Yeah, real quick, Multi didn't create Dran Sword so my bad on that mistake lol. Edit: I wanna quickly say, I was originally gonna say 13 protagonists that included both Bird and Multi. To me, I consider Team Persona as protagonists but I got comments on my last beyblade videos and also while looking up the protagonist of X and what people thought, I came to the conclusion that between Team Persona, Ekusu is the main one that the story mostly revolves around and he drives the story forward more than Multi and Bird. Just because a certain character gets more development doesn't mean they're the protagonist. So ultimately, in the end, that's why I chose to exclude both Bird and Multi and just Ekusu as the main protagonist. Seeing comments on this video and thinking about it more, to me, I consider Team Persona as protagonists. Edit 2: Look, when I looked up the name, it was written as Ekusu so I just pronounced it the way I saw it 🤣
@@xullman8095 no, it doesn't. Story's can feature a protagonist with whatever perspective they like. The story focuses on multiple perspective but that is not what defines a protagonist.
@@Chilled_Bluedefinitely the right decision , I’m also religious, but it was so cool to see. Honestly now that you bring that verse up, it does sound like kamen x.
@@Bralore125 yeah but looking back on it now, I could've and should've done it better since I don't really see myself in that video pointing towards God or the gospel or the bigger picture.
@@4f5a3 I'm sorry that it made you uncomfortable, it wasn't my intention. Looking at it now, I could've done better with sharing the message in other ways or other videos.
He's insane, the only thing inside his head is one single spinning braincell that is continuously x-dashing and it only ever stops for weird "sushi". He is one of my favorite characters ever.
9:54 not only do sparks fly everywhere, he's so raw that he literally conjures a full Bey hologram even though the bootleg stadium was only able to project incomplete and inferior designs, bro was so good at the game he forced the stadium to do something it wasnt even designed for
This video is awsome, Really tell us that Ekusu it just different than other protag, other protag mostly want the become a world champion/to the top/legend whatever, eventho they keep saying “Beyblade is for fun” but cmon we can see what they really want. Ekusu just really took the “for fun” quote in next level, i mean bro is already a champion but he decided to restart his journey for yeah “having fun”
I really like the balance of team persona in the show/manga, Bird seemingly never wins but is constantly improving, Multi is kind of in the middle with wins and losses and Kamen just kinda never loses or draws, if one is getting too boring switch to another. It makes for a really great story dynamic
Yeah but I still feel like Bird should've been a protagonist. I can't really blame the people for thinking he is because both Manga and Anime put more focus and development onto him.
Ekusu he is carefree protagonist unlike others beyblade protagonist who seeks become best strongest blader ekusu has no interersting be strongest top blade onlt he wants fun with beyblade and facing strong blade enjoy it
That's Ekusu's strong point, he's too strong, unpredictable, amazing adaptability, and more determination and having fun than other protagonists I have ever seen.
DUDE I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT WHICH ONE OF THE PROTAGONISTS I WOULD CONSIDER MOST TALENTED LAST NIGHT IN MY BEDROOM WHILE I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT BEYBLADE STUFF. So I haven't watched all the video yet as not to be influenced in my explanation. Of course as soon as I finish typing this comment i'll proceed too watch the rest of it. I of course went with Ekusu too because in a way I think how I phrased it last night in my head. He's already reached a sort of Beyblade Nirvana or Nirvana for Beyblade. It's really something we haven't seen with any other protagonist. It's really interesting the differences between Tyson, Gingka, Valt and the other Burst protagonists. However I feel Ekusu is by far the most unique for me. The fact that he always wins isn't the part which should be paid attention too. It's the fact that no matter what he'll have FUN. Having fun in a battle IS winning for Ekusu. Everything else is secondary. Compared to other protagonists I'd say the difference between them and Ekusu is he doesn't have desires IN battle he has desires FOR battle itself. Ekusu is quite literally the X variable as was stated in the show haha. It's not that he hasn't trained it's not that he's perfect. He just is himself. Ekusu is literally the embodiment of Beyblade itself. It's meant to be A Game so he treats it like that. A battle of wits and strength. In a game you wanna complete the objective but you also buy the game in the first place to play with it to have fun. It's just that simple because at the end of the day you can't divide fun down any further. Ekusu knows this which is why everything he does is just for the sake of fun. He has both natural talent and has put in hard work to improve himself. No matter who you are he'll battle you. Beginner or Pro. It's not the fact that he wins it's the fact that he doesn't play to win or not to win he just plays and that's what makes Ekusu/Kamen X UNDEFEATABLE.
Jaxon Cross has become my favorite Beyblade character and this video greatly explains why. The real life game is about having fun. So glad the show is finally putting a bigger emphasis on that compared to past series!
At first it might be impossible, but now he lost his interest to beyblade since he had his best battle with chrome, he might be done with it instead of losing.😢
I actually started watching this show a while ago. I think it’s solid. Multi is the best character imo. And I appreciate the new insight on Blader X. I always saw him as similar to Nemona: he’s always so keen to battle and can be seen as a bit forward. But he’s also starting from square one like Nemona to battle someone that they deem would give them a good fight. It’s a really interesting perspective for a protagonist because usually we see them as beginners when they decide they wanna climb the top. But here it’s the opposite: it’s X’s choice to go back to the beginning and I find that interesting. My only issue is the fact he prevents progress for the actual protagonist Robin Kazami. Since the show continues to have Multi and X do all the heavy lifting and don’t want to undermine them, Robin keeps on getting the short end of the stick which is really annoying. He’s the main character and works the hardest of the 3! He deserves to be rewarded for the fruits of his labour and the show just refuses to give that to him!
I kinda agree. I feel like Bird should've been the protagonist. He's gotten more insight and development than Ekusu. There were moments where he should've won but because of the writers, he just doesn't. I really hope that changes in the next season.
@@Chilled_Blue Yeah I hope so too. I’m at Episode 25 now and Robin has been given nothing. It’s tragic really. And not even Multi being an actually great female blader fixes my issues with the show. So besides Ekusu, who’s your fav character?
