Yu-Gi-Oh! Theory: Why There Are No Synchro Monsters in Zexal 

Oh so yuma is a complete idiot?

Mlpfanboy Sometimes yeah.

Thats only first season yuma.

Yuma was just too stubborn to learn.

@@mlpfanboy1701 I'm pretty sure yuma wasn't exactly meant to be a duelist.

thats.. however just an easter egg.

@@weberman173 Or here me out, revisionist history manage to dig him out of history obsecurity

Could be from his father

If synchro summoning got re-introduced they would probably get more details on its past. To me it feels like the theory fits better with saying that people forcefully denied that synchros exist because of the trouble they caused but once they were introduced safely again they had no reason to anymore

A well-known user of a technique that has become obsolete and has been forgotten for years. Yusei is basically what Nicolau Flamel is to alchemy, everyone at least knows about the philosopher's stone that he theoretically created but hardly anyone knows about alchemy because it's not useful. The same applies to Yusei, the user of a form of summoning that was innovative but remained a relic of the past until it was revived.

Best opening in my opinion

@@jaycalibre609 same!

Its actually really trash compared to the other intros

Jay Calibŕe yes

Dub is shieet

Lmfao

To be fair the card game you speak of is based off an acient ritual to summon creatures, people, and God's from alternate dimension if not a modern version of it. I don't get it either.

Some characters aren't allowed something something something _DARK SIDE_

Something something something

Does anyone know science? Anyone at all?

Is a good theory that you have

he just made the overlay network with 2 cities, it all makes sense.

DarkShark, it do the past and the present fuse to become the future!!!

I think so too

Cool theory thou think it makes more sense that synchros just dont exist in this timeline. This is a theory from yugioh everything Zexal dose connect to duel monsters and gx but not 5ds. In zexal both the legendary monsters and darkness are proof. Darkness mentioned a card that created the universe like in zexal. The timeline split after gx. Do you really think everone single person is gonna stop using synchros no people still use rituals even thought they are out classed. Plus no card games on motorcycles

a lot more , there so fun

Yup

He really does

sconception

I was JUST going to comment about that! I found the channel today, and I’m blown away. You almost never find videos this high quality on RU-vid, let alone from a channel with a little under 5k subscribers. I’m blown away, and I can’t wait to see more from him in the future!!

And that's possible through magic and technology which you seem to get

first comment that made actual sense THANK YOU MY FUCKING GOD

Big brain

Yeah but the city 5ds takes place named after the one in the original

@@kaiju9671 and in paradox movie yusei watched video about yugi

Yuki's AMV what do you mean? Do you just not know anything about the Yugioh animes? Or the TCG? What’s hard to understand? Edit: If that sounded mean, I’m sorry, I was just sincerely asking why you said that lol.

Considering that almost all the teams that came to participate in the WRGP had synchro monsters, there's a small hole in point 2(Fads).

@@Mernom Well, they had to. Xyz Monsters didn't exist irl yet. How are they supposed to represent something that wasn't even real in our world yet?

@Light Revaan No one ever said they were dead. They're iconic and Roku made statues for them. Why would that mean they're all dead?

ero revne cant happen in 2007 you know wya city i futur erieist when yusei dad is alvie not futur rie when jaden is there and 5ds take palce in 2021 dude look u yuswei cs bureno ti say 2021

@@ssjgotenks2009 There's never been a confirmed date for any of the series apart from DM and VRAINS, which were confirmed for 1996 and 2027 respectively. GX isn't confirmed directly, only by way of timeskip.

babysinclairfan He’s talking about in-universe reasons why Synchros don’t appear

Poor plant synchro players (f for Spore)

@@weedleisopcute3626 synchros presumably existed and just didn't appear onscreen. They appear in the d-team Zexal manga

babysinclairfan Exactly

Just like how the only 2 characters who seemingly bothered to ever use Fusion and Ritual monsters in Zexal are Kite and Roku - Synchro and the others just seem to have grown out of style compared to the newer, much easier/simpler XYZ summoning method.

