Flame Dragon Posted April 17, 2016 Report Share Posted April 17, 2016 Come to think of it, now that Serena's showcase thing is over; what's next for her besides accompanying Ash for the remainder of his journey in XY? Yea, I think I brought this up back when we found out she was doing her master class before Ash got his 8th badge. My guess is they will push the ship more and 114 seems to indicate this. As I said before we don't have a TON of extra give for other character episodes since we have a lot of stuff kind of locked in at this point. They might get one, maybe two more, but we are nearing the end so it likely won't be that obvious that we aren't getting character episodes for them and whatnot. Also, I have a great joke for 114, but I can't make it properly until I see the episode and that won't be for like a month. Sigh. Anyway, I just realized how battle heavy the next batch of episodes are going to be. We have Ash vs. Alain, Filler(?), Ash vs. Champion, Ash vs. Shota, Ash vs. Wulfric. 4 of the next 5 are battle episodes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Flyer - Sakura Posted April 17, 2016 Report Share Posted April 17, 2016 That, and the inevitable battles against Team Flare / 100% Zygarde. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flame Dragon Posted April 17, 2016 Report Share Posted April 17, 2016 That, and the inevitable battles against Team Flare / 100% Zygarde. Both that and the league are likely to take several episodes which the main reason we have such a episode crunch. It really shows with Wulfric possibly not getting 2 episodes worth of stuff since most gym leaders do. The first being an intro episode and the second the gym battle. We have the Pokemon Village so Wulfric is likely to get an episode with that, but I would have expect it before the gym battle since thats how the anime normally does it and thats even what happens in game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astro Dude Posted April 17, 2016 Report Share Posted April 17, 2016 Yeah, Unova had to introduce some random Eeveelution trainer in Gen 5 and have him win the whole thing, so that kinda sucked for Ash. Would be interesting to see Alain fight in this tournament, but I don't think he's interested in gym battles right now (least outside of helping Mairin/Manon). As for the previews, one more month until Ash and Wulfric actually fight. This should be interesting (by then, Ash should HOPEFULLY have a full team); as much as I could say Ash spams Talonflame (I don't think it learned Flare Blitz yet), Ash will likely use other Pokemon for this fight. Hopefully Ash wins, but otherwise, nothing lower than top 4. ----Come to think of it, now that Serena's showcase thing is over; what's next for her besides accompanying Ash for the remainder of his journey in XY?Agreed. Have Ash at least make it to the finals. I mean, he won the Orange Conference. Why not have him win another league? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~British Soul~ Posted April 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2016 Finally got around to watching the latest episode [spoiler=Thoughts on XY114]- The writers are really trying to push AmourShipping- This episode reminded me of that one episode in DP where Jessie got sick and James had to take her place in the contest EDIT (19th): Le subs for XY112 (or XYZ-20) are out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flame Dragon Posted April 21, 2016 Report Share Posted April 21, 2016 Watched the newest subs. Episode was really good. I like the bond between Serena and her Pokemon, how she lost, her resolve. The conversation she had with Ash at the end was also really good. Jessie was also fun. If she doesn't go to the next series (which would make me sad) they also gave themselves a good out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astro Dude Posted April 21, 2016 Report Share Posted April 21, 2016 Well the newest episode came out. My thoughts. Nice to see Alain again, and it looks like Marin's doing okay. Will have to wait for subs. Also, Thought Alexa would make a comeback since there was a Helioptile in the preview of the Phantump episode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~British Soul~ Posted April 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2016 I think I might go back and re-watch that episode because I believe I noted in my RAW thoughts for said episode that I'd go back to see that conversation post-finals. [spoiler=Thoughts on XY115]- So it appears that using the Ash-Greninja form does have its limits as Ash collapsed during the battle due to the strain of using said form. Although that is during their rematch, as unsurprisingly Alain won the first fight where he used his newly caught Metang.