Forget Bakura, One Yu-Gi-Oh! Villain Has an Even Sadder Origin Story
The originalYu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monstersanime is known by many for being one of the best kids shows from the 2000s. Its colorful aesthetic, endearing characters, and entertaining card games helped it rapidly become one of the most beloved series both in Japan and abroad, a popularity that remains even to this day. Nonetheless,Yu-Gi-Oh!did contain dark moments and trends, which would often manifest when revealing the backstories of its antagonists. Among themost powerful and skilled villains Yugifaced on his adventures, there is one whose origins are by far the most horrifying: Marik Ishtar’s evil half....