The Dragon Master's Path! (689)

[gliscor&yanmega]

Team Awesome I mean Team Rocket are so awesome. I knew they were going to make this episode great for me and they did. This Team Rocket feels to me like they really caught the Yin Yang theme. Before they were nothing but jokers(Yin), then in Best Wishes they got serious(Yang) and now they are a mix of the two(Yin Yang), making them perfect for me. I was a little worried when Ash and that was fighting back, thought Team Rocket may blast off...they did blast off in the end but yet again with rocket packs and not a Thunderbolt so that's great. I hope they never change.

Yamask and Woobat are awesome. I never really saw James' or Jessie's Pokemon as weak before but Yamask and Woobat really seem like they are stronger then their previous Pokemon, I suppose with less focus on being comedic aspects of the show their Pokemon can be stronger. Yamask reveals it's Night Shade which looked cool.

Now other stuff. Ash and Cilan weren't focused on much this episode, Ash got a battle but Druddigon got my attention more then Ash and Tepig. Ash also had a battle with Scraggy against Axew, weak vs weak is rather funny for me so I liked that but it wasn't really remember-able. Cilan...I don't really remember him saying much at all, it's a shame but at less Jessie, James, and Meowth got some attention.

Druddigon seemed like a cool Pokemon in here, I wouldn't mind someone with one if it ever happens.

Iris has some flashback about that old women again, not sure what was said but probably had to do with Axew. She also seems to be using her "sixth sense" to find Axew and Druddigon.

Emmy...or whatever the female's name is, didn't really seem that interesting to me, Iris took away her spotlight for me, which is probably for the best since development is better then getting to know a one time character(Unless Emmy shows up again, I'm not expecting her to though).

Finally Axew, it mastered Dragon Rage...no more Dragon Sneeze what a cruel world oh well. It was pretty cool this episode.

Overall this was a nice episode for me.

[uber gon]

You'd think Draco Meteor would have actual meteors, but no, it still looks the same.

[KibaLG8]

Finally watched it.... So it seems Tepig's Flame Charge has adapted to how Pignite does the move... I kinda liked its previous way of using better as it sets it apart from Pignite's Flame Charge. But I'm glad the battle was completed though.

[DarkWobbuffet]

Sending in his tiny little pig to fight a giant powerhouse dragon. *sigh* No wonder you lose so many battles Ash.

Team Rocket is back to awesomeness, thank god. They kicked total *** in this episode, and actually gave the good guys a run for their money. They seem to be back to their more flamboyant selves from way back in early season 1, which I greatly appreciate.

Good to have you back guys.

[Graham Aker]

Sending in his tiny little pig to fight a giant powerhouse dragon. *sigh* No wonder you lose so many battles Ash.

What else as he going to do? I mean it's not like he has Infernape, or Sceptile with him. Give him a break for once, jesus. Like Oshawott, Snivy, Scraggy, or the bird would have done any better....

[Une-K]

where did you guys watch this episode ? i looked on youtube, but nothing.

[Arcamenel]

I just finished watching it and loved every minute of it. Iris gained like 100 cool points for me in this episode.

[ShinyShelgon]

Awesome episode! Straight into action Lots of battles

No pokemon made any pointless appearances this ep! Tepig has flame charge, TR's Woobat and Yamask are epic, I especially loved Yamask's night shade attack - it took down Druddigon which must mean that it's pretty strong!

I'm happy for Iris and Axew, I'm interested to see what Axew's next bit of development will be - dragonbreath or something would be cool...

I think after this episode we'll have a Cilan episode soon, maybe one of his pokemon will evolve, or he'll catch a new one, or they'll learn new moves or something

Anyway, I agree with everything everyone's said. This episode was great!

[xxbaconxx]

Is it just me or when Tepig was defeated it looked like it was going to fly faraway? <3

[Venomfang]

Is it just me or when Tepig was defeated it looked like it was going to fly faraway? <3

What?

Anyway nice episode, Team Rocket were surprisingly badass, Yamask and Woobat were frickin' beasts, but no more Dragon Sneese... boo hoo.

[Sparkleo]

but no more Dragon Sneeze... boo hoo.

Remember what happened to Gilble back in Sinnoh. He can pull off a successful Draco Meteor occasionally, but other times, it dosen't work the way it should.

I doubt we'll see the last of the "Dragon Sneeze"...

