Should N be Ash second rival?

Should he be Ash second rival?

  • Yes

    Votes: 27 64.3%

  • No

    Votes: 15 35.7%
  • Total voters
    42
Yes, but if it means dropping N's game storyline and replacing it with some typical rival story ,then no.
 
No.

N has his own storyline going on and if he's introduced I don't see him becoming one of Ash's rivals.
 
He wears a cap, sure why not. Either way I wouldn't care, because we already know his story in the game so seeing it all over again in the anime would be boring to me.
 
If he's a rival in game then yes, if not, then he should appear but with his game plot...
N seems to have a REALLY interesting story in game, so I hope he'll appear in the anime and be as close as possible to his game self
Also, all important game characters should appear and they all should be as close as possible to how they are in the games, at least in my opinion... Barry was adapted almost perfectly from the games and he turned out really awesome
 
Yes, I think so. N's story interests me, so I would like to see him portrayed on the anime.

NeoKING said:
He wears a cap, sure why not. Either way I wouldn't care, because we already know his story in the game so seeing it all over again in the anime would be boring to me.
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But wouldn't you find it interesting to see him interact with Satoshi? I would like to see N interact with our main characters, see whether or not they would get along, or what Satoshi would think of him.
 
I voted yes because I love seeing game characters interact with anime characters.
I agree with the idea of having all important game characters in the anime and contributing to the storyline. And if Team Plasma is portrayed similarly to how Aqua, Magma or Galatic were, I'd say N would also have some sort of role, since he has the same ideal as Plasma.
 
No since I'd rather have B/W female protagonist be Ash's secondary rival (though if they didn't pull Shooti out their asses (another male rival), I'd rather she be Ash's primary rival of course that's not going to happen).

And no, I don't want a Barry repeat either, Ash is battling "her" in the Isshu league and it will be a full battle, no ifs and or buts.

As for N, hell no because he doesn't fit. He fits the Bad Guy role a lot more. He can be best wishes secondary antagonist, Team Plama being the primary antagonist.

Edit: N can still have an epic battle against Ash, just not in terms of him being a rival, more as Ash is actually battling the bad guys (like in the games) instead of just letting the events unfold like what usually happens in the anime with Game Antagonists.
 
I would rather the BW game heroine be his second rival but if she's not let's give it to N
 
Paperhorse108 said:
But wouldn't you find it interesting to see him interact with Satoshi? I would like to see N interact with our main characters, see whether or not they would get along, or what Satoshi would think of him.
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No. It's obvious how Ash will act towards him: more or less the same way he did to Paul.
 
Yes, why not? barry is an in game rival and he was Ash's second rival. I see N as a more serious rival, something like a teenage Cyrus.
 
...personally i don't want the anime to mess up N. He's too good a character. But maybe if they DID make him a genuinely good character ,sure.
 
If anything he should be Ash's main rival. Seriously, Shuuti sucks. -_-

Well, unless the anime would ruin his storyline, only then he shouldn't be his rival.
 
that exactly wut i meant



wut? shuuti's awesome. A rich-kid version of Paul that actually has a job.
 
I'd rather have Cheren or Bel be his secondary rival. Though I don't doubt N will show up eventually. It just seems like he has his own story-line to work with, so a rivalry would probably be downplayed a lot, or won't be obvious until after the Team Plasma conflict is wrapped up.
 
Hm, I'm actually not too sure about this...and I LOVE N!

Mainly because:
1. He seems more like an antagonist than anything else.
2. His goals seem a bit more complex than just entering the pokemon league...I'm guessing his story will be revealed later, so I'm not too sure.
3. He looks waaaay older than Ash (Not that it's too much of a problem since Harley and May had a big age difference too...it's still kinda sad)
4. I want to give Shooti a chance D:

But if he ends up being a second rival, I wouldn't terribly mind.
 
I say yes. In almost every region, Ash had a second rival, and maybe like D/P/Pt, he can get a rival from the games. It would be great to see Ash's pokemon philosophy clash with N's.
 
BlazingQuilava said:
have no clue, but it would be interesting to see how they interact. N is the fricken hypocrit who thinks pokemon should only be treated as friends and wants humans and pokemon separate.....yet he uses pokemon.... N is such a fucking hypocriticizer!
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Cyrus was a hypocrite too, you know. Saturn even said so.

As more is shown, it's becoming more apparent that N is or will be the main antagonist in the end. To be demoted to a mere rival would be like making Giovanni another grunt.

I wish Cheren were on the show. Shuuti looks a little bit like Paul, but acts nothing like him.
 
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