The way they have handled valt till now is a bit underwhelming because of the fact that there are the other legends too. I still think that Valt will be treated much better in future episodes lol.

I'm looking forward to that team up. But I'd would have preferred to see them battle each other actually. Maybe during the 1 v 1 section of the tournament.

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The way they have handled valt till now is a bit underwhelming because of the fact that there are the other legends too. I still think that Valt will be treated much better  in future episodes lol.

I'm hoping so.

Alright this episode stuck out enough for me to watch... aaaaand...

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Okay so stuff I liked was the Rantaro and Sisco stuff, I LOVED seeing the callback of Sisco desiring to beat Free during the God series, I'm glad they remembered that rivalry since I've always wanted to see Sisco win at least one point against Free someday.

Now the stuff I wasn't happy with was just how predictable it was. Mainly the battle. Yeah I know the pairings are pretty much one sided, Valt & Free are both generally better bladers than Sisco & Rantaro, but I was hoping this was unexpected and broke the status quo a bit... I'll admit, I loved Sisco so I wanted to see him win, but no, he loses against Free and therefore loses the match for him and Rantaro. Yes I know it was close... but then again, so was their battle in Episode 44 of God.

I was hoping at this point, Free at least doesn't act all non serious towards Sisco... but by the end, he's still very smug and says the exact same thing he once said to Kyle Hakim. Can't Free at least see Sisco as a worthy opponent now? You're telling me it's been years and he still doesn't take Sisco that seriously?

It was cool that Rantaro and Valt double bursted but then again, I saw better when he barely outlasted Valt during their battle royale.

It was a mixed bag overall for me and I'll admit it's a biased view, but I'm just so tired of the Free shilling, and basically Sisco's rivalry with him still feels extremely incomplete and has a loose end. I wouldn't even mind if Free won but learned to respect Sisco better, but we never even got that. Now the episode is technically fine, but it honestly left a sour taste in my mouth, I won't lie.

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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

Not gonna lie...

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I really wanted Sisco to win this one, and not have Free go with the tiresome "Oh well, I have this technique only I can use and that's why I win".

Still, it was a good battle.

I can relate to that tho geist claw=mirage claw

I mean, fair enough.

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At least Free did use one of his strongest moves to defeat Sisco, rather than pull some random technique or special moves like "Geist Counter" (which in my opinion, is one of the lamest, most uninteresting special moves from Free) from Cho-Z lol.

But man, wouldn't it have been interesting if Sisco really did beat Free here, even if it was just by a rotation. Earlier in the episode, Free brung up his previous battle against Lean in New York and having Sisco beat Free would've probably helped fuel Free's drive to want to win more. It would've been so interesting and created a small little arc for him.

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Eh, I will think of something to put here...

... later ;)

Alright this episode stuck out enough for me to watch... aaaaand...

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Okay so stuff I liked was the Rantaro and Sisco stuff, I LOVED seeing the callback of Sisco desiring to beat Free during the God series, I'm glad they remembered that rivalry since I've always wanted to see Sisco win at least one point against Free someday.

Now the stuff I wasn't happy with was just how predictable it was. Mainly the battle. Yeah I know the pairings are pretty much one sided, Valt & Free are both generally better bladers than Sisco & Rantaro, but I was hoping this was unexpected and broke the status quo a bit... I'll admit, I loved Sisco so I wanted to see him win, but no, he loses against Free and therefore loses the match for him and Rantaro. Yes I know it was close... but then again, so was their battle in Episode 44 of God.

I was hoping at this point, Free at least doesn't act all non serious towards Sisco... but by the end, he's still very smug and says the exact same thing he once said to Kyle Hakim. Can't Free at least see Sisco as a worthy opponent now? You're telling me it's been years and he still doesn't take Sisco that seriously?

It was cool that Rantaro and Valt double bursted but then again, I saw better when he barely outlasted Valt during their battle royale.

It was a mixed bag overall for me and I'll admit it's a biased view, but I'm just so tired of the Free shilling, and basically Sisco's rivalry with him still feels extremely incomplete and has a loose end. I wouldn't even mind if Free won but learned to respect Sisco better, but we never even got that. Now the episode is technically fine, but it honestly left a sour taste in my mouth, I won't lie.

