BW 029 "The Monmen in Love Rides the Wind!" Review Thread

***Musashi*** · 28th April 2011, 05:25 AM

BW 032 "The Monmen in Love Rides the Wind!"
During a training battle between Zuruggu and Kibago, a couple of Monmen interrupt with a battle of their own...

CommanderPigg · 28th April 2011, 05:30 AM

The Dento focus was a liiiieeee ;_;

Of course oblivious Ash will never be boring for me. Loved how he thought that when Dento was saying that they got together in "couples" (in his usual gratuitous Engrish, o'course :P) he thought it meant that they were friends. And in the end, when the cotonee finally got his mate, they were "best friends" XDDDD

Fairly average episode. I kinda wish that they focused more on the romance and less on the battling. Love that the "baby" pokemon got some training in though, and for once, they were the teachers. Seems like Kiba is really getting the hand of his dragon rage ^^

Cotton guard looks...scary ;_; Too...much...fluff...

Yoshi-san · 28th April 2011, 05:31 AM

Sort interesting...Whatwas with Iris and those random apples!?

Dent was freaking hilarious! Especially at the end!

sunyshore · 28th April 2011, 05:32 AM

kind of a lot of effort to put into training a random pokemon. and it seemed to work better than it ever has on his actual pokemon.

really liked that part where death the kid squealed about how symmetrical that heart-shape was. er, dento squealing about the romance i mean.

***Musashi*** · 28th April 2011, 05:43 AM

Pretty good episode. I too would've liked a bit more romance, but what we saw was fun. Clueless Satoshi was hilarious, and it was great seeing how strong Kibago was. Iris with the apples was a pretty hilarious running gag. And Dent? XD NEVER change.

Even though the Rockets took the predictable route, at least they had a well thought out plan on catching the Monmen. (And how cute was the Koromori/Musashi scene?) Thankfully they didn't hog much time (Where has this been the last 14 years?) and I'm glad it wasn't a complete "Bye Bye Butterfree" ripoff with the Monmen impressing the other one just by defeating the Rockets. It was nice to see everyone involved.

martianmister · 28th April 2011, 05:48 AM

I think witers give Satoshi, Dent and Iris equal screentime and focus in this episode. It's first in BW saga (maybe even whole anime?). And I lol'd at "competent" TR. Letting Pikachu destroy their machine and beated by pokemon they did captured is very competent of them. Their "escape" with jetpacks at the end was a really forced cop-out...

***Musashi*** · 28th April 2011, 05:55 AM

Originally Posted by martianmister

Letting Pikachu destroy their machine

Pikachu had nothing to do with it.

Originally Posted by martianmister

Their "escape" with jetpacks at the end was a really forced cop-out...

How was it a cop-out? What else would you rather them do?

dman_dustin · 28th April 2011, 06:01 AM

Originally Posted by Musashi

Pikachu had nothing to do with it.

martianmister was referring to the fan that prevented them from following, that Pikachu did destroy.

But to be fair, Team Rocket could not give a shit about the giant fan, they were already zooming away in their vehicle. So I don't see how it proves Team Rocket are incompetent, they just didn't give a shit. Though I guess it is kind of their fault that it got destroyed so quickly.

*Jo The Marten* · 28th April 2011, 06:05 AM

Don't usually come to the forums, but I just gotta fangasm about this episode. Dent...YOU'RE TOO CUTE. HNNGG

Shame he didn't catch it though. Would have loved for him to have a Whimsicott. Here's a screenshot of Dent love-gasming, on the house, free of charge.

*Eitarou* · 28th April 2011, 06:11 AM

No...Whimsicott appearance?

I'm disappointed....

martianmister · 28th April 2011, 06:33 AM

Originally Posted by Musashi

Pikachu had nothing to do with it.

I was talking about their big fan.

I'm glad it wasn't a complete "Bye Bye Butterfree" ripoff with the Monmen impressing the other one just by defeating the Rockets.

Huh? It was all of them, not just one Monmen and it has nothing with his impressing her.

How was it a cop-out? What else would you rather them do?

Writers trying to show them as competent than their pre-BW selves, (to justify TR's lack of comedy) even through they're not. They should be blasted-off with that explosion.

Team Rocket · 28th April 2011, 06:37 AM

Originally Posted by martianmister

Huh? It was all of them, not just one Monmen and it has nothing with his impressing her.

No, that is what Musashi was saying. It isn't like Bye Bye Butterfree because it wasn't just one Monmen that defeated Team Rocket.

martianmister · 28th April 2011, 06:39 AM

Originally Posted by Team Rocket

No, that is what Musashi was saying. It isn't like Bye Bye Butterfree because it wasn't just one Monmen that defeated Team Rocket.

Oh, my grammar again...

I really liked Satoshi, Dent and Iris' equal screentime and focus in this episode. This makes me feel like they are a real team rather than a protagonist and his sidekicks...