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Finished the first round of the Masters 8. Just some general thoughts:
>Ash looks completely out of place. He looks like Spongebob in his shorts while everyone else is wearing something cool. Even Iris has her JRPG champion gown, and they couldn't find something slightly cooler to have Ash wear than his normal attire?
>They barely even let Alain and Ash talk. Goddamn, I'd like to have seen some sort of interaction with them.
>Hop is useless. Kill him and replace him with someone more interesting.
>Leon vs. Alain, Diantha vs. Lance and Ash vs. Steven were all decent to good. Pikachu continues its near-undefeated streak against Metagross.
>Iris in particular got done dirty. Her vs. Cynthia was probably the most interesting in concept, but definitely the lamest in execution.
>I really loved how many unsung cameos there were in the Hoenn contingent. Not just Birch, Harley and Drew, but also May's other one-off rivals, like the girl with the Grumpig and the girl who thought May was coming after her man.
>No Burgundy in the Unova contingent though. 0/10.
>At the end of it all, they really did just have all of the first round losers jet off without much to say for it, huh?
