[quote=@Ammokkx]
-Atem was looking for his memories
-Jounouchi wanted to prove he was worthy of holding Red-Eyes by becoming a true duelist
-Mai was fighting to prove she was an independently strong duelist and didn't need to rely on Yugi's support network
-Bakura wants to obtain the Millenium items
-Marik wants to kill Atem
-Rishid follows Marik
-Ishizu wants Marik to not kill Atem
-Kaiba just wants to flex on Atem
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[*]2 duelists wanted to prove themselves (ma boi Jou and Mai).
[*]6 are doing/want to do something.
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[*]2 want to get something
[*]4 are doing shit around Atem
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ngl I get what you mean but the examples from yugioh ain't really that character inspiring.