"A Pledge with Friends" (友との誓い, Tomo tono Chikai) is the thirty-third episode of the Metal Fight Beyblade Zero-G anime. It first aired on November 17, 2012 in Japan.
"A Fated Showdown Between Rivals" (宿命のライバル対決, Shukumei no Raibaru Taiketsu; The Fated Rival Showdown) is the thirty-fourth episode of the Metal Fight Beyblade Zero-G anime. It first aired on November 25, 2012 in Japan.
Both episodes later aired as the seventeenth episode of the Beyblade: Shogun Steel anime titled "A Fated Showdown Between Rivals" alongside the sixteenth, eighteenth and nineteenth episodes Get Pumped for the Finals!, The Ultimate Emperor of Destruction: Bahamoote and A Spirit-Filled Attack! respectively as a two-hour special on November 16, 2013 in America.
Plot
Part 1
With the transition from the quarterfinals to the semi-finals, Blader Guy announces the four Bladers left in Neo Battle Bladers. Consisting of Shinobu Hiryūin with Shinobi Saramanda SW145SD, Kira Hayama with Berserker Begirados SR200BWD, Sakyo Kurayami with Dark Knight Dragooon LW160BSF and Zyro Kurogane with Samurai Ifraid W145CF. Subsequently, he details the two battles that will compromise the semi-finals that will later lead to the finals and declare the winner of the tournament. The two battles will consist of Zyro versing Sakyo with the second as Shinobu versing Kira. As the audience is loud in its cheering of its competitors, Tsubasa and Madoka are still concerned with DNA. Maru even shows them footage of some of the semi-finals battles via her laptop, trying to comfort them in their DNA scruples.
As the evening shifts to nighttime, Shinobu has come to the Bey Park along with some friends in order to undergo extensive training prior to his fight with Kira. At first, he is fighting Ren as her Thief Phoenic E230GCF battles Shinobi Saramanda. Shinobu is able to quickly unleash multiples of Saramanda and follow it up with a Special Move that he first used when defeating Yoshio in the quarterfinals. The Saramandas circled and trapped Phoenic as each Saramanda transformed into a ring of fire that was able to blow Phoenic out of the BeyStadium and much to her dismay.
Meanwhile, Zyro decides to partake some training for himself elsewhere outside of Metal Bey City. Bringing Benkei along, Zyro returns to the same area where he first had his battle with Sakyo. He had Benkei bring a wrecking ball crane with him, that is to be used for Zyro to counter and defeat. Although Benkei is very skeptical of this, not wanting to endanger Zyro's life or put any hurt on him, Zyro commands Benkei to go through with it, to which the former does, despite his dismay. As Zyro launches out Samurai Ifraid into the ginormous hole mimicking a Stadium, Benkei controls the wrecking ball to circle the hole at its edge. When Ifraid collides with the wrecking ball, it is thrown back immediately which also throws its owner back as well. Zyro does not care and stands up once more to launch Ifraid at the wrecking ball, this time intending to hold it back. While Ifraid does manage to hold the wrecking ball for a short period, it cannot hold much longer as it throws Ifraid back again. With every collision and failure that causes Zyro to be hardly thrown to the ground in hurt, Zyro comes back for another chance at trial-and-error to defeat the wrecking ball.
Back at the Bey Park, Kite tells Ren to step aside and give himself a chance at defeating Shinobu. Raised by the platform to the Zero-G Stadium, Kite launches out his Defense-Type, Guardian Revizer 160SB to test Saramanda's offensive skills. When the Beys are launched, they immediately deliver the opponent with a barrage of hits and smashes. Kite gives a short speech to Shinobu, telling him that he must defeat Kira in Neo Battle Bladers and advance to the finals at all costs. Knowing how powerful Kira truly is by experience, Kite orders Shinobu to do what he must do and defeat Kira Hayama. Shinobu, moved by the words of his friend, accepts this and acknowledges what it will mean to defeat Kira.
Elsewhere at the DNA headquarters, Yoshio is the middle of a battle with Kira. Commanding his Bandid Goreim DF145BS to deliver Berserker Begirados with one smash, as Goreim does this it is suddenly ricocheted out of the BeyStadium with no movement by Begirados. Yoshio, saddened by his lost, gives Genjūrō a turn. As Kira is as calm in his battles, Genjūrō launches Bandid Genbull F230TB to collide with Begirados but Genjūrō obtains the same result that Yoshio did. Surprised by this, he then gives a turn to Spike and his Thief Girago WA130HF. Intending to barrage Begirados with a marathon of clashes, Spike launches Girago but also faces the same result. Shocked by this, he lets Captain Arrow have a chance at combating Begirados. Launching out Archer Wyvang 145WB, Arrow immediately unleashes a tornado that stands atop of Wyvang, while simultaneously using Tornado Attack to attack Begirados. Flattered by Arrow's dogged practice, Kira chuckles when Berserker Begirados offers no movement at all and still manages to throw back the opposing Beyblade, in the form of Wyvang. Shocked and feeling what his comrades have, Ian Garcia commands the DNA Bladers, sans Yoshio and Kira to leave, and they gladly do so.
Kira then exits the Zero-G Stadium to hold his Berserker Begirados and have a short reminiscing with it. He remembers his three, other opponent in the semi-finals, Shinobu, Sakyo and Zyro. Each using a ring of fire Special Move that defeated Yoshio, an easy attack that defeated Arrow and the Burning Upper that defeated Takanosuke, respectively. A little concerned for how powerful the others are, Merci interrupts Kira's time to himself to question what Kira is thinking about. Kira reveals that although Berserker Begirados is the best Stamina-Type Beyblade ever created, he wants something more to battle with, as evident by his flashbacks to Shinobu, Sakyo and Zyro. Surprised by this, Kira drops his former Beyblade to the floor, leaving Berserker Begirados. Yoshio approaches Kira as he watched what Kira has done, asking is he is sure to leave Begirados and Kira accepts this as the two walk to the soon-to-commence Neo Battle Bladers. Selen and Argo even exchange a short discussion about Beserker Begirados, as although Selen believed Kira should have kept Begirados, Argo dismisses it because Kira will have obtained a "new Beyblade" even more powerful than the one before and that it will most likely be the most powerful Beyblade that the world have ever known.
Finally, the semi-finalists of Neo Battle Bladers have all arrived and are now ready to proceed in their battles. With the audience of the whole tournament cheering loudly in delight, Gai announces that Zyro and Sakyo shall battle first. Subsequently, Zyro and Sakyo enter the Zero-G platforms and make way for their Zero-G battle. Zyro and Sakyo are about to partake in their second battle, ever as Zyro is very dogged to defeat Sakyo following his intensive training, while Sakyo plans to do the same.
Part 2
At the signal of "3... 2... 1... Go Shoot!", Zero Kurogane and Sakyo Kurayami launch out their Beyblades to commence their semi-final match. As soon as Samurai Ifraid W145CF and Dark Knight Dragoon LW160BSF land in the Zero-G Stadium, Blader Gai notices how the two Beys are already delivering some hits. A marathon of barrages is followed as Ifraid knocks away Dragoon with a powerful blow, but Dragoon returns to deliver the same exact hit that befalls upon Ifraid. Zero intends to fight to his fiercest in this battle, commanding Ifraid to barrage-smash Dragoon, whilst Sakyo copies this command. Ifraid and Dragoon are locked in combat, presenting extraordinary smashes and smacks to each-other in this battle.
Spectating from the sidelines, Takanosuke cheers on Sakyo while Kite, Eight, Ren and Mal do the same for Zero, instead. The battle becomes more exciting with each second that passes when Sakyo brings an interesting take to the battle. Dark Knight Dragoon speeds to the top of the Stadium and then comes running down to hit Samurai Ifraid, sending it flying from the Stadium. The crowd is surprised by this until Zero manages to have his Ifraid comes crashing down in an enormous impact, but safe from a possible knock-out. This surprises Sakyo as well, and Zero decides to follow this up with his Special Move in the form of Burning Upper.
Harboring a blazing presence, Samurai Ifraid spins at high speeds to collide with Dragoon. When this collision occurs, a massive explosion escapes and affects the whole arena; with massively powerful winds that follow suit. Despite this, Sakyo is able to have Dragoon survive the assault. While the Beys begin barraging each-other once more, vortexes of winds follow through with every collision, as announced by Blader Gai. After a few more attacks, Zero plans to gain impending speed for Ifraid and allows Ifraid to circle the Stadium to do so. To counter Zero's attempt, Sakyo has Dragooon circle the Stadium but spins in a path that is greater than that of Ifraid's. With the Right-Spin Ifraid gaining speed, the Left-Spin Dragoon has foiled its plan as Dragoon begins interfering with Ifraid's circle-spin with hits, thus disrupting it and keeping it off of balance. As a result, the two forces of the two Beys' speeding have caused the Zero-G Stadium to stay flat and remove the constant swaying, something noticed by Gai.
