>>31724983End of the 2nd cour.
That'll be the big deciding factor of the series for me.
If we don't get shown a glimpse of the future, ie, Aether, Skull, or UB's, then it's going to be tough to defend SM.
We're 14 episodes in and we've had 2 real battles so far.
Ash VS Dekagoose and Ash VS Hala. Everything else has been short, 30 second fights that has no real impact.
If we don't get to see trials, captures, or plot soon for the show things are going to start becoming stale quick. This is the longest Ash has gone without capturing a 2nd Pokemon in a new region, and while I don't mind some of the SoL aspects of the series having to much at the start is a very bad way to begin.
I also dislike anime Lillie, she's cute yes, but having her essentially become Z-Powered Lillie but unable to touch Pokemon 14 episodes in is really disheartening.
We've had a lot of foreshadowing of future events, but unless there is even a slim pay off of it soon there's going to be no incentive to keep watching.
>Gladion works for Skull>Lusamine is at Aether Paradise>Lillies fear>The recurring Skull Grunts who hate Z-Move users>Litten>Mallows care for LillieThey have so much to expand on, I don't want them to wait until episode 50 to do so.
Also, movie news is going to make things a lot better around here when we eventually get a new news and a teaser.