It does seem like they are trying to put a lot into this episode. I'm highly looking forward to this one.
It seems they're trying to put a lot in this tail end of the arc...
I mean if they're putting this much, in 5th till last episode, then what the heck! xD
So yeah, I guess those 'filler-nonfiller-filler'-patterns can be thrown out of the window..
With regards to being absolutely necessary to understand the plot of Episode N:
BWn1: Plot, slightly
BWn2: Plot, introduction of N
BWn3: Filler/we apparently didn't need to see the Cheren episode to understand the
Episode N plot.
BWn4: Plot, introduction of Colress/Ghetsis/TP
BWn5: Filler
BWn6: Plot
BWn7: Plot, but unknown effects as of yet.
BWn8: Plot, Charizard returns!
BWn9: Plot
BWn10: Unknown
BWn11: Plot/Genesect, might be unrelated to this plot though, and moreso to the movie. Depends on which characters also appear.
BWn12: PLOT
BWn13: PLOT
BWn14: PLOT
BW4-1: Axew gets stuck in Wailord spouting hole!!!
My thoughts exactly, too bad that scene never happened.. In the only episode this could be from (March of the Exeggutor) Charmeleon just simply blasted Ash with a Flamethrower the second they hugged! xD Freakin' retcons ruining my childhood!
Not necessarily. The scans show them as little girls and them as younger women. The one with them as young girls is a flashback but I think Ash may encounter them in person in this one. But even if it is a flashback, they are still appearing.
Actually, I'm really starting to think it's the retconned episodes.
No it's not. It's evidently a flashforward, and Ash will meet them as small children!/sarcasm/reviewing Lost..
I'm here for anything that'll distinguish Ghetsis from the other disappointing villainous team leaders in this series. Oh how I long for Hunter J's level of coolness.
Preach!
From how distressed Pikachu and Ash look in the scan with N, Reshiram, and Ghetsis, I'm guessing N joins Team Plasm and leaves with Them when Ghetsis says some crap to him.
But still, Colress must be working hard as hell to be able to create that huge version of the Colress Machine
I'm guessing that N might be hypnotized into rejoining.. Ash and Pikachu are trying to 'reach out' to N, but he can't even hear them.
I'm guessing since they started their 'world domination' they could possibly attack Black City. Oh well, just a small hope, but i'm keeping my hopes low, thanks Isshu League.
Amen, brother.. amen..
How would they move from Castelia to Black City that fast? Unless you mean that in BWn9, they're in Castelia, and then move up the desert in BWn10/11, and reach Black City by BWn12 by the sheer power of plot transport?