Soniman
Break the Limit
Serena beat James in a tag battleYeah, a CotD and for 5 seconds. We haven’t had a female protagonist win a proper fight against a male character since Iris in BW, and that’s problematic.
Serena beat James in a tag battleYeah, a CotD and for 5 seconds. We haven’t had a female protagonist win a proper fight against a male character since Iris in BW, and that’s problematic.
what was wrong with Micie's health though, is it just old age??
You mean DP and at the very latest BW?Ugh, remember the good old days when girls from the main cast were allowed to battle and have more than one Pokémon before somehow the writers decided to fall like 50 years behind and give us male chauvinism conforming gender roles?
Valid complaints but seeing as Pokémon has never really explored the concepts of serious bullying and the mental toll it takes I'm surprised they even tried. A for effort I guessbtw I was looking at a Japanese fan review of the episode here that made some pretty legit criticism of it:
*The themes of bullying, transferring to a new school and Trainer/Pokemon codependence are rather heavy and probably would've worked better by making Regina a recurring character with a running subplot instead of having to neatly wrap everything up in 20 minutes, which felt awkwardly convenient.
*The recurring characters mostly just stand around in the background as the plot happens around them. It was Micie collapsing that led to Regina opening up, not anything Koharu or anyone else said or did, and that would've happened no matter what.
*The scene at the end with the ice playground really just came across as the other students thinking the playground was cool rather than them wanting to be friends with Regina, which isn't the best way to resolve a story about bullying.
They're good points, can't really disagree with them.
This is a good criticism, I don't disagree with them either but I do wonder if Regina will come back as a recurring character rather than a straight-up COTD.btw I was looking at a Japanese fan review of the episode here that made some pretty legit criticism of it:
*The themes of bullying, transferring to a new school and Trainer/Pokemon codependence are rather heavy and probably would've worked better by making Regina a recurring character with a running subplot instead of having to neatly wrap everything up in 20 minutes, which felt awkwardly convenient.
*The recurring characters mostly just stand around in the background as the plot happens around them. It was Micie collapsing that led to Regina opening up, not anything Koharu or anyone else said or did, and that would've happened no matter what.
*The scene at the end with the ice playground really just came across as the other students thinking the playground was cool rather than them wanting to be friends with Regina, which isn't the best way to resolve a story about bullying.
They're good points, can't really disagree with them.
Counterpoint:And they wondered why I dislike CotDs or the very concept of one-time use characters, especially if they take priority...
You legit can't tell any proper story within the scope of ~20 minutes no matter how tearjerking you make it.
But Glaceon should have "told" the students to stop bullying Regina, like most rational people would do to defuse the situation, instead of straight freezing them to the point that in the mind that Pokemon, people approaching her equals bullying.
Yeah, Regina becoming a Pokemon trainer while Chloe is still barely train & battle, despite her part-time main character status. is dissapointing. But since Regina declared it on the mail letter to Chloe means that it's pretty much a send-off for her and she's likely not come back in the future episodes.
Or the first ten minutes of UP or the various short films with half or even a third of the run time of a Pokémon episode that are able to tell even more emotional stories in less timeCounterpoint:
Cowboy Bebop.
Twilight Wings would also be a good counterexample.Or the first ten minutes of UP or the various short films with half or even a third of the run time of a Pokémon episode that are able to tell even more emotional stories in less time
So, never, then.She said in the letter she'd come visit next vacation.
I see. Still, what Micie did wasn't really an effective solution. It just creates another problem.Micie fended off the bullies multiple times before it started getting so cautious, it wasn't a one time incident.
She said in the letter she'd come visit next vacation.
Remember when they were allowed to own Pokemon that weren't cute or feminine in design? Pepperidge Farms remembersUgh, remember the good old days when girls from the main cast were allowed to battle and have more than one Pokémon before somehow the writers decided to fall like 50 years behind and give us male chauvinism conforming gender roles?
Yeah well I fail to see how that matters, if they made Ash lose to Chloe now then he'd look even more unworthy of entry to the top 8. So she'd have to beat Goh.Yeah, a CotD and for 5 seconds. We haven’t had a female protagonist win a proper fight against a male character since Iris in BW, and that’s problematic.