Who's the best Paldean gym leader?🔥

Pokemon protagonists that aren't face blind? I'm shooketh

I love that Horizons is taking its second part to improve on some stuff that the beginning was lacking. Liko and Roy can learn to hold their own and gym leaders aren’t getting ignored again. I’m also glad that Ann is actually getting some more screen time

I’m so happy the kids picked up right from the start that it was Onyx and Sango. So they know they might be in danger but they will be cautious around them. As for gym leader..it’s Larry xD i wonder who in the trio will be assigned to fight him haha.

Who's the best gym leader? Larry!! Because he works full time. He is a gym leader. He is a member of the elite four. Plus as a 37 year old full time worker, he is the most relatable to me. 😅

2:09: Liko: " - so, uhh, please expel them" is crazy 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Sango is really popupar even in Japan. I mean, if she so evil, why she so cute? Also she is voiced by Ikue Ootani. The voice of Pikachu. That also adds up to her popularity.

I am honestly loving this series far more than the others. Partly cause it went on for years, and all about champion competition and other things-- but I like how this is a far more interesting protagonist, -- no 3 protagonists with their own unique challenges. The story isn't even about 'being the best' but about genuine adventures and exploring the unknown. It feels so different even with the concept of Gym Battles and competition. IMaybe cause I don't wanna catch up on all those years of missed series but , I far love Horizons far better than the others. I can't wait till Netflix reveals more.

Here we go again with people saying they’ll face every gym leader when the episode explicitly said that each person gets a single gym leader for both the basic and implementation tests. For all 8 gym leaders to get spotlight, there would have to be a minimum of 8 Terastal course students with absolutely no overlap in gym leaders assigned. The only way I see this happening would be for every Explorers admin to be taking the test alongside the main trio and Anne. Considering that Amethio already received Terastal from Hamber, it would be superfluous to take the course. And this is, again, assuming no gym leader overlap.

I'm just most happy Dot and Cassiopenny are interacting

Since penny works for the pokemon league. I think that Horizons is after the events of Scarlet and Violet. This is the first time that the games are canon in the anime. We know that Penny and Dot are going to interact thanks to the opening. So I hope there's a chance Liko will interact with the Gen 9 main protagonist who probably has her/his own terapagos from area zero

Anybody else realize that the Test they're on for School involves going to the Gyms to earn the Badges ? That's because the Gyms are Based through the Pokemon League which most likely FUNDS the Academy so in that fact that means the Academy itself is part of the League That's why the Games don't let us Change out of the School uniform for the most part. It's because the Uniform is League Certification

I love how Horizons is doing SO many things right. Journeys was comfy for me, a fun weekly pasttime. But Horizons leaves me just about as excited for whats to come like back when I was a little kid, excited to see what was next on Ash's adventure. Honestly never thought I'd say that about the Pokémon anime lol, since as an adult I only ever really considered it a fun past time with fun characters here and there, but Horizons really is just a genuinely good show.

Given how much of a shift this Season is from the first, I wonder if the next Season will also be something different. This series is definitely even more of a shakeup than it seemed and I'm happy about the unpredictability.

no way you just glanced over how popular IVE really are and how crazy the fact is that they actually got them to sing the opening at all the collabs that Pokémon has managed to reel in ever since their 25th anniversary onwards is absolutely INSANE

5:07 "more like a shoujo anime" *shows fruits basket* Me: okay, a little dark but good show. *shows scums wish* Me: isn't that a crazy dark josei?? is that what comes to your mind when you think shoujo?

I mean if you're as dense as Ash, you should worry.

Generation 9 is the first generation where many female characters looks like male and male characters looks like female. Eg:- Penny, Gursha (before the official confirmation many guys were simping over him).

I'm glad Horizons is charting its own course and mixing up the traditional formulas. This is what the Pokemon anime has been needing for a long while. It's a massive shame Ash never went out on top after Gen 4 or Gen 6 and was retired sooner, this refresh should have happened a long time ago. Now if only the games followed suit, Legends Arceus was a massive step in the right direction even if Scarlet/Violet were a bit of a letdown.

I’ve really enjoyed Pokémon Horizons so far. It feels fresh in a way I didn’t expect.

I’m so happy that they took this route for the show. When it first came out I was not a fan of how different it was from the previous series but knowing that gym battles are coming makes me want to see it. Also, Grusha is the best gym leader because he’s beautiful and actually gave me a run for my money.

