>>56617064TOp 10 anime redemption arcs?
That is a maybe.
Masuda fits the perfect petty lawful evil boss type. People were probably scared of not letting him get his way. He is always the more silent during interviews, refuses to speak English even though he is fluent, and Ohmori is always glancing at him, as if meaning, 'I didn't say anything wrong, right, M-mr. Masuda?'
When he was around Pokémon was modernizing at a slow pace, but it was still decent. XY were ultra boring and even more linear when compared to B2W2, but they had fun new mechanics and it was the one generation were gimmicks were done right, with mega evolution being popular to this day. He arguably commited a mistake cutting the Battle Frontier then blaming the players, but many people were still on his side and could understand his argument of 'we're too lazy to add anything extra or very hard'.
He let Ohmori direct Sun/Moon while he did hookers in his office and snorted coke, but was still around to direct the game towards the Ruby / Saphire script that always worked.
Then in SwSh, he was only seen when the Black Day arrived, and he announced with cold blood that 75% of the Pokémon were getting culled, lying that they were working on better animations and balancing. That is when he went full, 'They'll buy it anyway' and never returned.
