Character Development thread?
>>121172167
GET THE HAIRDRESSING shears out folks, anime guys & gals 'with problems' incomming
It's too cute, I came here to escape it.I don't really like the weird looking jacket thing with the pockets though honestly.
What's with all the XY threads on /a/ lately? They weren't so common here before.New Serena is cute, but I still prefer Old Serena.
>>121172239
Lots of noteworthy stuff has been happening lately.
>>121172167
Why.
> Cut hair
> You're the exact same faggot as the previous day
Thanks anime
>>121172308
Character Development, duh!
>>121172392
I really love the new boots and Ash's ribbon
>>121172167
I was really scared but... it's actually pretty nice. Only based Serena can make it happen.
My fucking heart.
>>121172911
I've never wanted to touch an animated girl more than this moment right now.
>>121172955
Serena jut blew away all the other pokegirls.
She looks like a completely different person.
I LIKE IT
>>121172239
Current girl actually goes for the D not just "friendship" she wants to be banged really hard.
>>121173105
The hair is cute, but the outfit... holy shit that's ugly.
>>121172955
Get in line. Ash calls dibs.
>>121172167
She now looks 5 years younger.
>>121173986
M´ trainer
Well fuck. Now she looks like my teenage crush and that makes me want for her to get together with Ash even more.
>>121174088
Perfect. Now she can stay eternally young when she moves to the next region in Gen 7.
>>121172239
It's the same five retards who constantly want to create shipping threads.
>>121173530
What subs are these?
This would be so goddamn useful for practicing my nip.
>>121172167
But why did she do it? Did Ash friendzone her too?
>>121172167
Hot dayum. Ash better not fuck things up this time.
Who am I kidding?
>>121174066
If Serena goes full midriff mode what's left for Kasumi?
>yfw newgen girl looks like her current look
IT`S HAPPENNING
>>121174235
Tracey.
>>121174272
Is he checking Serena?
>>121172167
Confirmed as the best pokegirl.
>>121172392
She still use a hat ? What a waste
>>121174232
Yeah, he better win that Pokemon League this time.
>>121172167
>Date not happen
>Ruined her hair
WHY?
>>121174306
What if he does and his next goal is the Pokemon World Tournament?
>>121174306
He better win it all this time.
>>121174330
>>121174235
Nothing.
>>121174292
He was mentioning how the look suits her and he notices the ribbon which is the one he gave her as a gift in last week's episode.
>>121174235
Suspenders, shorts, ponytail, orange hair, tomboy personality. Mix of perfection.
>>121172167
>>121172392
>>121173986
>>121174066
Why Serana is flat as fuck now??
Absolutely Perfect
Picked up
>>121174360
Why is she crying and what episode?
>>121174293
Why she crying :(
>>121174235
>what's left for Kasumi?
the niggerdicks she deserves
>>121174478
She's wearing loose clothing.
>>121174488
I have to admit, this is the first time I felt like checking out pokemon again since I stopped watching it over a decade ago. What a qt.
>>121174525
>:(
Because you have to ruin things with your faggotry.
following the game options, she's getting a tan next.
Ganguro lewdification incoming.
>>121174523
>>121174525
She lost her first contest in a pretty bad way.
>>121174478
>Serena
>flat
>>121174563
Nice.
>>121174536
JAJAAAAAN
>>121174181
I figure it what's being said on TV at the time of the airing. I just snagged it from Twitter.
>cutting hair = character development
Is there a name for this trope?
>>121174833
Character development.
>>121174833
>>cutting hair = character development
>
>Is there a name for this trope?
The Nisio effect
>>121174833
Forced drama.
>>121174833
Since you asked
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ImportantHaircut
>>121174888
Well I'll be damned.
Isn't there a tradition in Japan where a girl cuts her hair short after being rejected by the boy she likes or did I just imagine that?
>>121174833
real life
>>121174616
>she kept the perfect skin/skirt/leggin ration
based best girl
>>121174833
Character development IS the name of the trope.
>>121174926
Supposedly, but there wasn't a rejection. In fact, the blue ribbon she's wearing was a gift from Ash.
