i'm a big fan of yugioh series, when this series comes out, i was excited until i see the main character was suck so hard, among the three other series, this one is the worst. the storyline is a mess. a little spoiler, over 100 episodes, the main story grows weird, astral appeared carrying the numbers not long before yuma met shark, yet the legend of numbers start from the shark's past life... wtf? 5ds has the best storyline, then DM, GX has tooooooooooo much Romance, while this one has too much drama...
overal, 5ds > DM > GX > Zexal,
and for the main character Yugi > Yusei > Judai > Yuma (show less)

As a big and regular fans for YGO since the 1st tv series, after watching Zexal for a few episodes, you might be abit (or very much) dissapointed cos Yuma seems so....(sigh, you know what right?) but still trying to act like an ACE in card dueling.
The only surprise you can wait for is when Astral came out to help Yuma in his duel and how the outcome will be~ (miracle mostly!)
Other then this, the storyline overall seems very weak and quite...meaningless and really makes you wonder "is this duel/plot really needed since the opponent mostly are just side cast and never appear for the 2nd time!?" when the story should pick up the pace instead of wasting time?

If compare Zexal with 5D's, even 5D's story and dueling is much more exciting and you don't know the outcome till the end, but for Zexal, you can guess the ending most of the time since the only "key card" and "method" is ALMOST the same everytime...
This part is really the lack of "IMPACT!!", which I was hopping to see everytime. and due to the lack of it, it brings down the whole "Entertainment" for the anime and makes it overall quite boring when watching...
But still...hopping to see some surprise before the series ended~
Sometimes, you really hope to see more "Numbers" appearing in the anime~ (if possible....) (show less)