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Wallace got reduced to cucking assets to prevent a meeting and got rekt off-screen, F for Wallacefags
Lisiafags are chill, but got unfortunately sideshafted because of Serena's return in the same debut episode of their Lisia, generating arguably the biggest hype.
Otherwise a decent Koharu/Eevee-centric episode, with Serena-Senpai speedrunning Friendship points with their same starting grounds.
Contestfags got shafted hard by applying the ORAS conception of it to bend it into Lisia's favor instead of providing a second Pokemon to fit the old formula.
Great Overwork of Serena's design, A confidence only rivaled by Ash or Dawn, apparently hard-working and talented enough to tie within a short span after her arrival in Hoenn with a long-time contestant Pro of Contests Live, even forming a Idol Duo with her after.
Last Minutes:
A good minute of great animation material, great setting and a feeling of temporary contemplation after 6 years of waiting and exceptions stacking up.
Just 2 companions feeling nothing more than a growing happiness the moment they both recognize each other, cut short in surprise by the departure of the boat but unwavering in the bliss of that chance encounter.
Just 2 kids who are happy with where they are, with their friends and pokemons by their side, how far they have come, and the road that is still a long way to go. And yet both share one vision: Going down their own way straight ahead towards the future, knowing that their paths will cross again eventually. Nothing stopped the serenity of the encounter for Serena, who milked it down to the very second nor for Ash, who never felt anything else than complete happiness and pride for his companion, no matter what awaits them.
TL;DR: An 8/10 Episode with a 9/10 overwork of Serena, an 3/10 for badly handled split focus and a 11/10 Meeting between Ash and Serena.
