The narrator saying "so far Ash has been undefeated" isn't ominous at all lol. If you ask me, sounds like he'll soon be the title of AG159: off the unbeaten path
So they couldn't give Ash-Greninja Night Slash but they give it to Galarian Farfetch'd? Really?
OCTOLOCK! SO ****ING EPIC
It's kind of nuts that Bea was able to do 2 battles back-to-back without healing
Wait.. Goh just wins his first match ever and it happens offscreen?! What is this show
Wait.. why did the dub play the lyrics of the opening over the ending theme this episode? It's the only episode out of all 36 where that happens?
He could've used Dragonite or Pikachu and come close to beating her but no Riolu wants to battle.
It has been four regions and he is still making the same mistakes.
I'm pretty sure he came to the Fighting Dojo to train his Fighting Pokémon.
Sad Farfetch'd didn't get a win but at least it sets up a more intense rematch against Hawlucha, that's ultimately better than an easy win here imo, I love it when the Pokemon themselves feel emotionally invested into the battle, I wanna see some determined duck.
A Fighting Bird on a Fighting Bird! Two of the only Fighting Bird Pokémon that exist, although I just remembered Blaziken is another
The loss against Cameron wasn't humiliating, at least no for Ash but it was still a bad loss. Not as bad as Tobias or Paul(4-0) but still very bad.
It was the most humiliating loss of Ash's career and BWS2-24 is the worst episode in Pokémon history. It may not quantitatively be worse than Tobias or Paul but it is qualitiatively the worst loss of Ash's career
Was not expecting Goh to leave this episode with anything.
It's too bad that his victory against the karate master was off-screened.
This was his first official match since Hoji, coming off of the victory against team rocket last week.
Who is Hoji? Usually Bulbapedia is usually good at translating Japanese names but it came up empty for me on this one.
The Fighting Dojo appears to be the same one from AG, however there wasn't any references to that AG episode, it doesn't matter much but it just feels kinda weird for people who have watched that episode before.
oh yeah, the infamous "last 4kids episode". I was so sad at the time (as a child) about the old voices going away that I barely remember much of the plot of the episode and couldn't have told you it took place at the Fighting Dojo.. I had to actually check on Bulbapedia which past episode had had the Fighting Dojo because I didn't remember any such episode. I think it's funny they titled the episode Pasta La Vista! to say goodbye
I still don't get how Go beat that Karate Master. I hope we get a flashback somewhere down the line.
It's a total embarrassing botchjob of an episode to offscreen his first career win.
I don't know, there's just a mess of confusion here, that could've been averted if they just left Korrina out of this. But yeah of course 8th generation bias has to rear its ugly head again.
Well here's the thing. By making Bea, Raihan, etc way stronger than gym counterparts from other generations, what they've done is actually solve a conundrum that was frequently discussed in the fandom before Ash became a Champion: people always said, if Ash ever wins, then how could they continue his story in the next generation because the gyms would be too easy for him. And they have to showcase the gym leaders from the next gen since the anime is marketing for the games. Well, it turned out they were able to have Ash become Champion by still having him face gym leaders, just in a different competition. Therefore it's not like "why is Ash going back to traveling the region and battling gym leaders" but they are still able to include the gym leaders in the anime. So because Ash isn't battling Bea at her gym, but instead in this global competition, it's fine for her to be stronger. I would say rather than "bias" as you say, it's more of them solving a pretty interesting conundrum of how to continue Ash's journey post-Champion but still showcase the gym leaders.
Finally a humiliating loss for Ash, something that hasn't happened in a long time.
Also Bea seems pretty cool and intimidating. I've been wanting to see a rival like her in the anime for a long time now. I'm glad that she called Korrina weak and naive, Korrina was extremely overrated anyways.
You were one of the first people I thought of when I saw this episode! I know you've wanted a female strong battler in the anime for so long, even better if she becomes Ash's rival!
Imagine you had an entire arc dedicated to your growth only to come back and be this seasons dormat, poor Korrina man LOL
inevitable power creep in a long-runner
You seem to be rational. The guys I saw on Twitter just want to trashtalk Ash and even called him "that **** of the Alola Champion" or something like that.
I can't even figure out what swear word this is supposed to be lol
It feels a little forced because they are nothing special in the games
well, it may be a little forced, but anime != games and the anime writers had a tough challenge this gen of how to showcase the gym leaders while having Ash do a different competition post-Championship
I think she is good to be in super class, there are lot of trainers around stronger than her, easily likes of Trip, Paul and Cameron would beat her with their ace pokimons. Ash has used his underdeveloped mons, results would have been otherwise if it was his ace battled.
Cameron wouldn't do ****, and tbh probably not Trip either
The overhyped of Bea right now is kinda crazy... sure she didn't struggle at all in this match, but her Pokemon didn't OHKO Ash's lesser team members either. And it's not like Farfetch'd and Riolu are all that weak... in Farfetch'd case, it had a terrible type matchup and still only knows Night Slash and Brutal Swing
I don't understand why Ash won't teach Farfetch'd STAB moves
Even though I've mostly accepted the world tour format, I do agree that the Galar gyms would have been challenging enough for champion!Ash to battle. Plus it would've shut up the people who invalidate his Alola league win because "he didn't challenge gyms".
Yes but if Ash had done that, those same people would have said "is it a real championship because why would a real champion go and battle lowly gyms in the next region"
you can't win with these people lmao
She wasn't a major rival nor legit; she was pretty much a joke
agreed, all she ever wanted to do was get Ash to take off his clothes by pretending to be clumsy enough to conveniently knock Ash into the water every time they met
Pretty sure Ash vs. Leon at least will be a full battle despite all the Master Class battles so far being 1 vs. 1. The writers would definitely want to make a spectacle out of that battle
If it's Ash's last battle ever in the history of the anime, I hope it's 5 episodes
