PREVIEW: SM139: Birth! The Alola Champion!!

[FinnishPokéFan92]

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Set to air on September 15, 2019.

 

[BigDocFan]

Oh good, no spoilers as yet to reveal who the champion is

Information courtesy of Dephender on Serebii

The finals ended up being a fight between Satoshi and Gladio. Satoshi's Melmetal got beaten by Silvady, but then Pikachu was sent out and defeated Silvady, and a battle between Pikachu and Zoroark began. Who will attain the glory of being the first ever champion of the Alola Pokémon League; Satoshi or Gladio?

Screenplay 藤咲淳一 (Junichi Fujisaku)
Storyboard 毛利和昭 (Kazuaki Mōri)
Episode Director 毛利和昭 (Kazuaki Mōri)
Animation Director 山﨑玲愛 (Reina Yamazaki)

Sorry to be the bringer of bad news

 

[FinnishPokéFan92]

Satoshi's Melmetal got beaten by Silvady

Screenplay 藤咲淳一 (Junichi Fujisaku)

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[RetroPokeFan]

I see they’re pulling the title bait again like they did in Kalos.

 

[P_S_B]

Screenplay 藤咲淳一 (Junichi Fujisaku)

Well, at least we got some good battles out of the league over the last few episodes.

 

[FinnishPokéFan92]

I see they’re pulling the title bait again like they did in Kalos.

Not exactly. This title doesn't mention any names. Just that Alola is getting a Champion here, which we already knew.

 

[BigDocFan]

I see they’re pulling the title bait again like they did in Kalos.

Well based on the summaries and titles of the next episode, its still open to debate on who will win

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Deus ex Machina this match will probably be the Electrium Z becoming the Pikachu exclusive version

Well, at least we got some good battles out of the league over the last few episodes.

Here's hoping the Masked Royal match will be much better to make up for it

 

[MegaGreninga]

Information courtesy of Dephender on Serebii

The finals ended up being a fight between Satoshi and Gladio. Satoshi's Melmetal got beaten by Silvady, but then Pikachu was sent out and defeated Silvady, and a battle between Pikachu and Zoroark began. Who will attain the glory of being the first ever champion of the Alola Pokémon League; Satoshi or Gladio?

Screenplay 藤咲淳一 (Junichi Fujisaku)
Storyboard 毛利和昭 (Kazuaki Mōri)
Episode Director 毛利和昭 (Kazuaki Mōri)
Animation Director 山﨑玲愛 (Reina Yamazaki)

Sorry to be the bringer of bad news

Ash is not going to win that’s obvious

 

[FinnishPokéFan92]

Ash is not going to win that’s obvious

It's not that obvious, given that the winner gets to battle the Masked Royal.

 

[BigDocFan]

Ash is not going to win that’s obvious

Its still a possibility, would they dedicate a full episode to a full battle with Gladion and the Masked Royal?

 

[Cresselia92]

Its still a possibility, would they dedicate a full episode to a full battle with Gladion and the Masked Royal?

I don’t see why not. We got a battle between Trip and Alder back in BW, so they could very well showcase a battle between Gladion and the Masked Royal here.

It could go either way, really.

 

[BigDocFan]

I don’t see why not. We got a battle between Trip and Alder back in BW, so they could very well showcase a battle between Gladion and the Masked Royal here.

It could go either way, really.

True but that was just a 1 on 1 battle which lasted for about 5 minutes

 

[The Archer]

Screenplay 藤咲淳一 (Junichi Fujisaku)

A mess is about to be born.

 

[Panky..]

Screenplay 藤咲淳一 (Junichi Fujisaku)

There goes my hopes of having this league and season end on a decent note. Why the hell do they give key battles to that noob?

I don’t see why not. We got a battle between Trip and Alder back in BW, so they could very well showcase a battle between Gladion and the Masked Royal here.

It could go either way, really.

Except, Gladion has absolutely no connection to the Masked Royal, whereas Alder was pretty much someone Trip looked up to and genuinely wanted to face off against.

 

[BigDocFan]

A mess is about to be born.

Agreed, here's hoping he will only get slice of life episodes if he comes back next series

 

[UxieLover1994]

I'm not going to let the potential reboot teaser for September 29 fool me. Gladion stands at a 99% chance of winning, even if Ash gets another deus ex machina to his advantage. And besides, Guzzlord will likely interrupt the Gladion vs. Masked Royal battle.

 

[marshiyanmisuta]

I see they’re pulling the title bait again like they did in Kalos.

Again, using non-spoilery titles is not a bait. Neither of those titles are baits.

Gladion stands at a 99% chance of winning

We'll see about that...

Guzzlord will likely interrupt the Gladion vs. Masked Royal battle.

Attack will happen in the award ceremony.

 

[TheGoldenDuck]

There are going to be some very interesting memes after this episode airs I'm sure.

 

[marshiyanmisuta]

Should've called explosive birth.

 

[FinnishPokéFan92]

I can actually somewhat understand Melmetal losing to Silvally, since Silvally is technically a Legendary, but making it lose its first match after a significant power boost feels very anticlimactic after such an epic evolution. It better get some time to truly shine later.