Since we only have 19/20 more days left.

Bro lost almost lost all of his sanity watching this shit every day during the adventure, that's why he instantly became villain and you can't blame him for that, makes sense why Lystal is also pregnant...it all makes sense now

I'll try to choose a dual Ash's and Liko's teams co-op. Let's say Ash reforms Ultra Guardians (Dawn, Goh, Chloe, Gladion, Gary) and Liko is supported by the Raising Volt Tacklers.

What teams would you choose?

Which pokemon would you give to team rocket in each region ? Keeping the following criteria---

1. Types - poison, dark, bug, flying

2. One with some kind of smoke move ( just like seviper/ weezing)

3. Pokemon that can use dig, fly, swim for carrying or other utility purposes.

4. Pokemon that is/are powerful and can go toe to toe against Ash's pokemon in some episodes but not reliable.

5. pokemon with distinct personalities or character tropes like comic relief, edgy one, crybaby, cute one, angry one etc

I'd seen bits and pieces of the show before officially becoming a fan, my first episode was the fourth BW episode, The Battle Club and Tepig's Choice! I was eight and a half years old at the time and was immediately enthralled with the humor, action, characters, and background music. I laughed like a loon when Ash holds Tepig and gets a blast of smoke in his face in time with the music. I also found the part where Pikachu is knocked unconscious by a bunch of boxes and Team Rocket's effort to steal him hilarious. I told my younger brother all about the show and we were both excited to get our hands on the games for Easter. Because The Battle Club was the first episode I watched, I chose Tepig as my starter when we got the games for Easter. There's also another anime-related reason I chose Tepig, and I'll get to that soon.

My brother and I both watched the following episode, Triple Leaders, Team Threats! and I immediately found Cilan a very charming character. Having loved monkeys since childhood, I immediately loved Cilan's Pansage. My brother had a similar fondness for Panpour, Cress's Pokémon. So when I chose Tepig as my starter in the games, I was delighted at the fact that you could receive a free Pansage because of my choice. However, my brother had chosen Oshawott as his starter, and was disappointed at receiving a Pansear instead. So he reset the game, chose Snivy as his starter, and got Panpour. As it turns out, he found he liked Snivy, Servine, and Serperior much more than Panpour and Simipour and says "it was the best decision I ever made".

Even though I've read all over the internet about how bad the BW anime was, it still holds a special place in my heart. I admit it has its flaws, but things like music and characters are well-made in the show. Plus, the Japanese openings are some of the best songs Pokémon has ever come out with, even if their English counterparts honestly suck. The Japanese score by Shinji Miyazaki and the dub score by John Loeffler and Manny Corallo is amazing, and I wish they would release them to the world. I had the honor of speaking to John and Manny in 2021 and they're fantastic people.

I took a break watching during the end of BW because I was not used to to the fact that the Unova crew would be splitting up. I jumped back in towards the start of the XY and while I did like it, I felt like it was more of a continuation of BW than a completely different series. I liked SM, but not Journeys. My least favorite series is Horizons, due to its character and story issues, lack of humor, linear plot and lack of continuity with the original show.

i personally think ash should of been in horizons and i personally think ash could of made it way better what do u think

It’s a beautiful day in Cerise Park, and Goh sets out to feed the resident Pokémon. Suddenly, our heroes realize that every tray of Pokémon food is empty, and the Pokémon are still hungry! Accusations fly, and a huge brawl erupts, so Ash and Goh are determined to solve the mystery of the missing food.

I'll say it... the whole thing about adapting Galar was simply terrible... if it wasn't Leon, Bea or Raihan you were demoted to a one-episode character or accelerated their arcs (god the Darkest Day) or Sonia... Which in any case should have been a super recurring character, it was simply limited to 3 chapters and Boom is already a professor.

Not to mention that to this day... we still don't have half of the gym leaders.

Since Liko just caught Terapagos, and we saw Lucius and Gibeon owning legendary Pokémon I'm curious. What's you favorite character that owns a legendary, or which capture was your favorite and why?

When I say past, I don't just mean Ash's, but the anime's in general.

This saga suffers from problems that have already occurred in past seasons, and even future ones, but here this weight certainly falls much more heavily. First off, the only returning old character is Steven, who has basically 0 interaction with Ash. It's okay that Ash and Steven interacted little even in AG, but it's strange to see that he has no knowledge of him at all, especially since he was one of the people who was active in stopping Team Magma and Aqua. And the whole conflict with Groudon and Kyogre.

Even Professor Oak, who is a character known for appearing constantly throughout the saga, appears once at the beginning of the anime, extremely quickly. To then appear very quickly at the end as well.

There is also no connection with Unova, even though Ash came to Kalos exclusively because of Alexa, and this is not even mentioned as important later. You simply don't know this information if you haven't watched BW.

I could also complain about Sawyer, who came from Hoenn, having no idea who Ash is, someone who was in the top 8 of some Hoenn league before, losing only to the winner of the league (And honestly, don't tell me that the battle between a Meowth in boots and a Pikachu isn't eye-catching). But let's just ignore it and say he only watched the finals for some reason, or didn't watch this league at all.

Things like Alexa and Pikachu's moves are things that technically connect the previous series, but are never mentioned. The only basic information we have is that Ash is an experienced trainer.

Showcases. I don't understand why this exists, and for me the only logical explanation is that they didn't want to bring the contests back, so they just invented something.

And I won't mention the rotations issue, because it's just that for some reason in the Kalos League there is a much longer time interval between one match and another. And that's why it's possible for a mon to fully recover from a tough match. Or I don't know, since I don't see any other plausible argument.

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And you? What do you think? Do you think there is a saga that has less connection with the past?

This is a screenshot from the rare uncut English dub version of an episode.

Okay but leavanny is prolly one of the top wholesome pokemon. They really just go out and make clothes for any children they see it’s adorable

God damn, they could not have found a better English voice for Arceus