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>budget animation and stock footage everywhere, only a handful of well-animated fights
>Pokemon have no personality besides Hawlucha
>boring soulless Ash
>boring female with a rushed recycled contest arc, no value beyond submissive waifu appeal
>boring male companion beyond his gym match, insipid science gimmick
>zero chemistry between main cast, everyone just nice all the time
>romance "plot" where absolutely nothing happens until a bit of last minute fanservice
>no plot besides gym matches until XYZ
>poorly written/last minute rivals, nothing personal on the line, no emotional drive behind any of the fights
>shoehorned special snowflake Greninja out of fucking nowhere, no basis in the games, never properly explained, and doesn't amount to anything; entire arc is a complete waste of time when it loses the exact same way it did before training
>other shoehorned shit like Serena's makeover, even her sudden obsession with contests felt forced and unnatural
>tons of filler, useless COTDs everywhere that don't build character for the main cast, even episodes with plot points feel like filler
>meanwhile, entire league is skipped straight to semi-finals, Ash's progression feels trivial
>dropped plots like Malamar arc
>Team Rocket starts out well then quickly shits up the entire series for half its screentime
/padt/ lied to me
>Pokemon have no personality besides Hawlucha
>boring soulless Ash
>boring female with a rushed recycled contest arc, no value beyond submissive waifu appeal
>boring male companion beyond his gym match, insipid science gimmick
>zero chemistry between main cast, everyone just nice all the time
>romance "plot" where absolutely nothing happens until a bit of last minute fanservice
>no plot besides gym matches until XYZ
>poorly written/last minute rivals, nothing personal on the line, no emotional drive behind any of the fights
>shoehorned special snowflake Greninja out of fucking nowhere, no basis in the games, never properly explained, and doesn't amount to anything; entire arc is a complete waste of time when it loses the exact same way it did before training
>other shoehorned shit like Serena's makeover, even her sudden obsession with contests felt forced and unnatural
>tons of filler, useless COTDs everywhere that don't build character for the main cast, even episodes with plot points feel like filler
>meanwhile, entire league is skipped straight to semi-finals, Ash's progression feels trivial
>dropped plots like Malamar arc
>Team Rocket starts out well then quickly shits up the entire series for half its screentime
/padt/ lied to me
