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I love how Beyblade just seems like a lighthearted game themed anime for kids but then they give the 12 year olds psychological trauma and reveal Beyblades have been linked to war crimes.
Gonna procrastinate by making a list of the differences in the Bakuten Shoot Beyblade manga from the anime that I can think of at the top of my head.
Warning!!!
Spoilers for those who haven't read it. 🙏🏻
1. Pacing
In the anime each season takes place over three years with each season representing a world tournament. The Manga only takes place over a year with events in V-Force being the preliminaries for the second world tournament. This discounts Rising which takes a place a year after the original Beyblade manga concluded.
2. Hiro and Dragoon
Hiro is introduced way earlier on and Hiro is the one that gives Tyson/Takao dragoon, which was extracted from a rock in Bai Hu Zu village, which brings a whole load of questions about the bit-beasts.
3. Bit-Beasts
As I said previously, all the bit-beasts are sealed in a rock in a cave in Bai Hu Zu village, I know they kind of touched on it in V-Force but they're isn't really any explanation to how anyone other than Takao has one. Takao's dad works on site at Bai Hu Zu so that explains how Hiroshi gave Dragoon to Takao but how did everyone else get one? Who knows...
Also not a lot of bit-beasts are actually in the manga, only a select few.
4. Rei and Bai Hu Zu
After the Japanese qualifier, Hiroshi takes the gang to Bai Hu Zu Village, this is where Takao meets little lion man, Rai is also able to smell that Takao is from Japan, mad skill. Rei and Rai's beef is different, Rai's just frustrated about Rei leaving to join another team, Rei's the strongest blader in his village and he just ups and leaves, Rai is valid in feeling betrayed.
Rei's personality is all over the place in the anime but in the manga he stays consistently an aloof lay-about who just seems to eat, sleep and fight (just like a cat).
Kiki also seems to have a verbal tick in the manga "keek keek" which I wish was included in the anime because it's cute.
Master Tao is also introduced on this visit.
5. All Stars
Michael is actually a really sweet guy even though he's still full of himself. Michael helps Takao stop blade thieves from steeling kids beyblade after mistaking Takao for one of the thieves, he then helps defeat the gang of thiefs. Max doesn't get bullied by the All Stars and Judy is a better mum. I don't know why the anime made them so mean.
Rick has a complete different backstory, I don't know how to explain my surprise when I read that he grew up on a farm, his personality is pretty much the same though, he's also canonically the oldest out of all the beybladers (excluding Hiroshi) at 16, meaning everyone else is younger than 16. Rick's dad gets introduced way before Rei's dad does, Rei's parents are only mentioned in Rising. Daichi also ends up on Rick's farm after sneaking into the back of Rick's dad's truck to eat his supply (little shit he is).
6. Daichi
Daichi doesn't wear shoes in the manga at all, and that bothers me. He also has his own little journeys and arcs where he meets manga exclusive characters.
7. Borg/Blitzkrieg/Demolition Boys
Borg are introduced in between getting back from China and before they go to America and they are crazy. Basically they show up at Taro's (Max's dad's) hobby shop to take everyone hostage, including Rei who's sleeping. Yuriy demands to fight the number one blader in Japan which is Takao, Takao shows up and Yuriy annihilates him. Takao does a big cry which earns him a punch from Kai, Yuriy goes back to the Abbey feeling pleased with himself only to be torn down by Volkov who points out a crack in Wolborg, Yuriy then gets back in the chopper to f*ck things up once more.
Borg are not involved in the first world tournament, the ones to beat are the Euro team but I'll get to them. They gatecrash the tournament, then go on to round up all the bladers onto the chopper to take them to god knows where and all the adults just let it happen. They end up on a Battle Royal style island where they are attacked by loads of abbey foot soldiers.
Boris doesn't fight Rei, that's actually Sergej. Rei wins and Yuriy straight up is like "die" to sergej. He launches his blade at Sergej, causing Sergej to fall off the cliff they are on, luckily Rei saves him. Boris actually fights Kai with a bunch of shock troops, Max steps in to help Kai whilst Takao takes on Yuriy.
