#Nistro

[cyberdragoninfinity]

continuing my yugioh tradition of every time i finish a series i ask twitter for 9 characters to draw... i was busy for most of summer so this one took like. THREE MONTHS TO FINISH. but we got there!!! zexal time!!

since zexal characters all have like 45385 forms i asked for specific versions of characters this time, and rly love the end assortment :3c

#yugioh zexal #anna kaboom #anna kozuki #yuma tsukumo #michael arclight #trey arclight #don thousand #eliphas #barian alito #vector #alito #alit zexal #christopher arclight #quinton arclight #nistro #gauche #ygoart #dana art

[antinomyo]

When they meet again

#yugioh #zexal #yuma tsukumo #Gauche #Droite #Nistro #Dextra

[fyeahygocardart]

Heroic Champion - Excalibur

#Heroic Champion - Excalibur #yugioh #ygo #Heroic #Gauche #This + Heroic Chance + Magnum Shield or Assault Armor was fun as hell #Much like King of the Skull Servants oh how I love bringing this guy out and hitting for 8000+ damage in one swing #yugioh tcg #ygo tcg #Warrior #Xyz Monster #Cover card #LIGHT #Nistro #yugioh zexal #zexal

[gayestyugiohcharacter]

DROITE/DETXRA VS GAUCHE/NISTRO

#poll #yugioh zexal #ygo zexal #zexal #droite #dextra #gauche #nistro

[shitpostingkats]

You gotta appreciate how Dextra and Nistro stepped down as security to compete in the carnival and Dextra didn’t change a single thing about her work outfit. Meanwhile Nistro is like “FINALLY! An excuse to wear my full length flame patterned fur coat, turtleneck so skintight I have to be vacuum sealed in it, and TWO BELTS!!!!”

#yugioh #yugioh zexal #ygo zexal #zexal #spk watches zexal #dextra #nistro #Dextra and Nistro are honestly so fun

[howaboutalittlehelpneos]

I will not be silenced

#daddy material #yugioh zexal #nistro #gauche #shitpost #suggestive

[itsana004]

ANA I AM CURIOUS ABOUT HOW YOU THINK OF GUACHE/NISTRO I know you greatly appreciate droite but what about her partner in crime? 👁️

Omg I did realise at one point that I almost never talk about that guy as much as I should, so here lays my truest thoughts on Gauche/Nistro

•How do I feel about this character

I ABSOLUTELY ADORE HIS CHARACTER! He's so fun to watch and I feel deeply ashamed I used to feel differently about him at the beginning because of a stupid ship and that was such an embarrassing phase (I didn't engage in any ship drama thank god about that but my notp clouded my judgement AGHRHHH) but my taste improved luckily overtime and better late than never to make amends of my past mistakes

His upbeat personality is fun and all but SERIOUSLY GET A MAN LIKE HIM WHO CAN DO BOTH! This man can be a dork, high spirited, an idiot and be a hilarious character giving this big dumb energy muscular man while also being super skilled, intelligent in his own way and writers bothered to give a little bit of backstory and NOT be this one dimensional comic relief character like I thought he would be at the beginning??? LIKE?? I LOVE THAT??? AND FROM THE RECENT POLL HE'S A CERTIFIED MALEWIFE SO THERE'S THAT

And his interactions with Droite omg (I LOVE MY BABIES SO MUCH MUST PROTECT THEM AT ALL COSTS) WE. NEEDED. MORE. BANTER AND MORE SCENES OF THEM DOING THEIR JOB WHERE THEY JUST SQUABBLE (please why they never showed at least one frame of Droite and Gauche dueling tf, I'm not satisfied by that mind controlled Gauche tag duel only).

His design is so cool as well! I love he just discarded his work outfit as soon as he quit, like finally a character that proves me wrong about Zexal characters not having a wardrobe with the same smelly outfit in their home other than Kotori and few others (I'M LOOKING AT YOU CASWELL).

Also the Starmann costume...sorry but I can't take it seriously 😂 but I love the message behind it and how it is tied to his childhood where he and Droite lived in the streets and dueling became their star of hope.

•All the people I ship romantically with this character

Sorry but I don't ship him romantically with anyone, not even Droite and I'll explain why in a bit. For the other characters he has interactions and chemistry with they are all minors so nope.

