A Village Homecoming! (761)

[TheEliteEmpoleon]

Interesting episode. At first I thought Drayden made the Zweilous evolve when the group wasn't looking just to test Iris. Dragonite is so pugnacious, it's actually a little amusing.

[AuraChannelerChris]

There were so many Axew the village should be renamed Village of Axew, and it only seems Shannon (AKA Sakura v2.0) owns the Deino line.

[WaterDragon trainer]

This was a decent episode. I don't really have much to say beyond seeing lots of great dragon types.

[AuraChannelerChris]

This was a decent episode. I don't really have much to say beyond seeing lots of great dragon types.

Which were technically just two lines.

[Atreyu]

According to Bulbapedia, Carli Mosier was the voice of Shannon.

[Marbi Z]

An interesting episode that begs more IrisXDragon shippings It'll be interesting to see how Opolucid city is portrayed in the anime will it look more like it does in Black or White? Or maybe a combonation of both just to be neutral.

[XXD17]

fun trivia, did anyone else notice reshiram flying over the village in that one scene? It was really small...

[SlimeStack]

I think this is one of the few episodes to feature a Pokémon that has a better voice in the dub. When Zweilous calls for the gang's attention, in English they have a sort of growl to their cry, but in the original they say "head! head head! head!" in a very annoying high pitch.

[the1stpkmnfan]

An interesting episode that begs more IrisXDragon shippings It'll be interesting to see how Opolucid city is portrayed in the anime will it look more like it does in Black or White? Or maybe a combonation of both just to be neutral.

That's what I'm most excited to see; I'm staying away from screenshots and whatnot to be surprised.

[SlimeStack]

fun trivia, did anyone else notice reshiram flying over the village in that one scene? It was really small...

If I'm thinking of the right scene then it was a Tranquil or Unfezent.

[AuraChannelerChris]

fun trivia, did anyone else notice reshiram flying over the village in that one scene? It was really small...

Oh no, not another Heatran thing.

[XXD17]

If I'm thinking of the right scene then it was a Tranquil or Unfezent.

I can't argue because that picture was too small to discern but I thought the shape looked like reshiram...and it could have been a reference to it appearance at the beginning and its importance to come later on...but I may be wrong...

[Ninfia]

It didn't look like a Reshiram to me. Aww, and I got excited for a bird. XD

[Battra]

Very good episode, it's nice to see the writer's finally do more with Iris and Dragon Pokemon. Really nice to see that Dargonite is actually listening to Iris. Looking forward to seeing Her & Drayden face off.

[Doryuzu]

Fun episode. "Sweye-lus," eh? Add another Pokemon name to the list I've apparently been pronouncing wrong, don't quite understand what was up with TPCi. "Hydra-gin," not "High-Dragon." I also prefer the former pronunciation given the double pun isn't so in your face. The Zwelious did sound like Stitch, that was a nice treat. I liked seeing Zwelious debut in an episode and I liked seeing Hydreigon itself. I'm probably the only weird-*** in the minority that thinks Hydreigon is really cute. I just really like the chubbiness of it and how it has such an endearing face and colors and such. Nice seeing the Dragon Village in real-time, expected to see more than Druddigon, Axew family, Deino family.    Spoiler:- ....and Altaria.:

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....and Altaria.
 

in the village. I still can't believe the village has wild Haxorus walking around. I mean waaaah? :P Felt weird seeing that.

Shannon was likable, not very interesting but better than Dawn's boring childhood friend and her ugly boring childhood friend. I cannot believe she plans to start her journey with two Hydreigon under her belt, she could skewer Chili, Cress, Lenora, Burgh, Elesa, and Skyla like they're nothing, sorta reminds me of AJ from Kanto who wanted to start off with a 100 wins. Interesting intel on the D-Village, so apparently Iris has a natural talent for understanding the hearts of Dragons in the same way her game counterpart was a prodigy from a young age. Shannon meanwhile had a natural talent for raising Pokemon and breeding, I'm taken back to Pokemon Adventures with those whole "The Fighter," "The Healer," "The Hatcher," titles. That's a nice little fact to think about.

Liked seeing Emolga, Dragonite, Excadrill, and Axew teaming up on Hydreigon to calm it down. Axew taking the role of leader in that sitch was nice, I thought Excadrill would have been more fitting though. Hydreigon blasting the village randomly with a Draco Meteor was intense, mainly because the chaos and destruction was clearly close to wrecking those Fraxure, people, and Axew. The Elder is a freaking ninja to be able to evade D-Nite's Thunder Punch, I don't quite understand why the dub didn't make it clear once Dragonite saw the Elder he was doing his best to restrain himself from hitting her which caused his klutz moment. I liked how the Elder informed that Dragonite had been through many battles to get to its power-levels, sure it's grasping for straws but I always like getting little mention of a Pokemon past like that.

I don't understand why Emolga just didn't Attract Hydreigon but that was a serious moment and an Attract solution might have been too abrupt and anti-climatic. I liked seeing Iris get so embarrassed and sound like a shamed teenagers when she's all "Not around my friends!" and how she was so happy to get praised by Drayden himself. Drayden acting all cryptic this episode was cool, I think it his VA does the job well. Not as quite commanding as the Japanese VA but Mike Pollocks get the job done. I also liked how Iris was so excited to show what she learned and how she had changed on her journey along with her Pokemon, specifically Dragonite and Excadrill as well as Axew.

Emulating Elder like that was nice, though I still think the most emotional display of the ability to understand Dragon's hearts was when she had calmed down Druddigon. It wasn't a raging or angry Dragon, instead it simply had a problem with its emotions and letting others in and its own depression. All Elder had done was talk to it and she still managed to free it from its insecurities. That was quite an amazing, not really regularly done, way of connecting to a Dragon's heart and I wish we got moments more like that. They're very relatable and cute.

Overall it was a fun episode, looking forward to the next dubbed.

[wobbanut]

This episode was interesting. It was nice to see Iris's hometown apart from flashbacks, and it's interesting how Drayden was watching Iris from the sidelines until the end of the episode. I liked how Iris calmed down the hydreigon too (and I wish they'd pronounce it like "hydra-gon" instead of "hy-dragon", it just doesn't seem right. Isn't that how they pronounced it in movie 14?). And I don't care what people say about Iris's particular pokemon, those little axews running around were so darn cute. ^_^

8/10