(Jun. 27, 2019 11:15 PM)Okanie Wrote: Valt's never been a character that cares much about data, he'd still love to stay and watched the battles. So, what you're saying, is that Valt SHOULD make the same mistake as he did with Shu in God which was leave the kid be and let him fester in his own thoughts and obsessions. Okay, so I guess Valt's learned nothing in season two and that whole thing of him understanding Shu has little to no significance. That's what I'm literally getting from this. And yes, Valt was around Shu most of the season 1 arc-- if they weren't together, they were in the same vicinity, and for Free, Valt was literally the only one Free could have a conversation that would understand him even before the God Blader's cup. Valt literally defends Free when Shasa called him out about how Free probably hates BC Sol-- Valt immediately speaks up for Free saying that Free loves the club. Valt barely knows this kid other than running around with him in the forest. If anything, Valt would have gotten a better feel of Aiga's character as a blader and person if he was at least around to watch over Aiga. I'm not saying that Valt has to be there to coddle Aiga, but the least he could do was watch the kid's growth. It literally feels like Valt's just saying it cause Aiga's the main character (again, this is a joke right here, but I thought I should say it since sarcasm and jokes don't seem to come across.) It'd make the Hearts vs Valt battle make more sense to help get the message across to Aiga. It would have held more of an importance to Aiga as a character and his story.
No, I said in battle, Valt usually learns about his opponents through battle. That didn't even change in season 2 since he had rematches with a carp ton of people who beat him a ton of times. And no, you're getting it wrong. And exactly, those moments between Shu adn Free were special, you implied wanted Valt to check up on Aiga like all the time. Besides, you used Drum as an example, Valt and Aiga battled in episode 1, of course Valt spent the whole first half of the season thinking about him. And Valt couldn't be most of the time because he was defending his title.
That's what the Hearts vs Valt did, Aiga losing to Phoenix not to long after was the point.
(Jun. 27, 2019 11:15 PM)Okanie Wrote: But you can literally kick any of the old bladers out and replace them-- except for Shu.
Then that eliminates the point of episode 1 since Aiga's goal was to beat Valt and be the strongest blader in the world. He got knocked out by Hearts to show: A) relying on the dark resonance instead of growing your natural skills and passion will harm you if someone even tougher or around the same level of Valt emerges, and B) no matter how strong you think you are, in life you'll learn you'll have to go higher, as well as C) if you're the strongest, prove it. Shu didn't win the tournament last year, Valt did. If you're mad about that, remember you're judging the show for what it gave you, not what you wanted.
(Jun. 27, 2019 11:15 PM)Okanie Wrote: And if losing a title ship is that easy, then... why hype it up and make it as great as it is to be?
Aiga's already achieved the goal of beating Valt. Even with dark resonance, he still remembers and felt the win that he had over Valt. So... why is he still in the story then? Why is it apparently a last minute thought in the final episode?
Welcome to elements of the real world being placed in a children's anime for kids. Either hold your title or keep winning, or you aren't the champion anymore, its a simple concept, at least it should be.
Literally the kids were supposed to consult with WBBA to be able to hold title matches, but that seems to be out the window as well as the anime doesn't even follow it's own rules and regulations. World Champion title literally means nothing at this point and especially throughout the CHOU-Z arc. I mean, look at the rankings-- means little to nothing at this point. If a title is so easy to lose, then they might as well not hype titles up as they did in God. I mean, Free de la Hoya? Number one blader in the entire world? And the only two people were able to best Free throughout the entire show? THAT holds some weight. Valt having the title only to lose it so soon in Chou-Z? Eh... is it really that big of a deal?
(Jun. 27, 2019 11:15 PM)Okanie Wrote: Aiga's already achieved the goal of beating Valt. Even with dark resonance, he still remembers and felt the win that he had over Valt. So... why is he still in the story then? Why is it apparently a last minute thought in the final episode? Why not have Aiga want to beat Phi instead as that was more of a hyped up battle? It was literally like "Oh, forgot, Valt Aoi the, the champion right now-- yeah, can't forget that he still exists!" That's how it felt to some of the fans. The end was very abrupt... Aiga achieved his goal twice...
God didn't give all the characters closure because we knew it wasn't the end, Cho-Z wasn't the end, if it was meant to be the finale season, they would've gave that whole ending montage like in G Revolution and Shogun. And You do realize hAVING MULTIPLE RIVALS in a show. Valt should've just walked away instead of striving to get a new bey, improve as a blader, find Aiga help, and reclaim his title with the sportsmanship he's grown to accept instead of crying or cracking whenever he lost.....yeah, sure, whatever helps you.
(Jun. 27, 2019 11:15 PM)Okanie Wrote: But his character was downgraded, I know many haven't read the manga, but Valt was mature but still kept his character throughout the CHOU-Z arc. In the anime, they hardly show how strong he was until maybe the last episode, but that was it. Literally, all of Valt's matches didn't seem that hard or anything compared to all the matches he had in God. And yes, I do miss him because this isn't the Valt that people know or remember. This Valt seems... like an empty shell of his former self almost. I get that characters grow and mature, but not to the extent where they feel so distant from the audience. This was a character that the audience sympathized with and even cheered on in the final battle. Also I don't... know any of the characters that you keep bringing up that aren't beyburst related?? First Naruto, and now... this one I don't even know.
Strength/Valt's matches: lost points to Kurts and Silas, tied with Lui, lost to Free because he couldn't master on the spot, lost two pints to Kit, and nearly beat Valt, 10 matches where only two of them weren't real challenges out of eight:
1)2-0 against Aiga where he almost got ringed out
2) Kurtz ringed him out despite Cho Z being made of stronger metal
3) Lui and him destroyed the stadium 2 to 2.