@@WinterBlizzard689 between Bird and Multi. She in my opinion is the best female blader we have seen and Bird is amazing cause he's the most relatable and honeslty is the heart of the team.
@@Chilled_Blue That is valid. What Bird lacks in the traditional progress that a protagonist should have, he does make up for in having a good heart and solid dynamics. Plus, some of the comedy with him is decent. I just prefer there to be SOME wins on top of SOME losses so it feels like I’m not wasting too much time with Robin. And yes, Multi is the best female blader across every single series. She got a lot more screen time than Pri and Ilya from Burst who got introduced very late, she’s a lot more versatile than Pri and is honestly the most emotionally mature member of Team Persona. The only time I saw her be immature was when she lost to Jaxon/Ekusu in Episode 3.
@@Chilled_Blue But you know: I think you’re the first person besides me who doesn’t dislike Robin Kazami. Everyone else seems to dislike him for the reasons I have my issues with him. So who knows, maybe you could shine a light on him to balance out some of the slander?
Please do a video essay of Chrome Ryugu. He’s starting to become my favorite antagonist in the series, not because of his unhinged upbringing (well it’s part of it) but how he tries to cope when he thinks that he lost Ekusu from Kamen X. He’s not even a traditional Beyblade antagonist that we’ve seen before. I would like to see more video essays on Beyblade in general so keep it up!
Ekusu reminds me of Yu from Metal series and Brooklyn from OG series to an extent. But I find his character too idealistic as we are yet to explore his vulnerable side (all previous protagonists had one). I can't imagine what will happen if Ekusu becomes evil.
I don’t understand why a Beyblade character needs to be “evil” to show their vulnerable side? It just feels out of character for a funny and light-hearted protagonist like Ekusu. If anything, I could see the possibility of the writers treating Ekusu like Gojo in terms of going through a similar journey as that character.
@@MrRed-le4ekit's just a speculation. But everyone has to have a vulnerable side, something which happened in their past that might have made Ekusu the way he is now. That doesn't have to be evil.
HELL YEAH THE GOAT OF BEYBLADE X btw if we get a world tournament in season 2 this is what i think is gonna be the semifinals: kamen x vs chrome and bird vs tenka
Beyblade X is the first time I was more focused on the real life product than the anime so I know very little of it, most of my knowledge comes from RUclips videos on how Bird always loses and from there I thought he was the protagonist and for the first time protagonist of Beyblade generation isn't a boy in blue with an attack type beyblade so I was a little confused with the thumbnail calling Kamen X the protagonist until I looked it up and realized that he is the main protagonist not Bird who is the deuteragonist which makes sense because his beyblade is the one positioned with the previous protagonists beyblades. It makes sense if they're all protagonist's beyblades, I just thought they were the most popular beyblades from each generation.
@@Chilled_Blue I remembered them so I specified the first time protagonist of each generation and Valt is the first protag of the Burst gen and he matches description of being blue with an attack type Beyblade. I also think Dante fits that description as well, I feel you can go either yellow or blue with him, correct me if I'm wrong isn't his resonance aura with Dragon blue, if it is then I think he would count.
@@richardmorgan3665 Yeah, first gen protagonists is blue, you're right. At first I think Dante was gonna be Rainbow but no, I think it's just both blue and yellow together.
Thank you! For the rest of the videos I make, I want to include more scripture and include my faith and possibly get others to think about this in some way. But for videos like these ones, I'll definitely include scripture.
Personally speaking, Bird is the true protagonist of the series, we start the series off with bird, we are watching in his perspective, a presepective that idolizes Eksu, that looks up to him, that's why we see eksu getting the main character attention, but in birds eyes X is the main character, but spoiler Alert it all was bird, in chapter 15 we end in Bird being the one to close of the first Arc, not Ex, Bird was the last Battle, bird was the one with the most character development, ex never got a single character development, we only seen x grow in power but he has always stayed the same as a character x never learned to battle purely for fun, or to not hyper fixate on winning, it was all Bird, bird was the one to learn to not hyper fixate on winning, he was the one to learn to have fun and relax, he was the one who learnt from X and tried ti imitate him
What happens with beyblade X is the same as with kakegurui where the one who was the protagonist narratively in reality was not (suzui) that would have the role of bird and X that does not seem the protagonist in reality is, it has been said that they are the 3, but since beyblade X was announced it had been said that dransword was used by the mc, so it was never bird from the beginning and today X is still referred to as the only mc in official media. Do people really think that they are going to put x as their mascot and next to the other mc just because he is the most popular without being the mc? Really? Nice video
@@Oliver-uw8rv I think in this case it is more in Beyblade, the mascot of each generation has always been its protagonist, (in metal although there is zero, gingka is the first and the one who represents the gen, the same happens with burst valt was the first protagonist that is why he is the mascot) and here you could say that it is the same
DUDE, awesome video! Kurosu ekusu grew in my eyes a bit cus of this video lol. BUT can u plsssssssssssssssss tell me the name of that music from outro, i like it
Saying ekusu is the protagonist of of beyblade X is like saying Godzilla is the protagonist of his movies. To me it's it's more like the main plot happens around him and revolves around him. Despite what the wiki says about Bird being a deuteragonist, I think he is the main character.
"... the main plot happens around him and revolves around him." You just described someone who is a protagonist. Ekusu is the main reason why the story of Beyblade X begins and moves forward. If Bird is a deuteragonist then he is A main character but not THE main character. I do think Bird should've been the main character but honestly, I feel like all three of them should've been protagonists, something like Hikaru and Hyuga.
