>>56791309Ironically DP is better than the first season
It's got real battles, a compelling vilain (agent J/team galaxy) an actual rival (Gary does fuck all).
The problem is that it's bogged down by dragging on (100+ episodes) and season 1 had that soulful 90s anime aesthetics.
People should really rewatch the first season. Most of the episodes people remember fondly (Gisele, pikachu vs raichu, Sabrina, the ghost maiden, the island of giant pokemon, bill's lighthouse, goodbye butterfree) are all in the first 30 episodes!!
30 episodes out of 86!
After that, you get some good episodes but it's mostly fillers and it quickly gets boring because Ash keeps having his badges handed to him by defeating team rocket instead of engaging in a real battle (Save for Blaine)
S1 is iconic but it's really middling at the end of the day. It was simply a fantastic piece of zeitgeist to go along with the games everyone was playing
