Even though Shark’s doesn’t have much of a back story in the manga, one can easily fill in the gaps from what is provided and it makes this version of Shark resonate with me more and probably a lot of us, as well. There is no evidence that he was a bully back in the orphanage and was actually quite selfless by being willing to play second-fiddle to Yagumo who had a more friendly, approachable demeanor. The younger children probably weren’t afraid of Shark for anything he actually did: he just seems like an introvert that unintentionally comes across as cold and unfriendly. But, he genuinely cared enough about those kids that he was willing to live in the shadow of his Yagumo so that they could have their hero. I think that Shark became a bully not simply just because Yagumo stole the deck which both shattered his faith in him and got him into serious trouble. Shark has been deemed the “dark” or the “bad” child between the two of them from an early age and when a kid constantly receives the message that they are “bad” regardless of what they actually do, they tend to internalize it. Some may even go onto embrace it because, hey, if people already view you as the bad guy and don’t expect you to be anything else, why not have some fun being a jerk? I’m sure there are quite a few of us have grown up living in the shadow of a more outgoing sibling or peer all the while being declared a misfit for simply being ourselves. As a woman whose Myers Briggs personality type is INTJ, I have been getting messages from my immediate family from a young age that I was “bad” and constantly compared with my more outgoing and chipper peers and relatives regardless of what I did to impress them in ways that came more intuitively to me. While I never became a jerk to the extent Shark did, I did often hold grudges against people who didn’t deserve it because my folks would compare them to me often and judge me as deficient. And, to this day, I don’t believe I’m a good person. It’s just much easier for me to see my own demons than virtues because I was always the “bad guy” and I guess I’m always doomed to be the bad guy in the eyes of others. Also, the near omnipresent death stare that I have as my neutral expression doesn’t help either. Anyway, I am re-reading the Zexal manga right now, but, I initially interpreted Shark’s character arc is that of a kid who was always deemed to be “scary” or “bad” despite trying to do good who went onto embrace his this image of himself after an act of selflessness for a friend cost him dearly and made him feel like a fool for ever believing in his friend. So he became a jerk because being selfless has so far only hurt him, but there was always still a lingering aspect of himself that still cared and, throughout his adventure and relationships with others, he allowed the selfless aspect of himself to come out more until the manga ends with him finally shedding his “jerk” label and becoming a hero and being accepted as an equal to Yagumo at the orphanage. Dammit: I really have to stop writing short essays on 5+ years-old videos.
@@Tsukune2001 Yeah but it's still a bit over dramatic when you consider he could've just tried to ask Yugi to throw the Duel because he wanted to save Mokuba.
Chazz stole Bastion deck/Jack stole Stardust Dragon from Yusei/Shark stole cards from Bronk/ Sawatari stole pendulum monsters from Yuya. I think is from rival's blood.
In the manga, Kaiba asks Yugi to see it, then switches it with a fake and pretends he doesn't know what Yugi's talking about when Yugi asks for it back.
@döner bude Eh it’s not like Shark decided to join them just because he found out he was a Barian. Before he made his decision he got to experience the crucial moments of his past life. He witnessed first-hand how he was partly responsible for ‘his’ people death (Yes Vector was the one who set up the trap, but Shark was still the one that trigged it, and he did decided to go by himself) and how those people looked up to him. Shark was feeling a lot of guilt from that event, it pretty much changed him. After that he was given a choices, either to join the Barain, giving them a fighting chance against the Astral World/Humans or leave them to die. Shark would definitely pick the first option, even if he doesn’t really want to, there are hundreds people would are counting on him. Not to mention that Durbe keep mentioned to him that ‘If you don’t join, they are going to die again’ etc. It’s very difficult to turn down all of them. Yes He knew that Yuma would never destroy them, but he can’t 100% trust Astral. That’s why he had to join them; he is their king after all and he is their trump card to win the war. Guilt makes people to do stupid thing sometime. Plus it’s not like he wanted to; it’s heavily implied that he will commit suicide after he defeated IV if he does win the war. As for Rio, well she joined because she knows that it would hurt her brother more if she doesn’t. She has a very strong bond with her brother (her only family member left) and she can’t betray him. Even though it might be the wrong thing to do, he is still her brother.
Even though Zexal is probably my least favourite of all the YuGiOh shows we gotta give it to the writters on this one...Shark is a really cool and complex character and I still remember being blown away when they revealed him as a Barion, let alone the leader of them! I wanna see Fubuki next time but oh well Manjoume is cool too! Keep it up Dylan I may not comment a lot recently but I still watch all your videos and these series is my favourite on your channel! Keep it up buddy ;)
Appreciate it bud! I know you're not too big into Arc-V so I completely understand you not commenting! And Asuka has surprisingly pulled into an early lead in the polling, so it might end up being her! We will see though, a and yeah I really love that plot twist! Good to hear from you man
I'm a very huge fan of Shark, and I loved this so much ! I think it was a very good comparison and such, and I'm proud to say you just gained another subscriber!
Great video, Dylan :) I really liked anime Shark more, and anime Zexal too. I think the Barian twist and them as villains. And I think the series becomes much weaker without Barian villains and Shark's involvement.
Thank you! :) I agree 100%, the manga did a good job without the Barians, but if the anime lacked that barian arc, I would have found it a LOT less enjoyable
Shark happens to be one of my favourites so I think you did a excellent job comparing his 2 different versions and I agree with you that I like anime shark more than manga shark.And I know I cant ask you for this but is there a possibility that one day you will do this for kaito. love you work
Thank you so much! And I will definitely do Kaito at some point! I always let you guys vote on the next character, and Kaito will be a poll option at some point, since he's a fan favorite im sure he will be selected by the community at some point!
I only watched season1 of zexal and shark is honestly my fsvorite yugioh character ever. His involvement and impact in the storyline, his characterarc and his development are just completely unheared of for yugioh otherwise, even for some of the best characters like jaden in yugioh gx season3 and 4. It is just amazing. Especially considering he at first seemed to just be a dougebag who was not going to be important again after the beginning.
