A Rush of Ninja Wisdom (820)

[Gillachu]

I've never liked Froakie much, but Sanpei and his Frogadier were awesome. I wish we had seen Sanpei's bros here.

 

[Mrs. Oreo]

Hee hee, Bonnie looked cute all dressed up as a ninja. I liked seeing Froakie vs Frogadier in the trees, plus Sanpei was a cool character. Froakie learning Double Team to beat Team Rocket was cool. ^^

 

[Wednesdayz]

Froakie learning Double Team to beat Team Rocket was cool. ^^

Eh, we've seen Double Team way too much. He should've gained Quick Attack instead, which he was working on anyway.

 

[Leonhart]

So we got our first encounter with Sanpei here, as well as the first mention of his brothers, which would be important later on. I liked Keromatsu versus Gekogashira up on the treetops, and since Keromatsu lost, I expected him to dislike Gekogashira from now on. Also, the Rocket-dan's ninja Nyasu mecha was spiffy.

 

[Alloutℯ]

It was interesting how Froakie ended up learning Double Team in the end, though it made sense since it was the one attack that could avoid the Meowth mecha's attacks very easily. Sanpai was an interesting character, and the training methods he was teaching Froakie were very cool.

 

[Leonhart]

Frankly, since Keromatsu versus Gekogashira was meant to show us how far Satoshi's Keromatsu still needed to develop, I wouldn't have been against Keromatsu evolving in this episode if it meant that he'd take the first step forward.

 

[FullmetalJackie]

After watching this episode I look forward to seeing the evolution of Froakie. It's tough to make ninjas boring, as evidenced by Frogadier's awesomeness. I hope Froakie's training pays off and he matures sooner rather than later. The animation has been holding up very well too. The Froakie training session barely had any repeat frames or speed lines.

 

[Leonhart]

My one gripe regarding Keromatsu's development here was that his training session ended up giving him Double Team, which is such an overused attack in the anime.