A Cacturne For The Worse! (380)

[Alfonso]

He usually referred to himself by saying atashi which only girls should be using when they refer to themselves. Males use watashi to refer to themselves. Didn't help that he laughed in a very feminine way (laughing in the traditional "Ohohoho" laugh while holding his hand in front of his mouth) and the clothes he wore seemed abit..I dunno, FFIX Kuja-ish? Seemed to try showing off the shape of his body and how he had a part of his shirt with a hole in it to expose his stomach.

....I can only imagine that tons of fangirls of feminine guys are already drooling just by that explanation. >_>;

...And fanboys of feminine guys, like me. XD *huggles his preciousness Kuja plushie*

Also, question... I thought 'Watashi' was just a formal way of saying 'I' (Used by politicions, etc, and with people you don't know.) while 'Boku' and 'Ore' being the word for 'I' used only by guys. (Ore is a rough and gruff version of 'I', I believe.) Can someone clear that up? (In other words, can and do girls use 'Watashi'?)

Oh, and anybody that dresses like Kuja is awesome.

Edit: Just a thought, but am I the only one who thought it was a little TOO suspicious that May just HAPPENED to teach her Bulbasaur Petal Dance in the episode before the contest, and it didn't really seem hard for her to do so?

[Gaiash]

Edit: Just a thought, but am I the only one who thought it was a little TOO suspicious that May just HAPPENED to teach her Bulbasaur Petal Dance in the episode before the contest, and it didn't really seem hard for her to do so?

we only saw the END of the training thats why

[Geodude]

[img135]http://members.shaw.ca/GeodudesPokeShots/profoak/ag104wurmple.jpg[/img135]

Oak's Pokemon Lecture featured Wurmple this time around.

[Dogasu]

Watashi can be used by either males or females, and it's the general, all-purpose way of referring to oneself. It's often used when the person speaking wants to be polite, but there are more polite ways to express "I."

Atashi (for girls) and ore and boku (for guys) tend to be less formal, so they're generally only used when speaking to friends, classmates, people below you (i.e. children), etc.

I think that, altogether, there are maybe...20 different first person pronouns in Japanese, but I'm not too sure about that number.

[RaikousThunder]

Just from looking at the pics the episode seemed pretty cool. Bulbasaurs Razor Leaf/Petal Dance combo was cool. It neat seeing a Bulbasaur use a move like Petal Dance. I coul never see Ash's using that move. Its gotta be cause its trainer is a girl. Is May's Bulbasaur male or female? Any hints to its gender?
Anyways while i was looking through the episode pics i noticed a guy that looked awfully familiar. He was from the Johot Saga, or atleast looks almost exactly like him.


I doubt its the same character but they do look very similar. Are they just running out of character designs or something?

[Geodude]

No hints to Bulba's gender, since it really hasn't done anything gender-specific yet at all. It's just acted...young.

One can't help but give May a lot of credit in this episode. Most people would have completely folded at the sort of embarrassment she had to go through, but not only was she able to resume battling, she was able to overcome it all and win. She's really come far as a trainer.

[Rappy28]

and the clothes he wore seemed abit..I dunno, FFIX Kuja-ish? Seemed to try showing off the shape of his body and how he had a part of his shirt with a hole in it to expose his stomach.

XD That's exactly what I was thinking when I saw this episode.

By the way, I think Haarii's romanized name would be Harley. In Japanese, Harry Potter is spelt Harii, so there's obviously a difference between the two.

Usually, I'm not interested in Contest episodes, unless it contains some wacky Jessie-tries-a-new-trick-to-win parts, but Harley definitely got my attention. I hope we'll see more of him instead of Shuu/Drew. I never liked Shuu anyway. The way Harley embarassed Haruka when he realized he was losing was priceless. XD

...why do I always seem to love the effeminate, backstabbing b*****ds ? Why ? *hugs her FFIX copy*

[frednmethod]

Lol. It was really funny when May shouted out 'MA-SA-TO!!!!!!' during the contest, her becoming bigger and her voice becoming more ferocious with each syllable.

And it was funny the way Harii imitated May's ways of speaking.

I think May's bulba is a girl because it sounds much more feminine than Ash's bulba.

[Gravy]

No hints to Bulba's gender, since it really hasn't done anything gender-specific yet at all. It's just acted...young.

Wouldn't the little heart-shaped patterns on its head be an indication that its female though? ^^; Plus, from what I've heard of its voice during the 'Regaining of the pokéballs' episode, its voice sounds a lot more feminine and 'girly' than Ash's Bulbasaur.

[FlamingRuby]

Just curious, what did the ribbon look like? Judging from the episode pictures, it looked pink.

[Princess May]

Really, the ribbon looked red to me. And it looked like it had a cute little gold border too. I think that May's Bulbasaur is a girl because i also heard about its voice being feminine. I think in the American dub, they're gonna use Ash's Chikorita's voice for it. I totally hope so!

[JazzJazz]

Really, the ribbon looked red to me. And it looked like it had a cute little gold border too. I think that May's Bulbasaur is a girl because i also heard about its voice being feminine. I think in the American dub, they're gonna use Ash's Chikorita's voice for it. I totally hope so!

Chikorita's voice? No way, the voice of a bulbasaur (male or female) should have a certain harshness to it... just like Ash's bulbasaur.

[RaikousThunder]

During the Silver Conference Ash's Bulbasaur had a new voice which made it sound younger. I preferred the older voice. So since May's Bulbasaur is a young one and girlish it will probably have more of a high pitched voice than a normal one. I see all Bulbasaur's as Males cause thats how i like them but May's could be a girl. The cut heart patterns on its forehead could mean its a girl. Plus it uses Petal Dance, a girlish move. I cant wait till those eps come out in America. I wanna see Bulbasaur in the anime again. Does anyone think it will evolve into an Ivysaur?

[Lady Dragonrider]

Why do all the May fans like Harry? I dislike May and even I don't like him.

[Manene!]

I personally think May's Bulbasaur is a girl. Does anyone have a sound clip of it's Japanesse voice? I think we'll see Harry again.

[FlamingRuby]

I think the reason Harry is so popular amongst the May fans is due to the unwritten anime rule that long haired guys=cool

[Dogasu]

I changed my romanization of Haarii from "Harry" to "Harley" in the synopsis. "Harry" isn't correct at all, now that I look back at it.

[Hales]

Oh no, that means he has nearly the same spelling as my real name *sobs on her pillow*

But if we move on from there and say he looks more like a Harley than Harry anyway... You know I've stared at a dozen of Harley pictures and I believe he's a guy... I've seen tons of guys with long hair!

[Gaiash]

During the Silver Conference Ash's Bulbasaur had a new voice which made it sound younger. I preferred the older voice. So since May's Bulbasaur is a young one and girlish it will probably have more of a high pitched voice than a normal one. I see all Bulbasaur's as Males cause thats how i like them but May's could be a girl. The cut heart patterns on its forehead could mean its a girl. Plus it uses Petal Dance, a girlish move. I cant wait till those eps come out in America. I wanna see Bulbasaur in the anime again. Does anyone think it will evolve into an Ivysaur?

Don't you know you can't disscuss evolutions that arn't announced? THAT MEANS NO IVYSAUR YOU PANCAKE!!
Whats wrong with Petal Dance? I don't see Mays Bulbasaurs gender only that its young and lets think, people and animals act like this at that age, so do Bulbasaurs!

[Tate+Liza]

I hope she can, since I loooove her when she's in contests!