[BlueDragonfangirl]

Well at least Team Rocket is not like D/P Team Rocket they fight hard against Ash and his team. Iris was great in this episode, hopefully the up coming episodes will give her as much attention as this one did.

[Somorio]

holy crap, did any one notice the EXTREMELY ANOREXIC JESSIE! in this episode, you can see it while there kidnapping druddigon, pikachu and axew, and while there on top of the ship. Jeez louise that was freaky.

Also, Druddigon sounds like it's DYING when it gives it's victory cry after beating tepig.

[gliscor&yanmega]

Remember what happened to Gilble back in Sinnoh. He can pull off a successful Draco Meteor occasionally, but other times, it dosen't work the way it should.

I doubt we'll see the last of the "Dragon Sneeze"...

It never mastered it until Sinnoh League, after that it never messed it up again.

I'd say the episode clearly shows Axew finally mastering Dragon Rage and as a result "Dragon Sneeze is gone". This episode was mainly about Axew mastering Dragon Rage, it succeeded, I doubt the writers will just make it have troubles again with it.

[Poke Master 7]

It wasn't a bad episode with Iris' goal finally being revealed and Kibago mastering Dragon Rage, though given TR showing up in a back to back episode, I'm really hoping that we're not falling back into the old groove of TR needing to provide the conflict of the episode by trying to steal the pokemon since Best Wishes has been going so well without that formula coming up.

Though is it just me or does TR seem to get a theme music powerup whenever their Best Wishes theme is playing, cuz they seem to be pretty competent in battling lately, something we've never really seen since the first 3 episodes of the series. And when it comes to them showing up, if they're gonna use a mech, I hope that they remain serious looking like today's since that helps to take them a lot more serious than their usual mechs.

[ShinyShelgon]

It wasn't a bad episode with Iris' goal finally being revealed

I don't suppose you could tell me what her goal is? I get it was given to her by the elder in her home town, but that's all as I know about 5 words in Japanese!

[Charizard86]

At least Teg managed to get a decent fight. To be fair there was no way it was ever going to beat Druddigon but at least it got a few good hits in, especially against something that was big enough to swallow it whole if it wanted.

[1rkhachatryan]

I don't suppose you could tell me what her goal is? I get it was given to her by the elder in her home town, but that's all as I know about 5 words in Japanese!

Dragon master basically the same as Misty except with dragons lol.

[Doryuzu]

I liked how in this ep Team Rocket's Pokemon were more of a threat ya' know? Koromori and Desmas being used to drive Kurimigan and Kibago away from Satoshi-Tachi was a smart strategy. It was also cool to see Obaba-sama again and see Kibago and Iris back at there village she really loves Kibago. Kibago and Iris' connection by using the tree was cool she really is at one with nature. I wonder why Kurimigan was so defenseless without Emmi and Iris' running away from TR's pokes. Koromori and Desmas really can take a licking and put up a fight. Hard to believe they just saved each other lives last ep. Desmas making ready for Shadow Ball was cool but seeing Pikachu's superior skills zap the hell outta the both of them was cooler. Too bad Dento didn't use Ishizumai or Yanappu but I guess they wanted Iris to be the focus mostly. I'm glad Iris helped Emmi she really does understand the hearts of Dragons. Desmas's Night Head attack was cool too. When Kurimigan used Dragon Meteor Downpour to finish Desmas. I really didn't see a difference between TR this week and last week. I don't get what people mean by "emotionless boring" they're just the exact same still calling Satoshi twerp and talking at the same time and Nyasu's cat talk is the same. Pikachu's awesome Elecball good to see that it feels like theyre trying to make it Pikachu's new finisher move. Dragon Rage was my favorite part of this whole episode I didn't expect Kibago's Dragon Rage to look like a Charizard too bad it didn't have a Pokemon target. I'm defiantly gonna catch me one of those in my game. I wonder if we'll see Emmi again and Iris seemed happy to see Dragon Rage mastered this ep was great.

[DarkWobbuffet]

What else as he going to do? I mean it's not like he has Infernape, or Sceptile with him. Give him a break for once, jesus. Like Oshawott, Snivy, Scraggy, or the bird would have done any better....

He has a Pikachu that just beat a gym leader's Leavanny and a Snivy that can defeat it's evolved form. I think he had plenty of better choices.

Or he could had just not battled at all. He could had thought, "Yikes, a big scary powerhouse dragon, I'll get creamed if I try to fight that thing considering my team is still inexperienced. Maybe I should just sit this one out so I don't end up with a fried ham."