Yeah, and Leon beating Diantha easily while Ash struggles against Cynthia is a good setup for the possible self-doubt arcLeon stomping Diantha, we all saw coming. But there are ways to shake it up and get a message across.
One way is to have Leon act different from the first fight. With Alain, Leon practically deemed him a non-threat, using his Gigantimax opportunity purely for crowd-pleasing. He was comfortable, he was in his element, he was lightly jabbing around during matches 2 and 3, he was king.
Now that he sees what Ash is capable of though, that throne is not looking so secure. His frowning face in the end of his battle basically confirmed it, he thinks Ash is a genuine threat to him now. So just play up on that. Have him laser-focused on beating Diantha decisively: no tricks, no japes, just an all-out "overwhelming" wipeout. He needs to show Ash that he is not going to lose to him in the finals no matter what.
Good battles can bend to the need for good characterization, and if Diantha has to be smoked to show Leon being apprehensive for what's coming next, then fine by me.
To be fair, she narrowly beat someone her entire team had a type advantage over with screens up on top of it.Well no matter how this battle goes, Diantha is still very strong and impressive for being in the top 4 in the WORLD and beating a champion of 2 regions.
All this while being a world known actress and a model <3
Leon seriously going all out against Diantha!!!
Leon hates the poor French
Just watch his stock animation changing the expression like they did with Bea(but inverse)So we are getting serious Leon?
Rose is long gone by this point.I wonder if this is the episode Ross interrupts the M8 setting off Darkest Day 2.0
I wonder if this is the episode Ross interrupts the M8 setting off Darkest Day 2.0
Replace Rose with Giovanni and replace Darkest Day 2.0 with Mewtwo Destruction Attack and we got a good arc.I wonder if this is the episode Ross interrupts the M8 setting off Darkest Day 2.0