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Personally I don’t think Rantaro and Sisco are particularly worse than Valt and Free this season specifically in terms of the anime (or they atleast aren’t meant to be) since the season seems to be trying to keep bladers on an equal par. I think that what they are trying to do here is either give everyone (save for a select few) a single star so that we can have tie breakers or give all four semi finalists two stars and everyone else a single star (I’m not gonna math check which one of those scenarios is actually possible lmao) so that all bladers can have their time in the spotlight. It seemingly makes sense since Hikaru and Rantaro will take the next one. Nonetheless this episode could have been written better and I honestly think they shouldn’t have brought up all those old events or any of that rivalry junk. What the anime isn’t doing that the manga is doing is actually acknowledging and making use of the time skip. In my opinion, we don’t need old rivalry’s to spark up and as you said we don’t need fellow legends thinking lowly of each other like Free, Sisco and Lui, Drum etc. As a matter of fact all the legends should really be familiar with each other...why is nobody familiar with Drum? I think they should keep things fresh with the legends and have everyone be casual while knowing of each other since they are all legends but unfortunately not everyone can write beyblade burst like Hiro Morita.  

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Not bad eh?

Alright this episode stuck out enough for me to watch... aaaaand...

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Okay so stuff I liked was the Rantaro and Sisco stuff, I LOVED seeing the callback of Sisco desiring to beat Free during the God series, I'm glad they remembered that rivalry since I've always wanted to see Sisco win at least one point against Free someday.

Now the stuff I wasn't happy with was just how predictable it was. Mainly the battle. Yeah I know the pairings are pretty much one sided, Valt & Free are both generally better bladers than Sisco & Rantaro, but I was hoping this was unexpected and broke the status quo a bit... I'll admit, I loved Sisco so I wanted to see him win, but no, he loses against Free and therefore loses the match for him and Rantaro. Yes I know it was close... but then again, so was their battle in Episode 44 of God.

I was hoping at this point, Free at least doesn't act all non serious towards Sisco... but by the end, he's still very smug and says the exact same thing he once said to Kyle Hakim. Can't Free at least see Sisco as a worthy opponent now? You're telling me it's been years and he still doesn't take Sisco that seriously?

It was cool that Rantaro and Valt double bursted but then again, I saw better when he barely outlasted Valt during their battle royale.

It was a mixed bag overall for me and I'll admit it's a biased view, but I'm just so tired of the Free shilling, and basically Sisco's rivalry with him still feels extremely incomplete and has a loose end. I wouldn't even mind if Free won but learned to respect Sisco better, but we never even got that. Now the episode is technically fine, but it honestly left a sour taste in my mouth, I won't lie.

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Personally I don’t think Rantaro and Sisco are particularly worse than Valt and Free this season specifically in terms of the anime (or they atleast aren’t meant to be) since the season seems to be trying to keep bladers on an equal par. I think that what they are trying to do here is either give everyone (save for a select few) a single star so that we can have tie breakers or give all four semi finalists two stars and everyone else a single star (I’m not gonna math check which one of those scenarios is actually possible lmao) so that all bladers can have their time in the spotlight. It seemingly makes sense since Hikaru and Rantaro will take the next one. Nonetheless this episode could have been written better and I honestly think they shouldn’t have brought up all those old events or any of that rivalry junk. What the anime isn’t doing that the manga is doing is actually acknowledging and making use of the time skip. In my opinion, we don’t need old rivalry’s to spark up and as you said and we don’t need fellow legends thinking lowly of each other like Free, Sisco and Lui, Drum etc. As a matter of fact all the legends should really be familiar with each other...why is nobody familiar with Drum? I think they should keep things fresh with the legends but unfortunately not everyone is as good as Hiro Morita.  

i would have to unfortunately have to disagree with you here; the rivalry is there and had never been resolved fully in the anime in the past. I mean even friends have rivalry's and that is just normal. In sports and in a competition no one cares if you are a friend even if you are a good friend with your competitor outside the sport. Its the same with sisco and free. Your point about free not treating sisco fairly is uncertain as i dont know what free exactly said. but regarding drum i can easily understand the fact due to the reason that lui has never treated anyone in the best wayand is not a team player. its more of lui's nature rather than drums fault.

I can relate to that tho geist claw=mirage claw

I mean, fair enough.

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At least Free did use one of his strongest moves to defeat Sisco, rather than pull some random technique or special moves like "Geist Counter" (which in my opinion, is one of the lamest, most uninteresting special moves from Free) from Cho-Z lol.