Ohhhhhh so Bahamut Shark is from the manga, good to know. Right now in the card game it's problematic because it gives many decks access to this card called Toadally Awesome (Excuse the name xD) which is pretty strong. These are always fun to watch! It makes me want to read the mangas.
really good video, Shark is one of my favourite characters alongside Kaito the only reason I think that zexal isn't as good as the other seasons is because of Yuma and that xyz and tribute are the only summoning methods they use
Good video, shark its one of the greatest characters thats itsnt comes redundat a friend/rival being, like seto, chazz, jack etc, so the only thing that he felt, its a good archetype exeptd the water type, like a dark knight or something, becuase a saw him in the show using black ray lancer and 101 silent honor dark theyr very similar and makes impresion that its something hiding
Anime Shark all the way. He's actually my favorite ZEXAl character. I remember watching the ZEXAL anime as it was coming out, and I was DESPERATE to know more about Shark's backstory and his relation to the Barians. I really enjoyed episodes 99-123 PRECISELY because I was expecting the resolution of the mystery. I think Shark was like the hidden protagonist of ZEXAL. Kinda exaggerating here, but to me he was, as I wasn't so invested in Yuma as a character anyway.
For Zexal, Shark is definitely my favorite character. I cried so many times while watching this damn series... and most of those moments had something to do with Shark, people dying...and blah... And now reading fanfiction is another case... My feels will always be there for him. After him it would be Kaito, he had some huge character development himself..., everything with his little brother, and dealing with Mizael. Once again got my tears going again. This series was such a sad one for me personally, but still I loved it. Never read the manga though, don't really have access to it...
The Manga is really good but Zexal has 2 Manga, the main one which is listed here and Team D Zexal where some awesome decks show up... Shark even faces a Synchro duelist.
I remember being so estatic but horrified when I saw the Barian necklace on Shark in the manga!... just to find out that it had nothing to do with anything cuz Barians didn't exist in the manga.
Zexal is my favorite one, people give it a lot of shit without watching it because it looks childish and isn't a carbon copy of DM and that's a real shame.
Awesome Video! It's weird how different Shark is from the Anime and Manga. In the Anime he constantly dueled because he always had strong reasons (Rio, Get back at IV, Tron, Get back at Barians, Protect Barian,etc) But Manga Shark had little to no reasons which is weird because I can't imagine Shark without his strong goals and motivations because that's usually why he duels. It's what made his character so great in the Anime. To me he had better reasons and motivations than Kaito because his weren't false/misplaced nor was he being used.
Thank you! And yeah that was the one issue I had with manga Shark, he didnt really have a direction or a sense of purpose it seemed, and Kaito (as much as i love the guy) was a bit of a puppet in the anime/manga , as you mentioned lol
Well he does have a very good reason to join the number war in the manga though, he has to save spider boy. Sure his motive in the manga isn’t as complexed as his anime counterpart, but still he does have a very good motivation. As for Kaito, well at least he was his ‘own man’ in the second half of Zexal.
The Arc-V one I have links to in my manga discussion videos! As for the other mangas, I purchased all the volumes on amazon. don't know where they are online
I feel like Shark doesn't get lot of respect from the Yugioh community, whether you hate him or love him, Shark is a character that has respect for others. His anime counterpart really brought him personality and gave him reason to fight for, and his manga counterpart was just him being a typical bad boy. Also, my little sister's birthday is today, thanks for posting this video Dylan! :)
I'd say Shark is a much, much more invested character in the Anime thanks to his role as the leader of the 7 Barian Emperors and it really shows in his character struggles as well. Unlike Crow though one thing I adore about Shark is his deck in both the anime, manga and card game as it has a huge amount of variety and skill and deserves to be noted.
I LOVE the Zexal manga. I think its much better than the anime overall. And Shark was fighting for personal reasons. He idolized Yagumo who then turned evil. I will say I do really like Shark in the anime though.
That's true, she was only made because the person who does the art, Naohito Miyoshi, said that he was sick of always having to draw Yagumo and wanted to draw something else. GX had an absolutely amazing manga as well! Just wish a few more characters got more action. These manga's are always too short.
Hahaha! :) I didn't know that about Naohito that's actually pretty funny I love the idea you can just say... "this is boring, can I draw something else?". You're completely spot-on about GX as well dude the Manga is awesome because nearly all the Season 1 characters get development, Chazz isn't a comic relief spaz and Winged Kuriboh and Jaden have a backstory that really fleshes out their characters.
i have a question about the anime in the anime ending, y is Kaito alive if he has suffocated/criogenated in the moon? other pals were revived cuz (i suppose) they were just trapped in the Barian Dimension... ...even Mikael suffered of this death..
Ryuga Kuroyami so you're telling me, a spirit can revive actually dead people with the magic power of the cards, this would make Astral God himself :/, and a god is so perfect that it doesn't even have to exist in order to exist, it makes no sense in so many levels🗿
The Numeron Code is pretty much the power of God, but can only be attained by collecting all 100 Numbers. Dr. Faker says that these cards have "mysterious" powers, and prior to censorship, Kite tells Yuma that he sold his soul to the Devil, Mr. Heartland, also, if you take a close look at ZEXAL, there's a lot of Biblical Symbolism, like Astral and Barian worlds are like Heaven and Hell, Yuma, Astral and Eliphis are the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, the 7 Barian emperors are like the 7 Angels of Revelations, and the 4 of the Dark Dueling World are the 4 Horsemen of Apocalypse.
I'm sorry if this sounds completely out of place, but what is the song that plays at the end of the video? I've had it stuck in my head for the longest time but I don't know where it's from.
