The Yu-Gi-Oh! Remake That Nobody Noticed 

Crazy 🤪

I read the manga

thankyou for the clickbait

So sad you rushed so much the final part of the video. I enjoyed the spoiler nonethelss.

what if the resonen way yuma is not effcat by numbers is cures of utopia and not astreal resones is that in japasies utopia is called hope ligth and so on

That’s one of the few jokes that actually amused me.

@@Hynotamathe only line I liked from dub, and then I went back to sub because some scenes didn’t make the cut from the dub

Savage

I assume it made sense in context XD

He said it to Yuya.

Also both Subaru and Yuma were finally reunited with their fathers at the end of their series.

Tho it also made me sad that Megaman exe and star force used to be long running animes. Exe has like whooping 200+ episodes while star force sadly has that awkward 5 minute per episode 10 minutes format.

​@@cbbblue8348 even worse is that we'll never get the 4th game😢

Used to play that a lot on the DS. Loved Geo's character arc.

This is not only to crazy to me as someone who made the same connections when the series came out, but also just the fact that there are others that know both slightly more obscure spin offs of well-known franchises

But Joey is really good at dueling. I mean he beat tournament champions by himself no yugi in his ear.

@@1trevor30in duelist kingdom, he was getting lucky but getting better. By end of battle city, I would say he was probably the actual best duelist since he didn’t need to rely on magic to win.

And this is why I loved Zexal first part... because in Second Yuma become a god. That, and the fact the italian dub switch to the 4kids OST, which is a huge loss IMO.

@@ska187 Bruh, Pegasus said to Aster in GX that Joey was the #3 pro duelist and Atem was gone by then and also Seto Kaiba obviously doesn't use magic either because he keeps pretending he doesn't believe it exists even after his role in the story gets well past the point of that being reasonable (IIRC, I think I heard he doesn't actually have this trait in the original Japanese version of Duel Monsters but even still, he relies more on tech than anything else, be it magic, friendship or the magic of friendship. Even the manga version in DSoD used tech to block magic, seriously. Uncle Chan would be _absolutely livid_ to see that).

​@mattwo7 there are different timeliness though.

Sheep mindset is a very common thing for a majority of ZEXAL haters unfortunately Guarantee you most of the haters either saw the dub, didn't finish the show, or both

@@fxzzy__ I only watched season 1 of the german dub(4K version, just...localized and dubbed into german. Which means no bad Yuma voice, so that's good) and I genuinely loved it after a while. Even the worse episodes are a lot better in retrospect than I thought when just watching it in the moment.

@@fxzzy__ I'm in neither, I watched the English dub, and liked it, it was the first series I properly watched (didn't watch DM, GX I only watched partially, 5ds I sadly missed, and Zexal I watched a lot, and I enjoyed it

Zexal is underrated asf

@@varisrevolver4061 I said it applies to haters It's 100% possible to watch the dub and like it, it's just that I've met dozens of people who dropped it because of the dub and were urged to give the sub a chance and ended up loving it when they did I'm glad you were able to enjoy it and if you are a dub watcher I have nothing against you

Yeah it would've been nice if he touched upon how Yuma and Astral's dueling styles compliment each other as they make up for each others' weaknesses

And that same weakness is highlighted in their ceremonial duel at the end. Yuma took a risky move, only for Astral to fall for it and cost him the tempo of the duel.

Piggy-backing off of you. Something I noticed on a first binge is that despite the memes, Yuma ISN'T purely incompetent. The problem is that he frequently ignores advice and makes the wrong move simply BECAUSE Astral told him not to do it. His stupidity is the stupidity of PRIDE. It's like he heard what Atem said to Pegasus about a true duelist needing good instincts to know when to act and thought that meant that being a good duelists means your instincts are ALWAYS correct and you don't need caution.

also how they are, yuma is emotional way more and astral the cold logic at first and , thats classic for a reason, you see astral warm up a lot and, yuma getting better at dueling while not loosing his. It makes them such a fun relationship, especially as they bicker caring.

​@@fxzzy__Huh, that mirrors Atem and Yugi. Atem took some risks, but they were quite controlled. Yugi took the larger risks such as being the one to propose the mind shuffle as well as banking on specific moves Atem would make during their duel to send Atem back to the afterlife.

