#sm073

[helmarok]

i love the difference between jessie and james when it comes to saving their friends... jessie just tells mimikkyu (violent) to do something (violent) and of course it ends up beating meowths ass completely and causing him to faint, while james has to come to a full stop and contemplate hitting their partner with an attack, realizes theres no other choice, and tells mareanie to do it gently

[smilingperformer]

Pocket Monsters Sun & Moon: Appreciation Week, Day 2: Your favorite characters - Bonus round!

Acerola

She’s one of my favourite characters from the games, and I’m thoroughly happy with how she was handled in Pokeani. Fun, caring, mysterious, not scared of a single ghost. I’m really happy to have seen more of her after her Ula’ula Arc debut, and be an excellent match-up for Kaki in the League. Already miss her and her shenanigans with Kuchinashi/Nanu.

Bonus:

[soveryanon]

Sakaki: Island King Kuchinashi is an old acquaintance.

Kuchinashi: Sakaki? Then you guys are Team Rocket, huh.

[miracleman2]

Nanu and Acerola are here! And a wild Gengar steals Team Rocket’s Darkium-Z.

[themattress]

The Myth Arcs of the Pokemon anime

Which one is your favorite? More details about them under the cut.

Diamond & Pearl: The Sinnoh Time-Space Legend

In which the Legendary Pokemon trio of Sinnoh’s great lakes choose Ash, Dawn and Brock to be their human champions and protect Dialga and Palkia from the clutches of Team Galactic.

DP001: Following a Maiden's Voyage DP004: Dawn of a New Era DP036: A Secret Sphere of Influence DP040: Top-Down Training DP060: Journey to the Unown DP069: Enter Galactic DP078: Pruning a Passel of Pals DP096: Losing its Lustrous DP097: Double Team Turnover DP110: Steeling Peace of Mind DP111: Saving the World from Ruins DP130: Frozen on Their Tracks DP133: Uncrushing Defeat DP136: Gateway to Ruin DP150: Unlocking the Red Chain of Events DP151: The Needs of Three DP152: The Battle Finale of Legend

Best Wishes: The Heroes of Truth and Ideals

In which Ash and Pikachu gain the power and position of the Black Hero of Unova, meet N the White Hero, and fight Team Plasma who seek to use the Hero legend for their own plan.

BW001: In the Shadow of Zekrom BW002: Enter Iris and Axew BW007: Snivy Plays Hard to Catch BW009: The Bloom Is on Axew BW023: Team Rocket vs. Team Plasma (Part One) BW024: Team Rocket vs. Team Plasma (Part Two) BW066: Explorers of the Hero's Ruins BW111: New Places...Familiar Faces BW112: The Name's N BW114: Team Plasma's Pokemon Power Plot BW116: Saving Braviary BW119: Team Plasma's Pokemon Manipulation BW120: Secrets From Out of the Fog BW121: Meowth, Colress and Team Rivalry BW122: Ash and N: A Clash of Ideals BW123: Team Plasma and the Awakening Ceremony BW124: What Lies Beyond Truth and Ideals

XY: The Power of Mega Evolution

In which Professor Sycamore of Kalos and a bunch of characters connected to him seek to understand the power of Mega Evolution and where it came from, for noble or ignoble ends.

XY001: Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin XY002: Lumiose City Pursuit XY009: Clemont's Got a Secret XY010: Mega-Mecha Meowth Madness XYSP1: Mega Evolution Special I XY028: The Bonds of Evolution XY030: Mega Revelations XY031: The Cave of Trials   XY032: The Aura Storm XY033: Calling From Beyond the Aura XY034: Bonds of Mega Evolution XY043: Origins of Mega Evolution XYSP2: Mega Evolution Special II XYSP3: Mega Evolution Special III XY068: Garchomp's Mega Bond XY092: Cloudy Fate, Bright Future XY093: All Eyes on the Future XYSP4: Mega Evolution Special IV XY094: From A to Z XY095: Love Strikes! Eevee, Yikes! XY096: A Giga Battle with Mega Results XY098: Dream a Little Dream from Me XY101: Meeting at Terminus Cave XY102: A Cellular Connection XY106: A Meeting of Two Journeys XY107: An Explosive Operation XY111: Unlocking Some Respect XY116: The Synchronicity Test XY118: Championing a Research Battle XY119: A Full-Strength Battle Surprise XY121: Seeing the Forest for the Trees XY123: A Diamond in the Rough XY129: Kalos League Passion with a Certain Flare XY130: Finals Not for the Faint-Hearted XY131: Down to the Fiery Finish XY132: A Towering Takeover XY133: Coming Apart at the Dreams XY134: The Right Hero for the Right Job XY135: Rocking Kalos Defenses XY136: Forming a More Perfect Union XY137: Battling with a Clean Slate XY138: The First Day of the Rest of Your Life XY139: Facing the Needs of the Many XY140: Till We Compete Again XYSP5: The Legend of X, Y, and Z

Sun & Moon: The Mythical Secrets of Alola

In which Ash comes to Alola and is chosen by Tapu Koko to get involved with all of the region’s legends, myths and secrets as they emerge into reality and endanger its inhabitants. 

