29Yoki (ヨキ) is the reluctant traveling partner of Scar and a former member of the military. In the Chuang Yi English translation of the manga only, his name was changed to Yorki.[1]
Yoki
Identity: Yoki (ヨキ) is the reluctant traveling partner of Scar and a former member of the military. In the Chuang Yi English translation of the manga only, his name was changed to Yorki.[1]
Background: In the manga and 2009 anime, Yoki was once a corrupt member of the military who imposed heavy taxes on the town of Youswell, bankrupting its citizens. In 1914, however, the Elric brothers arrived in town and tricked Yoki into giving up ownership of the town before promptly reporting his actions to the military. He was stripped of his rank and lived as a homeless person on the outskirts of Central. There, he tried numerous other professions and even gambling, but failed at each one. The 2009 anime also has an original scene not in the manga, showing that Yoki was eventually forced to break into the Armstrong Family household. After trying to escape the imposing parents, he ran into a room where he saw Catherine Elle Armstrong playing the piano. He quickly was attracted to her, but she threw the piano at him, and was exiled, where he met the fugitive Scar.Yoki is forced to work for Scar under the threat of death. Though he tries to convince those they encounter that Scar is his servant, Yoki always does as Scar commands and even calls him "master". Since he has started following Scar around the country, Yoki has assumed the role of a comic relief character, often having pain inflicted upon him when he tries to seem superior to others. In Chapter 93 and Episode 52, Yoki manages to hit Pride with Kimblee's car, buying Alphonse and Heinkel some much needed time to escape. His reason for doing this was because everyone else "gets all the cool parts". While he wasn't seen during the final battle, he was later shown in a photo from years after the main story, which shows him having joined up at a circus alongside Heinkel and Darius. In the 2003 anime, Yoki's original appearance is largely the same, the only difference is that he has enlisted the help of an alchemist named Lyra to enforce his laws and protect him. Later in the series, Yoki alerts the military to Scar's location, and in the subsequent raid to apprehend Scar, Yoki hopes of using Scar's arrest to be reinstated