>>50727015>>50727176>>Gary finally being beat is something you don't even care about.It's a big achievement for Ash, but ultimately, I'm more interested in the directions of Ash's and Gary's characters after the fact.
>Meme response, not an argument.Then neither is your criticism of "pacing", whatever that is, actual criticism. Like, holy shit dude, do I have to Spell it out to you that I want you to substantiate any of your claims?
>Okay I agree with this to a degree.Well, that's 1,5 down.
>too much fillerHow much is too much, and by what metric?
>while getting NO CLOSER to winning the league is what made the previous series repetitive.Kanto Top 16
Johto Top 8
Hoenn Top 8, but only lost to the league winner and only used brand new mons, aside from Pika
Sinnoh Top 4 and lost to the league winner with fucking godmos
Only Unova had him regressing and that was certainly not repetitive, if only because it broke new ground in how shit it was.
>XY broke away from all of these and gave people hope he's actually win for the first time.So, it wasn't repetitive because of some autist's headcanon and nothing actually different in the show? Okay.
>The interactions being bland is LITERALLY one of the biggest criticisms people give lmaoStill, it would be near the bottom of my list of things to criticize in XY.
>that guy isn't an XYFag, he just has good standards.Very based sentence.
>You're the one who needs to substantiate the writing being badThat was in response to the line about how A-G "breaks mechanics" or some shit, a thought that I don't even agree with.
>Your next line is "e-emotionless battle bot!" and "S-shitrena!"Morso the direction they took Ash's character in and the situations they put him in to be as least Ash as possible, and yes Serena is mostly shit.