I really cant decide which version of Shark I like more.I kinda own that to reading manga tho.I love both versions.They are both badasses and i really love manga's Shark relationship with Yagumo (dont roast me for that spelling) but i feel Anime wins this since i can relate more with anime
How in the world do the people who run these yugioh channels manage to find both sub and dub versions of the anime, including non dubbed scenes/seasons. As well as the mangas?
yes he is a kind of rival but in duel monsters joey was bulling yugi and shark bullied yuma and joey have a smaller sister just like shark so i think he is the best freind than a rival and you can see the same thing in kite and kiba
I enjoyed this! I didn't realize how deep Shark was. Like, I knew he was deep but not *that* deep. Wasn't he important to the manga plot as an "Astral Lord" in the manga with Kaito, Yuma and Astral?
there both really good i agree shark in the anime was a lot better with his character and plot with him being the barian king but i liked his deck in the manga and the combo he pulls with bahmaut shark and number 47: nightmare shark
Oh i dint know the writers designed and made new villains to the anime. Im glad we got Vector thou. And im gonna read the manga before judging since i dint know the stories were so difrent. got me very intrested about the manga.
Both sharks where great but I liked the manga shark little more why because I didn't like the twist in the anime that shark being the barians leader in my opinion vector fits that role more so I like manga shark 1% more
I like the anime. Yugioh Zexal was my second favorite series because of the Barians. Durbe was my favorite character, so I don't think I would like the manga as much.
If the manga can give us an female final villan boss I am surprised that the anime hasn't done that yet (well I know we had yubel but still does she count as female villan? Her situation is kinda weird)
Yubel can only qualify as the final boss in the English dub, which skips season 4 where Darkness is the final boss, where they made them fully female. Otherwise Yubel doesn't count regardless of gender.
You forgot to mention Number 73: Abyss Splash and Number C73: Abyss Supra Splash we're much stronger than Shark Drake and he used him in the duel with Don Thousand.
Nice Anime vs Manga. I like Sharks Manga Version more, since Anime Shark was kind of a dick in the Anime for killing some friends and trying to destroy the astral world for no reason. But I like the fact, that he juses his normal deck after the destruktion of the barrian cards.
The reason for why he had to destroy the Astral World was the same reason why Astral wanted to destroy the Barian World. These two worlds cannot co-exist. The difference being that Astral World is ruled by a perfectionist who abandoned chaos like it's some sort of sickness when it's not. The Barians just want to survive, except Vector who wanted power.
xD I think for the 10th episode I'll have the four protags (everyone but Yuya) as an option to vote for on my site, and every big number like that will be a main character. Only reason I'm waiting to do Arc-V characters, is the anime is not over AND the manga is not even halfway done yet. So I probably won't do Arc-V characters unfortunately for a decent amount of time
Yugioh Everything Ok now that's just mean 'everyone except yuya'i know that arc v hasn't ended but it will by the time of the tenth vid (in like 8 months ) and also i haven't got that long until i'm faded away into Zarc. HELP MEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
For a difference: Shark has his barien neaklace in the monga the entire time ( I think, I haven't read it yet), but he isn't a barien. Is that like a thing he had from brith or something?
Joel Chowdhury Vector wasn't actually possessing Faker until later in the duel. Faker was just very desperate to save Haruto to the point were he was willing to make a deal with the devil (Vector). Kaito became a Numbers Hunter for Haruto's sake and he too described it as making a deal with the devil.
Ryoga is the ONLY ONE have a good english and french dub ! Sorry I forgot to mention Alito !!! But he is better than... Reginald because Alito doesn't change name !! (Except Barian form, was so annoying........... >
I really don't like Zexal. I watched it, from beginning to end, and just... No. I'm sorry for the fans out there, but it was just SO SILLY most of the time, so childish. But still, it had some good stuff. Shark was pretty cool, without a doubt my favorite character from the anime. The rivalry with IV was cool too. I was so pissed when he lost some of his duels! I didn't read the manga, but he sounds cool there too! Thanks for the video, man!
The only thing I'll say is the English Dub was VERY childish, so it you watched the dub, I agree with you 100%. They portrayed Yuma, Tron (Vetrix) like immature kids, which is a real shame. But still, I'm glad you enjoyed!!
I'm not english-speaker so I had no reason to watch the dub. I have always watched the show subbed. Glad you're not lashing out at me for no liking Zexal, I've always encounter a lot of fans who just don't get the "it's my opinion" part. All YGO! series had childish moment, and I just think Zexal had a few more (like the beginning of the Barian Arc if I remember correctly where Yuma would face against people of the school like something out of Scott Pilgrim vs The World). But DM, GX and 5Ds had those moments too, and I really liked them. And, as I said, Zexal had cool moments too, it IS YGO! after all. I'm just rambling now, thanks again for all your videos, looking forward for more Anime vs Manga.
Lashing out accomplishes nothing! Hahah but thats good to hear, cause the subbed is definitely the better version by a mile. The beginning of Zexal was definitely more childish than the other shows, I thought it got darker towards the end (when Vector was introduced) but a lot of fans were turned off because of the beginning! At the end of the day no one should be attacked for their opinion though, and I'm glad you enjoy these and you're looking forward to the future! Have a good one!
I don't see how it is so silly. It was in the beginning but the later parts were dead serious. I kind of like that it started off so silly and gradually got darker and darker as the series went on. The first Yu-Gi-Oh was always so random with it's tone from dark to light to then very dark to back to extremely light again and switches back and forth a few more times. GX also went from light to dark but it spend more than half being very light and then instantly shifted to what I think is still the darkest season any of the Yu-Gi-Oh anime's. The fourth season was lighter than the third but not by much. However when I first watched it that tonal shift from season 2 to 3 was very dramatic. 5ds started off a lot darker and ended up lighter until the final arc. I think Zexal is the first perfect Yu-Gi-Oh anime. I don't mean that it's the best but that it was the first one done exactly as planned. With all the others they were somewhat making it up as they went and did quite a few changes from the original plan. I think IV is my favorite character. He is so crazy yet also so tragic. He still shows very normal emotions for a teenager who's on top of the world. He shows the angst, sadism, energy, immaturity and ambition of his age but still is just as loyal as his brothers. They even had a real family dynamic with IV being a fairly dominant type and III being slightly submissive to him but both being submissive to V. He shows off all the anger he has such as when Vetrix didn't care for III or when he just ditched IV for Shark. He seems to be the only one that is still kind of trying to maintain some sense of normality instead of shutting off all emotions (V) or just letting things happen (III). What I love about the Archlight brothers is how they never faltered in their loyalty. They tried to change their father and they didn't like what they were doing but never did they rebel. I also like how their relationship with the protagonists were all different. III was fairly submissive to Yuma. IV and Shark were equals and V was very dominant over Kito.
