Ryu Taylor
Unwavering beliefs. Richter Taylor is my name now.
Yeah, that spoiler is definitely in the top 3 biggest ****ups the JP version ever committed.The suspense was undermined pretty big-time even for people watching the episode live when it first aired in Japan though, considering that they made the absolutely brilliant decision of showing footage of Satoshi holding the League trophy the day before the episode aired... Though at that point people hadn't 100% ruled out the possibility of it just being a very cruel misdirect.
And in general, the dub's promotion campaign on social media in the week leading up to this episode was so much better executed than Japan's. In fact, other than outright spoiling the ending, what did the JP version even do to promote this episode??
League full of shonen tropes and the admittedly cathartic sight of a prophecized shonen Gary Stu of a Pokemon falling in defeat < League full of conclusions to lots of character arcs.This league is legitimate! Your opinions on this doesn't counter the fact it is legitimate. And this league wasn't bad writing, it was the opposite of bad writing. They actually paid attention to the writing and character arcs here. And please don't speak for the fandom when you say you don't like it...
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