While the two Beyblades battle it out, Benkei, Tsubasa and Madoka spectate. Madoka is given fears of the battle, seeing as how Sakyo is quite powerful, and that Zero just may not win this fight. Tsubasa, however, quickly defeats her doubts when he reminds her that Zero's hot-blooded personality and burning passion to meet Gingka Hagane will save them. Zero is a very powerful Blader, Sakyo is as well but Tsubasa believes that Zero still has a chance to claim victory in this battle, some evidence supported by how Zero has yet to have obtained a loss in Neo Battle Bladers. As Zero and Sakyo duke it out in the BeyStadium, very reminiscent to the match Gingka and Ryuga had seven years ago in the same place at the same time in the original Battle Bladers final. With Tsubasa's condolences, Madoka is relieved to have a renewed hope in Zero.
Still watching the battle, Kite, Eight, Ren and Mal continue to express their cheers for the Blader of Fire. With every Blader giving the most confident cheers to their friend, Zero is able to have heard them and takes some time to shift his focus from the current battle to his friends. Surprised, Zero is reminded by how his friends are there and are cheering for him to win the fight. Moved by this, Zero takes some moments to himself to remember the bonds he has had with his friends. From meeting Shinobu in their first battle, to the Synchrom battle of Eight and Kite and even the training to defeat Yoshio with Shinobu and Ren. Zero remembers how glad he is to have his friends with him and still there to cheer him in his battle, which greatly moved Zero.
Upon this, Zero shares a short talk with his opponent. He tells Sakyo that the bonds that he holds with his friends is keeping him from giving up, something that he never fails to achieve. All of these bonds that are held with these friendships allows him to never hold back and go past his limit to fight in even the most dreadful of fights. He tells Sakyo that he has made a mistake to not have anyone with him, instead only thinking that he could fight without the use of friends and that he shows no need for them. Putting the spotlight on Takanosuke, Zero tells Sakyo that his true friend is Takanosuke, a person who cares about Sakyo in the same way he should to Takanosuke. All along, Sakyo has just had Takanosuke as nothing more than a "Synchrom partner", just an aid to help in his training and victories. Zero tells Sakyo that he should be grateful for having a confidant in the form of Takanosuke and that the bond with him is the only strength that he may use to fight in this battle. While Sakyo seems moved by Zero's words, Zero decides to end this battle with a bang when he has Samurai Ifraid use Burning Upper again. Aiming to defeat finally defeat Sakyo after their previous battle, Samurai Ifraid is headed towards Dark Knight Dragoon. Despite this, Sakyo shows an aura of a red-like darkness that escapes his eyes to have a raging power of darkness burst out and for use with Dragoon to enslave the Samurai Ifraid. With a burst of ultimate power held by Sakyo, and the hot-blazing action of Zero, Dark Knight Dragoon and Samurai Ifraid come close to their last collision.
Immediately, a powerful explosion is let out of the BeyStadium that goes on to create extremely, high wind patterns that force the audience and spectators to cover themselves and hold on from the blow. With giant clouds of dust that are created in response to the explosion, the mist begins to clear to show a shocking scenario. The giant blow held by Ifriad and Dragoon caused the Zero-G Stadium to explode within itself, with the Zero-G Stadium destroyed to giant pieces. The remains are just shattered markings of glass that have fallen to the hard ground and reveals a Samurai Ifraid that remains in spin. Shocking everybody, including Sakyo; he is confused as to the whereabouts of his Beyblade, but he gets his answer when he finds Dark Knight Dragoon sent out of the Stadium to have become stuck to placing on a wall but to eventually come crashing down on the BeyStadium floor; Dark Knight Dragoon is now out-of-spin and has lost the battle with Samurai Ifraid.
Gai excitedly announces the outcome of the match, with Zero and Samurai Ifraid as the winner of the first match of the semi-finals in Neo Battle Bladers, which fortunately for Zero, allows him to advance to the last round of Neo Battle Bladers: the finals. While Zero is happily excited by his victory, having the audience and his friends cheering for him, with the latter glad for the outcome, Sakyo is quite the opposite. Depressed about his loss, Sakyo comes down from the Zero-G platform and begins exiting it. Takanosuke, sad about Sakyo's loss, rushes out of the audience and dashes to Sakyo. There, Sakyo notices Takanosuke with him while Takanosuke asks if Sakyo is alright. Sakyo tells Takanosuke that he does not care any much more for the battle but was able to discover something greater, and that was the realization that he had a friend, Takanosuke. Takanosuke is moved by Sakyo's words and is happy to see that Sakyo knows who his true friend is. Now treating him more than just a Synchrom partner, Sakyo now asks rather than commands Takanosuke to come with him, asking him to follow him to commit to some other training, but as friends. Happy at this, Takanosuke eagerly follows Sakyo to their next destination, albeit that Sakyo has left without his Beyblade, Dark Knight Dragoon LW160BSF.
