Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal Anime Episode 1-46 Evaluation

Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal (#advert) is an anime and manga sequence by Kazuki Takahashi. It belongs within the chronicle and hump genre. Or no longer it’s the third trek-off to the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise. The story is ready Yuma Tsukumo and Astral. Yuma desires to be a Duel Champion, but he is unpleasant at dueling.

All the map thru a duel, he meets Astral who’s a messenger from the Astral World. Attributable to Astral’s assist, Yuma is ready to salvage the duel. Astral desires to amass the Numbers Xyz monster cards to revive his misplaced memories. Yuma helps him with this job. They work together to amass the Numbers cards and salvage duels.

The next are my thoughts in regards to the first 46 episodes of this anime in no explicit hiss:

Number 39: Utopia / Kibou Hope

I love this card, but I’m getting ill of how Yuma summons it the total time. Or no longer it’s love every other duel has to private this card one map or the opposite, love he cannot salvage without the utter of Number 39: Utopia. I want he would summon one more card as a exchange.

Severely, doesn’t he like one more nasty 4 Xyz monster to summon? Why does it repeatedly want to be either Kibou Hope, or its developed construct Number C39: Utopia Ray / Chaos Numbers 39: Kibou Hope Ray?

Numbers Xyz Monsters

Speaking of Numbers Xyz monsters, by now Yuma has already still heaps of Numbers cards love Number 11: Extensive Behold, Number 61: Volcasaurus, Number 17: Leviathan Dragon, etc. So how come he doesn’t utter any of these cards? Why does he assist the utter of Utopia? Also, why does he assist the utter of nasty 4 Xyz monsters?

I want Yuma and Astral would in fact utter the choice Numbers Xyz cards at their disposal, particularly folk that save no longer seem to be nasty 4. I must peep them utter better-ranked cards particularly since I’m so ill of seeing them summon the identical outdated nasty 4 cards (*cough*KibouHope*cough*).

I judge the duels might perchance perchance well perhaps be extra consuming if there turned into as soon as extra variety to it and if Yuma and Astral build a chunk extra effort into it. As an instance, their weird and wonderful thought is nice to insist mail stage 4 monsters (As an instance: Gagaga Magician and Gogogo Golem) on the discipline then overlay them to Xyz summon Utopia. However what if they in fact needed to salvage out monsters which can perhaps well perhaps be stage 5 or better? Wouldn’t that be mighty extra consuming?

Apart from one of Yuma’s celebrated cards (as opposed to Utopia) is Gagaga Magician, and this monster has a terribly frosty attain which enables it to trade its stage from 1-8 every flip. I want Yuma and Astral would in fact utter this card to its fats capacity. They might be able to like inclined this card to assist them Xyz summon better-ranked Numbers monsters.

Astral

I love Astral. He might perchance perchance well also additionally be reasonably comical and a giggle now and then love when he doesn’t know the map this world works, and he has to ask Yuma to show cloak issues to him. Indubitably, Yuma will not be very steady at explaining issues, which ideal makes issues funnier.

I additionally love how he turned into as soon as in fact anxious of Kaito. This gave him extra character and made him extra consuming because it presentations that he just isn’t any longer supreme. However I want he’d stumbled on a scheme to salvage without needing to resort to a deus ex machina within the construct of mixing or fusing himself with Yuma after which doing a Radiant Design.

Or no longer it’s nearly dishonest, and it ideal made me root for Kaito as a exchange because no longer no longer up to he didn’t want to create a novel card or attain what Astral and Yuma did ideal to salvage (or pressure a tie, in this case).

Kotori Mizuki / Tori Meadows

I detest Kotori Mizuki. I salvage her stressful and ineffective. I judge she’s essentially the most ineffective and pointless character in this sequence. She’s ideal an additional who gets within the methodology and will not be wished for the predicament.

I don’t judge the define is going to lose the leisure if she wasn’t spherical. Why does she want to be right here anyway? Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal would like been mighty extra consuming without her striking spherical the necessary character the total time.

Honestly, I’d no longer mind there being extra female characters in Zexal, but Kotori can usually be regarded as one seeing as how she doesn’t in fact attain the leisure. There will not be any depth or character to her character.

Extra usually than no longer, she ideal stands there, looking out at Yuma duel. Take hang of her away, and what does the define lose? Nothing. On yarn of she’s no longer obligatory to the total predicament. She doesn’t contribute to the predicament in a meaningful methodology. If she’s no longer there, the define can gathered jog on. She’s no longer even a duelist.

