Now that Journeys is over, I can finally express my feelings and opinions on the last 3 years I've spent with this series and ......
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@PokemonRangerBoy12 Жыл бұрын
Now that Journeys is over I finally have the chance to talk a bit more about the last 3 years I've spent with this series and .....it was bad. (I mean....not everything was bad though) ^^'' But what are YOUR final thoughts on JN?! TELL ME! SEE YOU GUYS IN THE COMMENTS , HAVE A NICE DAY AND HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS WILL ALSO HAVE A GREAT 2023 AHEAD OF YOU! =)
@ProximamonEldiosDigimon Жыл бұрын
Serena episode bonnie and Clemont first episode return greninja return and some moments from last episode of Ash vs Leon everything else was bad af.
@FearfulDivine Жыл бұрын
Been hearing you made a Smash or Pass tier list on all of the pokegirls from people on twitter whats this all about????
@ProximamonEldiosDigimon Жыл бұрын
@@FearfulDivine go watch Zac and raf bait videos.
@Ben-kd7ug Жыл бұрын
There's no milo, nessa, kabu, gordie or melony
@FearfulDivine Жыл бұрын
@@ProximamonEldiosDigimon ??????
@SuperSparrow45 Жыл бұрын
Knowing that Journeys was supposed to be a conclusion on Ash's journey, it is absolutely ridiculous that they had him compete in the Masters tournament with no old Pokemon. So we're expected to believe that Ash is just magically able to train up his brand new Pokemon in the matter of a few months to go toe-to-toe with the likes of Cynthia and Leon, who have spent YEARS training their teams into the strongest Pokemon in the world. Put aside nostalgia, it turns the whole premise into a joke.
@PokeFlixia3 ай бұрын
It doesn't turn whole premise into a joke You can apply the same logic to the games. How can a 10 year old who just started their journey and has all new Pokemon that they’ve only just trained beat the champion of that region who’s had their Pokemon for longer and has more experience and training. You gotta just ignore shit like that and enjoy the show/games for what they are 🤷🏻♂️
@GearGround3 ай бұрын
@@PokeFlixia No. Like literally the whole premise that separates anipoke from the games is the trainer-pokemon bonding. This is beyond just having strong a team. The VG's numbers game doesn't apply in the anime and that has always been the case since the OG series and JN is the only series that ignored that. I really fail to see how building up an entirely new team is better than using your old team that has been through battles and gained a lot of experience already especially when entering a conference filled with mostly established champions. It has been turned into a joke, his old team has been turned into a joke. Some of them were once aces but they're just cheerleaders and sparring partners in JN, like smh
@PokeFlixia3 ай бұрын
@@GearGround Ash's Pikachu Who has created a really strong bond with him that was able to overpowered a latios still they lost to trip's level 5 Snivy :
@GearGround3 ай бұрын
@@PokeFlixia I'm not debating that and everyone knows that IS bs but my point still stands
@PokeFlixia3 ай бұрын
@@GearGround with that logic my point also stands
@eliaskyriakou6253 Жыл бұрын
Overall Journeys was a failure. There are way too many dump/infuriating/BS/weird moments that we can’t overlook and neither Ash vs Leon nor any of the other positives are time machines that can take us back in time to change them.
@oliverbauschatz8 ай бұрын
yanow how we CAN go back in time to change them? We make a show solely based on Gen. 8 that cannot be proven to be uncanonical and we put a lot of Ash's past characters in but not an ample amount to the point of journeys
@andresmarrero8666 Жыл бұрын
I am glad that Ash's journey is ending, I just wish it didn't end with Journeys. That's a bad way to end things.
@sagesixparties7217 Жыл бұрын
Exactly
@guilhermeteodosio4011 ай бұрын
I wish it ended in Kalos where the quality control picked for no reason
@Sybry6058 ай бұрын
I think sun and moon would have been a good end
@Talons3038 ай бұрын
@@guilhermeteodosio40Ikr.
@Talons3038 ай бұрын
Journeys feels like a rushed attempt to finish with Ash.
@mystere4838 Жыл бұрын
In terms of all the components of master writing and storytelling, it is so sad that after over 20 years of build up and development, they did not have the bulk of Ash's best mons like Sceptile, Charizard or Greninja in any round of the Masters 8 tournament.
@tivednagol9127 Жыл бұрын
This.
@AndersonMallonyMALLONY-EricCF Жыл бұрын
This was the biggest waste of the season, it was criminal:(
@legolas-xu6ou Жыл бұрын
Journeys promised a lot more than it actually delivered. There were huge missteps and many missed opportunities. But in spite of this, it did have its moments. I still enjoyed it, though I often wish Ash's final full series could have been done better. Nevertheless, I am looking forward to see to how they end Ash's story. Hopefully they learn from the mistakes of Journeys and give a worthy sendoff to our boy.
@YourMomsAltAccount Жыл бұрын
Covid took a humongous stab on the development of Journeys, unfortunately. Wish we could see what it could have been otherwise, without so much of the cuts and condensing that happened.
@zaverevidal8303 Жыл бұрын
I honestly gave journeys the boruto treatment, where I would try to invest my time to watch it then stray from it then to come back and skip some eps and only watch the hype fights and my favourite characters throughout the poke franchise return in crossover eps with my alola peeps, dawn, brock, greninja, Serena etc…
@terancetan5503 Жыл бұрын
@@YourMomsAltAccount Thinking about it, I feel like we would have gotten more Galar focus (which would have been great), but in the episodic format (which is horrible).
@wolfman2.055 Жыл бұрын
@@YourMomsAltAccount Covid set everything back but I still consider this a lackluster send off for Ash . Really if the show had less filler and more episodes dedicated to Ash than it would have been much better
@aganbraganca4156 Жыл бұрын
They did but handled it poorly that's why it's bad series
@bewearstar9462 Жыл бұрын
9:48 diamond and pearl had a much better dual protagonist concept then journeys
@knux333jw Жыл бұрын
Chonky Review Comment. (You have been warned...) I feel like the main problem with Pokémon Journeys is that it both had a strong idea of what it wanted to be, but also... not really? In hindsight, knowing Ash would become World Champion and retire, getting so many character returns, and traveling to all regions... it was CLEAR this series was meant to be a send off series for him. Exploring the best aspects of the overall anime, and focusing on trying to make it a satisfying ending. Unfortunately, they put too much on their plate. Because on top of needing to wrap up Ash, they threw in these new characters who needed the time for development, AND this anime also had to promote Galar. So it had so freaking much to do, and it just did not balance it well at all. So many episodes wasted on just... useless episodic filler... when its clear this series should've focused on actually using the "all regions" concept to bring Ash's journey full circle. Now that's not to say there wasn't room for the Galar storylines, or even the stories of the new characters. But when you have to balance that stuff on top of Ash competing in his ultimate goal and traveling to other regions. You can see they were too ambitious with their setup. I think it truly did not hit, until they realized the Masters 8 was literally going to be Ash fighting a bunch of high level champions, and the HUUUGE expectations that come with that. It shocks me the animation team was not remotely prepared for this. As for why Gou specifically ended up becoming such a lead... I feel like it was literally for no other reason than due to Pokémon Go's popularity. It basically became the most profitable thing of this whole brand. So they sidelined everything I just mentioned for episodes focusing on Gou throwing balls at mons cuz "HEY, Just like in Pokémon Go!". And that damned this anime even more. I don't think it would've been impossible for Gou to co-exist alongside Ash on this journey... But him having this big goal of catching so many Pokémon was too much. Project Mew should've been introduced from the start. And his sole goal should've just been gearing up to catch Mew. And Chloe... oh the poor soul lol. She's basically just a victim of everything I mentioned. They had no time for her with all this other stuff. Hate to say it, but there was no room for her development. I don't hate her and Gou, but it was never gonna be possible to fully balance them with all this other stuff. Overall, the series isn't the worst thing ever. But it is a drag of a series compared to others just due to wasted potential galore. A premise this ambitious clearly needed more time. And with Pokémon moving as fast as it does... it just didn't have it.
@justalpha9138 Жыл бұрын
6:13, the difference between Sun and Moon and Journeys is that Sun and Moon is quite consistent for the most part with a mostly awesome cast of side characters that I've grown to love, and the story was pretty solid. Journeys on the other hand was EXTREMELY volatile, as in the epic moments were SO UNBELIEVABLY EPIC, and the bad aspects were so bad they could have been improved by basically almost anyone with the basic grasp for writing stories! That to me is what made Journeys really annoying a lot of times for me.
@Auraelement13 Жыл бұрын
Here’s a list of my reasons for not really liking Journeys, minus the Goh and Chloe stuff since you’ve already covered that. And it hurts more because now we know that Ash is retiring from the anime and a lot more care should have been planned out for his final farewell Pokemon Journeys leaved a lot to be desired -Wish Ash caught more Galar Pokemon As well rotated his old Pokémon in the Masters 8 -Ash missed the opportunity to battle Elite 4 member's he never had the chance to -Rose and Oleana are still on the loose -Giovanni ignoring Ash, despite Ash is having more of a televised appearance in the Masters 8, when he should have a grudge after Ash personally stopped him in Unova -Ash should've battled old rivals he lost to and won their matches to show how much he improved -Paul should be training to become a Frontier Brain due to his history with Brandon instead of Gym Leader -Speaking about Frontier Brains, they were completely ignored when back in Advanced Battle they were acknowledged as being stronger than the Elite 4 if not the Champion
@Dementepr_19 Жыл бұрын
I agree
@Dementepr_19 Жыл бұрын
But I still don't like goh
@giada.6676 Жыл бұрын
Agree. Also, I honestly expected Paul and Tobias to be in the Masters 8, they were strong as hell, but nope. Sure, Paul at least had a comeback, but it could have been handled A LOT better
@Auraelement13 Жыл бұрын
This goes to my point on -Ash should've battled old rivals he lost to and won their matches to show how much he improved But yes this would've done Tobias some good to flesh out his character way more, because let's face it personality wise Tobias is a blank slate His only rememberable trait was he had two Legendary Pokemon Darkrai and Latios and stole Ash's Victory in the Sinnoh League in a completely one-sided match We could've learn if Tobias has a fascination with Legedary Pokemon, wants to become a Legendary Pokemon Reseacher This would've provide an interesting interaction between Tobias and Goh when they talked about Mew And imagine a rematch against Tobias, Ash brings his own Legendary Pokemon. Melmetal, Solgaleo and Nagnadel (Since when Pikachu was remembering Ash's Pokemon, Solgaleo was considered as one oh his teammates And with Naganadel, Ultra Beasts are considered as a subcategory of Legandary Pokemon)
@donaldzuramp4404 Жыл бұрын
What i hate the most is the disrespect for the regional champions. Imagine training your pokemon and developed bonds for years to become a regional champ just to be beaten by a seasonal team in the end. Ash’ victories would have carried more weight if he used his older and more experienced pokemon which he had more bond with. He just freakin speedrun the whole tournament with his newly formed team is so unbelievable.