>>121174956
>skin/skirt/leggin ration
It's called ZR, newfag.And it's ratio, not ration.
>>121174926
Yes, it's a common thing in anime and dramas. Not sure if they actually do it IRL.
>>121175077
it's an old shiitty asian thing, were cutting off hair was equal to banishment. nowadays it turned into turning over a new leaf in your life
>>121175046she is my ration if you know what i mean
>>121172167
>Haircut
Has she moved on from Ash now?
>>121174525
Thingken of pokémon
That's great and all, but I'm more interested in legendaries showdown.
>>121175131
>were cutting off hair was equal to banishment
Wasn't it death of you cut off a ponytail you had to grow in China?
>>121174525
Maybe her butt hurts.
>>121174181
Closed captions, moron
>>121175173
And I'm more interested in the extradimensional god of mayhem that's as tall as a Gyarados is long.
>>121174833
You know women do this IRL, for some reason hair is such a big deal
>>121175176
well, in ye olden days, banishment might have been even worse than death, especially when you were some not peasant person
>>121175218
>for some reason hair is such a big deal
Shit's symbolic, yo. It's comforting to ascribe meaning to meaningless things.
>>121174926
Never 4get.
>>121175214
>that fucking monstrosity
Remember when Pokemon looked like animals?
>>121174121
Yeah, Ash my nigga, go for the boobs.
>>121175320
No.
>>121175320
After the first generation it has always been just downhill with the designs.
>>121175320
There are only so many animals you can base your fantasy monsters on before you have to start making Digimon.
>>121175318
is she ok now ;_;
>social reject losers think hair and appearances in general are meaningless
>for girls no less
How very unsurprising
>>121175320
>pretty much every fighting type
>pretty much every grass type
>magnamite, voltorb
My question is how nostalgiafags can still cling to the same retarded arguments for decades despite them being debunked countless times
>>121175363
It's grown back a bit, but it doesn't look as good as her long hair. And this is coming from a short hair fag.
Her image is probably soiled forever regardless.
>>121175149
No, pretty much still likes him. Even put a bit of the ribbon that he gave her as a gift on her clothes.
>>121175353
I'm pretty sure there are some exotic animal in Australia that they haven't made into a Pokemon yet.
>>121174333
>Champions League
>>121175459
>pretty much
Nigga did you even watch episode 59? Her crush is bigger than ever
>>121175320
Also, the ultra-mode of an event legendary Pokemon really should be over the top. I will admit that even regular legendary Pokemon look nicer as recognizable animals (life deer, dethburd, and wait snek are 10/10 for what they're supposed to be.)
>>121175541
Which means her inevitable abandonment will be more devastating than ever
>>121172167
I HATE IT
>>121175568
You just want Ash to suffer, don't you?
>>121175568
Maybe the studio wants someone to dress like the female protag for every new gen and Serena is it. Ash himself seems to dress a bit like Calem.
>>121175629
Ash ain't the one suffering.
He breaks a girls heart every year and then just completely forgets they even existed
>>121175647
Hey, Misty stuck around for two regions. It could happen.
>>121175648
Huh?
>Misty just wanted her bike after getting soul-drained by an egg leech
>May has Drew
>Dawn is a lesbian
>>>>>>>>>>>Iris
>>121175647
What new gen this time?
>>121175589
HE HATES IT!
>>121175648
He's the one that wanted Serena to come along with him.
>>121175714
You can say that about the others but Misty wanted Ash, hard.
>>121175775
Not after Johto finished draining her of any and all character.
God, Johto sucked so much.
>>121175775
Only in the dub.
>>121175729
>HE
>>121175150
>>121175921
She did in the original too, the dub just overemphasized it a lot more.
>>121173013
I'm a May stan, and I completely agree.
PICKED. UP.
>>121176181
The head writer debunked the ship, though.
>>121172167
Romance in my Pokemans? Do they fug or what?
>>121176324
They went on a date last episode
>>121176305
If you actually read those blogs, it's pretty clear he's just insisting on his personal headcanon and being really butthurt he didn't get his way.
I'm fairly sure he got fired from the show for being hard to work with.
