Yami Yugi is the deuteragonist of the Yu-Gi-Oh! made by Toei Animations.
Unlike his newer counterpart, he's an alter ego of Yugi who was made after the latter wishes to have friends in his life. He usually fights villains by making them play his Dark Games and punishes them if they lose or cheat.
His Good Ranking[]
What Make Him Close to Being Pure Good?[]
Yu-Gi-Oh! (Toei)[]
In General[]
- Despite being an alter-ego that was made from Yugi's wish to have friends, Dark Yugi has a clear moral agency as he's shown to be sadistic and prideful, meaning he is neither made of good nor evil. He has his own sense of justice and his sadism only applies towards villains.
- Never plans nor intends to punish those are actually good people or at least those are graceful enough to accept their losses; even if they happen to be an antagonist of the week.
- Similar to Yugi, he usually refrains from using physical violence.
- Very protective towards Yugi and his love ones (especially both Yugi and Anzu).
- During the Toei series, he foils Kaiba's revenge on him multiple times.
- As of the Toei movie, he becomes a genuine hero instead of an anti hero that was introduce in the first episode.
The Series[]
- He took revenge on Ushio for beating up Yugi, Jonouchi, and Honda.
- He stopped a wanted criminal when he threatened a diner with a gun. By the time that criminal recived a penality, he escorts Anzu for safety.
- He got Blue-Eyes White Dragon card back from Kaiba, a card belong to Sugoroku (Yugi's grandpa).
- He took back Honda's watch when it got stolen.
- He assists Jonouchi to take down gang members that the latter used to join.
- He stops and defeats a corrupt medical doctor who tried to blackmail Jonouchi's family.
- He forced a corrupted teacher to redeem herself by giving her an illusion which her face is being shattered apart.
- He saves Miho from a creepy stalker who does not respect her boundries.
- He defeats Imori in the forbidden game, retrives Yugi's soul, and expels the evil side of Imori.
- He saved Shaddin from falling despite the latter was invading the former's mind.
- He willingly played a game with Shaddin to save Anzu from being held hostage. During the game, he can't bring himself to harm "Jonouchi" even though the latter is an illusion.
- He saved Anzu from a creepy monster figure collector.
- He also saved Anzu from being sexually assulted by a fake fortune teller named Kokurano. He defeated the faker and carried Anzu home safely.
- He did all that while he was injured (from Kokurano) as Anzu silenty noted.
- He saved people from the terrorist attack at the amusement park by giving the terrorist an illusion of an active bomb around him.
- He vows to Kaiba's kind hearted butler, Daimon, that he will redeem Kaiba.
- He saved Sugoroku when he got captured by Kaiba in Death-T game and later did the same for Mokuba when Kaiba punishes his own brother for losing.
- After defeating Kaiba in Death-T, Dark Yugi mind crushes Kaiba and reassures Mokuba that Kaiba will become a better person once he recovers.
- He saved his friends (including Ryo Bakura) and their coach during the RPG game that Dark Bakura has caused.
- He defeated Dark Bakura.
The Movie[]
- He has no grudge against Kaiba for stealing the Millennium Puzzle knowing that the latter intends to return it.
- He defeats Kaiba in a duel without inflecting game penalty on him.
What Prevents Him From Being Pure Good?[]
- He's prideful of himself when the games are winning in his favor. This a minor prevention because he usually does this towards those are truly dispicable.
- He's mentally lethal as while the villains deserved it, the illusions he gave them are horrifying which caused one of them to be sent into a hospital.
External Links[]
- Dark Yugi on the Heroes Wiki
- Dark Yugi on the Villains Wiki