Zhydra
Master of Chaos!
Feel free to add agreements, disagreements and your own opinion. Since this is my list starting out.
1. I like USUM than S/M in nearly every aspect, including most of the story changes with the Aether Family:
While I do find the URS could have been handled better and how USUM cut out some Lillie focus in the main story, it made a few points on most of the characters clearer and to me, better. (Guzma, Gladion, Hau and especially Lusamine.) In addition, USUM, if you include the events in the post game past RR, it has a better sense of closure for the characters that personally, S/M didn't when they just sent Lillie and Lusamine to Kanto and leave it at that with no follow up. Nearly every bit of character development Lillie had in USUM is only slightly weaker in comparison because of the lack of screen time, but the general of that development is in the RR Arc and after.
2. Related to number one. How I was disappoint that S/M ended where Lillie and Lusamine magically mended things off screen without us the player seeing it or even anything showing that it is a good thing. Besides the Looker Mission that cleans up the UB, there is nothing following that plot when it should have been continued to give the sense of closure US/UM gave.
3. I like the Sun and Moon anime: I liked how the series handled death, I liked how it handled Lillie's trauma in the first season, I liked the Aether Arc (Even dare say it was better that the vanilla games.) and the Necrozma Arc is another good one. (I find it a tie between that and Ultra games) I liked the slice of life feel, I don't mind the slap stick and most of the episodes became a joy to watch once I got into it.
4. Armourshipping is my least favorite ship: Serena's how I first met Ash story was done already and better in the form of Angie from the DP series, how Serena and Ash met for the travel is VERY creepy. Besides Serena having a crush on Ash, nothing about her stands out that hasn't been done before by May and Dawn!
5. Infernape had a better character arc than Greninja: Anime related, Infernape started off as a Chimchar that was HEAVILY abused by local jerk of the saga Paul that like the other pokemon in his tender care that are too weak to be useful to him, got released.
Ash took Chimchar in and raised him in a more healthy environment, which resulted in growth into an Infernape that swept half of Paul's Team. (Satisfying)
Greninja was a Froakie that was unpicked before Ash came along and once XYZ came, he got hyped towards something big, has won a lot of battles... but once Diablous ex Machina Alain showed up with Mega Charizard X, it went down hill when Ash Greninja lost, didn't do a whole lot during the big Team Flare episode, then was released to help Zygarde out. Not exactly the most glorious way to end a character arc.
1. I like USUM than S/M in nearly every aspect, including most of the story changes with the Aether Family:
While I do find the URS could have been handled better and how USUM cut out some Lillie focus in the main story, it made a few points on most of the characters clearer and to me, better. (Guzma, Gladion, Hau and especially Lusamine.) In addition, USUM, if you include the events in the post game past RR, it has a better sense of closure for the characters that personally, S/M didn't when they just sent Lillie and Lusamine to Kanto and leave it at that with no follow up. Nearly every bit of character development Lillie had in USUM is only slightly weaker in comparison because of the lack of screen time, but the general of that development is in the RR Arc and after.
2. Related to number one. How I was disappoint that S/M ended where Lillie and Lusamine magically mended things off screen without us the player seeing it or even anything showing that it is a good thing. Besides the Looker Mission that cleans up the UB, there is nothing following that plot when it should have been continued to give the sense of closure US/UM gave.
3. I like the Sun and Moon anime: I liked how the series handled death, I liked how it handled Lillie's trauma in the first season, I liked the Aether Arc (Even dare say it was better that the vanilla games.) and the Necrozma Arc is another good one. (I find it a tie between that and Ultra games) I liked the slice of life feel, I don't mind the slap stick and most of the episodes became a joy to watch once I got into it.
4. Armourshipping is my least favorite ship: Serena's how I first met Ash story was done already and better in the form of Angie from the DP series, how Serena and Ash met for the travel is VERY creepy. Besides Serena having a crush on Ash, nothing about her stands out that hasn't been done before by May and Dawn!
5. Infernape had a better character arc than Greninja: Anime related, Infernape started off as a Chimchar that was HEAVILY abused by local jerk of the saga Paul that like the other pokemon in his tender care that are too weak to be useful to him, got released.
Ash took Chimchar in and raised him in a more healthy environment, which resulted in growth into an Infernape that swept half of Paul's Team. (Satisfying)
Greninja was a Froakie that was unpicked before Ash came along and once XYZ came, he got hyped towards something big, has won a lot of battles... but once Diablous ex Machina Alain showed up with Mega Charizard X, it went down hill when Ash Greninja lost, didn't do a whole lot during the big Team Flare episode, then was released to help Zygarde out. Not exactly the most glorious way to end a character arc.
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