SM001: Alola to New Adventure SM002: The Guardian’s Challenge SM003: Loading the Dex SM004: First Catch in Alola, Ketchum-Style SM009: To Top a Totem SM010: Trials and Tribulation SM019: A Guardian Rematch SM020: Partner Promises SM027: A Glaring Rivalry SM031: The Island Whisperer SM036: Trials and Determinations SM037: Rising from the Ruins SM044: A Dream Encounter SM045: Now You See Them, Now You Don’t SM046: Deceiving Appearances SM047: A Masked Warning SM048: Night of a Thousand Poses SM049: Mission: Total Recall! SM050: Faba’s Revenge SM051: Family Determination SM052: Revealing the Stuff of Legends SM053: Rescuing the Unwilling SM054: 10,000,000 Reasons to Fight SM055: The Professors’ New Adventure SM061: A Mission of Ultra Urgency SM067: Love at First Twirl SM069: Rise and Shine, Starship SM073: Why Not Give Me a Z-Ring Sometime? SM074: Tough Guy Trials SM075: Some Kind of Laziness SM076: A Battle Hand-Off SM077: Guiding an Awakening SM078: Twirling with a Bang SM079: Showering the World with Love SM084: The Shape of Love to Come SM085: The Long Vault Home SM087: Filling the Light with Darkness SM088: Full Moon and Many Arms SM089: The Prism Between Light and Darkness SM090: Securing the Future SM095: Sparking Confusion SM100: Battling the Beast Within SM101: Parallel Friendships SM104: That’s Some Spicy Island Research SM105: Showdown on Poni Island SM106: Evolving Research SM107: Run, Heroes, Run! SM108: Memories in the Mist SM109: A Grand Debut SM114: Beauty is Only Crystal Deep SM116: The Secret Princess SM124: Living on the Cutting Edge SM127: Chasing Memories, Creating Dreams SM140 - SM146: Ultra Legends

[musashi]

me, every time i remember iyajiro: hey everyone remember iyajiro

[rohanite]

Damn, apparently Mimi-tan being dead and Kuchinashi knowing Sakaki is old info from scans, I’m happy I’m not as 100% in tune with spoilers as I was with XY cause stuff like this is way more fun to learn while actually watching, like I was genuinely wondering why Mimi-tan couldn’t hurt Gengar and why it could fly (my mind jumped to game mechanics lolol, “Does Mimi-tan have a Balloon under the cloth? Was that just a normal “Slash”? Can Mimikkyu learn that? Or is it the Gengar? Oh but Musashi’s Mimikkyu can hurt it...) and pretty much had the TRio’s reaction when Acerola was just like “she ded”.

[soveryanon]

[soveryanon]

[soveryanon]

[soveryanon]

[smilingperformer]

SM073 - Thoughts

I think I’ve calmed down from Friday enough to write this now... let’s see. I’m not sure you guys even need me talking about this episode. It was so good!

It is finally time for Rocket Gang to go get themselves their very own Z-Ring! I’ve been waiting for this ever since I started watching this series almost a year ago now, and I was so god damn happy to finally see it happening. This also marks the start of Ula’Ula Island Arc, and I found it brilliant to start with Rocket Gang instead of Satoshi. Who, btw, is absent until the very last 10 seconds of the episode! This hasn’t happened since Diamond & Pearl’s first episode, if I remember correctly.

(This post is getting so god damn long because there’s lots to discuss so, I’m actually gonna put a cut here! To save your dashboards from this freaking long post! I hope it works for mobile people as well, if not, I apologize. I think I’ll continue on doing this in the future as well!)

Anyway, they head to Ula’Ula Island in search of Island King/Kahuna Kuchinashi/Nanu, who appears to be old acquitances with Rocket Gang Boss Sakaki/Giovanni. This is a detail I didn’t expect to be canon in Pokeani until the news hit, and I’m looking forward to learning more about this! Sakaki told the Trio (and Sonansu :D C’mon, it’s how Narrator said it) that they might be able to get a Z-ring from him, which prompted them to go on the Air Balloon ride. Which hasn’t appeared in Sun & Moon after it’s very early appearance in episode SM005! Great to see them still having it! (They did reference it in last episode so I guess it was expected!)

