Apr 18, 2017
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Sophocles’ parents look familiar...
Plus, Tapu-Koko’s rematch, hype!
I really appreciate Sophocles getting an decent role again, guy has been pretty shafted the most overall and so giving him a role in the Tapu stuff felt nice and natural, given its typing. Helping Ash to train his Z move and having it pay off during the battle was a treat, the guy IS the one who originally gives out the Electrinium Z after all.
The rematch itself was….. Fine. It lasted longer then I thought honestly. I’m liking that we’re seeing tangible growth in Ash and his Z moves then when he first started because when Tapu used his shield, last time he could easily shrug it off but this time he was pushed back! Still interested to see what Tapu has in store for him.
Oh and Ash diving off the cliff to save Pikachu reminded me so much of XY like I know that probably wasn’t intentional but like they even use some of the same angles I’m just SAYING.
Cool episode overall
Satoshi saving Pikachu isn’t really anything special by itself but that scene in SM019 felt like such a clear XY callback that I can’t help but take it as fanservice for us XY fans xD Also they used battle music from XY too, bless, I wasn’t sure if they were gonna include those tracks in SM as well. The Tapu Koko battle was alright, animation was lacking a bit and the end part had a ton of reused footage (which is a problem for all Z move scenes tho), but it’s not like this was the definitive conclusion for this “rivalry” or anything, all it was meant to do was show a bit of progression and that it certainly did, Pikachu lasted longer and was able to blow Tapu Koko back a bit with Sparking Gigavolt despite its shield. Looking forward to the true showdown in the future. I like how Tapu Koko literally brushed off Rowlet and Rockruff, this thing isn’t gonna act humble in front of scrubs, sorry guys but you ain’t ready for this stage. Mamane’s family was pretty cute, and the training was actually creative, I enjoyed that. Best part was Satoshi feeling so out of place as Mamane and Rotom were nerding out over math tho, I feel you man xD