•My non-romantic OTP for this character

This has to be Droite and Gauche. I can't see them in a romantic lens, to me they share more of a familial bond/sibling relationship more than anything, and the fact Droite found love in someone else kind of furthers my case.

The thought of Droite being the only family he ever had in a world where he was born with none feels more meaningful to me than any common romantic tropes. It also means they share a stronger bond as in family always comes first and would be there for eachother no matter what. The media lacks this kind of friendship and bond between a man and a woman who aren't related and seeing them in this light feels like a breath of fresh air and I'm here for it! Also did you guys notice the matching bracelet they share?? I would love to know the canon meaning behind it, but for now I interpret it as a symbol of their relationship which I interpret it as familial, just like Shark and Rio's rings.

•My unpopular opinion about this character

Honestly I'm not sure... I don't think I have any other than the fact I don't ship him with Droite romantically?

•One thing I wish would happen/had happened with this character in canon

Oh hohoho, I guess I have only a few things to say

I just think ending up liking a side character in Zexal is just hell, period, but goodness

Umm, Zexal, when were you planning to ever show, or rather, why hide, the fact GAUCHE HAS HIS OWN NUMBER CARD???

HMMM???

Also I would have loved to see more interactions between Gauche and Alito. Despite their rocky start it is clearly shown they would make good friends. There were even drawn parallels between them where past Alito was a lot like Gauche, and they share the same fighting spirit. Anyway they would be good friends... too bad them being in good terms was never shown...

Also this is not a criticism but more of a wish where they expanded more in his and Droite's past and how they became elite and how he got that scar in his face. They never explained it or even shown a flashback of it. And because of how underdeveloped and mysterious they left it out to be I'm really having a confusing time understanding the true nature of his relationship with people in the Tower - they showed him having this big rivalry with Kaito and them being pissed around each other but in Spartan City, once Kaito saw him and Droite, he was smiling to the point his eyebrows became straight?? I want to know the lore stuff basically that I'll never get to knoww

Sorry if I missed anything but here is my answer!

#zexal #ygo zexal #yugioh zexal #gauche zexal #gauche #nistro #nistro zexal #zexal asks #asks #character breakdown

[animationexhilaration]

Zexal Week 6- Call to Attention

@zexalweek

I thought a lot of things could be expanded upon or that some things were just half-baked ideas that the writers put to fill up space. this doesn’t necessarily mean that should have been acknowledged more, it just means I would have liked to see it more.

1. What the hell happened to Kaito, Nistro, and Dextra during the time they were training to become elite duelists. I mean, in the story, it was touched on when those three were remembering something that relates to the plot. Which is fine and dandy; Really I just think that it’d be a fun idea to toy with is all.

2. Kazuma and Byron’s time through the Interdimensional portal. Like what the hell happened that changed them so much (especially Vetrix) and what were Astral world and Barian world like (I have another post on this). There is just sooo much abt the two worlds that should have been explored especially since they’re pretty prevalent throughout the story.

3. Heartland City. While on the topic of world-building. I would have liked to see what was up with Heartland City Because there seems to be a fuck ton of gangs and other crimes happening in a city that’s supposedly made primarily for children. like what kind of stuff is happening under the bright colorful surface of Heartland city?

#kaito tenjo #kite tenjo #dextra #nistro #yugioh zexal #zexal #zexal week #kazuma tsukumo #byron arclight #heartland city #zexal fanart #zexal week 2022

[its-to-the-death]

Yu-gi-oh Master Duel Showdown Round 1

Soulburner aka Takeru Homura (Vrains) vs Nistro (Zexal)

Salamangreats vs Heroic Challengers!

#Two fiery duelists #yugioh master duel showdown #yugioh #yugioh zexal #yugioh vrains #soul burner #takeru homura #nistro

[spiritsncrystals]

Gauche really got the excited kid energy with that "Hey look!!