Yugioh is a JoJo Reference

​@il3fortunato664 ​ not far from the truth, paesano. Yami in season Zero is basically little Yugi' Star Platinum. Just a little more sadistic, eheh

Because the most yugioh fans grew up in that time yk

@@lordenma4449 and?

I gave it a chance when it first released, but something about the plot and characters didn't appeal to me very much so I dropped it after the first season.

​@@lordenma4449 no? It's bc they refuse to see change. I grew up w the orignal one and still prefer zexal writing and graphics

​@@coolbrotherf127 you dropped too soon then. WDC gameplay >>

Yeah for some reason he kinda skimmed through the 2nd half of the show, which is odd since it's much better than the 1st half imo

​@fxzzy__ Might be spoiler patrol, since appreciation videos like to encourage people to go give the "overlooked" media in question a chance and watch/read/play it for themselves.

@@fxzzy__ Makes me hope there's a 2nd video going more in detail on Zexal 2nd. But I do like that he said that The first 25 episodes of Zexal serve a purpose. Since I know people dislike that portion of the show despite it setting the ground work for everything.

Potentially though he did touch on a couple major spoilers so I'm not sure if that's true

Yeah same, a part 2 to this video for ZEXAL II would be amazing since there is genuinely a lot to talk about I also agree that the first arc is too over-hated. In retrospect it's genuinely not that bad. Set up a lot with the world building and characterisations which paid off in the end, the biggest pay off being Yuma and Shark's relationship since the show starts and ends with them

They took a lot of new steps with ZEXAL and it was mostly perfectly executed. I love how the trio ygo character archetypes were pretty much all subverted and made for a much more refreshing experience The ZEXAL trio is easily my favourite trio in Yu-Gi-Oh! and I think no other trio comes close in terms of its characters' complexities. Shark and Kaito, as rivals to the protagonist, also had rivals other than the protagonist (Mizael for Kaito, IV and Vector for Shark) which just added so much depth to them and is the natural result of ZEXAL taking its time to invest in the characters Literally the only critique I have of the ZEXAL trio was that we needed more Shark and Kaito interactions but other than that Yuma's dynamics with Shark and Kaito were excellent and as characters they are amazing

@@fxzzy__ Another critique I had with ZEXAL is that majority of its Duels were just summon your Ace Monster and see who's stronger. Which was why some archetypes like ButterSpy, Bounzer, and Umbral Horror were lacking. Heck, this type of duel writing would continue onwards to Yugioh succeeding ZEXAL.

Big agree

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@@postcaesar4564 appreciated bro

Fxzzy spotted

Maybe they wanted to go that angle in the WDC but didn't work out that way given it's a tournament that's Carnival themed, but were more easily able to pull it off in a hostile invasion.

Difference between Yugi and Yuma is that Yuma is actually the MC of the show LMAO We see him and Astral side by side for the majority of the whole show as they develop together, I'm sure you'll be aware as to how this is different to the Yugi/Atem dynamic

Yeah but that Anzu's duel with Mai was filler from the anime while the Kotori one was actually canon

Imagine thinking win rates have anything to do with storytelling

@@babysinclairfan yes win rate has anything to do with storytelling. Do you think Yugi will be crowned as king of duelist if he lose 90% of his duel ?

@@beppp01 Anzu beating Joey is still in the manga tho

Shark is one of the best YGO characters because of his development and how unique he feels in the franchise A best friend who's also a friendly rival but later on is forced to became a foe of his best friend is a relationship unseen before in YGO He is the first character I'd point to for people who say ZEXAL is a DM ripoff

@@runningoncylinders3829 but zexal is the series with the MOST paralels with the original series. These paralels are also very blatant if you've seen the DM manga (or read it religously as a kid). Sure, every spin off has rivals like kaiba, they all have paralel characters, but zexal have their themes and arcs be the closest to DM along with plot points and story beats.

​@@anotherjasonyou also have to remember zexal was the show they released after their 10 year anniversary of YGO. If you compare it to sevens which was the 20th anniversary it's significantly better. Having similar plots and characters isn't a bad thing. It goes to show that they remembered their roots

​@@anotherjason so you say. Learn to go to the future, that's whay 5ds already is

@@anotherjason After rewatching bonds across time I though about this with yuma, yuya and yusaku and honestly... there are some really good paralels between DM and Zexal, GX and ArcV and 5D's and Vrains and I have to think those are intentional. Liek there are two seasons were dueling in a vehicle has importance andthose are the 3rd and the 6th who also have the 2 most serious protagonists

When I first heard him say that I thought that was very funny

Well Number 101-107 are quite unusual in a sense.

