So, as I thought, this episode was a setup episode to well, set up for the next episode but I have to say, I really did enjoy it. It was a little slow in the beginning but it picked up fast and got really interesting, especially right at the end.
We all knew the adults were going to be feeling down this episode, I was glad to see they included Jessie and James among the adults. I have a love/hate relationship, sometimes I love them and othertimes I hate them. This episode definitely falls into the latter category. They didn’t annoy me this episode, probably because Jessie and James didn’t have the energy to come up any sort of scheme.
I was not expecting for the weather to be effecting Ash and Kiawe’s Z moves but I do like that they went there. I also liked the use of the Z moves to break through the fog covering Alola.
Poipole drawing Necrozma was interesting. We all know that Poipole came with some heavy baggage upon meeting Ash and his classmates, which we found out from the episode with Mina, and it has something to do with Necrozma and I can’t wait to figure out what.
Yes, the real highlight of the episode, Gladion came back. Silvally was obviously upset about something and now we know for sure, it is Necrozma that was agitating it. So he joins the Ultra Guardians to figure out why and meets up with Ash, Lillie, and everyone else at the Altar of the Sunne when an ultra wormhole opened and out comes Lunala followed by Necrozma.
Before I forget, Matori don’t know her English name, sorry and Gozu are on their way to Alola on Giovanni’s order and they are after Necrozma. This is going to make everything next week interesting, especially since we saw in the preview that they tried to catch Necrozma after it fused with Lunala. Now I am even more hyped for the next episode.
Such a great episode. What a way to set up for the next episode and the rest of the Necrozma arc. Solid episode, very well done.