@ROLF_0 Жыл бұрын
I think one of the worst thing about this series is that it's basically a product, I mean not only we have eevee in squad because it's forced as a second mascot but Ash team includes Gengar, Dragonait and Lucario which are one of the most popular pokemons, instead of getting a team of new ones
@Obi-Wan_Kenobi Жыл бұрын
You're right. Goh was a commercial for Pokemon Go. Chole's Eevee was a commercial for Let's Go Eevee. Even the Arceus special was just a commercial for Legends Arceus. And yeah, I get that that anime has always been a vehicle for marketing the games but the older series used to actually make the show good. The quality was there to the point where the show was more than an advertisement, it stood on its own two legs. People cared about the show because it made the world and characters come alive , they were not blatantly saying "buy our products". But much of Journeys does feel like it is screaming "buy our products". I mean they literally had a character named "Goh". It's hard to justify that as being anymore than than a obvious advertisement.
@NoLifeKing1 Жыл бұрын
I wish I could like a comment more than just once. Totally agree.
@jeremiahgreen56329 ай бұрын
@@Obi-Wan_KenobiIn other words, we were watching the longest advertisement known to man.
@ItsYaBoiBow2 ай бұрын
You know I always had a feeling that journeys was a Pokémon go advertisement
@tomkarate1 Жыл бұрын
The "around the world" adventure would have been great if ash and Goh's home base was in Galar and NOT in Vermilian city. That way when they are in between travels Galar would get the spotlight. What worries me the most about Journeys is the fact that the writers did not fundamentally fix a lot of the problems thought-out the 3-year run. For example, ash's team did not get enough screen time. When this became evident around episode 30 WHY DIDN'T THE WRITERS FIX THIS ISSUE?
@TrosheeWasTaken Жыл бұрын
Xy, and XYZ was top tv Pokemon
@andr0zzsenpai Жыл бұрын
The victory of Ash felt shallow, there was no proper buildup, there was no hype, it just... happened (kinda like in SM, but SM was a good series overall), definitely Gen 4 and 6 were the gens that Ash should have won and it would feel deserved, but they did Ash dirty in both of those seasons, and let's not even talk about BW. I'm glad Ash's journey is finishing at last, it feels like even the writers don't know how to keep writing him without ruining it, and with the upcoming mini-arc they are closing his story. I welcome the new protag with an open mind, let's see if they surprise us or we get another bad series.
@Omnislash7 Жыл бұрын
For me personally, when it comes to the issue of personalities with Go and Koharu, it’s that they’re fine, but not for the Pokémon anime. They both feel better fit for a run of the mill SoL anime rather than Pokémon. While the anime has touched on deeper topics in the past, building an entire narrative around that for a major character has never really been it’s forte. And in the case of both, certain things suffered as a result: For Go, because the writers were so busy with Go’s personal issues, his Pokémon ended up suffering in their own development as they ended up being overshadowed by his SoL problems and thus never really felt like more than props in his story For Koharu, while her struggles may be relatable her story ends up suffering by never actually feeling like it goes anywhere to the point that the lesson they gave her in her final character episode is essentially a rehash of the lesson from her first; that there are multiple paths that one can take in life. And in spite of her narrative being about how she didn’t know what she wanted to do, they never really have her actually try out the various paths one can take in the Pokémon world, instead only having her try out Contests and even that ended in anticlimax with no indication of if this was something she wanted to do more of or not. In an attempt to maintain status quo rather than really build a story, that aspect of relatability becomes a liability for her
@Nazmi-xy6np Жыл бұрын
Stupid Gou midoriya toxic stan fan is here
@primal1233 Жыл бұрын
I liked it but I agree it could have been a little if not somewhat better, but still it was a good series with Ash and Pikachu overall! I'm going to miss them both!
@Wildchu1792 Жыл бұрын
Journeys and Goh is what really ended Ash’s Journey. Journeys was so bad and Goh shouldn’t have shared the same spotlight as Ash. Shame they had to scrap everyone!!!
@ProximamonEldiosDigimon Жыл бұрын
What a surprise Everyone healthy enough knows jn is the biggest flop in anipoke history.
@Obi-Wan_Kenobi Жыл бұрын
Someone else in the comments said that Journeys promised a lot more than it actually delivered and I don't think you could sum up this series any better than that. Journeys was simply nowhere near as good as it could have or should have been. And while Ash becoming Top Champion was good, that story arc and rise to greatness deserved to be in a a better series than Pokemon Journeys. You can only let Ash become the very best once and sadly, Journeys totally squandered this once in a life time achievement. The progression and story of Ash's rise to the top in Journeys was so subpar that I find his progression in Diamond and Pearl and XYZ to be much more satisfying and entertaining even thought he did not ultimately win the League in those series. That's because the journeys Ash took to get to those points were just better structured and written. I care much more about the 300 episode build up than a 3 episode final battle when assessing the overall quality of a series.
@BergmitetheBlueandPointy-vm6zs8 ай бұрын
Goh and Chloe are the best characters In Pokemon The Series.
@travisgames6608 Жыл бұрын
Honestly, as a fan of the Pokemon anime since it began, S&M is in my top 3 of the Pokemon series. The slice of life nature of it took about 4 episodes for me to get into, yet I loved it. The change up to the formula was a welcome breath of fresh air. His Alola team felt like a real family with how he connected with them and how they interacted with him. Also, how he kept them out of their Pokeballs most of the time. Also, as much as I hate them, Team Rocket almost got a rather good send off. Their malasada business was really taking off. They could have just quit Team Rocket tbh. My biggest problem with S&M will always be Ash's design.
@pigglesgoomshby7249 Жыл бұрын
It was really disappointing to go from what was arguably Ash’s best developed team to one of, if not the most underdeveloped team in the entire show
@dronicx4002 Жыл бұрын
Journeys... well yes, the animation for the final showdown between Pikachu and Charizard in the final league battle was just so incredibly amazing and really made it feel so incredibly hype... that really does not redeem Journeys at all. It's basically taking "Oh Ash is going to school lets have some random trips to all the islands without a real feeling of any progression" in Alola (to be fair for Alola that does make sense tho, the region is really small, whereas all other regions in the anime were presented in their real life sizes which are much bigger than in the games, Alola.. there's not much they could really do) and then flipped all that onto every region. The whole episodic "one day we're here, one day we're there" really banks on the viewers being nostalgic of those regions and doesn't give the newer watchers any sense of understanding or feeling towards the places they're visiting. Also there's no feeling of how far they've come because every time they're just back at Sakuragi's lab. Like there's several things they did REALLY well in my opinion, which is just how they bring the show and Ash's journey to a full circle. By that I mean Gou and Ash meet with Lugia and their final big event in the show is back with Lugia (doesn't have to make a lot of sense why it appeared again at that time but whatever doesn't matter, it's a nice symbol) and while they're with Lugia they see Ho-oh fly by at one point. really close up too. Which doesn't just mark the start and end of the duo with that shared repeated event but also wraps up Ash from episode 1 to now. It started and ended with him seeing Ho-oh. Perhaps that means his wish has been fulfilled like that. That being said the rest of it was like: Oh. you wanted him to have all these cool things?? You wanted Ash to have a Lucario in Diamond and Pearl, we blueballed you in XY as well for it too haha! We even had a movie that confirmed Ash to have similar Aura as some Lucario wielder ancestor. Well here you go. now you get it. Oh and mega too. And mega stones now don't have to be integrated into the design by an accessory anymore. right... Oh and also about the pseudo legend. Ash didn't get the Larvitar way back when, in XY he really had an amazing story Arc with Goomy, which unfortunately can't be said about him and his Dragonite. Thinking about it... Ash's pokemon really were proper individual characters in every previous season. Like they've grown a lot alongside him and even when they had irregular phenomena like Infernape's Blaze ability being just next level and Ash Greninja for example, the show really developed those and made them a thing. Journeys... Oh yea let's give his Dracovish this inexplicable ability at the end for plot armour's sake. What. Like I actually liked Gou being the one catching as many pokemon as possible, because honestly if you look at it, he's basically caught as many pokemon in one season as Ash in his lifetime but he's shown to always be there doing the feeding and whatnot chores, they have a few episodes dedicated to peacekeeping which is nice. After all if you think about it, most of Ash's pokemon are just left with Oak while he's off travelling more and more. Also catching legendaries... well at least it felt a lil better than some particular individuals in diamond and pearl showing up as trainers of Legendaries because in Suicune's example it genuinely seemed more like it was allowing the partnership and it could take off any time it wanted to. I'm going to believe that Virizion with Tokio is the same, although I must say that was a little.. lackluster. The situation Koharu, definitely unfortunate. I had hoped for more, like honestly they could have taken this to perhaps teasing a new Eeveelution with her being yet another Eevee trainer in the show. but to be fair having a copycat Eevee that doesn't really want to evolve was quite clever. I just don't feel like her conclusion... existed at all. It's just.. speak with Lana and then that's that. Also side note I find it really hard to take that Ash - even in the Japanese original - is hard confirmed at 10 years of age again, which up to XY wasn't actually re-affirmed in the original from what I've been informed. Ash in XY definitely seemed a little more advanced in age. But nope. Ash conquered the world in less than a year somehow. met all region's champions. and now is somehow the best? Ash defeating Leon makes sense to me, Leon in my opinion was a rather weak champion in the games. nowhere near the difficulty of Cynthia and not deserving of the undefeated monarch title. They had to pull some SERIOUS bullshit for Cynthia to lose. Like.. Tokekiss?? Really? Dynamax? Sure serene grace flinching is a solid strat but even she should have (as a lucario trainer herself) known that Lucario can have the ability that makes it immune to flinching. Ash would have lost to Mega Garchomp, without fail. and the whole "eh I might retire" bs to make the loss a net positive for cynthia's character is just... not satisfying. I must say tho Leon allowing Ash to use all gimmicks was of course what gave Ash the chance to win in the first place, but idk... shenanigans did occur too. And sadly the way the new games are structured I fear for the new series' protagonists being shafted in the same way that their progression in the region is going to be crap because now the games are like "oh yes pokemon school! the anime did it, the games needed that totally!!" it's... fine I guess. Paldea and SV is a really fun game. with critical flaws. like when they said "any order" I expected the anime style thing where the gym leaders get more challenging according to your badge count. but nope. the bug trainer is just weak no matter what gym fight you take her on. So right now I'm huffing major hopium that taking Ash out of the picture sets up a fresh canvas for something amazing rather than something.... unfortunate like how Journey and Sun and Moon just took a huge dump on Ash' legacy up to that point. My opinion on the matter is still, he should've won against Alain and taken on Diantha for a win in Kalos, but refusing the champion title because he strives to be a pokemon master instead and had ash graduate there. and perhaps have a few specials like they're planning right now as to giving him the conclusion what being a pokemon master means. Would have been a much nicer transition into the new episodic format without the overarching journey anyway. Like in all honesty, episodic isn't bad per se, it's more kids saturday morning cartoon vibes but it just doesn't work with Ash. .... This turned out longer than I thought. Felt like sharing my thoughts and feelings on the matter, as it is a conclusive thoughts vid so if you're reading this bit, hope you enjoyed the read ^^;
@zaverevidal8303 Жыл бұрын
I honestly gave journeys the boruto treatment, where I would try to invest my time to watch it then stray from it then to come back and skip some eps and only watch the hype fights and my favourite characters throughout the poke franchise return in crossover eps with my alola peeps, dawn, brock, greninja, Serena etc..
