- For the pyramid-shaped robot of the same name, see YVS (robot).
Fra YVS (フラ・ヤービス Fura Yābisu)[1] is the overarching antagonist of the Shaman King Flowers manga and anime series. He is the Shaman King of AD 1500 and thus the predecessor of the current Shaman King, Asakura Hao.[2]
Appearance[]
YVS is a hunch-backed human with a white cloak and a horned mask. He carries a cane capped with a pyramid, resembling an Eye of Providence.
Personality[]
YVS's work and influence is largely to credit for building the foundations of the present capitalist society,[2] and thus can be viewed as a reflection of his ideals. He believes that the world he has created is already a utopia and is determined to maintain the status quo at any cost.[1]
Even during his time, YVS was a notoriously underhanded combatant, who rather than improve his spirit and techniques, engaged in bribery, blackmailing and manipulation in order to rid himself of his competition and crown himself Shaman King, much to the disgust of the Patch Officiants of that generation.[3]
Despite innumerable character flaws, YVS has a surprising amount of forethought, immediately recognizing Hao as the most dangerous threat to his regime and seeking to eliminate him when he was just a reincarnated infant. When this failed, he began preparations for an eventual Flower of Maize, knowing full well that Hao would win the next tournament, and thus improve his chances of victory by usurping him later.[4] He is said to hate Hao the most out of all of the G8.[2]
Abilities and Powers[]
As a Shaman King, Fra YVS had the Great Spirit as his Guardian Ghost and possesses immense power over the Earth.
History[]
Past[]
YVS sleeps to become Shaman King.
In AD 1500, YVS participated in and ultimately won the Shaman Fight and was crowned the Shaman King. According to Thorim, instead of growing stronger, YVS won by using underhanded methods, such as paying his subordinates and blackmailed his opponents, using their families, status and lands against them, leading many to withdraw from the tournament and making YVS unpopular amongst the Patch Officiants of that generation.[3] Around this time, he also encountered Asakura Hao.[5]
Sometime after becoming the Shaman King, he was responsible for creating the capitalist society that exists during the present time.[2] At one point, YVS utilized Mr. B's doctrines to control humanity by bending them on purpose, corrupting the creation of the Butsu Zones.[6]
Prior to Asakura Hao's second reincarnation, YVS enlisted the Lasso Family to seek out and assassinate the infant. After the repeated failures of Luchist Lasso and the other inquisitors, Hao had recovered too much of his former strength, so YVS shifted to preparing for an eventual Flower of Maize against the future Shaman King.[4]
YVS's physical skull still existed within Mū after 500 years, as Hao encountered it when he entered the King's Sanctuary to become Shaman King himself.[5]
After Hao became Shaman King, YVS and four others of the G8 objected to Hao's plan for the future of humanity. When the G8 Summit could not reach an agreement, a Flower of Maize competition was called.[2]
Flowers[]
As Hao and the copy of Asakura Yoh discuss recent events and Hao's determination to win the Flower of Maize and change the world, YVS suddenly appears and states his determination to defend his work at all costs.[1]
Anime/Manga Difference[]
Trivia[]
- YVS' name is based on the Tetragrammaton, the four-letter spelling of the Abrahamic God.
- In the original one-shot and OVA, the name is spelled YHVH (ヤハべぇ Yahabē).[7]
- In the main series, the name is spelled YVS (ヤービス Yābisu).[8]
- In extra pages published alongside Flowers Chapter 18, the name was spelled YBS (ヤービス Yābisu).[9]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Shaman King Manga - Zero Chapter 7
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Shaman King Manga - Flowers Chapter 15
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Shaman King Manga - The Super Star Chapter 41
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Shaman King Manga - Marcos Chapter 14
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Shaman King Manga - Chapter 277
- ↑ Shaman King Manga - The Super Star Chapter 45
- ↑ Shaman King Manga - Zero Chapter 8; Page 27
- ↑ Shaman King Manga - Flowers Chapter 8
- ↑ Jump X - Issue November 2013 (p.31)
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