But man, wouldn't it have been interesting if Sisco really did beat Free here, even if it was just by a rotation. Earlier in the episode, Free brung up his previous battle against Lean in New York and having Sisco beat Free would've probably helped fuel Free's drive to want to win more. It would've been so interesting and created a small little arc for him.

Well

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tbh I feel like the could go better with 1v1 i mean a 1v1 between free and Sisco will be much more impactful than using 2v2  ( I agreed mirage claw is lame so lame that I skip it most of the time when rewatching lol). 

I mean, fair enough.

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At least Free did use one of his strongest moves to defeat Sisco, rather than pull some random technique or special moves like "Geist Counter" (which in my opinion, is one of the lamest, most uninteresting special moves from Free) from Cho-Z lol.

But man, wouldn't it have been interesting if Sisco really did beat Free here, even if it was just by a rotation. Earlier in the episode, Free brung up his previous battle against Lean in New York and having Sisco beat Free would've probably helped fuel Free's drive to want to win more. It would've been so interesting and created a small little arc for him.

Well

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tbh I feel like the could go better with 1v1 i mean a 1v1 between free and Sisco will be much more impactful than using 2v2  ( I agreed mirage claw is lame so lame that I skip it most of the time when rewatching lol). 

Oh, I actually liked "Mirage Claw". I mean the move I thought was lame was "Geist Counter" from Cho-Z.

Anyways, back on topic. I thought the episode was pretty cool and as I've mentioned before, the battle was great too.

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Eh, I will think of something to put here...

... later ;)

i have a feeling that free will qualify and will face lean in the semi finals while using his nothing break but will unfortunately loose due to some new move by lean

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Personally I don’t think Rantaro and Sisco are particularly worse than Valt and Free this season specifically in terms of the anime (or they atleast aren’t meant to be) since the season seems to be trying to keep bladers on an equal par. I think that what they are trying to do here is either give everyone (save for a select few) a single star so that we can have tie breakers or give all four semi finalists two stars and everyone else a single star (I’m not gonna math check which one of those scenarios is actually possible lmao) so that all bladers can have their time in the spotlight. It seemingly makes sense since Hikaru and Rantaro will take the next one. Nonetheless this episode could have been written better and I honestly think they shouldn’t have brought up all those old events or any of that rivalry junk. What the anime isn’t doing that the manga is doing is actually acknowledging and making use of the time skip. In my opinion, we don’t need old rivalry’s to spark up and as you said and we don’t need fellow legends thinking lowly of each other like Free, Sisco and Lui, Drum etc. As a matter of fact all the legends should really be familiar with each other...why is nobody familiar with Drum? I think they should keep things fresh with the legends but unfortunately not everyone is as good as Hiro Morita.  

i would have to unfortunately have to disagree with you here; the rivalry is there and had never been resolved fully in the anime in the past. I mean even friends have rivalry's and that is just normal. In sports and in a competition no one cares if you are a friend even if you are a good friend with your competitor outside the sport. Its the same with sisco and free. Your point about free not treating sisco fairly is uncertain as i dont know what free exactly said. but regarding drum i can easily understand the fact due to the reason that lui has never treated anyone in the best wayand is not a team player. its more of lui's nature rather than drums fault.

I see what you mean and respect your opinion but speaking for myself, I still kinda feel the way I do. What I am trying to say here is that I feel like they should lower all this focus on the legends and treat them just as they are, recurring characters. I think they should all know each other just like they do in the manga and I also think they should just have casual relationships and none of that complex stuff.

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i have a feeling that free will qualify and will face lean in the semi finals while using his nothing break but will unfortunately loose due to some new move by lean

I think it will be Lane, Hikaru, Hyuga and Aiga. The reason why is because Lane is now set on beating Aiga and they surely won’t let that go to waste. Perhaps Free and Lane can battle in their second tag battle?

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Not bad eh?

i would have to unfortunately have to disagree with you here; the rivalry is there and had never been resolved fully in the anime in the past. I mean even friends have rivalry's and that is just normal. In sports and in a competition no one cares if you are a friend even if you are a good friend with your competitor outside the sport. Its the same with sisco and free. Your point about free not treating sisco fairly is uncertain as i dont know what free exactly said. but regarding drum i can easily understand the fact due to the reason that lui has never treated anyone in the best wayand is not a team player. its more of lui's nature rather than drums fault.

I see what you mean and respect your opinion but speaking for myself, I still kinda feel the way I do. What I am trying to say here is that I feel like they should lower all this focus on the legends and treat them just as they are, recurring characters. I think they should all know each other just like they do in the manga and I also think they should just have casual relationships and none of that complex stuff.

