Beyblade: Metal Fusion S1 E48

## Plot

Doji is impressed that Phoenix managed to survive, and says he should've stayed to finish him off. Kenta and Hyoma wonder what he's talking about. He and Phoenix battle. Meanwhile, the fight between Reiji and Ginga continues. In the end, Ginga is able to defeat Reiji, and Madoka tells him about Kenta, Hyoma, and Yu. Phoenix is able to defeat Doji, and he once again expresses regret over not finishing him off in Koma Village. Before he can say anything else, the damage from the battle causes shards of a large chandelier to fall. Phoenix saves Hyoma and Kenta from it, but one shard strikes his mask, which causes it to break, right as Madoka and Ginga arrive. He takes off his mask, revealing himself to be… Ryo Hagane, Ginga's father. Naturally, Ginga has a pretty emotional reaction to the news. At first, he's angry that his dad disguised himself as Phoenix, then sad over him not coming to see him right away, then just plain emotional over reuniting with him. Ryo apologizes for what he did, but they have to rescue Yu right now. From the stadium, Ryuga sees part of the HQ smoking from Doji and Ryo's battle, and leaves. Kyoya and Benkei see Ginga, Kenta, Madoka, Hyoma, Yu, and Ryo in the hallway. In a private room, everyone sets Yu down to rest, and Ginga demands the truth from his father, like hiding the fact that he's alive by becoming Phoenix. He agrees to tell them that, but first, he has to explain Beyblade's history. Long before Koma Village was founded, a meteorite fell onto that spot. The one that made the Green Hades. That wasn't the only meteorite that fell onto the Earth though. That one fell to an unknown spot, and an evil power was hidden within it. It was used to create L-Drago. It absorbed people's negative feelings of desire, rage, and hatred, and turned them into dark power. It was able to control the world of warfare. As time passed, it went from person to person. Throughout the centuries, it stored up power and changed shape, and became the L-Drago they know today. That darkness came from the greed in people's hearts, and in order to defeat it, they have to face it with the light of hope. When people heard about L-Drago, they used a fragment of their own meteorite to create a pure bey of light and hope, which became the basis for all the beys today, due to L-Drago being defeated and locked away, which is why it's the only left rotating bey in existence. Somehow, Ryo survived the cave-in, and was pulled out by Hokuto, the talking dog. He wanted to go get help for him, but he refused, saying that it was better if the Dark Nebula thought he was dead. And yes, they really do say dead. It's about time! Ginga left Koma Village, and Ryo didn't want to tell him the truth, saying that this was a good chance for him to improve his skills as a blader. Hokuto rightfully pointed out that it wasn't exactly the best parenting method. Ryo admits that he's not proud of it, but thinks it's the best thing he can do for him right now. He had to stay hidden so the Dark Nebula wouldn't notice him, and focused on recovering from his injuries. Meanwhile, Doji breaks out of the chandelier shards. He's heavily injured though, and has clearly lost it after finding out that Ryo was alive this whole time. After Ginga lost to Ryuga the first time, he returned to Koma Village. Ryo's wounds had finally healed around this time, but instead of revealing himself, he pretended to be a ghost and encouraged Ginga to keep fighting. He says that much of Ginga's success on his journey is because he met all his friends and rivals. Ginga has to be the one to beat L-Drago, because of all the bonds he's made with his friends, who love beyblading as much as he does. Once Ryo was certain of that, he chose to hide behind a mask. Sometimes he helped them, like saving Tsubasa, and other times he became another obstacle to overcome, like when he destroyed Ginga's point counter. It was another test, but Benkei points out that because of that, Ginga might not have even made it into Battle Bladers at all. Ginga says if someone loses, they should just stand back up again, which is what he did. Benkei echoes my thoughts by pointing out that no, Ryo isn't exactly Dad of the Year. Still not as bad as Jacques, but nowhere near Ghira or Taiyang levels of awesome dad material. Ginga vows to carry their blader's spirits and feelings of friendship with him as he fights L-Drago, but Kyoya reminds him that he's fighting Ryuga first. He claims that bonds of friendship mean nothing to him, and that his whole journey was to defeat Ginga. Ugh, I hate these "hide my real feelings and/or lie because I'm a tough, mysterious bad boy" type of guys. Anyways, Doji runs into Ryuga, and says he'll make sure to kill Ryo this time, and bring Ryuga more energy. However, Ryuga says that won't be necessary, and uses L-Drago to absorb his strength too. It looks like it kills him, but later on it's revealed that he survived somehow.