This is kinda off-topic, but when looking through the conversation of the MFB vs Burst debate, I'm now starting to realize and appreciate Burst's decision to keep changing protagonists per season.
When looking back, Gingka was at his best in the first MFB season because there was a drive and motivation for him to win. He had a tragic backstory where he made a promise to become stronger for his father (even if I find the "mysterious missing father" trope overused in anime) so it made you want to keep rooting for him.
But then after that, his father was revealed to be alive a bit too early in my opinion because I feel like Gingka became far less interesting afterwards. It felt like once he had reunited with his father too early on, his only motivation seemed to be "I want to get stronger, because I want to get stronger" and there's nothing wrong with that by itself, but my issue is that he was already very strong by the end of the first MFB season and the whole reason the World Championships happened at all was because everyone in the world viewed Gingka as the strongest blader at the time. You could argue that his drive to win was to keep that #1 title (and his responsibilities over wielding Pegasis, I guess), but then just do it like how Chouzetsu/Turbo with Valt trying to keep his #1 title, only with Gingka. Hell, do it like with Tyson where he struggled to maintain his #1 title.
In my opinion, they should've either: a.) Made Masamune the next main protagonist since he (whilst fairly skilled) was more of a rookie than Gingka, and had a drive to want to win (make a promise to Toby and restore his friendship with Zeo), or b.) Keep Gingka as the protagonist for the second and third season of MFB but didn't have his father come back and revealed as alive until like around the second half of the third season, MFB 4D.
And then in 4D, I would've had Kenta become the main protagonist. Now I could be biased since he's one of my favourite Beyblade characters, but I have my reasons for why Kenta should've been the third main character in MFB. He has been hanging around Gingka through the first three seasons and having them suddenly give the main character title to someone we've already been around with for two seasons would've been an interesting twist, since Kenta had the best character development in MFB in my opinion. And yes, I know people would object to having Kenta be the next main protagonist in MFB 4D because "Kenta owns a stamina type and Gingka is a Legendary Blader who is the only one who can seal Nemesis so Kenta can't be the main protagonist, blah blah..." but honestly, I feel like Kenta earning the title as a Legendary Blader through his journey (despite his weaker skills) would've been awesome. Plus, he looked up to Gingka as a hero so that could've been his drive to want to win and become the best.
Obviously, MFB doesn't use the Burst format where they keep changing the main protagonists but if they wanted to keep Gingka for two more seasons as the main character, they should've not had his father come back until the third season to keep his drive to win more interesting.
The reason why Valt staying for two seasons worked is because Valt, despite becoming stronger, lost to Lui by the end of the first Burst season. Plus, his motivation for Beyblade Burst God (asides from just wanting to become stronger) was Shu/Red Eye, his best friend. By the time Beyblade Burst God ended, Valt had become the #1 blader and then passed on the torch to Aiga, who had his own journey.
When looking back, Gingka was at his best in the first MFB season because there was a drive and motivation for him to win. He had a tragic backstory where he made a promise to become stronger for his father (even if I find the "mysterious missing father" trope overused in anime) so it made you want to keep rooting for him.
But then after that, his father was revealed to be alive a bit too early in my opinion because I feel like Gingka became far less interesting afterwards. It felt like once he had reunited with his father too early on, his only motivation seemed to be "I want to get stronger, because I want to get stronger" and there's nothing wrong with that by itself, but my issue is that he was already very strong by the end of the first MFB season and the whole reason the World Championships happened at all was because everyone in the world viewed Gingka as the strongest blader at the time. You could argue that his drive to win was to keep that #1 title (and his responsibilities over wielding Pegasis, I guess), but then just do it like how Chouzetsu/Turbo with Valt trying to keep his #1 title, only with Gingka. Hell, do it like with Tyson where he struggled to maintain his #1 title.
In my opinion, they should've either: a.) Made Masamune the next main protagonist since he (whilst fairly skilled) was more of a rookie than Gingka, and had a drive to want to win (make a promise to Toby and restore his friendship with Zeo), or b.) Keep Gingka as the protagonist for the second and third season of MFB but didn't have his father come back and revealed as alive until like around the second half of the third season, MFB 4D.
And then in 4D, I would've had Kenta become the main protagonist. Now I could be biased since he's one of my favourite Beyblade characters, but I have my reasons for why Kenta should've been the third main character in MFB. He has been hanging around Gingka through the first three seasons and having them suddenly give the main character title to someone we've already been around with for two seasons would've been an interesting twist, since Kenta had the best character development in MFB in my opinion. And yes, I know people would object to having Kenta be the next main protagonist in MFB 4D because "Kenta owns a stamina type and Gingka is a Legendary Blader who is the only one who can seal Nemesis so Kenta can't be the main protagonist, blah blah..." but honestly, I feel like Kenta earning the title as a Legendary Blader through his journey (despite his weaker skills) would've been awesome. Plus, he looked up to Gingka as a hero so that could've been his drive to want to win and become the best.
Obviously, MFB doesn't use the Burst format where they keep changing the main protagonists but if they wanted to keep Gingka for two more seasons as the main character, they should've not had his father come back until the third season to keep his drive to win more interesting.
The reason why Valt staying for two seasons worked is because Valt, despite becoming stronger, lost to Lui by the end of the first Burst season. Plus, his motivation for Beyblade Burst God (asides from just wanting to become stronger) was Shu/Red Eye, his best friend. By the time Beyblade Burst God ended, Valt had become the #1 blader and then passed on the torch to Aiga, who had his own journey.