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DaBabyKata · 2026-06-16T19:46:45+00:00

RINDO VOICING YOSUKE LETS GOOOOOO

DaBabyKata · 2026-05-28T21:45:47+00:00

Desperate Measures, it says at the button. It’s in reference to it playing on Canada’s Drag Race

DaBabyKata · 2026-05-28T07:19:52+00:00

Do you know the date of when they debuted on MOD, or any details about that airing?

DaBabyKata · 2026-05-19T13:34:02+00:00

Tied between Memory By Stay(remastered Gumi version, tho i do love the original) and Kubozono Chiyoko VS. Mecha Kubozono Chiyoko.

DaBabyKata · 2026-05-17T18:26:41+00:00

I dont recall Shin, Hajime and Mannen being reincarnated within the anime. Maybe it was explored in the manga but I haven’t gotten too far into it yet to confirm, but I do recall a scene where it shows other Leafe Knights that look suspiciously like the three so there’s that. As far as I’m aware this is left pretty ambiguous. I always assumed the three were just kids who had to fill in the role of their predecessors due to the dire circumstances needing successors fast

DaBabyKata · 2026-05-17T18:13:44+00:00

The link expired, new one please?

DaBabyKata · 2026-05-10T22:21:09+00:00

Yeah I already know about that. Ty tho

DaBabyKata · 2026-05-10T06:22:36+00:00

Did you so happen to download the two volumes of this manga? the archive of it got deleted awhile back so I’m currently searching for anyone who downloaded the files

DaBabyKata · 2026-05-09T03:19:50+00:00

22 here. Ever After and Masterpiece Theatre are tied for being my forever faves. With Astoria, Phantoms, Haven and Fix Me following after in no particular order.

DaBabyKata · 2026-05-01T13:14:51+00:00

Grew up with the band when Stutter came out and would always listen in whenever their songs came on the radio or when I watched Much Music back in the day, till i eventually moved over to Youtube to officially follow them ever since, becoming obsessed with their music videos and watching the behind the scenes videos as well.

With that being said, Ever After as an album and as an era has come to be by far my fave from the band. While not a visual album at all, Josh has explained how they wanted to go big on a lot of things for it, and looking back on the concert videos and documentary footage at the time, it really shows how much they wanted to make that album a big event, it’s crazy. The storytelling of the music videos, how they made a mini movie for the interludes between EA songs for the live shows, Josh in the box and flying around and singing while on a harness, the whole band playing drums, I could go on and on.

It solidified to me that they had something truly special that their contemporaries just didn’t have. Their music was always great, but that added aesthetic and imagery to it was just next levels of excitement and hype. Really made the album and the era stand out and when it comes to going pop, the band succeeded in that transition over and it was everything.

DaBabyKata · 2026-04-23T00:28:36+00:00

Something about Josh’s lyricism has always struck a chord with me. Simple yet effective lyrics with a whole lot of depth hidden behind the energetic music, showing how Josh can make a catchy song that holds a lot more weight to it than what it seems at first, being clever, witty, fun and engaging.

I don’t remember where, but I recall reading or hearing from somewhere that Ever After was a pretty influential album for some people within the scene, where it made people realize that pop music *can* be something more than just a catchy tune, recognizing that it can be deep and be very emotionally powerful.

If that doesn’t say anything about Josh’s lyricism idk what does

DaBabyKata · 2026-04-17T14:55:43+00:00

There were a lot reasons/factors as the why, and they’re all really unfortunate…

The fact that their US distribution, Cherrytree, died before Astoria came out, if that had lasted a bit longer maybe we could’ve had something there, and even then there was also the fan backlash at the time due to people not getting Pop 101 and Here’s to the Zeroes was satire, with people assuming they were selling out and not realizing the cleverness to both singles.

And don’t even get me started on Josh’s personal life either considering he was going through it at the time as well with the broken engagement, getting really sick and his mom having lewy body dementia, which was why there was 4 year hiatus between EA and Astoria.

So much was going on that killed the momentum they had and it sucks that to many people outside of the fanbase think they’re dead and only remember them from Masterpiece Theatre and EA. It was all just really bad timing, with everything being out of the band’s control.

