#Lotus zexal

[thesilverlock]

Haughty Prince AU (chaos council sprites)

council and handmaidens of the Haughty Prince’s kingdom 🪻

[kaiowut99]

oh my god it's good to get to see these in-context finally

Vector's quality long-game plan, you kinda see it as a bit too good to be true that this new "transfer student" cozying up to Yuma is natural but you roll with it, then notice those quick nuanced looks the past 10-15 episodes as a little detail gets mentioned about the Barians and you start to see him look a little fishy, then "Vector" kidnaps him and has Yuma think he's dead to get him to lose his shit by also making this big reveal

And he set Yuma up with Limited Barian Force to use his fitting Vain - Sneer of Betrayal Trap on his "V" Monsters--his Hope Ray "V"

Seeing Yuma distraught at what he thought he knew crumbling, the trust he put into "Rei" all that time (and sticking up for him against Gilag ofc) working against him and even causing a slight rift between him and Astral... also, the BGM playing as this all goes down... He's being an absolute troll about it all, right down to using his Shingetsu voice to really rub salt into the wound, and yeah, it's good stuff

I did have some inkling at the twist eventually coming being in the fandom as long as I have and Vector being such a meme (but being so because he's seen as a great villain), but did my best to avoid/scroll past spoilers going into watching ZeXal for the first time the past while, and even then it was done pretty well to still make the twist land nicely.

[also, checked the dub on a whim, and it's nice the dialogue is mostly intact, but oof dub!Yuma really could not do distraught... though it was interesting that Liscio Jr. sounds like he played R[ei/ay]? Apparently Vector too, but they put a voice filter on him so even if he's supposed to be mockingly using Ray's voice it doesn't hit the same as JP!Vector mockingly going "I lured you here and you thought it was all for the beeest to involve people that didn't need to be"

Also, Durbe I think at some point in Vector's reveal originally says he's pulling "a clever move," his tone implying he's a bit annoyed at the lengths Vector's going here and that there's some history there, but that line's removed in the dub

also how dare they cut the close-up shot that got the entire episode's art budget spent on it]

bonus: me on five hours of sleep:

[fair-night-starry-tears]

Marron returns with art!

@eleanorose123 check out the chaos ensues with Mamoru driving and the trio having a blast of chaos. With determination, unamusement, and fear.

Chitaro is fine. But he caught onto a seat the entire time

Never trust Mamoru with a bus during the effing apocalypse. Or any vehicular object.

Kaito is so confused to a crashed bus destruction and watching one student council President punch the door open with a wrapped up fist on a sash.

But he did give credits someone thought carefully on everyone safety.

[larmegliamori]

Zexal Month: The Hermit, Upright

@zexalmonth

I heard it's minor character appreciation day, so here's a little something for Aika/Lotus Hanazoe, from Episode 79! She's graceful but menacing, and her deck, while still being flower-based, has some heavy weaponry guns that would put Homura Akemi to shame and I love it. I also really like her color scheme and her long, luscious, 98%-normal-looking hair.

Would've loved to see more of her.

Bonus song that inspired me during the making of this graphic:

[zexaloneshotduelist]

Zexal Oneshot Duelist Tournament - Round Two Match 07

The shy but spunky Dog-chan/Pip VS the elegant leader of the Ikebana/Floral Design Club, Aika Hanazoe/Lotus Hanazoe!

[itsana004]

Fun fact, Droite/Dextra happens to be the female character with the most solo wins in Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal

Now you can argue that this is her score and Rio has more wins by looking at them

But the wiki only show "on-screen" duels, however, in order to make it to the Tournament you must win and collect 5 heart pieces, and Droite manages to collect that in a single day and is able to participate

She might have even had more duels if pieces didn't fit but ultimately she won 5 to make it to Tournament so even if it's implied/off-screen, that makes a total of 5 wins with no doubt - 4 solo wins (5 because apperently she was in the winning team with Yuma in ep104 duel?? But personally I think it's a loss since she was eliminated and I will never forgive Zexal writers that made that decision).

