Low key I quit playing the cardgame after Zexal came out. I hated XYZ monsters

Not gonna lie I genuinely think Yuma becomes a better character as the series progresses. Plus I find him a bit relatable. He starts off as a complete novice who only knows the bare basics but as the series progresses he slowly becomes stronger and stronger. Plus this kid has been through the ringer. He’s literally seen his friends turned against him and die right in front of him yet he still tries to do everything he can and still tries to be a better person.

You got a piece of information wrong. Kite didn't lose to Mizar he actually won. What caused his death was he ran out of air on top of the constant use of the photon transformation.

Damn this starts with him selling his soul to get back a deck of cards

A lot of ppl didn't like zexal but it was my most memorable one of the yugioh series (except the yugi/atem of course)

My favorite Yugioh! At first I don’t like Yuma as well but he grows so much throughout the series and now is one of my fav protagonist. Also, Shark is the best character for me. I love him so much.

Barian onslaught is one of the best arcs in any yugioh series.

Kite: The guy who runs the most OP deck. Yuma. The guy who quit playing after Synchros.

Zexal was my first introduction to the franchise, so Yuma and Zexal will always have a special place in my heart. Thanks Nicktoons

Wait hold on cause you not gonna disrespect kite like that kite won the duel he just died because he has no oxygen left in his suit

Keep in mind "taken to barian world" is a dubism. Everyone who was "sent to barian world" during the final arc straight up died and got sent to hell (which is barian world, though the dub understandably is more vague on that).

15:53 We need Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal The Movie when it takes place in the Post Forever Zexal Season 3 Episode 48, where Yuma, Astral, Seven Revived Human Emperors and all their buddies going to Astral World two face of the new darkness plaguing the Galaxy

My first yugioh and my favorite I JUST FEELING THE FLOW!

You didn't do bad at all summing up everything you could about Zexal, since there was a ton of things in the series that tended to come out of left field. At first, I really didn't like Yuma because I thought of him as a klutzy duelist who would just stupidly lose life points a lot of the time. But after giving the series another chance years later, meaning watching it on KZfaq, lol, I really have a lot more respect for him when his dueling got better, and he really just wanted to do what was right overall. The character developments were really deep in this series, so I don't know whoever those people were who said that they were barely there. The duel against Don Thousand was epic as hell, and it was funny how a card Yuma uses most of the time, was the one to seal the victory for him and Shark (I'm not spoiling what card it was for those who haven't watched it). My personal favorite Yu-Gi-Oh! series will always be the original (with 5D's being a close second), but Zexal has grown on me enough for me to give it some praise for being a pretty decent anime series. Finally, I really liked how Shark considered Yuma his greatest friend in the end. Sure, Shark is not one to always admit his feelings, but that duel when they first teamed up against those two a-holes who called themselves The Pack, helped him with the realization about what Yuma said throughout the series, "People deserve a second chance."

I remember watching Yu-Gi-Oh for the time as a kid and this was the first one I came across, my favourite character was Yuma I loved his positive and never giving up attitude. I felt this was well written as well as the storylines were fantastic as well full of adrenaline. This made you be on the edge of your seats. But most importantly you can learn life lessons from this Yu-Gi-Oh series. I feel you can relate to each of the characters the more the episodes goes by.

Thank you for making this. I have tried three times to finish this series, but I just can't endure Yuma and always quit around the Duel Carnival arc.

My favorite show together with the original and 5D's. Starts slow but ends with a banger.

I say this, zexal is very underrated tbh, it got me in yugioh and i watch the other yugioh and this is my list Og yugioh Zexal/5D Gx Arc V

I really like Zexal. Yes, the first arc is almost unwatchable. But then Yuma's voice actor (dub just to be clear) settles into the voice and it stops being annoying seeing Yuma make novice mistakes, instead having him make normal mistakes, and develop in his strategies. Like, after that first set of episodes, Astral gives a suggestion, and either Yuma's already on top of it, or he goes along with it, instead of butting heads every time. His enthusiasm gets tempered with experience, and his off-the-wall strategies start to pay off more often, like that final duel against Nasch, where canceling his own attacks ended up being the win condition, even if on the surface it was a suboptimal play.

