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I can try to help if you want me to... The way I found mine was I stumbled upon the ISBN number, and searched through that, because it won't always come up as "Gospel Of Truth" razz Sometimes you have to find it through "Yuugioh character guide", and that brings up a lot of those little american anime/4kids handooks. All in all, it's a real pain to find rofl

Ah, money is always good to have when looking for something that's hard to find XD

When you do get some money, and if you remember, I'll be glad to help 3nodding

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Basic Opinion/What You Answered in the Poll: I Like Yami/Antem.
Why You Hold That Opinion: That was my first initial responds to the poll before I went through and read everyone else responds. And based on what I've read, I have to say I have to change to neutral. I look at the whole series in three different ways.

We can look at the original Manga version, with better 'detail' and supposedly original story plot. We can go with the animated version (the one aired in Japan) and then we can go to the oh so butchered version or 4kids/US version of the show.

Based on that, I've come upon this. In the US version, the Yami does sound selfish and constantly getting his friends into trouble. He also sounds like a double Tea, reciting the same thing about friendship and team work. Yes, its great and grand. We know its good, but I'll have to go on a quote Seto said during the Doma season. I would get pretty tired of saying the same thing and being extremely dramatic. But that season itself was pretty intense.

I remain neutral on Battle City. I feel like there was one too many things going on. I will admit that was my favorite season, but I feel like stuff going on between introducing and obtaining the God cards, to Malik's split personality due to the rod, claiming history is repeating itself and my personal favorite, throwing a virtual showdown! ((Though Monkey Tristan was a plus xD )

Memory arch i feel the same way with Battle City. Too much going on. I felt if the plot didn't stray too much, Yami wouldn't appear to be this self-centered guy. I'll admit I was hoping for something during that season, but what is beyond me.
Now granted in the manga and animated versions, it did explain the merciless slaughter of Kul elna and the formation of the Millennium items. All on the action and decision of his uncle and father. Thus he was to suffer the consequence followed.

I would go into detail, but its been a while since I've seen the shows ((I'll end up YouTubing a few favorites tonight xD and rereading some manga)) but I will say that I do 'respect' Yami for doing the things he does. I agree that I did not like how the show's idolized him as being perfect. Which is why I liked Doma b/c it showed that even Yami was human and can make mistakes. Still, nonetheless, i respect him for constantly trying and making amends. He constantly put himself in danger to help his friend even when they put themselves there, or they're there by his doing in the first place.

My feelings for Yami as a character remain neutral after reading and reflecting.
Wow...That was intense xD

Favorite Characters to Pair With:Yuugi, Mahado Jounouchi
Rating of Favoriteness: I won't hate, but I won't worship either ^^;;

PS. Takahashi Sensei's medical problem is big news to me. Kudos for him continuing work and finishing all the way through.

Basic Opinion/What You Answered in the Poll: i love Atem, because his personality is SUCH A PIECE OF WORK. Which isn't always a good thing.

Why You Hold That Opinion: Atem is one of those guys who goes FULL STEAM AHEAD and lets everyone catch up during downtimes. He seems like he cares, but he doesn't really. He cares about Yugi because he needs his partner. Yugi is probably the only one Atem actually cares about. Sure, he respects Joey and Kaiba, but that's really it. He only helps others because Yugi's in the back of his head going "OH NO!! WE HAVE TO HELP THEM!" He cares, and yet he doesn't. He seems like he's very self-sacrificing, but really, he isn't. He does it because he believes it's the right thing to do, but he's too arrogant to really let others help him. That's what Yugi was around for; to stop him from being TOO independent.

Favorite Characters to Pair With: Yeah, Yugi. I just tend to think that if they really put Yami and Yugi as a couple in the series, they wouldn't need to do anything. They're really closer than lovers.

Rating of Favoriteness: That guy is one heck of a character, and being teh character freak that I am, I love the guy.

