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PuswiTendo on 04 October 2015
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Ka-pi96 said:
uran10 said:
Ka-pi96 said:

You think the arc where Ash finally had a decent rival was where the anime died?

Gen 1 was great largely because of how funny it was, especially with all the cute Pikachu humour. And the Ash vs Gary thing was quite interesting although not really expanded on much.

Gen 2 was largely boring. It had none of the humour of gen 1 and it seemed to drag on way too long. The Pokemon league part of gen 2 was done very very well though.

Gen 3 was good because it added something new with May. Gonna get a lot of hate for this but... Misty was just a terrible character. May had actual goals and did stuff to achieve them and developed a lot over the season.

Gen 4 kind of kept that going with Dawn and also had Paul, 'nuff said.

Gen 5 seemed to try and throw away everything that made the anime good, haven't finished it though so maybe it improved.

LOL wow no... Misty was good, I absolutely could not stand may, and Dawn was even worse than her. I've heard horror stories about Iris so I'm quite happy I skipped that series. Misty's goals were simply to be the best water Pokemon trainer. May was simply annoying and Drew was way too good for her. Gen 2 for me was when Pokemon was really enjoyable then it died slowly in gen 3 and gen 4..... was terrible. Gen 5 was somehow worse than it. Gen 6 from what I've watched so far is good.

Hence why I included the part about actually doing something about it. Misty said she wanted to be the best water pokemon trainer countless times but never actually did anything to progress as a water trainer. There was like no character development at all in gen 2 and not exactly much in gen 1 to start with.

May actually changed from a girl who just wanted to travel and didn't even like pokemon to being a confidant pokemon co-ordinator with a close bond with her pokemon, especially her starter. And the fact that she had Drew to challenge, support and rival her was a definite plus too. Wasn't just Drew either there were others like Harley as well. Who did Misty have to interact with other than Ash/Brock? Pretty much no one, her sisters did pop up on the rare ocassion but they didn't exactly do much either.

Iris was bad though, so yeah skipping that series was probably a good idea. Got to say Dento was pretty awesome though, I just loved his voice actor. He's so over the top with everything and it just fit perfectly.

Beautifly and Skitty were very important for May too, she won a medal in the 7th generation thanks to Skitty. Well, and... I read about a year ago in WikiDex that Iris had a very similar attitude with Ash compared with Misty. Now I'm more curious about the female protagonists of the series xD

PD: The girl trainer of Pokémon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire compared to Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire is incredibly different. So that's the conclusion: May from 2003 --> May from 2014 == Dawn or Serena (bad prank xD)