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I gotta admit, being on Fridays as opposed to Mondays is taking a bit of getting used to be here we are. This episode was okay, I liked it more than the first one and this one doesn't have quite as many problems.

There's a segment where Drum talks to his beast, not much to say about that, just reminds me of Cho Z. So Amane fights second round, uses Bushin Guard to block Dragon. Dragon keeps hitting it around, and it looks like Ashura is going to lose. Then, Amane pulls an Orb Egis and does something that looks a bit like Quest Upper, where his bey wobbles and uses the Hurricane disk to deflect the bey, called Hurricane Defense, jeez really... somehow the Hurricane disk managed to redirect Dragon and slam it against the wall, that's certainly interesting. Ashura actually manages to win, so hurrah!

Drum for some reason passes out, presumably from exhaustion and has a flashback where he talks to Delta, okay I assume this is where he got his Dragon as he's showing it off but there's still no proper explanation, so who cares really. He wakes up and the man who's been watching them finds a picture of Drum as a little kid and recognised him as of now, so I guess he reveals himself as the uncle.

They go to the training building he has, where we see Amane, his little brother and that not-Zacs-sister character, oh by the way she's a blader but she's probably just got a generic bey. Well anyway Amane and Drum fight again and Ashura gets pushed back hard. Amane uses his new move... Keep Counte- okay seriously, now they're just reusing every clichéd Burst defense type names, oh well. Anyway Keep Counter really just charges back at Dragon normally so nothing much to it. Amane uses Hurricane Defense again and I gotta say, I love his beast design, it's way cooler than Dragon's Falcor looking design. Dragon uses it's Sting disk to bounce from the wall and charges, bursting Ashura. I guess Amane's win was short lived. So yeah I guess Drum is now part of the club.

So yeah the episode is okay, nothing special but I liked it better than the first, so we still have hope. Next episode might be interesting too.

I think this was longer than the episode btw thanks for the review

Saw the subs, thanks to whoever posted and Tl (translated?) them.
I really hope Ichika gets her own unique bey, Sasha was a good template but we can go so much further with our female characters. She, Amane, and now Drum are part of Team Victories, and if they're going to compete in tournaments, they need their members with GT beys. Plus Fafnir has his own team and making Delta join the team too early isn't a good thing.
Amane has three Defense special moves, dope. Keep Counter is a little bit underwhelming though, but I love Hurricane Counter.
Also, I'm really glad the Burst trilogy+future has actually shown our character's families....for the most part.
Overall, good episode.

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Amane uses his new move... Keep Counte- okay seriously, now they're just reusing every clichéd Burst defense type names, oh well.

What was cliche about the name lol?

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Amane uses his new move... Keep Counte- okay seriously, now they're just reusing every clichéd Burst defense type names, oh well.

What was cliche about the name lol?

I just think that any defense type moves in Burst that uses "Guard" and maybe "Counter" is a bit overdone, I mean we've got so many "Guard" moves now, just slap the beys name in front, like Emperor Guard, Egis Guard, Final Guard.

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My Cho-Z Reaper Deathscyther .12.Cr concept render, click below to see!

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No I don't plan on doing more yet.

I should probably go back to making fan custom Zero G beyblade concepts again

Really? Phi's a spiteful sociopath who threw a temper tantrum because he didn't get the bey he wanted. He's way too defensive for not getting what he wants, but Aiga has never done anything to the point of insanity (minus breaking Valt's bey but he even admitted that wasn't right for him to do down the line).

Ive talked to some other people on other websites. Most of them happened to like Phi because of his "no qualms" idea. Given that most prefer to headcanon him as an actual alien (rather than human), they are interested in his "inhuman values" that makes him evil in the first place 

And given the idea that hes the big bad, of course. A character being a villain is a weak excuse to like a character, but there are other reasons why they like Phi

But I am not going to turn this into a "Phi Is Awesome" essay, just for the sake of this thread's purpose

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What was cliche about the name lol?

I just think that any defense type moves in Burst that uses "Guard" and maybe "Counter" is a bit overdone, I mean we've got so many "Guard" moves now, just slap the beys name in front, like Emperor Guard, Egis Guard, Final Guard.

lol, good point
Crash: Shield, Emperor, Final,
Drift: Roller, Emperor
Defense: Shelter, Roller
Huh, even Jinnius had Guard...Twist haha

I like how Takane just jumps to the part where Drum & Ace gracelessly lost and not the previous match or anything prior to the loss. Free and Wakiya may say "a loss is a loss" but there's way more to be said about overall performance.

Both battles shown today were pretty good. Again, really liking how genuinely good-natured the kids are.