Honestly started watching zexal because I was sick, bored and had finished watching/rewatching duel monsters one day(I did not expect to get into it at all given what I had scene and heard of yuma especially) and shark was the character that kept me hooked, its painful the hate zexal seems to get sometimes : /, and even for those who dislike yuma(amongst those I know its their main reason for not even wanting to watch much zexal) the characters around him are usually done pretty well, like kite, the number siblings, the barians, and especially shark who often reminds me of a joey/jonouchi with more depth(though that part is definitely debatable)
I think you could have add N73 too, he used this card to beat his nemesis two times, and he used it to beat don thousand too. I think N73 has a stronger bond with shark than any other card
well zexal was trash.Shark was amazing.He is one of the best yugioh characters.Him and kite.The barians too.Zexal should have been about shark or kite.
"I lost in a children's card game so Im gonna drop out of school and join a gang"
Dude people drop out for losing sports
It's quite similar to: "I'm going to rule the world with these children's trading cards".
Well atleast manga shark is not maidenless
Little kuriob probably 😂😂😂
@@axismic4253weak I rather drop out for card games
Even though Shark’s doesn’t have much of a back story in the manga, one can easily fill in the gaps from what is provided and it makes this version of Shark resonate with me more and probably a lot of us, as well. There is no evidence that he was a bully back in the orphanage and was actually quite selfless by being willing to play second-fiddle to Yagumo who had a more friendly, approachable demeanor. The younger children probably weren’t afraid of Shark for anything he actually did: he just seems like an introvert that unintentionally comes across as cold and unfriendly. But, he genuinely cared enough about those kids that he was willing to live in the shadow of his Yagumo so that they could have their hero.
I think that Shark became a bully not simply just because Yagumo stole the deck which both shattered his faith in him and got him into serious trouble. Shark has been deemed the “dark” or the “bad” child between the two of them from an early age and when a kid constantly receives the message that they are “bad” regardless of what they actually do, they tend to internalize it. Some may even go onto embrace it because, hey, if people already view you as the bad guy and don’t expect you to be anything else, why not have some fun being a jerk?
I’m sure there are quite a few of us have grown up living in the shadow of a more outgoing sibling or peer all the while being declared a misfit for simply being ourselves. As a woman whose Myers Briggs personality type is INTJ, I have been getting messages from my immediate family from a young age that I was “bad” and constantly compared with my more outgoing and chipper peers and relatives regardless of what I did to impress them in ways that came more intuitively to me. While I never became a jerk to the extent Shark did, I did often hold grudges against people who didn’t deserve it because my folks would compare them to me often and judge me as deficient. And, to this day, I don’t believe I’m a good person. It’s just much easier for me to see my own demons than virtues because I was always the “bad guy” and I guess I’m always doomed to be the bad guy in the eyes of others. Also, the near omnipresent death stare that I have as my neutral expression doesn’t help either.
Anyway, I am re-reading the Zexal manga right now, but, I initially interpreted Shark’s character arc is that of a kid who was always deemed to be “scary” or “bad” despite trying to do good who went onto embrace his this image of himself after an act of selflessness for a friend cost him dearly and made him feel like a fool for ever believing in his friend. So he became a jerk because being selfless has so far only hurt him, but there was always still a lingering aspect of himself that still cared and, throughout his adventure and relationships with others, he allowed the selfless aspect of himself to come out more until the manga ends with him finally shedding his “jerk” label and becoming a hero and being accepted as an equal to Yagumo at the orphanage.
Dammit: I really have to stop writing short essays on 5+ years-old videos.
“He lost the duel, so he dropped out of school and joined a gang”
Overreaction much?
have you ever lost a children's card game?? that type of shit can scar you for life!
Compared to Seto Kaiba's "I need to win a children's card game so I'll threaten suicide"
@@no-qe9tb True true
@@no-qe9tb he only did that to save mokuba
@@Tsukune2001 Yeah but it's still a bit over dramatic when you consider he could've just tried to ask Yugi to throw the Duel because he wanted to save Mokuba.
Chazz stole Bastion deck/Jack stole Stardust Dragon from Yusei/Shark stole cards from Bronk/ Sawatari stole pendulum monsters from Yuya. I think is from rival's blood.
Good observation, even Kaiba stole the Blue Eyes from Yugis grandpa, its happened every show haha
In the manga, Kaiba asks Yugi to see it, then switches it with a fake and pretends he doesn't know what Yugi's talking about when Yugi asks for it back.
Master Cesar Didn't Shark and Bronk bet their decks in the duel?
Sawatari? Rival?
Yugioh Everything Konami should Reboot Yu-Gi-Oh Zexal and base it off of the Manga. That's what Card fight Vanguard is doing.
@döner bude
Eh it’s not like Shark decided to join them just because he found out he was a Barian. Before he made his decision he got to experience the crucial moments of his past life. He witnessed first-hand how he was partly responsible for ‘his’ people death (Yes Vector was the one who set up the trap, but Shark was still the one that trigged it, and he did decided to go by himself) and how those people looked up to him. Shark was feeling a lot of guilt from that event, it pretty much changed him. After that he was given a choices, either to join the Barain, giving them a fighting chance against the Astral World/Humans or leave them to die. Shark would definitely pick the first option, even if he doesn’t really want to, there are hundreds people would are counting on him. Not to mention that Durbe keep mentioned to him that ‘If you don’t join, they are going to die again’ etc. It’s very difficult to turn down all of them. Yes He knew that Yuma would never destroy them, but he can’t 100% trust Astral. That’s why he had to join them; he is their king after all and he is their trump card to win the war. Guilt makes people to do stupid thing sometime. Plus it’s not like he wanted to; it’s heavily implied that he will commit suicide after he defeated IV if he does win the war.
