(Jun. 07, 2021 6:46 PM)Admiral W Wrote: (Jun. 07, 2021 5:55 PM)Dark red Wrote: But, did Hearts lose his bey in the manga? From what I known, he only lost his bey in the anime. And also, there was no mention of Boa or his rank in the ANIME.
The anime and the manga use the same ranking system and unless it's disproved we have every reason to believe it holds.
Actually no, that isn't how canonicity works within material. The beyblade burst manga and anime are two similar, but ultimately separate continuities evident by the different events and factors that will only exist/occur in one continuity or the other and Hiro Morita has also acknowledged the two as separate. With this being said, different factors do not automatically translate from canon to canon since the two are not a single parallel. If the rankings are not mentioned or transcribed in the anime, then they currently do not exist within the anime canon because canonicity is not a matter of what fits into place being canon (the idea that info that doesn't contradict will exist in the universe)-that is not how it works, it is rather a matter of
confirmation. The only information that will apply to both continuities are statements from Mr. Morita himself as he is referring to both in his statements -and even then, he is very careful in what he says (so as to not contradict a particular universe by giving out a statement that only work with one or the other). Besides, even if we are to disregard the rules of canonicity there are many ways to disprove the rankings in the anime. Right off the bat, we can immediately say that Wakiya is not a legend in the anime evident by Rantaro saying ¨sort of¨ when asked if Wakiya was a legend (implying that Wakiya isnt an official legendary blader but instead someone who also has a high status and can blade at the same level, further proven by the fact that he doesn't participate in the legendary blader events) and if Wakiya is not a legend, the manga rankings are obviously invalidated.
Not bad eh?