>>51612912>>51612882Sorry I took so long to respond. I ran it by a couple of people and it seems the answer is split. It can either be they get to see or they are seen. We’ll have to see with the episode itself.
A lot of the rest of the excerpts see basically repeating the same thing. However here’s a couple nest details from the pages that I didn’t fully translate
>Leon considers Ash the strongest challenger, and out of all the Masters 8 he is the closest to being his equal l>There are still going to be backstage commentators for the battle, which Hop’s VA was a big fan of. Who is going to be commentating is not said. >Leon’s most unique trait is that despite loving Pokemon battles, what he most enjoys is entertaining the crowd and putting on a show for the audience. Expect moments like this during the battle.>Back when Leon and Ash first battled, Leon was only battling as the Galar Champion. In the rematch, he’s truly owning his role as the World Chamlion>Apparently it was Alain’s dream to battle and defeat Leon’s Charizard. >Diantha is a sweets connoisseur >Bea is officially considered Ash’s main rival for JN>Rica’s favorite character return was Dawn and Piplup’s>The Covid pandemic affected production a lot, and the staff were worried about what would happen if Rica contracted the virus, so they guided her on how to avoid getting sick >The character returns were based on opinions from the staff on which characters the fans would like to see, and the Masters Tournament matchups were based on who fans would like to see battle against each other the most >Throughout recording the whole tournament, Daisuki Ono had a feeling without a doubt that Leon was going to win the whole thing 