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Post by Ryu Taylor, Dub Lover on Jul 1, 2016 0:24:32 GMT -4
To be honest, I consider the league to be the worst part of every saga. Looks like Kalos could end up being no different.
On another topic, I think we all know by now that the Volcanion movie will be premiering in Japan on July 16th. Which is why I think it's going to end up losing to "Finding Dory". Why? Because although that one's out in America already, it'll premiere in Japan on July 16th, the exact same day as the Volcanion movie. So, good luck with that.
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Post by Donkarasu on Jul 1, 2016 19:19:10 GMT -4
Takeru, the trainer who challenged Satoshi to a battle in the hallway, failed to get all eight badges. I guess it was like some test of strength?
Either way it was a weird subplot and, yeah, squeezing in an entire match along with that and the meet and greet wasn't really the best idea.
This League is being rushed, because the episode after the next one will be the semi-finals. That's what happens when there's not many rivals.
No, I am sorry, I was wrong, I'll correct my self. That's what happens.... WHEN GODDAMN FUCKING ALAN DECIDES TO ENTER THE KALOS LEAGUE.
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Post by SeriousJupiter on Jul 2, 2016 9:36:25 GMT -4
So, about that first League episode... I have mixed feelings. It certainly looked impressive, but...
...Yeah. I mean, we all knew Trevor was going to lose from the beginning and we also knew Alain's Charizard is strong enough to beat a Pokémon trained by a member of the Elite Four, but it was still an extremely disappointing match. Then again, since we have seen Trevor before this like only two times, I don't feel particularly bad for him, but I am still pretty pissed that Mega Charizard Y was OHKO'd by a Flamethrower. Why do the writers love X and hate Y so much? If only that Mega Charizard Y had been Ash's Charizard, Alain's Charizard wouldn't have stood a chance.
Also, what was up with that red punk kid? I know he said he wanted to battle Ash for his Badges, but I thought he had something to do with Team Flare the minute I saw him. Maybe his job was really to weaken Ash before his battle for some reason because he smiled soon after he'd lost to Ash. Or maybe he was just literally a red herring and has nothing to do with Team Flare at all. I guess we'll see.
Ash-Greninja is apparently strong enough to OHKO a Dragon-type with the worst physical Water-type attack ever. That's nice, but I still would have liked to see the rest of the battle. I was afraid of this, though, so I'm not really surprised. I bet Ash's next battle will be just as short. Whatever the case, I really don't want Ash to act like Tobias and Alain and sweep every match with just one Pokémon. That would not only be a dick move, it would also be boring as shit. Luckily, it seems Ash will use Hawlucha in the next episode, so at least one of his other Kalos Pokémon will get to battle in the League.
Like I said, there may be more to that punk than meets the eye if he's part of Team Flare. Or not. But yes, I agree, if he's really not important, then that subplot was completely pointless and I would much rather have seen the rest of Alain and Trevor's battle.
Yep, it looks like I was right, this League does have the smallest number of participating Trainers so far with only 64. Then again, I think that's actually better than some ridiculously huge number of Trainers like in the Hoenn League. I think the Hoenn League had 512 Trainers. That's just insane.
I KNOW, RIGHT?! HE'S SUCH A GODDAMN TOBIAS, EXCEPT HE'S EVEN WORSE BECAUSE HIS CHARIZARD IS AS STRONG AS A LEGENDARY POKÉMON WITHOUT ACTUALLY BEING ONE!
Okay, seriously speaking, Ash needs to beat this guy. What's the point of all his character development and rivalry with Alain if he's just going to lose again? This is it, this is the writers' last chance as far as I'm concerned. Kalos has been so great, it needs to end greatly too. If not, then fuck the anime. Forever.
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Post by pokemonfan on Jul 3, 2016 17:48:19 GMT -4
Like I said, there may be more to that punk than meets the eye if he's part of Team Flare. Or not. But yes, I agree, if he's really not important, then that subplot was completely pointless and I would much rather have seen the rest of Alain and Trevor's battle. It was actually an idea I like a lot, it just shouldn't have been implemented in a episode where the league already started. That is (at least according to Japanese speakers who posted about it), Takeru failed to get 8 badges and was bitter over it. He challenged Ash to try to prove that beating gym leaders doesn't mean you're a better trainer, and of course lost. Apparently Takeru also told him that there are a lot of trainers like him who haven't been able to qualify for the league despite how hard they try, and asked Ash he win it for them. So that side plot had the purpose of showing the Kalos league is very hard to enter (perhaps explaining why there are only 64 trainers competing), and I think is the first time the anime has addressed directly trainers who simply haven't been able to get 8 badges and are angry over it. Is it? It got wrecked by Primal Groudon and looked pretty outmatched by Zygarde 50% (sure it got some good hits in but Zygarde overwhelmed it whenever it attacked and it looked ready to finish things before the Flare scientists drained it). I know you weren't being serious, just felt like pointing that out anyway. Alain is certainly an elite level trainer, though given his Metangs performance (despite it being pointed out Noivern had no effective moves against it, Alain still remarked that Noivern almost won that battle) it seems likely his other pokemon are substantially weaker (but still strong).
