Best Yu-Gi-Oh! Manga and Anime Characters

Though portrayed as the real true antagonist of the series, Yami Bakura has reason for his actions and hatred toward Atem. He is the fusion of the souls of Zorc Necrophades and Bandit King Bakura, and there are elements in the latter that may have caused Yami Bakura's personality to be the cold and crisp indifference as seen in the manga and anime. For one, in ancient Egypt, Bandit King Bakura was the only survivor of his village, Kul Elna. Everyone, even his family, was sacrificed to create the Millennium items. Now, taking into account his soul was combined with Zorc's, what the present day (when the series begins) is left with is a shattered individual with the mind of a dark adversary. Imagine this: your family and friends had all been killed for some powerful items, and later on you were fused with darkness that (at least to Bakura at the time) could possibly help you seek revenge on those connected to the ringleader of the tragedy. Yami Bakura harnesses the power of the ...more

In anime and manga, Yami Bakura is a top favorite of mine. He's crafty and elegant, speaks with class, wields the Millennium Ring, and looks striking with his long pale hair and sharp eyes. A character extraordinaire.

Yami Bakura is the best of all...
Always liked him more than anyone in the anime... He is the greatest character in the yugioh franchise ever.

Bakura is awesome and I wish I had his hair.

To quote the abridged series "Screw the rules I have money! " He is the Batman of Yugioh. So many others have some kind of super power upgrades and he uses his cash and his wits. Like Yugi, you little cheater, using your millenium puzzle to win. Plus I like his snarky attitude. He's not all "the power of friendship" or "the heart of the cards." Come on really? I didn't realize I was watching My Little Ponies playing cards. He can be pretty ruthless but he's always looking out for his little bro, who for some reason likes to act like Princess Peach and get captured every other episode.

Seto Kaiba has a very complex past that it is no wonder that he turned out to be the person he is throughout the manga/anime series. In the orphanage, he acted selfless for Mokuba (his little brother), not accepting anyone's adoption unless they also adopted Mokuba. He was pretty much like a father to Mokuba, raising him as best he could (they were quite young then). Once they were adopted by Gozaburo Kaiba, Seto was forced to study day in and day out, which ultimately made him more stoic and colder. After he took over KaibaCorp, Seto worked endlessly to ensure the company's success. In the presence of Yugi's group, he acts very indifferent. Though this suggests his arrogance in some cases, I understand where he's coming from. Seto doesn't want anyone to ever take advantage of him again, like his stepfather once did, and thus projects an aloof personality to ensure nobody will underestimate him. By doing this, Seto can also appear a threat to those who try to harm Mokuba. It's a ...more

There is so much favoritism on him. The author pays unnecessary attention to him. We know everything about him and his past. Yugi who is the main character, doesn't have a full background. Joey doesn't have one too. Let's face it Seto Kaiba is OVERrated!

I always loved this dude, but I gotta admit, I'm kinda surprised that Yami Bakura's above Kaiba. Anyway, I always loved how Kaiba treated Mokuba and his roasts.

Yami Yugi is stellar, like the tenor of the animation world. Very respectable and powerful in speech. Cool to be at least bronze for Yugi.

King of games, undefeated, can't be tamed, icon of Yugioh as a whole. will always be the best and every duelist knows him. Close to my heart forever.

VOLUNTEERED to be imprisoned in a puzzle with no identity to save his people even if they forgot him. never complains about his lot in life!

Why is he not in the top three? He is the main protagonist and at least top three

Kaiba is great, but if I had to choose a favorite, it would be Joey. I loved Yugi (and Yami Yugi, don't worry) for a long time, and he still is a favorite of mine, but I think I like Joey slightly more. He's so cool and he had quiet a bit of character development. He was so determined to go from an inexperienced duelist to an expert, and did he achieve that? Well, yes, kinda. Too bad he doesn't get the respect he deserves. He also never gives up.
I think Joey is a relatable character, and he has a good relationship with his friends and little sister. You go, man!

I bet he only likes Mai because of those dem boobs I mean I bet he would eat them if he could because they're like jello jiggling around like that.

Ok I don't get why jonouchi gets so much hate I mean true he is not as great as yugi or kiba but at least he is trying to at lest be a good dullest.

Everyone says he's weak but he's not. He would have beated Yami Marik but because he felt the pain of his monsters he fainted.

Hi is skilled brave and had the toughest life ever as a kid I think Marik is amazing and the best character he is overall a very interesting character and face it he is one of the best characters!

Yugi beat him

Yugi was a great duelist before Atem, but when he had come, Yugi was being taught by him, and with his lessons, Yugi turned into the real King of Games. He made three impossible things in just one duel: Defeat the protagonist, defeat the three Egyptian gods and, the most impossible thing, made Kaiba admit that he was wrong to call him weak

Yugi is one of the best characters but he gets picked on by kaiba by saying he's not the true king of games, Kaiba puts him down and Yami doesn't do anything about it.

