I can understand that. Black and White both having Tepigs was really odd, but it was kinda a nice change of pace for a while. Though I am glad she finally got a Servine. As for Bianca and Cheren, that was a bit odd but it didn't bother me too much since their Dexes ended up getting broke and their lack of focus, so I figured it didn't matter too much since they weren't going to be Dexholders anyway. I can also see how the mini-volumes made you angry, but nah, that was just a Viz thing. Yeah, we're all a bit ignorant as 14-year-olds, myself included. XD Plus both in Japan and American Adventures has such an odd release style, that when you don't know about everything it just really confuses you. But I'm glad you finally know how it works now though! ^_^ I'm glad you got into BW too! I really like it too and the development both got was nice. As for B2W2 chapter, I can understand that but luckily it seems what Kusaka is doing will work just as well. In fact I agree that I actually think it's the better way of doing it. I'm also enjoying the originality of everything too, and I think it has potential to be a good arc so I'm excited for future chapters of it. Yeah, the names are a little odd but I thought using corruptions of the game names was a kinda cool twist. It's odd using Rakutsu and Faitsu in English though, so it'll be good when Viz gets to releasing the arc so they can make a proper English counterpart. And yeah, the ages is a bit odd after Black and White's ages and especially considering their backgrounds as well. But I always thought Nate and Rosa looked younger than them so I can see why they did it, though they actually look older in Adventures to where they didn't have to. But eh, Pokemon characters ages has always been a really weird thing so I just consider it another example of that to be honest.