BW 040 "Fierce Fighting Don Battle! Tsutarja VS Komatana!!" Review Thread

[Musashi]

Fierce Fighting Don Battle! Tsutarja VS Komatana!!
The Don Battle tournament continues! Who will advance to the next round, and just what is that pesky Zorua up to?

[martianmister]

WOW! Iris just won Emonga's obedience...OFF PANEL?!

[Meron Targaryen]

Not a glimpse of the Miruhog fursuit guy. I am disappoint.

[Yoshi-san]

Loved the interactions! Too bad Shuuti left though...

Kenyan, Cabernet, and Langley entertained me in this episode!

[Eitarou]

AND FOR THE FIFTY MILLIONTH TIME

Attract fails...

WOW! Iris just won Emonga's obedience...OFF PANEL?!

No.

And it's offscreen. This isn't a manga.

[martianmister]

No

No? She was pretty much obedient in this fight.

And it's offscreen. This isn't a manga.

Semantics :P

[Druddigon]

Dento VS. Shuuti! THAT BATTLE WAS AWESOME! BUT IT DID ABSOLUTELY JACK SHIT FOR THE RIVALRY. Just like I thought too. I doubt he'll be chewed out though. But, I still loved his battle if it counts for anything. Ishizumai's HELL STORM OF ROCKS! and Dento xD

OFFSCREEN EMONGA OBEDIENCE!! WHAT HAPPENED!?

Langley has a sweet side I like that xD Her interactions with Bel where hilarious. She has more to her character then just the female dog rival. xD

Kenyan and Keniyan name screw ups. xD Chirrami VS. Zeburaika! Cool. Ishizumai fixing his shell in Iris and Dento's hotel room and the Cabernet interactions.

Zorua and her antics! I LOVE THAT POKEMON!

Bel and her antics hilarious! The Kibago and Zorua fighting! Luke's filming! Bel being obsessed over get Zorua! Langley and Iris-Zorua interactions! HILARIOUS!

Langley/Iris >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Every Single Rivalry in Best Wishes!

CABERNET HAS HER CRAZINESS BACK! HILARIOUS SHE IS! Langley and Komatana are completely awesome and in sync, that's what I loved about it. AND BRAND NEW MUSIC DURING THE BATTLE! Komatana's girly voice and attitude and way of doing things. Loved that way of using Vine Whip. I hate cliffhangers.

[Paperhorse]

I honestly expected better from this episode, but it was still good overall. I thought it was hilarious when Cabernet was so mad after Dent won the match. She didn’t take it very well!

I thought the best part of the episode were the in between battle scenes. It was cute how Keniyan and Bel were eating dinner with Satoshi and gang.

Zorua is so cute! Just don’t overdo the joke please!

And no miruhog guy?! Severely disappointed. Just one glimpse of him would have made the episode so much better!

[WatcherMark]

Ok, have I missed something or has Ishizumai learned Rock Tomb/Throw off screen?

[Yoshi-san]

I also loved the Dent vs Shuuti battle!

[Druddigon]

Ok, have I missed something or has Ishizumai learned Rock Tomb/Throw off screen?

I chalk it up to lazy writing. And wanting a cool move to show off.

Pretty sure that's Rock Tomb :P

Poor Yoshiko got the damn shaft, maybe we'll see him again.

Bel I like her, but your a fucking joke. LOSING, NOT GIVING A RAT'S ASS NOT WANTING TO BECOME STRONGER TO BEAT KENYAN AND LOSING TO KENYAN OF ALL PEOPLE. UGH! With Charrami being beaten easily, no technique or anything. WHICH MOST LIKELY MEANS NO KAMITSURE BEL GROWTH DRAMA!

[Froakie]

How did they show iris' battle if they didnt show watchog guy? That's so weird, i mean what was the point of even introducing him.

[KaPi96]

Wow Dento won, did not expect that.
This episode was good but really annoyed me with the ending. Stupid cliffhangers!
Oh well, some good battles and Komatana was interesting and hopefully there will be more of her in future episodes.
And the other match ups for this round look pretty interesting as well.

[Aestivate]

Aestivate's real-time commentating!



I almost rolled over and went back to sleep when my alarm went off this morning. Just sayin'



- O narrator u think ur funny. "RAIMON CITY... not. RAIMON TOWN"
- Don George talks about Dent with his eyes crossed. Dent tells Shootie he saw his battle at Sanyo.
- Cabernet is crazy. ABSOLUTELY NUTS
- Ishizumai gets the first attack, and dodges the first from Dotekkotsu. Dotekkotsu cracks Ishizumai's shell ;____; Omg wat. Ishizumai ;___;
- Cabernet takes extreme joy in Dent losing.
- Luke: I CAN MAKE AN AWESOME MO-
- Bel camera hogs again looking for Zorua. Luke: Get
- IT'S TASTING TIME!
- Cabernet: YOU SUCK AT TASTING ASSDLKFJSJF
- Dent: Good power, technique, harmony... blah blah BUT THE WINNER IS MY DENT. Wow this tasting montage is really gratuitous. Now that I'm complaining.
- Bel: LANGLEY DID YOU SEE ZORUA? No? Oh...
- Bel: LANGLEY DID YOU SEE ZORUA? ...ow8
- Zorua glomps Langley as Langley.
- Bel chases Zorua. AGAIN.
- Shootie gets a nice WTF face.
- Cabernet is grinding her teeth in UTTER RAGE that Dent gets a good attack in. ISHIZUMAI NO KACHI!~
- Shootie takes a picture for his journey. And basically says something about getting his revenge...? and Luke... er... Zorua takes videos.
- Cabernet rages. Again.
- Bel: WHERE IS ZORUAAAAAAAAA ;_;
- Bel's battle face is pretty adorable. Kenyan gets her fired up!
- Chillarmy vs. Zebraika. Bel is basically getting curb-stomped. And doesn't have a new Pokemon. Oh well.
- WHY DOES THE REFEREE GET KENYAN'S NAME WRONG TOO

