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Feb 23, 2020 2:11 AM
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THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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Ah Unova, my favorite region and game with best characters. I remember being mad because how much they ruined it in anime so it's good to be back and btw check out Pokemon Twilight Wings which in my opinion is better than this series so far.
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Feb 23, 2020 2:46 AM
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The 3 COTD can't do anything against Golurk.
Gou's Scorbunny and Beedrill got one-shotted.
Before being switched out, Pikachu was able to make Golurk kneel with its Iron Tail.
Dragonite was able to go toe-to-toe against Golurk with Dragon Claw.
Gou only contributed with Darmanitan's Overheat together with Dragonite's Hurricane in the last minute.
And Gou end up being the one catching Golurk.
I'm definitely salty about this.
Feb 23, 2020 10:25 AM
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I’m fine with Go catching all of the Pokémon honestly, that’s his goal, idk why everyone keeps ignoring that. Ash will catch stronger Pokémon to participate in the champion tournament. Anyways, I liked this episode. Dragonite finally got more attention and there’s never a dull moment when Go uses more than one Pokémon. My only critique is thaf.....WHY DOES ASH HAVE TO BE A NOOB AT TIMES?! He should know by now that electric attacks won’t work on Golurk
Feb 23, 2020 12:28 PM
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This episode was entertaining. The race scene was really cool and the traps were cliche but still funny. I liked how Gou actually battled using Scorbunny instead of just throwing a pokeball at it Sandile. The battle scene was awesome! And it was great to see Dragonite being used and Gou using his other mons. So now we got two bigger than average mons in this series. First the Snorlax from ep 5 and now this Golurk. I hope Gou will use Golurk in a battle in a future episode. I'm glad he caught it instead of Ash. I would've liked to see Gou catch one of the Cofagrigus too I'm glad we again saw his previous captures in the lab scene. And lol how the 2 mons the just flew/levitated by were TR's Unova mons. Probably not a coincidence. The next episode seems like generic a pokemon lost it's item and became depressed filler.
Feb 23, 2020 4:22 PM
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A classic and fun adventure with ruins and traps. I loved to see Satoshi using his Kairyu, and Gou caught two pokémon after battling them this time. That raid battle was cool. It was also nice to see a shiny Koduck. Can't wait to get to know Gou's parents and to know what that Gengar is going to do next. xD
Feb 23, 2020 5:03 PM
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I'm ok with Gou catching more Pokémon in 5 episodes than Ash in his entire life but not this one, not a Pokémon so powerful that there's a whole myth about it and they need to team up to beat it... Gou is still a noob for Christ's sake. And if you're writing a character that is all about catching Pokémon, please make him use different kind of balls to make it look more interesting and challenging, like a Dusk Ball in this case.

Plus I'm tired to see Ash act like an idiot and I'm not a big fan of Dragonite being a goofball, I mean it's cute but I'd rather have it look badass like Drake's one in the Orange Islands arc. Or like Ash's Charizard...
Feb 23, 2020 5:18 PM
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music when they were unearthing and battling the golurk was cool lol
kinda hate how this is based off of pokemon go, i wish go would just stick with his original goal of catching mew.
Feb 23, 2020 8:15 PM
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Wait a second... D-did Dragonite use Dragon Claw?? Bring Alain and his Charizard for a rematch this instant! xD

It's a shame that Ash didn't capture Golurk tho, and then there's that Gengar... Hmm
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Feb 23, 2020 8:24 PM
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Because123 said:
The 3 COTD can't do anything against Golurk.
Gou's Scorbunny and Beedrill got one-shotted.
Before being switched out, Pikachu was able to make Golurk kneel with its Iron Tail.
Dragonite was able to go toe-to-toe against Golurk with Dragon Claw.
Gou only contributed with Darmanitan's Overheat together with Dragonite's Hurricane in the last minute.
And Gou end up being the one catching Golurk.
I'm definitely salty about this.
Holy Shit I thought I was going to be in the minority with this but I am not!

Yes it's freaking non-sense that Ash did not catch Golurk. His two pokemon did the most damage, and Go just slides in and is basically all "Don't mind if I do."

Ash better Catch Gengar, if Go catches Gengar my anger will continue to grow.

