Misty's bike wasn't a goal, but an excuse.Well, Misty did her bike back, tho Ash wasn't the one who payed for it lmao
Literally there is A MILLION things to talk about this episode and you focus in the least important one?Lillie’s face wasnt distorted in this ep
They fixed her sm face , for sure. In sm her eyes were too small and closed to each other. It was horrible
Meanwhile, DeNa is allergic to Ash-Greninja, surely because...well, no Ash around.I love Matsui and Tomiyasu just made DeNA's job for them. There's their Classic Lillie, a potential pokémon for her and even a palette for EX outfit. Can even make her a poison striker since the game lacks those thus forcing even non-Lillie cult members to pull.
I think the first line is the thing, showing some favoritism to this to the detriment of JN stuffI'm not sure why it's surprising that if the time to make an episode someone is really passionate becomes available Tomiyasu would put it in. Tomiyasu has to manage a very strict production schedule and number of resources. If he had the time and resources to spread around on every episode he would. Instead he has to pick and choose the fights he takes on and in this case he picked a fight where he knew he really wanted to nail it.
There's a reason that he's only storyboarded, like, five episodes since Sun & Moon began: he's busy managing the series and he isn't Yama'uchi Shigeyasu and can just churn out a dozen storyboards every 24 episodes.
It is funny because last month was literally XY party and nobody complained about anyone being biased. But SM gets a single good episode and we start with this conspiracy narrative.Piping hot take: they only reason people are saying Tomiyasu is biased towards SM is because of the fact he directed that series as well and people are hyper focusing whenever Alola gets a return episode. I can think of a couple of arguments “proving” that he’s biased towards other series but that doesn’t fit the conspiracy narrative
Let's talk about itIt is funny because last month was literally XY party and nobody complained about anyone being biased. But SM gets a single good episode and we start with this conspiracy narrative.
Don't forget that the TRio 25th anniversary episode was delayed for the Serena's episode. But I don't remember people making theories about some sort of XY favoritism.Let's talk about it
Korrina got how many episodes? She's gotten more episodes than past companions.
Serena, Clemont and Bonnie all happening within two weeks? AND A TWO PARTER for a Kalos match against a Kalos Elite Four member? Not even the Raihan episode was a two partner and just like complaints of the animation not being as good as this episode, it should of been a two parter like the Drasna episode showing him preparing.
And then an episode or two later Greninja appears?
Ash getting an entire episode in Kalos focusing on him mastering M Evolution?
I noticed this too, very interesting
- Can we talk about how Lillie went from not being able to touch Pokemon and screaming at the sight of Nihilego but did both when she grabbed it's hand? A true queen who can get over her phobias
OLM and Game Freak: What is Ash-Greninja?Meanwhile, DeNa is allergic to Ash-Greninja, surely because...well, no Ash around.
You're conveniently ignoring the fact that all of those XY episodes and other returns (including the first alola one) still advanced the development of Ash, Goh, and Koharu in some way (and if not developing one of the three, they still played a significant role in it), whereas this episode didn't, which I think is a reasonable complaint.It is funny because last month was literally XY party and nobody complained about anyone being biased. But SM gets a single good episode and we start with this conspiracy narrative.
Uhm no...? It's cause Tomiyasu used all the resources possible for this episode to look good instead of JN battles that mattered. Sure majority of the battles don't need to look excellent, but battles like Drasna and Raihan are not some run of the mill battles. They're essential to Ash and deserved better. Even the XY episodes didn't look good. Clemont looked eh and the less said about the Drasna battle the better. And even in these XY episodes, a lot of questionable things were done like handwaving Serena’s ribbon with no explanation, forcefully making them meet for 30 seconds and the worst of all, showing AG as base Greninja in scenes where it was actually AG. This episode was focused on the Aether family from start to finish with no weird "decisions" in the middle to question. I still appreciate that stretch of XY episodes, but it's very obvious this episode had a lot more put into it than others.Piping hot take: they only reason people are saying Tomiyasu is biased towards SM is because of the fact he directed that series as well and people are hyper focusing whenever Alola gets a return episode. I can think of a couple of arguments “proving” that he’s biased towards other series but that doesn’t fit the conspiracy narrative
Actually forgot about this. Quick question were you hoping that Lillie caught Nihilego instead of Gladion?Don't forget that the TRio 25th anniversary episode was delayed for the Serena's episode. But I don't remember people making theories about some sort of XY favoritism.
There is a difference between "this episode is half a filler because it doesn't address any JN plot" and "the staff has SM favoritism". The Mohn's plot is the only plot that was deliberately left open to address it later in comparison with any other character knowing that Lillie had the opportunity to "easily" return in Journeys.You're conveniently ignoring the fact that all of those XY episodes and other returns (including the first alola one) still advanced the development of Ash, Goh, and Koharu in some way (and if not developing one of the three, they still played a significant role in it), whereas this episode didn't, which I think is a reasonable complaint.
I personally think that the good in this episode more than made up for it though, and I'll only be upset if the conclusion of ash/goh/koharu arcs does not at least have the same amount of effort put into it.