There is one particular detail about yu-gi-oh that I’ve never seen being discussed or mentioned at all. Granted, I have not been in the fandom for long, and I don’t know what’s the general consensus about this but…
Isn’t the mummy Yugi & co. see in the museum in the early manga (chapter 13) actually… Atem?
I want to point out a few things that feel relevant to me, anyway,
1) The fact that Yugi alone is who stays behind to look at the mummy.
2) Obviously, Shadis served Pharaoh Atem and his mission is to make sure his soul finds rest.
3) Shadis says, “his soul will live on with his name.”
As we know, Atem's name is what opens the door to the afterlife. In ancient Egyptian beliefs, the soul cannot rest without the name, nor without the body.
“Yet he has been denied eternal sleep.”
We know Atem's name was purposely erased from history.
And, moreover… The name of Atem's father was known, was it not? The name is the key for a soul to rest, so Shadis can’t be referring to him. Moreover, the tomb of Atem's father was sacked by Bakura; even if Atem took it back to its right place (which we see him do in Memory World),
… it doesn’t mean his tomb wasn’t robbed again later, right? They were often robbed after all, so it’s unlikely that the mummy in the Domino museum is that of Atem's father.
Plus, we know Atem's tomb wasn’t robbed at all because that was where Sugoroku found the Puzzle! While everyone else who had tried to trespass had died.
And most importantly… yu-gi-oh is Atem's story. Of course that’d be him.
And the way Yugi is the only one to stay behind and look at him, unknowing of everything that would happen…
There’s something so beautiful and so poetic and tragic and heartbreaking about Yugi seeing Atem's body, even in this state. Especially because he is closest to Atem yet has never been able to touch him.
The… yearning… Gosh. Canonical puzzleshipping, you’ll be the death of me.
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