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ROCKRUFF, GETTO DAZE

Great episode this week, one of the stronger capture episodes we’ve had in a long while for Ash. This episode excellently conveyed the growing bond between Ash and Rockruff, mostly in part due to good pacing and striking a wonderful balance for Ash’s character that portray him as a goofball but also a serious trainer that is able to bring out the best in his Pokemon.

First off, I like the idea of this Pokemon Fight Club, because it showed that Pokemon don't need humans to have a love for battle and healthy competition, it's not shown as some sinister seedy underground violent fighting ring, and for an anime like Pokemon some shades of gray and depth like that is very welcome

But going back to the training, god man I love training episodes lol, some may find it boring but I always eat this shit up. I loved seeing Ash find creative ways to train Rockruff and play to its strengths,the SM anime thankfully reaffirms my beliefs in that it does a good job balancing Ash's goofier characteristics with his competent trainer side. Rica got some good lines in the episode, and give Ash a more "funnier" voice on some of them that felt pretty natural overall.