Shes ⋙ バクラ

Death. [36.319/real world version]

From: Mr. Right's Karaoke game
Form: A silver charm bracelet with charms in the shape of microphones, music notes, and tiny ballerinas.
Shareable: 5/6

Here until page six. This is the Thief King's actual death 3000 years ago, not the death of the NPC Thief King in the RPG (which is what the manga actually depicts). It's safe to assume that in reality the Thief King died bleeding out physically and spiritually on the altar, rather than turning to sand, since the sand is just how NPCs are disposed of. Otherwise, things are pretty much the same: Diabound is destroyed and the Thief King dies still delusional over his importance.

This memory also includes the only-vaguely-conscious sensory memory of his soul being absorbed by the Millennium Ring, as well as part of Zorc joining it there eventually. Shes won't really realize what happened, though -- he lacks the context for it. He'll remember the feeling, though.

What he learned:
- So that's how he died. Seriously, not pleasant!!
- It was the Pharaoh's fault he died, which is terrible, because he really wanted to kill the Pharaoh instead.
- Apparently opening the doors to darkness was going to summon a dark god? HUH.
- Why is the Pharaoh in the Puzzle and still around 3000 years later as well...?

Ooooh Mr. Namu oooooh. [21.99]

From: Madam White & Columbine's question game
Form: a jack-in-the-box
Shareable: 4/5

Oh, look, a memory I can actually link to because the translation is fine. Starts here, goes through page 16.

Bakura Ryou is in control, here. Dark Bakura's just sitting back and going lolololol at Malik's acting.

What he learned:
- Getting injured was part of a plan to get Malik in with Yuugi's friends.
- Host being clueless is just so goddamn useful.
- Malik acting cheerful and worried is super hilarious.

Bakura is given the Millennium Ring. [offscreen canon]

From: Masked Lady's fukuwarai game.
Form: an agar eyeball with a Kunzite iris
Shareable: no

At some point before the beginning of the manga, Bakura Ryou is given the Millennium Ring by his father, who bought it from an antique shop in Egypt. I am assuming he was in middle school at the time, and that Amane had already died, though if anyone ever apps host Bakura to Aather we can obviously talk about timing and stuff. In any case, this memory is a memory of sort of "waking up" from a period of dormancy in the Ring and getting acclimated to his new host. Taking over and then examining the body, picking through some of Ryou's memories, etc. Verdict: this host is a great match, even if he's small and fragile. Oh well, nothing's perfect.

What he learned:
- How Bakura Ryou got the Ring!
- some general knowledge about his host's family situation.
+++possessiveness over host THIS IS MINE AND I AM KEEPING IT

Bailing from the hospital, then totally wiping the floor with Ghost Kotsuzuka. [mostly offscreen canon/23.201]

From: Cheshire's welcome to Wonderland
Form: a little white chocolate bone
Shareable: no

Oh boy we're back in "this is significantly different from the anime" territory! Which is to say that how Dark Bakura gets himself out of the hospital and into the Battle City finals isn't actually shown in the manga except for two pages, so I'll do a quick rundown of what we do see and how it's different from the anime's take on it:

- Malik doesn't make an appearance -- in fact, it's implied that Dark Bakura simply wanted to be present for the finals due to his own motives ("Seems like the blood-stained Millennium Battle's beginning after this... Like I'd want such a fun show to start without me, hahaha..!!").
- Poor Grandpa Mutou gets knocked around enough as it is and no mention of him being injured is made so I'm just going to assume Dark Bakura slipped out of the hospital without Ancient Egyptian Laser Beam Auras coming into play.
- He did not get all the Puzzle Cards from Kotsuzuka -- he specifically mentions robbing other participants of theirs as well, so this memory includes that as well.
- Also, uh, as far as Shadow Games go... Kotsuzuka's punishment for losing isn't getting swallowed by shadows or anything. He just dies.

...

CARD GAMES ARE SERIOUS BUSINESS.

What he learned:
- CAAAARD GAAAAAMES 8U More about his deck, really.
- I just killed a guy through a game. WELP OKAY SURE.
- Huh that's weird I'd expect a gash on my arm like that to hurt more...

Battle City Malik Duel, part one: beginning to I guess we're losing body parts. [27.233-27.234]

From: Nimue's game
Form: Cups for tea with a small vine in Kunzite color. Drink from them.
Shareable: 2/3 destroyed

Oh look it's his first memory of playing Duel Monsters himself. This memory covers Dark Bakura and Malik interrupting Dark Malik in his attempt to kill Rishid, a bunch of Malik-related exposition, and the first two turns of the duel. At the end of Dark Malik's turn, Dark Bakura loses 500 life points and most of his left arm.

What he learned:
- Why Qamar was trying to kill Rishid, whoops. Also that Malik killed his dad.
- His own goals involved opening a "door" to release some kind of "dark power."
- Shadi should have already been dead five years ago.
- CHILDREN'S CARD GAMES ARE SERIOUS BUSINESS especially when Shadow Games involving spirit-eating monsters are involved.

Pegasus's backstory: hey, I think I remember part of that. [15.132]

From: Chance's kissing game
Form: a chocolate coin wrapped in kunzite-colored foil
Shareable: no

As a note, this is the memory of Pegasus explaining how he got the Millennium Eye, rather than Dark Bakura's (admittedly probably fuzzy) memory of the actual event. The Ring was present at the time, so he will be getting back the actual memory, it's just listed separately.

I can actually link to this one since it's an okay translation. However! When the thief says "P-Please! I'm sorry I stole it... Please don't kill me!" he's actually saying "Please save me! I was manipulated into stealing the treasure! So please at least spare my life..." In other words, one can assume that it was the Spirit of the Millennium Ring attempting to engineer an escape from the Tombkeepers rather than some guy trying to make off with the Ring.

