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I just finished BW S1.
Despite them trying to build up Roxie as this really powerful Gym Leader, I somehow still can't buy it. Ash has beaten other powerful trainers in the past so it's not so much the episodes don't work on their own, it's that they make no sense in the context of the rest of the series.
Unlike Origins I don't think there's ever been a "gym leaders adjust their level to your badges" thing in the anime universe so even if you factor in Ash's Unova team being lackluster it's still kinda dumb she's something like twice as strong as every other gym leader in Unova except Drayden, who I haven't seen yet. Actually I imagined a match like this with Drayden, the whole 6v3 thing, and I'd find it more acceptable because Drayden is this old, experienced dragon master.
Also worth noting I found the Tepig story follow-up a disappointment and it didn't make a lot of sense, with Pignite taking out two Pokemon at once like that. Rule of cool, I guess? Kind of sucks that early on Snivy was mentioned as being his strongest Pokemon but she basically relies on infatuate hax most of the time. Oshawott is funny but damn is he a shitty battler.
Well, S2 and league bullshit is up soon for me. I already had the end spoiled for me since people around here talk about it a lot, but I'll see if I enjoy any other parts of it.