Or what if since dark synchro monsters were the reverse they started using them to balance out regular synchro monsters. I mean it would make sense to use the inverse. Another possibility is that xyz and synchro were forming at the same time and one was more popular over another in certain areas.

My deck in zexal would probably be the reactors then,be a kid from greigors village

Thank you Kaiba "So, you're telling me Pegasus resurrected an ancient system of rites and rituals in paper cards, and they can, with the right will and effort, exert the same powers? SOUNDS LIKE MY KINDA THING *exploits the fuck out of it*" The man always was obsessed with power

In-Universe it doesn't make sense but I don't think it's supposed to, lol. They're just passing it off like "they're a thing of the past now just doin' their own thing". The characters who appeared in the previous shows won't be given much spotlight (if any at all) outside of references since their stories are done for the most part and they're no longer the main focus. That whole "why are Yugi and Kaiba absent during the Dark Signer attacks" question could literally be asked of every character that appeared in DM and GX minus the ones that are already dead. Where was Joey? He's aiming to be a pro duelist using his Red-Eyes cards and wouldn't just sit around watching. Where was Marik, Ishizu, and Odion? Yeah they left to Egypt for a new life after the defeat of Yami Marik, but surely something on the scale of the Dark Signer attacks would catch their attention, especially since it involves ancient power that they were unaware of as it has nothing to do with Ancient Egypt. Where was Jaden during the Dark Signer arc? He absolutely would of taken the quickest route to the Dark Signers to stop them immediately upon seeing these attacks go on -- or did he die too, even though he's traveling all throughout the world? What about Syrus? Zane? Hassleberry? Alexis? Chazz? Atticus? Aster? Jesse? Sartorius? Highly doubtful that they all just died. Even if we forget the Dark Signer arc altogether for some reason; why weren't any of them there to fight against the Meklord Emperors or Duelbots? Jaden would of been perfect to take them down because his whole deck and strategy revolves around Fusion Summoning and the Meklord Emperors were specifically made for countering only Synchro monsters. Yugi, Kaiba, Joey, Aster, Syrus, Zane, etc all also have powerful fusion cards of their own. Not to mention ritual summoning. The only time in 5D's where it's basically confirmed that they're _all_ dead is only in Z-one's apocalyptic future, where its stated that *_all_* of humanity was attacked in the Meklord Emperor genocide and drove to extinction, meaning that even the main characters of the show (the Signers) were also killed if they weren't already dead for some reason before the Meklord Emperor invasion. That doesn't really count. Hell, this argument could also be applied to GX even though both Kaiba and Yugi were heavily referenced and were even shown. Why the hell did neither one of them try to stop/fight the Light of Destruction, Yubel, Darkness, etc; especially Kaiba since it was literally going on at his own duel academy for the most part. And again, where were the other DM characters like Joey too? Did none of them just not give a damn even though the fate of the world was clearly on the line multiple times just like it was in their own previous adventures?

I like that theory!

Ehm don't forget, that there is no Kaiba Corp in ZEXAL, so Kaiba is probably dead there, so maybe Illiaster had success in the ZEXAL timeline.

Kaiba died in duel dimensions

@@gabeitches87 idk man, my take is that yugi is an older man and probably doesn’t duel anymore since he became a game developer probably working to feed his family. Kaiba most definitely doesn’t duel in the way he used to probably not in Japan retired somewhere in the islands.

