Beyblade: Metal Fury S3 E6

## Plot

The kids contact their friends from the World Championships, but there are no awakened legendary bladers in Europe, Russia, or China. Masamune's bey hasn't evolved, but when he finds out about legendary bladers, he becomes determined to be one and says he'll train even harder. Ryo tells Kenta that he also has a chance of becoming a legendary blader, so he shouldn't lose hope. However, if I may lodge a small complaint. This show already has *so many characters*. Instead of creating new ones for this season to have the power of the star fragment, I think it would be better if the power went to older characters from the first two seasons, who already have established personalities, plus the audience is already familiar with them. The kids wonder if Yu or Tsubasa were chosen, but no one knows where they are, because they left on a special training journey at the end of season 2. Ryo knows something about Tsubasa, but he doesn't tell the kids. Hikaru and Yuki have determined that a piece of the star fragment fell on a tiny island. The kids wonder if Kyoya will go with them on their journey, since he's a total loner. Yuki wonders what kind of person he is, because he refused to help him before. Ginga tells him that Kyoya may be self-centered and rough, but he's got a heated bey spirit just like the rest of them. After they leave to get ready for their journey, it's revealed that Tsubasa heard the whole thing. Ryo tasks him with searching the rest of the world for legendary bladers, as well as improving his own skills, since he could be one too. Kenta doesn't mind leaving town at all, because he wasn't able to go with the others during the World Championships, but he's along for the ride this time. Yuki admits that he's envious of the bond that he and Ginga share. The others tell him that he's one of them now. They're all friends. Before they can leave, they run into Johannes again. Ginga battles him, but has a much harder time than earlier. Before he can use his best move, Kyoya shows up and stops him, telling him not to show his best move to an amateur. Johannes disappears again, having learned that both Ginga and Kyoya have awakened as legendary bladers, and Ginga refused to join him to help his master revive Nemesis. Kyoya agrees to travel with the others in order to defeat the other legendary bladers so he can finally defeat Ginga. They arrive in a village on the remote island, but most people there don't like outsiders, especially if they're bladers. They do meet one girl on the island who has a bey. Her name is Salla. Madoka examines her bey and tells her that combining it with the spin track she has gives it poor balance, so she shortens the track and changes the performance tip. Kenta battles with her and gives her tips. Ginga thinks their only hope of connecting to the village is through her. Kyoya just wants to find the legendary blader. He leaves, and Benkei follows him. The others are hungry, so Salla decides to get them some food, but her father finds them. He agrees to let them stay for dinner. They find out that two weeks ago, an outsider came to the island to practice blading on sacred ground, and ever since then, the howling of a beast can be heard coming from the mountain. The other villagers think that the dragon god is angry, and that's why they hate bladers now. Salla's father confirms that a light fell from the sky on that spot a little while ago, and it caused the volcano to become active again. He agrees to shelter the kids for the night, but asks them not to interfere and make things worse. They sneak out and head up to the volcano, with Salla guiding them. Kyoya and Benkei reach the top, and realize that there's one strong blader they all forgot to consider: Ryuga. His bey has been transformed into L-Drago Destructor. The others get there… and see L-Drago easily defeat Leone, which knocks Kyoya out. Remind me again why I decided to summarize so many episodes all at once? I've only done the first two! I still have to do the second half! Why? And of course Mother's Day was the next day, so I had to go on a two mile walk with my mom, and the summer semester started the day after that, *and* I had to tutor my sister in math. At least real tutors actually know what they're doing, and I imagine they get paid more than I did. Anyway, the others tell Ryuga that they're not here to fight him. Yuki tells him about Nemesis and the star fragment, but Ryuga doesn't believe him. He thinks his bey transformed because of his own power. Even if it is true, he thinks it has nothing to do with him. Ginga agrees to battle him, but if he wins, then Ryuga has to cooperate with them. However, even with his bey's new strength, he still loses and is knocked out. At least Kyoya is conscious again. They've barely scratched the potential of the power of their beys, whereas Ryuga has, at least enough to unlock his new special move. They can't just count on the raw power of their beys to win a battle. Ryuga starts to leave, but Yuki refuses to let it end like this, and says *he'll* fight him. If he wins, then Ryuga will lend them his strength. Amazingly, Mercury Anubius is still spinning after the first hit. No matter how many times Yuki gets knocked down, he keeps getting back up again, and refuses to give up, even when the others tell him to