We then cut to a local Island Library to get us introduced to the character a lot of people had been waiting for to appear: Meet Acerola! She’s shown to be working at the said Library, and starts reading a book about the Greedy Lapoo to two young kids, who, according to VA cast list, are called Nene and Piko.

I must say, I love the designs of these two, and even if they seem to end up being CotD types, I’ll most likely be enjoying whatever screentime they’ll give us of them.

But, this scene also serves as a plot element teller as well, in addition to introducing these three characters to the story. In short, it’s a story about a ghost that stole people’s items, who then ended up being hated by people, because of it’s greedy nature. Thus, the name the Greedy Lapoo. It was then sealed away by a local Island King, and was never heard of again.

Anyway, we cut back to Rocket Gang, who are preparing to make good first impression with the Island King with some Malasadas. They get their disguises on because of the place they’re heading to being a Police Station, and when they get inside, oooooh boooyy. It’s what we’d expect from Ula’Ula Police Station.

It’s filled with dozens of Alolan Nyarths! Talk about over-kill. And they all get their eyes on one thing: the Malasada. Poor Rocket Gang.

That’s when we get to see the Island King thou! Meet Kuchinashi/Nanu! Or well. We know he’s the guy, but our dear buffoons don’t. So when they ask to see the Island King, well... you know what happens. I made a huge screencap post on it, but to put it short: he outright lied to them that Island King is away and may not be coming back for possibly a year! What a jackass! But I already fell in love with his characterisation at this point, so full points on perfect introduction. He clearly likes to avoid his Island King/Kahuna duties, which fits the game profile as well.

So, Rocket Gang loses all hope and head off. We then cut back to Acerola and co., who have finished reading the book, and decide to head to the tomb stone that is said to be the fairy tale’s Greedy Lapoo’s. However, Rocket Gang has decided to mourn their bad luck at the very same place, and when Musashi loses her temper and breaks the tomb...

Meet The Greedy Lapoo the Gengar! The fairy tale turned out to be true, and the Island King’s seal on the ghost is now broken. Way to go Musashi! Thou, tbf, she had no idea of such tale. I originally though it’d be a Totem Gengar, but then I realised that there’s no such thing in the games, so it’s probably something else that makes it so much bigger. Pokeani can do some interesting stuff with the Pokemon Universe anyway!

Anyway, Gengar steals Rocket Gang’s Dark Z-crystal, and then heads to Acerola and co, who had just arrived to the place. While the two kids are scared as hell, Acerola shows that she’s not.

I just noticed I’m rambling about all episode details again, but it’s hard not to. New characters were introduced, and as a huge fan of Acerola, I was stoked when this episode had so much focus on her! it’s great! Anyway, she gets kidnapped by the Gengar, who then proceeds to go steal stuff from random people around the Island. Acerola’s Mimikyu, who she calls Mimi-tan, tries to rescue her, but to no avail.

Mimi-tan gets thrown into air by Gengar, and while falling, Acerola jumps to catch it. Why thou?! I haven’t said it yet, because it’s actually revealed at the end of the episode, but Acerola’s Mimi-tan is an actual Ghost of a Mimikyu. So it wouldn’t really get hurt, would it? Then again, this is the first time Pokeani explores actual ghost pokemon, so there’s much we don’t know. We might learn more during this arc thou! I certainly hope so!

But y’know, this is where we start to see the good side of the Greedy Lapoo Gengar. It shows to be worried about Acerola after her fall, and when Acerola shows it she’s fine, he’s quite happy! Turns out, Gengar very much likes Acerola, and when Acerola tries to tell him to take her back home, he selfishly refuses, and tries to convince her to stay. When Acerola keeps on denying it thou, even when gengar shows the Dark Z-crystal that it stole from Rocket Gang, Gengar loses it. This is where I’m actually kinda spooked.

WHAT IS IT DOING??? Trying to put Acerola inside it? How rude is that??? Mimi-tan is unable to do anything, oh boy am I proud of the following moment:

Musashi came in and actually saved Acerola! Considering her dialogue earlier about how she can’t stand Gengar being so selfish with his liking to Acerola, I want to believe she actually did this to both save Acerola, and get the Z-crystal back. And it was really well done! Kinda reminded me of Satoshi and Pikachu thou lol. The pararrels between Satoshi and Musashi are increasing! They then mock the poor Gengar in hilarious ways, seriously, Rocket Gang’s writing in this episode is top notch and I have never loved them more in an episode.

