idk man

I'm hoping that they will keep it up, actually, b/c B/W games are like that

and no Paul

zomg sick of Paul

I am so glad that Shooti isn't a Paul expy like some people said he was going to be

I guess he's back in ep5?

I don't mind him as just like 'I'm too cool for you' I guess

dear god, paul

he's not, actually, but he seems to actually care about his Pokémon

I have to admit, I'm seriously all over Iris/Ash for some reason

like, he's super nice to Tsutarja

just an ass to Ash. |D

Ep. 5 has some Iris/Ash bait IMO

I think Shooti's mostly a dick to Ash because Ash totally hijacked his "i'm picking my first pokemon!" moment

Totally valid, Ash totally slid in there like a jackass

yeah, Ash did kind of take that over

and left a really horrible impression

He's pretty decent to everyone else

I really hope we get some N, Bell, Chiron

ME TOO

The "Adeku shows up!" episode was apparently a fake title

esp N and Belle I could go without Chiron >_>;;

/touches N and Belle

which I'm sort of glad about, because if it was real I would be worried about Shooti hijacking Cheren's role

but yeah, I actually like Shooti so far. As in, he can be a jerk, but he's a good person

N's going to show up.

o?

Unless B/W discards Team Plasma entirely

they might, hard to say, hopefully we'll see them soon though

and the presence of beeasslectric legendary does lead towards N

(which I doubt it will since Magma+Aqua got their... episode... and Team Galactic got an entire ham-filled plot arc)

I'm pretty sure Plasma will show up, since that's like, TR's entire schtick

I just hope they don't put Ash into the role of Black/White

lol they probably will.

it's bad enough he's like ... half lucario or whatever

lol yes

...though Ash and co. didn't really do much during the Team Galactic arc, as far as beating Cyrus goes

They were just sort of there while Cyrus...

...threw himself into his new universe hammily idk

Ash's dad? Lucario

I kind of just think of Ash as just a generic placeholder right now. He gets into so many ridiculous adventures.

I'd like him better if he were just a *touch* more serious

I think Ash is supposed to represent the everyman trainer, actually

He's supposed to be the average kid who goes through the regions

not like Paul-levels just like ... seriously

and doesn't really do the heroic shit like the Special protags do

Ash is more heroic in the movies than the animu

the Pokemon Anime is basically a slice of life with slight shounen elements

it's like movie!Ash and anime!Ash are entirely different

well, it's probably more the nature of the movies

Well, the movies are basically, like...

since they always involved legendaries and shit

you know how western cartoons generally deal with mundane shit

man, no matter what anyone says I will always love pokemon 4eva

and then the movie is some big world-saving endeavor?

Same principle applies to the Pokemon anime.

The anime is The Simpsons, the movies are The Simpsons Movie, for lack of a better metaphor

anyway, I kind of like Iris/Ash too. >>;;

And Kibago has such a cute voice. :<

I think Iris is just the right level of tsundere

Misty was waaaaaay too tsundere for my tastes

Ash/Misty never did anything for me. :<

Neither did Ash/May or Ash/Dawn, either.

well they never really pushed those the way they did Ash/Misty

Ash/Misty are a disfunctional marriage. Iris/Ash is like a ... fond oldpeople marriage

Ahaha yeah. Iris is pretty tsundere to Ash, but it's more of an affectionate teasing tsundere compared to Misty's RAWR tsundere

Hahaha, yes, I do like Iris/Ash

I also like Iris's smug as fuck stalker expressions in episode 5

Iris was so totally giving Ash the look in Ep. 5

CEILING IRIS IS WATCHING YOU BATTLE

she's watching you lustily

she's going to lol all over like 'lol gym8'

it's like misty but even more build up

unless they cop out and have shaga be the gym 8 leader

and/or Ash will have to pokebattle Shaga for Iris's hand in marriage

someone write me fic

amazing

but then again, it's possible that shaga will be the gym leader but he has iris battle ash to see if she has reached the point where

she can take over

Ran

clearly it is so that Ash can prove his worthiness to marry Iris

do not deny me!

IT CAN BE BOTH.

IRIS NEEDS A STRONG HUSBAND

Iris must be worthy of taking over the gym! Ash must be worthy of his not!daughter's hand in marriage!

lol us in our Iris/Ash corner

And I like how we seem to all agree that it's Iris/Ash

um, duh

Ash can't top her, she's all badass and sexy and awesome

...now that I think of it

can Ash top ANYBODY?

no.

pikachu

what no way

nah pikachu tops

Pikachu totally tops

He got pikachu to love him

but

"PIKACHU!"

"USE THUNDERBOLT ON ME!"

Man, Mijumaru tops them both

hardcore

apparently he's in Ascended Meme on tvtropes

who, Miju

?

or not anymore, huh

Mijumaru is the most hilarious Pokemon

More Pokémon should be as interesting as Mijumaru

I hope he and grassmonkey continue to be hilarious together

Yannapu was trolling him hard there

I hope that Danto gets smugleaf

Mijumaru's D: face at the end of Ep. 5 was the best |D

IT WAS.

I'm really surprised, usually I hate 'puckish' characters (esp pokemon... esp aipom) but I love Mijumaru

I think it's because with Mijumaru, you can tell he's a dork too

Mijumaru is incredibly dorky

I loved him in ep4 where he was like "I WANTS TO FITE!!! ... OH GOD EVOLUTION ... NMNM YOU CAN HAVE THIS PIKACHU''

Mijumaru has shittons of personality, which is probably what makes him more tolerable

I think his pre-stalking was very awesome too, character building

Yeah, they're really putting a lot of effort into Mijumaru

/still thinks it's a Take That to all the Mijumaru haters |D

Yeah, that's what that thing I read was about, how Mijumaru was very anti-meme

I still hate his 3rd evo though, no amount of awesome will make me like that

if they had built off evo2 I would molest him forever, he's so cute

I think I would have probably liked the third evo better if it looked like an otter and not a seal

Anyway, any Futachimaru I get in game will be holding the Everstone. >>;;

I evolved him for stats but ... :|

I was hoping for something a little more blaziken-esque for his 3rd evo

ug, bed

nai nai

I'm also still upset it didn't become Water/Fighting. :c

I still like Daienki although I agree it isn't as cool.