In the games Nemona gives you a Tera Orb but briefly mentions a special class on Terastilization, that if passed, you'd earn your own Tera Orb, however it could only be taken by ''outstanding'' students, that's how she said it at least. I'm still not sure what EXACTLY she meant by that (though I have a few guesses) because the requirements weren't specified. It's likely not the same as in the anime, where it seems like just another generic training program that appears to be open to everyone, unlike in the games.

Liko is an exchange student in naranja academy and in the beginning she was part of an indigo school, so maybe the creators of the series don't want to make an excuse for her transfer just to enter naranja academy and ditch the indigo academy.

7 1/2 years since we've had a gym battle Jesus Christ who wrote this

I’m really curious how they’ll add Arven into the series. He’s the only base game companion absent. I wonder if they’ll adapt the Area Zero storyline.

Bruh i Iove this new series thank god Ash is not again protagonist here otherwise it would follow the same story with every episode team rocket comes ash beat em and they laugh lol. Horizons truly showing and exploring a new side of pokemon world it would be cherry on the top if they bring Red in this series!!

4:37 Oh yeah,you’re right. I didn’t notice that lol

Pokemom Horizon will be the Answer an Actual Anime!

2:44 I actually like it. Writers nowadays only COMPLETELY copy paste the design of the game characters which will be bland and feels unthinkable if you think about it. Even though it is heavily based on latest games and to be easily recognized by kids,I believe they should “remodel” them a bit…just a little bit just like what they did in Indigo League to add more presentation to the anime. This happens in an alternate universe than the one in the games anyway.😌 Yes,it might end up being worse but there’s also a chance that they’ll look better in their “remade outfit”. Maybe that’s just me.

I was upset that Ash was gone, but I went on a positive side as I imagine that he still traveling around the world to visit regions that he hasn’t visited yet, and new Pokémon that he’s probably catching off-screen. As for this series, if you say that it’s working quite well, even though the rotten tomatoes is 71% and the reviews is 2.8, then I guess it’s ok 👌🏻.

Thank you very much on your deeper explanation of Rika character charusharu. They have also teased Paldea Pokemon League story arc in this episode.

I just wish Roy got his shit beat in more just to show how much of a Strength gap there is. Like it ain't possible to make a dent to Raquaza with only feucoco but cerlulegde just couldn't compete?

I was surprised they actually had to go do gym battles, only took 46 episodes of chasing Rayquaza before deciding they wanted/needed to learn about terastalization. I still feel like these gym battles are a minor side quest after seeing the results of Liko's battle but the main quest of finding the 6 hero pokemon has been such a cool idea with horizons. Also half expected them to go in a bad direction after not even really giving ash a proper send off but I think Liko is actually a better protag already so I'm excited to see how it progresses each week

I'm surprised about them not showing Arven yet in the anime. But maybe, just maybe, there will be an arc where the trio will need to go to Area Zero and that's where he is. That would make so much sense. And for once, I hope we see both Koraidon and Miraidon in the serie. I really love how the Pokemon Company is going all out for Gen 9 for some reason, with despite lacking in graphic, bugs and performance issues, Scarlet and Violet and its two DLCs have one of the most polished, interesting and well made story and characters. I AM BEYOND HYPED THAT THEY'RE DOING THE SAME THING TO HORIZONS AND CONTINUE GIVING PALDEA THE THREATMENT IT DESERVES. GEN 9 TRULY IS THE BEST GENERATION 😭

For Sun & Moon and also Journeys series, the producers were trying something new so it is obvious that Sun & Moon doesn’t feature Gym Battles and Journeys is supposed to show Ash in a bit of different direction because he became an Alola Champion

I'm very happy with the focus and variety on Horizons female charecters. We don't get that many good female charecters in a pokemon series, most of them are pretty much the same lol

2:34 They'll just name him Jelly-Filled Donut

I love that you fully support this series! (And also don't clickbait like the other PokéTubers) Horizons is super awesome.

I'm glad Ann came back, it means we get to see Oshawott line more✨

I have a HUGE sweet tooth, and as soon as I saw Katy she became my favorite Gym Leader ever. (I never had a fave gym leader before.) The antennae-theming on her hat is adorbs, and I can't wait to see how she whips Liko into place. (she sure looks menacing in that preview...)