As for Rio, well she joined because she knows that it would hurt her brother more if she doesn’t. She has a very strong bond with her brother (her only family member left) and she can’t betray him. Even though it might be the wrong thing to do, he is still her brother.
I originally replied to him about that, but that reply seems to be gone. Now I cannot re-reply to him. I guess he doesn't like confrontation.
Shark easily was in my top 5 favorite YuGiOh characters of all time, when I was younger
Same he was cool asf
Shark:I lost a card game time to give up on life
Even though Zexal is probably my least favourite of all the YuGiOh shows we gotta give it to the writters on this one...Shark is a really cool and complex character and I still remember being blown away when they revealed him as a Barion, let alone the leader of them!
I wanna see Fubuki next time but oh well Manjoume is cool too! Keep it up Dylan I may not comment a lot recently but I still watch all your videos and these series is my favourite on your channel! Keep it up buddy ;)
Appreciate it bud! I know you're not too big into Arc-V so I completely understand you not commenting! And Asuka has surprisingly pulled into an early lead in the polling, so it might end up being her! We will see though, a and yeah I really love that plot twist! Good to hear from you man
I agree, Shark's character is well written. Zexal is my favourite among the other Yu-Gi-Oh shows and Shark's character is one of the reasons why
I'm a very huge fan of Shark, and I loved this so much ! I think it was a very good comparison and such, and I'm proud to say you just gained another subscriber!
My favorite character in the franchise, being reviewed by my favorite yugituber. great combination, and great vid!
Thank you so much bud!!
Kite is not insane. He's just determined to make sure he gets the numbers for his brother.
there is some irony in the zexal manga in the first volume you see shark with a barian necklace or some sort and there is clearly no barians :P
At the time, it was just a necklace. Nothing more than a character design choice.
My favorite character Anime Shark complex man very relatable
Great video, Dylan :)
I really liked anime Shark more, and anime Zexal too. I think the Barian twist and them as villains.
And I think the series becomes much weaker without Barian villains and Shark's involvement.
Thank you! :)
I agree 100%, the manga did a good job without the Barians, but if the anime lacked that barian arc, I would have found it a LOT less enjoyable
Shark happens to be one of my favourites so I think you did a excellent job comparing his 2 different versions and I agree with you that I like anime shark more than manga shark.And I know I cant ask you for this but is there a possibility that one day you will do this for kaito. love you work
Thank you so much! And I will definitely do Kaito at some point! I always let you guys vote on the next character, and Kaito will be a poll option at some point, since he's a fan favorite im sure he will be selected by the community at some point!
I only watched season1 of zexal and shark is honestly my fsvorite yugioh character ever. His involvement and impact in the storyline, his characterarc and his development are just completely unheared of for yugioh otherwise, even for some of the best characters like jaden in yugioh gx season3 and 4. It is just amazing.
Especially considering he at first seemed to just be a dougebag who was not going to be important again after the beginning.
Great video,Shark is one of my favorite characters from Zexal.
Thanks Flash!
Yugioh Everything you're welcome, I voted a little while ago on the next anime vs manga analysis.
talks about a WATER based character
--> puts a flames-zone ost in the end
ps: Kappa
HAHAH I didn't even realize that, that made my day xD
Great video shark is one of my favorite characters !
Thanks Ace!
Ohhhhhh so Bahamut Shark is from the manga, good to know. Right now in the card game it's problematic because it gives many decks access to this card called Toadally Awesome (Excuse the name xD) which is pretty strong.
These are always fun to watch! It makes me want to read the mangas.
Strong? I disagree. Most will say it's "Toadally Awesome," however I saw it's "Toadally Broken."
The V-Blade you can use Bahamut shark in the yugioh zexal 3ds game as one of his aces
really good video, Shark is one of my favourite characters alongside Kaito the only reason I think that zexal isn't as good as the other seasons is because of Yuma and that xyz and tribute are the only summoning methods they use
VanguardPlays ...like 5D’s?
Technically they use fusion too. In one episode Kite or Kaito summons a fusion monster and then immediately uses it to xyz
Good video, shark its one of the greatest characters thats itsnt comes redundat a friend/rival being, like seto, chazz, jack etc, so the only thing that he felt, its a good archetype exeptd the water type, like a dark knight or something, becuase a saw him in the show using black ray lancer and 101 silent honor dark theyr very similar and makes impresion that its something hiding
Anime Shark all the way. He's actually my favorite ZEXAl character. I remember watching the ZEXAL anime as it was coming out, and I was DESPERATE to know more about Shark's backstory and his relation to the Barians. I really enjoyed episodes 99-123 PRECISELY because I was expecting the resolution of the mystery. I think Shark was like the hidden protagonist of ZEXAL. Kinda exaggerating here, but to me he was, as I wasn't so invested in Yuma as a character anyway.
For Zexal, Shark is definitely my favorite character. I cried so many times while watching this damn series... and most of those moments had something to do with Shark, people dying...and blah... And now reading fanfiction is another case... My feels will always be there for him. After him it would be Kaito, he had some huge character development himself..., everything with his little brother, and dealing with Mizael. Once again got my tears going again.
This series was such a sad one for me personally, but still I loved it.
Never read the manga though, don't really have access to it...
The Manga is really good but Zexal has 2 Manga, the main one which is listed here and Team D Zexal where some awesome decks show up... Shark even faces a Synchro duelist.
7:16 well what's with the necklace it looks like nash's necklace in the anime
I remember being so estatic but horrified when I saw the Barian necklace on Shark in the manga!... just to find out that it had nothing to do with anything cuz Barians didn't exist in the manga.
Damn, Manjoume's 2nd place again... lol great video though, excited for the next one!
And he's currently in 2nd as of now too xD Me too! They should be back to once every month now that I'm finished with all mangas except GX
Yugioh Everything lol,that's too bad, he's the character who changed the most from the anime to manga imo.