'goofy tone, lack of character development, animation style, intro of xyz monsters' I genuinely hope these are not your personal criticisms of the show, because they are all wrong. ZeXal is known for its character development, in fact, it has the most out of any other series, Yuma, Shark, Kaito, the arclight brothers, Astral, literally 95% of the important cast members develop, so i don't know if we're watching the same show. Goofy tone? Sure, it was goofy at the beginning, but this was important as it would make the dark shift much more shocking and effective, and not feel forced, whereas the reason 5D's suffers post dark signers arc is because we were thrown into it. It certainly wasn't goofy all the way through, one of the darkest moments i can remember is Vector's backstory (don't know if you watched the english or japanese dub) Animation was peak in ZeXal XYZ monsters were generally very well received it's just your personal bias

Good video man,I finally finished watching this anime and it was a struggle,though it gets better has the anime went on.

loved this series, nostalgia is a big factor as I would only watch the same 10-20 repeated episodes on CW4kids as a kid but loved it, got a chance to actually finish it and watch all the episodes in order

So glad you uploaded this! I had a customer the other day watching YT and I heard the opening and couldnt put my finger to where I heard it. NOW I KNOW! My man was a fellow KK watcher! Edit: I've only been a sub for a week or two now 😅

I watched this show when i was a kid and last year i rewatched it all through and honestly i loved it, it was so nostalgic to see this show again and i loved seeing how yuuma grew through the show

Season 2 onwards was sooo good

Every gen starts malding the second they are not pandered to by a cartoon for kids.

He is literally a Super Saiyan

Fun fact Yu-Gi-Ohs creator had a close tie in the creation of zexal and its characters and plot. He also pitched the idea for synchros pre 5ds

Imma keep it real and I may get hate for this. Zexal is probably my fav series in yugioh. Love the og to death, but zexal holds a special place in my heart

Zexal is such an amazing series the light comedy only happens in the first quarter of the anime the deeper darker tones come in literally in the middle of Zexals run I enjoy every single moment of it I’ve watched all the Yugioh anime before and after and this is one of my favorites the story and tone of the story is great, character development is a lot better than people think he ends up being one of the worst duelist to being one of the many best with an amazing extra deck

Zeal? That’s the first time I’m learning of this phenomenon.

Wow didn’t know how bad that story is. Thank god I watched this!

I play the card game a lot skill. Now that Konami has moved on to Rush Duels, and sort of ‘ended’ development of the OCG/TCG, I’ve decided that Xyz summoning is the best summoning method. It’s the easiest, most consistent, reliable, and fun one they’ve got. Without the monsters summoned being too OP, having actual limited resources and such.

I loved this one more than gx But xyz summon is for noob (xyz player myself)

12:59. You can clear seen in this shoot that they didn´t inclued the class represent in this scene. I wonder why.

I love yumas matapia deck, hope they get more support instead of utopia's 10th form.

XYZ was so underwhelming at the beginning that I truly thought XYZ was created before Synchro but decided to use it because it was better design mechanic. Comparing Stardust to Utopia is so lob sided it’s not even funny, but after time went on they got better and I think they’re best special summon in the game

16:01 I wish we knew what that "new threat" was.

Who else is dieing from him saying “numbers” instead of number😭😭

So, I got a real spicy take here: Zexal is probably my second favorite YGO... but I find the fans _absolutely insufferable._ Whether it's telling people that the dub is shit and you aren't allowed to watch it, or saying that the second half is peak YGO - it _isn't._ It's rife with problems that it just takes a small amount of deeper analysis to locate, and I find that infuriating. To me, the best part of Zexal is the World Duel Carnival... which is still pretty flawed, but I absolutely fell in love with the Arclight brothers. They're genuinely the main reason Zexal is my second favorite. I just wish it didn't have things like that rollercoaster duel... Also: Yuma's development is not a steady upward climb. He gets better for a while, and then he regresses. Hard. If anyone tries to argue that Vector's redemption was a good thing, I have a whole 20+ years of writing experience that say otherwise. Last but not least, to conclude my Zexal rant... Kite got done even dirtier than the entirety of 5D's.

Zexal is actually my third favourite yugioh series. I didn’t really like the bike one(and have been putting off vrains)

am I the only one who really likes XYZ? literally my fav archetype lol

Soooo we need this new arc as a movie right? I mean we got a GOOD Vector,an even more powerful and experianced Yuma WITH Numeron Dragon,a more powerful kite,The barion emporers,and a new big bad? NAH FORGET A MOVIE THIS SHOULD BE A NEW SEASON! YUGIOH ZEXAL SEASON 4 WHEN?!?!?!

Vector being a complete evil troll was bad enough but the earliest red flag was "Ray" played horribly in the 2v1 against Girag... on purpose. Like he was setting Yuma up since the beginning. Dammit, we should have known the Ray Way was always the wrong way.

