Yuugi's Pacifism

Due to his timid and not-so-confident demeanor, polite manner of speaking, plus his not-so-tall stature and prominent hairstyle too, probably, Yuugi was a target for derision quite often in his younger years. Another reason for his bullying was the fact that he leaned towards playing various games by himself, being the childish boy that he was. Board games, card games, video games, puzzles, and games of all kinds are his forte, and being raised in a game shop owned by his fellow game-loving grandfather sure encouraged his propensity towards them. Despite the fact that he had defended a couple of his bullies (Jounouchi and Honda) against an even worse bully and enticed them into friendship, Yuugi wished for friends after finishing the Ancient …show more content…
Over time, he became closer to the spirit, enough to confide much to him, and aided him in return with his journey to recover his name and his memories. As a result of him exercising his nature of compassion, selflessness, and pacifism in the name of friendship, Yuugi made an abundance of friends along the way and made sure to cheer on his companions during their own duels too. Yuugi always saw the good in people, since his opponents certainly couldn't be that awful! Even if he was somewhat trusting to a fault and naïve at times, enough to hand over his Puzzle to a "fortune-teller" who ran off with it. Despite the smidgen of gullibility, he's fairly clever especially when it comes to card games and any other games. Additionally, he was rather forgiving and he was hardly a petty person who kept grudges. Truly, the best way to make Yuugi irate was to ruthlessly target him or his friends, although his feelings would never turn to hatred. What a sweetheart. Yuugi and the spirit eventually learned that the latter had been a Pharaoh and undoubtedly had a tiring destiny in store for