The thing is that if Mijumaru is to fully evolve, then it better win some battles.. And by the time we get to Fukuyose, I could hardly say that the battle against Yanappu counted if you know what I mean..
Actually, I don't know what you mean. Could you elaborate?
Locormus said:
That being said.. I can actually see Mijumaru evolving to Futachimaru and that's it for the league for it. Then Tsutaja can fully evolve due to being owned by a different trainer and thus being experienced enough already, and Pokabu could evolve fully due to feeling depressed after each loss and then working hard to become strong, as a fully evolved Enbuoh.
Pikachu, Kenhorou, Futachimaru, Enbuoh, Jalorda, Hahakomori, Waruvile. Whatevers next..
That doesn't look too bad.
Hm. Actually? I don't think he'll have a Jalorda, at least not by the time of the league. I believe I've mentioned this elsewhere--that the writers tend to avoid exact mirror matches, to the point of not even having members of the same species on opposing teams. Shooti will have a Jalorda of his own; makes it seem unlikely to me, then, that Ash will have one.
Now, before you remind me of Paul's Torterra, remember that while it may have been his starter and quite possibly even his strongest pokemon, it was not his
main pokemon as far as the story was concerned--it didn't appear as often as Electivire. This is different than with Shooti, whose main pokemon (for story purposes)
is his starter. As such, if Ash
also happens to have a Jalorda by league-time, he probably wouldn't use her in his match with Shooti, because mark my words, Shooti
will use his.
Speaking of which--I'm not entirely sure I agree with that as a prospective league team. Maybe post-league, but--that looks like a hell of a lot of development for a saga that'll probably only last a couple more years at the most.
If anything, from that list, I'd reverse Osha and Tepig. Becoming a Daikenki would seem to mirror Osha's predicted development from immature and often cowardly to badass samurai warrior; meanwhile, it seems to me that Tepig could just as easily become the regional poster child for being strong despite not evolving.
And then there was something he said in his match with Shooti--something like how you don't need evolution to become strong. Reminded me a lot of his Kanto-era mindset. Call it paranoia or something if you want, but between this and the above, not only do I not think Ash will have more than one fully-evolved starter by the time of the league, I think there's a decent chance this time 'round that he won't have
any fully-evolved pokemon at all.
SO. How 'bout that Arty fella? Pretty hot, eh?
Really, though, I've kinda been wondering about something. In the games, Arty's supposed to be styled somewhat after a circus ringleader or something, isn't he? You know, flamboyant appearance, clowns for all of his gym trainers, a flashy battle stage? Kinda makes me wonder if/how they'll work with that in the show.
Yeah. Can't exactly say much more, can I? Except that here's hoping someone other than Osha or Tepig stars in this one.
