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April 12th: PM2019 021 - Hit Your Mark, Wave Guidance! Satoshi and the Mysterious Egg!!

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Mr. Reloaded

Cause a pirate is free
I'm hearing rumours that it's actually Cynthia who'll give Ash the egg? That'd be cool.

It's bogus.

The Dragon trainer the anipoke Twitter account was talking about Ash fighting against in the future is what's his name from Galar not Cynthia.

That and there's no summary for this episode at all.
 

dman_dustin

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And there are the rumors I was trying to avoid because there's no reason to speculate them, when we don't have a summary or title and thus could easily be false. The only thing that the rumor could be true is that Ash loses badly in the beginning of the episode and that's it, but even still Sakuragi could be given Ash the egg making that point kind of moot.


It's bogus.

The Dragon trainer the anipoke Twitter account was talking about Ash fighting against in the future is what's his name from Galar not Cynthia.

That and there's no summary for this episode at all.

There was absolutely no confirmation that they were talking about the Dragon Gym leader, that was heavy speculation. Given a lot of people also thought that it would be Iris until a producer/animator (potentially) I think said Brock and Misty were far more likely (it could easily have been a random person and not an actual person working on the show however, I don't know the exact context, when parody accounts exist).

PLUS the implication is that Ash KNOWS the dragon type trainer, I don't think the implication was "HEY SWORD AND SHIELD FANS, that special dragon type trainer YOU KNOW is going to show up"

Plus for them to tweet about a dragon trainer, means that it has to be coming soon. I don't expect Raihan for another year or so, he has to be in the 999-100 (or 99-10) class ranks and Ash isn't that close yet. And I doubt the official Pokemon anime twitter would tweet something so far away.
 

1rkhachatryan

Call me Robert guys
And there are the rumors I was trying to avoid because there's no reason to speculate them, when we don't have a summary or title and thus could easily be false. The only thing that the rumor could be true is that Ash loses badly in the beginning of the episode and that's it, but even still Sakuragi could be given Ash the egg making that point kind of moot.




There was absolutely no confirmation that they were talking about the Dragon Gym leader, that was heavy speculation. Given a lot of people also thought that it would be Iris until a producer/animator (potentially) I think said Brock and Misty were far more likely (it could easily have been a random person and not an actual person working on the show however, I don't know the exact context, when parody accounts exist).

PLUS the implication is that Ash KNOWS the dragon type trainer, I don't think the implication was "HEY SWORD AND SHIELD FANS, that special dragon type trainer YOU KNOW is going to show up"

Plus for them to tweet about a dragon trainer, means that it has to be coming soon. I don't expect Raihan for another year or so, he has to be in the 999-100 (or 99-10) class ranks and Ash isn't that close yet. And I doubt the official Pokemon anime twitter would tweet something so far away.

Can anybody link this post?? I feel like I saw the tweet before but want to refresh my memory.
 

Cptnmac1

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There is no way it'd be Cynthia lol
She is way too popular for them to not hype up before she appears
Not to mention everything that would have to happen in a single episode for it to be true since we know the egg hatches in episode 21.
There would have to be a battle that ash loses the Cynthia would have to appear out of basically nowhere and have a battle with ash and then give him an egg that would hatch by the end of the episode. That's way too much to happen in a single episode
 

Master Pikachu 11

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However I do think they want to focus on new captures first before potentially introducing old Pokemon, and for that, that's why its similar to the Dawn example.

It would be easier for Ash to just use Sceptile/Infernape, etc, etc, etc, but I don't think right now, it's about being easy for Ash.
Well besides I think a team of Pikachu, Mimey, Dragonite, Gengar, and potentially Riolu is more than capable of handling these opponents compared to any of his previous teams sure, they will need some training, but as we saw from the Pices battle, Gengar is really strong and pretty much threw Raichu around like it was a Rag doll. I do agree, I believe they want Ash to catch some new Pokémon that he has never gotten the chance to get in previous gens because of either beginner level, or in why not give him a Lucario was because of Infernape. As soon as they allow him to catch some new Pokémon, I think then they can bring some old Pokémon back as well.
 

