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score 10/10
I've been watching Pokémon since the VERY beginning and I feel no shame in saying Pokémon XY is HANDS DOWN the best Pokémon series ever, that gave me ALMOST EVERYTHING I'd want in a Pokémon series.
The adventure of Pokémon XY is the most fun I've ever had in all 15 years I've been watching Pokemon, as well as being the most emotionally invested with this journey having MANY tear jerking moments. Ash's Badge Quest this time around is much more exciting with AMAZING gym battles. Serena's TriPokalon story line was fun, I will say that Contest are more exciting, TriPokalons are more dazzling with Serena's with her final 3 performances bringing tears to my eyes!! Team Rocket reverts to how they were in Kanto being threatening but goofy villains. The villainous Team Flare had a MOVIE QUALITY arc. that I'll say is better than any Pokémon movie. However they're problems, for one the character of Clemont was demoted to extra after his gym battle with Ash where few episodes focused on developing his character until the last 30 or so episodes where he began to do more for the plot. Serena's Master Class TriPokalon was crammed into 1.5 episodes which could've been fixed if it was 3 episodes before losing to Aria (Who's performance we didn't even see which made the final all the more bitter). The Kalos League was rushed with Ash only having 2 full length battles (Despite both being very good) and the finale of the Kalos League with Ash losing after EVERYTHING was building up to him winning). Overall Adventure: 9/10
XY introduced some of Ash's BEST companions to date with: Serena (Ash's childhood friend), Clemont (Lumiose Cities Gym Leader), and Bonnie (Clemont's younger sister). Each member of the cast developed wonderfully with: Serena growing into an independent, confident and assertive girl while maintaining her humility and never developing an ego. Clemont gained a lot of bravery traveling with Ash, adopting Ash's leadership to liberate his entire gym from Team Flare BY HIMSELF. Bonnie from a hyperactive girl into a more mature one playing a that was more than what meets the eye. Overall Characters: 10/10
The Group Chemistry of XY is BAR NONE the best yet having INSTANT chemistry with each other and bonding over the course of the series becoming a family. The 3rd party interactions (Least featured) Ash/Bonnie have a nice sibling like bond with Bonnie admitting to loving Ash like a brother. Serena/Clemont interacted as much as Ash and Bonnie but are good friends with Clemont teaching her how to cook while Serena in turn would play nanny to Bonnie. 2nd Party Interactions (regularly featured) were fantastic with Serena/Bonnie having a relationship akin to sisters with Bonnie admitting that as she grew to love Serena like the sister she never had. Ash/Clemont have a bond akin to that of brothers or best friends with them agreeing that they are. Main interactions (HEAVILY featured) with Clemont/Bonnie who are easily the closest pair of siblings in the entirety of the series, Clemont has shown he'll quickly turn into Papa Wolf if Bonnie's in danger and Bonnie herself has shown that she has a big brother complex. Ash/Serena IMO have the most heartwarming relationship between Ash and any Pokégirl to date with how supportive they are for each other and being what makes the other succeed. Whenever either Ash or Serena are sad/unsure of themselves/depressed it was always the other to put them back on their feet with Serena being Ash's Inspiration, while Ash is Serena's Motivation. Even outside of how supported they are for each other, their interactions are still heartwarming and that's not taking into account the romance story line with Serena showing that she's in love with Ash, and Ash despite his naivety to romance having a lot of moments suggesting he may be in love with her too with their possible budding romance being a subplot in the series. Heck at the end of the series, Serena essentially confesses her love to Ash and THEY KISS!!! Overall the chemistry of this group is fantastic with each of them playing a role in the overall story showing that despite Ash and Serena were the stars, ALL 4 of them were equals in the end. Group Chemistry: 10/10
XY Ash is certainly one of THE BEST incarnations of Ash to date. No longer is Ash the immature, incompetent trainer he was in Best Wishes. XY Ash is borderline uncharacteristically smarter than he was in the past proving to be FAR more competent and mature to the point where he's portrayed as being "The Ace" amongst his peers with his peers looking up to him and using HIM as the measuring stick to live up to. Now THAT is the In-Universe respect he's deserved for a while, on top of having actual character development (something hard to come by for 20 year old character). Ash caught a team of Pokémon that's VERY good on both paper and in action, consisting of: Pikachu (Duh), Greninja, Talonflame, Hawlucha, Goodra, and Noivern and by strength these guys are probably Ash's strongest regional team yet taking him all the way the finals of the Kalos League where he NARROWLY lost, pretty impressive considering Ash had to use a composite team to get to the Semi-Finals of the Sinnoh League. Portrayal of Ash (9/10)
Overall: 9.5/10. An ALMOST flawless series, from it's fun journey to it's wonderful characters to Serena and Ash's romantic story line. This series had almost everything I'd want in a Pokémon series. The animation is beautiful, the gym battles were amazing, Ash is written to be a competent trainer, and the ending that was just beautiful. It DOES have problems but then again no series is flawless. The 6 MONTHS I spent watching this series were more fun than the YEARS I spent watching others. I HIGHLY recommend this series!
Theshapeo31 11 August 2017
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