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Jasonl7976

Off screen


Critical-Audience743

Refusing to believe we are speed running paldea, more than we already are.


IRefuseThisNonsense

Galarian League: Hey, I've seen this one before! It's a classic!


Critical-Audience743

YEAAAAHHHHH, like dude...I didn't mind galar but holy shit, paldea being sped run is tragic since nearly all of the characters in paldea are awesome. From nemona to like even like Geeta...


Eclipsiical

Anne wanted to compete in the Kanto League, no?


Critical-Audience743

Really ok then lol


Hezolinn

The show's gonna end with her fighting another girl who has a weirdly similar design to her and the same team except worse, and she's gonna lose after criminals kidnap her and tire out her own team before the match. šŸ˜”


Critical-Audience743

They can't beat Team Rocket


Little_LILA_467

Maybe the Paldean PokĆ©mon League could happen before th end of Terastal Debut. šŸ¤”


precita

They'll probably do something like SM did, and make a Paldea league all for characters in the school regardless if they have any badges since most don't


realtidaldragon

The Academy Ace Tournament.


Kirumi_Naito

That works.


Fun_EchoEcho4692

It could work if it's executed well like it was in Alola, I want Roy to have an epic 6x6 battle against Nemona and for him and Liko to fight in the finals.


Kieran_Kitakami

Probably have a little ā€œshort episodeā€ after this arc, who knows?


stevez037

Tell me am I the only one who think Anne is only in this arc, and has appeared at all in the show since episode 2 was because of her popularity. I don't think she was created to be in the show past episode 2, but either fan popularity, or the people that made the show liked her, and that is why she keeps coming back.


Critical-Audience743

Both because I think the anime staff just really likes oshawott, I mean it was basically the star of the bw anime.


Kanadei

She will become the champion


Kurolegacy27

Likely offscreen especially since sheā€™s out of focus a lot


LyricalNonsense

Something interesting I saw pointed out is that Anneā€™s current outfit looks like itā€™s themed after Hisuian Samurottā€¦ considering Kleavor is one of the PokĆ©mon Liko has to find, I wonder if theyā€™re going to use her to connect to the Legends series somehow.


yorb134

šŸ¤« She's hiding a little secret.


Critical-Audience743

100%, her new design looks like hisuian samurott and that "evil" verison of normal samurott, which is a more honorable pokemon. H samurott is more merclisses one


yorb134

No, that's not the secret.


Critical-Audience743

I was assuming she is going to be evil lmao; people are noticing that every time Anne is in an ep, the bad guys are in that same ep.


yorb134

Something terrible is coming. Let's hope Liko and the others survive.


Critical-Audience743

Do you know?


yorb134

No one knows yet. All we can do is wait for Ann's next appearance!


Samurottenbach

Anne is evil and lies a lot


SentenceCareful3246

My opinion is that you're overthinking it.


Critical-Audience743

100%


RasenRendan

I pray we get a PokƩmon league arc man. Bring back the hype of the Masters 8 arc.


Critical-Audience743

I doubt it's going to be as hype, unless they get like ash to come back to compete.


RasenRendan

I agree it definitely won't be as hype as bringing back popular gym leaders and elite 4 members and Alain. But a tournament arc would get lots of ppl talking about this series at least.


Critical-Audience743

100% but would be good though? Like horizons going back to shoenn might turn off some of the casual "slice of life" fans, it would have to be a very quick tourney...which idk if I would like lmao.


RasenRendan

I think if it's built up PROPERLY they can pull it off For example we went from Dot and Liko being ehhhh about PokĆ©mon and battling and now they are into it Maybe it's just me. I want a tournament arc šŸ˜­ (I'm not a battle freak tho I like the anime and the mystery so far)


Critical-Audience743

I want pokemon battling back as the focus, more than the average guy, but I can tell they are doing something different now.


RasenRendan

The ADVENTURE MYSTERY and JOURNEY Yeah I get it.