@PokemonRangerBoy12 Жыл бұрын
Oh wow... I will try my best to answer this comment after I come home from work ^^
@bhusanrajsharma2389 Жыл бұрын
@@PokemonRangerBoy12 EAGERLY WAITING
@dronicx4002 Жыл бұрын
@@PokemonRangerBoy12 oh wow! Take your time! :)
@dronicx4002 Жыл бұрын
@@PokemonRangerBoy12 can't lie, definitely still curious about what that response was going to be, but take care of your rl things first my dude, seems like it's been keeping you overly busy recently. Hang Tight!
@MakeBussy Жыл бұрын
Finally the pain is over. On to the gen 9 anime now!!
@trexadvent4726 Жыл бұрын
I was feeling the same thing with the Sun and Moon anime because of how the writers made Ash forget about everything he experienced in previous regions
@SorceressRose Жыл бұрын
It's nice to see somebody discuss the problems Journeys had, even though this is a 7 month old video, I was looking for pretty good criticisms and I found it. Journeys to me was just a disappointment, if they knew they were handling Ash's final journey, I feel like they should have handled it correctly or maybe they did, but even then, this season should have been better. I only tuned into episodes that I felt like held importance to Ash's journey and nostalgia, plus his old traveling companions returns were more highlights to me than anything Goh related. The worst part about the Sinnoh stuff, is the reason why the region got so much focus was just because it was advertisement for the games with Brilliant Diamond/Shinning Pearl and Legends Arceus, the anime was happening during what I like to call, the Year of Sinnoh. If it were any other gen games, the anime would have focused on them. Goh's character to me, was well, ok? I disliked how he treated Scorbunny in the beginning, absolutely hated it, and then hated how he got Suicune, I know his theme is basically based on Pokemon Go, but even in Pokemon Go, you aren't that lucky and I just felt like they were rushing him to put him on par with Ash, when Goh shouldn't have been... But his past traveling partners should have had more appearances, I know they couldn't get May back, because her seiyuu being sick still with a uncurable disease that effects her voice, but more cameos would have been great! Aim to be a Pokemon Master disappointed me, while it was nice to have original traveling trio back, it sucked that the only person they ever encountered was Cilan and it was his first re-appearance since BW and he didn't even stay! The short farewell season focused too much on a plot involving Latias or randomness, when it should have been Ash, Misty and Brock visiting regions and meeting up with Ash's former traveling partners, because not only was it Ash's farewell season, it was theirs as well and it ended on most of them just receiving cameos before AtbaPM, but no reappearances whatsoever in the last 11 episodes.
@skymario1012 Жыл бұрын
Journeys was a mixed bag for me. It had some highs, but they were few and far between, and it had more lows and so-so episodes then any other series. The darkest day should have been the plot for the first season, and characters from gen 8 should have appeared more often. Let us pour one out for the Nessa, Bede, kabu, Milo, Gordie, and melony fans. And I still can't believe that Marnie only got one episode, seriously she is the big character of sword and shield, the fanbase loves her, they had this on a silver plate, and you give her one episode, what is your major malfunction brother. And the last stretch was a bumpy road to put it lightly. To put it short. Season 1: completely directionless. Season 2: this is filler, filler-er. Season 3: so-so, oh ash is champion now.... WAIT WHAT?!
@skymario1012 Жыл бұрын
Ps: black and white wasn't that bad guys, come'on
@NoLifeKing1 Жыл бұрын
@@skymario1012 I actually really like the bw anime. Also I agree with you: Gen 8 really should have had more time dedicated to it. Also also: marnie was main character material.
@skymario1012 Жыл бұрын
@@NoLifeKing1 it saddens me that we didn't get something like this in Pokémon journeys. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/d66km5qB0qqoiWg.html
@raiaanahmed8804 Жыл бұрын
They wasted gen 8 so hard as a whole and this piss me off due to Galar region being based on UK which is pretty much my home so I was looking forward to how they going to give the meaningful recognition it deserves in the anime. I know gen 8 especially the games Sword & Shield are hated along side with massive issues, however I wanted for the anime to make major improvements as well giving some recognition like how XY anime improved Team Flare and the gym leaders or how gen 6 gotten some respects thanks to the anime. But no Galar gets abandoned to left to dust so they can pander Kanto (and arguably Sinnoh) to the audience majority of the time.
@TheSpeedfoever Жыл бұрын
@@raiaanahmed8804 BECAUSE PEOPLE HATED SWORD AND SHIELD THATS WHY!
@mang4260 Жыл бұрын
I didn't count how many times Koharu appeared in the show, but among ~140 episodes, if she's here for ~14 of them, i don't think we could considerate her as a protagonist. They couldn't wrote a proper development trough all those episodes for Goh or Satoshi (the start & peak of their development is basically the final episodes), so for Koharu it's obvious they used her as a decoy to fulfill length time of the "saga". Journey was a mess in writing (yeh yeh... Episodic concept bullshit excuse...), and that's sad. My point is, Journey was a disaster as a saga, but had good side episodes sometimes. Too bad it was basically 10% of good for 90% of bullshit / shitty fillers. I like fillers in Pokemon anime (i basically enjoyed a lot in old gen), but only when the filler is incorporated inside the main plot, and ISN'T the main plot. Or sometimes, like an arc, for example, gen 5 post league arc with Dawn and Meloetta, i enjoyed it a lot. Journey had maybe a goal for Satoshi (n1) or Goh (encounter Mew) as decoy, but they clearly had no direction at all. Reaching a goal trough the fact it's near the end really gives the vibe everything before that was just here to waste time. Gen 1-> gen 6, the fact they travel from a destination to another like a "i cleared this i must do that now" really was better as a progress trough a region, whatever purpose (gym, perform, contest, whatever...) Gen 7 was too childish for me, and gen 8 was... Hateful as a saga, knowing how it was before. I am not against new concept, but this episodic style really didn't fit a Pokemon saga vibe. It's not a saga when you have 100+ fillers where MC has pop up situation not even connected from one episode to another. Also, with this, the Galar region became meaningless. Nothing is attached to it, we don't know anything about it beyond "Leon is the champion"... "there is this thing called Dynamax"... Every other region, i had this feeling "ah? So this is how it is in Johto, this the people from Hoenn, this is the pokemons from Sinnoh... (reversable facts)... Galar is a dead zone storytelling wise. We barely know anything about the region itself... There is no "regional features"... I barely could tell where they were in fact, when it wasn't mentioned in the beginning of the episode. This saga has no compass. Beyond that, the finality of the battle against Leon was great. I give it that. They used the budget with care, the emotion was here, the music was here... At least, it gives a good final point. Even if it means you don't need to watch Journey to appreciate the last episode. In fact, they could have done a 12-24 episodes saga, focused on this tournament and how to reach it, it would have been better, if we considerate how the saga was as a whole. I regret the finality of Satoshi's story was inside Journey, but at least, they gave him a "good ending". After 25 years following him, i can let him go. Even if i would have kept a better memory of him if his final journey was in a classic saga winning a league and opening his path to be a Pokemon Master. For me, knowing Alola and Galar saga in anime, Satoshi should have won Kalos, and quit it for a new protagonist after that, with cameos from him or side regular like Alan. Because Alola or Galar, i didn't saw the point to continue with him if it's for "playing around" in Alola or "doing things" in Galar. But still, they will do a post-ending Journey episodes focused on Satoshi, so, at least they know how he is "anchored" as a character.
@nascour59918 ай бұрын
I feel like the writers tried with the characters and story (except chloe they hated her), but the time crunch really seemed to hurt them this time around, in stuff like the masters 8 it was very obvious and some of the animatiors even compalined on twitter at one point. Also i gotta disagree project mew was garbage, Goh doesn't use any of his legendaries, it's rushed and all the project mew members mons get oneshot; goh doesn't achieve his goal dispite the fact that he's never gonna come back. Another thing what is it with the pokemon anime writers hating main characters achieving their goal outside of ash, first may, then dawn, serena, sun moon girls were different ig and chloe (she decides what her goal is but it's done like shit). Also werid choices like not bringing ash greninja and ash's xyz team back for a ash vs alan rematch even if they didn't wanna do it in the masters 8 why not have it as a bonus episode it would've been great. Also the werid rushing which ruined alan vs leon, and diantha vs leon. May and max never coming back, probably cus they weren't that popular but still. In the sequel series they character assassinate brock so he can travel with ash and misty and have funny horny antics again and ash is chased by a latias which he eventually helps but the writers decide he shouldn't catch it. Because the writers hate characters that aren't goh getting legendaries unless it's sun and moon. So many strange choices but I blame rushing from studio executives which just like modern pokemon games only makes the anime worse. Thankfully pokemon horizons is pretty good right now.