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Post by SeriousJupiter on Jul 3, 2016 22:31:23 GMT -4
It was actually an idea I like a lot, it just shouldn't have been implemented in a episode where the league already started. That is (at least according to Japanese speakers who posted about it), Takeru failed to get 8 badges and was bitter over it. He challenged Ash to try to prove that beating gym leaders doesn't mean you're a better trainer, and of course lost. Apparently Takeru also told him that there are a lot of trainers like him who haven't been able to qualify for the league despite how hard they try, and asked Ash he win it for them. So that side plot had the purpose of showing the Kalos league is very hard to enter (perhaps explaining why there are only 64 trainers competing), and I think is the first time the anime has addressed directly trainers who simply haven't been able to get 8 badges and are angry over it. True, perhaps the Kalos League really is the toughest League to enter, seeing as some Gym Leaders use Mega Pokémon and all, but I still think Takeru's smile was suspicious and his red clothes and weird glasses practically screamed Team Flare. I suppose he could have been just a bitter Trainer who failed to get eight Badges, but that would make him a rather disappointing distraction from a League Battle. I'm not sure if I want him to show up again or not - if he was a spy for Team Flare, that could mean trouble for the entire League if Team Flare decided to attack Lumiose City, but if he was just a regular loser, then I don't see what was the point of him in the first place. Like you said, they could have introduced him way before the League started. Is it? It got wrecked by Primal Groudon and looked pretty outmatched by Zygarde 50% (sure it got some good hits in but Zygarde overwhelmed it whenever it attacked and it looked ready to finish things before the Flare scientists drained it). I know you weren't being serious, just felt like pointing that out anyway. Alain is certainly an elite level trainer, though given his Metangs performance (despite it being pointed out Noivern had no effective moves against it, Alain still remarked that Noivern almost won that battle) it seems likely his other pokemon are substantially weaker (but still strong). Well, I didn't mean that Alain's Charizard is as strong as Class A legendaries (the world's creators), but I could easily see it going head to head against some Class B legendaries like Darkrai, Cresselia, the Latis, the Regis and the Swords of Justice and winning. And yes, I also have a feeling that the rest of Alain's team are a lot weaker than his main Pokémon. I doubt we'll get to see any of them before his battle with Ash. Alain will probably pull a Tobias and sweep all his other opponents with Mega Charizard X like the Gary Stu he is.
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Post by Donkarasu on Jul 7, 2016 16:58:21 GMT -4
XY&Z033 screenshots: filb.de/anime/xyz/033 and no episode next week, because once again they got a movie to commemorate and what better way than....
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Post by Donkarasu on Jul 8, 2016 18:09:38 GMT -4
A new title and new summaries- XY&Z036: Fierce Fighting at the Kalos League! Gather, All of My Passion!!The preview for XY&Z034 can be found on here (scroll down): www.pocketmonsters.net/main/news/2665
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Post by Donkarasu on Jul 14, 2016 12:04:51 GMT -4
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Post by Donkarasu on Jul 15, 2016 5:20:56 GMT -4
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Post by SeriousJupiter on Jul 18, 2016 10:58:55 GMT -4
Yes! I knew Ash would make it to the finals and it looks like Team Flare won't attack until the League is over unless Ash and Alain's battle will last three episodes instead of two. Do I dare to wish that Ash's time has finally come? Will he finally win a League? We all know he and his friends will save Kalos, but if Alain beats him in the finals and then joins forces with Team Flare, he will most likely become the most hated League winner ever, even worse than Tobias. Would the writers really make such a mistake? I think we're all tired of the excuses and asspulls that have prevented Ash from winning before and he deserves to win more than ever this time. Plus, he would become Kalos's hero if he both won the League and defeated Team Flare. I bet Professor Sycamore would organize a parade and give him and his friends Honor of Kalos medals like he did in the games.