Shark is my favourite character because he's very cool and passionate and reserved but also happy and cool which is awesome.
i would definetily choose the anime shark. hay who do you think will win don 1000 or ara
Zexal is my favorite one, people give it a lot of shit without watching it because it looks childish and isn't a carbon copy of DM and that's a real shame.
They sound like dub watchers
I am currently rewatching it because i really like Zexal but this time dubbed and tbh the dub isn't the worst at least.
@@zail1679 yeah zexel dub isn't the worst
Crazy how they think it is childish but zexal has the best animation in all the yugioh series.
Awesome Video! It's weird how different Shark is from the Anime and Manga. In the Anime he constantly dueled because he always had strong reasons (Rio, Get back at IV, Tron, Get back at Barians, Protect Barian,etc) But Manga Shark had little to no reasons which is weird because I can't imagine Shark without his strong goals and motivations because that's usually why he duels. It's what made his character so great in the Anime. To me he had better reasons and motivations than Kaito because his weren't false/misplaced nor was he being used.
Thank you! And yeah that was the one issue I had with manga Shark, he didnt really have a direction or a sense of purpose it seemed, and Kaito (as much as i love the guy) was a bit of a puppet in the anime/manga , as you mentioned lol
Well he does have a very good reason to join the number war in the manga though, he has to save spider boy. Sure his motive in the manga isn’t as complexed as his anime counterpart, but still he does have a very good motivation. As for Kaito, well at least he was his ‘own man’ in the second half of Zexal.
Actually it makes since that shark does not have family. sharks are loners by nature
Shark is definitely one of the best characters to hit the anime and manga.
Vector is crazy after getting pushed in the portal but he wasn’t before, so why did he name one of his children 4
Does anyone know where I can read the manga online? Even 5D's and Arc-V
The Arc-V one I have links to in my manga discussion videos! As for the other mangas, I purchased all the volumes on amazon. don't know where they are online
Yugioh Everything alright, thanks :)
You can find on Reddit
There are all the volumes in Reddit, for Zexal. I didn't check Arc-V and 5D's yet but I am sure you can find it there
Shark is a deep character because he loves water.
I feel like Shark doesn't get lot of respect from the Yugioh community, whether you hate him or love him, Shark is a character that has respect for others. His anime counterpart really brought him personality and gave him reason to fight for, and his manga counterpart was just him being a typical bad boy. Also, my little sister's birthday is today, thanks for posting this video Dylan! :)
Happy birthday to your sis!! And I basically said the same thing at the end of this video! He deserves a lot more respect!! Glad you enjoyed it
Did i get this right? No barrian world in the manga?
When were shark and 4 friends?
joey=shark joey threw part of the puzzle away and shark did it to yuma's pendant and they both had sick sisters
And they both had people they would fight with all the time...
Joey: Kaiba
Shark: Kite
I'd say Shark is a much, much more invested character in the Anime thanks to his role as the leader of the 7 Barian Emperors and it really shows in his character struggles as well. Unlike Crow though one thing I adore about Shark is his deck in both the anime, manga and card game as it has a huge amount of variety and skill and deserves to be noted.
Anyone ever tell you that you sound like the duel logs if he had emotion in his voice
I miss this series (I'm talking about comparing manga & anime versions of the same character)
I love these comparisons
When does the next fantasy duel come out?
Glad you enjoyed! Currently halfway through the GX manga, so hopefully I will get it out in 10-14 days!
I LOVE the Zexal manga. I think its much better than the anime overall. And Shark was fighting for personal reasons. He idolized Yagumo who then turned evil. I will say I do really like Shark in the anime though.
I agree Yagumo was awesome... it's just a shame E'rah was boring as hell as an antagonist. Tragoedia this chick ain't -_-
That's true, she was only made because the person who does the art, Naohito Miyoshi, said that he was sick of always having to draw Yagumo and wanted to draw something else. GX had an absolutely amazing manga as well! Just wish a few more characters got more action. These manga's are always too short.
Hahaha! :) I didn't know that about Naohito that's actually pretty funny I love the idea you can just say... "this is boring, can I draw something else?". You're completely spot-on about GX as well dude the Manga is awesome because nearly all the Season 1 characters get development, Chazz isn't a comic relief spaz and Winged Kuriboh and Jaden have a backstory that really fleshes out their characters.
3:19 Rio is absolutely adorable. Just want to hug her
so shark is still Nash at the end of zexal?
No. All of the Barian's are turned into humans at the end of Zexal. Ironically enough Shark was never human at the start of the series.
i have a question about the anime
in the anime ending,
y is Kaito alive if he has suffocated/criogenated in the moon?
other pals were revived cuz (i suppose) they were just trapped in the Barian Dimension...
...even Mikael suffered of this death..
Yuma beats Astral, and in exchange he revives every main ZEXAL character because plot/Numeron Code.
weeselton sauce Yuma is secrettly Mercy so Heroes like Kaito Never Die
Ryuga Kuroyami so you're telling me, a spirit can revive actually dead people with the magic power of the cards, this would make Astral God himself :/, and a god is so perfect that it doesn't even have to exist in order to exist, it makes no sense in so many levels🗿
MegaUmi chicks like Mercy or Luna wouldnt have hurt the anime ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
The Numeron Code is pretty much the power of God, but can only be attained by collecting all 100 Numbers. Dr. Faker says that these cards have "mysterious" powers, and prior to censorship, Kite tells Yuma that he sold his soul to the Devil, Mr. Heartland, also, if you take a close look at ZEXAL, there's a lot of Biblical Symbolism, like Astral and Barian worlds are like Heaven and Hell, Yuma, Astral and Eliphis are the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, the 7 Barian emperors are like the 7 Angels of Revelations, and the 4 of the Dark Dueling World are the 4 Horsemen of Apocalypse.
Awesome video Dylan^^ I love shark^^
Have a nice day^^
Thanks Anna!
