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I was hoping for Elite 4 trainer strength level Kahili in the anime, but hey I still liked her debut episode at least as a laid back thing, plus this moment happened.
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Pretty much. That was Beak Blast.Did she just use a toucan as a frickin' bazooka?
Which episode was that? I need to watch it just for that one scene.Pretty much. That was Beak Blast.
SM110Which episode was that? I need to watch it just for that one scene.
GS Ball was full-on executive meddling, so you could blame the executives on that one. Not sure about Ho-Oh, but considering the anime started airing the same month GS were revealed it might have been a marketing thing, one that only Japanese people got.
It's relatively minor, but I think not having Misty and Brock react to Ash winning the Alola League was a missed opportunity. They didn't have to be in the stadium or anything. They could have just given them a quick silent cameo, similar to what happened with Misty during the Hoenn League. It might have helped to make winning the Alola League feel like a bigger deal than it actually was if it was being broadcasted to different regions, or at least Kanto.
Aside from Ash's lengthy stunned reaction the League win felt a bit more muted in reaction (in universe, it was big in the real world) than I'd expect. Delia and Professor Oak didn't really react much, and I thought Pikachu felt off when they received the trophy (maybe it's just me but Pikachu sounded a bit confused after sniffing it, though the way it was drawn with his eyes watering felt like he was supposed to consider it important? I'm not sure what they were aiming for).It's relatively minor, but I think not having Misty and Brock react to Ash winning the Alola League was a missed opportunity. They didn't have to be in the stadium or anything. They could have just given them a quick silent cameo, similar to what happened with Misty during the Hoenn League. It might have helped to make winning the Alola League feel like a bigger deal than it actually was if it was being broadcasted to different regions, or at least Kanto.
Aside from Ash's lengthy stunned reaction the League win felt a bit more muted in reaction (in universe, it was big in the real world) than I'd expect. Delia and Professor Oak didn't really react much, and I thought Pikachu felt off when they received the trophy (maybe it's just me but Pikachu sounded a bit confused after sniffing it, though the way it was drawn with his eyes watering felt like he was supposed to consider it important? I'm not sure what they were aiming for).
It also felt like we really, really should have seen the reserves at some point after--I understand they had things to do and maybe didn't have time for a Pallet Town episode, but even just a scene of his Pokémon seeing it on a TV Tracey set up outside or similar would have been great.
Possibly they want to save really big reactions for the World Championship, but that's just a guess.
Considering that my reaction to beating someone is mostly confusion instead of happiness, I can understand it.The poor dude and pokemon just didn't know what it felt like to win a regional league before, cut them some slack!
Wny limit it to just them? They should've shown ALL of his former companions and rivals' reactions!
Do we know how much air this league got? I'd imagine it had some international coverage given that it's Alola's first league; that's bound to make some waves.
Why demote Ash down so much from his canon outcome, though? He got runner up in Kalos, why do another BW drop?Here's some changes I would make to the Alola league. First of all, getting rid of redundant matches like Faba and Samson Oak and bringing in Kahili and Molayne.
I feel like Kiawe should have won, he was the only one who was consistent about training throughout the years and they mentioned his grandfather being Island King on so many occasions. Having a fight between Kiawe and Ash would be really interesting since they did have some kind of rivalry throughout.
Here's some changes I would make to the Alola league. First of all, getting rid of redundant matches like Faba and Samson Oak and bringing in Kahili and Molayne.
SerenaToAlola said:I feel like Kiawe should have won, he was the only one who was consistent about training throughout the years and they mentioned his grandfather being Island King on so many occasions. Having a fight between Kiawe and Ash would be really interesting since they did have some kind of rivalry throughout.
Not exactly. While technically he got a light punishment for his actions in SM and for causing the Team Rainbow Rocket incident in USUM, I think demoting him to the bottom was a worse fate from his point of view, seeing how he borderline considered himself the most important member of the organization and now he's reorganizing boxes in the warehouse.This basically happens in the games too, but it's even worse here considering he clearly hasn't really changed despite how he is used more so for comedy relief for the rest of SM.
Why demote Ash down so much from his canon outcome, though? He got runner up in Kalos, why do another BW drop?
I'm not sure how Ash vs. Faba was redundant since they didn't have a proper battle before, but I wouldn't have been against giving Ash a different first opponent. Not only was the victory less satisfying because of Faba's attempted cheating backfiring on him, but I just think that Faba should have been written out of the series. I've been rewatching SM and I'm near the end of the Nebby arc. I forgot just how terrible Faba's actions were during the arc. He was responsible for Lillie's traumatic experience, made her forget what happened to cover his own tail, attempted to do so again when he thought that her memories resurfaced, kidnapped Nebby in order to force open an Ultra Wormhole and was responsible for Lusamine being kidnapped as a result. He was completely selfish and endangered multiple people, but he gets off with virtually no punishment after giving one apology. This basically happens in the games too, but it's even worse here considering he clearly hasn't really changed despite how he is used more so for comedy relief for the rest of SM. I still dislike how they handle Lillie's storyline and Lusamine in general more from that arc, but I forgot just how much I hated Faba too. He should have been removed from Aether Paradise at least instead of becoming more of a comedy relief character.
I would have been fine with Kahili taking part in the League, but Molayne wasn't particularly memorable or interesting enough to me. I also didn't have much of an issue with Samson, mainly because he didn't last that long and he barely is memorable to begin with.
He was good, but I don't know if he could have lasted against Gladion's Lycanroc with his all Fire type team
I thought that they would be rivals at the start of the series, but once Kiawe was friendlier towards Ash, that rivalry kind of disappeared.
I don't think that they had Ash vs. Kiawe in the Alola League because we already saw them having practice matches throughout the series. It would have been more obvious that Ash would defeat Kiawe.
It wasn't as obvious with Gladion, which contributed to all of the excitement when the episode first aired, and there was actual buildup for it. Ash never defeated Gladion and there was a bit of a rivalry between their two Lycanroc. Even if their match happened earlier, it would have felt too anticlimactic, especially when Gladion was one of the few trainers that could have believably made it to the final round.
Unless they were going to have Ash vs. Guzma in the finals instead, I don't think that any other final round match up besides Ash vs. Gladion would have worked.
Nope, but he should lose to worthy opponents.Uh, if we go by this logic then it just means that he has to win all the time from now on which is kind of ridiculous. Instead of thinking of it as a reset, it's just an acknowledgement of how there were trainers better than him.