>>121175775
>Misty wanted Ash
Kasumi didn't want Satoshi though.
>>121176353
Worth watching? Always wanted to see how Pokemon would handle romance. I haven't watched since Diamond and Pearl.
>>121176488
It was a fat lot of nothing.
>>121176353
>They went on a date
lel
Not even a date, just Serena delusional enough to think it is.
>>121176488
It was cute as fuck.
>>121176488
Yes:
http://pocketmonsters.edwardk.info/[PM]Pocket_Monsters_XY_059_Satoshi_and_Serena's_First_Date!_The_Vow_Tree_and_the_Presents!![H264_720P][070B730C].mkv.torrent
>>121176488
The episode itself was alright, although they split up a lot because Ash tried looking for gifts for his Pokemon. Shit happens and at the end they pull pic-related.
>>121176488
Don't belive everything Pokéshippers say. They're extremely delusional and will take anything as big hints.
>>121175442
Really? I actually thought short hair looked great on her. But then again I am a rabid short hair fag too.
>>121172167
You lot don't actually watch Pokémon, r-right?
>>121176920
>not watching Pokemon
Seriously nigger?
>>121176920
O-of course not.
>>121175173
My nigga Lugia
>>121176392
Sounds more like you're butthurt about your headcanon.
>>121177277
Shudo pls go
>>121177277
If you actually READ that entry, Shudo was completely, autistically against romance of ANY kind of Pokemon, and insisted Kasumi didn't have a crush because that's not something that should be in the series.
Serena and XY are currently in the process of pissing all over his grave.
>>121172167
>>121172392
>>121172911
>>121173986
>>121174121
>>121174293
>>121174571
>>121174616
>>121175459
>>121177421
Did he die?
>>121177876
Like 5 years ago.
>>121177995
>>121178056
>Kunihiko Yuyama has been executive director for the Pokemon anime from day one
>The Serena subplot is the kind of things he definitely had to sign off on and personally approve
>Shudo's blogs make it pretty clear Yuyama and Shudo didn't really like each other and Shudo took it pretty personal every time Yuyama vetoed his ideas
>Shudo lost the position as head writer AND movie writer in early Johto and only wrote a couple more episodes after that. The series didn't get a new head writer until DP. It's pretty likely Shudo actually got fired, especially considering the tone in his blog.
>As mentioned, Shudo was extremely clear on the point that romance had no place in the Pokemon anime to the point of outright denying it ever existed. The other writers, including Yuyama, clearly disagreed considering all the Misty shit in the Orange Islands, etc
I just keep picturing Yuyama okaying the Serena romance angle new director Yajima came up with, going "in you face, Shudo" as h does so.
>>121177421
He was a purityfag?
>>121177421
Normally I'd agree with that notion but the anime has been terrible and repetitive for so many years this is at least a welcome change of pace.
>>121174222
her fokko fell
>>121172167
>puking girl.jpg
Oh wow thats fucking awful.
Not that I watch fucking pokemon.
>>121175214
>the extradimensional god of mayhem
You mean Giratina? Aka the Satan of Pokemon?
>>121178710
what are dimensional gods to a creature who plays with dimensions
>>121178443
Damn you Fokko.
>>121174222
>>121178763
>>121178889
Bad fokko, bad.
>>121175320
Nigger some of them are literally animals. This fucking thing is a Yorkshire Terrier ffs
Based Serena, Mistyfags BTFO.
>>121178056
Wait, she's a childhood friend? Well, so much for any hopes of somebody winning the Ash bowl.
>>121178889
Did she died?
>>121178938
Serena is for my heart. Kasumi is for my dick. That is all.Haruka is for both.
>>121178889
I hope she put it for adoption after this.
>>121178952
ah based director has covered that
they weren't childhood friends, Ash just rescued her
>Serena
>Misty
>May
Shit taste, /a/nons
>>121178997
>>121178970
>>121178932
She gets better
>>121179057
>>121175460
Probably because they're even more ugly than the current pokemon...
>>121179105
She's wondrous.
>>121172167
Fuck off this cunt . More Shauna when?
>>121179171
fuck you shauna you didn't even deserve to win that performance
Braixen when?
