#Barian's Chaos Draw

[fyeahygocardart]

Barian's Chaos Draw

[cyberdragoninfinity]

💎👿🌌A hell of chaos and crystal. Seven emperors of suffering and grief. Welcome… to Barian World!🌌👿💎

Overjoyed to finally get to share the piece I did for @aygozineproduction's Zexal Zine! This was a beast to ink but I'm SOOO happy with it <3 I love the Barian Emperors a normal amount <3333

Everyone's work for the zine came out just spectacular, I had so much fun taking part!

[kaiowut99]

"Yuma... When people grow up, they usually end up throwing away something that matters to them... But... don't you go and throw away... that power to believe in people, and that heart that never gives up... Don't you dare throw 'em away."

"Sh-Shark..."

"See, I would've liked to see the future you guys get going myself... but it doesn't look like I'll get to."

"Hey!"

"Kotori... Don't take your eyes off this idiot. Thanks, Yuma... Astral... My friends for life... I'm glad I got to have one last great duel with you two. Later..."

[zexalmonth]

Hello, Zexal fans! Zexal Month 2024 is just around the corner and, for this year, we're doing the ABCs of Zexal! That's right, this year, our prompts are just based on the letters of the alphabet. Feel free to just use the titles (like A is for Astral) as the prompt or look at the following text for ideas. We can’t wait to see what art/writing/edits/cosplay/etc you produce for us!

If you are joining us for the first time: we have a list of prompts with suggestions attached! They're not hard rules though, so you can freely skip some or combine them. Tag your creations #zexal month 2024 and we'll make sure to reblog them all! Make sure to @zexalmonth on your posts as well!

Week 1: Introductions We’re going straight into it this year! For this week, introduce yourself and share with us something you like about our favourite warring factions!

1st: A is for Astral Make something involving our favourite, naked protagonist. Alternatively, draw something related to the Astral World. You can draw a character as a resident of the Astral World if you like. 2nd: B is for Barian Share with us which Barian Lord is your favourite or something you like about the world! Maybe even make another character you like a Barian.

Week 2: C to G!

5th: C is for Chaos Chaos is both a force of evil and the essence of life in Zexal. For this prompt, you can go either way. Share the craziest thing you enjoyed about Zexal or put your favourite character in a chaotic situation. Alternatively, draw a character in Zexal getting corrupted by Chaos. 6th: D is for Duel What’s your favourite duel in the series? What characters would you have liked to see duel? 7th: E is for Enemy Oneshot villains like the Fallguys, the Arclights, Don Thousand? A hero’s journey is only as good as its bad guys so let’s give them some appreciation! What do you like about them? 8th: F is for Friendship What’s you favourite friendship in the series? Alternatively, what friendship would you have liked to see? What two characters would have had a good friendship? 9th: G is for Gate The gate to the Astral world can also link to other worlds. This is our crossover prompt! Throw the Zexal characters to another world/fandom you’re in at the moment or bring other characters to the world of Zexal.

Week 3: H to L!

12th: H is for Hobby Whether it’s a character doing your hobbies or what you have headcanoned for them, show a Zexal Character (or characters) enjoying themselves with a hobby outside of card games! 13th: I is for Icicles Whether it’s icicles because it’s winter right now or icicles as in the stuff you eat at the beach, it’s time to give our faves a treat! Throw everyone in a beach episode or in a cabin under the snow... 14th: J is for Justice (Or Jail) Tell us what you thought was unfair in Zexal or show us a character that you think should be punished. Maybe show us bringing it into your own hand… 15th: K is for KATTOBINGU Kattobingu is the will to never give up without giving it your all. It’s taking a chance and moving forward with courage. What’s something positive you’ve gained from Zexal? Good memories? Fun experiences in the fandom? Friends? Share us something good you’ve gotten from Zexal or just draw characters with the Kattobingu spirit! 16th: L is for location There are so many pretty places in Zexal. Scenery appreciation prompt. What’s a place in Zexal you’d like to go to or would have liked to see more of in Zexal.

Week 4: M to Q!

19th: M is for Monsters Whether it’s a literal Duel Monster or characters that are monsters (Black Mist, Don Thousand, Tron, Dr Faker, etc.), a monster is a monster. Sshow us what you like about them. 20th: N is for Numbers Let’s give our favourite MacGuffin some love. What’s your favourite Number? What design you like? Feel free to include non-Anime Numbers here. 21st: O is for Originality There are a lot of OCs in the Zexal. Share them with us and tell us about them. Alternatively, show us some new outfits for one or members of the Zexal crew! 22nd: P is for Powers Photon mode, Barian transformations, Arclight crests, ZEXAL. Zexal has so many powers in the show. What’s your favourite? If you have an OC, feel free to show their powers if they have any. 23rd: Q is for Quotes Zexal has both quotes that hit like a truck and lines like “You just summoned your mom.” Show the scene that has the Zexal quote you like!

Week 5: R to V!

26th: R is for Ruins Whether we’re talking about the literal ruins the characters go through the series or the past (the ruin of the self), it’s all about our characters’ history. How were the characters when they were young? How will they be in the future? How would they be if they had a past life? 27th: S is for Siblings The Arclight siblings, the Kamishiro Twins, Yuma and Akari, Haruto and Kaito. There are so many familial relationships in Zexal. Show your favourite sibling group being a family or combine them together! 28th: T is for Tag Duel Did you like the Tag Duels in Zexal? Who do you wish you could have seen Tag Duel? Show us two characters teaming up! 29th: U is for Utopia AU day! Show us your AUs! Alternatively, show us something you wish to have seen from Zexal. 30th: V is for Victory Today is the last day of Zexal Month! We made it to the end! What did you like about Zexal Month? Also share with us what you liked from Zexal.