@monarchschwoop52 Жыл бұрын
I remember when we all thought that it just couldn’t go wrong
@lilmercy1580 Жыл бұрын
Journeys should of been a whole wrap up from the series to begin and end. Goh was not needed at all for that, he was in the way actually. And with the Alola win, it had heart, journeys really didn't. What was the theme? Dreams? They ruined the writing on that.
@AndersonMallonyMALLONY-EricCF Жыл бұрын
Spot on (fail to tie Ash's story in one final arc + it lacks soul, which as bad as someone think SM is, it didn't lack heart at least). Journeys has its moments but overall it feels aimless and it has something inconveniently obnoxious called Goh.
@BloodRedNegative11 ай бұрын
Oh, when first read the comment, I thought you said the whole Alola League Arc had heart 😆 I mean was gonna be like "You mean to tell me that Ash vs Hau was made by heart?! And yeah, don't even get me started with Bin Laden H. Jong-Un aka Goh...more like Stoph (H is for Hitler) That pokemon Nazi doesn't even deserve to breath the same air as our fave does, in fact, he doesn't deserve to breathe at all, HE HAS NO RIGHTS!!!
@BloodRedNegative10 ай бұрын
Oh, continuing from the my last comment. Of course there was no heart, because that World Champion didn’t have any worth of value at all 😆
@casual3123 Жыл бұрын
I really liked all the characters of Project Mew. I would love it if we had a spinoff show focusing on the members going on adventures together and getting into goofy shenanigans. If the Scarlet & Violet anime doesn't work out, I would LOVE to see these guys again as the face of the series.
@TheGreenAzumarill Жыл бұрын
Azumarill lady. :D
@terancetan5503 Жыл бұрын
TBH, I didn't really like Project Mew mainly because of the amount of questions it raises, and the fact that every character in it, besides Goh, were pretty flat and underdeveloped.
@casual3123 Жыл бұрын
@terancetan5503 That's what I mean, they all had very entertaining personalities and they deserve to get thier own series to explore thier characters more. Who knows, maybe some day they'll bring back Pokémon Chronicles and they'll show up in some form.
@terancetan5503 Жыл бұрын
@@casual3123 Hopefully. But knowing the track record of the Pokémon anime, I'm not holding my breath. Then again, they are FINALLY replacing Ash as the main character, so who knows?
@AndersonMallonyMALLONY-EricCF Жыл бұрын
I respect your taste but Project Mew characters are extremely lackluster, the show didnt tell us anything about Tsurugi, Asahi and Hodaka, like why exactly each one of them are chasing Mew, how they get the Urshifus etc. And its not like Horace was a well presented character either.
@darkdragon7210 Жыл бұрын
They HYPED UP a possible NEW Eeveelution But we NEVER got that!!!
@alolaamii Жыл бұрын
What a shame that Ash is leaving in the worst series of Pokemon...
@mayracordero382 Жыл бұрын
Pokemon journeys was a bad season but I love seeing serena and lillie again and I hope the pokemon violet and scarlet season will be better!
@trexadvent4726 Жыл бұрын
Does Goh's_character make any sense in the Pokemon anime with him catching every Pokemon in the Pokedex especially him wanting to put Mew in his pokeball which didn't happen but he got to see it again?
@andresmarrero8666 Жыл бұрын
It doesn't. If anything Goh should have failed to see Mew because the best way to never see it is to become obsessed in finding it.
@BloodRedNegative11 ай бұрын
Yeah, that war criminal terrorist doesn't deserve shit indeed
@insanemakaioshin Жыл бұрын
They should've devoted more time to Gen 8 & locations Ash never went to, like the Sevii Islands. Each region gets a Story arc, start with Gen 1, with brief breaks for him blitzing the Galar Gym challenges, ending with him beating Leon in the Galar Pokémon League & kicking him out of the Masters' 8, with Wallace replacing him. Gen 4 arc should've been about the Battle Frontier.
@JustSomeUmbreonfromJohto Жыл бұрын
Honestly bro, you freaking nailed it! You touched upon my major problems with Pokemon Journeys as a whole. Koharu got screwed out of good character development and writing, Goh caught things way too damned easily (and yes I liked Goh as a character, still do overall), and Ash's whole Masters 8 campaign was very inconsistent as hell. I wish there was more journeying in Journeys. I know what a concept lol. I did overall enjoy (most) of what the series had to offer but didn't like how Koharu was treated. In my opinion, that is one of my biggest petpeeves with Pokemon Journeys as a whole...that and how the semi-finals/finals of the Masters 8 was handled in general with too many damn clip shows in between episodes, episode 120 being the biggest offender in my opinion. And overall, Koharu basically having nothing to do outside being plot fodder for Eeveelution centered episodes. Also the exclusion of the majority of Galar's characters (Bede, Nessa, Milo, Kabu, Mustard, Klara, Peony, Peonia (Peony's daughter), Gloria/Victor (Sword/Shield player characters), etc. The list goes on. Galar got freaking shafted in what should have been primarily its gen 8 anime season. I like Galar and a majority of the characters in Galar. Marnie and Piers should have had more screen time...same with Team Yell, they could have been a constant annoyance as Ash and Goh went about their journeys through the Galar region. Also, Hop should have been introduced WAY FREAKING EARILER in my opinion. Just missed potential overall. I would have loved to have seen the Isle of Armor in the anime...same with more of the Crown Tundra and Peony. I loved those areas and characters in the game. In my opinion, Pokemon Journeys can be summed up with two words, missed potentioal for a good majority of characters( yes this includes Ash as well), questionable writing decisions, and a lack of "journeying" in Journeys be it a metaphorical one or actually traveling to new locals in the Pokemon world. Again, the following is just my opinion. I enjoyed Journeys overall but I have a lot of problems with how certain things were handled. Oh well, at least there's fanfiction.
@dora8443 Жыл бұрын
Ah, yes fanfiction. Let me know if you find a good one.
@piens51 Жыл бұрын
The Most Evil Trainer on spacebattles - is really excelent story about a person dumped in pokemon world and their desprate wish to return home. The battles are just so darn hype its unreal. Hearts of Shadow on spacebattles - is set in the Oree reagion from the gamecube side games. The protag is a bug specalist and their experiences in exploring tough and unforgiving reagion with wild pokemon being extreamly rare do to enviorment and maybe somthing more is dope.
@CobaltClaw Жыл бұрын
Pretty much hit the nail on the head with a lot of these points. There was just so much time spent in JN just hitting bullet points rather than actually telling a good story, or even just rehashing previous plotpoints and episodes from past series. The Unown episode I personally hate, because it is just an extremely dumbed down version of the third movie, and the Character of the Day just "learns her lesson" out of nowhere and the issue is solved. Also, I would have loved if we actually learned to know the Project Mew characters, since they are *kinda important* for Goh's story as well? Asahi, Tsurugi, Professor Hodaka, they were all just afterthoughts. We have better written Characters of the Day, characters that appear once and never reappear, IN JOURNEYS. I know more about Colowary the Shiny Hunter than I know about these three. That is sad, and inexcusable.
@AndersonMallonyMALLONY-EricCF Жыл бұрын
Yeah I wanted to know why they're personally chasing Mew and how they got Legendary Pokemon like Urshifu, it could be a good bridge for Ash to train with Leon's master as well.
@rich355 Жыл бұрын
I wouldn't call Journeys plainly bad, but I feel like wasted potential would be better fitting. Goh was. .... Eh? Okay? Decent? Fine. Goh was promising early on, but unfortunately it seems like the more Journeys carried on the more he felt more like a Mary Sue as a trainer with such little experience. They did tone down Goh's screentime in the last third to focus on Ash and it was probably for the best. Chloe/Koharu was just a mess. I don't even think she deserves the title companion as she never did anything. Sure, she had a good character design and a sassy attitude and played the sort of middle man in contrast to Ash and Goh. However, she says she doesn't like that people expect her to be a researcher and than becomes a researcher regardless. Chloe really just gave "I'm not like those other girls" vibes by the end of the series. Chloe's character also just became the Eevee Trainer after episode 48. She did end up having a couple good episodes but it's mostly due to what's happening around her rather than what's actually affecting her or her actions, Ex: the Glaceon Episode. Ash was actually treated rather well and given a lot of respect as he rarely lost and was acknowledged as a seasoned veteran especially in the second half. Although the same can't be said for Ash's battles and Ash's team. Don't get me wrong, Ash certainly had amazing feats in this series but it would be an underestimation to say that Ash he had controversial and lack luster battles such as Ash vs Drasna, Ash vs Steven, and the unseen battle between Ash vs Wallace which was just a gag. Don't get me wrong Ash vs Leon was incredible but that battle can't make up fot everything unfortunately.
@dramaking9559 Жыл бұрын
Journey's was a slow painful drive to the point i stopped caring all together. At the end i just didnt care anymore. Started good with pikachu, a nice start with Goh and a nice comeback with ash, then it stabbed me in the kneecap with Goh just catching everything, ash being an idiot again, the story just not connecting well with continuity, Chole did nothing for too long, no rank battles, then forced ice cream down my throat with the championship then shot my other kneecap. I think my biggest gripe with Journey's is that Ash is to damn immature. I know they are like 10 but jesus chirst if you compare Ash to the other gens you would think Journey's Ash was like 5. 10/10 Lillie ep though
@damriyeauhayes8660 Жыл бұрын
Journeys was a snow ball effect people continued to be pissed by the writers by the masters 8 all hell broke out because of the bad writing
@sparxstreak028 ай бұрын
4:09 Koharu’s/Chloe’s Eevee is actually a girl, as the white tip of her tail has cloud ☁️ shaped edges (whereas male Eevee have zigzag edges)
@trexadvent4726 Жыл бұрын
Despite how Pokemon Journeys has gone from bad to worst, what do you think is the best thing about this anime? If Ash appears in the Gen 9 anime, Do you think we will see him with a starter Pokémon from the Paldea region, which do you think would suit him?
