Review of Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal

Yu-gi-oh Zexal is my favorite from the franchise. At first I wasen't appealed by the characters designs and ages, I didn't want a 13 years old as a main character in Yu-gi-oh, it felt awkward to me. I decided to give it a try and I was possitively surprised. *Stroy: (8/10) The introduction is kind of slow paced (You could honestly skip to the second arc at episode 26 and you could still catch the story) The anime get really interesting with the second arc, the main setting start to web itself and it continue to be linked until the end of the anime without being toorepetitive.
Most duels are fun and complicated enough to feel hyped. Of course, you know it is somewhat predictable especially when it's Yuuya's duel but it's still interesting, XYZ monsters are a nice addition.
*Characters: (9/10)
Don't be fooled by the character's ages, they are suprinsingly very well developped and deep for a Yu-gi-oh serie.The personnalites of the characters are also varied. Beside Kotori, I must say i'v pretty much liked and enjoyed every characters. I don't want to spoil, but Vector is simply an amazing character, the complexity of his personnality is a delight.
*Art: (6/10)
The colors are very pretty and catchy, the futurism setting is dynamic.
The characters design is what bother me the most about this anime, the hairstyles are very weird, it seems like crystals grew on their heads. Some characters are supposed to be close to their 20s and they look like 13-14 years old, it kind of hurt my eyes and the body proportions are a mess.