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- Pros:- I generally didn't think much of Koharu other than the fact that she was unnecessarily cold and dismissive (this episode finally gives us an insight as to why, showing us her subconscious desire to not have expectations due to family thrown upon her) but regardless of all that, I really wanted more of her character to be developed earlier instead of being shafted thanks to all the spotlight being on Gou. I absolutely enjoyed this episode for the slice-of-life angle, Koharu's relation with Yamper, the insight into Koharu and her family, the heart to heart talk with her mother and giving us some backstory for Professor Quest Giver.
- I liked the segments with all the Pokemon being featured at the beginning (although most of the those Pokemon are dull as cardboard and pretty much soulless). I really doubt we'll see much off them in the future without either excluding most of the Pokemon, by rushing those scenes or making them redundant and boring. I do hope that neither Ash or Gou capture that Gengar though (as much as Ash needs his first Ghost type Pokemon), it should be Koharu's first catch given how much of a polar opposite it seems compared to her.
- Speaking of Koharu and her lack of a goal, I'm glad that her issues weren't straight up resolved in a single episode and instead, they planted small seeds of where her character arc might take her (even if it's not clear at the moment). Granted, whatever she chooses to do would absolutely have to do with Pokemon, non-Pokemon goals in this anime just wouldn't work and would be mundane. Here's hoping she's not shafted in the future.
- Cons:- I kind of dislike how often the episode kept cutting back to Ash and Pikachu, and excessive screentime being given to Pikachu battling Gengar. Usually I wouldn't mind this, but that screentime could have been given to Koharu and Yamper's battle with the purple menace (instead of it resulting in a magical overpowering of Shadow Ball and oneshotting Gengar out), as well as developing her character a bit more. Not a major issue, just jarring when you take the entire thing into consideration. Not to mention Gou sticking to his "throw-a-ball" routine instead of actually battling and weakening it. Makes the entire aspect of them "competing to capture Gengar" really stupid given it was only Ash and Pikachu who were putting an active effort in doing so.
- Extra:- So Koharu likes to have her hair in braids, eh? I wonder if this particular point will factor in the long run with her character development (kinda like Serena's own hair). I genuinely hope it does, and it's not some random cosmetic trait they decided to throw in because of her character design.
- That first scene with all the Pokemon makes it about high time that Ash starts rotating his older Pokemon and have them live occasionally with him at the lab. Even more so when you consider that the next few episodes indicate that the level of competition will be increasing, for him and his path.
- I legitimately laughed at all three Wurmple evolving into Cascoon and hope this is a recurring gag to frustrate Gou (and not just exclusive to Wurmple either, but other split evolutionary lines as well). It's about time the boy has some setbacks, this is the first episode since ages where no Gou capture has happened (followed by Aicholtz's obligatory annoying voice acting). Though Gou not wanting all three to be Cascoon highlights a problem with his character, even Jessie was ecstatic about Dustox despite not getting a Beautifly like she in initially wanted.
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