- Not gonna lie though, some people on fb were worried when a trailer showed Ash collapsing, though I don't think that was entirely necessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astro Dude Posted April 21, 2016 Report Share Posted April 21, 2016 I agree. Next week, will Ash get the Shiny Phantump or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~British Soul~ Posted April 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2016 If he does, then I'd be able to say "I called it" but if not, then calling it he'll get a Bergmite. Real talk though, if he does get a Phantump (shiny or not), evolving it will be a pain because it's a trade evo, I'm sure one way he can work around that it sending it to Oak in exchange for another pokemon so Phantump can evolve.Forgot Phantump was a trade evo when the episode was revealed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Flyer - Sakura Posted April 22, 2016 Report Share Posted April 22, 2016 [spoiler=XY115 stuff]We can only imagine how the battle would've ended if Ash never passed out from using Ash-Greninja.Noivern did good, despite the type disadvantage. Ash turned his hat backward. As for next episode, hopefully Ash does get the shiny Phantump (or at least Serena or Citron, though I am highly doubting it). But as for evolving, yeah trading it to Oak or someone might help; I guess either Serena/Citron could trade Pokes temporarily to do it; hey, it works for us in-game so... I'll watch XY112 later on (with English subtitles) EDIT: nvm, here. [spoiler=112]Serena wants to be the type who gives back to people and make people smile. Where have I heard the latter before (though in theory, she succeeded in doing it)?Honestly, I still liked Serena's performance better (though we didn't see much of Aria/Elle's performance)Yeah, Palermo/Yashio offered to tutor her to be good, but Serena's waiting on it until her journey finishes. (At least she figured out what she doesn't have)Though on that note, Yashio did tell Serena to withdraw from the final on account of her sprained wrist. (Serena didn't, and she did pretty damn well) Just as a quick question, which performance did you prefer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Flyer - Sakura Posted April 23, 2016 Report Share Posted April 23, 2016 I generally hate double posting, but there are 113/114 subs up on Youtube [in English]. (The opening/ending themes, plus the PokeTV parts are not subbed though). If you want those subbed, suppose you'll have to wait until AnimeOnline and stuff officially gets it. [spoiler=Videos]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Il4o8jMyOfMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNAzaUMgh4Q Just skip to 0:30 if you want to go to the episode and not see the production cast behind the subs. (There are some grammatical errors, but they shouldn't get in the way of understanding the text). I didn't watch 114 yet [113, I did; will add thoughts later]. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flame Dragon Posted April 23, 2016 Report Share Posted April 23, 2016 I fear grammatical errors might be an indication that the subs themselves might not be the best. Maybe I've spent too much time talking about toku sub group of which a few REALLY aren't the best, but I'm willing to wait a week to see if 113 comes out naturally. Wait really does suck, but so long as the episodes can come out once a week it isn't THAT bad imo. I want constancy more than anything. As for the performances I do think we didn't see enough of Aria's for me to say. Personally, my main take away from it was Serena's resolve, how she reacted when she found out what she was missing, and the conversation she had with Ash at the end. All of those things were really good imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Flyer - Sakura Posted April 23, 2016 Report Share Posted April 23, 2016 113 was actually fine (maybe some small punctuation / homophone mistakes, but that tends to happen otherwise in the general subs otherwise). Can't say about 114 though since I've yet to watch it; assuming it's good quality. (Don't know if this is actually the version that's going up, as the subtitles here are written the same way as the usual stuff) ---[spoiler=113 sub thoughts]Obviously Eureka's asking women to marry Citron plan backfired here.Lilia appeared to be suggesting that she actually wants to find someone to marry (so she doesn't have to be president of Orange)Now that I know what Eureka told her about Citron, I was saying "really?"First one is technically true for the most part; last two were "what the hell?" (he wets the bed or sleeps in his underwear with Arbok skin).Though, they didn't seem to faze Lilia, regardless if she thought they were true or not.Likely just Eureka getting upset that her brother had another interest besides her, but even he admits that he still loves her.Whatever else I said in RAWs applies here. EDIT: OK...114 had more noticeable errors but still understandable for the most part. (They did skip the whole Team Rocket thing when they were doing enka or some other thing). So yeah, suppose I'm watching these episodes again when they're officially out (or I could save myself time and find the Spanish subber) [spoiler=114 stuff]Meowth having boss fantasies again.Now we know how Jimmy found out about Ash/Pikachu; Team Rocket told him about it. I can understand Serena asking him to be quiet with his guitar; it is pretty loud. (That, and Ash is still sick)Guess somehow ironically, that's what happened to me (got hit by some