Bakura is WAY Mehr awesome!!! I don't know why, though. Maybe it's because he's SEXY!!! But Marik is sexy too...which is exactly why I don't know why Bakura's better XD
In my opinion, Bakura is, My Favorit character is Yami Bakura. Bakura has been through so much, he never gives up, though his goals are a evil, that doesn't make him evil, Yami Bakura is controlled Von Zorc, he is in pain due to his family, Friends and other villagers dying before his eyes, with him unable to do a single thing, I feel sorry for him. Although Marik did live a life where he was forbidden to walk with the 'outsiders' due to the fact he was a tombkeeper, he wasn't totally alone, he did have to endure the pain of having the Pharaoh's secret etched on his back, but personally, I'd rather get something like that than loose my family, Friends and Home and then be called evil for trying to "free" them.
Marik ishtar, 100%. He is down right sexy, has lots of fanservice through out the shot, such as taking off his hemd, shirt atleast two times. He rides a motercycle, and Du get to see him as a kid. Which is THE CUTEST THING EVER!!!!!