What I Did for Love! (444)

[Korobooshi Kojiro]

And contrivency makes it fun to watch. I'm glad I'm not in constant suspense wondering if someone will die or make it alive out of the Mirror Dome.

"Lets blast off Bonsly and Manene, while a Bonsly and Manene show is in town!"

[Jo-Jo]

I guess arguably without a degree of contrivance, there could be no such thing as a plot. Something has to kickstart the action.

[ArrEmmDee]

If Brock had won, there would have been that much more dragging on of either May having to win that many more contests and now having Brock as a really goofy rival, or she'd be given a sympathy ribbon.


And I have a feeling you'd all be complaining that much more. *sigh*

[Korobooshi Kojiro]

Goofy! Brock may have had funny moments, but he was a serious competitor! Marshtomp was so tough looking.

Theres no Salaryman Avatar? NOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[Gravy]

Meh, I didn't like this episode that much. And oddly enough, I'm really not sure why. Perhaps it was the pacing? Eevee's screeching drilling into my skull? The fact that arguing about Marshtomp/Eevee has left me to just not care? Who knows.
However, for what it's worth, I did enjoy the final battle between Eevee and Marshtomp. But in the end, its another one for the list of 'important episodes that I don't give a Shelgon about'

I just want to know when they're going to fix this shot. They use it every freaking contest episode/every time she battles, usually at least 2 or 3 times, so they must've noticed it by now.
"What a f*****g liberty!"

[Rudoku]

If Brock had won, there would have been that much more dragging on of either May having to win that many more contests and now having Brock as a really goofy rival, or she'd be given a sympathy ribbon.


And I have a feeling you'd all be complaining that much more. *sigh*

You act like they don't have time to waste. This whole saga is a time-waster until D/P go gold. I still say that Numakero should've learned Earthquake in this episode.

[V Faction]

Just finished watching the episode.

It's... scary how much I enjoyed it. I'll never forget Brock's appeal face as long as I live. Also, could someone tell me the exact spots where Bonsly used Faint Attack and Flail?

The Marshtomp vs Eevee fight was intense (I bold to show how intense it was!). Brock is a beast when it comes to fighting. So it irks me to see Eevee with so few appeal points after being thwarted on many attempts in the beginning of the battle. Eevee can also move hella fast underground. As in, 'poof' fast.

*Points* "Shado Barru!"

That got old. =P

Correct me here if I'm mistaken, but the Raticate/Absol Coordinator and Deus Ex beauty girl were related?

[CyberCubed]

You act like they don't have time to waste. This whole saga is a time-waster until D/P go gold. I still say that Numakero should've learned Earthquake in this episode.

They don't have time to waste. The writers had to have Ash beat 7 Brains and May get 5 ribbons, as well as a Grand Festival, in under a year. That's why we're speeding along.

This saga was created to bridge Hoenn and D/P yes, but it's just as important as the events in Hoenn.

[Heracross]

I dunno, didn't Nintendo say that they hadn't even started working on D/P when the Lucario movie came out? If that's true then they have plenty of time.

[Geodude]

Correct me here if I'm mistaken, but the Raticate/Absol Coordinator and Deus Ex beauty girl were related?

We think so, but we're waiting on confirmation from someone with better Japanese knowledge.

[Gravy]

Also, could someone tell me the exact spots where Bonsly used Faint Attack and Flail?

It used Flail when it was juggling those baseballs. I didn't hear him command Faint Attack at any point however.

[Geodude]

During that whole baseball thing, I couldn't help but think of the Stantler episode way back in Johto. Remember when that little Stantler was falling, and Brock ran and dove to catch it, and said in the dub, "Good thing I was in Little League"? And now this with the baseballs... I'd love to know more about Brock's past.

[ArrEmmDee]

You act like they don't have time to waste. This whole saga is a time-waster until D/P go gold. I still say that Numakero should've learned Earthquake in this episode.

I'm entirely apathetic to how long this saga will take, really. I'm just saying that the forum as a whole seems to be deadset about complaining about May's actions no matter what it is. And I agree about the Earthquake thing, considering it's one of his ever-elusive battle appearances and he actually went about it rather fiercely, so they should have capitalized upon the situation before waiting another 50 episodes, as it probably very well will be.

[Sceptile Warrior]

How did May's evee win with only shadow ball and dig attack that makes no sense

[CyberCubed]

How did May's evee win with only shadow ball and dig attack that makes no sense

Maybe if you watched the episode, or at least looked at the pictures, it did make sense.