Bro i highly suggest you watch the sub version, the difference between the sub and the dub is insane, the dub version is a rotten trash compared to the sub version

This is another frustrating thing for dub viewers but: Trey and Quattro's REAL names weren't mentioned once in the dub, Quinton's real name is Chris Arclight, Vetrix's is Byron. For those who never heard their names because of dub, Trey and Quattro's real names are Michael and Thomas Arclight, respectively.

I've watched zexal and can confirm this is more enjoyable than watching the actual anime. I liked the early sagas of the show but once the barrion stuff started it felt like a slog to get through, and i had to actively force myself to finish watching it.

Yeah the shows haven't been based on a manga since the original, from gx onward, the manga released afterward

Okay so now I know I stopped watching right after the dark astral fight back when the show was still airing, but I was that close to the shows end really?! Also the series itself ends on a cliffhanger or did i not understand the end of this video?

Zexal is by far the superior version of duel monsters

Hey,so do you have a vid explaining the OG YUGIOH Anywhere or what? Also,you forgot that at the end,the female mc FINALLY admits she loves the male MC. Praise his name.

Missing father? Is that code word for dead parents?

Holy Cow! it's Dragon Ball yu gi oh?!! :O

Love gx and 5ds .this plot was all over the place .selling soul for cards.lot cartoon protagonist nowdays get young and immature.

So you gonna let me what the name of the back ground music?

1:20: lack of character development??? no shot...

The next time anyone says Zexal has 'a lack of character development' I will gladly point them to Arc V to show them a show which screws up character development so much it's basically nonexistant. I'd also point them there if you want an annoying main character (It's more I am sick of the smiles bs Yuya spouts both in the sub and dub, if it wasn't forced I'd enjoy Arc V more than I did, and I don't mine Arc V's existance but it could have been way better than what we got) I'd rather Zexal over Arc V, thanks. At least Kattobingu/Feeling The Flow feels more like 'I won't give up in the face of seemingly impossible odds' instead of feeling forced and I guiltily enjoy it for that

You should recap inuzuma eleven

When will you recap the original Yugioh?

Honestly, one of the main reasons i see people complain about ZeXal is because Yuma isn't like the previous protags, who were always at the top of the game, and beating everyone left right front and center. And it makes me so mad, as i see a lot of my early days of Yu Gi Oh in Yuma, missing activations, saying what i'm setting, trying to keep my monsters alive etc. But overtime Yuma gets better and gains Yu-Gi-Oh Protagonist BS, making it the Yu-Gi-Oh people wanted to watch... But barely anyone watched passed the first season

I actually enjoyed this series. The next one however I was unable to get in to because the beginning character was such an idiot If you thought Yuma was bad the next character was on steroids for the stupidity I gave up like 3 or 4 episodes in and moved on. It didn't help that his deck was all based off of clowns. And I haven't even bothered with watching sevens although I did catch some fancied episodes of vrains. If I can ever track down the entire series i'd like to watch it it looks pretty interesting

After i adored 5ds , ZeXal came out....i was almost about to quit yugioh and only loved it again when Arc V came out.....Zexal was too weak and predictable for me... I only liked Vector.

Only thing I liked about Zexal (I watched the Subbed version) some of the OST and Ending songs, BGM, Galaxy-Eyes, Gimmicks Puppets, Number 101 & NC 101, Kaito, Vector, and I guess more Utopia forms.

Actually zexal was the only spin-off who had a manga created before the anime

Bruh they did astral dirty he died twice

Pls Arc V

pls arc v

Season one of the show is very bad and you can pretty much just outright skip it. However, I’m very happy to say that the remaining seasons of the series are all very amazing. The story gets a lot better.

I liked zexal ,the only thing keeping from zexal being good is the dub

Atem is thst you my boy?

Im not usually that guy but mangas better

Zexal also had the weakest character designs of the first four series.

I made the mistake of watching this show in my teen years Now I cannot stop calling it Yugioh Zexual XD

Yeah this is what I hopped off of Yu-Gi-Oh for real cuz Yu-Gi-Oh zexal was just such a turn off I was already annoyed with the summer mechanic and Yuma was an annoying protagonist like I get it he's a young kid or whatever but the way they wrote him was just so aggravating and did you notice how Yu-Gi-Oh zexal and Arc 5 and sevens and Gold Rush their protagonists are so aggravating that they're not memorable while Yu-Gi-Oh Yu-Gi-Oh GX Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds and Yu-Gi-Oh VRains are memorable they're protagonist yet might not have lost or they might lost one or two rules but they were more enduring than the protagonist of the series where oh they're supposed to grow and change looks like most of us Yu-Gi-Oh fans don't care for these new generational style protagonist the ones that are heavenly annoyed and lose a lot in order to get character change and development. I don't know to me the show just wasn't all that interesting It just makes you long for Yu-Gi-Oh Yu-Gi-Oh GX and Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds sadly. But I tolerate Yu-Gi-Oh zexal more so than arc 5 7s and Gold Rush

Yu Gi Oh Zexal honestly started off pretty terribly. And then the second half of the series ended up becoming one of my favorite arcs in Yu Gi Oh.

