>>25681326
Shitty scarf

Reminds me of Lance in GSC.
As in, he's completely uninteresting and seems to only exist so the narrative can insist that he's cool.

>>25681326

Mega X Charizard Ginjinka

>>25681571
>being this mad lance is cool and you're not

>>25681566
His scarf looks like the flames coming out the side of Megazard X's mouth.

I think it's an interesting design choice.

It also reminds me of a Frogadier's frubble scarf specifically shiny Frogadier.

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>>25681326
He's literally me.

Intelligent, nihilistic, with a wicked sense of humour.

>>25681605
You can't proclaim yourself as any of that and when someone does, it's usually wrong.

>>25681583
Lance is boring, man. At least Alain exists to promote a specific gimmick. Lance was the most half assed champ of the entire series.

>>25681617
>Intelligent, nihilistic, with a wicked sense of humour.
is a meem.
that poster was meeming.

Pros
He wins against some strong opponents for the most part

Cons
Looks like an edgy meme character

>>25681587
I'm fine with the scarf, but I do want to see him without it

I'd fuck 'em.

>>25681326
boring gary stu character

Gonna get eventually fucked by Ash, so who cares.

>>25681326
It's great that there's a co-protagonist that's older and not doing the same old badge shit. It's also really neat that they turned him from protagonist of his own mini series to the antagonist rival of the main show.

Objectively he may be generic and edgy, but I really fucking appreciate that he exists in the show.

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>>25683072

If Ash beats him, Ash better be the new Champion of Kalos

Ash is going to have to compete with a guy who has beaten an E4 member and battled with another and a Champion, not to mention Ash has already lost to this guy once

>>25683094
Not to mention that Ash already had a brief battle with Diantha.

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>>25683101

But he couldn't compete with her at least Alain did some damage to Steven

>>25683078
> It's also really neat that they turned him from protagonist of his own mini series to the antagonist rival of the main show

I'm a total sucker for these kinds of things, glad to see Pokemon doing it. I enjoyed the special too, kinda want more of that Alain, Steven and Manon dynamic.

>>25683118
Wasn't Steven just screwing around with him though?

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>>25683141

At the beginning yes, he waited to mega evolve Metagross. Alain just jumped in full power from the start. Steven was at a huge disadvantage but still managed to keep Alain guessing

>>25683094
Get well soon, Zygarde

>>25683167

I wonder exactly how powerful perfect Zygarde is

>>25681326
Should tap dem Mairin feet

>>25681587
I thought it looked more like frogadier bubbles

>>25683094
They will most likely battle again during some Team Flare shenanigans, and I'm sure when Ash masters Greninjash he will beat Alan during that fight.

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>>25683182

>>25683205
how old is he anyway, how big of an age gap is there between Alain and Mairin

>>25683239

Dunno, maybe at least 15, Mairin is probably 10 because she got her starter a little later than Serena

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What did you guys think of this battle?

>>25683250
i thought mairin was a boy

>>25683205
I wish she wasn't in a coma now

>>25683320
Annoyed me since Siebold should have Mega Gyara

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>>25683339

Nope, she 100% girl

>>25683320
Glad he didn't win it.

>>25683320
I thought Alain was gonna win for some reason and was pissed the entire battle but then he lost and I was delighted.

>>25683400
Suspenders mark her as the chosen one

>>25683158

He outclassed him altogether though. Took a blast burn to the face without a scratch.

>>25683389

That's Lysandre's ace.

Ow the edge

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Cute

>>25683094
imo (looking back at the battle frontier) Ash is probably already as strong as an E4 member if he actually battles using his previous team.

Ash only has been training with Greninja for a short time period so it's not surprising to see him lose to Alain. While Alain on the other hand, has only been training his charizard (for how long? years?).

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>>25686395

I think Ash was at his strongest then managing to beat the Regi's and getting himself into the hall of fame. I bet if he used his power houses he could be very competitive

I doubt due to Alain's research that he has anymore pokemon

>>25686535
yeah, Ash definitely has a good chance to beat Alain and the league. The issue now is the writers...

>>25681326
Would fug

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>>25686893

Non non, he is mine!

>>25683094
>beaten an E4
Yes with a fucking mega Alain is a horrible trainer who would get his ass kicked without his plot stone to save the day. It honestly pissed me off Zygarde had to apply effort to beat a low tier mega.

>>25683118
>Dragon claw
>on a steel type
Is Alain retarded?

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>>25687591

She also had a mega

>>25687537
Shouldn't you be taking care of your comatose rat?

>>25687672
>Implying she didn't let him win
She most likely let him win

>>25687672
Its plot bullshit as to why Xzard always wins.

>>25681326
he's got quality porn

>>25687672
thanks solar power

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>>25687754

Maybe

>>25683400
Her hair makes me think she will have a Gothitelle

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>>25687794

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>>25688110

I know she will have a Florges someday

>>25683342
>>25687718
Zygarde's magical green goo that got on her Chespin will be used as a plot device, I fucking guarantee it.

>Xerosic used Zygarde to fuck with "Xerneas", I mean tree and made it get bigger

>Zygarde's goo will somehow make her Chespin stronger

>It will evolve at a faster rate because look at how that tree got fucking bigger

>Will be able to Mega her Chesnaught without a Mega/Key stone

>tfw she battles Alain with her "Mega" Chesnaught in order to make him come to his senses and to make him realize what he's become

>Alain wins but doing so brings harm to her because it's not really a Mega Chesnaught but the same shit as Ashninja

>Alain will be like, "Oh shit what did I do" and will come to his senses and run over to mairin and be like "I'm so sorry for what I've done

>He will then go apeshit and confront Lysandre about it

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Serena could have saved Chespin

>>25688612
interesting if it went like this
but I doubt it'll happen