@@Chilled_Blue I guess its perspective. I would consider him a main character definitely but not the protagonist. I would argue x is the deuteragonist at most. Again like godzilla or Gatsby. The plot revolves around him but he doesn't really do anything that drives the plot forward. X is a phenomenon that drives the other characters to grow. Now, a good character writer wouldn't make characters that one dimensional and x certainly isn't one dimensional. But i really havent seen him grow as a character yet as he hasn't needed to grow yet. He has had no obstical or dilemma he couldn't immeadiately overcome. I believe the real reason for this is to be something that the real protagonist (who i believe is bird) can compare himself to. Assuming im right (im not so conceited to expect you to agree with me :) ) I still really love that they make bird and x feel like they stand equally as characters in the show. I feel like they can do a bit better job making multi feel like she has equal standing with the boys but i do believe that is what they are trying to do with her character. But yeah, if we consider that most shonen protags follow the heroes journey structure, then bird is clearly (to me) written to be the traditional protag over x. anyway, i think im likeing beyblade x over og beyblade or metal series in terms of writing so far (only watched a little burst)
They've said bird and multi are also MCs, but common X is the main focus holding them all together. Basically, I'm tired of people just pointing to common X as the MC of X when he isn't the only MC
X isn't the main character, Bird is the true MC, the story is in his perspective, and since he idolizes X and always tries to imitate him, I assume bird would see X as the main character instead of himself
@@Crowgioh I think it's something similar to what happens in Kakegurui (redundancy intended), where the one who is believed to be the main character actually isn't and is the other.
@@kaigacha6475Soo basically you're confirming my theory?, because X is seen as the protagonist meanwhile bird is the true protagonist of the story Also a part of my theory comes from a dialogue from Queen Manju after she lost to Jaxon when she talked to Pakkun about how shitty of a person he is, she mentioned that bird is a Protagonist of beyblade, and when she mentions Jaxon whether in her mind or to someone she references him as the Variable X is Jaxon, not that he is a Protagonist
@@Crowgioh The truth is, I was talking about the opposite, where Bird is seen as the protagonist, but it's Kamen. In the chapter, after fighting against Kamen, Quinn says that those who overcome adversity will be able to shine to be the protagonists of their own story. Rather, in that chapter, instead of pointing out one as the protagonist, I think he's putting more emphasis on the two, and seeing a little of the last chapter of the manga, I think they'll be putting more emphasis on Kamen during season 2.
Sorry, I'm gonna have to chimp in and rant a bit, since I think TT is misleading everyone, including you, about Ekusu being the protagonist, especially with the upcoming anniversary set already the biggest misleading within the Bird VS Ekusu protagonist debate, and completely ignored Multi. As for my rant, Team Persona is the protagonist of X, not Ekusu alone, and neither is Bird, no but, no deuteragonist, no tritagonist, only team, the whole point of X is team focus, if Team Persona isn't the main focus, there would be no reason for the writers to do the whole team format hassle to make Bird look bad, and Ekusu could go solo like Multi at the start of the show, even outside of the battle format, the writers put a lot of care for both Bird and Multi more than X by giving them a lot more screen time and story for their development because they know Ekusu already got the gimmick that he's an unbeatable genius, everyone obsessed over him, and there no story for him as he remains a static character because they know Ekusu would take all the attention at this point if he get all the part of the story, and it was intentional, X at the end of the day is a story of a team climbing the top of the tower not a person climbing it alone.
I mean, if Team Persona is the protagonist of Beyblade X then the title and me calling Ekusu the protagonist isn't wrong. Now look, originally I written the script to say 13 protagonists which include Bird and Multi because I considered them protagonists. Still kinda do. But I decided to change it because people mentioned in my last beyblade videos that Bird isn't a protagonist or vise versa and so when I looked up online, most pointed towards Ekusu being the main character while I think the anime and manga contradict that. Regardless, more -and-so, Ekusu is the one who mainly drives the story forward and is mostly the main reason why the story of Beyblade X even began so that's why I changed up the script and excluded Multi and Bird.
Ekusu is diffrents he not like other beyblade protagonist who seek glory and obsessing wining and strengh and seek embition that ekusu guy he is only intersting enjoying beyblade battle and Challenge many strong bladers its make him more excited
I think some of the points you make here are also reasons why some people might dislike Ekusu. He’s given the strongest bey from the beginning and it’s seems he was just good at beyblade since the start (we never see him actually train). Ekusu comes in and easily beats the champion of the X tower in his first battle with him and seemingly never struggles in his future battles. His ideologies are never actually challenged and his character just feels incredibly one-note and stagnant. But hey, that’s just my dumb opinion
Yeah but Khrome wasn't even the champion when Ekusu beat him. And I mean, the part where he is given the strongest bey, that can also be said for every other character in Beyblade X or even in every other show of Beyblade out there. The strongest bey is also kinda subjective. His ideologies are tested but it's just Ekusu doesn't waver. I think it's actually the best and perfect ideology to have for a game of Beyblade and it is kinda hard to challenge that type of thinking but that's just me. Unless there's like a deadly or severe situation where his ideology can be tested like what the Metal Saga has but Beyblade X doesn't really seem to be going in that direction.
If I remember correctly the manga has a chapter about X past. I think Zankye covered it. Edit:OK never mind, the video covered it. He does train though.
@@Chilled_Blue The term strongest here I think comprised of several different components. Sure Dransword is strong, but without Ekusu behind it, it won't be as strong. Clear example here is with the balance users, Bird and Shiguru. Shiguru is said to be very weak and clumsy, when handling anything other than balance type. She used Bird's Hellscythe againts Bird's Hells hammer and shows that she is overall stronger than Bird when it comes to balance type at that time. Give Shiguru, a Top player, ultimate balance user, a Dransword, and she will lose. Plus a fully exposed Dransword is proof of Ekusu's hard work, he doesn't need the extra grams from metal coat to win lol.
So where does Kamen x place in terms of best beyblade protagonist? P.s. I know you said valt is your favorite and Aiger is your 2nd favorite so i'm wondering.
"Eh-koo-soo" brother *please* Also 10:05 I'd be scared like those cheaters too, even when I'm against these types of battles. (Imo Bird should've been allowed to cook these clowns to show development, but I'm happy with seeing a beyblade protagonist absolutely lose it like this
@Chilled_Blue Its moresore *how* you say it. Ekusu when spoken fast sounds like how you say "X". Every time I hear his name in the anime they say it like "Ekes-u" or "Eks-u"
@@FirestoneAnimation well yeah that's to add to the pun of Ekusus character because he literally represents X. But still, its not the wrong to pronounce it.