He's using the card I gave him!!" line lol

#yugioh zexal #zexal #ygo zexal #Gauche #Gauche zexal #Nistro #Nistro zexal #Droite #Droite zexal #Dextra #Dextra zexal #Zexal 73 #Ep73

[stardustsynchro]

AC02-JP025 Dream Shark Level 5 WATER Fish Effect Monster ATK 0 DEF 2600 You can only use the 1st and 3rd effect of this card’s name each once per turn. (1) If you control no monsters, or all monsters you control are WATER monsters: You can Special Summon this card from your hand. (2) The first time this card would be destroyed by battle each turn, it is not destroyed. (3) When a card or effect is activated that would inflict damage to you is activated and this card is in your GY (Quick Effect): You can Special Summon this card, and if you do, you take no damage from that card/effect, also this card loses 1000 DEF, also banish it when it leaves the field.

AC02-JP026 Heroic Call Normal Spell Card You can only activate 1 card with this card’s name per turn. (1) Special Summon 1 Warrior monster from your hand or GY, and if it is a non-“Heroic” monster, it cannot attack, also its effects are negated. (2) If you have 500 LP or less: You can banish this card from your GY, then target 1 face-up monster you control; it gains 500 ATK for each “Heroic” card you control and that is attached to your Xyz Monsters as material.

#yugioh zexal #ygo zexal #zexal #shark #nistro #yugioh tcg #yugioh ocg

[antinomyo]

This man has taken over my mind.

#zexal #Gauche #Nistro #Yugioh #ygo

[caveisalie]

EYEBROW RASING DUO

original post: https://x.com/daily_Droite/status/1782778537939697700

#yugioh #ygo #yu gi oh #yugioh zexal #ygo zexal #yu gi oh zexal #zexal #gauche zexal #droite zexal #nistro zexal #dextra zexal #yugioh meme

[thesilverlock]

Yu-Gi-Oh Zexal is so wonderfully wacky.

Imagine being a twelve-year-old cheating in a card game tournament with hard candy, then getting caught, the card game police forcing you to devour all of said candy, and this adult man proceeding to tell you he is going to exile you for your sugary crimes.

#zexal meme #zexal crack #zexal #yugioh zexal #Nistro (yugioh) #Nistro zexal #Gauche yugioh #Gauche zexal #Flip zexal #Flip Turner zexal

[shitpostingkats]

Yu-Gi-Oh Review Roundup: Zexal!

Favorite main character: Astral

Yeah, I like the funny little autism alien. Everyone contain your shock.

But aside from the fact that there is a main character who is a glowing floating non-human, Astral is such a well written character. He starts with some of the barest foundations of a personality, being literally an amnesiac with no idea what is going on. Over the course of the show, you watch him slowly learn about the world around him and his place in it. Same with his relationship with his co-protagonist, Yuma! They start off very combative, but then learn to rely on each other, then a blossoming friendship, until they grow into fully loving and protective best friends. And we get to see that! All the little moments of their friendship is onscreen from day one. 

And aside from Yuma, Astral is just???? Hilarious??? He has this very dry sense of humor that is so anachronistic to the rest of his general naivety and it makes me smile EVERY TIME. He’s FUNNY. 

A personal pet peeve of mine is the assumption that autistic coded characters don’t understand jokes, and the only way to make them work in a comedy setting is to have the audience laugh at them. No!!! Astral’s just got his own wacky sense of personal humor! Even as he grows closer to Yuma, he still has his witty jabs, but this time they’re affectionate. This really is the way he talks, not just some consequence of amnesia and social bluntness. I love him. He’s clever and funny and caring and learning to love and awkward and awesome.

Also, he glows and floats. 

Favorite antagonist: Vector

Vector may not be the most consistently written character, but GOD IS HE FUN.

About 80% of my love of Vector is just in the visual appeal of his design and animation. The black and grey, almost like a gargoyle, with pink accents, plus his chrysalis/butterfly/alien duel disk? Mwah. Because barians don’t have mouths or eyebrows, their facial animation has to be really exaggerated to convey expressions. Vector’s face is made entirely of squash and stretch.

Add on top of that the dub’s pitch perfect and very fun vocal performance, and I just grin every time he comes onscreen. The actor manages to sell how this guy is a wildcard and just evil for the FUN of it. The giddiness in his voice whenever tormenting someone with evil cardgames. Every one of the barian emperors is like “And then there’s this guy. What a weirdo. We’re not 100% sure why we keep him around, but he is OUR little office chaos gremlin and he is a VALUED MEMBER OF THIS TEAM.” 

