takamakiann:

sad reminder Zarc was a hyper-empathic man with the ability to speak with the Duel Monster spirits who genuinely and sincerely wanted to make people smile

only to be corrupted by the masses sadism for more dangerous and more exciting duels, encouraging him to go on even as people were physically injured as a result of his duels because it made them happy, convincing him it was a good thing because it made them smile, exploiting and twisting his desires to make them smile to satisfy themselves with other people’s pain until Zarc was convinced that the destruction of humanity is what the human race earnestly wanted