ShadowForce720

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Not to mention everything that would have to happen in a single episode for it to be true since we know the egg hatches in episode 21.
There would have to be a battle that ash loses the Cynthia would have to appear out of basically nowhere and have a battle with ash and then give him an egg that would hatch by the end of the episode. That's way too much to happen in a single episode

Another problem with that rumor was that if you look at when that rumor was posted it was posted on March 21st. Which was the day before episode 18 aired which I don’t think I have to point out the problem with that.
 

Leonhart

Imagineer
Zoruagible said:
There is no way it'd be Cynthia lol
She is way too popular for them to not hype up before she appears

I also don't see why she would be needed for Satoshi to attain a Riolu egg. I could understand someone like Gen possibly showing up instead [although I'm not betting money that happening either] because at least he's synonymous with the Lucario line overall, but Shirona never used a Lucario in the anime despite owning one in the games. So I don't see her as being suitable for that kind of subplot here.
 

Missingno. Master

Poison-type Trainer
I remember the days of Gen 4, I was heavily on board with the "Lucario for Ash" bandwagon. And, well, not without reason- with Ash's sensitivity to Aura, it seemed like a perfect match. Still does, in fact.

Is Lucario one of those mons they love shoving down our throats? Hell, yes. And lord only knows I'd be the first one to celebrate if Ash were to catch something completely off-the-wall and unconventional, like a Dunsparce or Qwilfish or what have you. But to me, there really is no denying that Lucario would fit Ash perfectly, and so all I can say about this is, it's about damn time. Regardless of your opinions about Lucario as a Pokémon, I hope we can all at least agree that it makes sense for Ash to work with a Lucario.

...he really should get to catch a Dunsparce, though. I mean, he's wanted one twice already, they should let the third time be the charm.
 

dman_dustin

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Riolu/Lucario was the straight man of the duo and was similar to Cameron because it was cheerful but it wasn't an idiot like Cameron.
I think part of the hate he gets comes from his victory against Ash which was kind of ridiculous. Not just the 6-5 stupidity but also what his Riolu/Lucario did. If he had lost no one would even care about him.
Except I did have issues with his Riolu/Lucario. A bit too overpowered which certainly didn't help the image I had of the species at the time (extremely overrated)
There are some people for sure but comparatively speaking Alain's Charizard gets more hate for some reason.

I also don't see why she would be needed for Satoshi to attain a Riolu egg. I could understand someone like Gen possibly showing up instead [although I'm not betting money that happening either] because at least he's synonymous with the Lucario line overall, but Shirona never used a Lucario in the anime despite owning one in the games. So I don't see her as being suitable for that kind of subplot here.
Cynthia's design is somewhat based on Lucario so maybe people are forming a connection here.
"Aiming for a battle with the strongest king Dande, Satoshi and Pikachu decide to get better together

What kind of trainers are you waiting for? Maybe that person who uses a dragon type ..."

That's what the translate says for me. Unless it's completely wrong, it sounds like someone who happens to have a dragon type pokemon, not necessarily a specialist.

I know it most likely won't happen but I want it to be Cynthia, that would be epic!!
I don't think he can take on someone like Cynthia at this point. If he had 2-0'd Visquez then maybe... I think at current level Cynthia would destroy him, his situation would be similar to Paul.
 

Decidueye23

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I think part of the hate he gets comes from his victory against Ash which was kind of ridiculous. Not just the 6-5 stupidity but also what his Riolu/Lucario did. If he had lost no one would even care about him.

There are some people for sure but comparatively speaking Alain's Charizard gets more hate for some reason.


Cynthia's design is somewhat based on Lucario so maybe people are forming a connection here.

I don't think he can take on someone like Cynthia at this point. If he had 2-0'd Visquez then maybe... I think at current level Cynthia would destroy him, his situation would be similar to Paul.
Depends on what the team he uses will be. Not saying he ll win, but it wouldnt be as bad if he uses a good team i feel. All his aces together could maybe put up a decent fight against her.
 

Ryuuma

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I hope its a Riolu, Lucario is such a cool pokemon.

And i'm pretty happy with the new model of Ash team, its pretty nice to see him catching a bunch of fan favorite cool pokemon, plus it is the first time since the beggning of the anime that Ash caaptures are not limited to a single region. I prefer a team full of old nice pokemon + a starter that can recieve Froakie/Chimchar level of development. Tham a team full of "meh" pokemon just for the sake region merchandise.
 
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