What he learned:
- Pegasus mentions that the Millennium Items have "an evil will." Shes has already remembered himself mentioning something similar about the Items having willpower. So... confirmation on that. Also confirmation on something about the Pharaoh...
- Kul Elna. Kul Elna. The Items were in Kul Elna. Why? Is this why he's looking for them? Because they have something to do with Kul Elna? Why did Shadi say that Kul Elna was a village of thieves? SOMETHING IS VERY NOT RIGHT HERE.
- Knowledge of what happens if someone who isn't a rightful holder of an Item attempts to claim one. So now he knows why he was so confident Otogi wouldn't be able to solve the puzzle. Also ++ smugness over having found Bakura Ryou, since he's such a good host.

The Millennium Ring is pointing to the castle; Bakura is more and more interested in the Items themselves. [10.85]

From: Green Knight's love game
Form: kunzite ribbon
Shareable: 4/5

The guys are sleeping outside in the woods of Duelist Kingdom. After an earlier incident withh Honda and snakes, Bakura Ryou wakes everyone up by suddenly shouting because he got a strange feeling from the Millennium Ring and when he pulled it out, it started pointing at the castle. Ryou mentions that when he transferred to Domino High School, the Ring acted similarly around Yuugi's puzzle, so clearly it reacts to the presence of other Millennium Items. Ryou thinks that no matter what, he wants to know the mysteries behind the Items: what are they, where did they come from, etc. He thinks that maybe Pegasus can answer some of those questions. Yuugi tells Ryou that no matter what, he shouldn't put the Ring on, because it's dangerous. Ryou smiles and says that he won't. They all lie back down to try to sleep again.

What he learned:
- BAKURA RYOU this is the first memory he's had where both of them are fully conscious at the time. He is very interested to find out more about his host.
- The fact that Yuugi warned Bakura against putting on the Ring is interestingggggg.
+ understanding of how the Ring works
++ Millennium Items, what are they!!

Playing cheering squad for Yuugi against Otogi. [16.140-17.143]

From: Maleficent's question game.
Form: a tiny Kunzite dessert cake
Shareable: no

I can only find truly terrible scanlations to link to so. LET ME SUMMARIZE. Dark Bakura heads to Black Crown Games, sensing that someone's messing with the Millennium Puzzle (note: it's possible Bakura Ryou had something to do with allowing him to come there, since he seemed the most concerned about Yuugi earlier). He muses on how the Millennium Items will have to be brought together eventually, and since Yuugi is useful as the rightful holder of the Millennium Puzzle, right now anyone who threatens Yuugi is his enemy. Then he beats up a bunch of security guards and storms into the back room where the DDD game is taking place. He rags on Otogi and says to Yuugi that he's here to confirm that Yuugi's the appropriate holder of the Millennium Puzzle -- if he is, of course he'll win the game. The memory ends with Yuugi turning things around and winning. (It does NOT include the aftermath of the game where he Parasite Minds the Puzzle fragment, and gives Bakura Ryou control back.)

What he learned:
The big thing he's going to take out of this is that the other memory wasn't a fluke. He can't just brush it off anymore. GODDAMMIT. Most of the stuff he talks about in the memory is going to go right over his head because he'll be focusing on that, but he'll pick up on:
⇢ Millennium Items are super important and only certain people can have them. Something something the king's memories. He has the Millennium Ring, this Yuugi kid has the Millennium Puzzle, and… that guy he murdered in the other memory had the Millennium Eye… '-'
⇢ Yuugi distrusts him, and with good reason.
⇢ Again, it's obvious that he's in another body and that there's someone else in it with him. UN… SURE…
+ familiarity with the modern world
++ liar mcliarface
+++ WHAT IS EVEN GOING ON

Pulling off his first successful tomb robbery.

From: Day 131's heartgames.
Form: a small matchbook with a bit of soot on it.
Shareable: 1/3

... yeah so I totally just wanted another Egypt memory so he'd have memory whiplash after his last one. This memory is him pulling his first solo tomb heist of any note at around age 13. Previously he would just join in on group jobs where he was mostly useful because he could fit in small spaces the other thieves couldn't. Which means he didn't get much of the loot at all, assuming they didn't just cheat him out of it completely. But this time he did it himself and he's super proud of the fact. Who needs other people, they just slow him down! He's gonna be the king of thieves!!1!

What he learned:
⇢ Oh I specialize in tomb robberies :U Cool.
⇢ ... so what the hell was that previous memory...
++ Pride in his abilities! Even though he doesn't have them back yet.
+++ NO REALLY WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT PREVIOUS MEMORY

SKILL: more-or-less eidetic memory for puzzles/mazes/etc

Gained from Chesh's Apples-to-Apples.

AKA being a YGO character-- I MEAN WAIT NO. Bakura is very quick to catch on to the rules of games and puzzles, and has an extremely good spacial memory for even complicated mazes. Examples involving games/puzzles include being the only one other than Atem to figure out the Meikyuu Brothers' door trick and picking up on the rules of DDD after only observing a round or so (okay so it's pretty much Duel Monsters but IGNORING THAT) to the point where he can see how Yuugi will win before either of the players do.

As for mazes, I'll let him speak for himself. During his battle with Mahaad, where he's been sealed inside the previous Pharaoh's tomb, he uses the traps designed to keep thieves out to his benefit: "Isn't it ironic? Once I've robbed a tomb, I know all its traps by heart..." (Viz translation)

Of course this all assumes his player doesn't makes dumb mistakes during games or something '-'