


The only thing I find annoying is how bad at dueling Yuma is, the protagonist, sometimes (unlike Jaden for example), but I understand it was a necessity to justify his bond with Astral and show how acquiring number cards can make you stronger. Of course the main course here is XYZ summoning, along with the cards that make it possible to achieve, and if you're playing Duel Links which introduced it recently, then you'll gain a lot of insights about it by watching. If you like the card game, then that's what really matters anyway, and Zexal has some interesting and intense duels. Now the most important part in the whole deal is the dueling itself and how the cards are played and presented. Can Yuma beat this Barian enemy and his new Chaos Monster, or will Yuma end up losing what is most valuable to him. It's visually good and the character design is captivating. Zexal does not have these problems since the plot is fairly coherent and each episode feels like it fits well with the rest.

The previous Yu-Gi-Oh! anime series suffered from plots going completely absurd at times, especially in the first one, not to mention all the filler episodes that add nothing to the plot (looking at you GX).