Shiny Psyduck was cool.
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Feb 23, 2020 10:56 PM

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Because123 said:
The 3 COTD can't do anything against Golurk.
Gou's Scorbunny and Beedrill got one-shotted.
Before being switched out, Pikachu was able to make Golurk kneel with its Iron Tail.
Dragonite was able to go toe-to-toe against Golurk with Dragon Claw.
Gou only contributed with Darmanitan's Overheat together with Dragonite's Hurricane in the last minute.
And Gou end up being the one catching Golurk.
I'm definitely salty about this.
Hear hear, I was pretty pissed too. He also caught a Darmanitan that can use Overheat with just a Pokeball without damaging, but that's just the norm at this point I guess.

I also like how the title says "First time in the Isshu Region!"
Are they trying to retcon his entire stay in Unova? Or are they just high? The battle itself with the Giant Golurk was fantastic, and I love how they riffed on shiny hunters, especially the guys trying to fill out a shiny dex.
I honestly have no idea what I'm supposed to type here.
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Feb 23, 2020 11:01 PM

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ExodiaX said:
THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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Ah Unova, my favorite region and game with best characters. I remember being mad because how much they ruined it in anime so it's good to be back and btw check out Pokemon Twilight Wings which in my opinion is better than this series so far.


Twilight Wings is the shit. I can't wait for the next episode; it honestly feels like more effort is put into that than into the Pokemon anime.
I honestly have no idea what I'm supposed to type here.
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Feb 23, 2020 11:40 PM
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SceptileBlade said:
Because123 said:
The 3 COTD can't do anything against Golurk.
Gou's Scorbunny and Beedrill got one-shotted.
Before being switched out, Pikachu was able to make Golurk kneel with its Iron Tail.
Dragonite was able to go toe-to-toe against Golurk with Dragon Claw.
Gou only contributed with Darmanitan's Overheat together with Dragonite's Hurricane in the last minute.
And Gou end up being the one catching Golurk.
I'm definitely salty about this.
Hear hear, I was pretty pissed too. He also caught a Darmanitan that can use Overheat with just a Pokeball without damaging, but that's just the norm at this point I guess.

I also like how the title says "First time in the Isshu Region!"
Are they trying to retcon his entire stay in Unova? Or are they just high? The battle itself with the Giant Golurk was fantastic, and I love how they riffed on shiny hunters, especially the guys trying to fill out a shiny dex.

I'm pretty sure the title refers to this being Gou's first time in Unova and this episode being the first visit to Unova in this series
Feb 23, 2020 11:48 PM
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I don't like that Gou captured that rare Golruk. Was ok with him capturing Darmanitan. But this should have went to Ash. Good episode nonetheless. Glad to see shiny hunter being canon. Also, Ash needs to catch that Gengar.
Feb 24, 2020 1:04 AM

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janiwolf said:

I'm pretty sure the title refers to this being Gou's first time in Unova and this episode being the first visit to Unova in this series

Ah, fair enough. That seems alright then.
I honestly have no idea what I'm supposed to type here.
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Feb 24, 2020 1:16 AM
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Good episode but Gou catching that rare Golurk was worst thing ever, a trainer who have no battle experience, just wanna catch them all. I wouldn't have minded it if he had caught later in there series, after having some Character development
Feb 24, 2020 6:10 AM
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SceptileBlade said:
ExodiaX said:
THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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Ah Unova, my favorite region and game with best characters. I remember being mad because how much they ruined it in anime so it's good to be back and btw check out Pokemon Twilight Wings which in my opinion is better than this series so far.


Twilight Wings is the shit. I can't wait for the next episode; it honestly feels like more effort is put into that than into the Pokemon anime.

Of course they put more efforts in it. It's a monthly anime with short length episodes.
The main anime is a weekly anime with normal length episodes.
Feb 24, 2020 6:40 AM
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I hope ash trade some Pokemon for golurk later in the series. This Pokemon has ash all over it
Feb 24, 2020 8:34 AM
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Agree that Ash should've caught Golurk instead of Go. But still, nice episode, loved finally seeing Dragonite in action. He seems pretty strong.
Feb 24, 2020 9:52 PM
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janiwolf said:
SceptileBlade said:
Hear hear, I was pretty pissed too. He also caught a Darmanitan that can use Overheat with just a Pokeball without damaging, but that's just the norm at this point I guess.

I also like how the title says "First time in the Isshu Region!"
Are they trying to retcon his entire stay in Unova? Or are they just high? The battle itself with the Giant Golurk was fantastic, and I love how they riffed on shiny hunters, especially the guys trying to fill out a shiny dex.

