#sm136

the girl who always smokes

Soooo Guzma and Satoshi had a staring contest and the moment Guzma sees Kukui in Satoshi, he kinda flinches or something? And Satoshi takes an ever deeper stare. I don’t know, this scene just has so much.... going on?

I can’t help but love this scene, it shows that Satoshi doesn’t take their battle for granted and is prepared for whatever’s to come. Hell. Even later, during their battle, when Satoshi does take out his Hassam/Scizor, he’s not celeberating! He usually is! But this time, he’s not, nor is Nyaheat.

Like, look!

This is Guzma’s face.

This is Nyaheat’s face.

And this is Satoshi’s.

Gusokumusha/Golisopod did such a bad move on getting its ability activated and making Hassam, bug-type, take a hit from one of the most powerful fire-type moves. It’s no wonder there’s no celebration on anyone’s face. With Guzma’s meltdown beginning, Satoshi is still remaining calm and determined, not faltering his focus.

Plumeria on the other hand is forced to look at Guzma lose his cool, just as she feared would happen! She tried to warn Guzma to not lose focus, to not take him for granted. Had Guzma actually realised what Gusokumusha’s ability does,when it triggers, being able to read it properly, he might have been able to avoid this. But he didn’t. And now, he’s at his meltdown point.

What this event triggered in him thou, is what I’d say is that he’s even more dangerous of an opponent now. He just told Gusokumusha that they won’t be losing now.

I’m quite excited for next week, as this battle seems to be turning into one heck of a battle to witness. Guzma’s down to at-least half-damaged Gusokumusha, while Satoshi has type-disadvantaged Nyaheat with his health already lowered, and full-in-health Pikachu, based on previews. Guess we’ll see Pikachu get his revenge on Gusokumusha after all!

Warning! Possible spoilers ahead. Continue reading otherwise.

As we approach the last few episodes of the Alola League arc, a few things have crossed my mind while watching the past couple of episodes of the Pokémon Sun and Moon series. In this week’s episode, we see the beginnings of one of the league’s most anticipated matches (Satoshi VS. Guzma). There is no doubt in my mind that Satoshi will defeat Guzma (unless there is a major plot twist) and we will see a complete emotional meltdown from Guzma.

Since Guzma’s anime debut, this chapter of the series has provided us with some decent background to his character (a rocky dynamic with Kukui and a scene of a younger Guzma rejecting Hala’s teachings) and most recently, a scene (referencing the ending to Guzma’s character debut in SM 115) to which Plumeria has to clean up the destroyed second and third place trophies and medals that Guzma had won. An episode back, (SM 135) Plumeria lets us in on a piece of information that the grunts do not know why Guzma has never lost a battle before. I believe in the next part of the semifinals, all of this will unfold.

This leads me to wonder if the anime will ever touch on the not so subtle in game implication that Guzma was abused by his father. Given how the Alola League arc is wrapping up (and that Pokémon is a show geared towards kids), I would be very shocked if this was depicted in the anime, however, a part of me would not be surprised if this was depicted (or hinted at at least) in the anime. Thus far, this the Pokémon Sun and Moon anime in general has done an excellent job in addressing some touchier subjects in life (death of a loved one) and it would not come as a shock for the anime to show us that Guzma had a rough upbringing.

SM134: Everyone’s Super Full-Force! The Road to the Semifinals!!

SM136: Blazing Fire! There’s More That One Rival!!

SM136 will air on August 25.