History Anime / YugiohZEXAL

* LoveConfession: In the final chapter of the manga, [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming Astral delivers one to Yuma]] while hugging him. (AndTheFandomRejoiced.)

* LoveConfession: In the final chapter of the manga, [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming Astral delivers one to Yuma while hugging him]]

** This goes for the Barians as well, although [[spoiler: the Barians were originally human, meaning it'd make sense that they could speak a human language.]]

* TheAbridgedSeries: It has one found [[http://www.youtube.com/user/ZealTheDeal here.]]

* ProtagonistCentredMorality: Tokunosuke makes fake [[PlotCoupon Heart Pieces]] out of candy and trades them with an innocent bystander for the real thing, then makes up the difference in numbers with more fake pieces in an attempt to make the second round. Why does he escape being expelled from the tournament for life? Yuma, his friend, jumps in and champions his cause, regardless of the punishment both being appropriate for the crime and sounding [[DoubleStandard rather similar to the one used in real-life tournaments]].
** Averted in the dub where they threw in an extra line about [[DisproportionateRetribution banishing the kid from the city as well as the tournament]], thus making Yuma's defense of his friend much more understandable.

** Truly AkiraToriyama would be [[http://th08.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2013/272/b/f/zexal_iii_by_leokearon-d6ohiid.png proud]]!

The dub was originally produced by FourKidsEntertainment (later by Creator/{{Konami}} after [=4Kids=] went bankrupt) and airs on Creator/{{Vortexx}} in the U.S. Both the dub and subtitled versions are available on [[http://www.hulu.com/search?q=Yu-Gi-Oh!+Zexal Hulu]].

* CatchPhrase: "Kattobingu!", a nonsense word that mashes up the Japanese term for "to flare up" with the English word "bing".

** Episode 117 / Zexal II episode 44. The transporter's sound effect is identical to the sound of the Film/GhostBusters' proton packs.

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[[caption-width-right:200:Astral and Yuma Tsukumo]]

Has the distinction of being literally the last SaturdayMorningCartoon ever broadcast before the Creator/{{Vortexx}} block ceased airing on September 27, 2014. For now, anyway. Also holds the honor of being the second Yu-Gi-Oh series to completely finish its English dub (''GX'' only stopped at the end of its third season and ''[=5Ds=]'' stopped midway though its last season and given a hastily edited GeckoEnding).

* TheBeautifulGame: Gets the spotlight in episode 27, with soccer playing Kakeru and his own problems with the game.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The gate Yuma opened at the end of the first episode releases all of the numbers, most of whom take people over and make them evil, with the exception of the one Yuma gets which is "Hope, King of Hope." Releasing various evils? And Hope being released with them? Now doesn't this sound familiar to the story of Pandora's Box?

** Subverted later though, [[spoiler: Dr. Faker is revealed to have the same motivations as his anime counterpart, except he died due to a fatal illness sometime before the start of the manga and that Mr. Heartland had been using video footage to make it appear that he was alive. Mr. Heartland is also revealed to have been a conman who ruined the lives of over ''600 people'']].

* InformedAttribute: We are TOLD that Kaito does not enjoy dueling for people's souls, but we are SHOWN that he has a constant SlasherSmile on his face and seems to go about ripping out souls with a similar glee that a small child would have ripping off the wrapping from Christmas presents. He later shows a lot of remorse and becomes TheAtoner, but is convinced that nothing he does will prevent his own "guilty soul" was going to hell.

* {{Expy}}: Yuma looks like a cross between Jaden of ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'' and a ''{{Beyblade}}'' hero.
** As soon as ''5Ds'' fans got a glimpse of Yuma, they declared that he was ''[[OfficialCouple Yusei and Akiza's lovechild]].''
** There has been reports of the screen thing on Yuma's wrist having extreme similarities with something from ''Anime/{{Bakugan}}''.
*** Zexal II shares similar plot points to Bakugan: Gundalian Invaders: two warring, alien factions that involve humans in their war, the antagonists (Barians and Gundalians) both use human disguises to blend in on Earth, and both have a member "befriend" the main protagonist, only for said member to betray the team. It helps that both those characters - Rei Shingetsu and Ren Krawler - have a purple theme and share similar skin and hair colors (both in their true forms).
** Astral looks like Neo-Spacian Twinkle Moss from ''Yu-Gi-Oh! GX'', with a relationship to the protagonist not unlike Yubel.
** Yuma's relationship with Astral seems to be intentionally designed to draw parallels to that of Yugi and Dark Yugi from ''Yu-Gi-Oh''.
*** And it's not just his relationship with Astral, either. He's a boy with an artifact and a legacy deck, who lives with a grandparent and shares a close bond with a female childhood friend.