I could've but I wanted to use the original Japanese name. When you say Ekusu pretty fast, it does sound like X but I didn't plus for me it kinda felt and sounded weird when I would say "X" for his name.
By the way "Kamen" is a translation of "masked" which becomes Masked X but DO YOU KNOW THAT the first ever word that used "Kamen" is from a series called Kamen rider which is a Japanese tokusatsu franchise...and NO ITS NOT A POWER RANGERS RIPOFF THE ONE WHO RIPPED OFF SUPER SENTAI IS HAIM SEBAN WHICH THEN BECOMES POWER RANGERS IN THE WEST (by the way Super Sentai is also One of the Tokusatsu franchises alongside Kamen rider and Ultraman)
I admit, I was hesitant about this show at first because I did not like the Burst era but the type of the X beyblades brought me back in and not only do I love this new generation of the game but I love the show. I like the characters, the story and how realistic and relatable it feels. 😁👍👍 That being said, the Fusion - Shotgun era will always be nostalgic and hold a place in my heart. ☺️
X is boring he dus same thing doesnt train its boring the same move its like replay nothing changes what als he loses x never loses how do we know he vinds it fun self if he loses
Yeah, real quick, Multi didn't create Dran Sword so my bad on that mistake lol.
Edit: I wanna quickly say, I was originally gonna say 13 protagonists that included both Bird and Multi. To me, I consider Team Persona as protagonists but I got comments on my last beyblade videos and also while looking up the protagonist of X and what people thought, I came to the conclusion that between Team Persona, Ekusu is the main one that the story mostly revolves around and he drives the story forward more than Multi and Bird. Just because a certain character gets more development doesn't mean they're the protagonist. So ultimately, in the end, that's why I chose to exclude both Bird and Multi and just Ekusu as the main protagonist. Seeing comments on this video and thinking about it more, to me, I consider Team Persona as protagonists.
Edit 2: Look, when I looked up the name, it was written as Ekusu so I just pronounced it the way I saw it 🤣
I needed this video thanks
@@experiencedblader3863 I'm glad you enjoyed it :)
I feel like team persona is like bladebreakers who also felt like they were all protagonists
If Ekusu is the main character, why does Bird get more screen time? Main character means whose perspective the story is being told.
@@xullman8095 no, it doesn't. Story's can feature a protagonist with whatever perspective they like. The story focuses on multiple perspective but that is not what defines a protagonist.
Whipping out the BIBLE VERSE to help explain his analysis of Ekusu is crazy
@@infiniteworld3981 well, I do wanna start including my faith and the word of God like this in my videos. I just hope this was the right decision 😅
@@Chilled_Bluedefinitely the right decision , I’m also religious, but it was so cool to see. Honestly now that you bring that verse up, it does sound like kamen x.
@@Chilled_BlueI don’t mean to disrespect Christianity but as a atheist who went through a lot by religious people it makes a bit uncomfortable
@@Bralore125 yeah but looking back on it now, I could've and should've done it better since I don't really see myself in that video pointing towards God or the gospel or the bigger picture.
@@4f5a3 I'm sorry that it made you uncomfortable, it wasn't my intention. Looking at it now, I could've done better with sharing the message in other ways or other videos.
The fact that he never lost a match during the entire season really shows he is in a whole different league
He's insane, the only thing inside his head is one single spinning braincell that is continuously x-dashing and it only ever stops for weird "sushi". He is one of my favorite characters ever.
But his beyblade skill is amazing and never lost a battle so it doesn't matter anyway😂. Same he is one of my favourite characters too.
9:54 not only do sparks fly everywhere, he's so raw that he literally conjures a full Bey hologram even though the bootleg stadium was only able to project incomplete and inferior designs, bro was so good at the game he forced the stadium to do something it wasnt even designed for
This video is awsome,
Really tell us that Ekusu it just different than other protag, other protag mostly want the become a world champion/to the top/legend whatever, eventho they keep saying “Beyblade is for fun” but cmon we can see what they really want. Ekusu just really took the “for fun” quote in next level, i mean bro is already a champion but he decided to restart his journey for yeah “having fun”
i swear this chanel has the best beyblade content out there
@@Kurenai_Uzumaki nah, I only made 3 videos on it 😅
Ex is such a dork, in a good way, and absolutely love him for that.
It's partly why he's pretty funny.
1:00 I just wanna point out that the phonetic way of saying his name is like saying X. His full name is literally X Cross(Cross X)
HE’s back with another banger 🎉
I really like the balance of team persona in the show/manga, Bird seemingly never wins but is constantly improving, Multi is kind of in the middle with wins and losses and Kamen just kinda never loses or draws, if one is getting too boring switch to another. It makes for a really great story dynamic
I think so to. In my opinion, Ekusu, Bird, and Multi are the best beyblade trio.
@@Chilled_Blueno
@@Epicello Alright
@@Chilled_Blue alright
It's no longer draws for kamen x go watch the show
This was a really great video essay, also im glad you know he’s the protagonist cuz a lot of people still think bird is.
Yeah but I still feel like Bird should've been a protagonist. I can't really blame the people for thinking he is because both Manga and Anime put more focus and development onto him.
Funny thing is takara officially stated that bird is the protagonist, but hasbro made X the protagonist instead of bird
@@Megablade-dv1bc That's...not how it works and also Takara Tomy makes the products, not the anime or story.
I consider Bird and Ekusu to share the role of main character
@@shieldtale9322 you’re not wrong but u forgot multi too
The chosen one! Great video
I hope you do one for Bird, I really like him as a whole and i would enjoy a deeper analysis of him.
Ekusu he is carefree protagonist unlike others beyblade protagonist who seeks become best strongest blader ekusu has no interersting be strongest top blade onlt he wants fun with beyblade and facing strong blade enjoy it
That's Ekusu's strong point, he's too strong, unpredictable, amazing adaptability, and more determination and having fun than other protagonists I have ever seen.
“Nah I’d win” in a character
Ekusu is basically Gojo and it is literally perfect.