It looks love she easiest exists to cook and clear after the MC (necessary character) and be his treasure hobby. However how inclined is Yuma anyway? Does he in fact favor a treasure hobby? Him being oblivious to the attentions of his admirers and folk which like a crush on him, no longer to repeat him taking a peep love a chunk of kid, ideal presentations that he just isn’t any longer ready to be in a romantic relationship.

One more thing I detest about Kotori is how her total world looks to revolve spherical Yuma. She doesn’t like any desires or aspirations or targets as opposed to looking out to be with Yuma. In actuality, most of her dialog contains her asserting or screaming Yuma’s title.

Or no longer it’s love she’s literally nothing with out a person in her life, which is nice insulting. I in fact hope she gets better and improves within the impending episodes. By now, I judge it be too mighty to ask for her to ideal no longer define up anymore.

Also, what is up with Tori’s hair? Or no longer it is so weird and wonderful the map it defies gravity. Relish that point when Obomi, the cleaning robotic, takes her ribbon, her hair stayed within the the same bun form. And why does she want to feature so heavily within the define’s opening and ending songs? They’re making her out to be some important character when the real fact is she’s ideal an stressful, ineffective additional who does fully nothing of significance.

Yuma Tsukumo

For essentially the most share, Yuma Tsukumo just isn’t any longer that unpleasant. He is a reasonably okay necessary character. He is without anguish methodology better than the ineffective Kotori. Considered one of many issues I love is how Yuma doesn’t salvage all his duels.

I love seeing him lose because it makes issues extra consuming. Or no longer it’s ideal no longer fun if the viewers is looking ahead to him to salvage the total time. I favor characters who battle. I want the characters to work hard for their victory because it makes their story mighty extra compelling.

Then another time, mighty as I love Yuma, there are occasions when I salvage myself hating him. As an instance, there turned into as soon as that point when he says he doesn’t perceive why Shark (Ryoga Kamishiro / Reginald Kastle) desires to utter dueling to salvage revenge. He comes all the map thru as self-righteous right here because Shark already explained that he turned into as soon as doing this for his sister who turned into as soon as injure thanks to IV (Quattro).

What if it turned into as soon as Yuma’s sister (Kari / Akari Tsukumo) or a member of his family who had been injure? What if he stumbled on himself within the the same attach as Shark? What would he like accomplished then?

Or no longer it’s easy for him to claim issues love don’t duel for revenge or to want folk to ideal like a good time while dueling because he just isn’t any longer going thru the issues they’re experiencing. He hasn’t been accused of dishonest or been disqualified, his sister is magnificent and no longer death or ill, etc.

The methodology Yuma sounds most continuously, it be love he wants his methodology of dueling to be essentially among the finest methodology. He doesn’t want others to utter dueling to attain their targets (love revenge), and but will not be he the utter of dueling to attain his targets too (he desires to be a Duel Champion)? Apart from, how is Yuma looking ahead to Shark to unravel his points with IV if he doesn’t want the two to duel?

Ryoga Kamishiro and Kaito Tenjo are methodology extra compelling and partaking than Yuma. Why couldn’t they be the necessary characters as a exchange?

They seem to are residing in an world where dueling is long-established. Even the protection methods make utter of duels. Then there turned into as soon as that point when Kaito Tenjo’s brother turned into as soon as kidnapped and to avoid wasting him, Kite and Yuma needed to duel III (Trey) and IV. This ideal goes to define that dueling is a gargantuan thing in this world, and that most issues are resolved thru dueling.

So Yuma confirmed ideal how mighty of a hypocrite and self-righteous fool he turned into as soon as by disapproving of Shark looking out to duel IV for revenge. What did he want Shark to attain as a exchange, cancel IV or one thing?

Also, I don’t treasure how he says he doesn’t care about winning or shedding duels. It doesn’t sound plausible at all, and it ideal makes him hit upon as a hypocrite. Or no longer it is so easy for Yuma to claim phrases love this because he doesn’t lose. He finally ends up winning most of his duels, particularly the important ones. And he doesn’t in fact lose the leisure even though he doesn’t salvage.

If he were to lose one thing (love Astral and his Numbers cards), then he manages to salvage the duel or one thing occurs so as that he doesn’t want to face the penalties of shedding. As an instance, when Kite turned into as soon as about to defeat Yuma, his younger brother collapses and so he has to cancel the duel to pass take a look at on Hart.

Then there turned into as soon as that point when Yuma and Shark fought all the map thru the World Duel Carnival. If Yuma had misplaced this duel, he have not got been ready to solution to the finals, and he would like misplaced Astral and the Numbers, so it ended with Shark ideal letting Yuma jog and no longer finishing the duel.