I’m pretty sure the X stands for DON’T WATCH IT

No charector development? Bruh aside from jack this has the most charector development

I didn't understand most of the important things I wanted to knew coming here.. ho kaito and four and the other characters that died are resurrected? ..the video was so bad explaining the series

This series was god awful. Here's what we don't want in a protagonist. An absolute goof ball who is bad at dueling. Sorry.. I don't want that. No one disliked Yusei. No one disliked Judai, and no one definitely disliked Yugi. Judai was a bit goofy but he was a hyper competant duelist. It was cool seeing that he was talented even if he was a bit book dumb and not school savvy. Even found a way by season 4 to tune up his look to be more in line with a traditional protagonist. Sharper edges, wilder hair and sharper eyes, taller, and the infamous tail cuff jacket. Yuma just didn't fit that mold and dare I say it of the Studio Gallop era he is easily the worst looking protagonist easy. This was the start of multicolored hair phase of YGO where it wasn't just the protagonist messing with highlights or something. Everyone had it like it was some genetic abnormality. But for some reason Yuma had like a clear slick top behind the spikey look. They also went for more color which I guess is just contrast to 5Ds as it was very much a dark scrapheap vibe based on Satellite where as Tomorrowland is colorful, bright, clean, and futuristic. The jacket is kind of cool but Yuma comes wiith the ugliest color scheme of a shirt They also went with a new art direction for characters which is to make their stances wider with bigger eyes and head. It makes them look scrawnier like a bobbel head. All and all Yuma sucks. Yuya also sucks. It took 2 series for us to finally get back to a likeable protagonist i.e. Yusaku who yes had his problems. He was an absolute brick in civvie form but his backstory, motivation, VRAINS avatar, and deck theme were all cool af.

I’m gonna stop you right there. You lied in the video. Yuma didn’t collect Trey’s numbers during the fight with Trey. He collected them AFTER the Sphere Field Dual with his father, Vetrix.

You retold the story didn't explain sh ite

Nasch let Yuma and Astral win

I was 10 when Zexal came out... i've hated that show so mutch that made me quit watching Yu-gi-oh. Imagine grew up with Yusei and then see that cool and serius protagonist being replaced with a retarded kid... I HATED HIM! He is not my hero! he is not my protagonist! I couldn't accept some one who doesn't know how to play the game as a protagonist, even I knew how to play AND I WAS 10! HE WAS 13! every day i've wished for 5DS to come back, i've wanted all the characters i learned to love back, i've wanted my hero back... i will never NEVER forgive Zexal for what it did, it made me hate and quit somethin i loved and even to this day i watch every Yu gi oh series after Zexal with disgust realizing how they decide to maintain the standards of that shitty show.

Zexal explained in 4 words: SOULESS DUEL MONSTERS COPY

Sorry I can't let you butcher my favorite duel ever 13:51 wym kite's defeat bro?????

13:52 are you sure you watched the show blud "kite's defeat"???? lil bro kite died because his suit ran out of oxygen in space but he defeated mizar before that happened

Bull shit it’s the greatest dub series

Yeah this is what I hopped off of Yu-Gi-Oh for real cuz Yu-Gi-Oh zexal was just such a turn off I was already annoyed with the summer mechanic and Yuma was an annoying protagonist like I get it he's a young kid or whatever but the way they wrote him was just so aggravating and did you notice how Yu-Gi-Oh zexal and Arc 5 and sevens and Gold Rush their protagonists are so aggravating that they're not memorable while Yu-Gi-Oh Yu-Gi-Oh GX Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds and Yu-Gi-Oh VRains are memorable they're protagonist yet might not have lost or they might lost one or two rules but they were more enduring than the protagonist of the series where oh they're supposed to grow and change looks like most of us Yu-Gi-Oh fans don't care for these new generational style protagonist the ones that are heavenly annoyed and lose a lot in order to get character change and development. I don't know to me the show just wasn't all that interesting It just makes you long for Yu-Gi-Oh Yu-Gi-Oh GX and Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds sadly. But I tolerate Yu-Gi-Oh zexal more so than arc 5 7s and Gold Rush