Bonus Prompts:

W is for Wonderwing X is for Xyz Change Y is for Yesterday Z is for Zexal Æ is for Aeon Ȝ is for gift ð is for thoughts “Anyone can overlay if they try.” “This isn’t goodbye!” “I’d rather do this with anyone else.”

Can't wait to see what August has to bring! -Mod Fla

[raemanzu]

V- Victory

@zexalmonth

I will probably keep posting more art even though zexal month is over, because I want to share more of my barian monster babies, but I just wanted to say thank you for running this event. I have been deeply obsessed with Zexal for a few years now and wanted something to push me into drawing more, but I was so caught up in work and grad school that I wasn't giving myself time to create. Then I lost my job and during this month break from school this was the perfect event to help me reconnect with myself and process my feelings a bit through art, remembering that there's more to me than just my work persona, I can be proud of and excited to share my creative side too! This was a much needed gateway to more artistic time in my day, and more overall joy in my life. I have drawn more this past month than in the last year combined, probably!

This show means a lot to me because of its themes of believing in goodness and learning to accept the chaos of life as something beautiful and necessary for growth and connection.

I want to carry that kattobingu spirit into my next job and the next chapters of my life.

[dryades-angeli]

Astral World

Here all about the Astral Word.

1. The astral world is a realm that consists only of energies and is only accessible to people with a high spiritual level. So, Astralians exist on a level that is not visible to the human eye. 2. The astral world exists parallel to the human world. Because of this, Don Thousand was able to use the Numeron Network to fuse both worlds, harnessing the powers of the Numeron Code. If the astral word is destroyed, the earth go down as well. 3. In the astral world, any living being can use "Shining draw" (the creating play move). Also, it seems that damage done during the duel would remain instead of disappearing. 4. Eliphas is a kind of god or guardian of the astral world, created by the inhabitants, when Don Thousand brought chaos to the astral world. Astral was also created. The assumption is, that it was Enna. 5. The barian world emerged from a chunk of the astral world and represents the counterpart. Chaos reigns in this world, while the astral world has banished all chaos. Later Astral fuses the worlds back together with the nummeron code. 6. Astral world resembles a desert and many plants are dying. When Yuma enters this world, he fills it with life again and he can also heal the inhabitants who have cracks. 7. Eliphas notices this immediately and says that the residents are now infected with chaos. But apparently this world cannot live without chaos, which is why (a little) chaos also seems to be life energy. 8. When humans die, they can become reinincarnated in the astral world, if they´ve a pure soul. 9. From the astral world are the Duelmonsters. 10. Astralians all have fair skin that glows bluish or turquoise. Occasionally, some Astralians also have violet skin. Their empty-looking eyes also shine blue or turquoise. Her hair is white, blue, turquoise. Once lighter, once darker. The clothing of the Astralians looks old-fashioned. Astral, Eliphas, Don Thousand, and Enna stand out quite a bit with their looks. 11. Don Thousand is formerly from the astral world. However, he seems to have gotten his black coloring from the chaos. No other Astralian has such dark skin. The fact that Black Mist is also black is apparently due to the fact that he is a) a part of Don Thousand and b) the dark counterpart of the light-filled Astral.

[thewittyphantom]

Got another Mizar event in Duel Links!

Kite: Leave the Dueling to me. I'll take care of this Barian for you. Astral: But Kite... Mizar: It doesn't matter who I Duel. Human Duelists like you are easy to defeat! Kite possesses his own Galaxy-Eyes. This is the fight Tachyon Dragon was waiting for! So let's Duel! And prove who's superior! Kite: Only one can master of the power of Galaxy-Eyes! And that honor belongs to me! I activate the Spell Card, Monster Reborn! Mizar: Now you have 3 Level 8 Monsters...Bring it on! Kite: Consider it brought! With these three monsters, I build the Overlay Network and Xyz Summon! The universe coalesces into the light of chaos! Emerge before me! Neo Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon! Mizar: Neo Galaxy-Eyes! Kite: Now feel its power! Ultimate Photon Stream of Destruction! Mizar: Argh.....Ahhhhhhh! Kite: I end my turn! Go ahead and take yours - if you dare! Mizar: Oh I dare. For this is a fight worth fighting. Kite: Not much of a fight so far! Mizar: It's my turn! I draw! I also activate Monster Reborn to revive Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon Dragon! I'm sure you didn't miss my dragon, but it's the least of your worries. Witness my true power! Barian Battlemorph! Haaaaaaa! Astral: So this is your Barian form? Kite: If you're trying to impress me, you've failed miserably! Mizar: Do not flatter yourself. This form allows me to harness my true Barian power! i activate Rank-Up Magic Barian's Force! Barian power born from chaos, surge through my Number and bestow it with great might! Chaos Xyz Evolution! Face the multiverse and ignite new life into my great beast! Come forth, Number C107: Neo Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon Dragon! Kite: Neo Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon Dragon!

[sweebat]

Me: damn, new battlin boxers card are kinda expensive. Not gonna pick em up till they drop in price a bit :/

Also me: hehe hoo hoo, barian chaos draw goes BRRRRRR

[arkadiaasks]

What about Dark Otes? How much did *that* transformation affect Yuhi’s ability to duel?

More of that state of being thingy.

It's more about him transforming to become Otes (he's not) than Dueling.

basically, almost none of those cases really do anything about the Dueling and are more character studies, though as I said, they can affect what is in the Deck, hypothetically.