Gengar then starts chasing after fleeing Rocket Gang (which actually seems like a lure plan???) and when Nyarth tries to counter-attack, Gengar possesses him. Spooky stuff. Musashi quickly orders Mimikyu to do something, who uses Wood Hammer on Nyarth. Ouch. Musashi cares for Nyarth, but she’s always been rough on rescue plans.

But then Gengar posseses her! And this honestly looks sort of scary at this screenshot. It kinda reminds me of a certain ghosts from Sonic Adventure 2 thou... : D Kojiro is shown shook, and he definitely doesn’t do hasty moves when it comes to rescuing Musashi. This is definitely something Satoshi’d do as well, and god damn it. Kojiro does come up with a perfect plan, and it shows how good of a trainer he is: Hidoide’s newly learned Dark-move Knock-Off is perfect counter for Ghost type, so he orders Hidoide to hit Musashi with it, gently. Musashi only gets a headbump from this so, all good. Except Gengar is mad as hell now. XD GG!

Then the best scene starts! Kuchinashi comes to see the situtation with Acerola, tells the Rocket Gang Trio that they’re actually better than he initally thought, so he throws them a Z-Power Ring! And then we get to see the god damn gorgeus Dark Z-move! it’s darn powerful looking, and man, the faces Musashi, Kojiro and Nyarth have while seeing Gengar get sucked into the Blackhole Eclipse is very, very well done. It shows both amaze and spookyness in them. This is the first time they’ve done the Z-move now, and oh am I glad they actually did it together. Even if Kojiro was the one to wear it, the energy def came from all three of them. This is the best outcome I could have hoped for the Z-move and I’m pleased. Very pleased.

Acerola then realises that Gengar was actually lonely instead of being greedy, so she decides to be friends with it. A happy end and all! Judging from Kuchinashi’s dialogue, this seems to be a norm to Acerola. Acerola also spills the beans about this old man being the Island King Kuchinashi to Rocket Gang, who aren’t very pleased with his trick. But Rocket gang also spills beans on being from the criminal organisation, where we realise Kuchinashi does indeed know Sakaki. And yet, he lets Rocket Gang keep the Z-Power Ring. Fits him.

In the end, Acerola’s Mimi-tan rewards Musashi with the Mimikkyu-Z crystal, which I bet is because Mimi-tan is greatful for Musashi saving Acerola earlier. It makes sense in my head at least. And imo, she deserves it. So, Rocket Gang ends up with a double-prize this episode: Z-Power Ring, and a new Z-crystal! Ii Kanjii indeed!

At the end of the episode, we finally have our appearance of the real main character of the show, who’s finally heading to Ula’Ula Island himself as well! It’s time for his third island adventures!

I’ll cya all next week, when Satoshi gets to battle Kuchinashi (all thanks to Acerola convincing him), Kuchinashi gets a call from Sakaki himself, and Lugarugan’s Red eyed Beast mode returns! Until then!

[soveryanon]

[smilingperformer]

SM073 - The Rocket Gang's Island Pilgrimage! Get a Z-Ring!! Full Summary & VA cast!

Now that Kojiro's Hidoide has learned a Dark type move, the Rocket Gang are ready and willing to fire off some Z-Moves! However, they don't have the Z-Ring that's required to do this... what will you do about that, Rocket Gang?! Summary: Kojiro's Hidoide has learned the Dark type move "Knock Off". Since they already have a Dark-Z, all they need now is a Z-Ring and they'll be able to fire off Z-Moves... After Sakaki tells them that they might get a Z-Ring if they go to the Island King of Ula'ula Island, they decide to head there immediately. However, the Island King had left on a journey to improve his skills, and when he left, he said he didn't know when he'd be back. Will the Rocket Gang be able to get a Z-Ring?! Voice Cast: Rica Matsumoto: Satoshi Ikue Ohtani: Pikachu Megumi Hayashibara: Musashi Shinichiro Miki: Kojiro Inuko Inuyama: Nyarth Yuji Ueda: Sonansu Daisuke Namikawa: Mimikkyu Fumiko Takekuma: Hidoide Kei Shindo: Mimi-tan Chika Fujimura: Happinas Toru Sakurai: Yamikarasu Kenta Miyake: Sakaki Kiyomi Asai: Matori Masaki Aizawa: Kuchinashi Sumire Morohoshi: Acerola Wakana Kingyo: Young Piko Miyuki Kobori: Young Nene Unsho Ishizuka: Narration

Source: PocketMonsters.Net

[soveryanon]

[soveryanon]

Aaaand reached pic limit x’) (Did they reduce it recently or something...?)

NEXT WEEK: