~British Soul~ Posted February 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 Do I see Malva throwing a hissy fit when the Flare arc is over? Probably not. If anything, she'll probs leave her post before Flare's downfall, probs having her last on-screen interractions with Lysandre, then focusing on her duties as an E4 member and Holo Caster reporter. That's what I see happening personally imo.As for Drasna, I wouldn't be surprised if they pulled a Wikstrom and have her appear in the World of Pokémon segment of the next movie battling Diantha for instance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flame Dragon Posted February 23, 2016 Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 To be fair, Hoenn suffered the same problem. I mean Morrison (who was similar to Season 1 Ash) wasn't even introduced until after Ash got his eighth badge. This is true. Most the major trainers in DP's league has been introduced and used throughout the series and that was definitely a strength of the series as a whole. Having major recurring characters (which XY does have) does a lot imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~British Soul~ Posted February 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 This is true. Most of the major trainers in DP's league have been introduced and used throughout the series and that definitely was a strength of the series as a whole. Having major recurring characters (which XY does have) does a lot imo.Oh I agree, DP was definitely one of the stronger series of the anime and yeah, having major recurring characters does indeed help in the long run, thus I would consider XY to be a stronger series than AG in that regard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flame Dragon Posted February 23, 2016 Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 Oh I agree, DP was definitely one of the stronger series of the anime and yeah, having major recurring characters does indeed help in the long run, thus I would consider XY to be a stronger series than AG in that regard. I've said it a few times now, but I REALLY want to check out DP at some point. It looks as good if not better then XY so it should be worth my time. Yea, one of XY's strengths is that it has a number of recurring characters. The game trio helps a fair bit, since they are characters the audience knows that are also major rivals. Like, in retrospect, AG not using Wally is really weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~British Soul~ Posted February 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 I've said it a few times now, but I REALLY want to check out DP at some point. It looks as good if not better then XY so it should be worth my time.Most definitely, can't remember if I said that I would recommend watching DP, if not... well I said it just now, lol Yea, one of XY's strengths is that it has a number of recurring characters. The game trio helps a fair bit, since they are characters the audience knows that are also major rivals. Like, in retrospect, AG not using Wally is really weird.I also found it weird that AG didn't use Wally. EDIT (Thursday): Neew title;Episode 916: Aria VS Serena! Open the Door to the Future!! (March 24th) I do think that title means, Serena will likely win the Master Class but has to face Aria to become Kalos Queen. (Then again, I remember their previous battle ended without a conclusion) There will be a one week break on March 31st [spoiler=Thoughts (and rants) on XYZ16]- Remember the Rhyhorn that we thought didn't look friendly from what we saw in the preview? Well we got a big middle finger when all of them piled on top of Serena, licking her- Before the freestyle performance, Sylveon had flashbacks to the fall at Couriway, but we can deduce that it was nervous- Of course Serena won the showcase, a victory that had a negative effect on Amelia judging from the dialogue between her and Palermo (will be a long wait to see what was said though) Onto complaints I had whilst watching;- What annoyed me when I watched it was there was a couple of occasions were parts of the episode was skipped, the first instance being the part with the narrator explaining where they are, the other instance (which annoyed me more) was the entirety of Serena's performance. No seriously, it skipped from the end of Amelia's performance to the results of the showcase.- Also had to deal with the ads (more-or-less understandable) even after the preview of the next episode, with the last 30 episodes of the video on the site being the start of the Naruto episode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astro Dude Posted February 26, 2016 Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 Something tells me this series is focusing more on Serena than Ash. Why not make her the new protag and have her fight Gyms Ash faced before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~British Soul~ Posted February 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 On the subject of protags, I (and many others) was joking on TPP about the direct and what it could contain, and I jokingly said "they're retiring Ash as the protag" and people liked that suggestion.I do feel that Serena could win Kalos Queen and after that is donion rings, the focus will shift back to Ash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flame Dragon Posted February 26, 2016 Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 People REALLY hate Ash for no reason. He is a fine protagonist. And yea, the shift will likely go back to Ash after the Master Class. Honestly, what I'm curious about is if XY will end up ending this year. With the possibility that Sun and Moon ARE Gen 7 that would mean the anime would need to shift to that. If this IS the case, we will be going really fast through the remaining stuff, maybe too fast. Though, if it does end this year, what was the point of calling it XYZ if it was only for a year and the Z had no real impact in the real world. We'll know tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~British Soul~ Posted February 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 Going back to the episode, I hope that when the subs for this week's episode come out (which won't be for like a couple of months I reckon with the pacing of the sub releases), the episode doesn't have the ads or the BS scene skipping that it has currently on the anime sites, then it'll give me an incentive to re-watch the episode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flame Dragon Posted February 26, 2016 Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 I imagine the subbers clean up and issues the original raws might have. That could be part of the problem with rate the episodes are coming out, but imo 3 weeks is WAY too long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~British Soul~ Posted February 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 If anything, the wait for that particular episode to be subbed is going to be more painful the others given the issues with it when it was uploaded