But I'm having trouble of recalling 'super modes' actually affecting the actual Duel ability.

Except. Maybe. ZEXAL. And that's literally a play on Henshin Heroes. That's the like ONE case where it does because Yuma gets access to card rewrite abilities in life-or-death Duels in altered or higher energy space.

Barians do gain access to Barian Chaos Draw in Barian form in late ZEXAL to draw their Rank-Up-Magics, but it's not neccessarily an outright result of their real forms.

ZEXAL is like the one case of your question.

[yugiohcardsdaily]

Posted Cards Master Post - 38.0

Rest of July 2022

D/D Lamia

D/D Savant Copernicus

D/D Savant Thomas

D/D/D Destiny King Zero Laplace

D/D/D Duo-Dawn King Kali Yuga

D/D/D Vice King Requiem

Decode Talker Heatsoul

Deskbot 001

Doomking Balerdroch

Doppelwarrior

Dotscaper

Elemental HERO Neos Kluger

Fallen Sanctuary (Japanese)

Flint Cragger

Fossil Fusion

Fossil Machine Skull Buggy

Fossil Machine Skull Convoy

Fossil Machine Skull Weapon

Fossil Warrior Skull Knight

Generaider Boss Stage

Geomathmech Final Sigma

Glow-Up Bloom

Go! - D/D/D Divine Zero King Rage

Goldenhair, the Newest Plunder Patroll

Great Mammoth of Goldfine

Hela, Generaider Boss of Doom

Infernity Pawn

August 2022, 1st thru 11th

Infernity Sage

Jormungandr, Generaider Boss of Eternity

Leraje the God of Archery

Majesty Hyperion

Masterflare Hyperion

The Chorus in the Sky

The Agent of Life - Neptune

The Executor of the Underworld - Pluto

The Sacred Waters in the Sky

Malefic Cyber End Dragon

Manju of the Ten Thousand Hands

Mardel, Generaider Boss of Light

Mathmech Addition

Mecha Phantom Beast Coltwing

Motor Shell

Mystical Sand

Necroworld Banshee

Nine Pillars of Yang Zing

Nirvana High Paladin

Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon Overlord

Onmoraki

Outburst Dragon

Pendulum Area

Performapal Miss Director

Plunder Patroll Shipyarrrd

Plunder Patrollship Brann

Plunder Patrollship Lys

Plunder Patrollship Moerk

Primal Dragon, the Primordial

Primathmech Laplacian

Proxy Horse

Puppet Queen

Quintet Magician

Raiza the Mega Monarch

Rare Fish

Redbeard, the Plunder Patroll Matey

Red-Eyes Zombie Necro Dragon

Reptia Egg

Retaliating "C"

Rookie Warrior Lady

Rose Spectre of Dunn

Salamangreat Blaze Dragon

Samsara Dragon

Sanwitch

Shell Knight

Sky Cavalry Centaurea

Tatsunecro

The Sanctum of Parshath

Time Thief Temporwhal

Trackblack

Victorica, Angel of Bravery

Vision HERO Faris

Vision HERO Gravito

Vision HERO Increase

Vision HERO Minimum Ray

Vision HERO Multiply Guy

Vision HERO Poisoner

Void Cauldron

Wandering King Wildwind

Whitebeard, the Plunder Patroll Helm

Yang Zing Brutality

Yang Zing Prana

Yazi, Evil of the Yang Zing

Zombie World

Abyss Shark

Bahamut Shark

Barian's Chaos Draw

Citadel Whale

Crystal Shark

CXyz N.As.Ch. Knight

Cyber Shark

Doom Kraken

Double Fin Shark

[lightheart20202020]

Who is my favorite character in the whole Yu-Gi-Oh! Series and Yu-Gi-Oh! Franchise. Before I forget, please DON'T SAVE THE PICTURES AND REPOSTING THIS POST AT ALL WITHOUT ASKING ME OR THE CO-OWNER OF THIS BLOG, SO DON’T SAVE THE PICTURES AND REPOSTING POST AT ALL WITHOUT ASKING ME AND THE CO-OWNER OF THE BLOG!!!!!!!

1. Zexal: Tori Meadows/Kotori Mizuki, she's my favorite of whole Yu-Gi-Oh! Series and Yu-Gi-Oh! Franchise because she is an angel. Even if she doesn't duel or loses or has to have someone with her when she duels, she is number one in my books. 

2. Zexal: Mrs. Meadows/Mizuki or Luna Ren-Meadows/Mizuki, she serves as an ally to Tori Meadows/Kotori Mizuki behind the scenes throughout the series.

3. Zexal: Meredith Meadows/Yone Mizuki, she also serves as an ally to Tori Meadows/Kotori Mizuki behind the scenes throughout the series.

4. Zexal: Caswell Francis/Takashi Todoroki, he is the best no matter what even if he wins or loses and uses technology to help his friends out.

5. Zexal: Art Stanley/Chitaro Ariga, he is the best even though he is a comic book artist and a Comic Hero user and he doesn’t have to duel to be perfect.

6. 5D's: Luna, she is the Ancient Fairy Dragon user with a pure heart.

7. 5D's: Leo, he is the Power Tool Dragon/Life Stream Dragon user with a strong heart that protects his family.

8. Yu-Gi-Oh! Monster Card: Little Fairy, she is the best Effect Yu-Gi-Oh! Monster Card that I will ever use no matter what because I care to use it in my decks present and future. Her effect is to discard a card to add a level to this card twice per turn.

