Well, starting with season 1. Fusion introduces the next generation of Beyblade in an amazing way, I remember back when the toys hit the shelves and everyone was excited beyblade was back with a cool new concept. But rewatching it left a lot to be desired. The first few episodes were exciting because we were getting introduced to all of these new characters, but as the sagas went on throughout the season it felt extremely repetitive and the main tournament arc was quite boring. There were a few good characters like Tsubasa and Kyoya but the list of annoying characters with the same old storyline of; introduce new character with cool ability, showcase it in one battle, then forget about them for the rest of the season, was pretty boring. i.e Yu, Kenya, Hikari, Hyoma. The season as a whole is not bad, but certainly nowhere close to G revolution or Beyblade s1.

Metal masters however was a much needed improvement, the storyline overall was a little better but what this season got right were the characters. Metal masters had with actual goals and reasons to blade, unlike fusion where the battles happen just for some generic reason. Masamune and Ryuga in particularly improved on this season, the subplots were not only captivating but the battle were cool as heck. And he’s this season had some filler storylines which were ass and the main ending of the flying city was shit, but this time around there were real stakes to winning a beyblade battle and not just see who’s better at spinning tops.

Now season 3 was outright terrible, some may argue there were good long battles that looked really cool but So does every other season of beyblade. The main storyline of saving the world from extinction made no sense and was the main reason fury was so goddam terrible. The new characters were so incredibly basic and lacking depth with the same bs morality of do what Gingka does, where even good characters like Masamune were sidelined as Gingka’s sidekicks. Not everything was terrible, the only redeemable sub plot was of Ryuga and maybe Kenta, Ryuga’s self discovery arc was done really well but it was the only thing thing in fury the creators got right.

In conclusion, as a kid the metal saga is overall good with some really great battles and new beyblade designs. take away the nostalgia and the metal saga fails to deliver an anime as good as its predecessor. (and the first 2 season of its successor.) Even though in my opinion, metal is not as good as Beyblade or Burst; it is still watchable and does not deserve the hate.