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It's not very good. Maybe it'll get better? I'm 29, started watching and playing when Gen 1 first came out. I'm not a genwunner, I love all the games. Started watching from Episode 1 going through Bulbapedia's "major events" tab for each ep and selectively screening out boring and filler episodes where nothing happens. At first it was ok because the nostalgia (I guess) but by the time I got to Gen 3 it started to wane. Now that I'm on Gen 4 Dawn is so soulless and everything feels so formulaic at this point it's infinitely harder to ignore than it was in say, Gen 2 episodes. At this point I'm determined to stick it out, but it's gotten to the point that I will run some episodes with 0% volume and just have it in a small window as I shitpost or watch YouTube just for the 'aesthetic' of Pokemon. I pretty much only pay attention during cool battle scenes, really cute moments. I make sure to watch the movies in Japanese with sub because the animation is actually good, and you can pirate them in HD. By the time I get to the X/Y episodes or S/M or whatever maybe my habits will change but this is my blog post.
Honestly, I think you could get away with only watching the movies and maybe selected episodes of particular gym fights or moments from the games you're curious about. Pokemon Origins and Generations is way better.
pic related. Ash rubs Chimchar's butt.