9.  Yu-Gi-Oh! Monster Card: Fairy Cheer Girl, she is the best Xyz Effect Yu-Gi-Oh! Monster Card that I will ever use no matter what because I care to use it in my decks present and future. Her effect after she is Xyz Summoned after using two Fairy Type Monster Cards is you can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card; draw 1 card. You can only use this effect of "Fairy Cheer Girl" once per turn.

10.  Yu-Gi-Oh! Monster Card: CXyz: Dark Fairy Cheer Girl, she is the best Xyz and Effect Yu-Gi-Oh! Monster Card that I will ever use no matter what because I care to use it in my decks present and future. Her effect after she is Xyz Summoned or Chaos Xyz Summoned using Rank-Up-Magic Barian’s Force to rank up Fairy Cheer Girl is when this card is sent from the field to the Graveyard: Draw 1 card. If this card has "Fairy Cheer Girl" as an Xyz Material, it gains this effect. ● When this card destroys an opponent's monster by battle and remains on the field: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card; inflict 400 damage to your opponent for each card in your hand.

These are the main characters that I like and see as my top whatever for right now, but I will post my true tier list whenever I get the chance because I have a lot to do right now. Just in case, NO ONE SAVE THE PICTURES AND REPOST THIS POST WITHOUT ASKING ME AND THE CO-OWNER OF THIS ACCOUNT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[forhope]

  | Brainworms GO! |

  | Duel links also shows that Astral doesnt have nails so this is def not an animation error! HOWEVER what makes that really interesting is that Eliphas, Astral’s progenitor and PROTOTYPE [1] DOES have nails, though they’re rarely drawn with the closed shape the human characters nails are.  |

   -[1] All headcannon and au info aside Eliphas is explicitly stated to be artificial like astral and made before him, so its safe to assume that Eliphas can be viewed as a rough draft of what techniques would eventually go into making Astral.

  | What I find really cool about that is that from a design standpoint its a very good way to make him look ‘Alien’ same as him lacking any toes or how his hair and head seem to be drawn without a line to separate them. This also plays into how Takahashi seemed to have viewed Astral [and i guess by extension eliphas though dont quote me on that] as being made of a sort of metal like substance rather then just, blue space flesh stuff.  |

  [ Source : Drawing of mer astral posted in one of takahashi’s art galleries' ]

  | It gives the shape language of a poured mold rather then the organic structure Eliphas seemed to have been made with. Which fits because they both fundamentally have different power scales and ROLES. |

  | Eliphas and Astral were both designed with Combat in mind, Eliphas being designed to physically purge chaos and chaos alligned people from astral world as the denizens belived should be done [at the time] so you can note that compared to other denizens he is MASSIVE.  |

  | He’s taller, Physically Stronger, and given more powers then a kid in creative mode ALL of said powers being offensive from what we’ve seen. |

  | My point? ; Eliphas was designed from the ground up for Physical Confrontations. In such confrontations where someone would be punching and grabbing at you, even small things like having something on your hand to scratch them with on the off chance would be an advantage that the oh so practical denizens would have likely desired at the time. He was litterally constructed to be unstoppable in a Physical Fight with even minute advantages like being able to claw your face off if need be (Which is why he does his job too well and ends up a tyrant GG Denizens for not putting in a ‘dont kill our ruling bodies’ clause on your murder robot.)  |

   BY CONTRAST 

   | Astral is designed with Grand Scale Destruction in mind, its easy to overlook with how much goes on in season two but Astral is stated to have been made with the intent to first destroy don thousand and THEN destroy barian world with his innate powers. As a result he isnt designed with the physical strength of Eliphas because thats not what he was made to do. |

  | It’s no secret astral is VERY small and lean compared to everyone in the cast, even other denizens! He’s lean, elegant, petite and child like in design compared to Eliphas’s older more bulky form because he wasn’t made with the intent to Physically fight an opponent he was made to be Unassuming. If bulky armored warrior like Eliphas were to show up to your planet as an Envoy your guard would automatically be raised. BUT a small childish boy like Astral? What harm could he do? His form hides the fact he’s single handedly capable of destroying your entire planet. Its twisted yes but its also a very smart tactic for the denizens to employ because we know it works- LOOK AT THE FANDOM reaction to him! Astral is smaller in stature then eliphas but he is far more powerful then him in terms of Powers and Destructive ability. Where eliphas can stomp you in a physical brawl Astral can destroy your planet before you even know He Can. |

  | They both have an Iron Giant like narritve to them of two creatures being made by their creators with violence in mind and nothing else but having the door opened to them to CHOOSE to be individuals instead. Astral had his memory and programing altered, allowing him to learn what LIFE is and decide to emulate it, while Eliphas is the CONTRAST, he didnt have someone to change his programing or teach him about that kind of thing, its no wonder when he first see’s yuma he attacks despite yuma being a child, A Machine’s Mentality wouldnt care, because hes made to fight all chaos imbued things regardless of age or faction. |

TL ; DR : Astral seems to be designed to look as harmless as possible by the denizens so much so he doesnt physically have any form of self defense because his job is to blow up a planet, while Eliphas does have physical forms of self defense because his job is to actually punch you into submission thank you for indulging my brain worms.

I just noticed that Astral has no nails wtf😭😭

His and Yuma's hand for comparison:

My son has no way of defending himself apart from dueling are you fr right now😰😭

[pokemon22022]

Who is my favorite character in the whole Yu-Gi-Oh! Series and Yu-Gi-Oh! Franchise. Before I forget, please DON'T SAVE THE PICTURES AND REPOSTING THIS POST AT ALL WITHOUT ASKING ME OR THE CO-OWNER OF THIS BLOG, SO DON’T SAVE THE PICTURES AND REPOSTING POST AT ALL WITHOUT ASKING ME AND THE CO-OWNER OF THE BLOG!!!!!!!