Yuriy and the other Russians aren't loyal to Volkov like they are in the anime, Yuriy is more sadistic, less caring of order, he doesn't recognise the other borg members as his allies, which is incredibly sad because if you know Yuriy lore you'd know he wasn't always this way. He's more violent and doesn't get turned into an android lol. After Takao beats Yuriy, Yuriy challenges Takao to a rematch in a month's time, when that time comes, Ozma from the St Sheild's beats Yuriy and takes Wolborg.
Boris is less sadistic, less violent, he just does what Yuriy does.
8. Euro Team/Majestics
The Majestics are in the tournament, Kai gets beat pretty badly by Ralph, also the Majestics are the only ones aside from the main four that all bit-beasts are shown. Ralph's beyblade is like a transformer too which is pretty cool. When Borg hijack the tournament The Majestics stay behind as they saw no honor in battling Borg lmao. Ralph doesn't destroy beys like he does in the anime as that would be dishonorable. Giancarlo is floozyless.
9. Fernandez Twins
Raul and Julia are not circus entertainers, like the Majestics they come from a wealthy, influential family. Takao seeks out the man who created beyblades to help him improve his own beyblade and the man turns out to be the twins grandfather. I don't remember Romero being mentioned in the manga.
10. Barthez Battalion
In the G-Revolution segment, the contestants are given a new piece for their bey which will make it more powerful, however if you can't handle the new power you'll turn evil. Everyone is fine except Barthez Battalion, who turn evil and resort to cheating (much like their anime counterparts). Barthez is only in one panel in the manga.
11. Leon Zagart
Leon isn't a robot in the manga, he's the younger of two brothers, his older brother, Zeo was took out by Truck-Kun (he was run over by a truck). Causing their father Dr Zagart, to develop an obsession with resurrecting his son by using the four sacred bit-beasts. Leon tries steeling them to get daddies approval.
Volkov works for Zagart in the manga.
12. St. Sheild's and Team Psykick
As I said previously, Ozma is introduced fighting Yuriy, where he beats him and takes Wolborg. Ozma says someone as evil as Yuriy shouldn't have a sacred beast. Takao doesn't struggle as bad with defeating Ozma as he does in the anime. Team Psykick are Australian, Kane starts off evil then becomes good, unlike the anime, where he's good but becomes corrupt. Salima and Marriam don't have any lines with the main four boys so there's no weird, romantic tension with Max and Rei.
13. Kai
Kai is probably the most different in the manga, he has no ties to Russia whatsoever, he's Japanese born and bread, he has a mum called Misaki and a dad called Susumu, Susumu is Soichiro's son. Susumu loves engineering beyblades, he shared this hobby with Kai which they bonded over. Soichiro wasn't happy about this, he's not cartoonishly evil like he is in the anime but he is controlling and manipulative. He didn't agree with how Susumu was raising kai so he gave Susumu an ultimatum; beyblade or his family. Susumu chooses beyblade and walks out. This devastated Kai, Kai deals with this by swearing vengeance on all beyblades.
Susumu is gone for three years by the way and it doesn't explain where he was either, however he is the director of the BBA. During the regional championship Soichiro tries to stop the battle between Kai and Takao but Susumu finally stands up to his dad to tell him to leave Kai alone.
Kai's less emotional in the manga, he doesn't have as much character growth, but as I pointed out, the manga takes place over a year and he's like 12. He's weirdly obsessed with having power but this is probably Soichiro's influence. He doesn't have a sewey-woowy moment in the Russian wilderness, and he's not as kind or as flowery as he is in the anime.
He's more bitter towards Takao, Takao is supposedly two year's younger, he's beat Kai and he's beat opponents that Kai struggled to beat. He takes this out on Takao by being a crappy friend to him, Takao never gives up on him though. During the second world tournament Kai refuses to battle anyone but Takao at his best so Kai pretty much snubs Rei by not battling him, leaving Yuriy to beat everyone himself.
The series ends with Kai once again getting owned by Takao. The battle conclusion wasn't actually shown but in Rising it's shown that Takao and Daichi did win the tournament, however Kai beats Takao in an unofficial match.
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