@CobaltClaw Жыл бұрын
Cant speak for anyone else, but I feel Fuecoco and it's evolutions fit Ash more than the others. The "no thoughts, head empty" nature of the little croc just seems to fit Ash to a tee.
@thearrivalcyberseignister8898 Жыл бұрын
I love the team ash haves in this season i dont know if this is a shared opinion but i think this was the best team ash had so far except for lucario tho outside of the battle he was garbage but even yet i love it and wished it had more interactions
@YuseiTheSynchroHero Жыл бұрын
The entirely of Pokemon Journeys/Pokemon 2019 could be summed up as: _A Journeys Moment_ (Except for the few genuine moments in certain episodes that WEREN'T. 😅 Lillie and family closure, Ash vs Leon Final Part, Cleffa Became a Star, "Ice Queen" Regina, Etc.) For better or worse, this is basically the final journey with Ash... and WHAT A RIDE THIS WAS. 😅😅
@AndersonMallonyMALLONY-EricCF Жыл бұрын
Regina is the most underrated character of Journeys, PERIOD.
@ChampionBlaze Жыл бұрын
I gotta say, I will still regard DP & XY as the best anipoke series. JN had so much potential when it was first revealed, but it just disappoints so much. It did so many great things from returns, to the finale of the Masters 8, but it’s biggest problem, which leads to all the others, is just the shitty writing from the staff. Idk who was in charge of writing the story for Journeys, but they dropped the ball so much. Overall I’d give the series a 7/10.
@damriyeauhayes8660 Жыл бұрын
Cause those seasons and advanced gen developed ash and respected him, also have the best companions by far, when I re-watch pokemon these season come to mind for, the characters, like may, or diamond and pearl for the rivalry of ash and Paul, or xy for the emotional story telling or complex story telling or how pokemon felt like it grew up with us, these seasons are peak pokemon, so why the fuck out 8 generations are their only three peak seasons, even if I don't like sun and moon and pokemon journeys I tend to think to myself aleast we had peak one last time with xy before things became shit, I wipe my ass with sun and moon and journeys on a daily basis that is how shit things have gotten
@truecooler21 Жыл бұрын
I was hoping for koharu do something when they added her to the opening
@Ammiteur9 Жыл бұрын
Despite, or maybe because of, me skipping a lot towards the end (aka. almost the entirety of the last season), I'll always remember journeys rather fondly. I never really took it's flaws that seriously and enjoyed it for the characters, the stories, and how much it managed to make me laugh.
@Voltackle86 Жыл бұрын
Part of me hates it and part of me likes it. I just view Journeys as a whole as a missed opportunity. There were so many Galar trainers and gym leaders that were missing or weren't included enough. I couldn't stand Goh even though he got a bit better overtime, and Koharu just felt underwhelming. I get that she is supposed to represent the feeling of not knowing what you want to do in life and it's okay, but she was just...there for the most part. Idk man, even the finale with how they treated the Master tourney felt lazy. They did Alan so dirty and the animation for the battles was a bit meh until we got to the Leon vs Ash battle, which was glorious. Overall, it was an average experience from me. The ONLY episode that stood out for me was Lille and her family reuniting with their father. That was my favorite episode by far. Looking forward to the new series, I've been wanting a new protagonist for the longest.
@sarov7658 Жыл бұрын
Bede,hop, Clara Marnie all wasted
@toottootsonicwarrior5777 Жыл бұрын
Thank you! this whole video puts into perspective exactly why I found the whole fanfare of Ash becoming world Champion, leaving the anime and potentually being the father of the protaganist in the new upcoming anime so undeserved and unearned. It feels like a publicity stunt more then anything, simply as a way to drag the attention of all the people who grew tierd of Ash's endlessly repeating story.
@DuncanGDA Жыл бұрын
Hilarious. Their big and final series to wrap up the world of Ash Ketchum, and it was bad. If I can't laugh at it I'm just gonna cry
@paulanseaume7378 Жыл бұрын
I personally would say that Journeys is literally a 'careful what you wish for' situation. Think about it: -You want Ash to revisit every region and visit Galar ? Here you go -You want more out of Goh ? Some episodes are scheduled for that. -You found Chloe an interesting character and feel like she barely gets any screentime ? Here you go. I could go on and on about the wishlists that you guys so desperately want, but at the end of the day, we didn't specify anything in those wishlists and probs should've. Say you wish for a back massage... Ok ! Who's gonna give it to you though ? It could be anything ! From a trained professional to an Eldrich Cthulu, anyone can give you that... You see what I mean ?
@Sylvias2448 Жыл бұрын
I'd take a back massage from Cthulhu over watching any Journeys episodes any day of the rest of eternity...
@luard8047 Жыл бұрын
I feel like "and it should be well done" is implied in all those points ... "Be careful what you wish for" only means you should consider the consequences of your wishes - these ain't consequences, they just botched the execution
@paulanseaume7378 Жыл бұрын
@@luard8047 well, if any of us elaborated on WHY and HOW such and such should return, without missing the point of the story they want to tell, then maybe this series could've been well received. None of us exactly elaborated as to WHY and HOW Alan should return, so it's only natural that they would make him return in such a way (so as to say: "the kid has cried his little heart out, give him the damn lollipop so he would shut it) only to realise that 1. It wouldn't make any sense for him to return in a competition that hé has no business doing here, and 2 IF Ash were to have battled and beaten Alan, it would've more than likely make their last interaction after the Team Flare arc pointless (Alan outright admitted to Ash that Ash was the better Trainer amonsgt the two, regardless of the Kalos League). I get it, to each their own, but if you want to peer pressure them to have him return in this series, at least make it clear and make it sensible, otherwise they won't have a clue...
@luard8047 Жыл бұрын
@@paulanseaume7378 No ... that's exactly the low-effort attitude that gave us this crap! If you can't think further than "we'll do that so the people shut up", you should be nowhere near any kind of writing ... same if you can't come up with interesting developments for Characters without being told by the audience. It's their job, and especially in an art like writing there should be a passion to do better than just satisfying a low-standard audience who claps for basically anything ... And your points about Alain were absolutely not the problem. 1. How does Alain not belong into the competition? His whole thing was always becoming stronger. If they wanted to bring him back, this was the environment to do it ... they should have done the same with Paul and Shouta. 2. Yes, if you are as inept as the writers and think that characters don't need to develop, dynamics that were once established can't change ... but that's not how that works. And this isn't about Ash ffs, we wanted to see Alain's development, but only got to see him serve as cannonfodder for a Mary-Sue character nobody cares about! Moreover, Alain is only one of MANY examples. There was hardly any character that got proper development, and that's not only including the returning ones, though they hurt the most (maybe Serena, but even I would be open to debate on that one)... again, if you don't understand on your own that a returning character should be more than one-off nostalgia-bait, you.should.not.write!
@paulanseaume7378 Жыл бұрын
@@luard8047 for 1. Alain wanting to get stronger was in order to cure Marin's Chespin from a coma, not to ultimately rob Ash's victory in the Kalos League. Now that he has cured Chespie, what do you reckon he needs to do next ? They found an answer: To have Alan continue doing Mega-Evolution research with Professor Sycamore and find a Key Stone and Mega Stone for his own. And 2. Isn't getting his OWN Key Stone and Mega Stone a good enough proof that they DO Care about Alan's growth ? If anything, I'm even surprised HE was able to push Leon back as much as he did. So if you don't think I'm correct, that's fine. I just want people to realise that Alan's character isn't ONLY about being Ash's rival in XY (still debatable whether he is one or not). And if you think that I'm just pointing that out to just ONE character, look at all the others that they properly brought back - Brock: is a better Pokémon Doctor, has a Blissey - Gary: part of Project Mew and a less overconfident Trainer - Paul: kind to his Pokémon, even when they've lost a battle, legit told his Electivire to go play with the others - Dawn, okay, doesn't exactly show "growth" in any sort of capacity, but served her purpose for a bit of development for Chloe - Iris: need I say more ? - Clemont and Bonnie: Clemont has a Diggersby and Bonnie helps Goh catch a Froakie - Serena: pretty much everything she has endured throughout her own series That's more than enough evidence that they genuinely do care about past characters growing. And if you're not satisfied because there was something missing, then don't you think that it would help to let them KNOW that ? There aren't any camera's following you around, and they more than likely can't make up for what you want PRECISELY.
@kkrider276 Жыл бұрын
Yeahhhhh, it had good moments but MAN it just got squandered. If we really think about it, half the series is just filler and the other half is either ok or really good. It really sucks cuz man it had such potential, heck even Goh and Chloe had some great potential. Goh shouldve been involved with project mew and it should have finished before ash went into his championship. Chloe should have just BEEN there more.