1. Zexal: Tori Meadows/Kotori Mizuki, she's my favorite of whole Yu-Gi-Oh! Series and Yu-Gi-Oh! Franchise because she is an angel. Even if she doesn't duel or loses or has to have someone with her when she duels, she is number one in my books. 

2. Zexal: Mrs. Meadows/Mizuki or Luna Ren-Meadows/Mizuki, she serves as an ally to Tori Meadows/Kotori Mizuki behind the scenes throughout the series.

3. Zexal: Meredith Meadows/Yone Mizuki, she also serves as an ally to Tori Meadows/Kotori Mizuki behind the scenes throughout the series.

4. Zexal: Caswell Francis/Takashi Todoroki, he is the best no matter what even if he wins or loses and uses technology to help his friends out.

5. Zexal: Art Stanley/Chitaro Ariga, he is the best even though he is a comic book artist and a Comic Hero user and he doesn’t have to duel to be perfect.

6. 5D's: Luna, she is the Ancient Fairy Dragon user with a pure heart.

7. 5D's: Leo, he is the Power Tool Dragon/Life Stream Dragon user with a strong heart that protects his family.

8. Yu-Gi-Oh! Monster Card: Little Fairy, she is the best Effect Yu-Gi-Oh! Monster Card that I will ever use no matter what because I care to use it in my decks present and future. Her effect is to discard a card to add a level to this card twice per turn.

9.  Yu-Gi-Oh! Monster Card: Fairy Cheer Girl, she is the best Xyz Effect Yu-Gi-Oh! Monster Card that I will ever use no matter what because I care to use it in my decks present and future. Her effect after she is Xyz Summoned after using two Fairy Type Monster Cards is you can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card; draw 1 card. You can only use this effect of "Fairy Cheer Girl" once per turn.

10.  Yu-Gi-Oh! Monster Card: CXyz: Dark Fairy Cheer Girl, she is the best Xyz and Effect Yu-Gi-Oh! Monster Card that I will ever use no matter what because I care to use it in my decks present and future. Her effect after she is Xyz Summoned or Chaos Xyz Summoned using Rank-Up-Magic Barian’s Force to rank up Fairy Cheer Girl is when this card is sent from the field to the Graveyard: Draw 1 card. If this card has "Fairy Cheer Girl" as an Xyz Material, it gains this effect. ● When this card destroys an opponent's monster by battle and remains on the field: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card; inflict 400 damage to your opponent for each card in your hand.

These are the main characters that I like and see as my top whatever for right now, but I will post my true tier list whenever I get the chance because I have a lot to do right now. Just in case, NO ONE SAVE THE PICTURES AND REPOST THIS POST WITHOUT ASKING ME AND THE CO-OWNER OF THIS ACCOUNT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[nightfurylover31]

You guys ever think about how Yuma is potentially the most powerful being in ZEXAL? Think about it!

When he's introduced, he can barely Duel. But by the end, he has grown into one of the best. But's that's not what I'm referring to. As the series continues, we find out Yuma is capable of sensing the Barians' and even Don Thousand's presence. And it seems he has a natural ability to use Number cards without being influenced. He was even able to withstand Haruto's energy field when he was losing control.

And it turns out that Yuma is actually the missing half of Astral that he lost during his first battle against Don Thousand centuries ago, confirmed by Astral himself. So Yuma can utilize Shining Draw, an ability only used by denizens of Astral World. Yuma also has the power of Chaos, which in his case, can heal and counter effects of negative Chaos. He is essentially a perfect balance of all three worlds!

And the most amazing part about all this is, even if Yuma realized all this, he wouldn't do anything. He wouldn't go wielding this power and become some sort of god. That's not who he is. He would try to change the world with his actions, by believing in others and protecting those he loves. It's his heart and spirit that influences those around him, not his power. Yuma is truly a wonderful and amazing character!

[baddyzarc]

7/7 Ruins: World of Chaos

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Let’s start with a simple question? What is “Chaos”?

From the show, Don Thousand says that it is disorder and the source of life, Ena says it’s the power to protect others and ones desires created by oneself, Black Mist says it contributes to hatred and malice, Eliphas says it's poison, and Shark says this:

So Trash aliens.

However, this poses a problem.

Chaos is highly prominent to the story of Zexal, but it is difficult to define. The first signs of Chaos (excluding Haruto using it to toss trash in Episode 13) was when Astral’s airship unlocked “Chaos Number 39: King of Wishes, Hope Ray” as early as Episode 18. It constantly shows up with multiple definitions with some describing it as evil while others describing it as good. Both the protagonists and antagonists utilize it, and the meaning gets scrambled as the show progresses. So is this red, gooey stuff evil or good? 

In my opinion, Chaos is a nuanced type of “disorder”. With the word “disorder”, it isn’t clear what the show means by this since disorder (entropy?) is a super broad definition. Comparing it to the Astral’s “order” or Cosmos makes it slightly easier to grasp, but as a set definition that covers everything, I don’t have a good answer. The most accurate is Ena’s definition, where she says Chaos represents the desires set up by oneself. My problem with this is that all characters in this show have desires. Even Eliphas, who desires for Astral World to Rank-Up by ridding itself of Chaos. It’s a good definition and fits into the themes of Chaos, but there’s those glaring issues. However, I’m not here to define Chaos. Think of it as trying to define “species” or a word where a set definition isn’t concrete, but we sorta know what it looks like. With Chaos, I’m not going to be defining it as much as I am categorizing the types of Chaos in the Zexal. 

