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I can fully embrace and understand why any fan of Pokémon would watch it, but be honest with yourself, it has no fucking plot.
Most shows have filler to pad out story arcs, but this show just has filler to pad out more filler, with the only major plot progression ARGUABLY being the gym battles.
With few exceptions (like Nacrene City, where they actually used refernce photos from par ot Brooklyn) all the cities look the fucking same, all the forests look the fucking same.
And no I'm not just saying this because its a children's anime.
Look at Digimon for instance
>ACTUAL PLOT
>DISTINCTIVE LOCATIONS
>SATISFACTORY AND MEANINGFUL STORY ARC CONCLUSIONS
You get none of that in Pokémon.
The movies are much better in terms of animation and having a self contained plot, and expanding the world a bit with stuff like things that dont directly involve Pokemon training, but they blow it because THE MAIN CHARACTERS GAIN ABSOLUTELY NOTHING FROM THEIR EXPERIENCES and that's the worst fucking mistake you can make in telling ANY form of story.
Still love it for what it is, I just wont delude myself into thinking its objectively good.