 When Shark is introducing all the emperors after reclaiming his title, his literal words when he gets to Vector are just: 

“Vector! Need I say more?” 

And even after trying to kill Nash like three times, he’s still in the final Friendship Lineup for the duel of three worlds, his monster used with complete honor and seriousness, complete with a special summoning chant and battle cry. 

THEY GIVE HIM A SPACE IN THE FRIENDGROUP AFTER HE TRIES TO DESTROY THE ENTIRE WORLD.

Favorite side character: Nistro

Check it off the Spk Himbo Bingo, everyone. 

Dextra and Nistro are honestly some of the highlights of the show for me. I love it when yugioh side characters are allowed to recur and get minor character arcs that don’t subtract from the plot but still have an overarching development. The two of them show up in the duel carnival, first working security, then resigning and entering the carnival as competitors. While Dextra, professional, focused, does not make any major changes to her appearance, Nistro seems to revel in the chance to finally wear his full length flame/fur coat. It’s a subtle characterization, but it makes his ultimate turn to WWE wrestler completely believable. 

He’s excitable, hot-headed, and values his relationship with Dextra; the two play off each other very well, somewhat paralleling the dynamic between Yuma and Astral. And, I cannot stress enough how much I loved having a male and female relationship that was just. Good. Dextra is an equal and he cares for her completely, and they work well together, both in chemistry and in their literal jobs. It’s just. Nice. To have this background duo with no drama or yugioh-female-character weirdness.

Nistro just happens to be my personal favorite because he decided the best way to confront an alien hostile was to hit a baseball at them, then casually lean on the bat and smirk. 

Favorite duel: Yuma vs. Eliphas

Basically the entire show, Astral World is this big question mark in the lore. So when we finally got to see and go there, I was excited. Like, kicking my feet and flapping my hands excited. (This is yugioh, after all. It wouldn’t be completely out of the question to just never explore this cool alien world that holds a ton of answers to questions in the plot.) Also, because at this point we had been missing Astral for several episodes, and I was ready for Yuma to have his funny alien bestfriend back. 

But first he’s got to duel for it.

And boy is it a good duel.

Eliphas is a great antagonist, his archetype being based around not only being powerful, but on being levels of power far above his opponent. In one duel, we get the whole deal of Astral world: toxic superiority. His monsters are all wonderfully creatchury, tapping back into some DM era egyptian aesthetics, and just delightfully weird. Etheric Amon is also a highlight. I especially love how it calls to mind the silhouette of Monster Reborn, and the pillar fading near the base gives it a trippy optical illusion effect. 

Being the first person besides Yuma and Astral we see use Shining Draw, it’s an excellent and immediate threat that instantly ratchets up the tension. Same with the New Order numbers using exactly the same summonings and sound cues as regular numbers. The magical powers our protagonists have been slowly mastering through the entire course of the series? Child’s play. Not even anything special.

Yuma v. Eliphas also kicks off the longest chain of duels that I unilaterally love that I have so far seen in yugioh. From this to the duel on the moon, it’s just all bangers.

Favorite arc: Mythyrian Numbers War

Zexal is the first show I’ve really agreed with the general consensus on the quality curve: It gets better as it goes on. Part 2 is just exponentially stronger, and with every episode grows more into its potential. That said, I kinda like the funky monster of the week format the pre-duel carnival had.

So the search for the mythyrian numbers feels like the best blend of those two flavors. It’s basically an arc of cleverly delivered build-up for the main villains, introducing each barian emperor’s backstory one at a time. Plus, some broader worldbuilding about Astral and Barian, which after over a hundred episodes of no answers, was sorely needed. 

It gives the villainous coterie some personality. Dumon’s quiet honor and chivalry, Alito’s brash competitive streak, Girag’s raccoon-based military career. The emperors are a highlight of Zexal, and it’s in large part to this time spent fleshing out each one’s personality and past. And we still get to bounce around to wacky locations and weekly boss monsters. Then, with the mini arcs of Astral World and the three barian mercs, it just encapsulates all of my favorite parts of this series. 

Greatest strength of the series:

*points at Yuma and Astral on the cover art*

It’s them.