Going back to this list of Chaos characters. 

It is incredibly tough to define them on the basis of a single type of Chaos other than maybe “disorderly creatures” or people with desires.

But if you look at it as a spectrum that a character can shift back and forth along, then it starts to make sense. The characters in the show actually point that there are different forms of Chaos, with the clearest distinction being Nasch’s unique Chaos and Ena implying that Chaos has other, important forms.

Since Chaos manifests in different ways, it’s likely that all of the definitions stated above are correct. They get very close to stating what these different forms are, however, but it’s not explicit like “there is good Chaos and bad Chaos in the universe”. 

My proposal is that there are two definable categories of Chaos within the show: “Destructive Chaos” and “Constructive Chaos”. I think if you see it like this, it’s easier to see where Zexal was going with this concept. 

Okay, so what does this mean?

To begin, destructive Chaos can be described most simply as cannibalistic. It devours other Chaos creatures with the sole purpose of bettering its users. It is malice, hatred, selfishness, basically the qualities of the “bad Chaos” that the show speaks of. This could be seen in Vector and Don Thousand, who were literally eating other Barians to make themselves stronger. 

By nature, destructive Chaos benefits one person. It has to destroy everything else. With Vector, Number 96, and Don Thousand specifically, if they’re malicious plans succeeded, all three worlds would’ve been destroyed and they themselves would be standing alone as powerful gods. 

All the Emperors and any persons who inherited Don Thousand’s destructive Chaos were devoured in the end (this also ties in with how Nasch’s unique Chaos resulted in his survival). Also Mr. Heartland burned to death. Destructive Chaos destroys for the benefit of few. 

On the other hand, constructive Chaos can be described as altruistic. Unlike destructive Chaos, which draws its powers by consuming those around it, constructive Chaos gains its powers through combining their strengths. 

It is the power that allows you to protect your friends, or “strength in numbers”. This is the Chaos that Yuma and Nasch heavily relies on. By its nature, constructive Chaos shares for the benefit of many.

Something belongs in the middle too: maybe common Barians or some of the Emperors perhaps? Altruistic but also a little selfish? Giving to some but not to others. The ends could be on the more extreme sides that few probably get to.

As a general example, let’s look at Tron, a character who gravitates along the spectrum. There’s a clear distinction in the transformation of Tron and the Arclights from destructive Chaos to a more constructive Chaos. Not gonna get into it that deeply, but the first half of Zexal, Tron quite literally uses and destroys his sons to progress his own motivations. In the second half of Zexal, Tron shares his crest with his sons via the bracelets, and through this, they are able to create “Rank-Up Magic: Argent Chaos Force”, the symbol used to represent the bonds of humanity and a powerful one at that. 

Another really clear example is the Vector vs. Durbe/Merag. Merag, Durbe, and Vector uses Nasch’s strength throughout this battle. With Durbe and Merag, they send out their strongest monster using Nasch’s “Rank-Up Magic - The Seventh One”, something he shared with them in the prior episode. Vector, on the other hand, uses Nasch as a blood-bag; he sucks the life out of him to increase his own. Lending versus draining. Constructive versus destructive.

These two descriptions pose some interesting relationships. There are probably more than this but i’ll focus on a few.

First is Number 96 and Yuma, and how they relate to Astral.

Yuma and Number 96 are fragments of Don Thousand’s original self, who is a composite of all forms of Chaos. Although, the final Don Thousand clearly utilizes destructive Chaos. When Astral shattered him, I believe that his general from of Chaos split into Yuma, someone who uses constructive Chaos, and into Number 96, someone who uses destructive Chaos. Each individual views their Chaos appropriately. 

Number 96 has a very bleak view of Chaos, often describing it as something born from resentment, hatred, and the such. He also does not believe in the power of bonds, declaring it something used by weaklings. 

Aside from that, Number 96 has a god-complex, something he shares with the likes of Vector and Don Thousand, and is a person who is willing to destroy all of the worlds in order to create his own, ideal world. 

On the other hand, Yuma is the exact opposite. He sees Chaos as a force of goodness that allows different people to come together.

These two characters are supposed to be opposites of each other in regards to Chaos, and this is clearly shown in their relationship with Astral.

Back to Vector’s Royal Palace, this duel states a problem with the theory that there is only single type of Chaos. Number 96 said that Astral must use Chaos if he wanted to gather all the Numbers. 

The major issue with this is that Number 96 utilizes destructive Chaos. If Astral were to rely on his powers, it will destroy Astral in the process. And this occurs. When Number 96 enters Astral, the incompatibility and destructive nature of his Chaos causes both of them to explode. This is likely to be the Chaos that Eliphas fears would destroy Astral and Astral World.

And even Number 96 isn’t immune to this destructive power. When he accepted Vector/Don Thousand’s Chaos into his own, it nearly destroyed him. This just shows how deadly this type of Chaos is to others.

But if Astral has to use Chaos, he will likely rely on the constructive Chaos that derives from Yuma. And I think you guys know where this is going,

It’s those Zexal Morphs. 

The Zexal Morphs are the show’s flagship of “ultimate bonds”. Although probably unintentional, Astral does end up heavily relying on multiple forms of Chaos— the Chaos Hopes and Yuma specifically—which allows him to fulfill his mission (but doing so altered his objective). By using constructive Chaos, they were able to become stronger than they were as individuals.

