Lots of people seem to think lots of things in DB are random, I disagree personally. The Tour was not that big of a surprise since we usually get an event mid season. (Battleship Cruise, Battle Journey, Legends Festival). The events of the Tour further established Rashad, had Lui’s return, and led directly into Dangerous Belial. All of these things are to be expected, Evolution around episode thirty, Rashad cementing himself in the Blading World for future arcs, and Lui’s return since he was most definitely getting a new Beyblade.
After the events of the last arc the Team Battle is a pretty natural progression since it delves into Rashad’s change. We see him fleshed out as the Supreme King, we see his rivalry with Valt begin which leads into a later event, and we get more focus into Basara’s relationship. We know Valt upgrades as the result of his big battle, however Basara’a situation also makes sense. Since he was previously a good guy he will probably return to being one by the end of the series, so it makes sense that their relationship got focus so this development can happen later.
The only thing that was out of left field was Payne, but I’d argue that it actually helped strengthen the narrative. Payne motives should have been expanded upon imo, however the entire situation further explored Rashad’s character, which is a good thing imo since he’s a very important character. After this we get more Basara focus, which makes sense since as I explained before, he will most likely change sides since that’s a pretty obvious and natural character development, so having their relationship be brought up again would make sense.
If these things are apparently so obvious, I think it would help for me to predict what I think will happen next. I think Basara will leave Rashad. Ilya will too since she doesn’t like how serious he’s getting, since he’s working harder to provide what Basara brought to the table. With no close allies left he will start questioning if he wants to still be the Supreme King. From here either Valt or Bell will battle Rashad (I’m leaning towards Valt) and beat him. This would lead into Rashad finally stopping his reign. Then a series of battle would take place, maybe some rematches.
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