He's one of cute boi (If this is Muto),
He's one of handsome boi (If this is Yami).

The successor of the King of Games.

I actually like his character. Though he was very malevolent in the first season, he afterwards loosened up and became more enlightened after Bakura stole his eye. I don't know if it was the creators intention, but I believe since the millennium items have such power, the eye was corrupting him and turned him into what we seen in season one. Additionally after season one, they went into his whole backstory(which was very tragic) we could see his true intentions and I think his true colors shown. He was an intelligent archaeologist with noble intent to try and save his wife from her inevitable demise.

I'm usually not a big fan of the dub, but dear Lord - have you heard Pegasus' original japanese voice? He Sound like a gay ghost on steroids... Well, I'm getting off topic. Pegasus was a good villain for the first season, because there was more to his actions than what could be seen in the first place. He always had a new trick up his sleeve, but I found it annoying, that he gave away his mind-reading ability right from the get-go. I would've never told my enemy about that!

This guy creeps me out...Yet I love him...

Creator of dual monsters

Yami Malik is the most creepiest and craziness person you ever met. Sometimes he very sacrey. His really mess up

Cruel person whos deck is created to make opponent feel as much pain as possible.

Okay. This womans decks? Brilliant. Iconic. Epic. Sure, the harpy deck in the beginning seemed to only have Harpy Lady and Harpie's Pet Dragon for monsters, but she had a very strategy and is probably the strongest female duelist we saw in Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (aside from Ishizu, but since we haven't seen her duel without the help of her Millenium item, so I'm not sure how good she is without it). Her amazoness deck was also amazing, although I might be biased about buff women. It was an interesting addition to her character, since up until then we only saw her using harpy ladies. I only have a vague recollection of the Orichalcos Arc, but her deck there was also very powerful. Love her character and her strategies

My god look at dem boobs.
You have to give her some credit those boobs are big. They're huge. I'm pretty sure Joey Wheeler likes her just becuase of those big boobys.You could fit a kid in them. Come on those boobs are sweet. BOOBIES RULE!
She shows her boobs a lot, like really, shes a kid show Character. SHe should be in a adult shows with those big boobs. with her theres always a Boob Party!

Extremly Powerful duelist. She held er own against Marik and Atem for a while and in both Battle City and Duelist Kingdom, she made it to the finals. Great duelist and great character.

Boobs as big as the world I mean have you seen the size of those things jiggling around whenever she does something. Her boobs should be rated R.

He's so underrated! Duke genuinely was probably one of the lighter characters and his more carefree attitude made it far more amusing to watch! He should have had more screen time cause a lot could've come from his past with his father like in the manga

At first it looks like he has weak monsters in his deck ,but wow, the way he uses them in battle is just incredible which makes his deck a force to be reckoned with. He is a phenomenal duelist, a skilful engineer and amazing when riding his bike!

Yusei is my favorite character, and is in my favorite generation, Yugioh 5d's. Cool deck, great tactics, good personality. He did have a sad life and tried to unlock his dream and save his city from danger. He is a great duelist.

He's great at thinking up tactical ways to beat opponents, has a great ace monster namely stardust, voice actor in both sub and dub sound great and cares a great deal about he's friends and new domino city.

I say Yusei, you say Fudo!

Oh, come on! She's really not that bad like y'all say she is! At least she stands by her friends and doesn't abandon 'em like some a' mine did.
She even looks sad in the picture...it's okay, Tea. You might not have a lotta friends, but some of us out there like you, even if it's not a lot of people.

Compared to Mai she's actually won duels.

She won against Mai,Crump,and Joey too!
Plus she's supportive,kind, and very very passionate about those she cares about. Tea is all the qualities you need in a friend.

Tea should be lowest. All she does is talk about friendship.

Seto Kaiba is better

All she talks about is readership. What a loser.

Best Yu-Gi-Oh protaginst:

My list for top 5 best female Yu-Gi-Oh protaginist goes:

1. Akiza
2. Zuzu
3. Alexis
4. Tori
5. Luna (from 5D's)

I hate Tea.

He should at least be top 5 because he save the world from the beast cards. But it is sad that he is the supreme king for some time

Why is he so low? He had the most duels and had a pretty good character arc. He should at least be 15

Why he's at 22?
He's "Flawless" character

At least this adorable little cutie pie can see right through his big elder brotherly legal guardian's ice cold, distant exterior.

In fact, baby brothers are adorably cute, especially him (Mokuba Kaiba).

In fact, poor little baby boy got kidnapped by Seto Kaiba's enemies.

Poor little baby gets kidnapped by Seto Kaiba's former enemies.