King Thief Bakura has often been name asYu - Gi - Oh!most tragic villain , and there are many valid reasons why fans have come to that conclusion over the years . When he was just a son , he witnessed how his kinsfolk and village were massacred by Aknadin , Atem ’s uncle . They were killed to habituate their psyche in a rite that would create the Millennium Items . After seeing this , the son swore vengeance against the majestic phratry , blame them for the destruction of his loved ones . This is , without a doubt , a traumatic tale that justify many of Bakura ’s early crimes .

Yet , many of his most horrible actions in the series were not inspired by his desire for revenge , but rather the pleasure he matt-up when harming others . spoilt of all , most of his memories about the massacre were score out when his soul fuse with Zorc , meaning he did not remember the understanding behind his anger . Marik , on the other hand , was force to live with the memories of the torture his beginner inflicted on him . He also had a lasting forcible reminder of the tariff that caused him so much hurting .

Marik Deserved a Better Ending

​​​​​​​His Final Fate Disregarded All the Pain He Experienced

After his vicious half was kill by Atem inone of the well duels inYu - gilbert - Oh ! , it vanish from existence , freeing Marik of the burden he had carried for almost a decennary . Shortly after , the tomb guard spoke with the Pharaoh of Egypt , toast loyalty to the rule and promising he would help him find his memories . He would not be construe until the ending of the serial , working once again as the shielder to Atem ’s resting berth . This ending , while somewhat bright , did nothing to deal the issues that turned Marik into a villain .

He was never given proper musical accompaniment to permit go of his traumas , as they ostensibly vanish after losing his duel against Atem . Marik is by far one of the well villains the franchise has ever introduced , but his termination feels rather lackluster . Seeing him work with the aid of his friend to overpower his traumas would have been a much better end to his tale and would have made him one ofYu - Gi - Oh ! ’s most complex and realistic character .

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The pharaoh’s soldiers rounding up villagers of Bakura’s home to kill them in the ritual.

Marik gives Yugi his Millennium Rod after losing the duel.

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