The strongest aspect of the Zexal manga was probably the duels - they were GREAT! Remember the original duels from duelist kingdom where characters thought outside the box and pulled out all sorts of creative yet logical strategies to grab the win? Now imagine if they did that while still following the rules. For a 50 chapter manga, the story is pretty good. They do face different opponents and therefore have to overcome different strategies and forms of adversity. The story is more or less the same as the anime, with Yuma and Astral working to collect all 100 number cards. This is in comparison to Zexal part I though, I would argue that the characters in part II of the anime were better. It also cuts down on the number of (important) antagonists, meaning that the antagonists we do have get more focus. This applies even to the power trio, who did actually get a lot of development in the anime. The starting set of characters get a lot of focus and it many ways end up being better characters than in the anime. The characters are more or less the same, though there are less of them than in the anime.
In many cases the manga provides anime viewers with alternative situations to the anime. While they start off more or less the same, they both go in different directions. Both the anime and manga were written by the same person (Shin Yoshida). The Zexal manga came out slightly before the anime and has pretty much the same setting with the same initial set of characters. For the best experience, it's probably best if you have watched the anime first (though this is isn't necessary).
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