>>33383532XY&Z deserves praise for the great battles, but it shit the bed everywhere else, ESPECIALLY in the Character Development side. Most "growth" is incredibly 2D, flat and uninspired, mostly focusing on the bigger picture, but ignoring all the little details and important character interactions that make them seem real in favor of trite cliches that make all sense of progress seem null and not noteworthy.
FUCKING TEAM ROCKET NEVER EVEN ACKNOWLEDGED THE ASH-GRENINJA PHENOMENA, GODDAMMIT!
It's funny, because Sun/Moon is the complete opposite: Loads of little details, but no big picture or purpose at all. They should get actual good writers.
