Metal Fight Beyblade - Episode 47

Hagane Ties is the forty-seventh episode of the Beyblade Metal Fusion anime.

Statistics

 * Original Airdate: February 28, 2010
 * English Airdate:
 * Opening Song: Metal Fight Beyblade
 * Ending Song: Boys ~Hikari Kagayaku Ashita He~
 * Kanji: 鋼の絆
 * Romaji: "Hagane no kizuna"
 * Arc: Battle Bladers

Summary
Phoenix's Burn Fireblaze 135MS has just saved Kenta Yumiya and Hyoma from Daidouji. Doji is impressed by this but knows that he should have taken Phoenix down before. Meanwhile in Battle Bladers, Gingka Hagane and Reiji Mizuchi continue their battle while Madoka, Ryuga, Kyoya Tategami, and Benkei Hanawa watch. The battle is proved to be very hard for Gingka to win as Reiji's Poison Serpent SW145SD has flipped its Spin Track turning it into Attack-Mode. Serpent then changes into Medusa, the beast with snakes for hair in Greek Mythology. Madoka Amano takes note of that and warns Gingka to be really careful as anyone who looks in Medusa's eyes, turns into stone. Medusa starts to turn Gingka and Storm Pegasus 105RF into stone while Reiji just watches happily and sadistically as he wants Gingka to tremble in fear for him. Phoenix battles Doji in order to save Kenta and Hyoma's energy from being given to Ryuga. The battle fierce as the two Beys duke it out. The building they battle in starts to get damaged due to the battle. Dark Wolf attacks Fireblaze without mercy while Phoenix desperately tries to have Fireblaze fight back using the "Blader's Spirit." Back in Battle Bladers, Gingka is still struggling to defeat Reiji. Reiji asks him if he is scared that hes not able to fight. Gingka states that he is afraid, fear to not be able to compete in the finals. With this determination, Gingka and Pegasus break free of Serpent's control and launch a counterattack. The crowd watches in total awe, as Gingka battles so powerfully Pegasus keeps hitting Serpent again and again. It uses Serpent's reflection in order to copy Serpent's moves making Serpent take all the hits. In one final strike, Pegasus defeats Serpent as the crowd cheers on Gingka Hagane. As Phoenix struggles to defeat Doji, he's not getting anywhere. Doji tells him to stop believing in the Bladers Spirit but refuses. He tells Fireblaze to give it all it's got, and with this encouragement, Fireblaze comes back from the ashes and destroyed Wolf by pushing the broken piece of Sagittario through the bey causing it to explode in the process. Madoka tells Gingka that Kenta and Hyoma are in trouble and they go to find them. Due to the strike from Phoenix, crystal shards start falling from the ceiling while Phoenix grabs Kenta and Hyoma in order to save them while Doji just sits there trapped by the shards. One shard strikes Phoenix's mask and shatters it. As Gingka and Madoka arrive Gingka looks at Phoenix with a surprised face and gasps.

Major Events

 * Gingka defeats Reiji and advances to the finals.
 * Reiji turns to stone.
 * Phoenix saves Kenta and Hyoma from Doji and defeats him.
 * Doji is revealed to know who Phoenix really is.
 * Phoenix's mask shatters.

Characters

 * Gingka Hagane
 * Kyoya Tategami
 * Madoka Amano
 * Kenta Yumiya
 * Benkei Hanawa
 * Hyoma
 * Ryuga
 * Daidouji
 * Reiji Mizuchi
 * Phoenix
 * Blader DJ

Beyblades

 * Storm Pegasus 105RF (Gingka's; Featured)
 * Rock Leone 145WB (Kyoya's)
 * Flame Sagittario C145S (Kenta's)
 * Rock Aries ED145B (Hyoma's)
 * Poison Serpent SW145SD (Reiji's)
 * Dark Wolf DF145FS (Doji's)
 * Burn Fireblaze 135MS (Phoenix's)

Continued

 * Gingka Hagane (Storm Pegasus 105RF) vs. Reiji Mizuchi (Poison Serpent SW145SD) = Gingka and Pegasus

New Battles

 * Phoenix (Burn Fireblaze 135MS) vs. Daidouji (Dark Wolf DF145FS) = Phoenix and Fireblaze

Special Moves Used

 * Starblast Attack (Storm Pegasus 105RF)
 * Burning Fire Strike (Burn Fireblaze 135MS)
 * Darkness Howling Blazer (Dark Wolf DF145FS)
 * Venom Strike (Poison Serpent SW145SD)
 * Storm Bringer (Storm Pegasus 105RF)

Trivia

 * When Pegasus fights Serpent, Gingka tells Pegasus to copy Serpent's movements which is an allusion to Greek mythology, where Perseus killed Medusa by reflecting her gaze off his shield thus seeing her self and turning to stone.
 * Furthermore, Pegasus and Medusa featured together during the battle is a reference to how Pegasus was born after Perseus severed Medusa's head.
 * This is the first time that Daidodji has suffered a true loss.