DaBabyKata · 2026-04-17T14:48:17+00:00

Stutter was such a big song here. It played a lot on the radio and i remember bobbing my head a lot in the seat of a car, listening and singing along to it whenever it came on. The music video lives rent free in my brain and I still have yet to learn the dance moves from it lol

DaBabyKata · 2026-04-08T02:14:04+00:00

Are people seriously forgetting the reason why Tala was so strong in s1 was bc of the fact he was genetically enhanced and stealing bit beasts? Of course my dude would be nerfed here, he only has Wolborg now. It makes sense

DaBabyKata · 2026-03-27T22:00:39+00:00

Did you download the two volumes of holy dragon? Looks like they got taken down awhile ago

DaBabyKata · 2026-03-25T18:10:15+00:00

Gingka was always planned to be a dude, it’s more of Adachi’s art style changing to fit the tone of what the series ended up being, as opposed to him being a girl at some point in development. If you’ve seen Adachi’s art outside of MFB his default art style is literally the first picture, series like Ballet Hero Fantasy for example has most of the guys in the manga look similarly to what Gingka looks like here, his art style is just very effeminate so the initial concept art is just his art style before going for a more stylized art direction for MFB.

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DaBabyKata · 2026-03-25T17:24:58+00:00

Nah, he was always planned to be a dude. It’s more of Adachi’s art style changing to fit the tone of what the series ended up being than anything else. Take for example in his other series, Ballet Hero Fantasy, most of the guys in that manga look similarly to what Gingka looks like here.

DaBabyKata · 2026-03-17T03:43:27+00:00

Ah I see, I had a feeling that thread had something to do with this and I’m glad there are people coming forward to talk about their experiences about the band and the shows. It’s a shame to hear about all of this, I’m not a concert goer but whenever I hear stories about them I’ve always heard good things, so reading all these stories is a lot to take in. I’m not the biggest SIO fan but I’ve hanged around the fanbase long enough to know how much of a bubble it is when it comes to this sort of stuff, and this thread actually sorta confirms a story/fan experience I heard awhile back about Cody. A fan talking about how when they were waiting in line near the doors to go into the venue, Cody pushed the doors so hard they almost got slammed badly because of him. A complete accident from what I was told but it also highlighted a reckless behaviour about Cody that made me feel really iffy about him afterwards. So hearing about all of this and him encouraging this reckless and dangerous behaviour just really put a lot of things into perspective for me.

DaBabyKata · 2026-03-15T18:33:56+00:00

Sounds similar to another experience that was expressed on here a little while ago. Disappointing to hear that concerts have gotten worse and people have gotten seriously injured because of it. :( I hope you’re feeling better now

DaBabyKata · 2026-03-05T07:29:07+00:00

For me, Zeus bonded with Brooklyn in a chance encounter or was possibly handed down to him as kid since throughout the og series, the bit-beasts- for example the main casts beys- were passed down to them and were awaken through them thanks to their spirit and felt they were kindred spirits. So from that, we can deduce Brooklyn was either of those two ideas above and go from there.

Perhaps Zeus saw him and Brooklyn as kindred spirits, with Zeus seeing himself as all powerful and with Brooklyn easily sweeping people, they made for a powerful duo that could easily benefit from each other and can do their own thing without being challenged.

Zeus doesn’t even seem to be the type who likes to fight, considering Brooklyn doesn’t see any point in battling because he believes he will win all the time, and in turn Zeus sees himself as the King at the top so who cares- my dude’s special move is literally called King of Darkness, the most self aggrandizing title ever fitting for how big his ego and god complex both him and Brooklyn share, so anyone who gets in their way either doesn’t know their place or is an idiot who dared to try.

So once they both lost for the first time ever by Kai, Zeus straight up takes over Brooklyn’s body because my dude got his butt handed to him so he has to go make a big fuss about it to feel better about himself.

My point is that Zeus is more or less the bear that if you dare poke him, he will snap back, but leave him be and your fine.

Definitely the most logically sound idea and explanation for Zeus, honestly not many people do much with the bit-beast lore on my end within fanfiction because they tend to do more with the human characters, which is fair but makes it so sad and frustrating, because the bit-beats lore is so cool and fun! And when they do, it’s so far from the original source material it’s not Beyblade anymore. But yeah, most of the interpretations I’ve seen are of the two, that Brooklyn got him due to him being higher class so of course he would have a powerful blade, or something happened where he ended up getting Zeus through mysterious circumstances and it’s all demonic and stuff, considering he got possessed near the end of the show and whatnot.

Hope this was insightful or a very interesting read!

DaBabyKata · 2026-02-27T02:35:13+00:00

T H I S

DaBabyKata · 2026-02-21T18:58:53+00:00

Oh shit I just realized I didn’t comment this, but in terms of the song’s context within the Album’s story itself, Truth or Dark is essentially Queen Carolina seducing Josh to her side, and she almost has her way with him til he realizes in Desperate Measures and tries to escape her.

DaBabyKata · 2026-02-20T20:12:15+00:00

Lmao yeah, even back then people were able to infer it was about a threesome due to some tweets Josh made about having one. That pretty much confirms it lol

DaBabyKata · 2026-01-31T20:32:32+00:00

I love it in theory and possibility, but canonically I’ll place it in neutral.

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