stop. Suddenly, he and his bey start glowing, and Mercury Anubius changes its color. Ginga remembers what he said about the star fragment speaking to him, and everyone realizes that he's also a legendary blader. Despite this, Ryuga still defeats him, but at least he's not knocked out like the other two. Seeing him awaken makes Ryuga believe them now. However, he only thinks about becoming stronger, so he decides to defeat Nemesis and the other legendary bladers himself, and leaves. The next day, Kyoya is still angry that he lost, and is destroying things in the forest. Ginga tells him to stop. He hates losing too, but Ryuga taught him something in defeat. After their beys evolved, they were called legendary bladers. Ginga thinks he became full of himself and overconfident after he heard that, even though he hadn't mastered using his new Pegasus yet. A true legendary blader is someone who can completely control their bey, like Ryuga. They decide to go through special training and battle each other. Kenta wonders why he can't become a legendary blader, and wonders if he's just not trying hard enough. He agrees to battle Yuki, since he awakened when he battled Ryuga. Salla sees them battle on the beach. Anubius easily defeats Sagittario, multiple times, montage style. They even have appropriate music! Salla's father offers them shelter again, since he did promise that they could stay until the next boat arrived. Yuki thinks they should go to all the big tournaments around the world, since that's what someone with the skill and power of a legendary blader would do. Until they know where to go, they'll train, and Yuki asks to join Ginga and Kyoya. Kenta is upset that he isn't even good enough to be Yuki's practice partner. Benkei talks to him that night. He wants to fight alongside Ginga and the others, and thinks he should've been good enough to become a legendary blader too. Benkei says he'll become a legendary blader one day too, and fight alongside his hero, Kyoya. He admits that he probably doesn't have the power of the star fragment anyway, but there's no point in getting upset about it. The only thing they can do is put all their effort into what they can do now. Benkei has to believe that his bey has the power of the star fragment. If he works hard, then someday it will respond to his feelings. Kenta wonders if putting his best effort into what he can do now is enough. He trains by himself the next day. Salla says he's really good, even if his bey isn't that strong. Sagittario is strong, just not in comparison to the bey of a legendary blader. Before Kenta and Salla can battle each other, the volcano erupts. Ryuga may have left, but it's still active because of the battles the others had with him, creating a huge disturbance. They head to the village. Kenta and Salla try to get there, but the path is blocked by huge boulders and fire. Ginga, Kyoya, and Yuki save the villagers by destroying the boulders before they hit the ground. Kenta is able to use his bey to break apart a boulder, but Sagittario is damaged after breaking it. He and Salla inhale some smoke, but otherwise they're fine and make it back to the village safely. Salla reunites with her father. However, I would like to point out that Kenta thought to himself that if he couldn't even save one little girl, then there's no way he could become a legendary blader. Kenta, I love you, and I consider you one of my favorite characters in the entire franchise, and I know you're only ten or something, but what the hell?! You should save Salla because she's your friend and it's the right thing to do, not to prove your worth to a meteorite! He gets back in time to see Ginga, Kyoya, and Yuki combine their powers to change the course of the lava and divert it into the ocean, saving the village and everyone's lives. Kyoya even *smiles* and high fives Yuki! After seeing that awe-inspiring display of power, Kenta realizes that he might not become a legendary blader after all, and wonders what to do. He decides to leave the group. He thinks he'll just slow them down if he stays with them. He knows the others don't think of him like that, but he also knows that if he stays he'll just end up cheering Ginga on like usual, and that's not enough for him this time. He doesn't want to be a cheerleader. He wants to find something that only he can do, in order to help the others. Surprisingly, Ginga tells him that he understands, and that he better come back to them when he figures out what that something is. They all see him off on a boat, leading into one of my favorite episodes of the series, Kenta's Determination, which is basically *Zuko Alone* for little kids, but it's still fantastic.

## Review

This really is my favorite season of the show, but there are still certain things that bug me about it. I understand why everyone would want to be a legendary blader, but it takes away from the uniqueness of Kenta's arc if it's everyone else's obsession too. Also, these guys are *dumb*. There may only be four awakened bladers so far, but *all of them* had a bright light fall on their beys, so any character that didn't experience something like that is automatically **not** a legendary blader, so all of these other characters are getting their hopes up for nothing. Kenta may not appear in many episodes this season, but I still think it's his.