My controversial yugioh opinion is I didn’t really love DM. I found the pacing boring, the duels awkward, and that it never delivered on some of its strongest ideas. The basic premise, two souls in one body, one foreign and confused, contrasted by the plucky average joe? Awesome idea. How do they interact? How does that partnership develop, literally sharing a headspace? What sort of adventures do the two of them get up to, racing around the world to uncover the secrets to the amnesiac’s past?

What does this have to do with Zexal?

Yuma and Astral is everything I wanted from Yami and Yugi, and more.

While I found the number of Yami & Yugi interactions in DM frustratingly few, I liked the idea of dual protagonists, and was curious what a well written version of that dynamic would look like. Zexal makes having two protagonist really work. They’re just a delight. From the stumbled irritation of first meetings, then the unsteady alliance of companionship, to straight up would-die-for-each-other partners. They both share the spotlight, learning from each other as the show goes on, and compliment in all the right ways. Their banter feels organic and refreshing, you truly believe these two are the best of friends. When they lose each other it’s painful, when they reunite, it’s cathartic. Their bond is literally the foundation of the show, in a way that I didn’t really see in Yami and Yugi, or the criminally little time we got with Jaden and Yubel. The first time we see Astral smile is when Yuma calls him a friend. There’s a billion little moments like that. The two of them speaking in tandem the first time they work in sync. Astral’s pure delight at getting to experience food for the first time as Zexal. Yuma’s desperation when he thinks he’s misplaced the emperor's key. A massive chunk of the show goes to building up these two, and, by the end, it’s far and away the biggest success of Zexal.

Weakest Points:

A good chunk of the writing effort apparently went into perfecting Yuma and Astral’s dynamic, because other characters suffer from a distinct lack of consistency. 

Shark, love him though I might, spends 2/3rds of the plot having no real reason to be there, then hard pivots into a heelturn that’s really cool, but breaks down the more you think about it. His entire motivation for the duel carnival arc was getting back at the person who hospitalized his sister, then he helps out with the fight against the barians for supposedly the same reason? Despite them having kind of next to nothing with Rio’s injuries. You could make the argument that his hatred of the barians is motivated by suppressed memories of Vector being responsible for his sister’s death when they were humans, except the second he recovers those memories, he turns around and goes back to leading them without so much as an unkind word to Vector. 

He’s not the only villain of the series to suffer from some questionable motives. Vetrix is also a mess, wanting to avenge Kazuma and himself by *checks notes* Opposing Kazuma’s son and abusing his children. Dr. Faker is equally comically antithetical, committing warcrimes for the sake of his sons yet treating both horribly.

Yes, there’s explanations given, but nothing that feels real to the character, just last minute plot twists. Vector’s appealing because he’s a loose cannon, yes, but he has the strength of performance and writing where that’s a believable aspect. His consistency is he’s inconsistent, and takes great delight in being so. Every other main villain feels like they’re just being jerked around into the shape the plot requires of them.

Also, for how exciting it feels to get answers in the latter half of Zexal II, it’s a bit much, even for yugioh, to hold the basic worldbuilding in such a stranglehold until then. Heck, no one even asks why the barians and astrals are fighting until like, episode one hundred. Even characters where it feels in-character to ask, to investigate, they simply. Don’t. For a series this long, I’d love to see that aspect worked into a more reasonable drip-feed of information.

Most yugioh moment: 

“Pack your bags, galaxy-eyes. We’re headed to the moon.”

He says this so seriously. Does he really mean for galaxy-eyes to get its little dragon suitcase and get ready for their trip? Is this a little joke, between an eighteen year old and his emotional support piece of cardboard? HE’S SO CASUAL ABOUT JUST. HEADING TO THE MOON. They need to have a card game on the moon for the sake of the world that is the single most yugioh plot beat of all time.

#spk's ygo reviews #yugioh #yugioh zexal #ygo #ygo zexal #yuma tsukumo #astral zexal #vector zexal #ray shadows #rei shingetsu #nistro zexal #shark kastle #ryoga kamishiro #kite tenjo #kaito tenjo #yu gi oh zexal #yu-gi-oh! #essays #review #anime

[fishdip]

Our feisty little man, Nistro.

#submission #betta fish #fighting fish #fish gif #nistro fish