>>54674476There's already so many characters that barely get a word in edgewise that I'm utterly floored that they're adding Diana into the mix. What about Dot? What about Orio? Was Murdock's episode his one and only episode? Where do the actual Pokemon fit into all this? Why are there so many bad guys?
This show is throwing fucking everything at us and asking us to care without taking the necessary time to build our relationships with all these characters and concepts. We could have spent the last few months JUST dealing with Amethio and building stronger bonds with the rest of the Volt Tacklers (and their FUCKING POKEMON), but we're drowning in bad guys, mysteries, and exposition.
I LOVED the first arc of this series. From the moment we met Liko, all the way to Roy catching Fuecoco, it was really really good. It even stayed solid after that.. But around the time Liko got hypnotized (an amnesia story not even 20 episodes into the show, yeesh) things started to take a sharp downward turn. At this point I'm more excited for their next anime, whatever that might be. Horizon's has established its formula, and it really isn't for me.