What freaking surprised me is the fact that liko and her friends easily knew that sango and onyx were disguised, and YET! Ash and his friends easily fell over EVERY SINGLE dumb and obvious disguises of team rocket for 20 plus years of the anime!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Also I am happy that we are getting gym battles once again! I did enjoyed the kahunas from sun and moon and ash competing in the world championships, but I still missed seeing gym battles in the anime, so seeing liko, dot and Roy going on the journey to battle gym leaders is gonna be awesome! 😄

Reliving my favorite ash journey all over again

Very curious what they'll do with the Paradox Pokemon.

Sounds like I need to catch up on Horizons 😅

Finally, is time to see epic battles of our girl Liko and Roy😱😱😱😅💚👩🏻👍

Even then, the school setting restricts the adventuring too much. The SV characters are not very sex dimorphic on the design, but Orio is still great. Māshu is a Kalos Gym Leader who also speaks in Kansai dialect, and even Shizui the Isshyu Gym Leader speaks in Kyuushyuu dialect. Pokémon is just fun when being Japanese it once was. I do enjoy some Pokémon-related videos.

4:50 please don’t ever say that again, leave my innocent boy Roy out of these tropes 😅

Thank you for the amazing content

I think the many female characters is make up for there being no main female character in journeys

I really liked how they added the gym badges into the anime i played the games when i was allowed screen time that was around dinner time till bed time at 8 pm so i was not really allowed to have much time with after school activities

Three words Arven. Dogs. Professors.

Roy you are in wrong verse

This is an amazing video I loved it :)

I hope they do justice for ma boi Arven, i would like to see his and mabosstif's story

i hope that onigiri will become jelly donut in the dub, for what i believe are obvious reasons. maybe i'm just a dreamer but hey it could be possible! Anne always seemed important. I'm suspecting a bit of a love story going on considering she was always framed as an important friend to Liko without much on-screen established connection

A part of me does hope that the trio; Liko, Roy and Dot have a full pokemon team of 6 each.

7:46 if Rika is from Johto, then her ace Clodsire is even cuter! She might have seen Paldean Wooper, was reminded of home, and delighted by it's different evolution! Edit: typo

Hm, I see, how very interesting, I hope they make this Arc count and that it does well.

Imagine that after Wulfric’s gym Battle which came out in i believe 2014 or 2016. Since then Ash hasn’t been the same. For 6 generations Ash did the usual stuff that i liked. 130 episodes or less of Ash going on a journey to do 8 gym battles and a Pokemon League at the end he did this from Kanto until Wulfric. After that it was all gone. I lost my interest in Ash’s journey cuz of that. Now im finally happy that they are doing this again. I hope it will be the same as Ash someday or if Ash will return.

it's like Tom Ato(Ash), Ann Chovy (Misty), and Caesar Salad(Brock) from season 1 of the original anime

Pokémon horizons is literally so good. Best pokeanime

These are some of the most interesting antagonists we’ve had in a LONG TIME. (Those who specifically refer to themselves as a team/evil organization)

Story telling and character development was never easy. Horizons is trying their best.

It's about time they got to the meat of what ppl wanted to see. Maybe we can see Freed face Geeta in an exhibition match

Technically the last gym battle we got was Clembot vs Alvin

To be honest I glad that liko Roy and dot are traveling around paldea because since journeys ash and goh were just going back and forth in galar but i miss the gym challenge in the amine but glad doing the challenge in gym

I think everybody’s cheering right now! i’m gonna get all my Homies, and watch this banger of a series! (If only I could watch the recent episodes and the ones that will come up)

The “lady who should’ve been named card board” or whatever you said was very disrespectful … for 1 I think she’s very interesting . For 2 I’m starting to question why you just called her card board of all things & for 3 … WHAT makes her uninteresting?! Let it been a rogue guy acting the same way and you’d love him for being so dark and discreet….

I dont see too many ppl covering this jawn

omg the k-pop opening and ending themes go SO HARD

About Rikas accent, I wouldn't be suprised if how like western dubs generally replace Japanese dialects with dialects from the language it's dubbed into, to stay true to the character sounding different from others, this might be the opposite case for Rika, not to show that she's from the Kansai-equivalent region of Johto (although it'd also kinda fit with her using the Paldean evolution of Wooper, Clodsire), but to show that she's from a different corner of Paldea, or perhaps even from a different spanish-speaking country altogether (although if that was their intention, I guess you could argue they would've made sure that accent stays intact in at the very least the Spanish translation of the games). On the flipside, I also don't think that every character from the Johto-games is written with a Kansai dialect, so you can't necessarily distinguish wether someone is from Johto or not just because they may not speak in dialect, so... I feel the reverse also shouldn't just automatically be true.

