I don't get why Acerola's Mimikyu gets along with Pikachu because I thought all Mimikyu are supposed to hate Pikachu.
Plus the way Ash and Kiawe were staring down each other is probably a good hint at it
The lightning between the eyes rivalry! Just like Iris and Georgia throughout their series and just like Serena and Miette in XY26!
What kind of league format there is going to be though which will make Kiawe to be able to participate? I mean he has only two Pokemon (three if we count Charizard) and I cannot imagine a league which lacks full battles.
In recent leagues, Conway, Nando, Barry, Stephan, Bianca, Trip, Trevor, and Tierno, are all rivals who have lost before the full battles.
It was kinda good to see Lycanroc get berserk after a long time even with a flashback but unfortunately resulted in its downfall against Nanu.
It didn't get dirty this time, so I don't get it.
They gave Alan a full team of 6 out of ass, so if they want to put Kiawe in the league, they will do it.
The difference is that Kiawe is a main character (the equivalent of a "traveling companion") from previous generations. Pulling it "out of ass" was fine because Ash isn't with Alain all the time, so Alain obviously got those Pokémon offscreen during the hundreds of days of his life he's not with Ash.
I really wish Acerola was the one travelling with Ash instead of his current bunch of horrendous classmates.
She's better than all of them combined.
Its even possible we have a different concept league than the others, with the first round being a double battle and then Ash fights Kiawe in the first round (Then they don't have to give Kiawe a third mon) and then second round start with 3v3 battles.
It wouldn't be different since the Ever Grande Conference started with double battles.
Interesting that she brushed off Trio's info. Either Giovanni's studies have gotten that far or she's holding out info from her boss. Either way I like the idea that TR (especially Giovanni) might get a big arc again.
It's neither one. It's that she doesn't trust them and therefore doesn't trust their info.
It's ironic that after so many complaints that Ash and TR are stale, the fans seem more invested in episodes revolved around just them than the new companion's episodes.
Complaints that Ash and TR are stale are complaining only when they're actually stale. A new concept arc with just the two of them traveling an island is not stale, it's brand new. There's no irony. The irony would be if Ash and TR were doing the same COTD nonsense as always and fans still seemed more invested. Fans seem more invested because it's totally different and not stale in any way.
Releasing Pokemon was never a big part of the games (largely due to the PC) and definitely had no story focus (I mean you can even capture important Pokemon like the Tapu (who the hell is going to appoint new Isand Kahina's now????!!!!)) so I wonder why the anime keeps doing it...
You answered your own question when you mentioned "who the hell is going to appoint..." in essence realizing the games just don't make sense in the anime canon, so obviously the anime won't follow them. There's no need to wonder.
I loved the detail of Ash's reaction when he lost. With just his facial expressions, you could really sense his frustration and hurt—not only with the loss, but also with not being able to control his Pokémon. He looked like he was about to cry at one point! The detailed animation is one thing I love about the SM series, and that scene drove that home.
Not to derail its thread (not that it will anyway, since no one reads my posts on these threads since they happen eternities after everybody else has seen the episode), but this reaction is how Ash should have acted after losing to Alain, and is why many fans were pissed he did not.
Speaking of character portrayals, I love how the anime is portraying Acerola! She is just as fun as she was in the games. It's really a shame she probably won't appear much after the Ula'Ula arc, because I would love to see more of her.
She's better than Kiawe, Mallow, Sophocles, Lana, and Ilima combined.
It doesn't have to be OUT of ass, it can BE an ass!! Mudbray
I wondered how long until Bewear figure out about the TR decoys.
I hope not until the end of the arc, please. I hate Bewear.
I wouldn't mind more moderate character focus like this. Maybe even experiment with an episode where Ash isn't there in person.
An episode without Ash at all would be a side story, not a main series episode. The closest you'll get is last episode where Ash only appeared for 5 seconds at the end. What was wrong with that, in your opinion? It essentially was an Ash-less episode, with Ash only appearing so that it could qualify as a main series episode. His appearance did nothing to impact the rest of the episode, so you essentially saw what an Ash-less episode would look like.
None of them went see his first Grand Trail
which was the most jarring important battle in the history of the show
When did Kukui say that?
idk they've always just been there
^this is false
Now that I think about it, can Ghost-type Pokemon be summoned by saying their name three or five times?
I don't understand.
It got the order of Krookodile's types wrong.
Order of types carries zero significance.
If I say Exeggutor is Psychic and Grass, or I say Articuno is Flying and Ice, or I say Turtonator is Dragon and Fire, I am CORRECT.
So, are we not even pretending to do the regular trials before the Grand Trials now? This is just dumb.
The anime has been so different from the games for more than 20 years so I don't understand why you're getting upset about it now. Furthermore, even within this generation it's been consistent with the first two Grand Trials which Ash did before finishing all trials, so if anything way back during the Hala fight should have been when you overreacted in this way, and you should have expected it since then for the remainder of the generation!
He just waited because the writers need to space everything out. That's the problem with having Ash living in one place instead of traveling.
This I can fully agree on.
And, if we're being blunt, the whole "pre-trial" thing was just some silly semantics. A Grand Trial is a battle with a Kahuna, and that's exactly what Ash was doing. Had he won that fight, there really wouldn't have been much of a point in doing the actual Grand Trial, as Ash would have already proven he could beat Nanu. We can only not consider it a Grand Trial because Ash lost.
I disagree. It was 1on1. The final battle will be more than 1 Pokémon. The 1on1 nature alone makes it different.
The ritual and prayer aren't going to change the outcomes of anything.
Only a true nonbeliever would say this.
I would add Suiren/Lana to that list because I find her trollish tendencies and constant need to one-up everyone else incredibly amusing, but I do agree with your point here; I'd say the fact that they can leave out some of his friends for an episode or two is one of the show's strengths, and I really wish they'd take advantage of it more often. Far too often you have the classmates showing up in episodes where they don't actually serve any purpose, just so they can remind the audience that "Hello, we exist!" and take focus away from the actual point of the episode.
Similarly, Clemont's appearances in XY63 and 65 were unnecessary, and they only did them because at the time they hadn't conceived of the idea of main characters not appearing in every episode. I hope this can continue to future generations.