Ah well the same goes for me. however i feel that if they can execute the backstories and rivalries pretty well then there is no problem. The complexities can be very well handled but the rivalry in todays episode was not done justice. thats why i get your point but i think we can agree that if they manage to do it in a better way it adds something special. Also dont you think that the main characters are a little bit underdeveloped after episode 16. We dont see any quiet moments from the main characters anymore and it feels as if the anime is focussing more on the legends than the main characters themselves

I see what you mean and respect your opinion but speaking for myself, I still kinda feel the way I do. What I am trying to say here is that I feel like they should lower all this focus on the legends and treat them just as they are, recurring characters. I think they should all know each other just like they do in the manga and I also think they should just have casual relationships and none of that complex stuff.

Ah well the same goes for me. however i feel that if they can execute the backstories and rivalries pretty well then there is no problem. The complexities can be very well handled but the rivalry in todays episode was not done justice. thats why i get your point but i think we can agree that if they manage to do it in a better way it adds something special. Also dont you think that the main characters are a little bit underdeveloped after episode 16. We dont see any quiet moments from the main characters anymore and it feels as if the anime is focussing more on the legends than the main characters themselves

Yeah it definitely seems that way to me too. I think that the writers have gotten a little carried away since all 8 legends have been main cast members at some point and it’s almost like old times.

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Not bad eh?

Just saw this fantastic episode!

I heard that Wakiya can be seen slightly in this week's release but I seem to have missed it. Did anyone catch them??

Just saw this fantastic episode!

I heard that Wakiya can be seen slightly in this week's release but I seem to have missed it. Did anyone catch them??

Ya In one of the flashbacks sisco has you can see wakiya in the background

Just saw this fantastic episode!

I heard that Wakiya can be seen slightly in this week's release but I seem to have missed it. Did anyone catch them??

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yeah he appears in a flashback to s2, I think it was that time when sunbat united battled BC Sol 

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Not bad eh?

Just saw this fantastic episode!

I heard that Wakiya can be seen slightly in this week's release but I seem to have missed it. Did anyone catch them??

That scene where free mocks sisco with drain spin in episode 5 of god

Not sure if anyone noticed Valkyrie burst purely because of Ragnaruk but Ragnaruk hit Satan which was in the centre and then bursted.

Not sure if anyone noticed Valkyrie burst purely because of Ragnaruk but Ragnaruk hit Satan which was in the centre and then bursted.

yea i noticed that too. i thought that i was tripping. as ragnaruk burst valkries

Not sure if anyone noticed Valkyrie burst purely because of Ragnaruk but Ragnaruk hit Satan which was in the centre and then bursted.

It seems like another unplanned accident caused the win. Kinda like Hyperion screwing up Lucifer's balance, Ragnurak caused Satan to lose more stamina. What a loss.

The move was called Triple Twister, right?

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Brave Valkyrie is my favorite bey, and Valt is my favorite character even if he's a bit overrated.

Recentemente, tenho ouvido reclamações sobre Valt ser o blader mais forte do mundo. Alguns simplesmente não querem aceitar que seja esse o caso. Espero que este episódio ajude as pessoas a entender por que Valt está acima de todos os outros bladers.

Eu estava apenas olhando para o trailer novamente. Eu realmente acho que isso tem potencial para ser a melhor batalha em sparking até agora.

valt burst together with rantaro this is enough to show that he is not the best in the world

Not sure if anyone noticed Valkyrie burst purely because of Ragnaruk but Ragnaruk hit Satan which was in the centre and then bursted.

Wait what wasn't ragnaruk hits valkyrie send it flying then ragnaruk hits satan bounce to the air then hits valkyrie causing a double burst

Not sure if anyone noticed Valkyrie burst purely because of Ragnaruk but Ragnaruk hit Satan which was in the centre and then bursted.

Wait what wasn't ragnaruk hits valkyrie send it flying then ragnaruk hits satan bounce to the air then hits valkyrie causing a double burst

No, Ragnurak hit Valkyrie, Valkyrie bursted, and Ragnurak hit Satan out of the center then bursted.

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Brave Valkyrie is my favorite bey, and Valt is my favorite character even if he's a bit overrated.

Wait what wasn't ragnaruk hits valkyrie send it flying then ragnaruk hits satan bounce to the air then hits valkyrie causing a double burst

No, Ragnurak hit Valkyrie, Valkyrie bursted, and Ragnurak hit Satan out of the center then bursted.

