Japanese Episode Discussion Thread

I wish people in the Serebii forums would just get fucking over it, it was not even that big of a deal and it's a bloody kid's show.

But no, it's like it's a tradition over there to talk about Cameron whenever Ash gets a new rival, no other of Ash's rival, just him.

The only people who should be talking about Cameron that much are people who like him, but it's like they are more obsessed.

....Actually no, wait, this entire thing is fucking stupid. What's stupid? People are feeling sorry for the wrong character! It is Cameron who they should be feeling sorry for, not Ash. HE'S the one who screwed over by the person who wrote that episode, after being treated well in episodes before that one. HE was the one who was made to forget the amount of Pokémon needed in a full battle. Ash can have a bad day in one episode, but then can be made up for it in the next. But Cameron? He probably won't ever get the opportunity for the writers to make up for it, this was possibly his last appearance and he was written pretty badly in that episode. Also people should stop blaming the character if something terrible happens with them, they aren't even real, blame whoever wrote that episode.

I just want to say I can never get or stay mad at a character like Kotetsu, because he's adorable, entertaining, funny and his friendship with his Lucario is cute (also he has a Sazandra, my favourite Dragon and a female Daikenki). In fact it is because of the characters that I love Best Wishes, they kept me entertained.

Actually, was it just the battles that people had a problem with in BW? Is that all they seriously care about? The Pokémon anime is way more varied than that.

Yeah, that's right it was only the battles which were lacklustre in BW. Meanwhile the characters, the none-battle episodes, the bonds, they were all done well.

I am really thankful for the Japanese fans, majority of them view Best Wishes in a better light, there are even artists who draw mostly BW fanart for Pokémon.

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Anyway, Satoshi's Hinoyakoma's ability is confirmed as Flame Body in the next episode, its body is glowing red while it's helping to warm up the Onbat egg.

Here is a new title and three new summaries- XY081: Satoshi Leapt Through Time! Rotom's Wish! (the newly announced one is, uh, quite interesting...);
Oh wow, gambling, this isn't going to fly in places were child gambling is frowned up. I'm calling every mention of gambling won't be said in the dub version.

The first part of episode 81's title is obviously a reference to The Girl Who Leapt Through Time: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Girl_Who_Leapt_Through_Time.

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Summaries and voice cast list for the 1 hour special (XY077 and XY078)-
Here are the screencaps for XY076: filb.de/anime/xy/076 and the 1 hour special preview video: filb.de/news/pocket-monsters-xy-folge-76-2561

I love Onbat, it is adorable and so is its voice. Luchabre became like a big brother to the baby Onbat, protecting it and Onbat looking up to him.

Seeing Noibat behaving like an actual baby makes me really thankful that now every Pokémon who hatches out from an egg is treated as a newborn and every child Pokémon is treated as such, not just Pokémon who are classified as "Baby Pokémon" (like Togepi and Happiny) but all of them. And this first started in the Best Wishes series - it really did do a lot of good things, too bad people seem to ignore the great aspects of it - child Pokémon were now portrayed as being weaker than older Pokémon, with their attacks hardly doing any damage or none and adult or teen Pokémon needing to weaken their moves when this child or baby Pokémon is in training (or else they would get knocked out in one hit). Meanwhile in all the series before BW, newly hatched Pokémon had the strength of a trained Pokémon, they could take on adults and even take damage from them, it was a completely unrealistic concept which bothered me during those series.

It appealed to Jessie, she had no interest in him when he was dressed as a travelling man and now she fell in love quickly. His English name is Steven Stone.

No, it does not make Satoshi look bad. Why? BECAUSE SATOSHI DOESN'T CARE! He didn't mind he got defeated by Kotetsu after he brought in five Pokémon.

Seriously, see it from the character's point of view. Kotetsu is one of Satohi's best friends, so Satoshi was only sad that he lost and NOT who he lost against.

It is just as bad as people who complain about Satoshi releasing/leaving his Pokémon, neither parties are seeing in the way Satoshi feels about and views it.

You people are inserting your own feelings into the character (like wanting Satoshi to punch/show off to Iris) while ignoring how Satoshi is actually portrayed.

In regards to the character's feelings, I'm correct about it making Kotetsu look bad. You know Kotetsu would feel like hitting himself if he had lost, because he would not have lost in the regular way, the loss would've happened because he was one Pokémon short. Imagine that on the announcement;- it would have been very embarrassing, meanwhile all Satoshi saw was himself losing to a good friend and strong trainer, he didn't care Kotetsu had five Pokémon with him.

The majority of people who dislike Best Wishes are "Satoshi worshippers" (some of who only seem to care about the main character) and so believe he should do nothing wrong. That he should brag about his achievements and all the amazing stuff he's seen, like some big, annoying, show-off. Are.... are these people trying to make Satoshi one of the most disliked protagonists? Another reason I love BW; everybody was treated well and got great moments, not just Satoshi.

And that is the one problem I have with the XY series; the amount of 'Satoshi worshipping' it contains, the majority of the series consisting of characters saying how "awesome" Satoshi is. It also lead to Satoshi's Gym battle against Citron to mostly go to Satoshi's favour, while Citron's portrayal was really mediocre and only one of his Pokémon got a win (also I hate Serena for saying she will cheer on both Satoshi and Citron, but then later only worrying whenever Satoshi was in trouble). The Gym match was not just about Satoshi getting another badge, it was also part of Citron's development and so the writers should have found a way to make Satoshi win while giving a satisfying result in Citron's character development. Awesome animation will not always equal to awesome episode, but if you are the kind of person who has only ever cared about how Satoshi handles in a Pokémon battle, then yeah, I can see why you would have enjoyed that.

Iris's Axew and Ash's Scraggy, during their first débuts they were too young to take damage from an older Pokémon or able to do any damage to them.

As the series progresses, both Axew and Scraggy were growing as well and soon enough the two children were able to battle teen and adult Pokémon.

Although Iris was issued this goal to have Axew evolve (which was also Axew's dream) the reason why he never did in BW is because he was too young.

Exactly, that's what I mean. Cameron won the normal way, he won because he's a strong and is fully capable as a trainer, he has shown this several times.

The fandom is stupider than Cameron if they think you need smarts to win a Pokémon battle, WHEN THE FUCKING MAIN CHARACTER IS ALSO A DUMB CHILD.

There are two kinds of trainers; those who use brain and strategy and those who use brawn and improvise. There is no wrong way to battle with Pokémon.

New summaries for XY079 and XY080, also the voice cast list for XY079



That's what I mean, trainers like Ash and Cameron don't strategize beforehand, but when they improvise while battling they are strategizing as they go along.

Oh that's cute. I love Pikachu's voice actor. I saw her in a Youtube video of some Japanese talk show where they were interviewing voice actors, and it's just... her cuteness (I'm talking about her Pikachu voice but I guess she looks cute too) is just to die for. But that just leaves the question: who will voice Pikachu in the other dubs?

BTW:


Did anyone else notice you can see up Jesse's skirt?