Thoughts&Observations | Mangá Vol.35 Part 2/4 (The Birth of the Millenium Items)

Just like the title says, *o*, we're going through it's origins, I have been looking forward to this for quite some time.
By the way, the panels ensembles images from Battle City to Memory World are working fine.



Plot Summary:

When Dark Yugi fell into the abyss without knowing if he survived (of course, he did) and suddenly darkness fell into the world of memory...then follows priest Akhenaden remembering about events while unconscious...

These memories starts 15 years ago, Pharaoh Akhenamkhanen (for a change I got his name right without go read it, but then I did go check if I spelled right...) receiving reports from his guards informing foreign armies have crossed their land....with this dire news, he is wondering what he could do...then philosopher Akhenanden (there weren't priests back then) warns their enemies have 7 days until they reach the palace and that this invasion, there is ulterior motives behind it, they know they have the Millenium Tome and how powerful it is...the pharaoh states that even if they got it, even their country have been trying to translate it for a 100 years and philosopher Akhenaden reveals that the translation is completed, the form of magic described inside the tome is called shadow alchemy by changing worthless objects into precious metals and giving powers to their wielders... divided as "seven treasures".
Philosopher Akhenaden tells the pharaoh that himself and his three magicians are ready to make the shadow alchemy, he is more or less asking permission to make these seven treasures and the pharaoh asks how long will it take, philosopher Akhenaden says it would take 7 days, the pharaoh is considering the options and sensing it being such powerful magic could bring serious danger in the future...his vizier Siamun hurries him to make a decision, seeing his kingdom in this condition and options to protect it is greatly reduced, leaving only by die trying to protect the kingdom or to permit philosopher Akhenaden and his magicians to perform the shadow alchemy...so he chooses what will most likely it will protect the kingdom successfully at this time of need of quick decision...having faith in his brother, Akhenaden...
When philosopher Akhenaden is readying himself to leave the palace, he goes to say farewell to his son, Seto who was at this time still a child...when he leaves, the pharaoh Akhenamkhanen watching his brother leaving the city from the balcony with his wife holding his newborn son...

While philosopher Akhenaden is leaving the city, he is in his own thoughts thinking what is needed in order to perform and omitted a very important detail that if the pharaoh knew, he wouldn't have given permission, it was necessary 99 sacrifices to perform the shadow alchemy, the chosen sacrifices are the villagers of the village of thieves, Village of Kul Elna..., while the villagers were being killed and used as sacrifices, one villager child was watching all of this in hiding, thief Bakura when he was a child...It's also revealed that who creates and performs the shadow alchemy, and whoever gets to be the holder of the millenium eye and would grant one wish...
Seven days later, the invaders arrive and seeing the city empty and when they reach the palace, they see the pharaoh and 6 other people by his side, the royal court and they defeated the invaders.

When the memory end, priest Akhenaden recovers and is discussing about searching for the pharaoh and thief Bakura over the tablet putting the millenium puzzle in it's place while talking to himself...one of the guards informs secretly that the women with white dragon ka has awoken...


Key Points:

 

The narrative in this scene is very interesting...

"When the pharaoh disappeared, the world of memory fell into shadow...meanwhile, another's memory...evil was awakening..."

1st underline: At first it would imply he died at that moment, probably when this chapter was first published in Japan, I can imagine the readers have felt a little nervous about where the story was going, however before this moment there was the many mentions of the final battle, which implies the pharaoh for this moment lost consciousness and since this world of memory is made of his subconscious, he lost it as well...it's possible Dark Yugi in this moment went through NDE (Near Death Experience) for longer hours than Jounouchi...when he was "alive" in this moment.

2nd underline: It's referring to the recent memory merged with Dark Yugi's memories, Dark Akhenaden, it's more or less from this point on, priest Akhenaden thinking of his son while getting introduced to his memories from long ago...

