Review AG167: Decisive Game! Haruka VS Takeshi!!

[Cybersai]

Huh? He usually trains his pokémon against Ash's.

We rarely see that happen. And even then, they never finish their battle.

 

[FabuVinny]

Battles happen off screen. And we have actually been told that fact on many occasions.

 

[Kasumi]

We rarely see that happen. And even then, they never finish their battle.

And we rarely saw May training her Eevee to learn Shadow Ball, yet we know she did.

 

[Geodude]

I wonder...if Brock knew beforehand that he would've had to lose the first battle to get her attention, would he have done it?

 

[Kasumi]

He'd do anything to win a girl's affection, but I don't think he'd have lost on purpose because he's too honest and that would have been disrespectful of his oponent.

 

[Andromache]

That's a really good question, whether Brock would deliberately hurt his reputation to get a girl. I think he'd toy with the idea, but I don't think he'd intentionally lose in the end. If that were the case, he may as well just have a sparring match and not waste the opponent's time or his own just to lose. Then, too, he cares too much for his own Pokemon and Pokemon in general to put them on the line in a battle he didn't really have his heart in anyway. This is just my gut reaction. Will have to ponder this some more. But like Kasu said, I think he has too much integrity to fight in something he wasn't concerned about.

 

[Pie]

Question that came up in the Brock Club...

After the Raticate trainer's appeal:

What did Brock say, and why did May get ticked off about it?

 

[FabuVinny]

My interpretation (and bear in mind that I have no knowledge of Japanese) was that Brock was admiring Mika's appeal, (like he would normally do in the audience,) but then May reminds him that Mika is the opposition.

 

[V Faction]

"Y'know, Mika sure looks sultry when she appeals with Raticate..."
"Brock! She's only 8 years old!"
"BWAUGH!! Uhh, I... er, I knew that! I meant it only as a compliment!"

 

[FabuVinny]

If I was a GymShipper or JailbaitShipper, I would say that May just caught Brock out and that there is hope for him liking a younger girl yet.

 

[Kthleen]

What did Brock say, and why did May get ticked off about it?

I'm afraid the only thing I can really understand is Haruka's "You're not supposed to be impressed!"

I can pick out only some of Takeshi's words (like tajitsu ni ["some day"], I think), but not enough to make a sentence or tell what exactly he's talking about.