Did we actually see all 107 Number Cards?

@@WaterKirby1994 uh no. Number 81 is one of them that did not appear in either the manga or anime.

@@WaterKirby1994 All Numbers 0 - 107 did not appear in the show but have been released in the TCG, with plenty of print only Numbers like 26, 76, and 81

Analysis on ZEXAL by decently big anitubers is so rare lol So yeah I'm very grateful to Enigma

Peak ygo

​@@Diamondr11Bluenah bro wtf

@@Khoobus yes. Yuma us an actual person and progresses. Yugi didnt

@Diamondr11Blue Yuma did? Then tell me what were they?

Yeah idk I think he forgot about the Legendary Monsters episode that heavily implies ZEXAL might be connected to DM and GX

​@@fxzzy__ it is part of them all of them are either one time line or split timelines and dimensions.

This is actually a really cool observation. I’d love to see yusaku duel yusei. That would be an elite duel.

Jaiden was never the main villain because Yubel existed in that role while he was the Supreme King. "Into the Shadows" was complicated with Jaiden Yuki falling into despair after losing his friends that he became a Secondary Villain.

Tea never lost a duel. She’s actually one of the strongest duelists.

Tea is a greta duelist even in duel links she plays ftk and counter fairy.

​I like to think that Tea in the final arc of the series is actually a pretty competent duelist she just has no time to duel because Yugi Joey and Kaiba do most of the heavy lifting I would put Tea above duelists like Rex and Wheevil as bold as that may sound​@@sarthakarora3212

Did tea duel in Canon or was it all filler

Tea is a decent duelist and never lost even if she never dueled that much, Joey staying as a bully just isn't Joey so if you don't like Joey then idk what to say. While I do agree that Kaiba deserved to have some legit wins a few times, Yugi isn't an underdog protagonist like Yuma is so I don't think such a dominating rival like Kite would fit.

Wow, thanks!

Tbh, if I had to guess why it never lasted around 300 episodes, could be due to Konami deciding to bring back Synchro monsters when they released Judgement of the Light. Never heard that Zexal began as something non-Yugioh... I would very much be interesting in hearing more about this.

​@@torondinFunny that you should mention synchros! I always got the feeling that they existed offscreen since they appear in some spell artworks. Iron chain dragon was also in episode 1 but it was removed at the last minute. Someone actually asked the show runners if synchros would come to Zexal on twitter.They said that synchros would not only return, but that it would be a big plot point. Was it a scrapped idea or a bold-faced lie? I'm not sure but the tweet is still up there as far as I know.

@@babysinclairfandamn! That is very interesting 😅

i also recall toeis version also had said story which is something i really liked

They also came out around the same time.

She’s my favourite ZEXAL character, such a shame that Anna was very underused, it would’ve been cooler if we saw more of her.

So she is licensed to wield a cannon?

@@thatman666 Who knows? Considering that she was never charged for her blasting, I guess it’s considered legal in Heartland City. It definitely adds to the absolutely wild nature of Anna and I love it.

Each Yu-Gi-Oh! has an amazingly voiced cast Watch something other than DM dub and you would know

@fxzzy__ I agree that yugioh has always been voice acted really well, I just think that the dm dub was done the best, then again, that could just be the nostalgia talking.

Alright, I also apologise if I came off as rude DM supremacists kinda annoy me because of my experiences with how stubborn they can be so forgive me

dub vector

@fxzzy__ it's all good man, I think most yugioh series has an aspect they do better than the others, for example, I think 5d has the best story, dm has the best dub, gx was the most fun to watch, etc.

What's the anime at 1:10?

Lmao, I'm a passionate defender sorry 😭 And yeah while it is looked back more fondly now, I feel that a lot of misinformation and hatred is still present around ZEXAL

It's even a soft remake of the first gen

It is the case for every serie. 5Ds was stupidely hated for more stupid reasons. The only series who will have probably always bad reputation are Arc V and go rush

Nah not really, I see GX as the gen v with how much shit it used too get compared too now

@@ConstantinDOSSOU-vy1zo fair point (no comment on go rush)

They're missing out on peak Yu-Gi-Oh! :(

And that's why ZEXAL should be regarded as underrated season.