However, there is one Zexal Morph that needs to be addressed.

The Dark Zexal Morph is a product of a “Vector-influenced” Yuma and a broken-hearted Astral. It’s difficult to say if Yuma is using destructive Chaos here, but due to Vector shenanigans, this Zexal Morph is an embodiment of Astral possibly mixing himself with destructive Chaos. Although it is incredibly powerful, Dark Zexal self-cannibalizes itself.

And then there’s Nasch and Vector. Not really the duel between them, but their entire characters reflect the two Chaos.

These two are on the opposite ends of the spectrum. When Vector said they are incompatible, it means that Nasch uses constructive Chaos while Vector uses destructive Chaos. One will tend to give and the other will always take. They are quite the antithesis of each other. 

Because of this, they simply cannot mix. In this system, Vector will take and Nasch will give (assuming he is unaware the entire time; he trusts Vector for thousands of years and after his return, which,,,,). One will die in this system, and it’s likely to be Nasch because altruism tends to lose to selfishness. This isn’t how Nasch died though; Vector kinda pushed him off a cliff, but it does explain why the two cannot get along. 

But there are a lot of examples in how these characters contrast each other. Their past lives, for example, were prominent in how Vector was willing to slaughter his own men to defeat Nasch, while Nasch eventually tried to keep his army out of his and Vector’s fight in the Labyrinth. 

Their Mythyrian Numbers also showcase Vector’s tendency to ignore bonds while Nasch’s tendency to build bonds. Vector doesn’t even touch the base-form to access his Chaos Number while Nasch summons the base-form first and heavily utilize it. 

Their signature Rank-Up cards too. 

Nasch represents the power of shared Chaos. One of his first moves after becoming an Emperor is giving the power of “Rank-Up Magic - The Seventh One” to the rest of the Emperors. This Rank-Up Magic allows the Emperors to defeat their human opponents during the Barian Onslaught Arc, who they were struggling to beat before Nasch granted it to them. But Vector, after destroying Don Thousand, uses the card “Rank-Up-Magic - Admire Death Thousand” and he is the only person who has access to this card.

Another really good example is how they represent the combined powers of the Emperors.

Starting with Vector, it’s safe to say that he does not cherish the bonds between them at all. He is vicious even to his own team, going as far as to mortally wound two of them for the fun of it, insults them on a regular basis, and then absorbs them to make himself stronger. 

After absorbing four of the six Emperors, Vector uses their powers to make himself god-like. He alters his entire figure and uses this strength to “kill” Don Thousand, absorbing his strength as well. 

Furthermore and like Nasch, Vector uses a monster that represents the combined strength of the Emperors he gathered thus far. “Chaos Number 5: Perishing-Gloom Dragon - Chaos Chimera Dragon” represents this, but it is almost, say, tragic in how this monster represents those bonds? Aside from Vector summoning it before telling Nasch that, “Yeah, i took your dumbass buddies’ powers and made this sick bad boy out of it. Eat my shit”

Now, this monster is different from Nasch’s monster but it shares one similar effect, which is “This card's ATK becomes equal to the number of Xyz Materials attached to it x 1000.” This monster derives its powers from its overlay units (or from the other Emperors, if you look at the subtext) but a key difference from Nasch’s monster is that this monster has a special condition regarding its overlay units. For “Chimera Dragon” to attack, it must detach an overlay unit. This means it must always use and discard the strength of its “allies” in order to fight. Following this, “Chimera Dragon” can reattach its overlay units at the beginning of your opponent's turn, allowing it to use and discard its overlay units forever (provided the user can pay the lifepoint cost). Vector detaches all of the overlay units, essentially ditching the cards that represent his allies in order to use the power of his dragon.

But, for Nasch, oh boy, his duel kinda spells it out in big flashing letters. His moves in this duel is the embodiment of constructive Chaos. 

Before we get to the main monster, the Chaos cards used by Nasch follow a heavy theme of the Barian’s bonds, and Nasch makes several references to his dead friends during this duel.

I mean, just look at them. He’s obsessed.

The main attraction is Nasch’s ace monster, “Chaos Xyz: King of Hope - Barian”, a monster summoned by using each of the Emperor’s Over-Hundred Numbers, giving it seven overlay units that represent each Emperor. This monster is the complete opposite of “Chimera Dragon”. Everything about it represents the ideals of constructive Chaos.

Let’s start with the design. Now I’m a little skeptical on some of these, but according to some, “Barian King” has parts that derive from the other Chaos Over-Hundreds. 

The spear it uses comes from Dark Knight and Noble Daemon (and I’d argue that the shield comes from Noble Daemon too, since Durbe is said to the Barian’s shield), the crest on its head comes from Ragna Infinity, the armored knuckles come from Caestus the Comet, the style of its hair/tail things resembles the neck of Tachyon Dragon, and the color palette comes from Umbral and Giant Red Hand. 

Some of these are easy to see, while some are obscure-ish (not too sure about the color things since red is a general Barian thing), but it’s highly likely that the artists who designed “Barian King” considered the other Over-Hundreds when designing this monster, especially when you consider what happens in this duel. 

Moving to the effects, this monster also derives its ATK-points from its overlay units too, gaining 1000 points for each material attached. The difference between “Barian King” and “Chimera Dragon”, whereas its effects are unrelated to the monsters attached to it, is that “Barian King” effects are the effects of its overlay units. Since its overlay units are the seven Over-Hundred Numbers, “Barian King” has the unique powers of each Barian Emperor.

Stated in the show, Nasch is fighting alongside the other Emperors (or Yuma is facing all seven Emperors as a single entity).