4) Silas got him with a Burst Finish.
5) Aiga needed the Dark power to win
6) He was training with Free, and lost four times in a row
7) Hearts was still powerful enough
8) Valt beat Kit with little experience
9) Kit still managed to get two points off of him
10) The final match against Aiga, nuff said there
Maturity: If you personally felt Valt was too distant, that's on you, but people do mature that way. Think about it in his mannerisms, time to time he can be goofy but he's still got his passion to win, he's still having fun with his battles and trusts Valkyire to the end, and unlike before where he'd have a massive grudge to take down anyone who even midly upset with him, he doesn't here. Maturity results in changes regardless.
Sasuke vs Itachi is one of the most impactful rivalries for the last decade of anime, you could just type in Sasuke Uchiha or Itachi Uchiha on wikipedia and it'll explain some of it. B-Daman Fireblast and Beyblade are made by the same company and Cho-Z and Fireblast have similar storylines and character arcs. You're misintepreting a fair amount of what I've been saying, so no, they aren't ripoffs. Watch & read more stories. That's not an insult, just advice.
(Jun. 27, 2019 11:15 PM)Okanie Wrote: They could have just added the Beigoma club members (you know, the ones that didn't even have lines but were in the background). Then why give the kids in the opening certain details-- again, this NEVER happened in the previous two seasons of burst as they always added characters who were at least in the same verse and story.
Some people are upset about it because some were hyped up to see them. Why couldn't they be the kids that Aiga battled in his hometown-- you know, the group of kids that tried to stop Aiga from leaving? It's not symbolism, there are people who genuinely wanted to see these characters at least once-- I mean look at some of the other teams that BC Sol went up against. We got to see that girl blader again from that one team that beat BC Sol but lost to the Paris Bladers at least twice and she's not even in the opening. She's not even an important character but was still brought back. Idk how symbolism came into the mix in this??
Looking at it for the millionth time, honestly, most of them are just silhouttes of random background characters, some are literally the models from the random kids in the opening narration (All those people in the shadows). Its happened in countless anime; Danball Senki W's second opening, a few of Naruto's, One Piece, and others. For clarity since you don't know a lot of anime
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITeGZjcs5uM go to 0:54.
(Jun. 27, 2019 11:15 PM)Okanie Wrote: Some people are upset about it because some were hyped up to see them.
I wanna find more people like this since at no point did I hear anyone go, LOOK AT ALL THESE COOL NO NAME RANDO BLADERS OUR MAIN CHARACTER IS GONNA TO BEAT…cuz we have actual rivals to focus on: Ranjiro, Suoh, Houi, and Fubuki. Whoever was fixated on something that was never meant to be, that’s on them.
(Jun. 27, 2019 11:15 PM)Okanie Wrote: Free never became a rival again to Aiga.
Neither did half of B Block to Valt during the God Blader’s Cup. Last arc of the show and everything. Irony’s wonderful. And again, the rivals and important characters/bladers that will have some focus in that arc, yeah yeah yeah you can say Kit didn’t do much (just fighting Aiga and Valt and trying to be a strong blader like the rest of BC Sol he watched on the sidelines), Free didn’t do much (Phi destroyed Geist Fafnir and he was pretty heartbroken over that), and Shu definitely di….oh wait you said they could’ve dropped all the old characters except Shu.
“But you can literally kick any of the old bladers out and replace them-- except for Shu.”
(Jun. 27, 2019 11:15 PM)Okanie Wrote: Shu and Aiga never actually had an official match-- and, okay, your second point literally makes no sense... They did have a match during the Longinus Cup. That's what the first opening was referring to when it showed off these rivals. Fubuki was someone that Aiga wanted to best since Fubuki had a CHOU-Z bey, and Fubuki also had his own character arc in the beginning (until he became... little to nothing in the main cast. I mean, he was there, but the kid wasn't exactly a main character...)
Fubuki's arc ended too quickly, he should've had a final arc against Evel, I agree there. Plus, I said rivals and final opponents in the show for Valt, Phi, and...well since you're being so literally I should use OR instead of and, Aiga. Shu/Free/Aiga battled Phi, Kitt battled Aiga/Valt, I apologize for not maing that clear.
My quote “Houi was side by side to Suoh in opening 1, does that automatically mean THEY’RE GOING TO FIGHT ONE ON ONE IN ARC 1, no, they’re rival bladers, except Suoh’s mostly likely has another personality and Houi’s physically strong. Not as nice as we see in the show, but still strong.”
Correct me if I’m wrong, anyone, anyone, but raise your hands if Suoh and Houi battled each in the Longnius cup or even had a match. No seriously: I’ll name all the battles in the Longinus Cup. And because I’m nice, all the sides on the left are the winners
Aiga vs Koji
Suoh vs Tokonatsu
Houi vs random snake blader
Aiga vs Ranjiro
Suoh vs Fubuki
Aiga vs Houi
Aiga vs Suoh
Aiga vs Lui
Suoh vs Hoji arc 1….where you at tho? If you're referring to Aiga vs Houi vs Suoh....that was arc 2: Battleship Cruise, and I pointed out, 1 on 1, unless you count the gloified Ghost Ship minigames...also in arc 2. If you want to make the argument you were referring to opening 2, Suoh/Ranjiro/and Houi were together in that one scene as foreshadowing that they'd be the first ones eliminated from the Battleship Cruise as well as the scene with Fubuki and Suoh looking away from each other as...well you know.