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Thoughts&Observations | Mangá Vol.35 Part 1/4 (Reversal of Time to the True Course of Events)

I have been having a very nice pace lately, I hope I can keep this up.
I have reached volume 4 of Memory World Arc (vol.35 of the series overall), as you can notice by the title, it is divided in 4 parts, the first two will be quicker but the last two will be a bit longer because of the number of panels ensembles, but still an achievement, once I'm almost done, it will be 3 volumes to go...


Plot Summary:

Time is going backwards, thief Bakura goes back to life, Ra going back to the shrine of wedju, the gang gets separated from the Pharaoh, the time reverse stops when Dark Yugi and Slifer took a huge blow and becoming very weakened, the gang watching from afar that Slifer was down and defeated, while they're trying to run faster to help Dark Yugi but their path is blocked by Yami Bakura shadow spy....

Yami Bakura shadow spy to block them claims the only way to get through him, they have to defeat him first in a duel, Jounouchi is first to take on the challenge but in vain, while this happens, Dark Yugi tries to talk and ask to the thief Bakura to not kill the citizens...they are in a path of a hill, thief Bakura's Ka hits the path where the pharaoh and his horse is standing and they fall (Dark Yugi and his horse), Dark Yugi is able hold to the edge of the hill, thief Bakura takes the millenium puzzle and step on the pharaoh's hands, the pharaoh falls to the abyss and everything around them goes black...


Key Points:

 

As the time starts reversing, Dark Akhenaden continues saying half lies, he lied in claiming he was zorc because he couldn't say he was Akhenaden after he made the contract with Zorc, I get this much, it still annoys me, his other half lies annoys me more, there is one in particular in what he says here:

"This world is made of memories, pharaoh! Yours and mine! It is the after-image of our souls trapped in the millenium puzzle!!"

He is half telling truth and lie (it was made of Dark Yugi's memories in the beginning, Dark Akhenaden merged was recent addition since he is connected to Dark Yugi's memories and priest Akhenaden in Dark Yugi's memories) and that he was also trapped in the millenium puzzle, he is in half truth saying what everyone knows, Dark Yugi sealed in the millenium puzzle and the lie part, that dark akhenaden claiming he is zorc, he is sealed in millenium puzzle, double lie, as in previous post I pointed out, he came from a different source due to his recent appearance (and zorc isn't sealed in the millenium puzzle, we already have the hint where and who is it truly Zorc Necrophades...*cough* Yami Bakura*cough*). but then again is just to serve as a distraction to Dark Yugi being busy in recovering his memories.

 

For a change, he is actually telling the truth in this instance, even though is implied the world of memory is mixed Dark Akhenaden  (but is it really? or is Zorc memories merging with Dark Yugi? I think is more Zorc inclined, so is mostly true), since is recent, but there huge differences, the reasons why it makes Zorc or Dark Akhenaden not the ones being sealed in the millenium puzzle, but Dark Yugi, Yami Bakura shadow spy and dark akhenaden, they remember everything because they are mostly bystanders, while Dark Yugi is the one who doesn't remember everything but recovers only by each new event is unlocked, he can't remember what is ahead in each event putting Dark Yugi in this war of memory in a huge disadvantage, but Dark Akhenaden is right that they won't rest until they reach the last battle that took to their deaths, the only change allowed is at the last battle...



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Thoughts&Observations | Mangá Vol.34 Part 3/3 (Memories Being Tampered)

We have reached the last part of this volume 3 of Memory World (Millenium World), we're getting closer to the end of this series, by the end of this month, it is very likely that I will start volume 4, however is divided in 4 parts, If I keep up the pace I have been making, I might finish it by the end of July or early August (I hope is the case because it would be preferable this way).
Battle City whole arc (except the prologue) and Memory World's image panels ensembles addresses has been updated.


Plot Summary:

Dark Yugi is very surprised seeing the gang (I refer to them as such, because it's easier), Yugi being pharaoh's host, he gives a bit of boost in Dark Yugi's Ba gauge to be capable of summoning Sun Dragon Ra and successfully defeats thief Bakura, Dark Yugi turns to his friends asking why and how did they get to where he is, their friends informs him about their mission...(the reason why they are in the world of memory).

