The Six Heroes Bare Their Fangs - Pokémon Horizons Episode 110 Review - The Fearsome Five

I can’t believe we’re already at the climax of the fifth arc of Pokémon Horizons! This penultimate episode is a bit subpar in terms of animation, but as someone who watches Horizons for the plot, honestly didn’t bother me too much; in fact, I'm on the edge of my seat, waiting for the next episode to arrive. I really looking forward to see how everything will wrap up.

The episode is split into two battles, the first with Liko, Roy and Uruto vs. the Six Heroes; and the second being Dot vs. Chalce. The first battle is a crazy matchup as it’s 3 vs 5, and they’re all forcibly powered up with a stronger version of the Strong Sphere called the Super Strong Sphere (a lame name, honestly). The second battle I was actually hyped up for as Dot finally got her revenge match against Chalce. Her first bout with her had been interrupted in episode 66, which happened to be the penultimate episode of the third arc—that was 44 episodes ago…

The match with the Rising Volt Tacklers against the Six Heroes was crazy, in all honesty. Like, you want them to take on five extremely strong Pokémon while the kids don’t have a team composed of fully evolved, or an just evolved, Pokémon at this point? Heck, Uruto is the only one with a team full of fully evolved Pokémon, and he’s struggling hard with them. I think what got me the most curious was that using the Super Strong Sphere caused the Laquium crystals to emerge from their bodies. Does this mean that consuming too much Laquium would form crystals in a Pokémon’s body? And how much is too much? Is it to the point that the Six Heroes are going to die if this keeps up? This is why I am on the edge of my seat. I’m super curious about what’s going to happen to them at the end.

To be honest, I found the animation in this episode to be especially clunky during the Dot vs Agate battle. But like I said before though, it doesn’t bother me too much because I know they’re saving the budget for the finale next week. I’m just happy that Dot got her much deserved win against Chalce after 44 episodes. I liked how Dot being separated from the group was clearly done intentionally by the writers, as they wanted a way for her to work with Hamber to rescue Cervantis, and also have Tinkaton battle again as Quaxwell was too weak to do so, which is a nice sense of continuity from the previous episode. And hey, at least Tinkaton learned Gigaton Hammer!

Overall, this review is a short one because it’s mainly battling. I am glad to see that the kids are basically using all of their Pokémon in their rosters and giving them a chance to contribute, and they’re also using all the battle gimmicks they have in their possession. Most of all though, I’m curious about Spinel’s intentions and how the kids will be able to conquer this predicament. Stay tuned for this Friday for the finale of Mega Voltage! Let me know your thoughts on this episode!