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My head-cannon/totally separate dimension is that Lance has to govern two whole regions. Whilst the other Champions can afford to spend their time away thanks to their respective E4’s and police force, Lance’s would be stretched thin over so much space. In the event he wins and progresses, perhaps they would just have to cover longer, and as soon as he’s out it’s a matter of getting over there quickly to balance it.Also Lance is apparently too edgy to watch his other Champion pals now since he left last episode (even Alain is still here and he was the first to say bye bye to his position), dude's gotta get out of his serious phase at some point.
So I’m assuming this implies that they don’t want to leave Goh stranded? Not sure why Hop isn’t good enough. But yeah looking forward to their interactions regardless.Iris said that she will join Goh in watching Ash vs. Steven in the audience, I’m looking forward to Iris interacting with Goh and Hop! I’m hoping this snowballs into all of Ash’s friends watching together in person by the time Ash vs. Leon happens.
Basically Dragonite has better winning chances the less he listened to Iris, it’s a Pokémon who’s arc had no real resolution and simply started sucking in battle, very strange.Her Dragonite hasn't won a battle since beating Dawn's Mamoswine in BW. It had to have won off-screen so Iris rise to champion make sense but it lost every on-screen battle.
Her Dragonite lost to Ash's Krookodile, Drayden, Claire, Charizard almost beat it before N stopped the battle, the genies, Dracovish and now Milotic.
And the wonder why they have population issues when simple physical contact is so taboo even in the most logical circumstances lol
Probably keeping him for the predictable "all of Ash's companions watch his final battle against Leon"A bit surprised that Cilan didn't put in an appearance
They could have at least had Ash put his hand on Iris' shoulder. As mentioned the whole scene was very similar to May's loss to Solidad at the end of AG. May bursts into tears and then Ash and Brock walk over to her and at least place their hands on her shoulder.You only think it's "logical" because you're a Westerner (I'm assuming) who grew up in a culture where hugging is the norm.
From a Japanese point of view Satoshi hugging Iris wouldn't exactly have been "taboo" but it wouldn't have been expected either.
I wouldn't say so. On the contrary! I'd say Cynthia totally dominated Iris in the first part of the battle, especially when Milotic easily and quickly took out two of Iris' Pokemon in a row. Gastrodon getting defeated was a lucky punch because the OHKO-move Horn Drill happened to work. But even before that, Cynthia was in total control of the battle. This is exactly what Alain vs. Leon should have looked like, but in a realistic, plausible way!Cynthia didn't destroy her but at least got the job done.
I'd like to thank you for those great lines that describe Cynthia and her Pokemon wonderfullyOne of the reasons Cynthia is my favorite Champion is because at the end of the day, she's a Trainer first - and she always carries that mentality with her in every game she appears in. That she did it again here, choosing to not acknowledge her status as a Champion or regional representative like Lance, Diantha, and Iris did, looked quite impressive to me. She looks past accolades and focuses and respects the person across from her purely as an opponent. And between her earlier comment as well as praise for Iris throughout and after the fight, we saw just that. Also, the ominous track that played with Garchomp's appearance was crazy, but fitting; I love how everyone (fans, writers, developers) acknowledge what a beast her Garchomp is.
These sentences seem a little contradictory…As opposed to other champions she's totally down to earth and doesn't put on airs and graces, not even in the least bit. Then she doesn't just say "Gastrodon, come out" or "Garchomp, use Draco Meteor". No, she puts it poetically by saying "Emerge from the waves" or "Shower upon us, stars from the heavens".