[9] Pokemon Sure-Victory Manual
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marchionessofmustacheOn the way to Kuchiba still, we now run into some more strict stuff! But first we see a fun side of Takeshi, with him being really particular about preparing a meal and tea for Satoshi and Kasumi. Very cute little scene, which turns into Satoshi needing to find firewood, so he can stumble upon some... weird stuff.
We now find this creepy cult-like school called Pokemon Seminar, where everyone studies the calculations of Pokemon. I remember not liking this episode as a kid because they referenced stuff like Pokemon having levels and learning techniques at certain levels and stuff. I thought that those were game mechanics, but not meant to be literal implementations in an actual world.
It's funny because I also disliked other parts of the show for deviating too much from the games. lmao. This show can't win from me :P
There was a lot of talking and explaining in this episode, and during long periods of talking, like when they were having Takeshi explain the Pokemon Seminar, they added some comedy on the screen of Pikachu getting caught on a treadmill to keep kids' attention. Reminds me of that episode of Sailor Moon where Luna and Artemis are discussing something and they have Usagi acting all crazy because she's choking on food.
Oh yeah, and this episode's Dareda (Who's That Pokemon?) was Karakara, who actually wasn't shown at all in the episode before this point! So you'd really have to know your Pokemon to guess this one! Though I think this actually happened once before, with the Dareda Pokemon of the Day being Dogars, who didn't appear until Rocket Co. used him (I think this was episode 2?)
More of my contrarianism came about when they used simulation to basically play the video game with HP and everything. It even looked just like the game in the way the screen was laid out! I thought this was way too similar to gameplay and the Pokemon world was supposed to feel more "natural" than this in the anime.
I just like this image of Kasumi and Starmie lol.
Anyway, the show climaxes with a battle between Satoshi and Seiyou, Pikachu versus Karakara. At first it looks like Pikachu is completely outmatched as Kasumi's Starmie was in the battle with Golone. But Satoshi uses techniques that aren't in the textboooks -- having Pikachu spin Karakara's skull helmet around backward, bite its tail, scratch it up with his little claws... and then his bone boomerang spins back to hit him in the face before he can fully regain his standing.
I guess that part of the show kinda made up for it being too systematic and calculating. It showed that all that "levels" and stuff wasn't necessarily the only thing that mattered in battles, and that the anime world can move beyond that.
So maybe this wasn't too bad of an episode after all? :P
In the end, I still don't like the introduction of the concept of 'levels' and other game mechanics into the anime. Especially since they pretty much only seem to exist in this single episode, making it even more awkward. So I'd say this is not a favorite episode of mine, especially with a lot of it just revolving around talking about the mechanics and stuff.
Oh also I have no idea why the episode is titled what it is. They could have just called it 'The Mysterious Pokemon Seminar' or something. They didn't reference some kind of ultimate manual or something, though they did use textbooks.
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We now find this creepy cult-like school called Pokemon Seminar, where everyone studies the calculations of Pokemon. I remember not liking this episode as a kid because they referenced stuff like Pokemon having levels and learning techniques at certain levels and stuff. I thought that those were game mechanics, but not meant to be literal implementations in an actual world.
It's funny because I also disliked other parts of the show for deviating too much from the games. lmao. This show can't win from me :P
There was a lot of talking and explaining in this episode, and during long periods of talking, like when they were having Takeshi explain the Pokemon Seminar, they added some comedy on the screen of Pikachu getting caught on a treadmill to keep kids' attention. Reminds me of that episode of Sailor Moon where Luna and Artemis are discussing something and they have Usagi acting all crazy because she's choking on food.
Oh yeah, and this episode's Dareda (Who's That Pokemon?) was Karakara, who actually wasn't shown at all in the episode before this point! So you'd really have to know your Pokemon to guess this one! Though I think this actually happened once before, with the Dareda Pokemon of the Day being Dogars, who didn't appear until Rocket Co. used him (I think this was episode 2?)
More of my contrarianism came about when they used simulation to basically play the video game with HP and everything. It even looked just like the game in the way the screen was laid out! I thought this was way too similar to gameplay and the Pokemon world was supposed to feel more "natural" than this in the anime.
I just like this image of Kasumi and Starmie lol.
Anyway, the show climaxes with a battle between Satoshi and Seiyou, Pikachu versus Karakara. At first it looks like Pikachu is completely outmatched as Kasumi's Starmie was in the battle with Golone. But Satoshi uses techniques that aren't in the textboooks -- having Pikachu spin Karakara's skull helmet around backward, bite its tail, scratch it up with his little claws... and then his bone boomerang spins back to hit him in the face before he can fully regain his standing.
I guess that part of the show kinda made up for it being too systematic and calculating. It showed that all that "levels" and stuff wasn't necessarily the only thing that mattered in battles, and that the anime world can move beyond that.
So maybe this wasn't too bad of an episode after all? :P
In the end, I still don't like the introduction of the concept of 'levels' and other game mechanics into the anime. Especially since they pretty much only seem to exist in this single episode, making it even more awkward. So I'd say this is not a favorite episode of mine, especially with a lot of it just revolving around talking about the mechanics and stuff.
Oh also I have no idea why the episode is titled what it is. They could have just called it 'The Mysterious Pokemon Seminar' or something. They didn't reference some kind of ultimate manual or something, though they did use textbooks.
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