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Post by Donkarasu on Jul 18, 2016 11:17:19 GMT -4
Here is the summary for the 19th movie, Volcanion and the Ingenious Magearna: www.serebii.net/movies/volcanion/Do not read if you don't want to be spoiled. I read the summary and it seems there is a lots of emotion in this movie.
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Post by Donkarasu on Jul 19, 2016 8:46:07 GMT -4
The final song in the XY&Z Character Song Project has been announced and it's a song sung by Pikachu, called "Pikachu's Song"- Yes, those really are the lyrics. I think this song might be cute, but also slightly annoying because it's just constant Pikachu-ing.
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Post by Donkarasu on Jul 21, 2016 11:31:09 GMT -4
The Pikachu Song will be a one time ending- Full summary and voice cast for XY&Z035- XY&Z034 screenshots: filb.de/anime/xyz/034 and XY&Z035 preview video: filb.de/anime/xyz/035. As it has been with the Kalos series, today's episode begins the opening showing clips from this year's movie.
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Post by Donkarasu on Jul 28, 2016 16:23:45 GMT -4
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Post by SeriousJupiter on Jul 29, 2016 2:07:51 GMT -4
Now that Ash has made it to the finals, I think I'll post my thoughts on his battle against Sawyer.
It started off slow, but boy did it pick up in the second episode. The first episode was full of things that didn't make sense, like how the hell was Slaking able to take all those super-effective attacks, why didn't Ash switch Talonflame out when Sawyer sent out Clawitzer and why did Pikachu feel the need to jump on branches when he could have taken both Clawitzer and Aegislash in a battle head-on? Also, poor Hawlucha. He made such a grand entrance and then lost to an opponent he should have been able to beat easily. Yes, the first half of the battle was truly nothing compared to the second half.
The second episode started off strong and stayed strong to the end. It was one of the best anime battles ever IMO. Ash used his head to help Pikachu beat Aegislash, even though some serious anime physics had to be used in order to pull it off. I was surprised to see both of the next battles end in a draw. I'm pretty sure we've never seen two draws in one battle before. Still, it could have been done a lot worse. The Dragon-types KO'd each other with super-effective attacks and Slurpuff and Goodra did lots of damage to each other before the final blow. I just don't understand why Sawyer insisted on using Flamethrower against Goodra instead of Dazzling Gleam. Was he hoping to burn Goodra or something? That wouldn't have helped him at all for two reasons - Goodra's attacks are all special attacks and the whole Rain Dance + Hydration thing, but I suppose he didn't know that. I was also surprised at Slurpuff's moveset - she used Attract and Energy Ball in Sawyer's battle against Tierno but now she seemed to have forgotten both moves. Weird.
I'm glad Pikachu got at least one move in before Sceptile beat him, even though Thunderbolt did hardly any damage. XY seems to have continued BW's erronous method of allowing Pokémon to move right after using powerful attacks like Hyper Beam and Frenzy Plant, but I suppose it would have been TOO easy for Ash-Greninja to beat Mega Sceptile if it had had to rest every time after using Frenzy Plant, so I don't really mind. Their battle was amazing in every sense. I can't think of a single thing wrong with it, since I'm choosing not to count the Frenzy Plant thing. The way Ash-Greninja kept dodging, blocking and Cutting through all those Grass attacks was beautiful and that final giant Water Shuriken was spectacular. I love how it looked like it was combined of all the Double Team clones' Water Shurikens, but since those clones were only illusions, I guess it was made to look like that just for show. Anyway, it doesn't matter because Ash and Ash-Greninja worked together perfectly and I dare to hope that they'll work together just as well in their battle against Alain.
Speaking of Alain... It really pisses me off how it looks like he isn't even trying. He only entered the League to battle Ash and even in his semi-final match he needed to use only two Pokémon. Fuck that guy, seriously. I don't know what kind of lies Malva and Lysandre will feed him and Ash in the next episode, but I hope they'll be sensible enough to not listen and focus only on their battle. If Ash's Kalos team will be good enough to beat five of Mr. Gary Stu's Pokémon, then surely Ash-Greninja will be strong enough to beat his ace. I know Alain's Charizard has beaten ten Mega Pokémon in a row (which, btw, was bullshit and totally rigged by Lysandre), but Ash-Greninja almost beat the Champion's strongest Pokémon once. This really is the writers' last chance. XY has been so good, it needs to end well too.
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