British Soul
Top Hat Regulator
What an episode, now for my regularly scheduled essay.
Firstly, I suppose we couldn't go three episodes with no physical Go appearances, though I will say, during my first watch through I didn't even notice Todd Snap outside Wyndon after Eternatus dispersed the storm clouds, and the CG effects on Eternatus looked great tbph. It was nice to see all the other companions as well such as May, Max, etc, as well as Brock and Cilan learning that they do have a mutual friend as they were seen watching on together especially after they didn't realise such in the BW special featuring the two.
Onto the battle, an exclusive first look at the post-match interview:
If anyone wants context behind this, I'll happily provide it, I had that on my mind during part three and thought this would've been relevant after Ash had beaten Cynthia.
Not gonna lie, it was a surprise to see that Leon's Cinderace is capable of Gigantamaxing, though I was disappointed as to how quickly it fell seeing as it had taken like little damage up till that point.
As for the meat and potatoes of the episode, Charizard vs Pikachu, and yes I was reminded of Ash's battle with Ritchie in the Indigo League which was contested by Charizard and Pikachu at the end, and I did spend most of last week wondering Pikachu would make it 2-0. The battle was intense, full of action as we should expect from a final battle and the animation was great, worthy of such a momentous occasion and worth the hype that the four episodes generated. Congrats to Ash for eeking out a W in such miraculous fashion and I am not surprised that the writers would Deus Ex Machina a win on Ash's end when it looked as if Leon had the upper hand still (The plot armour was strong though, so I can understand why some people would think "He only won due to plot armour."). When Pikachu fell to the ground and we had the dream sequence featuring most of the Pokemon Ash had been involved with over the years, prior to that I thought Leon had won it considering the Fire Blast had blocked the Thunderbolt. Seeing Leon toss his hat onto the ground during that final attack was poetic though as he does so upon his defeat in the games.
I did like that we saw how Leon's first battle with Sonia transpired though as Leon reminisced about it during the battle.
Finally, I hope I'm not the only one who wanted to see Diantha and Cynthia fight it out for the coveted bronze medal.
Firstly, I suppose we couldn't go three episodes with no physical Go appearances, though I will say, during my first watch through I didn't even notice Todd Snap outside Wyndon after Eternatus dispersed the storm clouds, and the CG effects on Eternatus looked great tbph. It was nice to see all the other companions as well such as May, Max, etc, as well as Brock and Cilan learning that they do have a mutual friend as they were seen watching on together especially after they didn't realise such in the BW special featuring the two.
Onto the battle, an exclusive first look at the post-match interview:
If anyone wants context behind this, I'll happily provide it, I had that on my mind during part three and thought this would've been relevant after Ash had beaten Cynthia.
Not gonna lie, it was a surprise to see that Leon's Cinderace is capable of Gigantamaxing, though I was disappointed as to how quickly it fell seeing as it had taken like little damage up till that point.
As for the meat and potatoes of the episode, Charizard vs Pikachu, and yes I was reminded of Ash's battle with Ritchie in the Indigo League which was contested by Charizard and Pikachu at the end, and I did spend most of last week wondering Pikachu would make it 2-0. The battle was intense, full of action as we should expect from a final battle and the animation was great, worthy of such a momentous occasion and worth the hype that the four episodes generated. Congrats to Ash for eeking out a W in such miraculous fashion and I am not surprised that the writers would Deus Ex Machina a win on Ash's end when it looked as if Leon had the upper hand still (The plot armour was strong though, so I can understand why some people would think "He only won due to plot armour."). When Pikachu fell to the ground and we had the dream sequence featuring most of the Pokemon Ash had been involved with over the years, prior to that I thought Leon had won it considering the Fire Blast had blocked the Thunderbolt. Seeing Leon toss his hat onto the ground during that final attack was poetic though as he does so upon his defeat in the games.
I did like that we saw how Leon's first battle with Sonia transpired though as Leon reminisced about it during the battle.
Finally, I hope I'm not the only one who wanted to see Diantha and Cynthia fight it out for the coveted bronze medal.
Last edited: