>>32890311It seems that the anime is doing away with the entire concept of Captains.
Hala issued Ashs trial - the question about how to deal with the Ratatta and his battle against the Totemgoose, then followed that up with his Kahuna battle.
Tonight's episode will be interesting, Olivia could be putting Ash through his trials without him even knowing. Having the Mooland Search, fishing with Lana. Both of those were apart of the trials issued by captains. The thing about having the Captains fighting their Totem, would work if not for the fact that besides Ash and Kaki, the class isn't really made up of battlers. The only fights we've seen them take on so far has been Team Rocket. To think that they'd be able to beat a Totem Pokemon with only their starter isn't very likely. I mean, could you imagine Steenee trying to take on Lurantis on it's own? It'd be near impossible given how Rowlet barely put a dent into Gumshooes.
If Ash doesn't wind up fighting each of the core Akala Totems I'll be disappointed. Or, I'm still hoping for the "oh btw we're all captains" drop from his friends. they have the Captain pendants on them, I'll be disappointed if they don't get referenced at some point.
