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This was solid in my opinion. That presentation at the start was great. Although the first half was basically filler, I loved that they actually showed Goh using his previous captures to help traverse the jungle. It's really been something I've wanted to see for a while and it gave me Legend of Zelda vibes, where you need to use various items to explore the dungeons. His insta-ball captures were fine as they were low-level pokemon and it was relieving to see him fail to catch that Gyarados as well. Anyways, I'm very surprised they actually brought up and questioned Goh's goal here, felt like Mewtwo was representing the fanbase there haha. His explanation was alright I guess, but I want to see him actually follow through with the research/understanding angle more in the future. That being said, I don't see him catching every pokemon (legendaries excluded) so I hope he gets more development there. Chole was a nice surprise here too.
The battle itself had some great animation (particularly at the end) and I loved the music that played during Mewtwo's introduction. Seeing Pikachu go down to a psychic and shadow ball is kinda sus, but I'll let it slide cause it's coming from Mewtwo and he's not really a bulky pokemon to begin with. Seeing Lucario and Cinderace in action was good too, but they took way too much damage (especially when they were completely fine after being hit dead-on by shadow ball). Also is it just me, or is having force palm+reversal on Lucario feeling redundant? They have their differences, but I feel like they should replace force palm with close combat sometime. I didn't find the battle that redundant, since they really should be struggling against Mewtwo and Mewtwo still used various tricks (like shadow ball, force field, melee attacks and the finisher shadow ball). There wasn't as much continuity as I was expecting however.
I liked it, but I feel like my expectations are getting a little too high for this show. I can't put my finger on why just yet, but something about Journeys feels kinda off right now. Anyways I'll give this a 7.5/10 for now.
The battle itself had some great animation (particularly at the end) and I loved the music that played during Mewtwo's introduction. Seeing Pikachu go down to a psychic and shadow ball is kinda sus, but I'll let it slide cause it's coming from Mewtwo and he's not really a bulky pokemon to begin with. Seeing Lucario and Cinderace in action was good too, but they took way too much damage (especially when they were completely fine after being hit dead-on by shadow ball). Also is it just me, or is having force palm+reversal on Lucario feeling redundant? They have their differences, but I feel like they should replace force palm with close combat sometime. I didn't find the battle that redundant, since they really should be struggling against Mewtwo and Mewtwo still used various tricks (like shadow ball, force field, melee attacks and the finisher shadow ball). There wasn't as much continuity as I was expecting however.
I liked it, but I feel like my expectations are getting a little too high for this show. I can't put my finger on why just yet, but something about Journeys feels kinda off right now. Anyways I'll give this a 7.5/10 for now.