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Pokémon Black and White volume 3 review thread

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I got it, did you?

So in this volume we cover Black vs N part 2 and Black, Cheren, and Bianca vs the Striaton Gym Leaders Chili, Cilan, and Cress parts 1 and 2.

Both battles were pretty enjoyable, especially the Gym battle.
 
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Looks like Viz still doesn't know how Xtransceiver should be pronounced.

I also kind of WTF'ed at the character bios at the beginning. "Black's Tepig, TEP, and White's Tepig, GIGI, get along like peanut butter and jelly!" Um...what?
 
Dogasu said:
I also kind of WTF'ed at the character bios at the beginning. "Black's Tepig, TEP, and White's Tepig, GIGI, get along like peanut butter and jelly!" Um...what?
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It means that they're in love, duh!
 
Dogasu said:
Yeah, but couldn't they have chosen a way to phrase it that didn't sound so terrible?
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It's a kids Manga so I'm not exactly expecting any Shakespeare material. It's cheesy but it's for kids and kinda "So Bad, It's Good" funny so I'll let it slide.

Though I guess they could've choose a different way of phrasing it, I'd rather not put too much thought into an insignificant part of the Manga. I mean, we know who the human and Pokemon are, right?
 
Eitarou said:
Peanut Butter and Je-how did I miss that?

Viz, could you make your similes less...stupid?
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Again, this is a Manga for kids with a teen following. Though Viz is fairly good in writing dialogue and stuff, I guess they figure that they can get away with some cheesy humor here and there for the kids. Not to mention that it IS Pokemon. I can deal with it as it's not stupid so much as just, well, cheesy.
 
On another note,

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This is a manga for kids!!
 
Picked this up at my bookstore along with the first two volumes. I liked it. Not a fan of the cover illustration though.

Oh and that picture is definitely disturbing now that it has been highlighted..
 
Dogasu said:
On another note,

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This is a manga for kids!!
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What? You never heard of an innuendo? Kids won't get it but us older fans most definately will. Even 4kids' dub of the Pokemon Anime had them.

Again, since when was PokeSpe specifically meant for us older fans.
 
Dogasu said:
Yeah, but couldn't they have chosen a way to phrase it that didn't sound so terrible?
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No, because all kids love peanut butter and jelly, and that's the only way their fragile, unreading minds can comprehend such an emotion like 'love'.


...I guess *shrugs*
Dogasu said:
On another note,

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This is a manga for kids!!
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Okay, can't hold it any more xD
 
Dogasu said:
Um, calm down. It was a joke.
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I know, I know. Sorry, if I was a bother or something like that.

BTW, I love how Bianca's Oshawott got beat up by an Audino so easily. As if Kusaka knows how Audinos are basically walking rare candies and Bianca's so bad that she can't beat a single one.
 
So I was re-reading the Gym Battle chapters yesterday and kept wondering something. If the problem Black and the others were facing is that the Gym Leader's pokemon were arranged in a way that prevented their pokemon from attacking the ones they were strong against, couldn't they have just...moved? I mean, yeah, in the games you're restricted to fighting in two neat little lines that face each other, but those same restrictions shouldn't apply here.
 
Finally had some spare money in my bank account, so I've just placed my order for this volume.

Dogasu said:
So I was re-reading the Gym Battle chapters yesterday and kept wondering something. If the problem Black and the others were facing is that the Gym Leader's pokemon were arranged in a way that prevented their pokemon from attacking the ones they were strong against, couldn't they have just...moved? I mean, yeah, in the games you're restricted to fighting in two neat little lines that face each other, but those same restrictions shouldn't apply here.
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Logic...in Pokémon?! Now that's just silly =3.
 
Dogasu said:
So I was re-reading the Gym Battle chapters yesterday and kept wondering something. If the problem Black and the others were facing is that the Gym Leader's pokemon were arranged in a way that prevented their pokemon from attacking the ones they were strong against, couldn't they have just...moved? I mean, yeah, in the games you're restricted to fighting in two neat little lines that face each other, but those same restrictions shouldn't apply here.
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I just checked again and...

Chili: There are many types of Gyms. Ours is dedicated to teaching our challengers about Pokemon types! That's our Gym's Raison D'etre!
Cilan: Oh, one more thing...You're not allowed to switch places during this battle.
Chili: You got a problem with that...?!

So it was explained.

I guess they weren't allowed to switch because of the fact that whichever Leader you fight in the games always has the Monkey that is super effective to your starter.
 
Eitarou said:
I just checked again and...

Chili: There are many types of Gyms. Ours is dedicated to teaching our challengers about Pokemon types! That's our Gym's Raison D'etre!
Cilan: Oh, one more thing...You're not allowed to switch places during this battle.
Chili: You got a problem with that...?!

So it was explained.

I guess they weren't allowed to switch because of the fact that whichever Leader you fight in the games always has the Monkey that is super effective to your starter.
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Wait, that doesn't make sense. Surely the best way to teach them about types, is to let them switch, because eventually they'll realise that one of the gym leader's Pokémon is weak to theirs?
 
Joshawott said:
Wait, that doesn't make sense. Surely the best way to teach them about types, is to let them switch, because eventually they'll realise that one of the gym leader's Pokémon is weak to theirs?
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Yes, but in the games, the Leader you fight always has the monkey that is strong to your starter. Since this won't work in a Triple battle, they made this rule to make it similar to that...I'm guessing...
 
Still doesn't make sense. "We'll form one neat little line over here, and you form one neat little line over there. None of us are allowed to budge from our spots during the course of the battle." You don't think that seems unnecessarily restrictive and unrealistic?
 
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