With the success of thief Bakura defeat, something is starting to awaken inside the world of memory and priest Akhenaden...the darkness of priest Akhenaden starts to emerge in priest Akhenaden psyche, later revealed that is acquainted with Yami Bakura...then is revealed that Dark Yugi's memories have been tampered by Dark Yugi's friends and made an alteration of the true events in the past and the dark Akhenaden tells that he is about to take care of it...and he does by making the time world of memory going backwards...from which point we don't know...


Key Points:

 

He is very surprised that they're in the world of memory...

This scene might be a bit confusing at first to explain to yourself and understand because of their lines, to see where it connects in their words, let's start with what Yugi says to Dark Yugi first:

"Half of your soul is still with me...!!"

It's a very strange and confusing affirmation at first, because how can someone's soul half be within someone, with Dark Yugi next thought, best way to start to explain this is the world of memory being a dimension inside the millenium puzzle, both sharing a body and mind through the millenium puzzle, because of their very close and special bond between spirit and host, plus if notice as Yugi said this and give his boost, the millenium puzzle of Dark Yugi as pharaoh started to shine...then Dark Yugi thinks:

"I can feel it...the presence of my partner...the other soul within me!!"

That's a way of phrasing meaning just as Yugi, within Dark Yugi/pharaoh soul there is the other half of Yugi's soul, due to their strong bond, as for the presence, why they didn't felt it before Yugi entered and started to enter the world of memory, the before was because it was impossible for them to sense each other since they were in different dimensions, Yugi in the physical world then inside the maze of the millenium puzzle, when Yugi entered, there was a long distance gap between where they were in the city and the palace and Dark Yugi was always inside the world of memory in the palace, only time he sensed, it was only a little when Yugi and the gang were at the entrance of the palace but not concrete enough to be sure, now here in this moment, they feel it much more easily each others presences, because they were usually side by side, in a way is the reverse, before it was Dark Yugi was the ghost and Yugi being the host, in this situation, their roles seem to have switched (but didn't really).


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Problems you might have run into...

It's related to the panels ensembles...the ones from tinypic I know for quite some time (but I intended to do this by August when I have to reorganise from the early volumes to dungeon dice monsters), what I'm talking about is from the whole Battle City to the first 2 volumes of Memory World, there is problem in reading the images, because their addresses were changed in the image host website I uploaded, so I have to update one full story arc and the first two volume of story arc I'm in now, fortunately is just images, if was the text included, I would be crying...but is still going to be quite a pain.

the reasons why it happened, I don't blame the website, from what I can tell is related to political and judicial problems that we have been facing lately about the internet in recent years.

Thoughts&Observations | Mangá Vol.34 Part 2/3 (Riding Battle Between The Thief and The Pharaoh)

Tehehe, woohoo, 2nd part of the 3rd volume of Memory World, I like this phase a lot in Dark Yugi's character development, it's very nice, I look forward to reach my favourite moment in this part of the volume...


Plot Summary:

Dark Yugi riding in his horse summoning Slifer The Sky Dragon after thief Bakura with his Ka, leaving the palace with Ka riding battle starting...the gang at the entrance of the palace sleeping are awoken by the noise thief Bakura makes and see Dark Yugi leaving the palace riding on his horse, they recognise him straight away and they try to catch up to him...
While the Riding Battle is happening, it is a pretty fierce fight, since when they leave the palace, they are still in the city, because thief Bakura with his Ka can't defeat a God, so he uses a very low tactic to weaken the pharaoh by using his Ka to attack the citizens and Dark Yugi uses the God Slifer to shield the citizens from thief Bakura's Ka attack, this keeps going until they are on the outskirts of the city, from here are attempts to outsmart each other but because Dark Yugi is weakened for shielding his citizens, thief Bakura is at a bigger advantage even with the help of the priests that caught to them, they still struggle fighting against thief Bakura...when Dark Yugi feels he is about to lose this fight, his friends arrives...


