>>54908164Because while the speech bubbles guide the reader's eyes along the top of the page, breaking the image into four distinct panels emphasises the impression of movement and a panning shot even more, while giving the contents of the individual panels more attention. Moving from Sapphire's surprised expression at Ruby's words, to a back shot of Ruby as he reflects on his past, to Ruby's face, showing a determined expression as he prepares to release this Pokemon he's talking about, to a panel focused entirely on the Poke Ball in his hands, marking it as an object of interest and flowing into the fifth panel where the action starts happening.
