>>50241813>Retarded OCsWho, alain and Sawyer? Alain's edgy, but he's meant to be a rival at the end of the day, and he appears in like what, half a dozen episodes at most? The OCs are fine. What did you want them to do, try to convince you *Tierno* was going to be Ash's challenge this season lmao.
>Retconning Mega Evolution with the power of friendshipMega Evo was always about the bond between the pokemon and trainer, the anime just decided to make this matter instead of you being able to Mega Evolve any mon in the games lmao
>A cringy childhood crush with Ash that goes nowhereThere isn't even that much content of Serena's crush throughout the series over all, and in the end, she's able to straight up kiss him without losing her shit, so it's at the very least developed. Even so, you can easily ignore it like me.
>Villains are poorly fleshed out and come out of nowhereTeam Flare was literally the least came-out-of-nowhere villains we've had, they were gone into extensively with the side series before joining the main plot.
>It's mostly pointless fillerOut of my watches of JN and XY, I've had to skip far less filler in XY overall. And of those fillers I did watch, XY's were far more enjoyable, such as when Clemont actually finds a wife or Bonnie adopts a Tyrunt. Granted, it's still too much filler, but that's a problem for every season
>Characters are still boring and one note caricatures>Clemont's drive to leave the group temporarily in order to give Ash a gym challenge he deserves, a radical departure from his "one note caricature" of a geeky inventor, showing and understanding and respect for his friend alongside the drive to actually improve enough to give Ash a Challenge. >Ash's subtle frustration with his previous losses early on cascading into his most serious attempt at a league thus far, showing a degree of introspection he hasn't had since DP or sinceYour criticisms are objectively wrong, and your taste is objectively bad. XY was peak anipoke