** Nelson Andrews has a similar concept to Tomoya Hanasaki from Season Zero. Both are hero impersonators who have different characters when they change into their hero persona, and both have problems with the way their parent try to fix this.

** Similarly, Vetrix: The second major antagonist, an eccentric rich boy with a taste for cartoons and something on his left eye? Oh my.
** Gagaga Magician and Gagaga Girl, anybody who's watched the [[Anime/YuGiOh original]] series knows about this one.
** Quattro looks [[http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/7207/ivgingabishonen.jpg oddly like]] the Galactic Pretty Boy of ''Anime/StarDriver''.
** Hell, the World Duel Carnival could be considered an Expy of Duelist Kingdom. 5 wins to get to the finals? The man setting it up is after series [=MacGuffins=]? Check and check.
** After initially being positioned as the Kaiba of this series as the protagonist's first major opponent, Shark is now shaping up to be the JOEY (street punk attitude before befriending the hero, bedridden little sister).
** [[spoiler:Chaos Number 107 bears much more resemblance to Neo Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon than their previous counterparts did to each other.]]

** In their first duel with each other, Shark's play style is basically summoning a strong monster as quickly as possible, Yuma wins by increasing Utopia's attack points up to 5000. Shark got [[GenreSavvy a lot smarter]] by their next duel.

* GenreSavvy: Kaito knows his opponents will use Xyz Monsters, so his ace card is a tribute monster that counters Xyzes. That card's evolved forms are Xyzes themselves, though they are still designed to screw over the opponent's.

** There has been reports of the screen thing on Yuma's wrist having extreme similarities with something from ''{{Bakugan}}''.

Has the distinction of being literally the last SaturdayMorningCartoon ever broadcast before the Creator/{{Vortexx}} block ceased airing on September 27, 2014. For now, anyway. Also holds the honor of being the second Yu-Gi-Oh series to completely finish its English dub (''GX'' only stopped at the end of its third season and ''[=5Ds=]'' stopped midway though its last season).

** The dub made it less hypocritical with the added mention that Flip would be kicked out of the city, implying that the mayor would have him evicted.

* DysonSphere: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin All there in the card's name.]]

Has the distinction of being literally the last SaturdayMorningCartoon ever broadcast, on September 27, 2014. For now, anyway. Also hold the honor of being second Yu-Gi-Oh series to completely finish its English dub (''GX'' only stopped at its third season and ''[=5Ds=]'' stopped midway though its last season).

* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: [[spoiler: The goal of Astral World. For this reason it removed anything with chaos in it and expelled it, creating Barian World. It also sees no problem with letting weak souls in Astral World die off in order to achieve Rank-Up viewing only the worthy as capable of ascending. Rank Up is also required for ascending to Astral World in the first place, but V and Kite find a way around that, while those who die but have willpower go to Barian's World.]]

Has the distinction of being literally the last SaturdayMorningCartoon ever broadcast, on September 27, 2014. For now, anyway. Also hold the honor of being second Yu-Gi-Oh series to completely finish it's English dub (''GX'' only stopped at it's third season and ''[=5Ds=]'' stopped midway though it's last season).

Has the distinction of being literally the last SaturdayMorningCartoon ever broadcast, on September 27, 2014. For now, anyway. Also hold the honor of being second Yu Gi Oh series to completely finish it's English dub (''GX'' only stopped at it's third season and ''5D'' stopped midway though it's last season).

Has the distinction of being literally the last SaturdayMorningCartoon ever broadcast, on September 27, 2014. For now, anyway.