Blame the yugiboomerd

Character designs may be ridiculous but are still peak

but then again, Kazuki Takahashi himself designed Astral and Utopia specifically. Astral even becomes a poster design of Kazuki Takahashi's modern art style that he took upon starting 2009, and is prevalent in his art books.

@@bigbobbybutters7562 Yeah Astral was the first character Takahashi designed for ZEXAL

​@@bigbobbybutters7562 idc how ridiculous they look. Anything beats the vanilla looks of the older gens

Hatanaka Tasuku is goated. I loved his voice of Yuma so much that I watched other media solely because he voiced a character in it

Brother did not watch the video 💀

​@@yuseifudo6075 so maybe retitled the video ??

Thanks!

Thanks!

@@EnigmaAnime keep up the great work

​@@EnigmaAnimealso you should read the different manga. Every serie after the original has a manga who is totally different of the original.

​@@EnigmaAnimewhat is the anime at 1:10?

Seriously don't get people who call ZEXAL a remake of DM They share surface level similarities at best, like callbacks to the original. It's nowhere near a remake

People like to throw around the "this is just the same, it is pointless!" around way too much. They would completely crumble if they read comic books because recycling and reinterpretation over there is much more common than it is with Yu-gi-oh. Zexal draws inspiration from DM, ArcV from GX and Vrains from 5DS, but they are very clearly their own things with their own positives and negatives.

He did call it a reimagining several times, so I feel like he knows and he was just slapping remake into the title because love it or hate it, it is better for the algorithm to do things like that. More people will click for a title saying remake/reboot instead of reimagining. More people will also comment on that fact which boosts engagement which the algorithm likes.

@@anthonynguyen1289 fair

ZEXAL is peak after all

@@fxzzy__ fr!! It's insane how underated it is!! ZeXaL deserved so much better! One of my all time favorite media ever!

Which is fitting because imo Yuma is very much the Ash Ketchum of Yugioh protagonists - brash reckless with a pride that is unearned early on, always a step behind his rival, known for losses or has bonehead moments in battles, but eventually stands tall on his own.

A lot of people (including adults) have some pride that hinders them from actually taking on advice as it's the same as admitting "you know better than me, I'm wrong". This was especially the case with Yuma as he had little, if any, genuine friends near the beginning of the show, thus he was desperate to prove his own worth I agree with Tetsuo/Bronk being mostly a bitch though Kotori is not a duelist so you can't fault her for not dueling. Her role was being supportive of Yuma and she did that well. Several times she helps Yuma get back up; she is ALWAYS by his side. There's even that time in Sargasso when the show would have ended if it weren't for Kotori. She's not an amazing character but definitely underrated

@@fxzzy__ my problem was not her being a duelist, but the problem was: she never felt that she was a part of the main cast. She´s most of the important scene, and nobody notice´s her there, and she´s supposed to be the female lead.

@@fxzzy__ Yuma was scared and that is why he summoned his Number on his 2nd match with Shark. Bronk didn't need to be a total bitch.

@@mystery8820 It was Yuma's insecurity of wanting to prove himself to his friends because of how in the past he'd constantly get laughed at that caused him to break his promise and summon Utopia. So his goals of winning and wanting to help Shark sort of clashed. I believe this moment is supposed to mirror the final turn of Yuma vs Nasch. His goal here is to also save Shark; right before Yuma deals (what he thinks) will be the killing blow (with the goal if victory in mind) he rejects the power of ZEXAL and negates his own attack. Yuma says that with 50 LP left, he will take on all of Shark's attacks and find a way to save both of them that doesn't involve defeating Shark, no matter how long it takes. This moment is what makes Yuma's character development so beautiful, and his flaws worthwhile. Before, he prioritised winning over saving his friend. Now he solely chooses to save Shark and not defeat him, not give in to the hatred and revenge that has caused all this loss. This takes immense resolve considering he'll be on the losing side, with 50 LP, and the entire fate of the universe on his shoulders. It really shows his strength of character and gaining of independence

Holy shit you REALLY need to get some english lessons or at LEAST get autocorrect because there are a TON of typos. I almost couldn't read that.

Idk but I wanna know too

Bump, dude should've put it on the screen

It's Devilman Crybaby. This is my first time being the guy that knows and tells someone!

But yugi isn't even a character. It's boring seeing only one person have the spotlight

@@Diamondr11Blue how so the other yu gi oh series do that as well?