rain and got a cold for 5 days; I got over it yesterday though). But this is irrelevant. If I hadn't already said this, heavy Amourshipping references are awesome. This one was generally fine, bar for the more obvious subbing flaws this time than in 113. I'll wait for the official stuff to come up whenever, but yeah the above two are there if you want them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~British Soul~ Posted April 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2016 New episode title revealed Episode 924: The Winding Woods...The Dawn of Evolution! (May 26th)I'm feeling more confident that (most likely) Ash is going to get a Phantump this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flame Dragon Posted April 25, 2016 Report Share Posted April 25, 2016 If he does and it evolves in that episode Ash will have a fully evolved team (minus Pikachu) for the first time ever. It would be amazing if this happens since one of my friends loves complaining about the anime and one of the things he brings up is how Ash never fully evolves his Pokemon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~British Soul~ Posted April 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2016 It'd be about time if it happens as the closest he has been to a full FE team was Sinnoh (going by the team that he fought Paul with) Mind you though, (and this has been on my mind for a while now) with the trailers for the Magearna movie, I'd like to think that some of the scenes aren't final and that they had two versions of some of them so they don't spoil Ash's sixth party member before the episode airs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flame Dragon Posted April 25, 2016 Report Share Posted April 25, 2016 Yea, I had been looking out for the potential spoilers in the trailers too. I know they had a group shot of all his Pokemon but they easily alter the scene since that trailer came out a few months ago and the movie isn't out for another couple on top of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~British Soul~ Posted April 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2016 [spoiler=Episode thoughts]- Turned out it was filler, nothing of relevance happened. Not overly surprised, but it looks like we'll have to wait a couple of months for Ash to add to his roster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astro Dude Posted April 28, 2016 Report Share Posted April 28, 2016 Yeah, Ash didn't get the Phantump. But next week looks to be promising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~British Soul~ Posted April 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2016 Calling it now: He'll get a Bergmite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flame Dragon Posted April 28, 2016 Report Share Posted April 28, 2016 Curious what episode 924 is going to be about since out first guess was it would be the Phantump evolving. Its not even like some of the other Pokemon Ash gets which start following him and he later catches since looking at how the episode ends it looks to stay put. Honestly, I think we have a real chance that Ash will use his old Pokemon as his 6th since we are quickly running out of time for him to get one and have it have some kind of meaning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~British Soul~ Posted April 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2016 At this point, we might as well expect his 6th (if he doesn't call one back) to be caught fully evolved. Not the first time he has caught a 'mon fully evolved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flame Dragon Posted April 28, 2016 Report Share Posted April 28, 2016 At this point, we might as well expect his 6th (if he doesn't call one back) to be caught fully evolved. Not the first time he has caught a 'mon fully evolved. Heres the thing, even if its fully evolved, adding a Pokemon super late in the run means its going to get almost no development. It would suck if he didn't have that fully evolved team, but I think it would be worse if he get a Pokemon and they just have no time to do anything with it. Unless they pull an Aipom and have it go with him to the next region. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~British Soul~ Posted April 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2016 Here's the thing, even if it's fully evolved, adding a pokemon super late in the run means it's going to get almost no development. It would suck if he didn't have that fully evolved team, but I think it would be worse if he gets a pokemon and they just have no time to do anything with it. Unless they pull an Aipom and have it go with him to the next region.In terms of development, they've certainly spread it across the board in this series, you could say Ash got the short end of the stick in terms of pokemon on his team as a result. On a slightly different note, I was chatting about Bergmite/Avalugg with a friend and he legit said "I forgot Avalugg has it on his team" and I was like "So Avalugg is a trainer now? :: " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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