RakKhunBam

RakKhunBam is the friendship between Twenty-Fifth Bam, Khun Aguero Agnis and Rak Wraithraiser from the Tower of God fandom.

Anime
The three met for the first time on the Floor of Tests where they had to reduce the number of participants from 400 to 200. During the test, Rak senses Black March's power and demands a battle with Bam, who was already with Khun at the time. Rak is initially hostile towards the two, trying multiple times to attack them which were blocked by Khun. Eventually it comes to the part where the participants have to team up with two others, seeing as they were the only three within radius, Khun and Bam latch onto Rak and essentially forces him to team up with them.

Rather than calling Khun and Bam by their names, Rak refers to them as "blue turtle" and "black turtle" respectively. Khun will also call Rak "gator" on purpose to irritate him. While they are waiting to take the Red Door Test, Rak threatens multiple times to eat Khun and Bam. In response, Khun offers Rak chocolate bars, which does more than satisfy Rak since he immediately demands more, and Khun obliges by copying a whole pile for him.

At the Red Door Test, Khun is distrustful towards the hint given by the "yellow balloon" before they entered, causing him to doubt his own instincts and nearly fail the test. However, with barely five seconds left on the timer, Rak kicks a door open, which shocks Khun. When Khun asked Rak why he opened that particular door, Rak simply replied "instincts", highlighting the differences between the two. While Khun relies on his brain and smarts to get him through sticky situations, Rak relies solely on his instincts and does not hesitate to act upon them- which is a sharp contrast to Khun, whoa analyzes all of his choices before acting.

Rak and Khun are both very strong in their own right, but without Bam, they wouldn't have teamed up to begin with. After Bam is injured from the Crown Game, Khun stays by his bedside the entire time, even going and buying him a new set of clothes since Bam's old ones were ruined. Khun notices Rak spying into the room, when he opens the door, Rak pretends that he wasn't worried for Bam or anything. Khun doesn't buy it and tells Rak to come inside, which the gator does. Khun and Rak's care for Bam's well-being is the most significant portion for this scene.

Khun and Rak are hit the hardest when Bam's "death" is announced. Rak roars in grief at the news, and Khun swears upon hearing it. Even after Bam's "death", Khun and Rak keeps their promise to Bam, and help Rachel climb the tower. Before they are teleported to the Third Floor of the tower, Khun tells Rachel how he wished he had met Bam before she did.

Webtoon
While Bam was training with F.U.G., his motivation to endure the harsh training and one day make it out was to see Rak and Khun again. After a training session with Jinsung, Bam pleads him to continue the training so that he would get stronger, despite the fact he would kill himself if he pushed himself any further. Bam reveals that he would rather die than never see Rak and Khun again.

Quotes
"I would rather die than never see Rak and Khun again...!!"

- Bam to Jinsung, S2 CH332

"You were... really alive...!!"

- Rak seeing Bam for the first time after six years

"... I feel like the end of the world will come if Bam isn't here."

- Khun to Evan Edrok

Fanon
RakKhunBam is the most popular friendship pairing the fandom due to them being the "main trio" of the Tower of God series; similar to SasuNaruSaku and TodoBakuDeku for their fandoms. They are almost always featured together in official works and ToG merch. Fanworks of the trio usually feature parts of the manhwa where Rak and Khun were reunited with Bam or their time on the Hell Train.

It is often shipped as a background ship for KhunBam.

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Trivia

 * Since Bam is a Wave Controller, Khun, a Light Bearer, and Rak, a Spear Bearer; the three of them make a formidable team in battles.

Variations

 * KhunBam refers to the ship between Twenty-Fifth Bam and Khun Aguero Agnis