>>1211750206
episode?
The fuck is this shit? Please tell me it's just a ruse?
ENOUGH ABOUT HER
WHERE MY TIERNOFAGS AT
>>121172167
holy shit, I just fucking woke up and saw this on the first place. Fuck you and your character development Japan! Thank you for ruining another great character.
>>121179171
>Liking nigger fertility goddessBrofist
BW will always remain as the worst series.
>>121179147
That's literal shit taste, not really any better.
>>121172167
Not even a short hair fag but she looks better. Her long hair looked like a wig.
Thanks for ruining Serena Japan.
DROPPED
>>121178889
fucking seriously?
I'm dying
>>121179641
>>121179425
>BW
>>121179641
>ruining
Cancer pls
the other contestants during the prelims
If you think about it logically, Contests are a legitimate way to earn money in the pokemon world. They are basically Celebrities. What kind of income could a trainer have?
>>121179779
endorsements probably
Ash is actually loaded when you think about it
>>121172167
Does this hairstyle have a name? I fucking love it.
>>121179779
In a 'realistic' Pokemon world, hunting and pest control.
Also >>121179804 for the better/flashier/more popular trainers.
>>121179779
Beating other trainers and taking their money because they got no PokeyMons to stop you with is just as legitimate, and a whole lot more satisfying.
>>121174478
Anime Serena is younger than game Serena.
>>121180059
So when trainers meet up, do they place bets first then battle or just winner take all?
So how was the date episode?
Was it just like I thought it was going to be?
With Ash being dense as fuck and only thinking about Pokemon while Serena goes all blush-mode because MISUNDERSTANDINGS and shit?
>>121180154
It was very cute.
Can't wait to see her fans throw a tantrum when she gets replaced next gen
>>121180135
Winner takes half. This isn't highway robbery, man.
>>121179731
>That swan girl
So why now do they start putting shipping into the anime?
>>121180154
But it wasn't a date to begin with, it was Serena being delusional. Both of them agreed they'd go shopping for Pokemon, Ash even asking Serena what he could get for them, but all Serena thought was "muh Satoshi!". It did however end with glorious noodles.
>>121180204
Still, I figured you'd be richer if you at least made it to the leagues.
They're ending Ash's story to make way for a new protagonist and series. Yokai Watch is killing Pokemon.
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>>121180247
Because Pokemon is almost 20 years old
>>121180204
Doesn't Team Rocket rob people though?
>>121180345
>Bonnie as new protag
Holy shit yes
>>121180345
Inbound love it if that where true.
>>121179057
>character develop
>in Pokemon
How can that be a thing when Ash is the same since the series started.
btw Serena and Touko best Pokemon girls!
>>121180576
>How can that be a thing when Ash is the same since the series started
This is how you tell if someone doesn't watch Pokemon recently (or if they did, only watched BW)
>>121172239
Pokemon has gave up with the children so the show is focusing on the older male demographic. Most anons are adult men
>>121178889
Release that useless bitch.
Christ this thread reeks of Tumblr. Why can't you take your awful shipping garbage to /vp/.
>>121180345
If Pokemon adapts the games and manga, the franchise as an anime can go on for another 10 years. They might as well do it, they have already animated short OVAs
>>121172167
So in XY did Brock finally leave?
THere is no more retarded Team Rocket cliche?
There is a best girl now?
Should i watch it?
How many of you genuinely want to fuck short-hair Serena?
>Ash finally wins a league
>Ash in the end pounds that ass
what if this actually happens?
>>121174833
In Japan cutting your hair is a character development
Japanese girls cut their hair after going through emotional change
>Captcha sibyl
Pokemon world confirmed for Sybil system
>>121180728
Yes, no, yes and yes.
>>121180728
Yes.
They're still there.
Yes.
Depends on you.
>>121180721
But Origins is shit, and Chronicles of Thunder was decent because it didn't try to be like the games. And the commercials only look good because they are commercials.