Not only that, but the Emperors’ spirits are depicted with their duel disks, so they are not simply bystanders in the duel, but active participants in the fight. They are just as involved in this battle as much as Nasch is.

The cherry on top is an additional effect. The user can “detach an overlay unit to use one of the Over-Hundred effects” or the user can “pay 400 lifepoints to use the effect without detaching a material”. This is the major difference from Vector’s monster. Aside from having its effects be directly influenced from its overlay units, this monster gives the user an option of keeping its overlay units (or keeping the other Emperors by Nasch’s side) in exchange for Nasch’s lifepoints. 

And Nasch always pays the lifepoints. Over the course of the duel, in addition to paying lifepoints to SUMMON “Barian King”, he consistently pays lifepoints to prevent the overlay units from being detached, to keep “Barian King” alive, and to stop its overlay units from being destroyed. (I think he paid up to 8600 lifepoints total, so thats yikes)

Unlike Vector, who sees the other Emperors as tools to use and discard, Nasch sees them as invaluable allies who should stand by his side. 

Yuma even points out that Nasch is paying a lot of lifepoints to keep his monster safe. And then he destroys “Barian King” because fuck it. Nasch’s reaction when “Barian King” explodes, however, isn’t seen as an attack on himself but on his companions and their dreams. Like, that’s the face of hurt right there.

Look at his face. He’s so upset :( aw

It’s clear that Nasch derives his power and passion from the other Emperors; without them, he breaks apart.  

(it’s also worth noting that when he loses “Barian King”, or his bonds with the Barian Emperors, he immediately sends out several monsters that are deeply connected to Ryouga (Big Jaws, Aeroshark, Black Ray Lancer…). I don’t know what to make of this. It may be that Nasch is so driven by bonds that once “the Seven Emperors” are defeated, he turns to the bonds he built with Yuma. Or maybe it's just a nostalgic homage before the final battle concludes.)

Before he lost, Nasch’s final moves were to resummon “Barian King” and reattach each of Over-Hundreds on his monster. This final move may have been what killed him (due to some Double Up Chance shenanigans) but Nasch was set on letting all Seven Emperors win as one, or fall as one. 

That brings us to the final discussion of Yuma and Nasch. These characters have resonated with each other since the start of the show. I honestly believe this is due to their similar Chaos, which is why Yuma is able to always worm himself into Ryouga’s heart on multiple occasions, and vice-versa. The most interesting bit of information I found was this scene. 

Nasch understands Yuma because they both utilize the Chaos of bonds. Yuma heavily relies on his friends as much as Nasch does; it’s in their nature, so of course they understand each other.  

Furthermore, these characters seem to be able to fight most effectively in the presence of friends. For Yuma, he usually has Astral, Kotori, or the Numbers Club by his side, and during his duel with Michael, where he loses his father’s Kattobingu spirit and his friends, Yuma is unable to fight against his opponent. Yuma relies on constant support. Heck, his strongest form uses the bonds of Zexal Morph, and during the ceremonial duel, or the duel he fights without Astral or Zexal Morph, all of his (living) friends are there to support him. 

Nasch does this too. Like, a lot, to name a few:

And during his duel with Vector, where Nasch basically lost or assumes he lost all of his friends, he looks to be very distressed when he realizes he’s all alone.

And appropriately enough, when Yuma pops in at this exact moment, Nasch looks slightly less distressed? 

I don’t know what expression mr. no-mouth is doing here but he doesn’t look upset to see Yuma and Astral. He snaps out of his “loneliness” state when Yuma arrives for sure. By looks of it, Nasch fights better when he has certain people by his side, whether it be the soul of Barians or a familiar face. 

It’s this reasoning that both are strong constructive Chaos users, but they see it in slightly different ways. They both believe in strength in numbers, altruism, and friendship, but Nasch is limited to the in-group of his fellow Barians. He wants to protect them above everything else, and since the Astrals want to destroy them, Nasch reacts accordingly. On the other side, Yuma probably doesn’t have any in-groups (like maybe Don Thousand). He wants to protect the Barians, the Astrals, and the humans. 

And if you consider that Yuma is a fragment of Don Thousand’s original Chaos, someone who represents the strongest of all Chaos, it sorta makes sense that Yuma is potentially the strongest user of constructive Chaos (any by logic, Number 96 should be the strongest user of destructive Chaos, but he uh, he exploded.), making him stronger than Nasch despite their similar ideals. It’s this bond, I believe, is why Yuma persisted in the final battle and not Nasch. 

I don’t know how to end this really. There’s still a lot more I want to talk about that i couldn't fit in this entire series, but final thoughts is that barians, uh they’re friend-shaped 

[raemanzu]

So I guess I will upload these because why not, this is one thing that has given me joy in the last few months, actually drawing some OCs in the Zexal universe from our RPs. Technically genderless in barian form they also have human bodies which are female so typically go by she/her.

The top one is Hope Lionheart, her barian form is a combination of Merag, Nasch, and Vector... but she was raised by Yuma and Alito mostly in her human form because she was formed against her parents' will when some jealous gods co-opted use of the numeron code to create Hope as a representative/missionary of sorts for them in other dimensions. Luckily this didn't pan out and she's had a relatively normal god-free childhood but her barian sense of age and her human sense of age are totally different.

The other one is Nana, she's Hope's older sibling (but also younger sister) who was intentionally made as a combination of Nasch and Vector's cores, and has the chaos to match lol do not be fooled by the innocent pose. I'm very proud of the hands hehe

It was really nice to use colored pencils again...