@@scottsummers616 wym as well? Yuma and Astral are a team and the side characters matter. DM never does that in the slightest. GX and vrains have some problems here and there but thry are far more flushed out than yugi and atem ever were, design wise and deck too. Arc v is very creative and 5ds is interesting. Stop living in the past and move on

There has never been a Yu-Gi-Oh rivalry as emotionally resonating as Yuma and Shark's rivalry The story started and ended with these two and they went through so much together

Definitely my favourite

thats fair its probably my second favorite (GX is peak)

The egregious traits of early ZEXAL are unfortunately accentuated by the dub. The dub can be fun but it kills the atmosphere especially in the later arcs due to watering down the content and an abundance of other changes If you want the authentic experience of YGO it's best to watch the JP version

It really is just way better imo. Like if you said ZeXal was the best in the series I'd probably understand because of how good it is but I'll still put 5DS above it. It fixed DM and put an amazing spin on it and honestly made one of my favorite Yu-Gi-Oh characters that being Shark

@@Honest_Mids_Masher I mean 5ds is cyberpunk yugioh, thats hard to beat.

what?

My brain just had an aneurysm while trying to read this

ZEXAL I is very underrated

The people misinterpreted Kaito's role in Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL. Kaito is not Yuma's rival just because he dresses like Kaiba and has a dragon eyes with 3000 attack. Kaito never saw Yuma as his rival but he saw Astral as his rival, then he began to feel respect towards him as a duelist during the last episodes of the third season but later his rival became Mizael, so he never had a real rivalry with Yuma unlike Shark who, despite also having a rivalry with IV in the two seasons of the Duel Carnival, he always saw Yuma as his rival in all seasons and he respected him as duelist saying that he wanted to face him at the finals of the Duel Carnival in the second season and even when Tetsuo (Bronk) asked him to duel in an episode of ZEXAL II Shark replied that he couldn't because Tetsuo is not on Yuma's level. Furthermore Shark had differences in ideals with Yuma as he dueled to take revenge first against IV and Tron then against the Barian Emperors going against the Yuma's ideals who wanted to duel to create bonds with his opponents. Also when Shark discovers that he is Nash and he and Yuma become the protectors of the respective two worlds (Barian and Astral World) he thinks that the only solution is to destroy the Astral World while Yuma thinks that there is another solution for the two worlds to coexist (they were the antithesis of each other), a bit like what happened between Yusaku and Revolver where Revolver, remaining trapped in the past, thought the only solution was to kill the Ignis while Yusaku, looking at the future, like Yuma thought there was a solution where humans and the Ignis could coexist. Plus Shark was the duelist with whom Yuma dueled several times during the series (six times) while with Kaito twice (because the second duel was more a personal duel between Astral and Kaito where Yuma only intervened at the end), from a certain point of view Alito was more of a rival to Yuma than Kaito was given that their rivalry was mutual and not one-sided and they dueled four times despite he having only appeared in Zexal II. While Kaito has the role of the main ally/sidekick and the nice thing is that unlike the previous allies such as Johan (Jesse) and Crow, who as soon as they are introduced to us they immediately become the main allies of the protagonist, Kaito instead is presented initially as an opponent and only subsequently with the development of his character he will come to accept Yuma's ideals in the last two episodes of Zexal I and he will become his main ally in the fight against the Barians. Another interesting thing is that his duel against Mizael on the moon can be a parallel to that of Jonouchi (Joey) against Yami Malick where they both dueled to help the protagonist at the cost of sacrificing their own lives and subsequently appeared as "spirits" to suggest to the protagonist to use the card they had given him. Furthermore, it's not that Kaito is Yuma's rival just because he never managed to beat him, also because that was in the first three seasons, if we count the last two duels of Zexal II (Yuma vs Nash and Yuma vs Astral) Yuma and Shark had probably become much stronger than Kaito, so much so that Shark was about to beat Yuma with the Zexal power if it weren't for the circumstances in which Yuma had to stop Utopia's attack and that was the same power that Kaito failed to defeat since he drew without being able to win the duel. Furthermore, Shark has always pushed Yuma to overcome his limits as in their second duel where Yuma lost for the first time by playing a number card, making him understand that he cannot win only by using powerful cards and reminding him that his spell cards sometimes have influence even on the opponent's cards or in their fifth duel on the roof of the hospital under the rain where Shark managed to make Yuma find the strength to face the Barians and the sad fate of destiny will have it that he is the predestined enemy that Yuma will have to defeat.