Was Yuma About To Defeat Kite? [Kite's Plight]

[@seematahir5970]

Their third duel was pretty much the embodiment of "they had us in the first half, not gonna lie".

[@Shantae1188]

I admittedly was surprised. I mean obviously do the right thing but man, as soon as I heard that speech I knew he was going to lose.

[@Destroyer.__]

Fr i thought he was going to beat kite

[@Captain_Trix]

I like how kites "reason for dueling" after saving hart can be summed up in "to just body yuma in every duel"

[@chdest4550]

And, honestly, was there ever a more noble cause than bullying Yuma?

[@francisharkins]

Now if only Yuma could use Bye Bye Damage properly he could bully Kite back.

[@chdest4550]

@@francisharkins Kite's greatest enemy: battle traps, like ever. also effect negation, again, ever!

[@samurexatlas7373]

Funnily enough in the anime Veil does NOT need to add 3 of the same name, that's just what Kite did.

[@star14604]

I presume that is where the effect came from

[@brandonscott5544]

Kite tenjo best 👌 yugioh rival #

[@bmwjourdandunngoddess6024]

@@star14604 Yeah, they usually use the nerf version in the anime unless the anime calls for it aka, plot armor.

[@nightshroud9671]

@@bmwjourdandunngoddess6024 I really hate it when they nerf a card that makes it not fun to use AT ALL

[@HalfDemonInuyasha]

@@star14604 Yeah, ever since 5D's, quite a lot of anime cards that have come out in the OCG/TCG that could potentially be seen as "too strong" are usually nerfed into effects based on how they were literally used in the anime. A big 5D's example is Treasure Cards of Harmony / Cards of Consonance. In the 5D's anime, it was just a simple Destiny Draw for Tuners (discard a Tuner to draw 2 cards), but the OCG/TCG version specifically requires you to discard a Dragon-Type Tuner with 1000 ATK or less to draw 2 cards because Debris Dragon was the Tuner that Yusei discarded in the episode that he used it in. In this case, Photon Veil follows that same logic.

[@jackitrick4605]

The main thing I feel I should point out about them not using a Zexal morph, is I believe they mention that they can only do it in certain locations, they can’t do it wherever they want. As an example, when dueling Tron (Vetrix for the dubbies), Astral states that they can Zexal Morph in that duel due to the sphere field having a similar energy to the inside of the Emperor’s Key, implying that a certain energy needs to be in place for them to do so. So really, even if they wanted to Zexal Morph against Kite, I don’t think they could have managed. As for who I think would win if they rematches at the end of the series, I think it could go either way. However, given all the crap Yuma went through and all the duels he ended up winning by the end, I think Yuma could win.

[@chaosthemultiversesamurai4544]

Yuma and kite with Morden decks are almost equal in my opinion we even got a new number 62 which is cool

[@Amsel_616]

Depends, we let Yuma use every Number he got, only give him the Utopias or restrict him into Non-Numbers + F0?

[@chaosthemultiversesamurai4544]

@@Amsel_616 I was just counting the utopia/utopic monsters

[@Amsel_616]

@@chaosthemultiversesamurai4544 oh he definetly wins whit just the Utopias.

[@chaosthemultiversesamurai4544]

@@Amsel_616 I can see that but I can also see kite figuring out how to counter yuma

[@Waluigiisbest99]

And after Yuma lost to Kaito this marked the turning point of Yuma never losing a duel for the rest of the series going into season 2.

[@epicmike2055]

YES, I wanted to see you cover this for so long now thanks for making it a reality.

[@roninwarriorsfan]

Same

[@michaeldaniels642]

19:25 it also means if it loses the battle it would go to the graveyard because it's effect numbers can only be destroyed by other numbers is also negated

[@gamerboyva7755]

Kite is my favorite character. One, his photon monsters are awesome. Two, his galaxy eyes is amazing and three, when he first appeared in the show, you say him or heard his whistle and you crap your pants

[@Thelnquisitor]

Been WAITING for more ZEXAL “who won” videos. When Kite, Yuma and Nash/Shark are fighting 3 Barians simultaneously, Kite expresses the that Yuma and Astral together are the best. It’s not definitive, but I think there is reason to suspect that Yuma/Astral would win by the end of the series.

[@LightingbladeShen]

Arc-V Kite: What are you? Zexal Kite and Zane: "what you should have been"

[@bmwjourdandunngoddess6024]

What’s wrong with Arc V Kite?

[@LightingbladeShen]

@@bmwjourdandunngoddess6024 The fact that Arc-V Kite can't beat a dueltaining cheater. But he's not to blame. EAch legacy character was shafted in Arc-V. Maybe Jack Atlas was a little spared, but they were all playing second fiddle to the yuya disaster

[@GRIMLOCK07]

Tori: *_"Yuma!! You're not giving up, are you??"_* Yuma: *_"Nah. He just got Lucky."_*

[@Jellysfrickingstuff]

Those wacky ass effects had me dying in laughter XD it reminds me of those super specific situation cards from OG yugioh like magic drain and shift but like brought to their most convoluted extreme. I feel like 5Ds cards hit that perfect middle ground with cards like hope for escape and zero reverse

[@Jaylee-ij9mo]

One that I’m super interested in as a suggestion is Ishizu vs kaiba. I feel like there was an opportunity for ishizu to win but I could be wrong maybe for future!

[@arcticace9295]

If you can could you do Was Blue Girl (Aoi Zaizen) about to defeat Soulburner (Takeru Homura)? I did always wonder if she could’ve won against him and be interesting to know if it was possible

[@jacobwilliams1223]

Blue Angel could've won a lot of duels in Vrains, but they constantly have her ignore OTK options cause Tristars in a 4000 LP format are busted. So she is made dumb to balance it.

