Seto Kaiba

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Seto Kaiba is a male anime and manga character who features in Yu-Gi-Oh!.

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Seto Kaiba (海馬 瀬人, Kaiba Seto)

Seto's mother died after the birth of Mokuba, and his father died in an accident when he was eight years old. Orphaned, their relatives used up their inheritance and left them at the orphanage. When Seto was twelve, the head of KaibaCorp, Gozaburo Kaiba, arrived at the orphanage and Seto saw the chance to challenge him to a game of chess, with Gozaburo forced to adopt Seto and Mokuba should he win. Seto defeated him (through cheating in the manga) and the brothers were adopted, but Gozaburo forced Seto into a rigorous accelerated school program, making him study several academic subjects such as sociology, management, and game tactics for days on end while treating him like a dog, and every day was like torture to Seto. Later these studies had given Seto the skills and knowledge to take over the company shares, turning Gozaburo's successor into his worst enemy. Upon his take over, Gozaburo committed suicide by jumping out the window and died from defenestration. These events ingrained a twisted philosophy into Seto's already tainted mind, that defeat is the same as death.

Seto discovers that the grandfather of his classmate, Yugi Mutou, owns the rare Blue-Eyes White Dragon card. Kaiba steals the card from Yugi by switching it with a fake copy. Yugi recognizes the card for a fake and tries to convince Kaiba to give it back. Yugi is smacked by Kaiba's briefcase and Dark Yugi emerges from within Yugi's Millennium Puzzle to challenge Kaiba to a Shadow Game of Duel Monsters with the card as a prize, with the loser awaiting a Penalty Game that's similar to death. Although Kaiba nearly wins, the Shadow Game laws of the game prevents him from attacking with the stolen Blue-Eyes, as it retained its loyalty for Sugoroku Mutou, and Kaiba is defeated, suffering Dark Yugi's Penalty Game: Experience of Death (死(し)の体感(たいかん), Shi no Taikan). [3] In the first series anime adaptation, he narrowly escapes defeat, ending the game in a draw, and appears as a recurring antagonist plotting against Yugi in the background.

Begrudged over the loss and the nightmares that followed his Penalty Game, Kaiba plots a revenge. He acquires the other three Blue-Eyes White Dragon cards in existence (through extortion and blackmail) and builds "Death T," a "theme park" made up of many deadly games and challenges designed to end the lives of Yugi and his friends. Yugi and his friends witness a Duel Monsters match between Seto and Yugi's grandfather, who was forced to participate when Kaiba threatens Yugi's life. Kaiba wins and tears up Sugoroku's Blue-Eyes White Dragon and subjects Sugoroku to an artificial Penalty Game that mimicked his own, forcing Yugi to participate in Death-T or else he'll kill his grandfather. After Yugi and his friends conquer the deadly games, Dark Yugi plays a game of Virtual Duel Monsters with Kaiba. Although Kaiba proves formidable with the three Blue-Eyes in his deck, Yugi wins by summoning Exodia. Yugi then uses the power of his Millennium Puzzle to subject Kaiba to a Penalty Game called the Mind Crush, shattering his heart to pieces; rearranging them and leaving Kaiba in a coma, until he can put it back together to the way it was supposed to be before he was tainted by evil. Kaiba eventually regains consciousness later in the manga during the Duelist Kingdom arc.

Kaiba instead kidnaps Sugoroku and duels him to win the card. Kaiba quickly acquires the other Blue-Eyes within the span of a day, and acquires the fourth card to destroy it so nobody could use it against him. To avenge his grandfather, Yugi duels Kaiba and defeats him with Exodia, then uses his powers to purge the darkness that has clouded Kaiba's mind. Kaiba later loses interest in dueling and his company, leaving on a trip to find himself. In both the anime and manga, with Kaiba gone, Duel Monsters creator and Millennium Eye wielder Maximillion Pegasus schemes to take control of Kaiba Corp from Seto by conspiring with its board of directors, the Big Five, and abducting Mokuba. Part of his plan involves hosting a Duel Monsters tournament on his private island, Duelist Kingdom, which Yugi participates in.

Overview

Personality and attributes

He had the reputation of being Japan's greatest gamer and aimed to become the world's greatest player of the card game, Duel Monsters.

Kaiba was said to be the modern day reincarnation of one of the Pharaoh's Six High Priests, Priest Seto (神官セト, Shinkan Seto).

Powers and abilities

He was the majority shareholder and CEO of his own multi-national gaming company Kaiba Corporation (海馬コーポレイション, Kaiba Kōporeishon).

Notes

  • Seto Kaiba was created by Kazuki Takahashi where he featured in the setting of Yu-Gi-Oh!.

In other media

Video games

Appearances

  • Yu-Gi-Oh!:

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