#xyz044

A lot of talking in today’s episode so I’m left high and dry without subs for the most part but the episode seemed to be okay, not great but just ok.

Clemont’s insistence on Clembot doing his job for him confuses me to and I honestly just wish they’d give us a straight answer on whether or not he’s actually still the gym leader anymore? He looks pretty determined to have Clembot fight challengers and do his job for him so I’m not sure what his end goal is, him re-teaching Clembot is nice and all but from what I gathered there’s no finality to his character given in this episode.

At least unlike last time the episode gave his plot actual screen time to breathe and didn’t idiotically skip over everything. The fight with the plucky challenger was very rushed and filled with those famous OHKOs XY is known for but that was the whole point to show how inexperienced the new Clembot was so it’s fine.

Alan’s part of the episode was more interesting I thought because we have him still feeling like garbage in the aftermath of his involve other TF, but with enough positive reinforcement, love, and even a party thrown in his favor he was able to be pulled out of that funk. It seems that he’ll go back to being a lab assistant which sounds about right, I hope we get to see him in his lab coat again!

The whole "staring from zero" thing seems to be a last minute theme for XYZ. Clemont having to rebuild Clembot from scratch, Alan lacking his Mega Ring and going back to being a lab assistant, and Ash had mentioned the same by saying he'll go back to Pallet dump his Kalos team (what little will remain) before starting a new journey (in class lool), I guess it's a cool thematic thing to have so I'm not complaining.

ALAN IS BACK TO NERD LIFE, PLATANE ASKED HIM TO COME BACK TO HELPING AT THE LAB :D