Beyblade Burst QuadDrive and Philosophy.
Part 1: Rashad Goodman
Looking only at the quad drive episodes that have been released on YouTube, we can see one thing that differentiates Rashad from any other character. His advice for getting stronger was, quite literally, to throw away your partner. Bladers like Valt, Aiger, Dante, Bel, Shu, Phi, Xavier, Delta, and pretty much all other high ranked bladers agree: the key to power is your bond with your bey. Rashad, however, doesn’t seem to care about this. He picked Valtryek as a partner because it’s the strongest, not for any bond he feels with it, despite Valt’s warnings that a bond is an important part of blading. A key thing to note is that he didn’t just tell Bacharach to evolve or upgrade his bey, as would be the conventional wisdom. He says to “toss it away.” He seems to view beys not as partners, but as tools. A piece of equipment for a sport and not one of the main players.
Part 2: Free vs Bel
An interesting comparison between Free and Bel is that Free wins and treats it as a loss, while Bel loses and treats it as a win. After his victory against Bel, free doesn’t seem like a blader who just won. It was a close enough battle that, despite objectively doing well, Free seems to view it as a failure(mood). Bel, on the other hand, is consistently looking at losses through the lens of a victory. “We may have lost, but it’s only because the other team was stronger than us. If we get stronger, we’ll win, so we basically already won”. This… is a really good way of looking at things. Good job Bel.
