Thread: BW 106 "Dageki Appears! Satoshi VS Kenyan!!"

Dageki Appears! Satoshi VS Kenyan!!



Animation - Team Kato
Screenplay - Shōji Yonemura
Storyboard - Fumihiro Yoshimura
Assistant director - Takaomi Kanezaki
Animation director - Miyuki Katayama

Satoshi has made it to the third round of the Isshu League Higaki Conference! Will Satoshi be able to defeat Kenyan and his Dageki with his Dark-Type Waruvial?

Palpitoad's Sludge Wave was a nice surprise. An entertaining battle, overall.

Palpitoad's Sludge Wave looked really cool and the battle was overall pretty good.

Leopardas vs. Waruvial - Waruvial wins

Zebraika vs. Gamagaru - Double KO
(also, Gamagaru apparently learned Sludge Wave off-screen)

Dageki vs. Hahakomori - Dageki wins
(also, Hahakomori's Swarm Ability is activated in this battle)

Dageki vs. Waruvial - Waruvial KOs Dageki with Aerial Ace

Just want to add something:
* Stephan's Leipard (Moveset: Shadow Claw, Shadow Ball, Hyper Beam, Double Team). Same as the event's.
* Hahakomori's new move was "X-Scissor", no surprise there.

In a nutshell, all three of Ash's Pokemon got a new move.

These two shots look familiar to anyone else?

This was a good battle, pretty straightforward but that's Kenyan's style. Zebstrika having Facade (I think?) and Bounce was pretty unexpected, so was seeing Leavanny's Swarm activate.

I think the fat kid in the suit might end up being a red herring since it looks like he'll be facing off against Virgil in the next round.

Also Bianca looks strange without her hat :T

Originally Posted by Musashi

These two shots look familiar to anyone else?

Oh yes they do. :P
The animation was done elegantly, so I don't mind those re-used frames (for once).

Also, "Secret Weapon Sazandora" got revealed earlier (in this episode)... So, looks like it's not a 'secret' anymore. The title itself was spoilery anyway.

That was a really good battle, I'll venture to say it's the best trainer battle we've had for the whole of BW, with nothing to whinge about in terms of battle twists, just a nice matchup of strength and tactics from both.

I'm surprised at Palpitoad's fourth move - I was expecting either another water type move or Hyper Voice - perhaps Ash might eventually figure out how good it is having differently typed moves and do something about Oshawott, Snivy and Pignite's horrible movesets.

At least we got Ash and Stephan trying to out eat eachother at the end rather than another sauna scene.

Seems odd next week's episode calls the Pokemon that Kotetsu released in this episode a 'secret weapon', I thought that would mean it waiting for last.

That Watchog, right in the middle of the audience.

That's just creepy.

Edit: A random Trainer used a Gigalith... ;___;

The scans make it look like a good battle. But why did Satoshi scan sawk?

The battle wasn't too bad. Nothing special, though, other than the new moves being thrown around. The only complaint I have is one I have for all of this saga, and that is everything happens offscreen. I refuse to call this development. It's shoehorning.

It looks like Dino, Katherine, Antonio, the bowtie kid and Ramone have made it to the Top 8. Pretty good selection, I think. I really wasn't expecting to recognize everyone in the Top 8 like this.

The colour of that Sludge Wave was pretty good, why can't Sludge Bomb be like that instead of just a Mud Shot with a tail....

Okay, just saw the episode. Satoshi should really use Gamagaru more, because they just have the most amazing chemistry in battle.

The match itself was pretty good, but the croc's battle with Keenan's cat was the weakest match. It felt shorter and less thrilling compared to the others that followed. But it was a pretty good start, all things considered.