It doesn't really feel like James has been the center of an episode since DP. SM012 didn't particularly focus around him even if he did catch a Pokemon in it.
Thanks, it was much needed
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God, that's TWO whole years ago now!
Even though I loved that episode, I understand what you mean. But did you not feel that he got good focus in XY 54?
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I honestly didn't. Like, what did James even do in that episode? In that episode, at least to me he was just the Pokemon Trainer, while the episode itself focused on Inkay. DP153 feels like the most recent James episode to me. Unless there's something in Unova that I'm completely forgetting about.Thanks, it was much needed
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God, that's TWO whole years ago now!
Even though I loved that episode, I understand what you mean. But did you not feel that he got good focus in XY 54?
Fair enough. Truth is I didn't enjoy that episode at all, so what can I say!?
Yeah, I completely agree on both those points. It was nice to see James do something for Braixen, though it was really random. It would be nice if we could get an episode that truly was centered around him. Usually when it's a James episode it's about his childhood, so I guess that card is out considering how unlikely it would be that he would vacate outside of the Japan-based regions, and the writers aren't as interested in releasing their Pokemon anymore either. I was really hoping James would catch a lonely little Cubone or something that would become an Alolan Marowak considering how nice James is known to be, but that is out of the picture too. Oh well. Here's hoping for Alolan Victreebel or something in USUMFair enough. Truth is I didn't enjoy that episode at all, so what can I say!?
I know that Tairenar/stick episode was about Tairenar but that was probably the last sizable reminder we've had that he's a human being with his own story. He also got a fair bit of exposition in XY 63, almost as much as Musashi (despite much much less screen time) I felt.
I don't know about that you know! Their family have been shown to be extraordinarily wealthy, why wouldn't they own a holiday home in Alola?! That's what I'm hoping anyway because a refresher on Kojiro's backstory and Rumika's return are much overdue!!!!
Well, I guess it also has something to do with the fact that it didn't seem like James had heard of Alola just like the other two. I would love another holiday home episode though. We always get something good out of them. It would be cool if James' Nanny and Pop-Pop were there visiting with his Chimecho.
While for me that episode wasn't very memorable, it was good as a Kojiro episode, but it was more centred around the bond that Kojiro and Maaiika had. The episode proved once again how unselfish Kojiro's love is. It wasn't anything new, because we arleady knew how he puts happiness of his loved ones before his, but it's always nice to see such an episode as an reinforcement. I'd love to see something that adds to Kojiro's character development though. DP153 was such an ep, because we discovered that he had a crush on Rumika at first.
I'd be happy about that too! ;__; I think it wouldn't be too much to ask for from SM, but with the the way Rockets are written now, I can't see it hapen, sadly. Again, I really miss Junki Takegami T__T
I know what you meant, but I couldn't help but laugh at the thought of James and Inkay getting high together. Anyway, I'm also hoping for at least a bit of Mimikyu's backstory.
Omg, at first I was really confused by what you said and then I looked at what I wrote xD Now I'm laughing XD
Honestly, at this point why not? Who else who is still on the writing team would you trust? I don't trust Tomioka even one jot since BW, and Musashi's reliable ace Takegami seems to have fallen off the face of the earth
I can't believe his last Musashi-centric episode was DP 117 (8 years ago now).TRio's characters feel very hollow without allowing them to expose any of their history, ever. Add to the fact that they are no longer allowed to release their pokemon, the episodes which from OS-DP made their characters feel like real, 3D adult humans just... don't exist anymore! None of the Rocket episodes in XY felt to me like they had any depth to them.
Have we? I think we've been given fragments of the same story, except for possibly the confusion regarding when she and Kojiro first met (which I'd be inclined to say has officially been retconned to the version told in the Hoso ep).
This! Honestly, we really need to know more, especially about Musashi's past, because the bits that we've been mercifully given are all over the place. It all feels like puzzle pieces that don't match! Both hers and Kojiro's pasts are nothing but confusing, but at least Kojiro's early childhood got a proper affirmation throughout the series. But we still don't know why they decided to join TR. Kojiro wanted freedom, yeah, but there's that huge time gap between his running away from home and joining TR. So what was he doing during that time (there was this bike gang thing, but that was retconned)? Same for Musashi, what was she doing directly before joining TR and what lead to her decision? You could say that it was a chain of unfortunate events and life choices, but that's too vague for me to accept. And I've always wondered if she knew about her mother being a TR member? Of course we never got to learn anything about Miyamoto from the main show and that's a huge sin.
I can't see Tomioka writing the ep, but why not Yonemura? Although he isn't much around, but he showed in the past that he's pretty capable of writing a good TR ep. But yeah I'm not crossing Sekine out totally. I'm just scepticHonestly, at this point why not? Who else who is still on the writing team would you trust? I don't trust Tomioka even one jot since BW, and Musashi's reliable ace Takegami seems to have fallen off the face of the earth
I agree that some exposure would be nice, but it's not like they feel hollow without that. Of course, it explains some things, but they're still very charming. The TR Radio Show didn't expose any of their past and yet it felt like it was the best Rockets I could ever ask for, simply because they were allowed to have lots of freedom and get out of the annoying pattern the anime shuts them in. They got real, literally ;D
Not even XY063? O.O
They attented Pokemon Tech together, then flunked out and joined up with the biker gang in one version. In the other they just met each after joining Team Rocket. It's just bothersome that we don't even officially know how the story goes.Honestly, at this point why not? Who else who is still on the writing team would you trust? I don't trust Tomioka even one jot since BW, and Musashi's reliable ace Takegami seems to have fallen off the face of the earth
TRio's characters feel very hollow without allowing them to expose any of their history, ever. Add to the fact that they are no longer allowed to release their pokemon, the episodes which from OS-DP made their characters feel like real, 3D adult humans just... don't exist anymore! None of the Rocket episodes in XY felt to me like they had any depth to them.
Have we? I think we've been given fragments of the same story, except for possibly the confusion regarding when she and Kojiro first met (which I'd be inclined to say has officially been retconned to the version told in the Hoso ep).
They haven't. I image it being because Jessie doesn't have a story around her mother to tell. She was probably really young when she left, but like, what did Jessie even do afterwards? There's that really weird flashback about her dancing in that Dustox episode and her trying to become a nurse at some point. I just want more of it to fill in the empty space. It's actually sad and shocking how little they do with their characters in the span of 20 years.