I think ill finally start watching this

But I'm not going to lie the new opening kind of sounds like a Japanese version of a English opening ngl

the biggest problem is the protagonists, they are all too nice and friendly, feels like all of them are the same character, with no contrast between them to keep things exciting, or make you care for them, having them being so sweet and innocent all the time really makes them feel boring and unrealistic.

I wish pokemon horizons had better animation, since this is an arc all about battles hopefully we can get some good key animators for the fights

It’s clear Ash needed to be replaced but I feel OLM waited too long to do so. He should have been replaced after Kalos. Plus I felt Ash never lost to Alain in the Kalos League, he got screwed. Somebody didn’t want him to win and I think it’s Professor Oak.

It’s interesting cause Pokémon Masters also pointed out that she was able to distinguish Whitney’s Johto accent. Maybe she is from Johto?

6:08 - Yeah, and next you'll be telling me that they're covertly turning Horizons into the next Metarex Saga.

I never saw the Logo Meowth

I just hope the Rising Volt Tacklers don't disappear permanently from the series. Unfortunately, Pokemon has a habit of doing this. Mind you, I heard somewhere that this might have been partially influenced by Nadia and the Secret of Blue Water, so it's possible that we might see an upgraded airship later. Then again, maybe this is MLP-inspired too, and Roy is supposed to be Spike.

Would love to see Ash battle the Elite 4 and the Champion!

i swear if someone fights geeta and she doesnt bring out kingambit the last

Nice video charles

I’ve seen a lot of Liko haters on deviantart. One of them said they didn’t even watch the show

1:54 realism ensues I can’t even start with how much that annoyed me over the years

(Officially) Confirmed gym battles: Liko vs. Katy Roy vs. Brassius (Rematch) Dot vs. Iono My gym battle match-up predictions: Ann vs. Kofu Liko vs. Larry (gym leader style) Roy vs. Ryme Liko vs. Tulip Dot vs. Grusha My Elite Four match-up predictions: Liko vs. Rika Dot vs. Poppy Ann vs. Larry (Elite Four style) Roy vs. Hassel My only Paldean champion prediction: Liko, Roy, and Dot (and possibly Ann) vs. Geeta

5:26 so we gonna pretend like FFX-2 didn’t happen? It’s an all female cast.

I too feel like Liko and Roy gets saved all the time and its hindering their progress. How are they expect to grow and learned if they constantly gets saved? Let them fail and learn from it.

Was skeptical about how this was gonna play out(Mainly due to hearing “Roy is the New Ash Ketchum, Pokemon can only be good if it’s the old formula” spammed down my throat on social media), but it’s starting to win me over, and looking Real promising Combining SV rep with its better handling of the “travel the world” concept, I would argue that Pokemon Horizons, is Pokemon Journeys…but Actually Good

Going the shoujo route is probably the best idea the directors could have taken.

I feel like Coral and Anne are siblings.......

Is this how I find on that IVE is singing the opening?

at case for rika for the dialect, is for made the little diference, how spanish -from spain. on the country whe have a huge dialects, -like Andalusian, and other inner languajes like, Catalan, Bable, Valencian, Euskera, Galicia and is possible if are made in Spanish Spain version, are uses more of Andalucian version for Rika -like more of Sevilla, granada etc is more common to hear- or the Canarian Islands too how is japanese voice and mades the difference of normal japanese are uses the Kansai for the dialect, but Rika its very possible is more of town of Andalusian , remember the origianl name is Cayena, because is Chili in Japanese name, and are the same from name, because the Cayena is a type of dry chili is more common on the dishes in spain

Where can I watch the full series

As for roy, Token male sidekick.

I'm just hoping that they make the Gym Leaders challenging for our protagonists. I don't want each of them to walk in, and defeat the Leader with relative ease. The fact that we're getting three Gyms in a row, makes me believe that Liko, Roy, and Dot are going to be victorious, without much training.

Its honestly pretty frustrating with how much the English dub on Netflix is behind. I really wish they just dropped it subbed because I feel like I'm missing out so much. Also I hope they don't drop the adult characters from the air ship completely because its nice seeing how adult characters interact in the world.

didnt ash go back to kanto region in pokemon sun and moon and battle brock and earned his gym badge? does that count lmao

Currently watching xy series (cause its awesome!) but I think I'll give this a go

It is good