[@Amitlu]

@@jacobwilliams1223 Or they give her a bad opening hand and have their opponents play anti burn cards (*cough* SoulBurner *cough*)

[@minivenom0109]

After the duel with Yuma and Nash in 143 they could have done episode 144-145 for Kite and Yuma to duel then to show their full powers at this point then extended the show by 2 more episode for Yuma and Astral's final duel

[@DashingDavid]

16:04 you can definitely see a set card before Kites activates it

[@ssgamez6084]

seconds before it's activeted

[@cameraredeye3115]

I feel like this is how a hypothetical 4th duel would go, since Yuma would no longer hold any Numbers except F0 after beating Astral: T1 (Yuma): Yuma sets Gogogo Golem and Half Unbreak, then passes. T2 (Kite): Kite Special Summons Photon Thrasher and Normal Summons Photon Crusher. He then Tributes both for Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon, which then attacks Golem. Due to its effect, Golem survives the battle. But then Kite activates a new Quick-Play Spell called "Galaxy Backlash". Since an opponent's monster battled a Galaxy-Eyes monster but was not destroyed by that battle, the opponent's monster is banished, and his Galaxy-Eyes monster gains a second attack. Kite attacks directly with his Photon Dragon (he has Galaxy Shock in hand as well, so this attack would be lethal if it connects); in response, Yuma flips Half Unbreak targeting the Photon Dragon. The attack connects and Yuma goes down to 2500 LP (Half Unbreak halved the battle damage, so he takes 1500 instead of 3000). Kite Sets Galaxy Shock and passes turn. T3 (Yuma): Yuma Special Summons his Toy Knight then Normal Summons Gagaga Magician. He then overlays both for Gagaga Cowboy, which is Special Summoned into Defense Position. Yuma uses Cowboy's effect to deal 800 damage to Kite (who now has 3200 LP left), and then uses Different Dimension Reincarnation to bring back Gogogo Golem, also into Defense Position. With this, Yuma passes turn. T4 (Kite): Kite immediately goes to his Battle Phase and orders his dragon to attack Cowboy, which gets destroyed. He then uses Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy DDR, which subsequently destroys Gogogo Golem, and Sets 1 card before passing turn. T5 (Yuma): Yuma plays Zubaba Knight, which then allows him to Special Summon Kagetokage. He overlays both for Gagaga Samurai, and then uses Monster Reborn to bring back Gagaga Cowboy. Yuma uses both Xyz Monsters to make Number F0: Utopic Future. He then equips it with a new Equip Spell called "Xyz Power". Now when F0 battles an opponent's monster, that monster's effects are negated during the Battle Phase, and it also gains 1 additional attack per Battle Phase for each Xyz Monster attached to it as material. F0 attacks Kite's dragon, attempting to steal it. However, Kite responds with Galaxy Tyranno's effect to Special Summon it in Defense Position. He then flips Remove Brainwashing to prevent F0 from taking any of his monsters for the remainder of the Battle Phase. Yuma is forced to Set 2 cards and pass turn. T6 (Kite): Kite topdecks and summons Galaxy Wizard, then makes its Level become 8 for the turn. He overlays all three monsters for Neo Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon, whose effect negates F0 and Xyz Power's effects. Kite then has Neo Photon use its other effect to absorb both materials from F0, gaining 1000 ATK (it now has 5500 for the turn) and a second attack during this Battle Phase. Kite attacks for game, but Yuma responds with Mirror Mail, raising F0's ATK to 5500. Kite attempts to counter with Galaxy Shock, which would not only make Neo Photon go up to 7000 ATK but also nullify Mirror Mail's impact on F0. However, this gets thwarted by Yuma's Xyz Reflect counter trap, which negates Galaxy Shock and deals 800 damage to Kite (2400 LP left). Both Neo Photon and F0 are KO'd, but then Yuma and Kite each activate their respective copies of Xyz Double Back, reviving both monsters plus Gagaga Samurai (in Defense Position) for Yuma and Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon (in Attack Position) for Kite. Neo Photon attacks and destroys Gagaga Samurai, while the original Photon attacks F0, then uses its effect to banish both monsters. Kite then discards Dimension Wanderer to deal 3000 damage to Yuma and win the game.

[@jackplays001]

I’m writing a story of post cannon duels, and Yuma vs Kite is the first duel

[@sagacious03]

17:52 Lol. Anyway, neat analysis video! Thanks for uploading!

[@wildercomet7682]

8:50 but wouldn’t Leviathan Dragon still be on the field blocking Cerberus from attacking directly?

[@mayborneflower]

Great video as always. Do you have any plans to do one of these for the Scripted Duels? We’ve got 34 (33 events but 2017 was a double feature, technically more since one of the duels was Grand Prix rules) lined up as of last month, would be fun to mess with on the side. Plus, the implications of shenanigans like Pegasus and Marik meeting while they were still villains (but not doing villain things at the time), Jaden previously owning cards like Honest Neos, Neos Fusion, and Neo-Space Connector as far back as Season 4 at minimum (and apparently dueling a Konami employee to get advance copies form Power of the Elements), or Jack (from 5D’s) and Aster (from GX) fragrantly throwing around cards from the manga and ARC-V like cheap cigars are bafflingly hilarious. A fun little aside.

[@lavandereisly4194]

16:04 you can see the trap card but it's already too late cause the attack has been declared.

[@Donaven619]

I know this is a big one, but you've got to cover this duel in 5ds. Team 5ds vs. Team Unicorn. There was a HUGE misplay during the duel that should have ended with Unicorn winning, and I can't help but wonder if Team 5ds would have won or not.

