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Mallow's fingers are better animated than some of the battles in DP. I love it.
I went back and counted, and throughout the entire episode, Ash has about 10 lines, depending on how you count audibles. I was really hoping at the beginning of SM that since we had an ensemble cast, we'd eventually get an episode without Ash. This is probably the closest we'll get, but I appreciate it. The entire episode was focused on Mallow, her father and how Oranguru helped both of them. Adding Ash as part of the main story would've dragged things down. They should do this more, and if I had my druthers, I'd even say that at some point Horizons could stand to do an episode focusing on one of the Volteccers where Liko and Roy don't appear, or appear minimally. Let's keep everything fresh for the 140-some odd episodes we get them.