The ending of G Revolution was a fantastic way to wrap up the original plastic series of Beyblade. One question still remains tho. Who won the final tie breaker between the BBA's G-Revolutions and BEGA's Justice Five? As we all know the score was 2 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw so the final match was between Tyson and Brooklyn (arguably both teams' best bladers). The battle was hard fought with Dragoon MS even evolving into Dragoon MSUV, but the final result was left ambiguous. Dragoon and Zeus flying up, while Tyson's hat and a white feather from Brooklyn's wings falling down doesn't exactly spell out who won. However, I believe Tyson was the final victor and will outlie both objective evidence and subjective opinion to make my case.
Objective Points:
Starting with perhaps the biggest one, the BBA has restarted its operations. Although much smaller in scale, the fact that the BBA is functioning means Boris' plans were thwarted and Beyblading has remained a free sport accessible to everyone. This is further supported by seeing everyone beyblading freely in front of the new BBA building (or shack lol).
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The second piece of evidence is that BEGA was said to be closed, although only in the dub. However, in both versions the BEGA HQ building was destroyed and Boris never appears again. Much like the previous point, this means his ambitions over dominating the Beyblading world have failed, which indirectly proves his Justice Five team lost the match, thus Brooklyn lost the tie breaker.
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The third piece of evidence is in the sub exclusive final montage at the end of the episode, where we actually see Brooklyn training and putting in effort for the first time. Of course, this makes no sense unless he's yearning for victory, which is thematically appropriate after his second loss and serves as a way to solidify the theme that hard work always beats raw talent.
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The final objective point is how well... technically it was a draw according to the original rules of the tournament. What I mean by that is since the stadium was destroyed and by end both Zeus and Dragoon were spinning on the dirt, technically the result was a double stadium out. The reason why I left this point to the end is because it's objectivity is under a grey area. Rules regarding stadium outs have been ignored or changed mid-battle numerous times before such as Kai vs Zeo in V-Force and Tyson vs Kai's last on-screen match in G Revolution. This suggests that a grandiose battle who's significance is beyond average is allowed to switch from stadium out rules to sleep out/last spinning rules, depending on it's level of importance. Hence, although the battle should have ended in a draw according to the tournament's original rules, it was allowed to continue in order to establish a clear victor and decide the fate of Beyblade. On a side note, by that logic Rey got done dirty considering the way he lost to Crusher was through a stadium out, while Crusher's Gigars shattered immediately after.
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Subjective Points:
Dragoon evolved so protagonist plot armor dictates a power up must result in a victory to establish the new power as legitimate. This means that although Dragoon MS was more or less an already formidable match to Zeus, the evolution to Dragoon MSUV (literally dubbed the Ultimate Version) is virtually impossible to lose in it's debut battle.
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In this post's introduction I did say it was Tyson's hat that came down from the sky along with Brooklyn's white feather. However, the feather may have been by the dove that flies across right after (which is possibly the same white bird as the one in the final Japanese opening and the one that took a fat dump on Boris' forehead in a scene exclusive to the sub) and not by Brooklyn, who was only shown to have black wings in the material world. This could suggest Tyson is the winner as when both blades fly up, only his item comes back down. On the other hand, the feather could still be Brooklyn's as the dove flies from the bottom of the screen. This is a different direction than the one the feather falls from, which was clearly the same position Zeus flew in. Moreover, the shift from black to white wings clearly represents Brooklyn's improved state of mind and suggests he finally finds his true blader spirit by discarding his evil self. The same evil self that is clearly separated from his good self in his own mind.
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That being said, another trope of long running stories is having a villain become weaker when he ceases to be a villain. Think of Pegasus from Yugioh, Gaara from Naruto or even Beyblade's own Tala/Yuriy. When a previous antagonist discards their villainy and gains a certain sense of morality, their actions become more noble and are less willing to cross the same boundaries they did before, which in many cases results in them becoming weaker. Even if Zeus returning as the symbolic white feather signifies Brooklyn's nature shifting from malicious to serene, his power as a blader is likely somewhat decreased.
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Evidence against Tyson winning exist too, though not as
conclusive and in my opinion not as substantial. The first one is when (in the
dub) Hiro says Brooklyn's "beyblade spirit is stronger than his [Tyson's]
will ever be" before he goes on a complete rampage. This is just the case
of a mistranslation/misinterpretation of what is being said, as in the sub he
only mentions Brooklyn has a "passionate Beyspirit" and never
insinuates it's greater than Takao's.
The final point of contention could be the fact that Tyson seemingly won only because he used the power of others to make his blade evolve one last time, but defeating the main villain through the power of friendship is a trope as old as the shounen genre itself. A recurring theme is the repetitive reinforcing of the belief that power achieved through teamwork is superior to power achieved from loneliness, therefore I don't see it as a fair criticism.
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In conclusion, I believe the final combination of both the objective and subjective examples serves as proof that Tyson/Takao won against Brooklyn despite the lack of a clear ending. This also means that by beating the strongest version of Brooklyn, he is technically the best blader of the plastic gen series (as much as that pains me to admit as a huge Kai fanboy), though Kai is also at a comparable level. So yeah, all the evidence spells out a W for Tyson, making him the winner in my book. Lateeeeer 🐦
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