@luard8047 Жыл бұрын
And here I still have a whole page of Rant about the Leon- (and Cynthia-)battle prepared (No, they were NOT great ... good, maybe very good for Journeys-standards, but absolutely NOT great!) - which I don't have at hand right now ... but hey, this is fine with me as well, the problems are the same anyway. This whole series was a colossal, sad waste of potential. If you told me at the end of XYZ we'd get a series where Ash visits all regions and battles on the same stage as champions, and we'd got LOTS of Companion returns including Dawn and the Kalos-Gang, I might have cried from excitement... even after Sun&Moon I'm pretty sure I said the concept sounded really nice, and I was willing to give them another chance... and when you told me about the execution, I would have punched you from frustration. But I'll just go thorugh the points by your list. Pretty much agree on Gou, though at this point I really don't care about him anymore to spend too much time on him ... Project Mew should have been his goal from the get go, or very quickly, not that completely nonsensical "I'll catch Mew without Pokemon ... oh, I've caught one Pokemon, okay, then I can just catch ALL OF THEM, because that somehow will make me catch Mew." And in doing so he broke all the rules that were established for 20 years ... I mean yeah, Gou isn't unlikable, but overall and from a storytelling-perspective, he's probably the worst companion ever. And I was about to start aggressivels typing when you said Koharu was done dirty from start to finish, until you corrected that, because her beginning was excellent, one of the best in the series, and for quite some time she was the saving grace of the series. And then those morons started to "develop" her, but not in the wonderful way of Serena, where she makes small steps to the conclusion of her Arc, but more in a "You're an Eevie-Advertisement now" kind of way! And in the end her conclusion basically was "Well, let's see" ... just pain. Now for a VERY quick summary of the rants I prepared: Fuck Journeys-Ash, the World Championship and the Masters8! Ash had no right to win this, I don't care if the show presents it as sports- or showmanship from Leon, Ash used twice as many game-winning gimmicks and STILL only won through a power-of-friendship/deus-ex-machina-chimera of the laziest and most clichè kind I have EVER seen. Pikachu being THE Boss was awesome, but this is what ALL Champion-Battles should have looked like - not necessarily in animation quality, just Pokemon surpassing the threshold of what we've seen before - and ideallyTrainers who are the Top of the world in terms of competence and tactics, but most of M8 were hardly more impressive than your average Gym battles. I also don't care if some backwater Island-Hillbillies call him Champion, he behaved like a rookie in that last battle, and the previous ones he only won because Journeys nerfed all other Champions (and Alain) in the most digraceful way ... we'll never get that opportunity back, and they absolutely botched it because they couldn't be bothered to actually get Ash to Champion-Level. (Also screw the concept of Leon as uNDifiTebAl Champion) Also, I think I've not mentioned Dawn enough in the last 3 years ... because it can never be said enough that they made Dawn return ... 3 times ... WITHOUT HER DOING A CONTEST OR EVEN SHOWING A PERFORMANCE! That one sentence should already be enough to show that these people had no idea what they were doing. Same for the All-Regions concept and returns, which mostly were "'MEMBER THIS?! Paul's here, behaving completely against his character, NOW CLAP!" I've seen fanfiction with a better grasp on the characters and world ... which isn't surprising, since they're written by fans instead of a marketing-commitee. So I think I covered around 10% of what this show did wrong, let's name a few things that were diamonds in a a steaming pile of dung, and should have been in a better series: Serena returning and being one of the few characters with at least a bit of development Iris as a bubbly Champion (even if they kinda fridged Alder for it because lazy) The Bromance between our Queens Cynthia and Diantha (They should have shown their battle after the finale, seeing how the battles without Ash or Leon were the only really good ones it might have been awesome!) And as much as they screwed up later, Koharu's beginning was one of the best in the series and deserves points on its own And I guess that's it ... overall this whole series was a waste of potential and our time, so good riddance, and one last time: Screw! this! show! Hopefully the next one will better ... I feel like I said this before ...
@rich355 Жыл бұрын
Don't get started on Koharu.....she shouldn't have even been introduced at all. She did literally nothing of importance or interest after she got Eevee. That Eevee was the worst thing to happen to her. All she did was visit people with different Eeveelutions, which weren't even for her character development but the character of the episode. The one exception being the Serena episode but it even than it felt like we saw more development from Serena since XYZ than Koharu. The biggest slap in the face was when she just decided to be a Pokemon researcher, she just sounded like "I'm not like those other girls" stereotype. I don't even consider her a proper companion as it felt like she was only used when the writers remembered she existed. She was completely disconnected with Goh and Ash, I couldn't even believe her and Goh grew up together because she hardly ever had any moments together, at least impactful scenes.
@luard8047 Жыл бұрын
@@rich355 I'd have much preferred if they'd given her proper development ... but apparently they've forgotten how to do that in general, so yeah, maybe not introducing her at all would have been better ... same for the whole series ^^
@damriyeauhayes8660 Жыл бұрын
@@luard8047 they forgot how to develop characters since gen 6 ended
@crimsonmoonrise9785 Жыл бұрын
Yes,it was bad and Goh was the WORST.
@BuizelCream Жыл бұрын
I actually got really bored with Journeys way back when it only had 10 episodes aired. I didn't like the shallow aspect of travelling to all the regions that had gone on so far. I was expecting they would tackle on all the lore, and develop them together with all the regions. I want to see characters grow from their established status quo into something more. I want the trio to make an impact onto everybody in one shape or form. I liked that a lot of characters had returned, but I'm sad for May though. She got no story at all ^^;
@justalpha9138 Жыл бұрын
That's due to the Japanese VA for May having some sort of throat sickness
@TerraEmperor1 Жыл бұрын
One thing that could have fix Goh character arc would be if they introduced the Project Mew thing alot earlier in the story so it didn't seem so shoehorned in towards the later half of the series
@Yahooos9900 Жыл бұрын
I think the Solution Journeys could have taken was just making Ash the main character since it was a send off series. Maybe Ash meets his old returning companions and travels with them for a few episodes before they leave. Another solution is Ash traveling alone, but he meets new people along the way that want to battle him. Of course Ash would have new and old rivals in the World Coronation series and he would also battle. I'd also give Ash a rotation team. Perhaps when he travels to different regions, he brings a new set of his old returning Pokemon with a few new captures each time he visits a region. Story arcs involving the evil teams would have been good and I would have loved if Team Rocket was a world threat. Also less filler episodes would be great since they felt like a waste of time. I wish Ash caught an old starter Pokemon he never caught because someone else had it during the time Ash traveled that region.
@damriyeauhayes8660 Жыл бұрын
I just remembered we were robbed team rainbow rocket in sun and moon and pokemon journeys
@wolfman2.055 Жыл бұрын
If I had to rank this season of the anime I’d say that this anime would have to be the fifth best series. D&P is the best one in my opinion with Xy being a VERY close second ( the writing I think was better in DP) , Hoenn is third due to battle frontier and Sun and moon has its moments but lacked focus in places so I would place it in fourth
@carlossamaniego9937 Жыл бұрын
Agreed that Journeys sucked and that nothing is going to amount to the popularity and success of Gen 6. In addition the points where the Anime was good that you stated relied on the past characters, for example when Greninja came back to train Lucario and Serena came back to Kickstart Koharu. The old saying: "It's about the journey, not the destination" comes to mind when it comes to deciding Journeys downfall. Finally when Pikachu literally "Fainted" (yes legit Fainted), than suddenly came back up and powering up and winning is a mirror to when Greninja lost in the Kalos league, until the writers realized were like, on no we almost made the exact mistake again. Doesn't change the fact the Ash's victory was served to him on a silver platter, I mean fulfilling what fans wanted for 20 years but, not like that in my opinion. P.S. Black and White is slightly better than Journeys in my opinion (except for Ash vs multiple Legendarys like Latios and Darkrai).
@alexrusso47 Жыл бұрын
I agree with you pokemon ranger boy. Journeys definitely had a lot of potential but it had so many issues. Gen 6 and Gen 4 will always be my fave arcs.
@LegoReader12345hello Жыл бұрын
Indeed, Journeys had many lows, so much filler, wasted moments such as the lack of focus on galar and arcs were rushed. Ash’s Pokémon such as dragonite and dracovish could have had more moments to develop. Ash should have had more battles than having a bunch of skipping battles, like we should have seen ash retake the great class. And yes it was terrible how goh took too much spotlight that project mew in the end was a mess. Also the masters 8 felt small on the beginning, it should have been ash vs Alain and iris should have made it to the semifinals. But the ending where ash’s friends and Pokémon supported him and pikachu to defeating Leon was the best thing ever!
@danithrabbit3516 Жыл бұрын
I've enjoyed SM, all the way to it championship. I watched every dedicated episode and episode review for SM, I can not say the same for Journeys. I could only really get invested in specific 'episodes' in specific moments, it didn't draw me in like Alola seasons did or all of XYZ with siblings prior, or even Black and White despite strange discovery others hated it and constantly ignored the massive Zekrom in the room. It was the season which I only watched 'specific' episodes for comparably or watch reviews for specific moments. I've still watch every dedicated season of Pokémon and will continue to do so accordingly. Journeys was Journey and I'm curious what the 'future' holds and if this new main character will be interconnected in some way to Ash Ketchum.
@mectainea5575 Жыл бұрын
I think the Eeveelution focus was also quite wasted as outside of Serena and maybe the girl with the glaceon, the others were forgettable where at this point they could have had more of them be returning characters. Espeon could have had sakura/sayo as a return as a nod to the kimono girls, umbreon could have used Gary’s one to help develop Goh and Koharu’s friendship or Johanna’s one (dawns mom) to tie her friendship with Dawn Speaking of Friendship with Dawn, Zoey has a Leafeon which considering how Koharu participated in a contest with her meeting of Serena, Zoeys return could have been a good set up for her eventually participating in a contest. I think Zoey would have been better for a Leafeon episode than Erika as Unfortunately I felt her return was kinda hijacked heavily by Ash, Goh and team rocket so the Leafeon part barely held much weight. While I know that May could have returned since she has a glaceon, I’m willing to give that some slack due to certain complications that I’ve heard and the glaceon trainer OC did a fine job (though wish she was more reoccurring as she was a school friend. The og Eeveelution trio is a tad tricky since the only returning noteworthy characters that had them are the Eevee brothers but I don’t see them being the best set of characters to use for Koharu’s development but we could take some liberties. Casey (the electabuzz baseball fanatic) could easily have a Jolteon and there could be a fun interactions there (even for Yamper) to get Koharu to let loose a bit, Lana’s Eevee could have easily evolved into vaporeon and Flannery could have had Flareon and helped developed Koharu regarding on what she wants to do and what others expect her to do as Flannery can relate to that with her taking over her grandfathers gym. While the whole Eeveelution focus hijacked her development too much, I don’t think the idea of developing Koharu through them was bad but it could have been done better by taking better advantage of the anime (and the series) legacy characters more. Overall journeys as a series was a utter train wreck with how wasted its potential really was. Not only was the series legacy was poorly used/under-utilised but it even treated Galar like crap which even though I hated sword and shield as games, the anime could at least be a saving grace for the characters in the generation but it failed miserably at even that.
@magnaknight9252 Жыл бұрын
Honestly, Journeys is the worst series of all time, of creating two new characters who don't have a purpose other than being marketing tools, ridiculous filler episodes that have to do absolutely nothing, and that was the worst show of giving Ash of all people the worst send off in the anime when there are so many things that he can do when it's time for him to leave the Pokemon anime.