- Gobitto vs. Darumaka
- Emonga vs. Miruhog
- WHY oh WHY is Emonga randomly obeying? I mean I know she's using Attract and tends to obey when she uses Attract (Chillarmy, Chaoboo, etc...) ... But still. And why does Miruhog guy not show up at all?!
- Shootie is leaving. Satoshi wants to know why. Shootie doesn't care. Because they're not strong he has to go and train. THAT'S BASIC RIGHT. Shootie doesn't care at all so why should I? Ugh. whatever. I'm over it.

- Satoshi gets Kenyan's name wrong. again. Now they're having a food competition! Satoshi, don't you know that there are some battles worth losing?
- Zorua's Iris face is so. LOL
- Bel: I FOUND YOU!!!!!!! Let's eat together :3
- Zorua turns into Kibago and mocks Kibago. Bel goes to cuddle Zorua. But it's Kibago. KIBAGO TUG OF WAR.
- Bel: WAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIT ZORUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA WHERE ARE YOU GOINGGGGGGGGG?!?
- Aww, Ishizumai is fixing his rock. It's so cute xD Seriously, I think Ishizumai is my favorite Pokemon of Dent's.
- Cabernet comes into their bedroom randomly. Starts fretting dramatically how Dent's tasting is wrong... and promptly leaves.
- Cue asdfadf from Dent and wtfs from Iris and Satoshi.
- Langley and Iris bitch at each other again. And
Langley: YES, I'M ANNOYING. YES, I'M A KODOMO. but so are you~~~ Iris uses Zorua-Langley as a puppet again. It's funny a second time too. Zorua gets some awesome facial expressions today. xdf

- Satoshi vs. Langley battle
- Komatana owns Tsutarja's leaf storm pretty creatively. Komatana could be in contests!!!11
- Dent, Iris, and Dean are watching the battle.
- Komatana is a diva. Oh Satoshi, your utter inability to discern gender is so...
- Tsutarja... gets a rock stuck on Komatana's head?
- Surprisingly Iris isn't attempting to disturb Satoshi and Langley's battle.
- Wow what. The end of the battle isn't even going to show up? -___-


- Wow, Iris is starting to get Kenyan's name wrong now too... LOL
- This is recognized in-universe. Kenyan: ...YOU TOO?!
- I think that because everyone's getting it wrong people are staring to think that's how people actually pronounce your name, Keneeeyaaaan :3


Positives:
+ the battles that we saw start to finish (Shootie vs. Dent, Satoshi vs. Langley... sort of) are definitely a step above the battle writing throughout the anime. They were definitely creative and worth watching and not attack spam.
+ Cabernet and Dent way to step it up. Cabernet, never change. Except for the ones I'm going to mention...
+ CAN SOMEONE PLEASE BUY ME THE BIG TALKING MIJUMARU PLUSHIE LADKJOSFDMDOMFG


Negatives:
- Zorua trolling Bel was funny maybe, oh, the first two or three times. Then it started getting boring.
- We weren't right about the triple battles. Everyone just gets to use one of their Pokemons twice -___- BOOORING.
- Shootie, Shootie, Shootie. At least Shinji does the jerkass rival part right.
- Bel's rivalry/interactions with everyone. I LOVE her, but she's officially the least competent joke rival ever. Lose against Keneeeeyaaan? No problem, go look for Zorua, no indication of wanting to become a stronger battler.... The part with her playing tug of war with Kibago was cute and endearing, but it's not a good something when she doesn't interact with the main cast at all. What is her purpose? How does she affect the other characters? Are we doomed to think of her as simply a cute kitten for the rest of BW? At least Jun was competitive.
- Luke. For the same reasons above. Obsessed with movie making, yes, but that makes him come across one-dimensional.
- Why does the anime have to resort to the same exact tactics to get the main characters to interact with their rivals? It's like I'm watching the same exact episode an episode later (or in some extreme cases, the same exact scene a scene later).
- NO MIRUHOG GUY

* All in all an entertaining episode, but... yeah, I give up on this tournament. AND NOT WORTH WAKING UP AT 6 AM FOR. just sayin'

[Masurao]

So Iris is using Emonga in the first, and second round? It seems to like to battle all of the sudden....

WAT.