Zero on the other hand, is shouting out at Shinobu, stating that he has won his match, and it is not time for Shinobu to win his. Accepting his friend's words, Shinobu promises to battle at his best in his fight with Kira Hayama, in the second and last part of the semi-finals of Neo Battle Bladers.
Major Events
- It is revealed that Zyro will battle Sakyo and Shinobu shall battle Kira in the semi-finals.
- Shinobu does some training before his battle with Kira.
- Zyro undergoes intense training with Benkei Hanawa to prepare for his fight with Sakyo.
- Kira does some training but becomes dissatisfied with Begirados and throws it away, wanting "something more" to battle with.
- The first match of the semi-finals of Neo Battle Bladers begins with Zero vs Sakyo.
- Sakyo learns of the power having bonds with friends can provide and accepts Takanosuke as his true friend.
- The two leave to their next destination, making Sakyo leave his Bey.
- Zero defeats Sakyo and advances to the final round of the Neo Battle Bladers.
Characters
- Zyro Kurogane
- Maru
- Shinobu Hiryūin
- Kite Unabara
- Eight Unabara
- Kira Hayama
- Blader Guy
- Sakyo Kurayami
- Genjuro Kamegaki
- Spike Bourne
- Captain Arrow
- Yoshio Iwayama
- Argo Garcia
- Ian Garcia
- Selen Garcia
- Enso Garcia
- Gingka Hagane (Flashback; Silhouette)
- Ryuga (Flashback; Silhouette)
Beyblades
- Shinobi Saramanda SW145SD (Shinobu's)
- Berserker Begirados SR200BWD (Kira's)
- Bandid Genbull F230TB (Genjuro's)
- Samurai Ifrit W145CF (Zyro's)
- Guardian Revizer 160SB (Kite's)
- Thief Phoenix E230GCF (Ren's)
- Bandit Goreim DF145BS (Yoshio's)
- Archer Wyvang 145WB (Captain Arrow's)
- Thief Zirago WA130HF (Spike Bourne's)
- Dark Knight Dragooon LW160BSF (Sakyo's) (Cameo)
- Archer Griffin C145S (Takanosuke's) (Cameo)
Synchrom
- Orojya Revizer 160SB (Eight and Kite's; Flashback) (Synchrom from: Pirates Orojya 145D and Guardian Revizer 160SB)
Featured Beybattles
- Shinobu Hiryuin (Shinobi Saramanda SW145SD) vs Ren Kurenai (Thief Phoenic E230GCF) = Shinobu and Saramanda
- Shinobu Hiryuin (Shinobi Saramanda SW145SD) vs Kite Unabara (Guardian Reviser 160SB) = No Result (Not finished onscreen)
- Kira Hayama (Berserker Begirados SR200BWD) vs Yoshio Iwayama (Bandid Goriem DF145BS) = Kira and Begirados
- Kira Hayama (Berserker Begirados SR200BWD) vs Genjuro (Bandid Genbull F230TB) = Kira and Begirados
- Kira Hayama (Berserker Begirados SR200BWD) vs Spike (Thief Zirago WA130HF) = Kira and Begirados
- Kira Hayama (Berserker Begirados SR200BWD) vs Captain Arrow (Archer Wyvang 145WB) = Kira and Begirados
- Zero Kurogane (Samurai Ifraid W145CF) vs Sakyo Kurayami (Dark Knight Dragoon LW160BSF) = Zero and Ifraid
Trivia
- This episode proves that Kira is the strongest DNA blader.
- This episode marks the second time Burning Upper has not successfully KO'd the opponent's Bey.
- Zero was able to win when using Burning Upper a second time, however.
- Despite the increment in DNA members appearing in each episode, only one member appears in this episode, being Kira Hayama.
- However, this could be argued, as Kira does not physically appear, but is shown in the artwork at the end of the episode.
- The battle between Zero and Sakyo ends with a Stadium-Out for Sakyo. However, this is not entirely true, as there was no Stadium in the aftermath of the battle, so both Bladers should have received Stadium Outs.
Errors
The Error
- In the scene where Spike Bourne proceeds to launch his Beyblade, his Bey is in the wrong place. As he is using a Zero-G Compact Launcher, his Bey should be on the underside, but is instead on the front, as if he was using a ZeroG Light Launcher. This mistake is also repeated when Genjuro Kamegaki and Captain Arrow launch their Beys.
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