[@utopic777]

yusei vs zone word be a good duel to look at, i love it when i drive to space on my magic dragon motorcycle to over top clear mind synchro summon

[@infiniteidiot6912]

For most duels in the series it's kind of obvious who will win for duels like this. So, I loved the surprise of kite winning the duel.

[@amberknight7301]

In their last duel, Yuma didn't have any of the other C39 variants other than Utopia Ray, so I definitely think by the end of the series he'd beat Kite since he'd have Utopia Ray V, Ray Victory, Beyond, etc.

[@Inviabledude45]

What I find funny is that astral says that kite has proably already has planned for them to play defenively so they should go offesnive. I think he forgot kite isn't the protagonist and therefore can't will the card he needs into existence so the only play he has is whatever he last drew.

[@Goldfire345]

Tgs you outright read the effect of xyz double back wrong it's not another Xyz monster that has less attack its any monster in the grave that has less attack

[@jamaalbarnett9186]

The mirror mail trick wouldn't had worked regardless cause Galaxy Eyes Photon Dragon can chain its effect to banish both monster

[@shatteredstoriesasmr1973]

I’d love too see you do Jack Vs Carly or Goodwin Vs yusei jack and crow. The first because Jack gave Carly a huge advantage by skipping his first turn, nearly costing him the match. So I’m curious how bad he would have won if he didn’t do this. The the final duel of the dark signers arc because of the problems with yusei using jack and crows cards while they are technically out of the duel. My head cannon reasoning for this is that in turbo duels you don’t lose if your runner stops but you can’t take a turn until your riding again. So there cards are still face up and activated for when yusei needs them later.

[@Lovro4389]

Super video! Can you do was Yuto about to defeat Yugo (Yugioh arc-v)

[@leothewhiteranger]

I'd argue they didn't use Zexal Morph because it, and Shining Draw, seem to be for emergencies or when the opponent is using a card hyper specific to counter their strategies. The only exception to the latter is when facing Trey, as they were on the verge of dimensional collapse.

[@Zanarafel]

3:18 No that's giga brilliant

[@zexalbrony4799]

Wow, three Duels for the price of one, what a treat. If you want to top this maybe do all of Jaden's and Cchazz's Duels because they Dueled the most out of any Portage and Rival at 6 Duels and Chazz definitely lost 4 of them, he might have been able to win their 4th match if he didn't turn away from the Society of Light and return to his old self and thus started playing just to get his Ojama's back and no win, and he defiantly would have won their final Duel had that manager not convinced him to throw the match. Or if you don't feel like taking on 6 Duels, you could go for another 3 Duels from Arc V, since Yuya Dueled both Jack and Declan(Reiji) three times each.

[@kmpg8037]

Great breakdown as always, I love these. I know it's a bit of a stretch considering the amount of duels you can still cover in the main series but I'd love to see a "Was Tzeentch about to defeat Kitten/Was the Emperor about to defeat Kitten?" From the Emperor TTS by Alfabusa

[@hillrp1]

I always found it amusing that power creep is so intrinsic to YuGiOh that even the protagonists cheating powrs to draw any card they want got powercrept by the ability to either do that or just make up a custom card and draw that.

[@obtuse186]

I am so mad we didn't get to see fully powered up Kite with Photon, Neo Photon, Tachyon and Chaos Tachyon and Prime (is that what it was called? The one he played against Mizar on the moon) IMAGINE Kite just demolishing everybody with all 5 ZEXAL Galaxy-Eyes on field at once.

[@SuperGamefreak18]

I feel like even without the xeval ability it would be a close duel, yuma's deck is overall stronger than kites but kite is no one to underestimate, either way I don't think Yuma would overwhelm Kite, though at the end I believe Yuma could beat him.

[@airbomb24]

I remember that zerozerock play by Kaito and thought that was so genius

[@FeelGoodeIncMusic]

Dang, three duels in one video? Aight Sam, pop off 🔥 Very good video, I love these

[@TheKpa11]

I appreciate Kaito/kite more than I did originally

[@PrinceYamiUchihaCosplay]

I love how Yuma just went Super Saiyan in the series which I believe Zexal is the only Yu-Gi-Oh! Series that the main protagonist can go into a Super Saiyan like power up

[@drakeredgrave6747]

26:45 there is a reason why they didn't morph and its that they couldn't, it's weird but still. Apparently zexal can only happen in an are that in some way simulates others dimensions or something, in other words if there is something that is similar/identical to another dimension or "pseudo-space"...

[@dantemitsoyu977]

Kite vs vetrix please please I wanna know if kite could have kept his perfect record

[@Ferelcapox7]

Kite used to smile a lot huh. Like, psychotically.

[@TheNewSoda]

1:45 I know I'm wrong for even making this reference feel free to let me know how wrong I am I'm fully aware of it but I have to make this reference because I want to Yu-Gi-Oh abridge season 1 episode 1 Yu-Gi: Wait did you just summon a bunch of the bunch of monsters in one turn Kaiba: ya so Yu-Gi: that's against the rules isn't it Kaiba: screw the rules I got money

[@johanurdiales7356]

I wonder what would've happened if Astral had used his pure magic/traps deck against Kite

[@SuperPoly25]

In the second duel, what happens in the hypothetical situation where at 13:02, instead of summoning Circle in attack, he summoned it in defense, staving off damage at the cost of some damage of his own? Also, it's completely hindsight, but if he didn't activate Galaxy Storm, he would've just won, right?

[@petercross1879]

We still need to get WAS ANYONE ABOUT TO DEFEAT ZARC?