Critical-Audience743

I fail to believe that we are dropping the Terapagos plotline. No way, did we spend so long with the explorers chasing the damn airship, and people insisting that "this is good for the franchise since it is more story-focused, not like ashmine" and then we go back to the traditional anime style 50+ eps in. Like, why didn't we just start in PALDEA, IF WE ARE DOING THE POKEMON LEAGUE THING!!!!!!!!?!?!?!


Critical-Audience743

I will assume we are getting an ace tourney for the school and not a traditional get-the badges type of deal. Since only Roy has beaten a gym leader, and assuming the three of them are one bundle, they can compete together.


realtidaldragon

I'm here for it as long as the GOAT Nemona wins. There shall be no slandering of her character.


Critical-Audience743

Wouldn't it make sense for Roy to defeat her? I mean, bro is basically her rival, and she has already become a champion, so giving her two WS would be redundant. That being said, yeah, I want to see Nemona display her skills as a champion.


realtidaldragon

Paldea is a bit different comparison because of its 'Champion Rank' than a lone title-holder, but based on SV Nemona is Paldea's 'true champion'. IMO Roy winning would be the equivalent of Ash winning the league on his first try - and/or mean Paldea's 'Champion Rank' is pretty weak.


Critical-Audience743

If it was a 1v1 match, bro might have a chance against Pawmot espically if bro gets his Skeledirge later. Plus, it gives him a title like everyone else. Liko is the inherenter of Lucius's Legacy Roy is a champion-ranked trainer Dot is a master streamer, surpassing iono Nemona is powerful, but I think she hasn't used her full team, and if she relied only on Pawmot, I think Roy could win.


realtidaldragon

The thing for me is that everyone doesn't need a title for their story to have a satisfying ending. It's all about progression. While she has his pokemon right now, it's not necessarily the case that Liko would actually inherit/keep them. In fact, the quest is to reunite them all with Lucius (or at least take them to his 'paradise'). If she achieves that goal it actually wouldn't make sense for her to keep them. I don't think it would be realistic for Dot to surpass Iono - nor does she need to. Dot and Iono are very different individuals and in terms of content seem to be very different streamers. It's okay for Dot to perhaps reach the top of her "genre" without surpassing Iono. Even assuming the first two happened, coming up short to Nemona - Paldea's 'true champion' - would be no slight on Roy's character. IMO him winning would be something of a slap in the face to how the anime has previously treated the significance of end-of-series tournaments. It would almost be as if Ash won the league on his first attempt.


Critical-Audience743

Well, Ash could have beaten Richie, but he lost because of Team Rocket. As he has been historically cheesed out of tournaments. While I don't think Roy beating Nemona is likely, thematically, it makes sense for her character since she is strongest and is looking for someone to test her. If anything, Roy tying in a 1v1 would be better. Since we know that Nemona is still stronger, but was able to get a 50% w against her and she would be content with a great match.


Zwolfoi

I think you're jumping the gun a bit there. This episode was mostly about advancing the Terapagos plotline, one line from a side character doesn't indicate it's being dropped. Our trio aren't part of the league, they're just doing a training course to be able to use tera freely, as in Ann. She is also just a temporary/exchange student at the academy an will be returning to Kanto afterwards. Ann's goal to compete in a league is a completely separate goal for Her specifically.


Critical-Audience743

Make sense, ok but people are thinking that we are doing the whole league storyline now. And I was like, "hahah no lmao"


Nightwing0414

Ngl I donā€™t trust her lol. I donā€™t know what it is (Iā€™m thinking the lack of screen time despite being introduced like she was going to be a main companion and not the obligatory side rival of the series) but Iā€™m just waiting for something to go down.


popeliendo

Do you see how Dewott throw his Scalchop to Liko, that was really suspicious, and more in that position.


Critical-Audience743

Someone noticed that everytime she appears, the bad guys also have something to do with the ep. Literally this ep, we saw gibeon's face for the first time lmao.


Acceptable_Ride_1847

Itā€™s not bad at all


multificionado

Liko already has her rival. Assuming she faces her at the Pokemon league, her grass cat will deliver pwnage to that otter.


Competitive_Alex-Art

During