I really hope they let Mareanie get a last minute evolution more than ever now, she really deserves it and James hasn't had an evolution since OS!
Plus it'd make her more of an intimidating opponent, Mimikyu's remained consistent pretty much but she fell behind and really needs to step up
Can't wait for next episode. So happy Lillie will battle Hala. Maybe that will give her the confidence to enter in the Alola League. I'm guessing Sophocles is gonna battle Horacio and his Shiny Vikavolt in the league, while Kiawe might battle Viren.
Lana could battle her mentor, since the Popplio line's the only starter that hasn't gotten to engage in combat with it's evolution.
I can't wait either but I'm kinda shocked that it seems that Jessie & James are going to legit participate instead of crashing it.
Edit: Also finally atleast we now know when & how Lillie gets her Z Ring....from her father's study which is also where Magearna is...along with how Mohn did up Magearna for Lillie..so yeah it seems that Magearna is going to Lillie and also she might also get the Fairium Z now as well.
A nice change for the TRio considering all they've gotten to do is commentate on tournaments and Leagues until now.
It'd be lovely if they bring actual tournaments back in gen 8 and let the TRio enter those, they could legitimately beat Ash and friends without it being the end of the world!
I do like that they're making her a Fairy specialist, it suits her more than Ice. Cool as an Ice specialist companion would be, I'd much rather it happen in a region with a smaller cast considering how little we see of Ice on the cast compared to Fairy and the four main types.
It's not too late for that. Lana might catch that Dewpider from before or use her Lapras. Kiawe is basically done. They cam all separate and travel to train for the league offscreen and return with team changes.
See, that would be the
right way to go about. Have Ash, Mallow, Lillie, and Rotom go on an small adventure together then return 5 episodes later to find Kiawe with the fire pupper, Soph with.... something, and Lana with Aquaranid.
While Ash got some training in with his squad; Mallow got Ivysaur and Lillie finds a gen 8 Fairy