Not an essay time:
I'm going to be real, I felt this was a tad underwhelming considering the payoff we got, though that's probs because of how quickly this was resolved. I'm not surprised that the "Groudon" and the "Kyogre" were really Mew in a transformed state, though the fact that it split its molecules into the two entities was interesting, though not unusual given Ditto reconfigures its molecules when it transforms.
Following the previous episode, going into this episode, I was thinking that Grookey would likely get something given it went out of its way to help Go, not once, but twice and lo and behold it learned Wood Hammer do subdue "Kyogre". Though I will say, it was pretty ballsy of Gary as well as Go and Tokio to put themselves in harm's way the way they did, and I also wonder why Go and Tokio had flares in the first place, I guess it would be in case they got lost or something, I dunno.
I do think that regarding the conflict, the chasers kinda brought it upon themseleves when Asahi touched the rock and it just happened to stop glowing and in turn, agitate the wild pokemon. In any case, it showed how powerful Mew is, even when facing multiple Legendaries itself and the way it acted corresponds with what Asahi said in the last episode, with it being merciful as an angel or cruel as a demon, heck I'd say it was merely flexing. Tsurugi and Asahi showcasing a third pokemon each was whatever, given they didn't really do anyhing tbph. The way it was all resolved though felt so sudden, Go makes a heartfelt speech thanking Mew for everything that has led him to that point and Mew just stops.
As for the proceeding payoff, Mew casually sitting on Go's hand as he was saying that the future lies in his hands. At least he befriended it in the end, though I say that this is a fitting resolution for Go at this moment in time. No shot was he going to catch Mew, and if anyone says to me "but he caught it in his hands", I will say no he didn't, Mew SAT on his hand. So yeah, I didn't think he was going to catch Mew, if anything this experience gave Go a taste of his dream with the Mew encounter, and yet he still has much more ahead of him.
Finally, I do like that the door has been left open for Go, Gary and Tokio to rturn as chasers for the next expedition, allowing them to do what lies ahead of them, whilst having an opportunity on the back burner.
As for the TR segment, it was cool to see Fuecoco's personality shine whilst Jessie fins some way to smeg up their "operation". Now I'm interested to see how they'll smeg up with Quaxly next week.
