So after Boris’s return in episode 32 we continue the Bega Arc with episode 33. Now in this episode I have a few changes more specifically with the battle between Crusher and Tyson, to put it bluntly I hate it. However lets not get ahead of ourselves and let me just summarize the events of this episode before we get to the changes.
Now as I said last time to Tyson and Co. This is a shock but in my version of G-Revolution that takes place after my version of V-Force that doesn’t exist yet, for the viewing audience its a revelation but we see him working behind the scenes orchestrating the events of V-Force, but they invite Team BBA into the head quarters and shows them around, Max, Kenny even Daichi are impressed with the technological advancements, Tyson on the other hand isn’t so easy to please. So he starts questioning Boris about Bega, about Mr Dickinson and like a good politician Boris is giving all the right answers. Eventually he breaks down and tells a story about how he saw kids in Russia blading and it reminded him of Team BBA so he turned over a new leaf.
Tyson can tell this is bullshit well he suspects it at least and goes ham on Boris which awakens a sleeping bear in Crusher who breaks up the shit show by literally lifting Tyson by his collar which….You don’t do that to the 3 time world champion show some respect Crusher!! Crusher then challenges Tyson and the battle begins.
Battle: Crusher vs Tyson
Now this battle had all the makings of a classic, it had Swing Low playing in the background, they did a great job in building up Crusher as this powerhouse and the character development about his sister and how passionate he is. That is where my compliments end, the rest of the battle just sucks.
So both Dragoon and Gigars launch into the stadium filled with these Pillars and Crushers blade is remarkably slow, Tyson is easily able to evade this blade and thinks nothing of it. So he calls Dragoon to attack and Crusher is easily able to repel Dragoon, now in the original it just repels Dragoon into a pillar. In my version Gigars doesn’t only repel Dragoon, it sends it through one of the pillars. Fortunately Dragoon is able to hang on and this forces Tyson into defensive having no other option to run away using his speed.
Thanks to Dragoons evasiveness Gigars goes flying towards a Pillar but due to its strength its able not only to knock over the pillar but reduce it to dust like a bulldozer marching through a building, a immovable object destroying another.
Towards the end of the battle Gigars is able to connect with Dragoon and push it effortlessly towards another Pillar which it proceeds to grind Dragoons GTs attack ring with the friction from the Pillar. This is where Tyson finds out Crushers motive for Blading and why he has so much power to begin with.
Now from here Tyson suddenly finds the strength to push Gigars out of the stadium easily. I hate this, now from a Blading stand point Dragoon is an attack type Beyblade, however there are levels to attack power. I’ll give you an off topic example I used to train in Muay Thai, does that mean I can go and fight a world champion kick boxer? Fuck no.
The same rule applies here, we see that Gigars throughout this battle has more attack power than Dragoon so it makes no sense for Tysons sudden comeback, if they wanted Tyson to defeat Crusher they should have made it a battle of wits. They did this same thing in season 1 with Tysons battle with Steve by grinding Dragoon against his blade he was able to gradually slow down Steven like a bull and force his blade of balance. In the end it was his skills that allowed him to win that battle, whilst this may seem similar it isn’t. Dragoon is being grinded against the pillar sustaining more and more damage by the second, this exact sequence closely resembles his final battle with Ozuma in V-Force. Where because of the Bit-beast concept made sense as to why he was able to turn the tables, since they nerfed Bit-beasts entirely in G-Revolution they can’t use this excuse for such a sudden comeback through strength.
So my version has one slight change as we see Crushers blade has a Bit-beast in Gigars, and we see how much power his blade does have. However Tyson is able to win this battle through his adaptivity and his experience of handling a Bit-beast. We have seen several times in the series that the sacred beasts do take a mental and physical toll on the users that control them, heck Team Psychic went bat out insane and Wyatt even died. They aren’t toys to be controlled and played with, we know Crusher is a relatively new Beyblader so whilst Boris helped him develop the skills to succeed. He isn’t experienced in handling a Bit-beast and this is where his downfall comes into play.
So, Gigars is grinding Dragoon GT into the Pillar, just when Crusher thinks hes won Tyson calls upon the Power of Dragoon, with the Sacred Beast now released from its Blade, Dragoon GTs strength becomes rejuvenated. Easily being able to overpower Crushers Gigars, due to Crushers inexperience both as a Blader and a Bit-beast wielder he has zero time to react and succumbs to the ferocity of Dragoon, with the Galaxy Turbo Twister Tyson sends Gigars airborne and out of the stadium.
As Crusher falls to his knees feeling the sting of defeat, Tyson shows the damage to his blade to Kenny and due to the passion of Crusher there is doubt in Tysons mind that Boris is still the same evil dude he knew 2 years prior. He doesn’t trust him, however he shakes his hand in a new beginning.
Result: Tyson overpowers Crusher.
The ending scene now cuts to Russia, the former Abbey specifically. The camera takes you down a hallway to a room with a TV. Residing in the room Team Borg watch the broadcast and the shot of Tyson and Boris shaking hands in anger. Tala now finding it his duty to defeat Boris leads the other members of Team Borg, they are heading back to Japan to settle this for good.
Now the next part I will be covering episode 35, as just like episode 31, 34 is perfect for the most part. The slice of life is very enjoyable and as a long time Beyblade fan its cool to see the White Tiger X members lives in present time than just flashbacks used to drive a rivalry. The only nitpick I have is having Ray and Mystels battle the way it was, I like how Ray saves Mystel, as thats good character portrayal but the only reason they did this was because they didn’t want to make either Bladers look weak. But anyway the important part of this episode was Mystel telling Ray that Tyson has joined a new organization known as Bega and in disbelief Ray travels back to Japan to find out whats going on.
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