[@mudkip1949]

Do you think you could analyze the duels between Yuya Sakaki and Declan Akaba

[@okbut3572]

lots of the main yugioh characters do cheat with magic

[@wid.k1194]

Yuma & Astral not give 100% effort ?? They help Kite for continueing the Duel man (X'D / At least if they just want to win >> they're won already when Kite just surrender there :'p /

[@kemurinokami5899]

I am i the only one that would have told winged kuriboh to spy on my opponents hand? Especially if the universe is danger lol

[@Lumaking7]

Wonder if we could have one with playmaker vs all those bohman duels he has. I feel like there must be some misplays there 🤔

[@YahiaPlayz]

I have been waiting for this Dule

[@TheDemoNSL]

Song? Interesting Dial-Up remix at the end o.o

[@llaffer]

Why was there modem tones playing near the end of the video? :)

[@TheProfesorZ]

Well when your boss monster is an anti XYZ card in a heavy XYZ oriented formate your probably gonna win more than you lose

[@TheReaperofHades]

Makes you wonder if Kite could have defeated Vetrix if he ironically didn't Summon Neo-Galaxy Photon Dragon towards the end. Though I guess without being able to negate the Number clause, it probably would have been a stalemate.

[@gabrielcastejon7914]

Sure but Yuma also has some unfair advantages. Shining Draw, which he decided not to use, and Number cards, that have destruction protection along with their own effects.

[@samurexatlas7373]

@@TheReaperofHades anime 69 negates ALL monster effects, not just Xyz.

[@Goldfire345]

@@gabrielcastejon7914shining draw against Kaito? In their first and final duals they couldn't use it It's been pretty well established in the series that they can't use zexal morph on earth unless it's in circumstances where they're in another dimension or a place that mimics one places like the inside of the key, sargasso, barian world, Astral world and the sphere field and the barian variants of it

[@VixYW]

Mechlords laughing in 5Ds.

[@gamerguydoesepix5530]

zexal cards be like: "if your opponent controls a water xyz monster that's rank has been changed atleast twice with double its original attack, you can draw 1 card, and if its level is equal to one "gagaga" monster you control, you can special summon it, and immediately xyz summon using both the special summoned monster, and the targeted "gagaga" monster."

[@awerworld1791]

Pretty much 💀

[@thecreatorofthedark]

I mean duel monster effects aren't much better (at least in the anime)

[@Orthane]

The first two turns are the perfect example of why I hate Xyz. Kite summons like 8 monsters first turn and then Yuma is basically traditional Yugioh, and plays 1 card face down and that's it. Xyz turns take way too long and I hate playing against them because so many of them have annoying effects.

[@clownygamingcircus]

You forgot the secondary effect of "Gagaga Water Roulette" where: "Your XYZ Monster equips this card. When you battle you negate the opponents effects if those effects affect the monster's attack points. If the targetted monster's attack points double during Damage Step and both Xyz Materials are "Gagaga" Monsters you can unequip this card and banish it to increase your monster's original attack by the rank difference in each monster multiplied by the attack point difference of each monster but only if your opponent's WATER Attribute Xyz Monster has a FIRE and LIGHT Attribute XYZ Materials equipped." Gotta be my favourite Utopia Support Card, run it in my deck everytime

[@guestb8389]

@@clownygamingcircus ​Not so fast! I active "Un-XYZ-pected" from my hand! If my opponent both sent a card to the graveyard and banished that same card while no cards were destroyed this turn, I can discard this card from my hand to detach half of every "Number" monster's Overlay Units and add 3000 ATK/DEF points to a "Chaos XYZ" monster I control for each Overlay Unit! Also my opponent cannot negate battles for the rest of this turn! I then banish this card from my graveyard as a quick effect when there are only 2 rank 6 or lower monsters on the field! My opponent can't activate face down continuous trap cards that target monsters with 2500 or more ATK for the rest of this turn, unless they discard an "Achacha," "Chachaka," and "Ganbara" monster card this turn due to a quick-play spell's effect!

[@AhmedMohammed-lq5pt]

I think the reason they are playing cards that include "if the battled monster isn't destroyed in the battle" is because they are generally playing against Number holders. Maybe more in the case of Kite than Yuma since the latter already has an ace Number card, but it still works for both. They want to make the "Number protection" a disadvantage to the opponent.

[@Iris_Spring]

yea, in the actual tcg its really bad, but in the anime where they are constantly fighting numbers monsters, and they dont know the effects of monsters till they are activated, it is honestly a pretty great card

[@emanuelstornello8009]

I like how astral's flaw is always playing it too safely, being obsessed by control, shows that even with him being a great player his mentality is his weak point which contrasts with yuuma in the beginning, that's the opposite, too optimistic and never respecting the enemy moves and getting really distracted. Overall it makes their synergy amazing.

[@AzureRoxe]

Wasn't Astral the one who told Yuuma to go all out when playing defensively would've actually given him more time?

[@emanuelstornello8009]

@@AzureRoxe yes, and it's actually pretty funny because the only time he decides of going all out turns out to be the worst possible time. By the end of zexal we can actually notice a real change in both Yuma and astral especially *SPOILERS* in the last duel where astral really goes all out summoning 6 utopia's while Yuma plays as defensive as possible until he sees a chance for comeback.

[@TheSimmr001]

@@emanuelstornello8009 wasnt astral trying to reignite Yuma's passion for the game though? it would make sense hes imitating him.

[@esteban8471]

​@@TheSimmr001I don't think it was simply imitation. In Yugioh, characters tend to teach lessons or help others out of a funk by pressuring them in duels. Other examples of this are Yuma's duel with Shark at the hospital or Soulburner's duel with Revolver in Vrains.