Key Points:

 

I love that panel of him riding the horse, it is from different perspective from the last post I mentioned, but is such a nicely drawn one, I have to mention, once again the horse really stands out to me...
This is when thief Bakura begins his smart tactic but still pretty low...thief Bakura has come up with something planned in this moment to defeat Dark Yugi by his thought:

"That's right, pharaoh...follow me to your doom!"

He says things as if he can see the future like what he said to priest Akhenaden...in this moment too...what could make it to be the case...I wonder...


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Thoughts&Observations | Mangá Vol.34 Part 1/3 (The King of Thieves Strikes Again!)

I'm now entering the volume 3 of Memory World (Volume 34 in Japan), 4 volumes to go :3...
I'm quite glad, it's going smoothly, not as fast as I wish to, but still nice pace nonetheless, there is interesting details from certain panels I will bring up that I'm looking forward to.


Plot Summary:

This recent discovery of an extremely powerful Ka, because this mysterious woman is weakened from lack of nutrition and hydration (food and water) plus wounded, so he order the guards to take to the hospital wing of the palace and others to stay guarded at the city in case thief Bakura comes back, the priests go back to the palace now with priest Seto being very satisfied with the results of his "Ka-Hunt"...the priests come back to the palace and report to the pharaoh, but Dark Yugi still feels uneasy not for just about Kaiba's request, also about thief Bakura...the gang excited about the priests coming back to the palace, they follow the priests...

The gang can only reach the entrance of the palace, despite them being able to go through places like ghosts, however they can't do it with the palace for some reason...
As time passes, the night arrives and Yami Bakura "shadow spy" watches over the city floating in the air and then is watching thief Bakura eating in a bar, who attracted attention wearing and holding gold pieces, the men tries to gang up on him and thief Bakura releases his Ka to kill the men surrounding him...thief Bakura continues eating.

Priest Seto speaks to priest Akhenaden about his search for Ka was successful and discovery over a powerful Ka that rival the gods and could defeat thief Bakura's Ka and resides inside a woman, but her body is very weak so he is letting her resting and recover, so then he can take her Ka, when priest Seto leaves, priest Akhenaden is disturbed by priest Seto with a important revelation...
While priest Seto pays visit to the hospital wing to check the progress of the mysterious woman recovery, the shrine of wedju guarded by priest Akhenaden is invaded by thief Bakura, who didn't came to kill him but to give an offer...priest Akhenaden tries to defend himself but thief Bakura is quicker puts him in invisible binds against the wall, they have an important talk, takes priest Akhenaden's millenium eye and implements a part of him from the millenium ring in the millenium eye, then puts it back to where it was, leaving priest Akhenaden unconscious...
Dark Yugi reading ancient scrolls has a bad feeling of something terrible about to happen, the officers goes to the pharaoh to inform that of signs thief Bakura is around the city from the tavern where he was eating, Dark Yugi gets himself ready to follow him, the same for priest Seto from officers informing him thief Bakura was back and attacked priest Akhenaden leaving him severely injured and unconscious...the rally battle between Dark Yugi/pharaoh and thief Bakura is about to begin...


Key Points:

 

Priest Seto is from shock to sinking in to very pleased that they found a Ka worthy to protect the kingdom and defeat thief Bakura, one of the guards speaks the urgency for the girl's recovery about her health and then another guard asks if they take her to the prison with the others, priest Seto authorise the guard request in taking her to the palace for medical treatment, at first it looks like is giving her this kind of treatment because of her Ka...but is it really or is just that? (if we look at her, just her glance we had from previous post, it's quite telling she has a pretty face...blue eyes as well, it has been told to draw people in).
Priest Seto tells his guards...

"No one is to speak of this to the pharaoh! We don't have the luxury to be as merciful and lenient as in the past."

Even though I don't agree with this method, he is not attacking or threatening, he is being forceful, he could be doing this in a more tactful manner, by explaining the situation and recruit those who would be willing to help defeat thief Bakura and that way would be more effective to find people with strong Ka, oh well, this is priest Seto with extreme methods tendencies and short-sighted...very similar to Kaiba, as long no one innocent is being harmed for the time being...

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