pends probably got banned for the whole interdimensional crisis thing

Yugioh has a multiverse theory, in Vrains follows the original timeline up to excluding Pendulums since that is what I believe at least. Yugi, Jaden, Yusei and Yuma all existed in Vrains timeline but Yuya are in another universe entirely. I would say that Vrains is like Standard from Arc-V just without Pendulums. Now for Rush Duels I say that's Yuga is in entirely different universe but diverging from the main game, so I say sometime after Yugis and Jaden's adventures existed in this timeline but all previous protags did not exist, unless they add some extra deck monsters to rush duels, but I don't believe that will happen. The way I see is if the Summoning Mechanic exists within that universe the adventures happened. This is before watching the video. My theory why there is no SHINKRO SHOKAN happening in Zexal. Apparently Yuma mentioned Stardusto, and Roku knew about Synchro Summoning somehow. Here's what I think is going on overall. In every Universe at least Yami/Yugis adventures had to happen since that's where the lore comes from but then it diverges during the time of Zexal as it exists in the universe in Zexal, but the world of Zexal and in fact of the matter every yugioh series usually takes place in one city, this is where I believe it's inaccurate to say there is a timeline diverging since we know synchro Summoning exists within the universe of Zexal what I believe is that Heartland City is in the future within the timelines of Yugi, Jaden, and Yusei, but that XYZs baiscally took over as the new summoning mechanic within Heartland City, and some other parts of the world, but in other parts we have people who still use Synchro Summoning.

Probably cuz they suck now tbh. :^P

@@Jerry4281 about the no extra deck summoning in rush duel thing, does the rush duel playmat have an extra deck zone?

@@baker4489 It doesn't

Episode?

ok...but i want to know now......0_0

Holy I missed that until you pointed it out.

@@darkBloomful thanks

Thank you for actually noticing that part of the video! So many comments on this one are people telling me that it was merchandising as if I didn't acknowledge that up front. Was genuinely wondering if that was wasted runtime.

@@SpellCommander91 Nah m8, a good logic disclaimer helps frame your content as a funsies entertainment-focused fan theory. I like it.

This is most likely the real reason. Granted, fusion is still the strongest type of summoning, but people didn't have access to cards like Instant Fusion or Jayden's exclusive Super Poly.

Except for the fact that Fusions still appeared in 5Ds.

@@ufukcangencoglu2279 once, and they all got surprised like they were seeing a dinosaur rise from the ground

Matheus Duarte fusions made more than one appearance. Jack will always fusion some Big Piece Golem. Yusei summoned a fusion using Miracle Synchro Fusion season 1 against team unicorn. And Sherry fusiones summoned a warrior fusion.

maybe its because only new domino used synchro while zexal is in heartland

@@pccarlton5167 What is that supposed to change? The story is supposedly happening in the same world, so Zexal happening in Heartland doesn't change anything

Well we shouldn't forget that various duel monsters also existed in stone carvings and tablets (yeah this doesn't explain the mytherian numbers since obviously they'll be hard to find and why the Guardians/manifestations of those Numbers use duel monster cards) but perhaps Industrial Illusions after Pegasus' death was still doing research on Duel Monsters (let's assume Pegasus' adoptive sons in the R manga took over even though R is canon to the manga) and they found ancient stone carvings depicting Xyz Summoning (of course this doesn't explain where Synchro Summoning came from) considering there's still mysteries to the lore of duel monsters that are still being discovered.

Aozora Haou I’m actually glad this game up. I do have a theory on how Synchro and XYZ (and to a lesser extend Link) summoning were discovered. Would that be a video worth exploring?

@@SpellCommander91 Yeah one of my theories involved the Light of Destruction from GX season 2, since the Lightsworns came from the Booster pack of the same name and they developed into a Synchro Deck during ZeXaLs run, my theory focuses on what happens after GX with the light returning with a new host with the power equal to Jaden and so the light created Synchros and despite that Jaden did win, but with the interest in those monsters Industrial Illusions and Kaiba Corp decided to market that Summoning technique despite its evil origins This even ties into the pattern of villains being the origins of the Extra Deck Summoning Zorc being Fusion since he's connected to the Millennium Items Don Thousand since he created the numbers along with Astral in their battle along with Chaos Xyz Summoning Zarc created Pendulums along with Ray So why wouldn't the Light of Ruin be the cause of Synchros?

Ygo everything's theory really makes more sense.

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I thought it was pretty much implied that he really never returned. And considering everyone else likely left the academy too after the graduation, jaden kinda does not even have a lead as to where they could be. He couldn't even meet everyone again if he wanted to without tracking them down first.