RAW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Flyer - Sakura Posted February 26, 2016 Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 [spoiler=XY108 thoughts and rants]So yeah, Serena apparently won but we didn't get to see her performance.We got to see the performance of that other girl who whined about losing at the end (and yeah, I'll admit that she didn't leave a good impression b/c she was arrogant as hell)Serena is questioned if she's ready for the Master Class. (Well, unless we see how she did, can't say much on it)Too many ads and yeah, last couple seconds was literally Naruto episodes (reminder that I have a LOT of episodes to go through in that category)Rhyhorn thing was totally different; apparently whoever got the most Rhyhorn to them won. (Well, they all flocked to Serena until some girl dragged them away) tl;dr, too many ads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flame Dragon Posted February 26, 2016 Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 -Checked the spoiler tag because too curious -Sees bit about them not showing Serena's performance -Checks Serebii's pictures from the episode -Sees pictures of Serena performing Wow. Just, wow. How do you LOSE THE MAIN EVENT OF THE EPISODE?!?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Flyer - Sakura Posted February 26, 2016 Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 I have absolutely no idea how one can skip the meat of the whole episode. We got to see the theme performance, but not the full free one. Seriously, even if they didn't cut out the commercials, they should've still had that chunk (and yes, the narrator opening). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~British Soul~ Posted February 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 It still baffles me as to why the footage was lost, as I had to see the pics on Serebii, but it wasn't as exciting. As I said earlier, when they come I am hyped for the subs as I kinda don't want to wait for the dub to watch those scenes.Ofc with Sun & Moon officially confirmed, my guess is that the current anime has like 35-odd episodes remaining (not counting the March episodes), so yeah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flame Dragon Posted February 26, 2016 Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 I guess this answers my "what are they going to do with the extra year" question. Also explains why things have really sped up. Though they have a TON of ground to cover in the next 6 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~British Soul~ Posted February 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 Yeah, there is quite a bit of ground to cover in the next 30-odd episodes:- Ash's 6th pokemon- Snowbelle gym battle- the Team Flare Climax- the League Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Flyer - Sakura Posted February 26, 2016 Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 If Ash doesn't get a new Pokemon by the Pokemon league, I suppose he could just bring one of his other stuff from Kanto to fill the full party thing. Or he might get an additional one next episode, but doubting it. Suspect that the Snowbelle thing will happen shortly after Serena's Master Class performance (on that note, I don't expect her to win since Elle/Aria is certainly talented). And yeah, let's assume that either Jessie won't show up or the writers decide to say "screw it" and make her win some off-screen stuff; going with the former for now. And yes, we need to resolve the Team Flare arc. I can only wonder if Lysandre will go crazy after his plans are foiled, much like he does in the games. ----I didn't see pictures of Serena's performance (would rather prefer to see them in the episode itself). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~British Soul~ Posted February 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 Shame we'll probs have to wait like a couple of months though (with the subbing speed), still it's a load of bollocks that footage was lost though.As for the next episode thing, yeah I seriously doubt Ash will get anything new but what we do know is that Noibat will evolve. But yeah, if Jessie doesn't enter the Master Class (which I do think will be the case), it does make her win at Couriway pretty damn pointless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astro Dude Posted February 29, 2016 Report Share Posted February 29, 2016 I agree. 30 weeks from today might be when Pokemon Sun and Pokemon Moon come out. Meaning a new adventure for Ash, new traveling companions, new Pokemon, etc. I bet in one episode, Marin wakes up, finds Zygarde, gets caught and well, anyone see the episode of Di-gata Defenders where Sara gets poisoned and has six hours to live? How lethal is Drapion poison? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~British Soul~ Posted February 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 29, 2016 Had to google Di-Gata Defenders because I had never heard of it, in any case, I doubt that scenario will happen tbph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astro Dude Posted February 29, 2016 Report Share Posted February 29, 2016 Right, but the possibility can't be ruled out that Alain will see Lysandre's true colors and he would threaten him by using Marin as a bargaining chip: Get Z or Marin gets it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~British Soul~ Posted February 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 29, 2016 Would Lysandre go to that extreme though? Maybe, but ofc for that to happen, Alain would probs have to disobey orders or something, we'll just have to wait and see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astro Dude Posted February 29, 2016 Report Share Posted February 29, 2016 Would Lysandre go to that extreme though? Maybe, but ofc for that to happen, Alain would probs have to disobey orders or something, we'll just have to wait and see.Well why not? I mean he does want to destroy the world and he'll use any means to do so. Knowing he would do anything for her, he would deny the cure for her Chespin unless he does what he says. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~British Soul~ Posted February 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 29, 2016 Well why not? I mean he does want to destroy the world and he'll use any means to do so. Knowing he would do anything for her, he would deny the cure for her Chespin unless he does what he says.Well as far as Alain knows (who Aliana and Mable recognised in XY106 as Lysandre's bodyguard), he is working on the belief that Lysandre is harnassing Mega Evo energy for peaceful purposes.Also in the games, Lysandre's plans involved the ultimate weapon, but in the anime we don't know the full details of his plan apart from that it involves Zygarde, so we don't properly know if he wants to destroy the world, most likely he does but we don't know for sure at this time. Furthermore I don't think Lysandre would deny the cure for Chespin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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