Shuvalt

"See you in the finals, then?"

- Shu to Valt in the first episode of the series

Shuvalt is the slash ship between Shu Kurenai and Valt Aoi from the Beyblade fandom.

Beyblade Burst
Shu is Valt's best friend and classmate who he has known since they were both in kindergarten. They had received their first Beyblades at around the same time and had their first battle together. Initially Valt was the better Blader, however Shu quickly managed to surpass Valt after less than a year. Despite seeming strict, Shu cares deeply about Valt and is amazed when he makes progress in his battling. Even when Valt was still a novice, Shu saw Valt's potential, even stating in the first episode of the anime that Valt "could be a genius Blader". Valt is continuously inspired by the hard work and focus Shu puts into blading, and continually seeks advice from him. Valt was also deeply concerned when Shu injured his shoulder and did everything he could to keep his friend from getting hurt, even though it became a source of annoyance for Shu.

Later on in the season, Valt and Shu made a pact to meet each other in the finals of the Individual Tournament. Unfortunately, Shu ended up losing to Lui in Episode 49, causing him to believe that he let Valt down for not being able to uphold their promise. This ultimately became one of the driving forces for Shu's decision to travel to America and join the Raging Bulls. However, this also ended up jeopardizing their friendship, because after Shu lost to Free De La Hoya, the No.1 Blader in the World, he became even more desperate to defeat both him and Lui, which in turn led to him becoming the powerful and ruthless Red Eye.

Beyblade Burst Evolution
IWhen Valt discovered his identity, Shu roughly pushed him away and ordered him to stay away from him, having seemingly forgotten about Valt and disregarded their friendship/rivalry for the sake of creating Spryzen Requiem. Valt was visibly hurt by what his friend had become. Even so, Valt refused to give up on Shu, and during their final match of the International Blader's Cup, Valt managed to defeat Shu and free him from Spryzen's brainwashing, and he welcomed his friend back with open arms.

Beyblade Burst Turbo
Two years later in Burst Turbo, Valt and Shu's friendship is still strong, though the two have gone their separate ways (Valt traveling the world to defend his World Champion title, and Shu returning to America and becoming the Raging Bulls' new owner). They were eventually reunited when they met up at the castle called Dread Tower. When Shu’s Turbo Spryzen is destroyed by Phi in battle, Valt attempted to avenge his best friend by challenging Phi himself (before ultimately deciding to let Aiger take him on instead), to which Shu was touched by.

Beyblade Burst Surge
The childhood best friend of Valt Aoi, Shu Kurenai is the ace of the Raging Bulls and a legendary Blader to boot. There was once a time when Shu sought power and waged battles so destructive they earned him a monstrous reputation. It took a cataclysmic battle with his friend Valt for him to finally return to his old self. Behind his cool exterior lies a passionate teacher who offers to coach Lain Valhalla after seeing his skills in battle.

Two years later in Burst Surge, The two are still friends but due to Shu being the new owner of the Raging Bulls they have both not met in a while.But surprisingly Shu came back at Japan to Joining the Ultimate Tag-team Battle with an Unknown Blader and even became the teacher for the Unknown Blader (Lean Valhalla) they have both reunited once again. They eventually needed to battle eachother or either teaming up with eachother in the Tag-team Battle.

Beyblade Burst QuadDrive
After the battle Shu had with Bell Daizora he came to BC Sol and met up with Valt Aoi, they reunited in episode 22.

Fanon
Shuvalt is one of the most popular ships in the beyblade fandom beside Free De La Hoya and Kristina Kuroda, the ship was mostly "sailing" since valt cares for Shu but in a bestfriend kind of way this ship is most likely to be an icon to a lot of Beyblade fans and shippers since it reminds them of how Gingka Hagane and Kyoya Tetegami's relationship was in the Metal Saga series. But there is not that much chances on this ship being canon due to the show mostly is on topic of children and minors. But there may be little hope on the ship being canon due to how their relationship is going and how Valt Helped Shu to understand and have fun on beyblading.

Some rumoured the ship to be Semi-canon since one of the staff members drew them together, but there was no proof or either the creator itself Hiro Morita saying that it was Semi-canon. So the rumors were proven to be false.

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Trivia

 * Shu and Valt have been friends since kindergarten.
 * Shuvalt is the most popular ship in the Beyblade fandom.
 * Shu sees Valt as a worthy opponent or rival.
 * Shuvalt was originally titled "Shalt" but the name changed, because the name was already used to refer to the ship between Shasa Guten and Valt Aoi.

Variations

 * Shu x Valt x Free refers to the ship between the two and Free De La Hoya
 * Shu x Valt x Rantaro refers to the ship between the two and Rantaro Kiyama
 * Shu x Valt x Wakiya refers to the ship between the two and Wakiya Murasaki