@@lpfan4491 you know GX was pure nostalgia for late 90s and early 2000s kids The Z generation to be precise Anyway At the academy Only alexis stayed atleast for a while The truesdale brothers(zane&syrus) Left for the pro leagues When zane recovered They became the greatest tag champ of their gen As stated in 5ds Aside of that we don't know much Because bonds beyond time doesn't show us much In the ending of gx He was walking in a desert And then In BBT We see him in An European city Probably London Or venise So i assume that jaden travelled And compete in pretty much All big tournaments and wins Getting his names in every local papers I mean jaden is pretty much the interpretation of Son goku from DBZ Atleast in his early days Goofy,eats a lot and all But when its a brawl You better hang on Or you will get blast I wonder what about chazz? He is from a rich lineage anyway I mean aster phoenix kind of retired was he?

Maybe? I don’t actually have a theory on this. Since Duel Runners are only in the Synchro Dimension in Arc V (except when Yugo brings his to Standard and Fusion), it’s possible the Synchro Dimension still uses Moment Reactors since they’re using the Refined Synchro Summoning method. Might be safer while still being compatible with Yusei particles? I’m definitely just made that up, so take that with a huge grain of salt.

@@SpellCommander91 or they are just as unstable.. but their version of Z-One hasnt yet come to try to destroy it

Duel Runners still work, they just run off Synchro Summoning. Provided there is any way to get Synchro Ener-D (compared to XYZ energy, a hypothetical Pendulum specific energy, or the generic Dueling Energy from DM and GX) Duel Runners work. Alternatively since the Duel Runners in Arc-V come from a post-Zexal time period they could have been build to accept the other energies. We actually know that in Zarc's pre-split time period Synchros and XYZs were played together. The issue with Synchro is twofold, and both can be solved to bring Synchro back as an alternate but likely inefficient energy source. You need a shielding system for the radiation emited by Synchro Summoning and you need to carefully manage your planetary gears so they either never reach their own inertia to zero reverse or you need to build in a fail-safe system so when a zero reverse is threatening to occur the system shuts down without exploding (or at least without exploding hard enough to take out a city/planet)

Thank you so much! You just made my whole day!

No problem! Definitely earned a sub from me, keep up the great work.

Theres a manga (not sure if its canon) called Zexal team D or something like that where they duel against a synchro duelist. It was released in 2014.

better than this video bro

in arc v jack corw never meat yusei so arc snyhro world is not the some timeline wya do do think jack dotn red nvoa dragon or red dragon archfidnd

Also don’t forget there was a mention of Cosmic Blazar in the Sub as well. The Yusei that lost against Zone used Cosmic Blazar so the Crimson Dragon had to make Shooting Quasar for the Yusei that won cause it was much more effective against the Time monsters.

@@brandonkick6142 To be sure what episode was that? I think I forgot about that important aspect.

WaveKiller Fun my bad for replying late but it was episode 149 it was mentioned in Zone’s computer database. And the effect Cosmic Blazar is for the time monsters. (Negate the attack end the battle phase) which the time monsters effect was during the battle phase. (Negate the summons of monster(s)) Zone will always summon a lot of his monsters in one go.

Really?

@@BenedictPH yes

Meanwhile in the anime: *Doesn't have one*

It worked until yugioh brain's came out

That's not true at all. Whoever told you that was probably drunk 😂

@@adaurysantos LOL honestly it was probably a fan theory/idea cause I came across it online but, it was the only article I saw about it; to my knowledge Atleast. Basically Yuma’s grandmother (who we see in the show) maiden name is fudo from what it said but, probs not true. It would def be cool to see something like that though.

It is impossible for Kaiba Corporation to have not existed in Zexal. KC created the duel disk as well as Elemental Hero Neos, a monster which we see in Master Rokujuro's duel dojo. It's possible that that KC was no longer around DURING Zexal but it had to have been around at some point.