[@cameraredeye3115]

I find it funny that Astral's misplays require hindsight since Kite played him like a fiddle both times. 🤣

[@TheJaredPunch]

Congrats for Photon/Galaxy Fans for Kite finally getting the Chaos form of Prime Photon Dragon.

[@obinoscopekenobi9450]

Wait what

[@star14604]

Thanks

[@theluckygamer10]

@@obinoscopekenobi9450 Number C62: Neo Galaxy-Eyes Prime Photon Dragon was recently announced alongside other Galaxy/Photon support

[@egstolfo3554]

@@theluckygamer10 it’s really good too, sadly getting prime out is almost always a win regardless, so c62 is just a win more card imo

[@wocky2297]

@@egstolfo3554 I feel C62 might actually been thought to be used in other decks as a board-wipe, with a few benefit if you run it with Photon (the 'unaffected' part). Any 2 Level 8 makes Prime, then you can overlay into C62 and have a 5600 ATK beast that can attack thrice and also doesn't have halved damage for the lack of og Galaxy-Eyes. As you said, Prime already does the job properly in Photon, but C62 lets you use Galaxy-Eyes in other decks if you want to.

[@ryanbelmont2676]

I feel like that if Kite and Yuma/Astral had one final duel, that the duel would end in a draw like the second duel did. All 3 had a lot of character and deck development that greatly helped them in dire situations. If they ever did have a final duel after the series ended, it must have been epic as both sides are some of the best duelists in Yu-Gi-Oh history.

[@waynehodges4913]

I feel like they would have a draw to some degree but then I remember Yuma doesn't have enough experience compared to kite in dueling.

[@VanquishR]

@@waynehodges4913 Well then you remember that at the end of the series, Yuma has access to the “creating any card you want” ability. Realistically, Yuma would probably create some card that wins him the duel like he did with F0: Utopic Future

[@waynehodges4913]

@@VanquishR that is true

[@Trigger99X]

This highlights something I repeatedly tell people about Astral and Yuma’s dueling. Astral isn’t the best duelist because he’s overly cautious at times. In their first duel together (Ep 2) they won because Yuma didn’t follow his advice and took a chance and took damage. Throughout the series there are multiple times Yuma’s gut is the right call

[@mystery8820]

Episode 3 and 4 was the opposite. Yuma was like: you say go right, I break left. And Astral had to play the opposite game to win.

[@adrianawilliams4810]

@@mystery8820 Yeah, that was weird seeing as how he an Yuma had already agreed to work together.

[@adrianawilliams4810]

Yes ! Finally someone said it . Astral may have been a really good duelist but he had one key flaw that has cost Yuma and him wins in the past : He plays to cautiously. (Also he doesn’t really trust anyone but not important right now) . He’s afraid to take risky plays or make plays that would result in some damage and his dueling suffers because of this .

[@eduardomunoz4387]

That's why Yuma and Astral complement each other.

[@theglitch5386]

I don't know if it's explained how he knows this, but I think that's the reason Kite was comfortable making plays Yuma could stop. He knows Yuma's rash, so in the first duel, he plays a more defensive game that invites Yuma to make mistakes (ironically, it's Astral that asks for offence in that duel, but it's out of character enough that it might as well have been him accounting for Yuma). He also knows astral is cautious, so he makes a brazen bluff in duel two that Astral isn't comfortable calling.

[@tumiesenamela67]

Kite is the best rival hands down. Remember Kite made Astral, a being that doesn't understand emotion feel fear

[@Kev.in1997]

If Zane didn't go full idiot made he would have been the best but the way it is right now, kite is the best I agree

[@exeledusprince9165]

@@Kev.in1997 I always considered Chronos the rival character of GX, only because he uses a 3000 atk ace monster that has a stronger combined form like all the other rivals up to this point.

[@cottonfurwarrior8250]

If i recall correctly he's the only rival who never lost to the main character

[@kingmuizz708]

@@exeledusprince9165 that's exactly what is said!!! Dude same!!

[@Waluigiisbest99]

Kaito was a great character, def carried the slow start of Zexal and almost tops Kaiba for me almost.

[@jackisback4873]

It's amazing that if Kaito hadn't top decked Photon Cerberus on the last turn of the first duel, Yuma would have won and expanded his arsenal massively and half of Yuma's number hunting would have been done

[@Abdullah_the_Palestinian]

Lol kaito could have just activated his dragon's effect in response.

[@alessiodaniotti264]

@@Abdullah_the_Palestinian however, after banishing his dragon, it would had lost all the buff in attack points (after being banned and returning, a creature would come in place in his "vanilla" form and without any sort of counter). But again, Kite could have attack Leviathan Dragon instead of Utopia, so after the ban and return, the +500 att for any xyz material would have triggered once, since Leviathan still had one material. And even if he didn't do that, Photon Dragon still was stronger than both Yuma numbers. Kite had the upper hand no matter what in those 2 last turns. In the end, the only way for Yuma and Astral to at least survive longer was to never attack, using Utopia to stop Photon dragon in attacking, and hoping to draw something that could destroy Photon Dragon, or at least stop his ability for at least 1 turn. But at this point thier deck have shown little to no traps and spells cards able to do that. And they were not able yet to fuse themself (something that seems a requirements for them to "spawn" a zexal weapon in the deck). They had a creature able to destroy Galaxy eyes without attacking, N.61 Volcasaurus, but it requires 2 "level 5" monsters to be summoned, and for what we have seen, most of the basic creatures in Yuma deck were level 4 or lower. In the end, they have very few resources to face Galaxy eyes. The last solution, and maybe the only one they could have used to at least hurt Kite's LP? Summon Baby Tyragon and attack directly!!