There is a lot of "impliance" of her off-screen (her winning 5 Heart Pieces and probably having more duels to have pieces that match + she didn't lose a single Life Point, unlike someone *cough* Chris *cough*, and I doubt nobody was on the same lane as her to challenge her to a duel) but at the end of the day it still amounts to not a big achievement cause Zexal writers only gave her weak duelists to beat, same way with Rio's on-screen wins (with the exception of Lotus but she wasn't any prominent character if we think about it).

Opposite of Rio, Droite was always given weak duelists to beat off-screen, but surprisingly almost every single one of her on screen duels were with prominent/strong characters (the protagonists (Yuma and Astral), one of the main characters (Kaito - although on the coaster with no result), one of Zexal 1 main villain (Tron), two Barian Emperors (Alito with Gauche and Durbe) although I kind appreciate that they cared about Droite enough to give her competent villains in where she made them all struggle except Alito (made Alito's plans fail to attack Yuma tho so he did struggle I guess, Droite was literally acting as Yuma's Plot Armor in that entire duel 😭😭), but that's the extent of it really and it's very very disappointing.

But yeah, here's the little fun fact, Rio has the most on-screen wins while Droite is the female character with the most solo wins in Zexal with hard impliance with the 5 Heart Pieces, although not too exciting sigh.

[liviavanrouge]

Meeting

Kalim: It’s this way, Rafi!

Rafi: *Looks around the area curiously, his eyes narrowed* Hah…it’s too beautiful here..

???: *Moves around, crouched down by the flowers, a gentle glow coming from their palm as they revived some of the dead flowers*

Rafi: *Looks over, his eyes widening*

Livia: *Smikes softly, her hair in pigtails draped over her shoulders* There you go little flower, now you go ahead and grow into a big strong plant…

Rafi: *Stares at her stunned, lowering his hand*

Livia: *Looks over, gasping in alarm, looking embarrassed* OH!!

Kalim: *Beams, running over to Livia* Hey Liv!

Livia: *Lifts her hand to wave, yelping when she cut her finger* OW-

Rafi: *Grabs her hand, his eyes wide* Hey careful!

Rafi: *Grabs one of his smaller scarfs gently wiping away the blood* Are you the gardener here?

Livia: *Looks at him and giggles* Oh no, I’m not I just come here to garden a lot! I enjoy looking at the plants

Rafi: *Chuckles* So do I, I especially enjoy lotus flowers

Livia: *Smiles and nods* Yeah, they’re pretty plants

Rafi: *Perks up then let’s go of her hand, standing up* S-Sorry! My name is Rafi!

Livia: *Giggles and rises to her feet* I’m Livia, a childhood friend of Kalim’s!

Rafi: It’s an honor to meet you, Livia…

Livia: Honors all mine, Rafi

Kalim: Rafi, we gotta head inside!

Rafi: *Sighs* Coming, Kalim!

Livia: *Perks up Rafi gently wiping dirt off her nose*

Rafi: Hope I can see you again

Livia: *Chuckles, her cheeks red, waving as he left*

Rafi: *Waves to her smiling the looks forward*

@queen-of-twisted @zexal-club @yukii0nna

[forhope]

   :[  Anonymous asked : Hey yuma! you know the power couple bing and zha right? well they might need a hug, both of them, think you’re up for it?  ]:

   “  The  water  lotus  duo ?  “

   “  Gosh ...  I  dunno ....  Ao  Bing  might  be  easy  but  I  don’  know  about  Zha..  I  dont  know  if  he’d  even  feel  it  with  how  strong  he  is.  “                 ( ‘  You  could  use  Zexal’s  Burning  Soul  form  to  both  withstand  his  natural  heat  and  grant  you  the  strength  required?  ‘ )                             ( “  Huh-  YEAH !!  That  could  work !  But  then..  how  do  we  track  them  down  anyway?  “ )                                         ( ‘  A  good  question...  perhaps  one  of  the  Numbers  could  help  us?  ‘ )                                                  ( “  Maybe  if  I  just  yell  at  the  sky  really  loud  we’ll  find  them?  “ )                                                          ( ‘ . .... .. .. Perhaps.  ‘ )