^^
that ending music reminds me of U.MVC3
I, like with the 5D's managa, finished the Zexal Manga in December last year, and honestly I like both versions of Shark.
Nash is the strongest and most badass version of Shark
I'm sorry if this sounds completely out of place, but what is the song that plays at the end of the video? I've had it stuck in my head for the longest time but I don't know where it's from.
On your voting poll you put asuka (asuka) instead of alexis (asuka)
I meant to put Asuka (Alexis) but completely messed it up xD Too late to change it now without erasing all of the votes
It doesn't matter. we knew what you meant. Just giving you a heads up. Great job on this episode.
Thanks so much, glad you liked it! And thanks for letting me know regardless!
Hmm though one as well I think I like his anime version a bit more because like you said anime shark character was written more in depth.
It is tough, but thats the main reason for me! He is well written in both adaptions!
Does anyone know where I can read the manga
I do not.. :/ I purchased all 9 volumes from Amazon. Maybe someone else in the comments will see this and will have a link to it online
Try this one
wendymoto.tumblr.com/post/69947696914/zexal-manga-scans-master-post
Dylan, the video of Jack and Kaiba's Disappeared
What do you mean!? My FD one?
Yugioh Everything Yeah! D':
Try this link! Worked for me th-cam.com/video/c0eHgKreWq4/w-d-xo.html
Thanks Dylan!
I cant say who I would like to see next... Kaito maybe? o.o
I really cant decide which version of Shark I like more.I kinda own that to reading manga tho.I love both versions.They are both badasses and i really love manga's Shark relationship with Yagumo (dont roast me for that spelling) but i feel Anime wins this since i can relate more with anime
Yuma?
So, if Yuma is the new Yugi, and Kite is the new Kaiba, I guess that makes Shark the new Joey
Kite and shark are both plays on kaiba one more visually, one more literally
Shark is like BETTER REMAKE OF CHAZZ. A BETTER VERSION OF CHAZZ. They have similar faces.
2:24 that is some nightmare fuel
How in the world do the people who run these yugioh channels manage to find both sub and dub versions of the anime, including non dubbed scenes/seasons. As well as the mangas?
The sub version of almost every yugioh series is on crunchyroll for free. The dub basically cut out scenes that were still in the subbed version
Shark got me through Zexal. Plus Shark is my 3rd favourite yugioh character overall.
Definitely fair! I really loved all the supporting cast in Zexal, outside of the main group
yes he is a kind of rival but in duel monsters joey was bulling yugi and shark bullied yuma and joey have a smaller sister just like shark
so i think he is the best freind than a rival and you can see the same thing in kite and kiba
Seriously one of the best written character of all yu gi oh. I could relate to him every second of the show
I enjoyed this! I didn't realize how deep Shark was. Like, I knew he was deep but not *that* deep. Wasn't he important to the manga plot as an "Astral Lord" in the manga with Kaito, Yuma and Astral?
there both really good i agree shark in the anime was a lot better with his character and plot with him being the barian king but i liked his deck in the manga and the combo he pulls with bahmaut shark and number 47: nightmare shark
Oh i dint know the writers designed and made new villains to the anime. Im glad we got Vector thou. And im gonna read the manga before judging since i dint know the stories were so difrent. got me very intrested about the manga.
Yeah the manga is a lot different! You should definitely check it out when you get a chance! I enjoyed it a lot
Technically Bronk agreed to the terms of losing the duel, so Shark didnt steal Bronk’s deck, he won it.
Both sharks where great but I liked the manga shark little more why because I didn't like the twist in the anime that shark being the barians leader in my opinion vector fits that role more so I like manga shark 1% more
I had no idea dat dis Manga was dat good now mans gotta read it
Maybe everyone who voted shark will vote bastion is what he means at the end. Anything could happen
And Now seto kaiba anime vs seto kaiba manga please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please
I would like you to kaito next
I like anime and manga its great :)
Me too! I really enjoyed the Zexal manga
Yugioh Everything One question are you glad the bad guys actually won in Arc V
The manga is WAY better that the anime (it's not that hard) but it's too rushed
Obviously my fav was Left Shark.
I like the anime. Yugioh Zexal was my second favorite series because of the Barians. Durbe was my favorite character, so I don't think I would like the manga as much.
If the manga can give us an female final villan boss I am surprised that the anime hasn't done that yet (well I know we had yubel but still does she count as female villan? Her situation is kinda weird)
Yubel can only qualify as the final boss in the English dub, which skips season 4 where Darkness is the final boss, where they made them fully female. Otherwise Yubel doesn't count regardless of gender.
His "strongest" monsters in the anime are 73 Abyss Splash and C73 Abyss Supra
You forgot to mention Number 73: Abyss Splash and Number C73: Abyss Supra Splash we're much stronger than Shark Drake and he used him in the duel with Don Thousand.
Nice Anime vs Manga.
I like Sharks Manga Version more, since Anime Shark was kind of a dick in the Anime for killing some friends
and trying to destroy the astral world for no reason.
But I like the fact, that he juses his normal deck after the destruktion of the barrian cards.
The reason for why he had to destroy the Astral World was the same reason why Astral wanted to destroy the Barian World. These two worlds cannot co-exist. The difference being that Astral World is ruled by a perfectionist who abandoned chaos like it's some sort of sickness when it's not. The Barians just want to survive, except Vector who wanted power.
***** Good to know.
Plus it’s not like Shark wanted to kill off his friends, after he defeated IV he heavily implied that he will kill himself after the war is over.
Character wise I like Anime Shark more, deck wise I like Manga Shark more.
Fair enough !
Both Sharks are good but I think their both are stingy mostly the Anime Shark when he was a Barian
@@spiderverse7361 Don't blame him for that when he was responsible for his comrades' death and needed to save his world from destruction
Matt Shen oh 👍🏻
Are you going to do main characters cough me cough
xD I think for the 10th episode I'll have the four protags (everyone but Yuya) as an option to vote for on my site, and every big number like that will be a main character. Only reason I'm waiting to do Arc-V characters, is the anime is not over AND the manga is not even halfway done yet. So I probably won't do Arc-V characters unfortunately for a decent amount of time
Yugioh Everything Ok now that's just mean 'everyone except yuya'i know that arc v hasn't ended but it will by the time of the tenth vid (in like 8 months ) and also i haven't got that long until i'm faded away into Zarc. HELP MEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
For a difference: Shark has his barien neaklace in the monga the entire time ( I think, I haven't read it yet), but he isn't a barien. Is that like a thing he had from brith or something?