More like nah, I only win
DUDE I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT WHICH ONE OF THE PROTAGONISTS I WOULD CONSIDER MOST TALENTED LAST NIGHT IN MY BEDROOM WHILE I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT BEYBLADE STUFF. So I haven't watched all the video yet as not to be influenced in my explanation. Of course as soon as I finish typing this comment i'll proceed too watch the rest of it.
I of course went with Ekusu too because in a way I think how I phrased it last night in my head. He's already reached a sort of Beyblade Nirvana or Nirvana for Beyblade.
It's really something we haven't seen with any other protagonist. It's really interesting the differences between Tyson, Gingka, Valt and the other Burst protagonists. However I feel Ekusu is by far the most unique for me.
The fact that he always wins isn't the part which should be paid attention too. It's the fact that no matter what he'll have FUN. Having fun in a battle IS winning for Ekusu. Everything else is secondary. Compared to other protagonists I'd say the difference between them and Ekusu is he doesn't have desires IN battle he has desires FOR battle itself. Ekusu is quite literally the X variable as was stated in the show haha. It's not that he hasn't trained it's not that he's perfect. He just is himself. Ekusu is literally the embodiment of Beyblade itself. It's meant to be A Game so he treats it like that. A battle of wits and strength. In a game you wanna complete the objective but you also buy the game in the first place to play with it to have fun. It's just that simple because at the end of the day you can't divide fun down any further. Ekusu knows this which is why everything he does is just for the sake of fun. He has both natural talent and has put in hard work to improve himself. No matter who you are he'll battle you. Beginner or Pro. It's not the fact that he wins it's the fact that he doesn't play to win or not to win he just plays and that's what makes Ekusu/Kamen X UNDEFEATABLE.
Jaxon Cross has become my favorite Beyblade character and this video greatly explains why. The real life game is about having fun. So glad the show is finally putting a bigger emphasis on that compared to past series!
7:48 Shu when free beat him in season 2💀
The fact he was holding back heavily against everyone else until the finale where he went all out against chrome and kinda humiliated him 💀😭🙏
I wonder if Ekusu/Jaxon will ever lose. TBH that's what I'm hoping for. Maybe next season.
I doubt it tbh. But I hope we actually see something like that and we actually see Bird win for once (even though he should've long ago).
@@Chilled_Blue His first win should've been the street fight.
@@harutosoma7186Ekusu ruined the street fight tbh
At first it might be impossible, but now he lost his interest to beyblade since he had his best battle with chrome, he might be done with it instead of losing.😢
I actually started watching this show a while ago. I think it’s solid. Multi is the best character imo. And I appreciate the new insight on Blader X.
I always saw him as similar to Nemona: he’s always so keen to battle and can be seen as a bit forward. But he’s also starting from square one like Nemona to battle someone that they deem would give them a good fight. It’s a really interesting perspective for a protagonist because usually we see them as beginners when they decide they wanna climb the top. But here it’s the opposite: it’s X’s choice to go back to the beginning and I find that interesting.
My only issue is the fact he prevents progress for the actual protagonist Robin Kazami. Since the show continues to have Multi and X do all the heavy lifting and don’t want to undermine them, Robin keeps on getting the short end of the stick which is really annoying. He’s the main character and works the hardest of the 3! He deserves to be rewarded for the fruits of his labour and the show just refuses to give that to him!
I kinda agree. I feel like Bird should've been the protagonist. He's gotten more insight and development than Ekusu. There were moments where he should've won but because of the writers, he just doesn't. I really hope that changes in the next season.
@@Chilled_Blue Yeah I hope so too. I’m at Episode 25 now and Robin has been given nothing. It’s tragic really. And not even Multi being an actually great female blader fixes my issues with the show. So besides Ekusu, who’s your fav character?
@@WinterBlizzard689 between Bird and Multi. She in my opinion is the best female blader we have seen and Bird is amazing cause he's the most relatable and honeslty is the heart of the team.
@@Chilled_Blue That is valid. What Bird lacks in the traditional progress that a protagonist should have, he does make up for in having a good heart and solid dynamics. Plus, some of the comedy with him is decent. I just prefer there to be SOME wins on top of SOME losses so it feels like I’m not wasting too much time with Robin.
And yes, Multi is the best female blader across every single series. She got a lot more screen time than Pri and Ilya from Burst who got introduced very late, she’s a lot more versatile than Pri and is honestly the most emotionally mature member of Team Persona. The only time I saw her be immature was when she lost to Jaxon/Ekusu in Episode 3.
@@Chilled_Blue But you know: I think you’re the first person besides me who doesn’t dislike Robin Kazami. Everyone else seems to dislike him for the reasons I have my issues with him. So who knows, maybe you could shine a light on him to balance out some of the slander?
it has been confirmed that all of the Team Persona members (Bird, X and Multi) are the protagonists.
Please do a video essay of Chrome Ryugu. He’s starting to become my favorite antagonist in the series, not because of his unhinged upbringing (well it’s part of it) but how he tries to cope when he thinks that he lost Ekusu from Kamen X. He’s not even a traditional Beyblade antagonist that we’ve seen before. I would like to see more video essays on Beyblade in general so keep it up!
I was actually thinking about doing a video on Khrome, I even have the thumbnail made and everything.
OMG YES THAT'D BE AWESOME CHROME IS GEN ONE OF MY FAVORITE ANTAGS
Ekusu reminds me of Yu from Metal series and Brooklyn from OG series to an extent. But I find his character too idealistic as we are yet to explore his vulnerable side (all previous protagonists had one). I can't imagine what will happen if Ekusu becomes evil.
Funny how both Yu and Ekusu have an obbsession with a guy that has a left spinning silver dragon bey and both their names begin with "Ryug".
@@Darth_Malgus4627 wow didn't notice that!
I don’t understand why a Beyblade character needs to be “evil” to show their vulnerable side? It just feels out of character for a funny and light-hearted protagonist like Ekusu. If anything, I could see the possibility of the writers treating Ekusu like Gojo in terms of going through a similar journey as that character.
@@MrRed-le4ekit's just a speculation. But everyone has to have a vulnerable side, something which happened in their past that might have made Ekusu the way he is now. That doesn't have to be evil.