Speaking of duels, most continuously, I in fact detest how contrived most of these duels are, particularly the ones consuming Yuma. Or no longer it’s love Yuma ideal has so that you just can intention the staunch cards at the staunch time. Or no longer it’s come to the point where the duels like change into rather predictable, where it usually ends with Yuma winning after being ready to summon Utopia or Utopia Ray.

Then there turned into as soon as that point where Astral and Yuma in fact fused together and ended up taking a peep love one of many Huge Saiyans from the Dragon Ball anime. I didn’t admire that at all particularly after they proceeded to attain a Radiant Design. Wasn’t that ideal blatant dishonest? Now not easiest were they ready to salvage the staunch cards at ideal the staunch time, they additionally reasonably mighty managed to salvage or create a card out of thin air. Right here is methodology too mighty deus ex machina.

I want Yuma and Astral’s duels usually is a chunk of extra pure. I want them to lose extra usually. I must peep them make extra of an effort. I don’t favor them to be in an correct pinch easiest to salvage out of it all because they managed to create but another card that did no longer earlier than exist of their deck. Allow them to love a difficult time in a duel. Let the viewers judge they are able to also very neatly lose.

Even supposing they don’t conclude up shedding, no longer no longer up to love them flip the tables on their believe without needing to resort to issues love Radiant Design. Allow them to utter their believe wits all the map thru duels. Allow them to depend on their cards, on the ones they at the moment like. Form no longer give them unique ones because the predicament demands, no longer no longer up to no longer all the map thru a duel.

When issues love Radiant Design happen, I conclude up rooting for their opponents to salvage, so I turned into as soon as in fact chuffed when Kite managed to total their duel in a intention as a exchange. I stumbled on him mighty extra impressive in that duel when when put next to both Astral and Yuma because no longer no longer up to Kite dueled alongside with his believe strength.

He didn’t want to resort to what usually amounts to dishonest ideal to salvage. I want Yuma would duel love the choice characters within the define without needing to resort to creating unique cards and the utter of Radiant Design. Wouldn’t his victory be mighty extra pleasant then?

Kite / Kaito Tenjo and Ryoga Kamishiro / Reginald Kastle (Shark)

I love Kaito and Ryoga (#advert) methodology bigger than I love Yuma and even Astral. I ideal salvage them both mighty extra compelling, so mighty so as that I want either of them had been the necessary character as a exchange. They hit upon as valid because they are not supreme. They act love valid humans who like reasons for doing the issues they attain. As an instance, Kite is gathering the Numbers cards for his brother.

As for Yuma, he comes all the map thru as too supreme and too pure most continuously, particularly with how the Numbers cards have not got an impact on him. However would it like been extra consuming to love Yuma be tormented by the Numbers in mighty the the same methodology that Shark had been influenced by them? Shark turned into as soon as ready to conquer the assist a watch on the Numbers had over him.

I want one thing love that had took attach with Yuma too. It would like been extra plausible too. On the least, the Numbers are acknowledged so that you just can believe the ones who like them and produce out their darkest desires. Why must not Yuma like a darkish want too? He is presupposed to be human, no longer some supreme Mary Sue / Gary Stu.

I additionally love how Kaito is one of these caring, conserving, and loving gargantuan brother to his runt brother Hart / Haruto Tenjo. Indubitably nothing at all love Surprise’s Thor who’s smug, entitled, and couldn’t seem to care less about his younger brother if he tried. He likes to call Loki his brother, but has no qualms telling others he is adopted.

And for somebody who claims to love missed and mourned Loki, Thor couldn’t even be stricken to spare a runt while asking his brother if he is all staunch and what’s going on on or what took attach to him when he fell off the Bifrost Bridge. No, as a exchange Thor ideal grabs Loki by the neck and hurls them both out of a flying airplane.

In attain, this usually boils down to Thor liking to claim that Loki is his brother, but he doesn’t act love it at all. He acts extra love a bully. I’m in fact chuffed Kite is nothing love that particularly brooding about how Haruto looks to be so mighty younger than him.

I love seeing them have interaction because you might perchance perchance well perhaps also in fact peep that they care about one one more. Kaito is gathering the Numbers cards for his brother’s sake. He himself says that he sold his soul to the satan for his brother who’s ill.

That scene where Kite gives his brother caramel turned into as soon as additionally pretty touching. Then there are scenes where Kite might perchance perchance well also additionally be seen desperately looking out to protect and salvage to his brother, which in fact presentations how mighty he cares about Hart.