[@Abdullah_the_Palestinian]

@@alessiodaniotti264 nice analysis but Baby Tyragon never showed up in the anime

[@eduardomunoz4387]

​@@Abdullah_the_Palestinian Yes, it has. It is the third XYZ monster Yuma obtained.

[@lofifuture-0643]

​@@Abdullah_the_Palestinianit literally did, it was Yuma's first non-number xyz monster. Flip gave it to him in his debut episode. Yuma also used Baby Tiragon to beat Kat in her debut episode.

[@Yojack872]

FINALLY Coverage on Zexal, love this series. It needs more recognition .

[@rayhayes7701]

This the second video of this series on Zexal

[@purpleheartneptune6267]

I wanna point out the fact if yuma ever controlled 3 levels 4 instead of always speeding into utopia that basically from this duel onward he would have aniliated any duelist no question with heraldry crest

[@samurexatlas7373]

I mean. Yeah. BUT HE HAS TO MAKE HIS ACE RIGHT!

[@darknesswave100]

Logically that makes sense but the main character always has to use their ace no matter what makes sense from a dueling/winning perspective

[@cancerstinks1]

At that point he should just make Shock master

[@MasterSwo]

Sounds like it would be rather boring.

[@Zetact_]

Yuma and Astral didn't even have Heraldry Crest in either of these duels.

[@ManuelRiccobono]

Kite is basically the anti meta deck. Given that yuma is heavy focused on summoning level 4 monsters to go into xyz (expecially utopia), it is very easy to kite to understnad what yuma could do, and so, counter it.

[@ramiobeid2889]

Thing is, Yuma and Kite's cards are so hyper specific to each other that the winner can ever truly be determined through what the writers want rather than what the characters can do.

[@AzureRoxe]

That's how Yugioh works in general, characters just-so-happening to have cards to counter strategies that they 100% have never seen.

[@wolfgod6443]

@@AzureRoxe Sometimes, but it also depends on the series. 5Ds for example has a dozen different cards that deal burn damage, negate burn, deal burn to both players, or reduce damage taken by half. Vrains also has a lot of the latter cards. But in Zexal's case, either they already have the specific card that deals with a problem, or they literally manifest it out of nothing. I'd argue GX is like that as well. I don't know enough about Arc-V to say, but the original is actually surprisingly good about avoiding this issue. They pull specific cards for sure, but it's usually outright explained why they have the card in their deck and how they prepared to face their opponent. Of course the one thing all of these shows share is that the characters always happen to "draw the out" they put in their deck lol.

[@wolfgod6443]

@@darkphoenix2745 Oh yeah I literally forgot 5Ds had destiny draws mb. Of course Vrains has skills that basically do that too but only for one type of dueling and everyone has different skills so I let that slide. And for brevity of course Yami Yugi can draw whatever he wants, but he doesn't manifest cards and there's more than dueling involved with that man.

[@darknesswave100]

It honestly feels like the whole shining draw and every variation is just made up as a "in case we write ourselves into a corner this deux ex machina will help" cause they've had some absolutely absurd draws in the series. Especially yusei with his 5 tuners in a row and as much of a badass scene as it is when Atem drew like 15 monster cards in a row that was ridiculous too

[@Amsel_616]

@@darknesswave100 i mean on the previous shows we always get very specific outs to one board, Shining Draw and Action Cards are just more on-your-face and the latter basically fucked up Arc-V Anime cards since they always get Evade and Miracle so there's no reason to ever run any defensive card.

[@RJV-s3l]

Zexal has the most hype duels imo. I remember thinking Kite was so terrifying as the Number Hunter, stealing people’s life force too. Also the fact that the numbers had their own paranormal abilities was so fascinating.

[@bmwjourdandunngoddess6024]

Did it go away later in the series? The number’s abilities?

[@rayhayes7701]

@@bmwjourdandunngoddess6024 No.

[@Thelnquisitor]

I agree.

[@Destroyer.__]

Zexal might be the most interesting out of all series

[@perfectman3077]

You must’ve missed duelist kingdom. This has nothing on Kaiba vs Yugi or Pegasus vs Yugi

[@zeospark9715]

Man I remembered being so shocked that Yuma lost because I really did thought that Zexal reached it's end point and him beating his main rival Kite would make sense. The Vetrix plot was resolved, Dr. Faker's true intentions was revealed, and even the master mind, Vector, was defeated (at the time I thought it was). But then when it was revealed that Zexal was going to continue as Zexal 2 and I was like "Oh that's why" lol. A shame that Yuma and Kite never dueled each other again after that point though because they were dealing with the Barians

[@Beetletop]

kaito was dead and there was too much going on for them to duel even after he gets revives by numeron Code since yuma has all the numbers its obvious who would win

[@zeospark9715]

@@Beetletop True everyone was dying in that arc hell the only main important characters that hasn't died at least once in that series is Yuma of course and Tori. And it made more sense that the series ended off with Yuma vs. Astral

[@datlittle_dragonbay202bay2]

@@zeospark9715 loop

[@CornaOnTheCob]

Unpopular opinion, but Yuma won the war against Kite in their 3rd duel. Sure, Yuma didn't win the duel, but him and Astral helped Kite continue the duel after he surrenders. This is a win in Yuma's book because he always saw dueling as building friendships. And he got what he wanted in the end.