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>>121180728
Brock was never in XY or BW, he is gone gone. Team Rocket was acting edgy and going with their black uniforms for the beginning but turned back to normal
Serena of course,
Like usual, there is too much filler so look up key episodes and gym battles
>>121172167
>Character development
Go watch the Digimon anime instead you fuckwad
>>121178889
>that throw
>>121172167
>>121172167
OMFG!!! SHE HAS EVEN A SHORTER SKIRT!!!!!
>Character development
>It's not about breasts growing
Oh
>>121174066
SERENA IS MIRACLE OF THE UNIVERSE!!!
>>121180850
But some of the filler is best, like Goomy and Hawlucha focus eps
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>>121180782
Well it is more symbolic for "moving on" in anime. Look up the meme "don't cut your hair" or something like that.
>>121180839
Give them some time and a budget and pray for the best
WHAT AN UGLY FUCKING BITCH WHAT THE FUCK DID THEY DO TO HER?
>>121174121
THE BLUE RIBBON OF LOVE.
"Satoshi, only You are the one allowed to untie it."
>>121179425
Ash, I swear to fucking Arceus...
>>121181035
It becomes like the anime. It's simple as that. Also the games themselves don't lend to a conducive show.
>>121179731
Why are they all girls?
>>121181017
The Goomy episode wasn't filler, Goomy went from being afraid of Dedenne to practically being in love with it that episode. If you skip it, that change in attitude will come completely out of nowhere.
>>121181038
Customized her
>>121181128
Idols
>>121181135
But what about the Hawlucha wrestling episode then
>>121181128
Triopokalon are girls-only.
>>121179425
Advanced made a whole lot of fans leave the series, DP brought them all back. I would say Advanced is the lowest point in Pokemon and DP and XY are the highest
>>121180794
>>121180796
>>121180850
At least please tell me Team Rocket isn't still after pikachu after all this time.
Didn't Giovanni retire seasons ago? Who are they even working for now?
>>121181453
They still.
>>121181453
Giovanni actually thinks getting Pikachu is a good idea after it wrecked his shit
>>121179425
While it doesn't make sense for Ash to act like this I like that they're trying to convey the feeling of someone being in a difficult situation in the game.
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>>121181453
Team Rocket will always Rocket but here is the catch. New filler character comes along, Rocket wants that person's pokemon and Pikachu gets caught inadvertently while communicating with them. Of course the method of choice is a disguise and tricking Ash.
>>121181589
oh well, i can jump their episodes
But at least is there any logical explanation to their autism?
>>121181634
Nah, it's the same shit.
>>121181634
It's their job.
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>>121181634
Well in the series they are the incompetent pawns of the organization. They are always sent away from major operations because they mess them up or are sent out to follow Ash and get captured by other gangs as a expendable spy.
Giovanni knows what he is doing with them. They just don't realize it.
>>121181634
Pikachu almost killed Giovanni with a powered up Electro Ball in BW so he thinks that's how powerful it is all the time and not that it was on steroids on that time. So that's at least an excuse.
Serena is perfect for Satoshi, because both are losers
>>121181404
>Advanced made a whole lot of fans leave the series
Only whiny Mistyfags left, not actual fans.
>>121182405
Prior to that point he literally had no idea the trio were even after Pikachu. They always went after it because they THOUGHT he'd want it, not because he actually told them to do so.
>>121180721
Pokemon Special anime never.
>>121182544
Filler and boring story, a little bit was Misty but personally I worship our busty overlord May
>>121182608
Good
>>121182813
Special is the best story and characters Pokemon has.
>>121182730
AG had a considerably better story and far less filler than Johto, though.
>personally I worship our busty overlord MayMe too.
>>121182868
No that's Mystery Dungeon
no retarded characters, Pokemon are central, and actual characters not suffering from shit spewed by various mangaka
>>121180345
>Yokai Watch is killing Pokemon.
You might have a point if Level-5 was as committed to printing money as Game Freak.
They've done what they set out to do with YW, and now they plan to phase it out.
Other shows may come and go, but Pokemon may as well be forever.
>>121182893
I can't wait to see more of her
>>121182980
>now they plan to phase it out.
You've never seen Level 5 work before have you? They run a franchise into the ground and then abandon ship. Youkai Watch is still rising.
>>121183055Thanks for the new fap material, anon. Daymn.