Or no longer it’s no surprise then that Haruto returns the sentiment and even gives the leisure of his powers to his gargantuan brother, so Kaito can salvage the duel against III and IV by being ready to summon Neo Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon. Well, it’s a chunk contrived, but no longer no longer up to there turned into as soon as no Radiant Design appealing, and he didn’t conclude up fusing with somebody.

Also, no longer no longer up to there turned into as soon as an correct and plausible reasons why this took attach. It turned into as soon as already established that the brothers care about one one more, so it made sense that Haruto would must give his powers to his brother to assist him.

Plus, thus a long way (have not gotten to assessment the leisure of the sequence but), this looks to be essentially among the finest time Kite ended up with a card that turned into as soon as created from out of nowhere unlike with Yuma and Astral who seem to salvage unique cards every time they’re in a pinch.

Nistro / Gauche vs Nelson Andrews / Fuya Okudaira (Sparrow / ESPer Robin)

Attributable to the methodology Yuma and Astral duel as mentioned above, most continuously, I favor to assessment duels that save no longer private them. These duels are mighty extra consuming, no longer to repeat less contrived, because you might perchance perchance well perhaps also peep the characters looking out to salvage the utter of their believe strength and wits without beginning air affect. There will not be any deus ex machina that might perchance be sure they salvage.

An correct example of right here is the duel between Gauche and Robin. I stumbled on this one particularly animated. You would also peep how steady both characters are with the monsters they like got been ready to summon and the map they’re ready to counter one one more’s performs.

This duel additionally discovered as extra pure because no card got created out of nowhere and there turned into as soon as no Radiant Design to persuade the match. It turned into as soon as ideal two characters dueling and doing their easiest.

Why couldn’t Yuma salvage love how Gauche managed to salvage in this duel? Gauche turned into as soon as in a pinch too, but he turned into as soon as ready to flip the tables in a scheme that did no longer hit upon as a deus ex machina. I must peep Yuma in one of these mission after which peep him and Astral strive to figure out salvage without resorting to dishonest.

Hair

This gets a share of its believe for the rationale that hair in Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal is mainly ridiculous and crazy. I already talked about Kotori’s hair, but, in fact, hers is nothing when put next to the others. As an instance, let’s intention shut a closer peep at the Tsukumo family. Yuma and Akari’s hair peep a chunk the same, and so that they even just like the the same color (or no longer no longer up to share of Yuma’s hair looks to fragment the the same coloration as his sister’s).

However what about their folks? Kazuma Tsukumo and Mira / Mirai Tsukumo peep nothing love their childhood. The attach did their childhood inherit their hair from then? Even their grandmother Haru Tsukumo’s hair appears to be like so heaps of from theirs.

Then there might perchance be III, IV, and V who are it sounds as if brothers (no longer no longer up to, III refers to IV and V as Brother), however the three of them peep nothing alike. Or no longer it’s no longer ideal their hair. Or no longer it’s their total look. Are they in fact linked, or are they ideal calling one one more brother because they’re shut? Possess they been adopted into the the same family or one thing?

Also, what’s with the multi-colored hair that likely the most characters like? Yuma’s a high example. However there might perchance be additionally Kite’s hair. Is that inexperienced thing on his head share of his hair? Why is it inexperienced? Why couldn’t it ideal be the the same color because the leisure of his hair? And what about Haruto?

With out animated the leisure about this anime, I never would like guessed that Kite and Hart are presupposed to be siblings because they peep nothing alike. However I bet the variation of their hair color will be explained by asserting that Haruto’s illness brought about his hair to flip out love this. Serene doesn’t show cloak how Kaito has these inexperienced issues on his hair though.

Then there might perchance be Shark. His hair appears to be like long-established when put next to the hair kinds and colours of the choice characters in Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal, but what is that silver or gentle blue crown thing on his head? Is that share of his hair, or is that some form of accent? If it be share of his hair, then why couldn’t it ideal be the the same color because the leisure of his hair? Genuinely, none of this looks to make sense. Or no longer it’s all so distinctive, will not be it? I mean, I’m all for characters having heaps of hair colours and kinds.

Even the multi-colored hair thing doesn’t bother me. However cannot characters who are presupposed to be linked to at least one one more no longer no longer up to fragment the the same hair color or define a chunk extra resemblance to repeat they belong to the the same family? What attain you factor in in regards to the hair kinds and colours in this sequence?

Tune

I treasure the song in Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal. The outlet and ending theme songs are fabulous, no longer ideal by methodology of the sounds or song, but additionally the lyrics. Thus a long way, I’ve seen two OPs and two EDs.