My fav thing about x is how instead of always wanting to win he just wants to have a fun battle
This dude should be the man protagonist
For me, he feels like a kinder, protagonistic version of Obito.
HELL YEAH THE GOAT OF BEYBLADE X
btw if we get a world tournament in season 2 this is what i think is gonna be the semifinals: kamen x vs chrome and bird vs tenka
Don’t forget bird aswell. It was confirmed a while back that both bird and ekusu are deutero-tagonists
Only Bird was said to be the deuteragonist. It also officialy stated Ekusu is the protagonist. Subjectively though, Bird is a protagonist.
What's a deuteragonist?
@@Grand-Master_Owl someone who is of secondary importance to the protagonist.
@@Grand-Master_Owl i think it’s focus of 2 characters in a story. Imagine a protagonist but instead of one persons it’s 2
@@BrodyG-uv3nq It's not that.
3:38 Multi didnt make dransword. You just said it was given to him by his master
My bad 😂
Beyblade X is the first time I was more focused on the real life product than the anime so I know very little of it, most of my knowledge comes from RUclips videos on how Bird always loses and from there I thought he was the protagonist and for the first time protagonist of Beyblade generation isn't a boy in blue with an attack type beyblade so I was a little confused with the thumbnail calling Kamen X the protagonist until I looked it up and realized that he is the main protagonist not Bird who is the deuteragonist which makes sense because his beyblade is the one positioned with the previous protagonists beyblades. It makes sense if they're all protagonist's beyblades, I just thought they were the most popular beyblades from each generation.
I mean, we still have Aiga, Dante, Hyuga, and Bell so they still count as ones without blue.
@@Chilled_Blue I remembered them so I specified the first time protagonist of each generation and Valt is the first protag of the Burst gen and he matches description of being blue with an attack type Beyblade. I also think Dante fits that description as well, I feel you can go either yellow or blue with him, correct me if I'm wrong isn't his resonance aura with Dragon blue, if it is then I think he would count.
@@richardmorgan3665 Yeah, first gen protagonists is blue, you're right. At first I think Dante was gonna be Rainbow but no, I think it's just both blue and yellow together.
I really must watch beyblade x idk why I’ve been holding back from watching it still. If only I can find it somewhere like netflix
i luv how chaotic he is!!
Thank you for bringing up the Lords book on top of what your passion it was you just earned a a sub
Thank you! For the rest of the videos I make, I want to include more scripture and include my faith and possibly get others to think about this in some way. But for videos like these ones, I'll definitely include scripture.
Personally speaking, Bird is the true protagonist of the series, we start the series off with bird, we are watching in his perspective, a presepective that idolizes Eksu, that looks up to him, that's why we see eksu getting the main character attention, but in birds eyes X is the main character, but spoiler Alert it all was bird, in chapter 15 we end in Bird being the one to close of the first Arc, not Ex, Bird was the last Battle, bird was the one with the most character development, ex never got a single character development, we only seen x grow in power but he has always stayed the same as a character x never learned to battle purely for fun, or to not hyper fixate on winning, it was all Bird, bird was the one to learn to not hyper fixate on winning, he was the one to learn to have fun and relax, he was the one who learnt from X and tried ti imitate him
Bro there is no ture mc KAMEN X IS THE MC THAT'S ALL
3 of them are the main character
Erm.. actually Bird/Robin Kazami is the Main Character 🤓☝
Sadly he's not the mc
Your wrong 💀
@@ChristopherBuko but he's the first person we see also he leader and stuff
@@BluDino129 for some reason he's not the mc💀
bro why 💀
He's a fun loving bay berserker and that keeps me interested.
What happens with beyblade X is the same as with kakegurui where the one who was the protagonist narratively in reality was not (suzui) that would have the role of bird and X that does not seem the protagonist in reality is, it has been said that they are the 3, but since beyblade X was announced it had been said that dransword was used by the mc, so it was never bird from the beginning and today X is still referred to as the only mc in official media. Do people really think that they are going to put x as their mascot and next to the other mc just because he is the most popular without being the mc? Really? Nice video
I mean a lot of shows put really popular characters next to the mc so i mean…
@@Oliver-uw8rv I think in this case it is more in Beyblade, the mascot of each generation has always been its protagonist, (in metal although there is zero, gingka is the first and the one who represents the gen, the same happens with burst valt was the first protagonist that is why he is the mascot) and here you could say that it is the same
That bible verse toss in made me instantly subscribe
10:09 this is so creepy....
You should do beyblade antagonist tho, if you want
Ekusu...he's...HE'S JUST LIKE ME FR
🧢
Ehh masters masamune victim
DUDE, awesome video! Kurosu ekusu grew in my eyes a bit cus of this video lol. BUT can u plsssssssssssssssss tell me the name of that music from outro, i like it
Sad OST from Initial D
@@Chilled_Blue thanks dude
Saying ekusu is the protagonist of of beyblade X is like saying Godzilla is the protagonist of his movies. To me it's it's more like the main plot happens around him and revolves around him. Despite what the wiki says about Bird being a deuteragonist, I think he is the main character.
"... the main plot happens around him and revolves around him." You just described someone who is a protagonist. Ekusu is the main reason why the story of Beyblade X begins and moves forward. If Bird is a deuteragonist then he is A main character but not THE main character. I do think Bird should've been the main character but honestly, I feel like all three of them should've been protagonists, something like Hikaru and Hyuga.
@@Chilled_Blue I guess its perspective. I would consider him a main character definitely but not the protagonist. I would argue x is the deuteragonist at most. Again like godzilla or Gatsby. The plot revolves around him but he doesn't really do anything that drives the plot forward. X is a phenomenon that drives the other characters to grow. Now, a good character writer wouldn't make characters that one dimensional and x certainly isn't one dimensional. But i really havent seen him grow as a character yet as he hasn't needed to grow yet. He has had no obstical or dilemma he couldn't immeadiately overcome. I believe the real reason for this is to be something that the real protagonist (who i believe is bird) can compare himself to. Assuming im right (im not so conceited to expect you to agree with me :) ) I still really love that they make bird and x feel like they stand equally as characters in the show. I feel like they can do a bit better job making multi feel like she has equal standing with the boys but i do believe that is what they are trying to do with her character.
