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The
Pharaoh's Father:
Pharaoh
Akunamukanon
By the time we're introduced to him in the manga, Akunamukanon is
already dead and "Yami" reigns as Pharaoh. We're not told
very much about him. First time around, we learn that he's the creator of the Millennium
Items and that some 40 (or is it 15?) years ago (AE time), he ended the wars and brought peace to
Egypt. I guess we can assume that he's the one Isis was talking about when
she said "In desperation, the people turned to the Pharaoh for
help".
As it turns out, however, Akunamukanon had no part in the actual
creation of the Items... he just gave the go-ahead, and when I say
"no part", I mean "blissfully
ignorant".
It's possible that he had a vague idea that the creation ritual involved
dark magic and that it would be unpleasant, but he didn't know about
the required human sacrifices. When Mahaado was instated,
Akunamukanon demanded answers... and he got them. Finally, after
years of ignorance, he learned the truth behind the massacre of Kuru
Eruna, (a massacre that he authorized, however indirectly)
and was torn by guilt and grief... eventually leading to his
illness and death.
Although
Yami doesn't remember much about his father, he still feels a deep
connection to his father's corpse (@_@) and was aggrieved/angered when his
father's tomb was disturbed. He longs to learn more of his father
and treasures every fleeting memory he can get, like the memory of his father's
face...
(Chibi-Yami!!! How Kawaii!)
He seems to be a pretty good man, truly concerned about the
well-being of his country. An interesting little fact is that he seems
to be the first to ever summon and control Exodia, the Forbidden
One. Whether it's his soul monster or a summoned monster is still
unconfirmed, but if Exodia is his soul monster, it would explain why
Exodia would only obey the Pharaohs in AE, right?}
New:
According to
Emily R. "aku" = opening/dawning, "namu" = hail,
"kannon" = Goddess of Mercy, which can be tweaked to mean
something like "Hail, the dawning Goddess of Mercy" or
something. It's not quite accurate, since she's noted that the
Japanese spelling of it only has one "n" in "kanon" but it's an
interesting parallel, no? That way it sounds
Egyptiany but still makes vague sense in Japanese. ^_^
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