I'm pretty sure the title refers to this being Gou's first time in Unova and this episode being the first visit to Unova in this series


Yeah, it's more than likely Gou's gonna become the new pokemon protag. So the title makes sense.
Feb 27, 2020 6:24 AM
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A visit to Unova huh, nice I guess. Also Go caught a bunch of Unova pokemon's including the Golurk that should have belonged to Ash but whatever.
Mar 2, 2020 11:20 AM

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This was good episode. Ruin exploration, shiny hunters, raid battles = perfect combination. I expected Ash to catch Golurk though since Gou already got Darmanitan but whatever. Looks like Gengar's back. Hope Ash catches it this time.
Mar 3, 2020 1:12 AM
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I had a feeling Go's "catch everything" gimmick was going to wear thin very quickly.
Golurk is such an awesome Pokemon. He's one of my favourties, the fact he was just punching shit out of the air was the greatest.
So it's left me really pissed off that Go is the one to catch it. He's never going to use it. He knows nothing about building a proper team, he just catches shit constantly. Even players of the games aren't as obssessive with catching as he is. He was designed to be a gimmick of a phone game that isn't even that popular anymore and has run its course. Whereas genuine Pokemon fans who stayed the course throughout the years and didn't drop off after Gen 1 would rather see a proper team being built. Sometimes, the same thing over and over works cause it's simple! And I didn't even mention Darmanitan, another beast of a Pokemon that won't get used. He'd rather use a fucking Beedrill! I swear if he catches that Gengar I'm dropping the show.
Mar 3, 2020 5:05 AM

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He'd rather use a fucking Beedrill! I swear if he catches that Gengar I'm dropping the show.


How does this even make sense? He caught Beedrill before Darmanitan or Golurk. Of course he'd use it and he needed a flying type to cross the desert.
Mar 3, 2020 2:59 PM
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ShyGuyDY said:
He'd rather use a fucking Beedrill! I swear if he catches that Gengar I'm dropping the show.


How does this even make sense? He caught Beedrill before Darmanitan or Golurk. Of course he'd use it and he needed a flying type to cross the desert.


You're right I'm sorry I'm just frustrated
Mar 15, 2020 9:39 PM

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I agree it's annoying that Go is being spoon fed rare and or powerful Pokemon on a silver platter. He should have to overcome some kind of hurdle before being able to catch powerful Pokemon. Technically there was a hurdle in this case, but they are beginning to push their luck.
Jul 26, 2020 12:25 PM
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I swear to god I fucking hate Gou's character and the fact he's getting more pokemon without even trying. The fact he's given the Pokemon Go concept to catch the pokemon is so fucking cheap and lazy it's unreal. Not only that but majority of the time he doesn't even battle them, he's the definition of a fan fic character plus a gary sue rolled in one. He can't even battle properly compared to ash and the fact he was able to get the mega sized Golurk is even more annoying.

I think we can all agree that Gou has been the worst addition to the series cuz he's just been ruining the lore surrounding how to catch pokemon with a fucking regular pokeball, not even an ultra or master for gods sake!!! His ability to catch pokemon with one ball and not battling them is like the equivalent of giving Kale and Caulifla the super saiyan ability with their tingly back shit. 2/5, someone please get rid of this horrid character
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seems to me the whole story here had been wrote only for the sake of the raid battle.

finally goh seems to have some sense, a little...
May 17, 2022 10:24 PM
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Moving between regions is neat and all, but it's hard to believe they can just overnight to every single place. I kind of wish they stuck to a single region for a few episodes at a time, rather than just "conveniently" move from area to area for the sake of random events.

Kira seems like best girl this season. Just saying, just wanted to get that out there.

I didn't think Cofagrigus would move like that... or trap people in its body. That's rather terrifying.

Oooh, Shiny Dex boi. Interesting that the show is starting more and more to recognize game meta.
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this kid gou has some nerve telling seaker you almost don't see shiny pokemon how are u going to fill it, when he himself wanted literally mew one of the legendary to be his first pokemon BRUH i swear if he sees mew again and throws anything else than a master ball and captures mew im going to jump to the final tournament then rage quit this anime 😂
Jan 17, 2024 5:29 AM

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Aoi koduck ✨

they even put a shiny hunt in the anime 🤣


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I don't know why but this episode was peak, maybe the battle, the exploring theme, the smug koduck.

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