Calling it overrated is actually hilarious, have you not been reading the reactions to it since it started?My final thoughts are that it's a huge overrated mess and people are only giving it a pass because Ash got to beat Champions.
I mean 1) id almost always rather a arc end strongly/start badly then the opposite (yes it should be good the entire time obviously I’m just saying if one was preferable I choose that one), 2) considering the two battles in question were by far the most important to get right, AND took up half the episodes of the arc anyway and they turned out at least good, it’s no wonder some people were more forgiving towards it. Not EVERYONE, in fact most people I’ve seen here on COULDNT get past the subpar first half to enjoy the rest of it, which is why I think it’s funny and totally off base to call it overrated just because a few people didn’t hate it the entire thingA lot of people are handwaving all the problems with it overall because of the last two battles (which themselves have their fair share of problems), and that's just not how it works.
Wtf does this even mean?On the other hand, the writers themselves overrated Ash quite too literally, but not the fans.
At least ash USED his reserves in the battle frontier. I wish they did it here tooBattle Frontier, which I think is comparable to PWC. I think they made the stakes feel realistic and challenging, and also brought back Ash's reserves.
Just curious about your opinion on why Bea round 3 is that low.Even with the fantastic ending, I still think this idea was unfortunately wasted.
It's disappointing too since I feel like they should have gone all out with something like the PWC/World Coronation Series but instead it was a giant mixed bag with some good battles, some boring and one that was just god-awful all around.
The Masters Eight was at least a little better even if it too had some bizarre moments here and there (like wasting nearly an entire episode searching for some kid's Pokémon I couldn't care less about) and it was able to end on a very very very good note.
Depending on how things go and if I haven't jumped ship, I'm hoping whatever Ash does next is executed far better than this.
As an extra bonus, here's a list of Ash's battles I enjoyed the most to the least:
1: Leon
2: Volkner
3: Visquez
4: Cynthia
5: Marnie
6: Rinto
7: Bea (round 2)
8: Iris
9: Oliver
10: Korrina
11: Bea (round 1)
12: Raihan
13: Dozer
14: Bea (round 3)
15: Kricketina Kylie
16: Tie between Hayden, Tony and Lob
17: Drasna