@ItsYaBoiBow2 ай бұрын
I never had faith in journeys I’ve watched a few episodes and holy shit there were so many problems It got to the point where I gave up like with sun & moon I am so glad the anime locked in with the horizons series
@zemox2534 Жыл бұрын
Honestly, the one thing I hated was the lack of Giovanni. Seriously, you think at this point, the writers would have FINALLY have Ash battle Giovanni before Journeys ended, but no! We just got more stupid TR episodes. BTW, Sun and moon is the best Pokemon season. Fight me
@joltseanmain1314 Жыл бұрын
Xy and xyz is better I don’t like the fact that ash stayed only at one place in the series and that’s coming from me who also grew up with that series
@zemox25346 ай бұрын
AS SOMEONE WHO HAS WATCHED ASH GO THROUGH THE SAME BLOODY STATUS QUO FOR YEARS UNTIL SUN AND MOON, I LIKED THAT FACT THAT HE STAYED IN ONE LOCATION AND GOT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IT. WTF WAS SO SPECIAL ABOUT XYZ ASIDE FROM THE ONE SIDED CRUSH FROM SERENA?@@joltseanmain1314
@zemox25346 ай бұрын
@joltseanmain1314 I liked Sun and Moon because it finally broke the formula that the anime has been stuck with for years! Ash got to learn more about the Aloha culture, the subject of death was actually brought up and Team Rocket were fun again.
@ienorex Жыл бұрын
So happy I grew up with this anime~ GG Ash & Pikachu
@mr_fahrenheight1728 Жыл бұрын
I hate Journeys for what it stands for. XYZ could have, and should have been the series where Ash won the tournament, and then Alola could have just became Journeys, but hopefully better and make more sense
@sparxstreak028 ай бұрын
4:44 There was also no reason to create multiple new characters like Regina (Glaceon) & Kiley (Vaporeon) to introduce Chloe to every Eeveelution since several past main characters caught an Eevee & evolved them. May could’ve been introduced alongside Serena in the Contest Spectacular so that both Glaceon & Sylveon could be introduced & at the same time, Serena & May could also both encourage Chloe out of her shell & boost her confidence. Lana could also have been the introduction to Vaporeon for Chloe as she’s a water trainer 💧 & given how much her Eevee loves swimming & that she named him Sandy (after the shore) it literally makes NO sense for her to keep him as an Eevee & Sandy reaching the decision to evolve to Vaporeon & having Chloe witness it would made HEAPS more sense than placing Lana as the ‘not-evolve-Eevee’ trainer option 😒
@AndersonMallonyMALLONY-EricCF Жыл бұрын
👍 Fanservice/Continuity (when made it right) 👍 Yuki Hayashi 👍 Some good battles 👍 Unpredictability 👍 Some nice little arcs 👎 Way too episodic 👎 Way too fillery 👎 Shallow fanservice 👎 Choppy powerscaling 👎 Lack of screentime and interactions in Ash's team 👎 Subpar animation 👎 The way Legendary/Mythical are handled 👎 Huge missed oportunities overall - No reserves being the biggest of them 👎 Goh (a co-protagonist shouldn't exist in Ash's final season, especially such a controversial one)
@BloodRedNegative11 ай бұрын
Yeah, don't even get me started with Go (or Goh or Gou or Nazi or whatever)
@Transit-Gaming Жыл бұрын
Sometimes I feel like anime writers only catered to little kids and their parents, who don't give a crap about the story and etc. Just produce an anime and they'll be happy. Just use seemingly far-fetched achievements and drama to cover up the poor development and execution to GET there! P.S. It's so stupid, and even just having series of episodes cover a SPECIFIC region in chronological order would make Journeys ASTRONOMICALLY better! Btw, I loved ur point with Arceus Chronicles being so good compared to Journeys itself!
@zarynaryaz Жыл бұрын
Just one sentence: Can't agree more.
@sonpokann1214 Жыл бұрын
When journeys started, I thought it was really great. I even said that it was better than sun and moon when the 3rd episode came out. As the episodes went on, I just felt that it wasn’t going as good as I thought. After the series ended, i thought it was ok and didn’t think much of it. This series had a lot of potential and could’ve been the best if it had been handled better.
@isa_de_tekenaar189 Жыл бұрын
i completely agree with ur statements! i also thing they lost a lot of potentional which could have made journeys better, but i did love the characters very much so i will miss seeing Ash and Gou travel together. im very excited for the special episodes of Ash!
@Ace-2048 Жыл бұрын
I think it is worth noting that there were some issues out of the writers' control, namely the temporary hiatus during the Covid pandemic, which probably changed a lot of how the series was going to be handled. Anyway, it is definitely flawed, but I hadn't enjoyed a Pokemon anime series in years as much as I did with Journeys. Things like the two Allister episodes, the Galarian Rapidash episode, the Goh and Scorbunny arc, and the episode where Koharu befriended that girl with the Glaceon are some of my favorite episodes in the entire Pokemon anime. And I like that it and Gen 7 do things differently compared to the traditional formula that gen 1-6 had. Also the animation is fantastic, it felt like they sort of merged the best parts of the XY and SM art styles together. I still think this was a great way to end Ash's journey because of the return of old characters like Gary, Dawn, Serena, and Iris, and how they got to spend more time with Ash and he got to see how much they've changed. And the final two episodes were some of the best final episodes in the whole series to me. And despite everything, Goh and Koharu are two of my favorite characters in the anime. I like how Koharu is more snarky and introverted compared to the previous female companions, and got to try so many different things like contests, and meet many characters like Serena, Dawn, and Lana. And I don't really feel like Yamper was wasted potential because it was never really Koharu's Pokemon, it was her whole family's, and it was more like a house pet anyway. For Goh, I loved his interactions with Ash and Gary and how he was the 'brains' to Ash's 'brawns', and how similar they were despite their different personalities. I also really felt for him because of how he struggled to make friends when he was in school and how lonely he was before he met Ash. I didn't even really care that he caught all of the starters considering Ash's team had really cool Pokemon like Gengar and Lucario. The Project Mew arc was also really awesome. Probably the worst thing about it for me was Team Rocket. They were just really annoying and were unnecessary in many episodes. In most series they are fleshed out with their bonds with their Pokemon, like Mimikyu and Bewear. But in this series, they rely on that silly capsule machine for Pokemon to use and only catch Morpeko. Which is a shame because the episode where James catches Morpeko is really sweet but it doesn't do much after that aside from eat.
@windmanv3158 Жыл бұрын
They damn done did Dawn darned dirty, dangit. There was so much potential here for it to be good, but it seems that the true apex of the Pokémon writing team was the undefeated champion, Leon. I am fully convinced that the writers truly believed that they topped themselves when they created him. Only to huff and scoff that there were people who dared to question their perfect design, because he couldn't be too perfect. So they had to make him hopeless with directions and fail to catch Eternatus. Much to the chagrin of the writers, I am so sure. I will never forget the pure disrespect for the second Dawn return, Drasna's return, and the burial of Alain and the absolute humiliation of Diantha. What the heck were they thinking!? Edit: I completely forgot to mention how absolutely dirty they did Koharu as well. A character with so much initial potential, gone to complete waste due to lack of airtime, relevant storylines, lack of spotlight on her, and in the end becoming the very thing she didn't want to be. What a trainwreck this show was.
@chrisneustaedter67883 ай бұрын
The biggest problem I had with the series you haven't mentioned: The absolutely poor treatment of Generation 8 and the Galar-Region. Only very few episodes actually played in Galar, some Gen 8 Pokemon never appeared and OVER HALF of the Gym leaders had no appearance at all (Milo, Nessa, Kabu, Bede, Gordie, Melony, Klara, Avery, Mustard and Peony). And the characters that did appeared were also not handled in the best way. Marney only appeared in one episode, Hopp was just a cheerleader for his brother, in general the representation of Gen 8 in journeys was pathetic.
@KathyHarrington Жыл бұрын
I very much agree that the series promised more than it delivered, more so as it barely had anything to do with the actual Sword and Shield games, or Galar itself, at all, which feels like a huge missed opportunity. Something I had noticed about this series that few other people seemed to, which was another big minus towards Journeys, was how badly Pikachu's character was butchered, going from Ash's most polite, mature, sensible Pokemon, to a sassy, immature and disrespectful, almost antithetical to what he once was; this was especially evident in episodes such as Betrayed, Bothered and Beleaguered and Suspect Pikachu.
@jasondavis2381 Жыл бұрын
The Masters 8 Tournament wasn't even as good as the Alola League, and that league was, not perfect, but REALLY good. Close to the Sinnoh and Kalos leagues.
@DripKhonshu Жыл бұрын
1. XY(Z) 2. Diamond/ Pearl 3. Original 4. Advanced 5. Johto Journeys 6. Black/ White 7. Orange Islands 8. Journeys 9. Sun/ Moon
Journeys may have had some flaws, but overall it was a roller coaster ride. I also liked the chemistry between Ash and Goh because of their opposite personalities. Not to mention many old friends making a comeback.
@ColJack100 Жыл бұрын
I am sorry (no I am not) but Goh killed the whole Series for me. First of all, I don't remember any episode which focused on Goh that was good... All of them felt like idling filler episodes that do not drive the plot forward. Omg Goh caught this amazing XYZ Pokemon (like Aerodactyl, Absol, Kingdra etc.) and we haven't seen it afterward more than probably 1 time?! So who cares for that Pokemon and the catches?! (Aside from his starters but even then we had periods where he didn't use one of his starter for like 10 episodes because the focus layed on others...). In general, the concept of "gonna catch them all" does now work in Pokemon. I said it once and I will say it again. This concept is soul-less, you don't get a pet to ignore it and get another, you play with it and do something with it. So, at the end of the day, all episodes that were Goh-focused were just not enjoyable (at least for me). Then I wished that Satoshi would have used more strategy. I really liked how he used his "Shield" Strategy with Pikachu when he fought Cynthia. Why didn't he use that during the whole arc? There is so much stuff he could have employed. It felt to me that he wasn't focused on strategy in most battles but just on "overpowering" his opponents... (look at his fight again citron/clement in XYZ with his halucha). Another critique is that Goh seemed kind of too strong. First of all, he caught Suicine, which could be considered a fluke considering the situation (but then this other dude from project mew caught another legendary?! Without any episode for that? "Well, here is my legi, fuck you"). But it felt in many ways that he is "equally strong" compared to ash, e.g.: When Cinderace fought side by side with Lucario and sometimes even performed slightly better in my opinion. Wtf?! Ash was experienced like shit after years + he was fighting and winning against the elite 4 and champions? Goh literally just started his journey... The last episodes worked the best BUT I wonder if they did because of the "flashbacks"/because they were reminiscent to former events... Butterfly, Pidgeot, all of ash former Pokemon, the road where he departed with Misty and Brock... And if your whole premises is to be good just by the past seasons, it is not good at all. I wonder if someone else noticed that too! I could also argue that we have seen nothing from the Galar region.. There was this 3 episode event or so but that was it.. No real content to the DLCs, or even to the main plot. Koharu was an interesting character, she had nice development. I preferred her episodes over Gohs 24/7.