But yeah, if we consider that most shonen protags follow the heroes journey structure, then bird is clearly (to me) written to be the traditional protag over x.
anyway, i think im likeing beyblade x over og beyblade or metal series in terms of writing so far (only watched a little burst)
They've said bird and multi are also MCs, but common X is the main focus holding them all together. Basically, I'm tired of people just pointing to common X as the MC of X when he isn't the only MC
Common X when Rare Y walks in: 😱😰😰😭😭🙏💀
X isn't the main character, Bird is the true MC, the story is in his perspective, and since he idolizes X and always tries to imitate him, I assume bird would see X as the main character instead of himself
@@Crowgioh I think it's something similar to what happens in Kakegurui (redundancy intended), where the one who is believed to be the main character actually isn't and is the other.
@@kaigacha6475Soo basically you're confirming my theory?, because X is seen as the protagonist meanwhile bird is the true protagonist of the story
Also a part of my theory comes from a dialogue from Queen Manju after she lost to Jaxon when she talked to Pakkun about how shitty of a person he is, she mentioned that bird is a Protagonist of beyblade, and when she mentions Jaxon whether in her mind or to someone she references him as the Variable X is Jaxon, not that he is a Protagonist
@@Crowgioh The truth is, I was talking about the opposite, where Bird is seen as the protagonist, but it's Kamen. In the chapter, after fighting against Kamen, Quinn says that those who overcome adversity will be able to shine to be the protagonists of their own story. Rather, in that chapter, instead of pointing out one as the protagonist, I think he's putting more emphasis on the two, and seeing a little of the last chapter of the manga, I think they'll be putting more emphasis on Kamen during season 2.
Bird is the real main character but it might as well be ekusu
It's stated Ekusu is the official protagonist. But Bird definitely should've been the MC.
@@Chilled_BlueBird definitely seems more like the underdog, which is certainly out of the norm for most of the beyblade protagonist
@@BugsyFoga I guess so. The only other known underdog protagonist was Valt the only difference is Valt actually wins 😅
@@Chilled_Blue DAMN no mercy
Sorry, I'm gonna have to chimp in and rant a bit, since I think TT is misleading everyone, including you, about Ekusu being the protagonist, especially with the upcoming anniversary set already the biggest misleading within the Bird VS Ekusu protagonist debate, and completely ignored Multi.
As for my rant, Team Persona is the protagonist of X, not Ekusu alone, and neither is Bird, no but, no deuteragonist, no tritagonist, only team, the whole point of X is team focus, if Team Persona isn't the main focus, there would be no reason for the writers to do the whole team format hassle to make Bird look bad, and Ekusu could go solo like Multi at the start of the show, even outside of the battle format, the writers put a lot of care for both Bird and Multi more than X by giving them a lot more screen time and story for their development because they know Ekusu already got the gimmick that he's an unbeatable genius, everyone obsessed over him, and there no story for him as he remains a static character because they know Ekusu would take all the attention at this point if he get all the part of the story, and it was intentional, X at the end of the day is a story of a team climbing the top of the tower not a person climbing it alone.
I mean, if Team Persona is the protagonist of Beyblade X then the title and me calling Ekusu the protagonist isn't wrong. Now look, originally I written the script to say 13 protagonists which include Bird and Multi because I considered them protagonists. Still kinda do. But I decided to change it because people mentioned in my last beyblade videos that Bird isn't a protagonist or vise versa and so when I looked up online, most pointed towards Ekusu being the main character while I think the anime and manga contradict that. Regardless, more -and-so, Ekusu is the one who mainly drives the story forward and is mostly the main reason why the story of Beyblade X even began so that's why I changed up the script and excluded Multi and Bird.
3:42 hear me out bro.
I’ll hear you out😭🙏
I'd love to hear your thoughts on Robin from Beyblade X.
00:44 kinda wild removing robin
edit: robin is bird, blader x/jaxon cross is kamen x/ekusu kurosu
The Satoru Gojo of Beyblade
Bros name is just x cross (ekusu kurosu eksu kross, x cross) its all a pun (source: japanese and english are both my first languages)
Nice video the only problem i have with beyblade x is that the beys are tall as hell 😭
HOLY COW ITS JAXON CROSS
Srry for asking again but u watch the video multiple times and i like the music from the begining..... Music name please? 😅
Sure, it's called Calm River
@@Chilled_Blue ty man! Srry for bothering
@@darce4281 don't worry about it, anytime :)
@@Chilled_Blue ty man :)
@@Chilled_Blue er..hello...sorry for bothering again after so much time but....pls send link..i cant find the music but its so good
Nah it’s Sunday for me whipping out a bible verse is crazy work
Bro ekusu is the first mc that hasn't lost in the first 5 episodes of the series
But ekusu is the only character that hasn't lost in the whole series
Wasnt Bird the mc? Well i guess i could see kamen x being the mc lol
Ekusu is diffrents he not like other beyblade protagonist who seek glory and obsessing wining and strengh and seek embition that ekusu guy he is only intersting enjoying beyblade battle and Challenge many strong bladers its make him more excited
is there an GENIUS in B-Daman like Ekusu Kurosu in Beyblade X?
Ekoosoo kurosu
Multi didn't create DranSword
Yeah I know, I made a mistake.
Can you talk about lain for Beyblade burst surge
Still can't believe they named the main character X Cross 😭, never seen such creative bankruptcy.
Where my boy DANTE ATTT DANTE NEXT???
Ekusu is pronounced Xsu.
I thought Bird kazami is the protagonist? and Kamen X/Exuku is the deutagonist?
The zone 😊 go in to zone
I think some of the points you make here are also reasons why some people might dislike Ekusu.
He’s given the strongest bey from the beginning and it’s seems he was just good at beyblade since the start (we never see him actually train). Ekusu comes in and easily beats the champion of the X tower in his first battle with him and seemingly never struggles in his future battles. His ideologies are never actually challenged and his character just feels incredibly one-note and stagnant.