[magpiejay1234]

First batch of Premium Pack 2024 reveals feature the following:

**Regular Yugi's Toy monsters from the YGO-R manga.

**Tragoedia's Ebon Sun from the GX manga.

**Jack's Red Lotus King, Flame Crime from the 5D's manga.

**Two of Ren's White cards from the ARC-V manga.

As well as the reprints of previous promos.

*****

Currently:

**YGO-R has seemingly 3 cards.

**GX has seemingly 4 cards.

**ARC-V will have one more card, but the final tally for 5D's-ZEXAL-ARC-V is uncertain. Probably 4 ZEXAL, 3 5D's-ARC-V like the previous year.

****

With this batch, Yugi only has 2 monsters remaining from YGO-R manga, both of which were used by Atem IIRC, Bau the Black Dog Beast, and Obelisk the Progenitor. Similarly, Jack only has one Monster left in 5D's manga, Cursed Fire King Doom Burst.

Ren still has one more Trap, and 3 more Spells left. Tragoedia's cards aren't even close to being finished.

****

Next batch should be on 5th December, 2023, or later. There are no more known major reveals remaining later this week, next week might have the March set's title, though.

[keylimejuice]

i do not but episodes that i can remember that have a lot of bg characters at school are early zexal ii, particularly rio’s debut and duel with aika/lotus, and the class rep duel! also when gilag brainwashes a load of people

which makes the episode list to be: 74, 77, and 79

zexal i episode 1 is also full of them in some scenes :0!

have fun! ^^

Does anyone have any high quality screencaps of background characters in zexal? You know, random schoolkids who are in the back for one episode or something? They're really good character references... but I suck at finding them XD

[thesilverlock]

Ep 79

Rio:

Lotus:

[number-1-kuaidul-fanboy]

ZEXAL II SPOILERS

Vector and Rio being the only ones immune to Lotus’s Barian spell (besides Yuma who has Astral) is foreshadowing at its finest.

[fair-night-starry-tears]

I present! Persona Z au!~ I’ll explain this later.

[elemental-daddy-neos]

I mean, each series has its own problems, that's for sure. Some just have more than others. I still feel like overall, Zexal was pretty strong minus a few flaws here and there, but I hugely agree that Arc-V was the worst when it came to how the girls got treated. Still unsure of Vrains, but the ONE thing I know right now comes from a Youtube comment talking about how Ghost Gal almost never wins a duel despite having one of the better decks in the show, which does make me sad.

Yugioh has really never cared much about its female characters, but your comment on Cathy being the only girl to win a duel other than Anna's tag duels made me curious, so I went to go check on Dextra's winrate, and man

Feels bad. She gets ONE win on her own against some nameless contestant, and her other win is also a tag duel with the protagonist. Dextra was such a cool character, and she deserved better.

Anna only had two wins, both tag duels with Yuma, so rip train girl.

And Rio...

I don't even remember who Lotus Hanazoe is, three of the wins she has are tag duels with other characters, and her one other win is against Bronk, which like... Let's be real... Isn't exactly a huge accomplishment. I guess it was too much to ask for a girl to win against a worthy opponent without the help of another male duelist.

noticed something

[mrheartland]

ZEXAL MONTH - WEEK 2, DAY 2

Card Game crossovers

Don Thousand’s lotus flower chrysalis thing always reminded me of this Magic the Gathering card @zexalmonth

[zexaloneshotduelist]

Zexal Oneshot Duelist Tournament - Round One Match 14

The sly lackey of the Fallguys team, Fallguys Coyote VS the elegant leader of the Ikebana/Floral Design Club, Aika Hanazoe/Lotus Hanazoe!