Whine, whine, b*tch, b*tch, yadda yadda. When even I'm getting bored of defending May and her Pokemon, you know something is overdone.

[Almighty Zard]

this just is just my opinion but that girl with the raticate and Absol reminds me of Chickorita everytime i look at her.

Her hair is green, just like the leaf.
She has reddish eyes, It does too,
and she's wearing a pale yellow shirt, same color as chickorita's skin, are the writers baseing people off pokemon now.

[Yamato-san]

I don't know what relationship Yuma had with Mika, since she doesn't seem to refer to her as a daughter, sister, or student at any point, and Mika, likewise, never addresses her, let alone by a title (and their relationship never seemed to be apparent until the last minute). However, I get the feeling that Yuma might be Mika's teacher. If I got my dialogue right, Yuma used to be a coordinator and even won the Grand Festival. After the contest, I think Yuma said that Takeshi's a wonderful coordinator and there'd be nothing for her to teach him shortly before addressing the fact that this was Mika's first contest. With such dialogue in mind, it could be assumed Yuma's spending her time mentoring coordinators such as Mika (she's also a Pokemon breeder... something tells me she's in the same boat as Takeshi, who's an aspiring breeder but spends his time mentoring the younger characters). That also explains why she left him despite earlier, when she invited Takeshi to tag along with her. However, I think she contradicts herself, since at one point, she replied to Satoshi when asked if she plans to take Takeshi with her whether he won or lost the contest, to which her answer was yes, commenting that there're several things to learn in both coordinating and breeding. My translations could be off, of course.

Anyway, the Numacraw versus Eievui fight really wasn't half bad. As was mentioned before, the fact that it ended on a time-out (and it's about f***in' time a Kantou contest battle ended that way) made it less a kick the balls that Haruka won with a newborn, even if Eievui was highly trained over the past few episodes and Numacraw, in spite of evolution, is lacking in any experience. Though, the fact that Eievui took several hits against Numacraw at the beginning but kept going bugged the living hell out of me, it was a good fight nontheless. And I'm not going to complain about Eievui's suddenly learning Dig (hell, not only is it trained, but as I mentioned somewhere before, it could conceivably inherit such techniques given its origins on an egg farm with an unknown ancestry, unlike a certain starter), but I am unnerved by the fact that they've made Eievui more capable as it is. They better not keep this thing unevolved, dammit.

Kojirou's using that same salesman voice as he used in the recent Harley episode. I love that voice XD. Speaking of Rocket Dan, it looks like this episode is setting-up for the next contest, which Musashi intends to enter (and if I heard right, she intends to use her fairy costume). I will not be surprised if Musashi ends up putting up a decent fight, possibly even being Haruka's main opponent for her last ribbon.

[Heracross]

My my, this episode sure was chock full of those old Kanto instrumentals. One almost gets the feeling that they're actually there.

<_<

In any event, this was a pretty awesome episode and it definitely lived up to my expectations and then some. Which isn't really saying much I guess, since my expectations weren't all that high after last weeks... thing.

Damn, when was the last time they made any reference to Kojirou's bottle cap collection? I think it was all the way back in the Hosos. :/ Needless to say, continuity is in short supply these days, so it's great to see some, but naturally it's even more awesome since it pertains to Kojirou.

And speaking of the Rocket-dan, their hippie costumes were hilarious. It's too bad we only got a close-up of Musashi.

And of course the main point of the episode - Takeshi actually doing something worthy of note. Better late than never I suppose. Here's hoping he participates in more contests in the future, in the very least working behind the scenes with Haruka or something. His appeal with the baseballs was pretty cool, it's just too bad he never showed any interest in baseball when Nanako was around.

His battle with Haruka was really very nicely done and believable, and I like the fact that it was ended by a time up instead of a KO. The only thing that bugged me is that they kept using the same shot over and over whenever Takeshi ordered something. :/

Oh, and Zenigame's CG ice looked like crap. Go figure.

[.::Lynee::.]

There's just one thing I don't understand ( sorry because I just watched the important scenes ): Why can Brock join in this Contest even he ain't got a Contest Pass?

About the battle: maybe the writer wanted May to win but I'm tired of battle like this : when May almost lost -> oh she's got a plan -> she wins

[Dreamcoat]

There's just one thing I don't understand ( sorry because I just watched the important scenes ): Why can Brock join in this Contest even he ain't got a Contest Pass?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't it said way back that it was possible to obtain a Contest Pass at every contest?