[@rayhayes7701]

Yes

[@darknesswave100]

Yeah I bet if it was possible to ask Yuma about that he'd say he didn't really care if he won since he got Kite to think about dueling differently. So that's probably a win for him

[@datlittle_dragonbay202bay2]

Yeah

[@fg009letyrds8]

Yeah, Yuma's Final Duel against Kaito isn't to win, but to be able to be friends with Kaito. There's a reason there's no ZEXAL form change used here.

[@zexalbarian9819]

I hope I see shark vs yuma . Especially their last duel it was epic

[@ethancasem8259]

That could take a while. Those 2 dueled a total of 5 times in the show.

[@zexalbarian9819]

Right ,but I hope they will make it soon

[@thegreatbambino3358]

Kite's power to be fair is to always draw his 1 of galaxy eyes within the first like 3 turns.

[@goldfire3456]

Even when he doesn't he has monster effects to search it bring it out of his deck Directly Knight of photon dragon and galaxion (subbed names)

[@LomasneyAaron]

@@goldfire3456 well Starleige Lord Galaxion is more believable than just hard drawing it every game, i wish they used Galaxion more in the games

[@littlekuribohimposte]

It's called deck consistency

[@goldfire3456]

@@littlekuribohimposte true although deck consistency doesn't really matter as much with scripted duels which is what the anime does. But if I had to name the most constant deck I've seen in the anime it would probably be revolvers deck against playmaker in their final duel it's a deck that's very much built like a normal one with multiple copies of stuff easy access to key combo pieces and so on I'd have to play it to know for sure but just having watched that duel multiple times it seems like it would be a consistent deck irl.

[@failure4452]

It’s stupid how many times he hard draws into Photon Thrasher, Photon Crusher, and Galaxy Eyes

[@NightsOfKyte]

Something I really liked about Kaito in these early duels was he did alot of psyching out his opponents and making them second guess their plays, he does it with Shark in their duel as well. Sadly, that aspect gets phrased out by the time of the tournament as he shifts from antagonist and becomes a more standard rival. It really made him stand out as a threat.

[@lolaandjoe123]

SHARK VS KITE IS SUCH AN UNDERRATED DUEL Watching someone as strong as Shark get tricked and then burnt out with Acid Golem was insane.

[@esteban8471]

I think the reason they did that is because the competition around Kite was stronger and more confident. Yuma, Astral and Shark had reason to worry about Kite given his reputation and they were put into situations that gave them reason to second guess themselves. But as stronger and more arrogant enemies like the Arclights and the Barians appeared, the mind games were less prevalent. It also doesn't help that some of these guys found ways around Galaxy Eyes.

[@Mr_Wholegrain]

I love Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon. In a series filled with awesome designs it really stands out a lot for me.

[@drakofox1362]

Especially it's eyes

[@michaelle4031]

I thought you would talk about more about the not summoning utopia thing in the second game. Think about it. Instead of using double defender he used both gogogo to summon utopia and kill reverse buster. What does kite do now? Photon hurricane is useless. Photon circle is useless. Photon Leo can't be summoned. Photon spear is useless since he won't have time to tribute summon leo and spear plus circle is bad. I guess with armor back he can do smth but nothing to clear utopia. Even the cards he draws next or bad. He can't summon galaxy eyes. His galaxy storm is useless since utopia overlay units would never be used. Photon shock does nothing. Astral could have won. And the thing is that summoning utopia is a completely reasonable play to make in that instance. It's just 1 backrow and a one of monster he isn't even sure he has in his hand that prevented him from doing that.

[@roninwarriorsfan]

Astral is way too cautious for his own good

[@Amitlu]

@@roninwarriorsfan Astral also wasted like his whole hand to get Utopia out later, lol

[@thomashawk5788]

Well i think at the end, because of yuma number 0 he could have won. And if we count the different number that they normally use like you give back n97 and n62 to kite and yuma can use his utopia back then i think yuma would win. I find it logical for him to win at the end.

[@tomduckworth6430]

Yuma would have to account for Neo-Galaxy Eyes and possibly Number 107. Utopic future is strong and all but these cards would absolutely dunk on it. Doesn’t matter how many awesome effects you have if they’re negated

[@thomashawk5788]

@@tomduckworth6430 yes but if he possess his other utopia he could win. I thikk that at the end of each yu gi oh series the protagonist would beat pretty much everyone.

[@tomduckworth6430]

@@thomashawk5788 What other utopia? The only utopia monsters that stand a chance against Kite are in the Manga not the Anime.

[@thomashawk5788]

@@tomduckworth6430 like utopia beyond for exemple.

[@tomduckworth6430]

@@thomashawk5788 Number 107 completely undoes that effect. Also regular galaxy-eyes photon dragon skirts around Beyond’s effect

[@GoneRampant]

I guess there is one scenario where Yuma can beat Kite in round 3. Kite: I give up Yuma. Yuma: OK YOU ALL HEARD HIM HE SURRENDERED, I WON. *roll credits* But yeah, gonna repeat what others have said that Kite is one of the best rivals of the series.

[@Ninja-Hunter]

I really like galaxy-eyes and Kite, as he is always powerful

[@firephd]

Okay so in the third duel, if I understand the battle phase well enough lmao, so Utopia Ray actuvates effect, drops GEPD atk while boosting its own, and then as you said, as well as shown in the animaation, "Yuma attacks Galaxy Eyes", SO that should mean that GEPD was already TARGETED for an attack, and we have passed attacj declaration, right? Well Kite uses the effect shenanigans of Galaxy Zero AFTER Galaxy Eyes was targeted for the attack, but the anime made it out like GEPD was never targeted in the first place, so if the attack declaration has already passed, you can't just undeclare an attack (again, as far as my battle phase knowledge is concerned), so Yuma's attack on the 0 atk GEPD shoulld'be still happened, even with Zerozerock on the field, since that only prevents being targeted for an attack, and not being attacked at all. (Zerozerock:Your opponent cannot target face-up Attack Position monsters with 0 ATK for attacks.) So unless someone wants to correct me on something I'm wrong about, please, be my guest. Until then, I'm chocking that up to shenanigans, and Yuma should've won from tha attack

[@Amitlu]

It makes even less sense considering that Galaxy Zero's effect should trigger during the damage step.