To be honest, Atem is a bit like Edward in that he's overprotective, doesn't really think of what is truly right and just does what he thinks is right, acts like the King, blah blah blah. But I like Atem because his character is revealed to be flawed through the oricalcos arc, and because Yugi finally manages to balance him out in the end.

Definitely an interesting way to view Atem. I think he is very much like that, doesn't care for many, but does the right thing because it's right, at the beginning of the series, maybe up to halfway through Duelist Kingdom. But I have to disagree about him not caring about his friends later on. At least Jounouchi and Anzu, he definitely develops a love for. Maybe it started out because they were Yuugi's friends, and he cared for them because he was in Yuugi's body, and it was what he was supposed to do, but eventually, I think he considers them his own friends as well, and truly cares for them like he does for Yuugi. Honda and Sugoroku too, I would say. But I mean, even when Jounouchi and Anzu were kidnapped by Ghouls, you could say that he wanted so much to save them because it was the right thing. But at the point when Jounouchi actually 'died,' he was crushed. There was nothing he could do to save him, no way he could do the right thing and be the hero, yet he suddenly realized that he was losing friends for his own sake, that Jounouchi's life was worth more than his memories, and that it wasn't worth it to keep dueling if he didn't have Jounouchi there with him. He would've given up on the rest of Battle City, I believe, if it hadn't been for the Tauk showing that Jounouchi would be fine.
I do believe that Yuugi has much more love in his heart than Atem, and cares for people much more, but at the same time, Atem develops love for a lot of people, even if it isn't as intense as Yuugi's, or if it takes longer to show.
And I absolutely love Takahashi Sensei's new art style. I want to start collecting the new volumes. >_<

It's kind of sad how few serious fans really like Yami no Yuugi, even though he's pretty much the main character. A lot of fangirls like him, probably because of the perfect-ness and the bondage thing, but like you said, a lot of it is just hollow. But hearing about your confusion with Jounouchi... heheh, I just imagine him trying to be all ninja and sneaking up through your favorite characters' list. XD
I bet you'd find you like him with Mahaado if you rewatched the Egypt Arc. :3

Mmm, as far as new threads go, I'm gonna have to say sorry, but I'm gonna be the all powerful guild leader in this case and be the only one who makes them... sorry, I know it's retarded, but it's just one of my obsessive-compulsive quirks... because I've been making all of them up to now, it would bother me if someone else started making some of them, plus I have a planned order of which characters are going to get a thread in which order... so I'm really sorry, but I'm just too OCD in this case. XP But I will be making new threads. I was actually waiting until you finished responding to all of them, so you wouldn't fall behind. But they haven't been cropping up too slowly (at least I hope not), as they really were a pretty new thing when you first returned to the guild. So yes, I apologize again, and now that you've caught up with the threads (you have done all of them, right?), I'll see if I can find time to make more. Malik's thread will probably be next.

That's adorable. XD Jounouchi the (both literally and figuratively) blond ninja. <3
Yes, I liked Mahaado, though really the Egypt Arc characters just weren't as appealing as the present-day ones. So just because Mahaado was one of my favorites of them, he's no where near one of my favorite characters. But of the Egypt Arc characters, I was most fond of Set, Kisara, Mahaado, Karim, and Thief King.
Ah, no, sorry, don't feel ashamed. XD;; I never said anything after all; I just like for discussion to die down a bit in the other threads before posting new ones, so people don't feel stressed trying to keep up with them, and also it's nice when things start to die down a bit to suddenly have a new thread pop up. But awesome, I'll post the new thread tonight when everyone is seeing Twilight!

Yeah, the Egypt Arc just focused too much on the plot/battle, and on Atem himself, then on any other type of character development. Even the interesting story we got with Set and Thief King felt rushed, and it was actually worse in the manga, in my opinion. But at the same time it's understandable, with the condition Takahashi Sensei was writing in.
I'm glad you at least enjoyed yourself at New Moon though. XD