

She was established as someone who doesn't like being considered an extension of Shark - not "Shark's weakness," not "Shark's little sister," but Kamishiro Rio. It's unacceptable."), and then her entire actual debut. But then 79 and 80 completely sold me on her, starting with that A+ reaction to Shark dueling to rescue her ("You better not lose in front of me. I wasn't sure if I wanted to get my hopes up, even knowing that Zexal's producers must have known she was a dark horse in the fandom. I was interested in how the dub would localize Yuma's "Kattobingu!" which became "Feelin' the flow" I know Kattobingu doesn't have a correct translation or meaning, but it's implied to mean "I'll try my Best!" "I won't give up!" or "I won't lose hope!" But "Feelin' the flow" doesn't give me that same impression. The thing that irks me the most is pronouncing ZEXAL as Zex-Al instead of Zale, but it's not that big of deal. If I was first exposed to ZEXAL from the English dub I'd probably not like it as much as I do now. The dub is garbage, but you all probably know that. ZEXAL was also the first yugioh I started watching subbed before the english dub came out. I wouldn't have believed it when I first started watching, but the ZEXAL series has become my favorite Yu-Gi-Oh! Series. When ZEXAL first started out, I'll admit I was very dubious of it, but I wanted to give it a chance. There are some rumors going around that Rei is actually another emissary from the Astral World sent to help Yuma and Astral collect the rest of the numbers and protect them from the Barian. I would rather have him stay a genuine friend and ally of Yuma's than to betray Yuma and Astral later on, because that seems a little too cliche.

He obviously will play some kind of important role later on, but whether or not he's actually is on Yuma's side is questionable. IMO There is definitely more to the kid then meets the eye.
