#kyoji zexal

[invidiatechdemo]

*punts this into the aether* another mangacap edit, this time of a full page. i was really indecisive about it, so there's a couple versions, but For Now, this is the only version that's getting posted.

this spawned out of a desire to have more images of kyoji, but i will not lie i had a lot of fun with this! ^_^

[scattered-irises]

Collect them all

[gayestyugiohcharacter]

ROUND ONE:ROBOPPI VS KYOJI YAGUMO

[doujinscans]

カラメル by 甘夏クォリテ

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[gedascrown5768]

Me: you know, the Zexal manga hasn't creeped me out one bi-

Yagumo's past:

Me: holy fuck

[melodiousmyra]

Yes please

Can I ship with Shark?

[soutakuphi]

new yugioh stars thing, this time the general look of their duel disks! still a wip but i got the general shape down for it.

Behold, the DM Academy Duel Disk V9 (why version 9? dont think about it)!

Inspiration was obviously the academy duel disk, with D-Pad from ZeXal and the ones from Arc-V thrown in. specifically, the D-Pad's screen and more general look compared to AV's general slab, and the 'energy blade' from Arc-V. this one, only most of it was energy, distributed by the edge letting you insert cards and such. Colors denote what branch youre in, and the stripe on the bottom shows your year.

Functions like a d-pad and arc-v duel disk but uuuuuuhm more. dont know yet, its a duel disk what else you need?

can easily be modified for looks, with three examples shown to the right side, mainly the left handed version for kenta, Yuji's second version, and Kyoji's verison.

[magpiejay1234]

So, let’s do Yuma’s name as well.

Yuma’s Surname is 九十九, Tsukumo. This is literally the Kanji writing of the number 99, alluding to the Number cards besides Numeron Dragon, and Barian Numbers. For each individual Kanji:

** 十 , Tsu literally means 10. tsu by its own doesn’t mean much, though it is used many other Japanese words.

** 九, Ku means literally 9, but it can also mean suffering, so it is generally spelled as kyuu instead. Same goes for 4 (gon instead of shi), and 7 (nana instead of shichi). But it also refers to some Buddhist concepts:

[noun] (Buddhism) (by extension) one's speech, one's words

[noun] (Buddhism) dukkha

**Mo sound is not in the Kanji spelling, because it means repetition. Tsukumo literally means 90 and 9, whereas the actual spelling of the Kanji would be kyuu juu kyuu, 9 10 9.

**The spelling, Tsukumo, has the word kumo (spider) in it, which can also be spelled as gumo, hence Kyoji Yagumo’s existence in the ZEXAL manga. Kumo can also mean clouds, and by proxy refer to the Sky. Tsuku-ru can also mean making, or creation, which refers to ZEXAL Creation ability of ZEXAL.

Interestingly, though Yuma’s name ends with “o”, it does not contain the “ou/oh” (King) sound in Yugi Muto, or Yusei Fudo. I don’t why this is the case, since Utopia’s Japanese name repeats the ou sound twice (Kibo no O, Hope, or King of Hope, Hope).

**遊, yu Kanji is the standard play Kanji for all Yu-Gi-Oh! protagonists.

**馬, ma Kanji literally means horse, in reference to uma. This specific Kanji is more commonly used in Shogi pieces, though, which explains Hishaku from ZEXAL manga’s existence. The ma Kanji used in the Shogi pieces, keima, katsura horse, and ryuma, dragon horse. Keima can be promoted to narikei (promoted katsura), and ryoma is a promotion of kakugyo (angle mover).

The promotion gimmick of Shogi here is likely alluded to for the Rank-Up gimmick of Xyz Monsters, though that specific in-game is actually a continuation of Level Up gimmick of LV monsters, so the symbolic meaning of Yugi’s LV monsters are transferred here.

Within the card game lore, though, Yuma’s horse motif is generally represented by a unicorn (ZW- Unicorn Spear, who is actually an alicorn), pegasus (ZW-Pegasus Twin Saber, or Anna’s Flying Pegasus Railroad Stampede, which literally features Anna riding Yuma), or Sleipnir (ZW-Sleipnir Mail). 

Pegasus is a somewhat repeating theme in ZEXAL, consider for example Durbe’s horse Mach, and his Number, Number 44: Sky Pegasus. It is likely meant to evoke the meaning of horses ridden by legendary heroes, and demigods, though in Yuma’s case it refers to Pegasus Seiya, titular character of Saint Seiya, who is the ZEXAL form’s inspiration. Horse motif might also be reference to Messianic figures associated with it, such as Kalki, or Mahdi in various Islamic sects. Pegasus is also a constellation, hence the space theming in Xyz Monsters, and ZEXAL in-general.

A bit more to ponder in the ma Kanji, it can also be spelled as me, which means Yuuma can be spelled as Yuume, which is similar to Yume, dream. Likely referring to how Numbers manifest into people’s desires. “Ma” in the context of Yu-Gi-Oh! also refers to the other Ma Kanji  魔, which can mean demon, or magic, likely alluding to the nature of Yuma as a vessel of a piece of Don Thousand.

There are probably more obtuse puns I’m missing, but this is all I have got by wiki skimming.

[guardiandamned]

current headcanon for this blog is that the main universe of zexal is the animeverse. however, as a result of the numeron code, there are actually two other separate universes that were created by the code itself - one where the barian world doesn't exist (this is the world of the zexal manga), and one where the astral world doesn't exist.

as for WHY this is the case, i... have no idea yet LMAO i'm still working on it!! but for most of my threads with them, luna and kyoji will have somehow found themselves in the main universe, arriving from the astral-only universe for unknown reasons.

[pc-9800]

Random Art Grab Bag #4

When YGO Duel Carnival came out, I ended up doing a lot of edits and creations based around that style... They’re all still pretty good. Check em out, and see if you can recognize them all :-)

[ludoka]

It's so nice to put a face, name and surname to the cause of my nightmares...

[gayestyugiohcharacter]

gonna submit some zexal characters that i don’t think i’ve seen so far (keeping in mind my memory is atrocious lol)

Ryoga Kamishiro / Reginald Kastle as both gay and trans masc (both non canon) he was one of my gender awakenings so i cannot see him as cis

Cathy Katherine as (non canon) lesbian. a lot of her interactions with Kotori come off as more flirty than teasing to me

Charlie McCoy/McCay has strong bisexual vibes to me (non canon)

controversial but Mr. Heartland is some flavor of queer (non canon)

Kyoji Yagumo from the manga. not even a particular headcanon just his vibes. very “this character is LGBT; what like all at once”

and last but not least, Vector as (non canon) gay and a trans guy. he is like enemies to lovers soulmates with Nasch. also i don’t have it but there’s a frame where he looks like he has boobs so that’s cool.

all ygo characters can be gay if you just believe in the heart of the cards or whatever, but these are the ones i wanted to share

third vote for shark, second vote for vector, everyone else is added!

[heldbackboy]

     >my brother was left handed...

new version of a manga coloring i did of kyoji a few years ago

[gedascrown5768]

E'rah: I came here to start shit

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パニくル by lotusメゾン

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