>>40602835Animefag here.
He’s right tho, there’s actual continuity with new characters and Pokemon in SM compared to past series. Oranguru, Passimian, Toucannon, Trumbeak, Meltan, Clefable, Alolan Meowth, Litten, are all Pokemon that appear multiple times with established roles and lives narratively making them feel just as alive as caught Pokemon or human characters. We even have an episode watching Dewpider fight with Surskit in a territorial water/bug invasive species type deal for ash’s class assignment for the day. hell another even has the kids reacting to Kanto Pokemon differently compared to their own showing how ignorant they were of their non Alolan creatures. then you had various cool locations like the sea,
>>40602835Battle Royale dome, school, ug base, malie, poni wild land, the scratchmark fight club, lillie’s mansion, dia’s alternate Alola, ghost residing in that alice in wonderland world, Ultra Space, the list goes on and on.