>>40138033It's something.
Only thing I can tell you is to not judge its quality based on whatever gripes you may have with other sides of the franchise (games, anime, TCG, doesn't matter much). Judge it as a standalone work and see if its worth it or not.
The Spe fandom has a real issue where they think their stuff is supreme either because of a quote from Tajiri that doesn't have any impact on the actual quality of the product or because the anime traumatized them with a false conception on how to writer a good story. Essentially, they think replacing protagonists and having an ending is all it takes for this thing to be good, however, that's really wrong, as an ending sure as hell doesn't turn stuff like the Emerald arc or pic-related into good stories.