[@gamerookie09]

Yuma and Kite’s third duel is actually one of the best duel’s in Yugioh History. In my opinion lol

[@xdelisiusx]

I love how gogogo giant's defense animation was basically the FU gesture.

[@Syndylon]

I still want the Yuma and Kite vs Trey and Quattro duel to be reviewed because Yuma should’ve been KOd by the field spell on Kites last turn.

[@purpleheartneptune6267]

I mean yuma still wouldn’t have had his numbers stolen….since a tag duel counts as both players of the team winning instead of just last man standing it wouldn’t have made a difference

[@pn2294]

Kaito should’ve lost his duel against Astral as well because he should’ve lost his LP first

[@purpleheartneptune6267]

@@pn2294 in the anime it’s simeteous damage

[@purpleheartneptune6267]

@@pn2294 in vrains they just didn’t want playmaker to die

[@nicolasagamez9351]

Other way to increase Yuma's defenses in the first duel was summoning the other Number in defense and then change Utopia to defense, by this way on Kyte's turn he wouldn't inflict any damage at all because of the Numbers Battle Protection

[@jameshansen7108]

When I heard, "There will be no next duel", at 26:09, all my mind heard was, "THERE WILL BE NO NEXT TURN!" From the overkill moment in Yu Gi Oh Arc-V, lol

[@DaetB]

I think Zexal has a lot of "If a monster battles but it's not destroyed" kind of effects because of the Number rule, so all oponents will have monsters that will lose in attack dmg but wont be destroyed, makes it a bit not so situational, also, the "lowered attack" i see a ton of lower attack in everyone's decks, its like hard removal was banned in Zexal so they just have attack manipulation. (I mean it, theres so little removal in all Zexal I cant even remember 1 monster removal, and not even good backrow removal, hardest control I saw in the entire series was bouncing to hand, which is ok i guess but not that good)

[@johnnysizemore5797]

Notes from an Ancient Gear Pilot; Tbh, a lot of the XYZ player's in the anime played there deck's badly or didn't have enough general support card's in their Deck. Storyline-wise Yuma being as bad as he was in the beginning (due to his Older Sibling preventing him from learning from a professional) could be easy to forgive. THE OTHER'S (save for Shark being an ex-pro and Kite having spent the majority of his young life training non-stop for this), and I'm looking at YOU Kathy Katherine, have none. I'm honestly surprised Yuma lasted as long as he did against Kite in these duels.... Until next time, don't forget to burn the Link Heretics! Trevelyan of the Ancient Gears

[@donjuan6996]

Please do Yusei vs Z-One. That’s one of the best boss duels ever!!! 🙏

[@darksleuth66]

Yusei has never lost it’d be pointless

[@giovanniorellana2200]

Imagine if Kite and Zane dueled each other! That would be epic!

[@Kimikospirit]

I would want to see who wins the duel against jaden vs yugi

[@mudkip1949]

That would be awesome, Zane is my fav GX character

[@abdullahamr9941]

It would be a clash of attack points

[@egstolfo3554]

@@Kimikospirit there was alr a video on this

[@alvaropaniagua4839]

They should’ve done in it arc 5

[@webtely]

In hindsight in the first duel yuma could have not attacked galaxy eyes because of its effect and kept Utopia's materials but I guess he didn't know that beforehand so not really a misplay.

[@mkulchar]

Hooray for another video I've been waiting forever for your next dual breakdown. So much more entertaining to watch this than the actual duel itself on the show

[@natesdope1131]

I absolutely LOVE these duel analysis videos. I really would love to see an analysis of Yuya vs Yuri because I swear there's some shenanigans in that duel

[@drcrowlergaming2059]

Would love to see this for Quattro and Shark/Nash, one of the only duels where the anime outright calls out a missed opportunity for victory

[@deathwisher3924]

We will sadly never know since Kite slowly suffocated to death on the moon. Still hurts to think about, had to be the most shocking and most brutal death in the entire franchise.

[@rayhayes7701]

He's alive again after that

[@brandonflores4988]

Kite is still one of if not the best duelist in Zexal

[@generalistvibe3279]

More GX content please!! 😩 The Chazz deserves the chance to prove that without some of the pressure he was under he could've beat Jaden (The School Duel 👀)

[@TheShadowcomet]

I think their third duel was the best duel. Well despite losing Yuma won. After all Yuma goal in the duel was to make sure Kite would not give up dueling and thats what happend. And also Yuma was able to hold his own and almost beating Kite without Astrals advice or Zexal. This was legit the first duel in the series in which Astral while being beside Yuma did not help him but rather was only moral support as it was how Astral stated it was Yumas duel and with no stakes aside from if Kite would continue dueling or not there was no harm. After all Kite lost only 1 time in the whole series and that lost was only due to Ventrix using Hart against Kite, otherwise i think Kite would had also won that duel. So it shows how much better Yuma got in a short amount of time and well who knows if they dueled Offscreen for fun.

[@محمد-ف3ت1ت]

If yuma in the ultimate turn summon number 17 in def he will have a another turn

[@victikirby15]

It’s amazing how they always seem to draw the perfect 3 monster/3 spell/trap hand