1. Masterpiece by mihimaru GT – the first opening tune
2. BRAVING! by KANAN – the 2nd opening tune
3. My Quest by Golden Bomber – the first ending tune
4. Longing Freesia by DaizyStripper – the 2nd ending tune

Miscellaneous

• I love the methodology Kaito says, “Hametsu no Photon Movement (Photon Movement of Destruction)”
• I love the gratuitous English in this define
• Why did the dub trade the names of the characters? Is it because they’re looking out to Americanize issues? However they didn’t trade the names of the total characters (Yuma is gathered Yuma), and likely the most changed names don’t in fact seem like American (Nistro). Is it because it be hard to relate likely the most names or one thing?
• I’d love to peep Yuma lose and in fact face the penalties of this loss. Presumably he might perchance perchance well also lose the Numbers cards he and Astral like already obtained, and he has to duel and salvage to salvage them motivate. I want he didn’t want to lose Astral if he misplaced a Numbers duel, so there might perchance perchance well also like been extra opportunities for Yuma’s recount and pattern as a character
• I detest the character of Flip Turner / Tokunosuke Omoteura. I judge Yuma must gathered like called him out on how he cheated to strive to salvage into the World Duel Carnival finals.

It would like made sense since Yuma is the one who looks to attach in mind dueling sacred and wants folk to ideal like a good time while dueling without needing to evaluate about winning or shedding. Yuma comes all the map thru as a hypocrite right here for no longer even telling off Flip and getting furious at him for dauntless to cheat.

• I judge Gauche turned into as soon as going too a long way in looking out to beat up Tokunosuke, but it turned into as soon as objective to must disqualify him and ban him from competing because he did cheat and he turned into as soon as caught dishonest
• I salvage the characters of Droite / Dextra and Gauche consuming. I must salvage out extra about them. The the same might perchance perchance well also additionally be acknowledged for III, IV, V (Quinton), and Tron (Vetrix)
• I notion the revelation that Shark cheated didn’t seem very plausible. I mean, it be no longer love he turned into as soon as confirmed rifling thru IV’s deck. He ideal took attach to peep the cards because they were left lying spherical there unattended. It looks love somebody else might perchance perchance well also like seen these cards. Also, essentially among the finest card he looks to love identified and remembered turned into as soon as Deem Drive.

This entice card is one of essentially the most neatly-identified and tough cards within the game (it’ll execute all of your opponent’s assault attach monsters), so will not be it pure to ask that this card might perchance perchance well perhaps be in somebody’s deck?

No matter that, wasn’t it easiest pure for Ryoga to be cautious of his opponent’s face-down cards even without animated what these cards will be? In case you peep a card in an opponent’s spell or entice card zone, doesn’t that decision for caution? In conclusion, they must gathered like tried more difficult to make the total Shark dishonest thing plausible.

• In the very first episode of Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal, we peep this mysterious door. There’s a mysterious hiss talking about receiving vitality in alternate for shedding one thing important. This presentations up another time within the episode where Yuma and Astral conclude up fusing and doing the Radiant Design. They additionally salvage a novel card.

I in fact hope there might perchance be methodology extra to this than ideal a scheme to give the necessary characters unique powers because the predicament demands. I don’t favor this to be ideal but another deus ex machina.

I must peep them face the penalties of getting this vitality. I must peep them in fact lose one thing important in alternate for this vitality. In the occasion that they are not in fact going to lose the leisure, then the total thing falls flat. Relish, what’s the point of asserting they are able to lose one thing after they are not in fact going to lose the leisure?

It’d be mighty extra consuming to peep Yuma suffer from shedding one thing important to him, and but he gathered struggles and does his easiest anyway. Wouldn’t that be extra compelling rather then making issues methodology too easy for him by giving him all this vitality without needing to face the penalties of the utter of acknowledged vitality?

I additionally hope Astral’s memories or the missing Numbers cards will not be the one thing important the hiss turned into as soon as talking about. On yarn of this doesn’t in fact seem love a loss. Yes, it be too unpleasant that Astral has amnesia, but he and Yuma like already began gathering the gadgets of his memories and so that they’re making heaps of development against this goal.

Plus, Astral doesn’t in fact seem all that tormented by his memory loss. I mean, he is gathered ready to characteristic neatly ample. He doesn’t seem like death except they’re in hazard of shedding a Numbers duel, which just isn’t going to happen because they are not allowed to lose these types of duels it’s no longer important what (*roll*eyes*).

Portion your thoughts and opinions

So, what about you? What attain you factor in about all this?

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