At this point I think they're this series' Ace despite my initial assumption about Lucario, though they might pull a Buizel and get supplanted later.
I find it pretty sad that Gengar and Lucario (two of the best Pokemon ever) and, of course, Pikachu too have been getting so little attention recently.
And let's hope to Arceus that it is indeed a Buizel and not a Goodra. Like Dragonite, Goodra was another Pokemon of Ash's that had a 100% win rate for a good while before the League took a huge dump on that whereas Buizel at least still got a decent number of good wins after the Monkey King Takeover.
Pikachu has gotten plenty of attention. It's just all negative.
Not all of it, it has had some wholesome moments like the reunion with Iris for example.
GAH. It's even more shocking since Tomioka wrote this episode. Like...what??? I mean, I'm pretty sure Pikachu has had these moments before, but they were all one-off things and were treated as a small gag. Now, in Journeys, especially after JN030...I never want to see that small gag ever again.
It gets worse when you consider XY093. In that episode, Pikachu did get a little pouty, yes, but if you pay attention, it was more on just not being able to do anything than just wanting to battle. Note how after that one instance, Pikachu helped his teammates on the sidelines and in the end was as happy as he was when battling. Note how he also vigorously cheered on his teammates beforehand. He ALWAYS does this, in fact: cheering on his teammates. I've said this before, but they took Pikachu's most defining quality as a pokemon with prominent leadership skills and replaced it with...whatever THIS is.
Fair enough. I'm just still salty over the matter, as you can probably guess.
Sorry if I come off as obstinate, though.
Fair enough. I'm just still salty over the matter, as you can probably guess.
) and I was on the edge of my seat the entire time. The entire battle lasted like ten minutes but was pretty straight to the point, which was something I really liked about it. Iris used her ability to help Dragonite, just like a challenger would, and her bonding with it in the episode over having fun during battles was just so sweet I think I teared up a little(or maybe that was the music score...seriously, who the heck scored this episode???). The soft background and Iris's heartfelt dialogue at showing her understanding of Dragonite's feelings was so genuine and was shown as such with her recalling Axew's experiences-her understanding was purely genuine. Also, "you love Satoshi, don't you?"...that just...I just...god, I love this episode. I loved how Iris nearly freaked out at the gym roof being broken before she calmed down at Drayden's reassurance that it was okay and that she got all excited over Ash's Dragonite and Dracovish respectively. Her banter with Ash was a real treat and I seriously cannot wait for Iris to make a return in the anime. Iris's entire return was actually really well done-I have no doubts that if a first-time viewer watched this episode, they would fall in love with her instantly: she felt like the type of character that's introduced in a show who people want to find out MORE about-her growth is referenced several times throughout the episode and it'll make the new audience CURIOUS about her, making her more engaging; this is proven when Goh is given the lines of "So, this is Iris..." which basically would sum up the audience's thoughts. (Plus, I was proven right on that deduction when my little sibs RAVED about her)), the flashback with Drayden and Excadrill, her powers being put into use, etc, etc...oh, Tomioka, please, please, please return as head writer...).
Pikachu has gotten WAYYY too much attention compared to Lucario and Gengar recently.
