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His anti-Goh bias is showing, guess he's been sapping the negativity and hatred from this forum.
(Sorry everybody, I could not resist this)
They're not entirely wrong though. This series has done a poor job of balancing between the two main characters (let me once again remind everyone that it's a "DUAL protagonist" format, not 'one protagonist with sidekick', in case anyone wants to say "Ash has been main character for 20+ years"). DP was also a dual protagonist format even if it wasn't outright advertised as such yet the handling of both Ash and Dawn, and balance overall between their focus (including quality of focus as well rather than just quantity), was a hundred times better there.
Now I mean, I haven't seen this episode yet (I always watch 'em subbed first), but from what I've read here that doesn't sound entirelly innacurate...
For an episode that was supposed to be about Ash going back to Alola and seeing the region and his friends again
That one's on me for not researching the promo material beforehand, but for the first episode showing Satoshi actually meeting past series friends again logically one would expect more emphasis to be put on said reunion. Gou has his moments and he has gotten better than when he started, but when I've been waiting 37 episodes to see old companions return I want to see more of that and less of the current companion that I can see in abundance in any other episode.I don't recall any of the promotional material making that proclamation.
And here's the other problem. The abundance of Gou focus (excluding the Bea battle episode) leading up to this and the other upcoming episodes indicating more focus on him just makes me feel like it was a waste giving this episode to him on top of those when it would have been better given to Satoshi who has a history with these characters. It's incredibly difficult to balance focus across only 2 characters, exacerbated by both characters being somewhat similar in that they're both excitable boys, all the more reason why we desperately need a third main to play straight-man and help even it out. As I said above, Gou as a character has improved since the Scorbunny days and many of his remaining problems are endemic to him being a walking Pokémon Go advertisement and bringing with him Go mechanics that clash horrendously with the established anime rules and so are beyond his control, but I cannot deny that seeing more of him when I wanted to see Satoshi spending time catching up with the friends he spent 3 years with was something of a let down.They're not entirely wrong though. This series has done a poor job of balancing between the two main characters (let me once again remind everyone that it's a "DUAL protagonist" format, not 'one protagonist with sidekick', in case anyone wants to say "Ash has been main character for 20+ years"). DP was also a dual protagonist format even if it wasn't outright advertised as such yet the handling of both Ash and Dawn, and balance overall between their focus (including quality of focus as well rather than just quantity), was a hundred times better there.
In the 37 episodes released so far, we've had the characters in focus for these many episodes, including screen time they hogged in someone else's focus episode for a majority:
Including Shared episodes, that's ~62% focus on Goh compared to Ash's ~48% (don't even get me started on Koharu's low focus). Yet most of those episodes have had no relevant positive development for Goh, or even worse, any potential development from previous episodes being swept under the rug.
- Ash, 11 episodes.
- Pikachu, 3 episodes.
- Goh, 16 episodes.
- Shared, 7 episodes.
- Koharu, 3 episodes.
- TRio, 2 episodes.
- CotDs, 2 episodes.
They're not entirely wrong though. This series has done a poor job of balancing between the two main characters (let me once again remind everyone that it's a "DUAL protagonist" format, not 'one protagonist with sidekick', in case anyone wants to say "Ash has been main character for 20+ years"). DP was also a dual protagonist format even if it wasn't outright advertised as such yet the handling of both Ash and Dawn, and balance overall between their focus (including quality of focus as well rather than just quantity), was a hundred times better there.
In the 37 episodes released so far, we've had the characters in focus for these many episodes, including screen time they hogged in someone else's focus episode for a majority:
Including Shared episodes, that's ~62% focus on Goh compared to Ash's ~48% (don't even get me started on Koharu's low focus). Yet most of those episodes have had no relevant positive development for Goh, or even worse, any potential development from previous episodes being swept under the rug.
- Ash, 11 episodes.
- Pikachu, 3 episodes.
- Goh, 16 episodes.
- Shared, 7 episodes.
- Koharu, 3 episodes.
- TRio, 2 episodes.
- CotDs, 2 episodes.
For the first 37 episodes in DP (similar rules, counted for focus hogging in non-focus episodes as well):That's really cool! Would you mind doing something similar for Diamond and Pearl up to the same point (37 episodes)? It's almost certainly Ash>Dawn in terms of character focus, but it would be interesting to see if the ratio would be more or less lopsided than the current series.
@JinksChow, was already working on it. Had to take a break earlier.
For the first 37 episodes in DP (similar rules, counted for focus hogging in non-focus episodes as well):
Ash slightly edges out over Dawn but when you factor in the shared episodes, they're relatively similar to each other (56-60%). Not to mention that DP did far better in setting up other overarching plotlines (like the rivalry with Paul, Dawn's realizing she won't be a contest pro just because her mother was, Hunter J's menace, Team Galactic etc.). And unlike with Goh, Dawn hasn't had rug-sweeping / hand-waving / off-screen type of development in that similar time frame (at least not to that large an extent).
- Ash, 11 episodes.
- Dawn, 10 episodes.
- Brock, 2 episodes.
- Shared, 11 episodes.
- Paul, 3 episodes.
- TRio, 4 episodes.
- Hunter J, 1 episode.
- Kenny, 2 episodes.
- Cheryl, 3 episodes.
- Gardenia, 2 episodes.
- Team Galactic, 1 episode.
- CotD, 2 episodes.