Remember when Kaito flipped Yuma off ahh good times
if anything, the Barians are the only reason for why Zexal's good imo lol (Kaito and Misael are still my 2 fav Zexal chars owo)
Well Kaito is no Barian, so I guess the Barians are NOT the only reason. LOL
***** but the reason for why he even became Number Hunter was cuz of the Barian (Vector) possessing his father owo
Joel Chowdhury
Vector wasn't actually possessing Faker until later in the duel. Faker was just very desperate to save Haruto to the point were he was willing to make a deal with the devil (Vector). Kaito became a Numbers Hunter for Haruto's sake and he too described it as making a deal with the devil.
Ryoga is the ONLY ONE have a good english and french dub ! Sorry I forgot to mention Alito !!! But he is better than... Reginald because Alito doesn't change name !!
(Except Barian form, was so annoying........... >
I really don't like Zexal. I watched it, from beginning to end, and just... No. I'm sorry for the fans out there, but it was just SO SILLY most of the time, so childish.
But still, it had some good stuff. Shark was pretty cool, without a doubt my favorite character from the anime. The rivalry with IV was cool too. I was so pissed when he lost some of his duels!
I didn't read the manga, but he sounds cool there too!
Thanks for the video, man!
The only thing I'll say is the English Dub was VERY childish, so it you watched the dub, I agree with you 100%. They portrayed Yuma, Tron (Vetrix) like immature kids, which is a real shame. But still, I'm glad you enjoyed!!
I'm not english-speaker so I had no reason to watch the dub. I have always watched the show subbed.
Glad you're not lashing out at me for no liking Zexal, I've always encounter a lot of fans who just don't get the "it's my opinion" part. All YGO! series had childish moment, and I just think Zexal had a few more (like the beginning of the Barian Arc if I remember correctly where Yuma would face against people of the school like something out of Scott Pilgrim vs The World). But DM, GX and 5Ds had those moments too, and I really liked them. And, as I said, Zexal had cool moments too, it IS YGO! after all.
I'm just rambling now, thanks again for all your videos, looking forward for more Anime vs Manga.
Lashing out accomplishes nothing! Hahah but thats good to hear, cause the subbed is definitely the better version by a mile. The beginning of Zexal was definitely more childish than the other shows, I thought it got darker towards the end (when Vector was introduced) but a lot of fans were turned off because of the beginning! At the end of the day no one should be attacked for their opinion though, and I'm glad you enjoy these and you're looking forward to the future! Have a good one!
I don't see how it is so silly. It was in the beginning but the later parts were dead serious. I kind of like that it started off so silly and gradually got darker and darker as the series went on. The first Yu-Gi-Oh was always so random with it's tone from dark to light to then very dark to back to extremely light again and switches back and forth a few more times.
GX also went from light to dark but it spend more than half being very light and then instantly shifted to what I think is still the darkest season any of the Yu-Gi-Oh anime's. The fourth season was lighter than the third but not by much. However when I first watched it that tonal shift from season 2 to 3 was very dramatic.
5ds started off a lot darker and ended up lighter until the final arc.
I think Zexal is the first perfect Yu-Gi-Oh anime. I don't mean that it's the best but that it was the first one done exactly as planned. With all the others they were somewhat making it up as they went and did quite a few changes from the original plan.
I think IV is my favorite character. He is so crazy yet also so tragic. He still shows very normal emotions for a teenager who's on top of the world. He shows the angst, sadism, energy, immaturity and ambition of his age but still is just as loyal as his brothers. They even had a real family dynamic with IV being a fairly dominant type and III being slightly submissive to him but both being submissive to V. He shows off all the anger he has such as when Vetrix didn't care for III or when he just ditched IV for Shark. He seems to be the only one that is still kind of trying to maintain some sense of normality instead of shutting off all emotions (V) or just letting things happen (III).
What I love about the Archlight brothers is how they never faltered in their loyalty. They tried to change their father and they didn't like what they were doing but never did they rebel.
I also like how their relationship with the protagonists were all different. III was fairly submissive to Yuma. IV and Shark were equals and V was very dominant over Kito.
YES!!!! Shark = fav zexal character
He is one of mine as well! Definitely top 5 from Zexal
Honestly started watching zexal because I was sick, bored and had finished watching/rewatching duel monsters one day(I did not expect to get into it at all given what I had scene and heard of yuma especially) and shark was the character that kept me hooked, its painful the hate zexal seems to get sometimes : /, and even for those who dislike yuma(amongst those I know its their main reason for not even wanting to watch much zexal) the characters around him are usually done pretty well, like kite, the number siblings, the barians, and especially shark who often reminds me of a joey/jonouchi with more depth(though that part is definitely debatable)
anime shark
I think you could have add N73 too, he used this card to beat his nemesis two times, and he used it to beat don thousand too. I think N73 has a stronger bond with shark than any other card
+ Yugioh Everything I like the show Version of him because I never read the manga
well zexal was trash.Shark was amazing.He is one of the best yugioh characters.Him and kite.The barians too.Zexal should have been about shark or kite.
I think the Archlight brothers should have been given more time to shine.
Joe Chapman wrong
let's all admit y characters of Zexal gets underated, Yuma
Very true.. If Yuma was a more likeable protag, I think Zexal would be much better
3:19 Rio is super cute
Yugioh Zexel Anime: 95%
Yugioh Zexel Manga: 100%
I guess the reason why most Zexal haters don't like Shark is mostly because of his stupid looking hair XD
The best shark is undoubtedly
Baby shark
Sorry I’m going to go now