Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL is, first of all, an underrated show. Most people kick it off to the side because “haha card games in space” or “the protagonist is dumb and so is his hair”. I want to clear up that one, they have never, ever played a card game in space (unless you count a Field Spell as actual space) and two, the main reason why ZEXAL is a good show is /because the protagonist starts off dumb/.
Yuma Tsukumo is the class clown, the village idiot, the one kid who can’t and won’t take a hint. He barely knows how to duel at even a beginner’s level—and that makes him different. Why? Because he can’t duel well. This show starts him off at the bottom instead of the top, and in the progress of ZEXAL we watch him grow. We become attached to him because he’s stupid and a dork, because as humans it is our nature to root for the underdog.
The show isn’t just about card games. It’s about bonds and family ties and character development.
The show introduces to us Ryoga Kamishiro: the delinquent. Ryoga was someone who fell into the abyss after his sister was hospitalized and managed to crawl up because of Yuma. Yuma, who himself has lost loved ones, who would have never had such a strong spirit without his kattobingu, who continues to smile and stay strong no matter what. Ryoga Kamishiro goes through so much character development. He evolves from a delinquent to someone who believes in his comrades (later friends), who can go forth into the world with his own kattobingu because Yuma rescued him. Even though Ryoga taunted and bullied him, Yuma went through all of the trouble. It comes to the point where the only reason Ryoga won’t fall into the darkness is because he remembers Yuma and the way he kept holding a hand out to him even though he kept slapping it away ("don’t get involved with me").
Let me say this: the plot kicks in somewhere around episode 12, BUT DO NOT SKIP THE FIRST EPISODES. They are important as well, because we get to see Yuma make friends. Yuma who used to be ridiculed—he makes /friends/.
(I want to go on a rant here about the great villains but that would be a huge spoiler.)
ZEXAL is an amazing and underrated anime that everyone should at least give a chance (by that I don’t mean “I watched the first episode and…” because I will slap you). It has great characters, breathtaking animation and music, and a plot that stays consistent.
If you have a problem with their hair I direct you to Yugi.
Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL is, first of all, an underrated show. Most people kick it off to the side because “haha card games in space” or “the protagonist is dumb and so is his hair”. I want to clear up that one, they have never, ever played a card game in space (unless you count a Field Spell as actual space) and two, the main reason why ZEXAL is a good show is /because the protagonist starts off dumb/.
Yuma Tsukumo is the class clown, the village idiot, the one kid who can’t and won’t take a hint. He barely knows how to duel at even a beginner’s level—and that makes him different. Why? Because he can’t duel well. This show starts him off at the bottom instead of the top, and in the progress of ZEXAL we watch him grow. We become attached to him because he’s stupid and a dork, because as humans it is our nature to root for the underdog.
The show isn’t just about card games. It’s about bonds and family ties and character development.
The show introduces to us Ryoga Kamishiro: the delinquent. Ryoga was someone who fell into the abyss after his sister was hospitalized and managed to crawl up because of Yuma. Yuma, who himself has lost loved ones, who would have never had such a strong spirit without his kattobingu, who continues to smile and stay strong no matter what. Ryoga Kamishiro goes through so much character development. He evolves from a delinquent to someone who believes in his comrades (later friends), who can go forth into the world with his own kattobingu because Yuma rescued him. Even though Ryoga taunted and bullied him, Yuma went through all of the trouble. It comes to the point where the only reason Ryoga won’t fall into the darkness is because he remembers Yuma and the way he kept holding a hand out to him even though he kept slapping it away ("don’t get involved with me").
Let me say this: the plot kicks in somewhere around episode 12, BUT DO NOT SKIP THE FIRST EPISODES. They are important as well, because we get to see Yuma make friends. Yuma who used to be ridiculed—he makes /friends/.
(I want to go on a rant here about the great villains but that would be a huge spoiler.)
ZEXAL is an amazing and underrated anime that everyone should at least give a chance (by that I don’t mean “I watched the first episode and…” because I will slap you). It has great characters, breathtaking animation and music, and a plot that stays consistent.