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This story was (surprisingly) very heartwarming and wholesome. It breaks down the typical age gap relationship manga and shows the reader how a relationship like this can be parasocial. Unlike most oneshota manga, it tells a more realistic and well developed story with fantastic characters that are constantly changing.

Highly recommend reading it, not for shota enjoyers but for anyone that wants a story about real characters that become better people and break out of the past pains in their life/childhood. I was shocked with how realistic the characters acted and how their troubles were portrayed I initially started reading the manga because I ... wanted to see some lovely artwork and was pleasently surprised with how serious the story got, especially the overall commentary about how unhealthy and parasocial age gap relationships can be, and the nuance on both sides.

Came for cute oneshota art, and was drawn in by the emotional & engaging story about love and family.

This show is so bad it's good at times. As a fan of the games (get them on steam/JAST, it's cheap and better than the anime!), I mostly watched it to see some of my favourite scenes animated.
I think it's supposed to be watched after you play the games, and that's the only way I'd recommend it, can't imagine anyone getting into DMMd from just watching the anime alone. It's really poorly produced, so much so that it was incredibly funny to watch, but we did also get a bunch new songs SO as bad as it was I'm grateful it happened :) also ... them actually having Clear sing his jellyfish song was great, as a Clearfan I am content.

All in all the story is incredibly rushed, I don't think I'd have absorbed anything from it just watching it alone.

Support the game! Don't have your experience ruined by watching the anime before the game!

More Sarazanmai what can I say, if you like the show you'll like this.

It's worth reading after you finish the anime because it gives extra scenes not in the show that feel like they'd really fit within the show's context and give extra depth to some characters, also it's just a fun read altogether. There's a bunch of well-kown BL & non-BL mangaka who've drawn for this & including Migi the character designer for the show, so it's a mixed bag, there's definitely some chapters that are better than others depending on your taste.

Definitely recommended to fans who feel a bit empty after watching the ... anime.

ZeXal has really blown me away, it took everything I love about the original DM and made it better. (The reason I love ZeXal so much is probably because I love DM so much) also SPOILERS AHEAD:

The rogue gallery (Barians, Arclights, Dr Faker) were a lot more rounded and interesting than villains that came before. Like Vector for example, compared to Bakura who is pretty black and white in the fact that he's a good guy being possessed by an irredeemable bad guy, Vector had a lot more understandable backstory (even though there were parts that were cheesy and rushed), it felt like they sincerely ... tried to create villains who were much more morally grey (which is kinda the whole theme of ZeXal, with Yuma and Astral contrasting personalities but being able to fuse and become one).

If Kaito is Kaiba, then Ryoga/Shark takes the role of Joey/Jonouchi, and his sister, Serenity/Shizuka is Rio. Ryoga and Rio are the much better bully-that-turns-into-friend-with-an-ill-sister. For the first time in yugioh history, they actually gave us a based as fuck female character and friend. Both have a very moving and tragic past with the rest of the Barians, especially in the final arc.

Yuma being able to talk to and banter with Astral are some of the most endearing moments of the show, seeing them interact, Astral teach Yuma how to duel, to watch Yuma's dueling skills and friendship with Astral grow and was something sorely missed from DM, as Atem possessed Yugi and won every battle, while Yugi had almost no development (I still love DM don't get me wrong!)

ZeXal made me care about almost every character on screen, it's fun charming and is worth watching until the end.

The good:
+Astral/Yuma interactions
+Protagonist that doesn't always win
+Best rivals Kaito/Shark
+Great villains Arclight/Dr Faker/ENTIRETY OF THE BARIANS


The bad:
-Some of the filler episodes are boring/unnecessary
-Can't say I care much for the rest of Yuma's peanut gallery
-Kotori