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Should I make the leap to Best Wishes?

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by , 1st February 2011 at 07:30 PM (158 Views)
So yeah. This is my first blog post, and I'd thought I'd use it to ask a question that I've been pondering for some time.
Let me explain myself first. I am not, currently, a fan of the Pokémon anime. I was once, but I cannot say I am any more. I watched the original series faithfully. I actually enjoyed the Orange Islands, and I still don't get why people loathe Tracey so much. But some time after Ash fell to Harrison and set out to explore Hoenn alone, I started to lose interest in the anime. I'm really not entirely sure why this happpened; I didn't hate May or Max (I actually thought they brought a lot to the table), and, as far as I could tell, the show wasn't any more or less fillerific than before. I suspect it may have had something to do with the fact that I had begun to play the games more seriously, and therefore didn't need to see an anime devoted to the same things, but I really have no way to be sure. I gave up briefly between Flannery and the Tate/Liza gyms, started watching again right at the infamous "Thunder Armor" Episode (pretty crazy coincidence, I guess), then gave up again when the Championship started to roll around. I saw a handful of DP episodes, but they didn't take. Now the DP arc has concluded and Best Wishes has begun. Judging by the fans' reaction to things like a much lower amount of filler, a new, serious Team Rocket, and likable new characters like Iris and Dent, the series has gotten a bit of a second wind.
So should I renew my interest?
This seems like a pretty trivial issue, and yet it's one that's been nagging me for quite a bit. Believe me, if I could take some sort of pill that would make my interest in the anime grow back to what it once was, I would. I like being able to discuss the anime with people, and watching Best Wishes could provide a chance for me to do that both more easily and more deeply. But is Best Wishes a fresh enough start to appeal to someone like myself; someone who grew bored with the anime, jumped off the wagon, and never regretted it? Will it grow dull, the same way previous series did?
I suppose I am the only one who can really answer this question. But I value the opinions of others, and am curious to know what they think I should do. So, to anyone reading this (all two of you ), let me ask...
is it worth it?

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  1. The Fighting Misty's Avatar
    The anime has pretty much remained relatively consistent through every saga. You probably just grew out of the series at the time, or you went through the phase most go through where you thought the anime was childish or whatever during your early teen years.

    Best Wishes is really not all that different than DP or AG. Only difference is Iris is more similar to Misty, and there are no Contests like what May/Dawn did. Likewise Dento is pretty much a more flamboyant version of Brock.

    The show never did recapture the style of writing that Kanto and to a lesser extent Orange Islands had, but to be fair there is no way the writers could copy that as it was once in a lifetime due to the series being new and fresh at the time.

    Basically the show is the same its always been, more or less, just with different travel companions and TR being competent.
  2. Pikaminccino's Avatar
    I believe just give it a go and see what you think.
    If you like it you continue if you don't well you haven't lost anything by watching it.
  3. D. Strider's Avatar
    Thank you for your input. I am probably going to check out Best Wishes for my own, but at least I have an idea of what to expect.

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