But hey, that’s just my dumb opinion
Yeah but Khrome wasn't even the champion when Ekusu beat him. And I mean, the part where he is given the strongest bey, that can also be said for every other character in Beyblade X or even in every other show of Beyblade out there. The strongest bey is also kinda subjective. His ideologies are tested but it's just Ekusu doesn't waver. I think it's actually the best and perfect ideology to have for a game of Beyblade and it is kinda hard to challenge that type of thinking but that's just me. Unless there's like a deadly or severe situation where his ideology can be tested like what the Metal Saga has but Beyblade X doesn't really seem to be going in that direction.
If I remember correctly the manga has a chapter about X past. I think Zankye covered it. Edit:OK never mind, the video covered it. He does train though.
@@Chilled_Blue The term strongest here I think comprised of several different components. Sure Dransword is strong, but without Ekusu behind it, it won't be as strong. Clear example here is with the balance users, Bird and Shiguru. Shiguru is said to be very weak and clumsy, when handling anything other than balance type. She used Bird's Hellscythe againts Bird's Hells hammer and shows that she is overall stronger than Bird when it comes to balance type at that time. Give Shiguru, a Top player, ultimate balance user, a Dransword, and she will lose. Plus a fully exposed Dransword is proof of Ekusu's hard work, he doesn't need the extra grams from metal coat to win lol.
@@trougas I never said he did, but a good bey is a contributor to a bladers strength.
Dawg ekusu is just a smurf.
He is easily the strongest in season 1, i thought chrome was stronger💀
So where does Kamen x place in terms of best beyblade protagonist?
P.s. I know you said valt is your favorite and Aiger is your 2nd favorite so i'm wondering.
I dunno exactly but he's definitely in the top 5 for me.
Next Beyblade Protagonist Video (Hopefully): The Most UNDERRATED Beyblade Protagonist- Dante Koryu (Please)
Wait wasn’t his name jaxon
@@FrancisJayamaha in dub, he is named Jaxon Cross but in sub he is originally called Ekusu Kurosu
Bird terrible win streak cuz him to demote from title of mc . Btw I stop at like episode 15 cuz I can’t find English dub
"Eh-koo-soo" brother *please*
Also 10:05 I'd be scared like those cheaters too, even when I'm against these types of battles. (Imo Bird should've been allowed to cook these clowns to show development, but I'm happy with seeing a beyblade protagonist absolutely lose it like this
@@FirestoneAnimation that's what I said.
@Chilled_Blue Its moresore *how* you say it. Ekusu when spoken fast sounds like how you say "X". Every time I hear his name in the anime they say it like "Ekes-u" or "Eks-u"
@@FirestoneAnimation well yeah that's to add to the pun of Ekusus character because he literally represents X. But still, its not the wrong to pronounce it.
@@Chilled_Blue Thats true. It just feels odd to hear a different pronunciation than the sub.
Do drum now he awesome
Like Gojo
Nah Ekosu needs a nerf
Kamen X is so goated my guy had to bring the Bible out to explain it 🙏🔥
You probably could've called him by his dub name, which is Jaxon cross. Also, I think his japanese name is technically pronounced as "X Cross"
I could've but I wanted to use the original Japanese name. When you say Ekusu pretty fast, it does sound like X but I didn't plus for me it kinda felt and sounded weird when I would say "X" for his name.
Free de lays
Ekusu = me playing ball 😂🏀🔥
SO UR GONNA SKIP DANTE
He is the gingka of this gen
By the way "Kamen" is a translation of "masked" which becomes Masked X but DO YOU KNOW THAT the first ever word that used "Kamen" is from a series called Kamen rider which is a Japanese tokusatsu franchise...and NO ITS NOT A POWER RANGERS RIPOFF THE ONE WHO RIPPED OFF SUPER SENTAI IS HAIM SEBAN WHICH THEN BECOMES POWER RANGERS IN THE WEST (by the way Super Sentai is also One of the Tokusatsu franchises alongside Kamen rider and Ultraman)
It's just a Japanese word, Japan has been using it even before 1971...
@@happyfat4620 yeah i know that...huh...i wonder if theyre are More Japanese words that used "Kamen" in it
So basically he is beyblade x version of gojo from jjk
Yeah that's one way of putting it
That's literally what i thought ever since he first appeared in the anime. He reminded me alot of gojo and the story
@@duddly02 kinda true.
@@CloudyramblesChrome is geto
Don’t compare Jaxon to Gojo man…your giving an absolute disservice to X
He kind of reminds me of yukimora from samurai deeper kyo
I hate beyblade x, I grew up with burst and also, why does bro have porcupine hair
Like Burst doesn't have weird hair for anime characters 😂
@@Chilled_Blue true but you got to admit its a little distracting
@@RoRothedude not really. I actually think his hair is cool and one of the better looking designs.
Am I high or did I just hear Eurobeat in a Beyblade video?
Nope, you did.
@@Chilled_Blue 🤯
Yea I like the whole having fun part but I wanna see sadness I wanna see toxicity. I don’t wanna see this happy go lucky type things yk
Okay
Hes just X version of deadpool
Beyblade x is amazing but nostalgia is keeping metal fight saga top tier
Your christian to
I'm trying to be. Struggling a lot and I'm still reading the gospels and taking small steps to so...😅
I just call him beyblade gojo fr
He’s the main character I thought it was the other guy in the team am I dumb?
I admit, I was hesitant about this show at first because I did not like the Burst era but the type of the X beyblades brought me back in and not only do I love this new generation of the game but I love the show. I like the characters, the story and how realistic and relatable it feels. 😁👍👍
That being said, the Fusion - Shotgun era will always be nostalgic and hold a place in my heart. ☺️
X is boring he dus same thing doesnt train its boring the same move its like replay nothing changes what als he loses x never loses how do we know he vinds it fun self if he loses
what?
I think I’m having a stroke
Really
What is blud yapping about ? Duh
blader x isnt the protag its robin