Kisara

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Kisara
Yu-Gi-Oh! (manga), Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters
Dub Name	Kisara
First Appearance	Yu-Gi-Oh! Episode 205
Birth Date	Unknown
Known Relatives	Unknown
Height	Unknown
Weight	Unknown
Favourite Food	Unknown
Least Favourite Food	Unknown
Signature Card	Blue-Eyes White Dragon (Ka)
Seiyuu	Rie Nakagawa
VA	Caroline Lawson

Kisara (キサラ Kisara) is the keeper of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon during the Memory World arc. She is mentioned as being from a "foreign country" in the Japanese anime. As children, Priest Seto saved Kisara from slave traders, and she repaid him by unconsciously releasing her dragon after the traders set fire to his village and killed his mother. Years later, Seto again stumbles across Kisara being stoned because of her unusual complexion: white skin, blue eyes and white hair. Shaada senses the power within her--which he deems "equal to that of the Egyptian gods"--and Seto takes her back to the palace.

Seto's father, Akhenaden, eventually tries to test Kisara's power by forcing her to fight in a battle with two other spirits (or "Ka"). Kisara, with no conscious awareness of her dragon, resigns herself to death. Although Seto ultimately interferes and saves her, both fall into danger, causing Kisara - out fear for Seto - to finally release her dragon and save them both.

Later, Akhenaden explains that Kisara's Ka is unique, and that the white dragon - her Ka - has fused with her Ba, or her mind. Extracting her Ka would thus mean her death. However, Akhenaden - under the control of Zork Necrophedius - encourages Seto to take it out, claiming that the power of the white dragon can surpass the enemy and even the Pharaoh's three gods. If Seto can obtain it, Seto can become the new king. By this time, however, Seto has developed strong feelings for Kisara, and he refuses.

Akhenaden subsequently kidnaps Seto in an attempt to corrupt him with darkness. Kisara runs to save him, ultimately breaking him free from Akhenaden's control. Enraged, Akhenaden fires a off a beam of dark energy, and Kisara dies taking the blow meant for Seto. Her Ka is then sealed by Akhenaden into a stone tablet.

Distraught, Seto attempts to kill Akhenaden, only to have Akhenaden/Zork take over his mind and force him to fight Pharaoh Atem. Kisara saves Seto once more by using her "light" to purge his father from his mind, promising him that her spirit would always guard his soul. Seto sheds his first tears in front of BEWD tablet, with Kisara's dead body in his arms; notably, this is the 'vision' that appears to Kaiba during his tournament with Isis Ishtar (Battle City).

Kazuki Takahashi has said that he originally planned for the story to have further explored the relationship between Seto and Kisara (including a subplot where Seto rebels against the pharaoh to avenge her death), but in order to meet a deadline these details had to be cut. According to Takahashi, Priest Seto's feelings for Kisara are the basis behind Kaiba's modern-day obsession with the Blue-Eyes White Dragon.