@@adaurysantos I'm not so sure. Even if KC went under, it would still be mentioned in history records because of its profound influence on the game of Duel Monsters, but Trey said that he'd never heard of it at all. Given their level of technology, it's unlikely that the Kaiba Corporation would never show up in any historical records concerning Duel Monsters. It's far more likely that ZEXAL takes place in an alternate timeline with somewhat convergent evolution.

@@SuperPuzzler That's definitely impossible. Kaiba and Kaiba Corporation HAVE to exist in order for Zexal to be the way it is. Kaiba and Pegasus are characters that have to have existed in every single Yu-Gi-Oh! series due to their importance in the development and creation of the game.

@@adaurysantos And yet there's no mention of them, and Trey had never heard of them. He even said that he encountered Duelists who could duel on the same level as Quattro, the Asia continental champion, but he had never heard of any of them, which would be impossible if those Duelists existed in their world, even historically. Also, look at YGO SEVENS. No mention of Kaiba Corp, and it was established in the show that the Goha Corporation was responsible for the creation of holographic projection and Duel Disk tech. Convergent evolution is a viable explanation.

That's what I'm thinking

Lol not surprised your two brain cells can’t comprehend 😂

Aaaand then the game sped up to the point where it doesn't even matter anymore.

That's why a lot of XYZ Support monsters have "CANNOT BE USED AS SYNCHRO MATERIAL"

I was genuinely wondering if anyone was gonna call me on this. There are whole versions of this video's script that really got into the nitty gritty science of Perpetual Motion and epicyclic gearing terminology but it started to feel a bit like a physics class instead of a fun fan theory. But to your point, yes, you are 100% right.

Atish Puran Yusei, you genius, you!

That's not lore, it's just a fan theory.

D Haley fuck fusion fugitives lol even Mizar could beat any fusion person if the do an op attack just use damage rebound

I like your statement bro, i will add this to my head-canon

Tristan Reyes I think the reason is that the cards are prototypes so the only real cards are Yuya’s and Zarc created them with his counterparts (“the ‘yu’ boys”). This meant that no one can ACTUALLY pendulum summon except Yuya and Zarc but tell me if you think I’m right

Zainab Musa But we have seen Silvio, Gong, Declan, Selina and Denise Pendulum Summon with there own Pendulum Cards

Zainab Musa standard became Pendulum

Zainab musa is right tho, besides the fact that yuyu and zarc(and the rest of the lancers) have pendulum cards they were just prototypes, the cards weren't released and it wasn't the "Pendulum dimension" it was the standard dimension or where all the special summoning existed, yuyu got his cards from his dad but the question never answered is how yuyu dad got the pendulum cards and why they worked with the duel disc, yuyu got the pendulum cards but his dad never used pendulum monsters

Freak Lightning Okay but after Zarc’s defeat, the standard dimensions become the pendulum dimension

Iif that's the case, then why is there a tuner in zexal if zexal is after gx and before 5ds(correct me if im wrong)

@@BenedictPH which one?

Perfectly balanced, as all things should be.

SpellCommander91 Exactly why I said that

I like this to add in my head-canon

Wait really? I didn't notice it when i first watch zexal

Not better! Fan theories and fan canon are like pants. You go with what fits you. If you like mine, great. But a monster spirit war between the Lightsworns and Mekklords sounds awesome to me! And connecting shows with the Light of Destruction bring connectivity to the lore. You’re awesome and your theory is awesome!

@@SpellCommander91My theory It's actually more that when fragments of the Light of Destruction grew and merged back together into the very being within the Moumentum it created the Meklords as the ultimate beings of destructions and without the Supreme King since let's say Jaden marries Alexis and their family line continued up to Zones era Since Synchros would be created by the light of Destruction the fragments Jaden's descendant uses would've blocked out the Gentle Darkness and the the descendants connection to Yubel preventing the kings power from returning to combat the light like it's supposed to thus Light was able to do what it wanted unchallenged until the reactor meltdown and exploded thus the Light of Destruction won in Z-Ones timeline until the signers and humanity of Yusei's era defeated Z-One and Yusei created that program like what you said a temporary band-aid.