For me it kinda feels like Meowth in his hatred of Persian but without the nuance. Not only has Meowth had terrible experiences with his evolution but every time we see them, they’re awful either acting like a mob boss or lording themselves over Meowth making the scorn justified. Sure we got a thing of that it dresses like what it hates but we still lack a reason for said hatred to tie into that. But like I said, we just need some backstory because I just find that being it’s only personality quirk to be kinda boring.
There was a pretty bait scene in its episode where it was strongly implied that Mimikyu is jealous of the Pikachu line because of how popular it is. Does it really need to be something "deeper" than that? I don't think so. In fact...
The fact that it hasn't been spelt out for us makes it more nuanced. Nyasu hates Persian because every Persian we've ever seen is a dick and one stole his love in the ultimate dick move is obvious. Mimikyu being embittered because it wants what Pikachu has is more perverse and therefore more interesting a character trait IMO.
I can't really say that makes for a better character trait and instead just makes it seem extremely petty which is pretty shallow especially when you see other Mimikyu don't seem to share this irrational hatred despite sharing the same situation. What would make it a better character IMO would be for it to be able to let go of its hatred over time by seeing that it has people who care for it in spite of it not being Pikachu and thus it doesn't need to feel jealous because it isn't alone anymore. Sadly I don't see them reaching such a point.
What I said was more interesting, not better. Do you not know this kind of petty person in real life? I sure do (and holding grudges/petty jealousy as a trait really annoys me). But the character arc you described is the vanilla kind of progression we always see in Pokeani. Shigeru for example, having brought so much fun to the anime in OS, was boring to watch in his last outing.
I think it's in Mimikyu's nature not to let go of its hatred of Pikachu. It will always hate Pikachu and that is what is so unique and cool about its personality.
I dunno, like I said, I just find that its petty hatred towards Pikachu makes it one-note, especially since unlike a lot of the other pokemon that they've had in the main and supporting cast having a range of personality, that's just all that there is to its entire character. Something like that could work for a character of the day but not so well in a major character's main pokemon. I find there's only so much you can exploit a singular trait before it gets boring without anything else to fall on.
If the "worst episode ever" thread is any indication, most people don't like Sampson Oak. Still hoping that him mentioning Porygon in the first episode amounts to something, though.
I would keep everyone at lvl 100 and as for Origins Red's Mewtwo well Ash has Greninja.
I don't think that Ash's Greninja can rival a Mewtwo even if it's "special". The writers have always made Legendary Pokemon very powerful and often invincible in the manga and anime.
Well with what I seen on Origins Mewtwo it didn't seem all that powerful and even then Origins Red didn't seem like that smart of a trainer so I don't think it really matters.
Origins Mewtwo is from gen 1 and he never showed he had Aura Sphere and Aura Sphere is not in gen 1.