Ig full power glide might take out not full power brave at blind side

This episode has probably had me feeling more emotion than any Burst episode since the change to 11-minute episodes, but unfortunately that emotion is disappointment, so it's a wash lol. The fact that they set up this episode with Sisco reiterating his goals and motivation (defeating Free/the World Champion) and spend so much time stringing us along, thinking there might actually be any kind of character development in the series again, only to shoot it down and be like "lol no, free wins" is disappointing to say the least. Like, why bother focusing on Sisco through the battle if you're just going to do nothing?

And before anyone decides to spam replies about "power scaling", a good rule of writing is that anyone should be able to defeat anyone as long as it serves to strengthen the narrative. Everyone likes to complain about the beginning of Cho-Z where Aiga puts up a good fight against Valt and defeats Lui because "he's only a newbie, he's too stronk", but those battles serve a good purpose in the narrative by establishing Aiga's character as someone entirely different to Valt, and it also ties into that season's theme of Talent vs. Hard Work. So, if you're going to tell me Sisco deserved to be deprived of his character pay-off because "he's not strong enough to beat Free", you're barking up the wrong tree.

Ever since the series got its runtime slashed, every episode has felt like a collection of fun colors and shapes, with barely any character development and basically zero overarching plot, so seeing potential payoff for a character whose arc was left open by a previous series would have been really cool, but since BeyBurst doesn't like having an interesting story anymore, I suppose that was too much to ask for. I felt the same way to extent when they decided to break Ranjiro's bey, but at the very least that led into a good moment between him and Aiga, so it was somewhat forgivable. Free beating Sisco here serves zero purpose other than "free stronk, buy his toy".

This episode has probably had me feeling more emotion than any Burst episode since the change to 11-minute episodes, but unfortunately that emotion is disappointment, so it's a wash lol. The fact that they set up this episode with Sisco reiterating his goals and motivation (defeating Free/the World Champion) and spend so much time stringing us along, thinking there might actually be any kind of character development in the series again, only to shoot it down and be like "lol no, free wins" is disappointing to say the least. Like, why bother focusing on Sisco through the battle if you're just going to do nothing?

And before anyone decides to spam replies about "power scaling", a good rule of writing is that anyone should be able to defeat anyone as long as it serves to strengthen the narrative. Everyone likes to complain about the beginning of Cho-Z where Aiga puts up a good fight against Valt and defeats Lui because "he's only a newbie, he's too stronk", but those battles serve a good purpose in the narrative by establishing Aiga's character as someone entirely different to Valt, and it also ties into that season's theme of Talent vs. Hard Work. So, if you're going to tell me Sisco deserved to be deprived of his character pay-off because "he's not strong enough to beat Free", you're barking up the wrong tree.

Ever since the series got its runtime slashed, every episode has felt like a collection of fun colors and shapes, with barely any character development and basically zero overarching plot, so seeing potential payoff for a character whose arc was left open by a previous series would have been really cool, but since BeyBurst doesn't like having an interesting story anymore, I suppose that was too much to ask for. I felt the same way to extent when they decided to break Ranjiro's bey, but at the very least that led into a good moment between him and Aiga, so it was somewhat forgivable. Free beating Sisco here serves zero purpose other than "free stronk, buy his toy".

Yes agreed wholeheartedly, if they had to mention the rivalry between Free and Sisco they should have at least shown Free to be shocked with a loss. However another interesting possibility could be that the real end to their rivalry will be in the individual tournament where Sisco (hopefully) manages to beat free. I think that it would be a nice payoff to the character of Sisco. I do believe that it is possible for this season to have some depth in terms of story as it is after all the final season.

 If you are familiar with the MFB times; i really liked how they tied the role of Doji in the third season( even though he personally did not do much). It was refreshing to see something totally unpredictable. Burst I have a feeling is becoming to predictable and this season is especially guilty of that.

The main problem of this season is that unlike GT, ChoZ, God it doesnt have a major theme other than beating the legends. If they had to give us nice character moments then those had to be logical like the interaction between Aiga and Ranjiro and it lead to something in the plot. The interaction between Rantaro and Sisco has the potential of being important in the story later on. So I believe instead of writing off this interaction as completely unnecessary it would be prudent to wait for a while to see how it pans out. However if they dont manage to do it then it will be disappointing too, and ill believe that it is a waste of a character and story.