@mang4260 Жыл бұрын
The only good episodes with Goh were basically the 2 post tournament (Mew Project ongoing) where they focused on Mew. Beyond that, everything with him (for me) was ridiculous and bullshit. Never saw a protagonist in Pokemon so useless and here for nothing. He also has the most cool purpose for nostalgia (encounter Mew), but the most awful writing around it. For all the saga, he did NOTHING to build up this purpose. Going everywhere and launch balls? Really? That's how your want to reach Mew?... For Ash, i basically lost him in Kalos. He was the best MC in Kalos. Alola, they were so childish and "playing around / going school", i couldn't enjoy it, specially with a pop up league where NOTHING was necessary to participate, even the trials. And Journey with Ash... He was here to be here, that's all. The last battle against Leon, they nailed it, ok. But 3 years of bullshit for what, 10 good episodes with Ash? Awful. However, i enjoyed some cameos (Specially Iris), and think at least, they gave Ash a proper ending. Shitty build up to it in Journey, but the memories in the end were respectful of 25 years following him. I hate Journey, but at least, they didn't wasted the last part of Ash being here as MC (last part i mean battle agains Leon).
@twishashishroy3242 Жыл бұрын
I agree with almost everything you said except for Sun and Moon being bad. SM was different from other Pokemon anime but it was great. Yes the art style was weird but it was a different take and was a breath of fresh air. I actually love it more than XY. Diamond and Pearl is my absolute favourite though. I think the Masters 8 tournament was very good but of course it could have been better. My only complain was that they should have done Cynthia vs Iris (which was great) before the M8 and have Iris beat Lance in the M8. Cynthia could have beaten Diantha. Iris beating Lance would make her one step closer to her goal since Lance is the OG Dragon master. And I would have Cynthia use Dynamax Togekiss against Diantha and Mega Garchomp against Ash. I think for a lot of us we were okay with Journeys not being good. But what sucks is THIS is the last series where Ash and Pikachu are the main characters. I think if the story was as good as DP, people would have had it easier to say goodbye to Ash. I personally am not a big fan of XY (but that's a personal opinion and a topic for another day) but DP imo was peak Pokemon anime. Journeys could have been and should have been that.
@AndersonMallonyMALLONY-EricCF Жыл бұрын
Theres something Sun/Moon had but Journeys overall dont: heart. Life, soul, energy. I recommend to go to "Pokemon 2019" page on MyAnimeList and read the top Reviews especially the one that starts with "Does fanservice makes a show great?" or something, its the best review of this season I've seen but focusing on the downsides.
@mtgleam8723 Жыл бұрын
This anime had so much potential, but in execution they fumbled the bag so hard. Like... the master's 8? That should have been the greatest arc of the anime, but the only good part was Ash vs Leon. Even that would have been nothing without the animation, I don't really think Leon is that great of a character.
@AndersonMallonyMALLONY-EricCF Жыл бұрын
Thank you for not saying Ash vs Cynthia was good (and no its not because "herp derp queen Cynthia cant lose" Look at the pokemon ashs using).
@pepperpig649 Жыл бұрын
I honestly liked black & white more than journeys lol . I become more and more frustrated as time goes on because the pokemon anime just has so much wasted potential. After this new pokemon season with Ash I'm quitting the anime... The anime was honestly the only thing keeping me in the Poke-community :((((
@jayd.doubledubs Жыл бұрын
Something I'll give the Masters 8 is that in retrospect, it somewhat fixed its own power scaling. Ash with 4 gimmicks and Leon are clearly the strongest, Ash with 3 gimmicks, Cynthia, and Steven are in the tier below that, And Diantha, Iris, Lance, and Alain are in the tier below that Alain is not weak, Diantha is not weak, Iris is not weak, Lance is not weak. Ash and Leon are just absolute monsters
@truecooler21 Жыл бұрын
When they said they going to every region for the masters 8 to get 1 badge from each region would've been hype
@AndersonMallonyMALLONY-EricCF Жыл бұрын
Thats actually a very interesting idea that I havent heard before.
@BlazingKnight10305 Жыл бұрын
Do you ship Ash and Serena?
@goldenyoshistar14 күн бұрын
I think the Black and White anime deserves some appologies for all the hate it recieved since it actually was a good anime and even with some of the flaws it had, it still is interesting enough for a rewatch.
@c0mpu73rguy Жыл бұрын
Oy! The Alola series was pretty good! I really liked the slice of life aspect of it.
@RexnanoX Жыл бұрын
Still think it should of ended in XYZ
@ludwigtails Жыл бұрын
I originally had plans on watching Journeys. But when riolu/lucario was choose as ash’s partner. I just quit it, like it was just for “furry bait” that I mean by it’s similar to how charizard is treated as “nostalgia bait” and I hate it because of it. Ash really should’ve given a galar starter. Not a rule 34 bait (cinderace is included). And I am GLAD that I don’t have journey when I hear that it’s bad. (And some good which i kinda enjoy). And just holy shit WHY everything good must be at the end WHERE IT WAS SUPPOSE TO BE??? Sun and Moon anime is so much better the journey can fuck the right off.
@justalpha9138 Жыл бұрын
Although Journeys overall was quite poorly done, the highlights are some of the best in the entire series without a doubt. And although I really really disliked both Chloe and Goh, the epic final episode of the Master's 8 did really bring me joy.
@guardzoma5857 Жыл бұрын
I’m kinda glad someone spitting some negative points to balance the “good points” of this anime. Most(if not all) of the other youtubers just telling positive things about this anime like Pokémon Journeys is a perfect anime. Keep up for exposing the truth! My overall rating for this anime is not even close to 75% or 7.5 out of 10. Journeys went downhill from episode 61 to episode 101.
@raiaanahmed8804 Жыл бұрын
Honestly, the problems with these type of youtubers is that they keep hyping and exaggerates Journeys like it some top 10 best battles. I don't want to sound mean but to me they're just dishonest.
@AndersonMallonyMALLONY-EricCF Жыл бұрын
@@raiaanahmed8804 I got shadowbanned in 3 accounts by LumioseZac for pointing out another Journeys review that complements his, probably because it was a mostly negative one and just cus someone else thought of something he didn't. lol
@AndersonMallonyMALLONY-EricCF Жыл бұрын
There are some good reviews on MyAnimeList talking about what's exactly wrong with Journeys as well, though this one is pretty concise and accurate.
@raiaanahmed8804 Жыл бұрын
@@AndersonMallonyMALLONY-EricCF how the hell did you get shadowbanned 3 times by Zac like that ? Is this actually true what you said ?
@AndersonMallonyMALLONY-EricCF Жыл бұрын
@@raiaanahmed8804 On 2 different accounts, yes. With this one he just deleted my comment as far as I know. I only insisted because I thought it was a KZfaq bug.
@notsointerestingperson76184 ай бұрын
The only people who say journeys is the best are the newer fans who hasn’t watched the other series (except for sun and moon maybe)
@tx6723 Жыл бұрын
I feel sms story approach would be more appreciated nowadays than back in 2017
@Beyondthe5thPanel Жыл бұрын
They should have brought Gary in much sooner, going on the missions with Gary and on occasion Chloe instead, taking Ash out as a research fellow so that he could focus on the masters 8 and have two separate arcs. They could have even brought Dawn back in SOONER giving her screen time with Chloe and Ash.
@notayoutubechannel. Жыл бұрын
Let’s be honest the reason why eevee never evolved was obviously because it swallowed an everstone aka the stone that stops evolution unless you’re name is kadabra
@c0mpu73rguy Жыл бұрын
They forgot to give closure to the GS ball, again. And now we’ll never get it, meaning the Johto arc will forever be a lost cause.
@thegrimminal9461 Жыл бұрын
I haven't seen most of Journeys, only watching the first like 30 eps when it was coming out, then taking a break basically until the Masters 8 came out and only watched that. And, while I'm glad Ash finally became the world champion, the tournament kinda sucked. Alain being brought back for the sole purpose of hyping up Leon (someone who we ALREADY KNEW was the strongest trainer in the world), Lance bringing a HYDREIGON to his battle against Diantha when he knows her ace is a FAIRY TYPE MEGA, Pikachu basically 2 shotting Mega Metagross (With only like 3 hits of its Z move and an Iron Tail), the catastrophe that was Leon vs Diantha, Cynthia dynamaxing Togekiss for what purely felt like shock factor for the audience, etc.
@MarcusMapua Жыл бұрын
On a scale of 1-10 {from bad to good}, in my opinion it was like a 4.5 But so Yeah. Overall Definitely agreeing that Journeys was kinda bad
@YourCeeCeeDuelist Жыл бұрын
TBH I feel the same way. It was so bad IMHO that I dropped it after just a few episodes. The anime was trying things I didnt agree with, and went in a direction that I didnt care for. I'd rather binge watch all of B&W then watch Journeys. That's how I feel about it. And to B&W's credit, Iris's catch phrase was the only ""Bad"" part of the B&W saga to begin with. -_-
@nash65682 ай бұрын
I feel we should have gotten a Sword and Shield Anime, have Ash fight Leon and lose. Then have Journeys be a tribute series to everything and have him win against Leon with the best possible team. And I think that Goh could have been a better character, like in the episode Project Mew was introduced, he says he doesn’t like being told what to do and working with others THATS ALL YOU DO AS A RESEARCH FELLOW!!! Point is, it had some good moments, and some bad. Could have been better. But I honestly enjoyed Dracovish and Sirfetched friendship. That was sweet.