Thread: POKEMON BEST WISHES SEASON 2: Episode N

Well, I just recovered from my fangasm.
EXCITED! I hope they do something cool with his character, N is full of possibilities. But jeez, it'll be a while before they dub it in English.
*hides in my custom-built Anti-Fangirl Bunker*

Yep, totally called N glorifying Ash for keeping the rat free so to speak -_-.

Here's to hoping that BW2 will wipe away the sins of BW!

Oh man, that screenshot just makes me more crazy happy over N finally appearing on the show.

I can't wait for him to introduce himself in his fast-speaking manner;
"I-am-Natural-Gropious-Harmonia-it-is-my-pleasure-to-be-your-acquaintance"

"Uh... let's just call you N"

Oh GOD, I hope he's socially awkward.

"N. Get away from my face. It's not normal when you're so close that your breathing is practically frenching me"

"N, this is a hot spa in a children's animé. You're supposed to wear bathing shorts!"

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ARCEUS BE PRAISED!!!



Who's up for some humble pie? I'll go ahead and take the first slice.

Arceus, have mercy upon the faithless and forgive us our foolishness...

Originally Posted by 1rkhachatryan

Yep, totally called N glorifying Ash for keeping the rat free so to speak -_-.

and what may be wrong about that?

Originally Posted by Musashi

This is really a first for the anime. The show gets not one, but two title changes.

Trying to copy the dub?

They soooooooooooooo should've saved"Rival Destinies" for THIS

Originally Posted by HumanDawn

Originally Posted by 1rkhachatryan

Yep, totally called N glorifying Ash for keeping the rat free so to speak -_-.

and what may be wrong about that?

If the rat was in his ball like he should be maybe he wouldn't be spammed as much -_-.

I personally think Kekihara Tetsuya and Soichiro Hoshi (aka Kira Yamato) would be perfect for N too ~~

Originally Posted by HumanDawn

This sounds like a great idea. I'm wondering what philosophies N could have that clash with Ash's to spark a rivalry. I don't know what Pokemon N could own, though. He might have a Zoroark to use to debut it since it's the only non legendary Unova Pokemon that has yet to debut in a regular episode and to reflect on how he gives the PC in BW2 a Zorua. A Darmanitan could fit as well since it's part of his childhood. They might end up making his team be a weather one to reflect on how he has such teams in the games. That would be really cool and interesting seeing N challenge Ash with a different weather team every time.

The contrasts in their philosophies is one of the main reasons I'd like to see N being Ash's rival. It could provide some nice tension and conflict between the two to make their interactions even more interesting. I could easily see N having a Zoroark due to how he had one in B/W, the player gets his Zorua in B2/W2 and it hasn't appeared in the series yet. Darmanitan is a good possibility as well given how that was one of the Pokemon with him when he was living in the forest. A weather team could be cool and interesting to see how they'd handle a team like that in the anime, but they might save that if they go for a full battle against Ash, which does sound pretty cool.

Originally Posted by johnr754

Unless the league continues with N, then the league will end with...Ash losing to a bunch of Eeveelutions.

That would be very stupid, especially if it is against Vaporeon (but wait, type advantages don't exist in BW!)

Type advantages never really existed in the anime PERIOD, but yeah, Ash losing to Eeveelutions, especially Pikachu vs. Vaporeon, or worse, Eevee itself, would be rather pathetic, enough to make Darkrai back in the Sinnoh League look like a fair fight as opposed to a deus-ex-machina pulled by the writers.

Originally Posted by El_

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Feels like I've been under a rock with no connection to current events.... all I can say is... wow : 0 I cannot believe N and Team Plasma are actually going to appear in the anime. Only complaint is that he doesn't look as mature as that anime special made for the games, but meh. I hope the anime DOES NOT botch this up, please do the Plasma arc justice if its going to be done.

Agreed with you there, considering that the anime screwed up most of the previous teams not named Team Rocket, I'm not keeping my hopes up for how they will handle N and Team Plasma. We all know the anime is terrible at handling complex characters, if you remember how the anime portrayed and handeled Cyrus, you'll know what I mean.

Originally Posted by HumanDawn

Originally Posted by Hidden Mew

I'm hoping that he'll be a rival for Ash

This sounds like a great idea. I'm wondering what philosophies N could have that clash with Ash's to spark a rivalry. I don't know what Pokemon N could own, though. He might have a Zoroark to use to debut it since it's the only non legendary Unova Pokemon that has yet to debut in a regular episode and to reflect on how he gives the PC in BW2 a Zorua. A Darmanitan could fit as well since it's part of his childhood. They might end up making his team be a weather one to reflect on how he has such teams in the games. That would be really cool and interesting seeing N challenge Ash with a different weather team every time.

I'm not sure about that, in the Pokemon Special manga, they gave N a consistent team throught, and that's what I honestly prefer they do. We've already seen Zorua on the anime (even if Luke was a forgettable character in every sense), but not Zoroark outside of Movie 13.

Originally Posted by zakisrage

I'm excited about seeing N too.

Originally Posted by Shinneth

I just wish I could be legitimately excited for N appearing. Given how they've considerably altered previous game characters' personalities for better or worse (Cilan, Iris, Bianca, some of the Gym Leaders...), I have reasonable doubt about the N we're gonna see being the N we're familiar with. Which has a lot of potential to cripple this arc.

They kinda do have some choice to pick N's personality.

N has different portrayals in the various incarnations. In the games, he initially comes off as a jerk, but it is revealed that he is very kind and caring underneath. In the Pokemon Special manga, he is more of a genuine jerk who manipulates White's Pokemon.

Personalities do vary between media. In the games, Iris is friendly, Cilan is quiet and reserved, Bianca is competent and mature, and Skyla is good-natured. In the anime, Iris is somewhat bitchy, Cilan is boisterous and campy, Bianca is a dumb blonde, and Skyla is quite full of herself. In most cases, I prefer the game personalities because adaptations seem to add a little meanness to nice characters (especially opponents - like implying that a Gym Leader must be a bit of a jerk because they're fighting the hero).

That's something, but not always a good thing, sometimes the anime doesn't even try and gives an existing character a bland personality, to almost none at all.

Only one word can perfectly grasp how I feel after this news.......

Originally Posted by Karamazov

Is it me, or does N have really, really feminine hands in this preview?

Considering he has really, really feminine everything else :-P

Originally Posted by SammyW27

Originally Posted by Karamazov

Is it me, or does N have really, really feminine hands in this preview?

Considering he has really, really feminine everything :-P

First rule of being a bishie, yes.

Originally Posted by Aestivate

I personally think Kekihara Tetsuya and Soichiro Hoshi (aka Kira Yamato) would be perfect for N too ~~

Hoshi Soichiro!! XDD I'm going to scream!!

Or...personally, I would also love Yusa Koji, or Ishida Akira for his voice XDD