This week, the gang sees first hand just how dangerous Team Galactic is.

The biggest change to this episode is removing Team Rocket--they have no reason to be in Shinou at all. That, and this episode could reinforce that Galactic is much more dangerous than Team Rocket would ever be.

I decided to name the meteors that Galactic is going after to make them more meaningful (plus reference some real life science news in their background) I also expanded on what it is that...

This week, Ash takes on Maylene, battles to a draw, and then ends up completing his team in the process!

One big change was taking out Team Rocket, as per the competition rule (that, and Team Galactic has a major role next week, so it wouldn't make sense for them to show up here) This was also another good spot for Dawn to cheer Ash by singing "Glory in our Story" again, which is a call back to his battle with Roark earlier.

Maylene actually says her in game intro...

This week, Dawn manages to inspire Maylene to fight again even though she loses the battle.

The biggest change was reshuffling Dawn's team to account for the remixed teams. The evil team was also removed, as I have a very specific place I want Team Galactic to appear.

Ash telling Dawn about the moves Maylene and her team used and how they work in Contests was new for the story. I wanted to reinforce that Dawn is still focusing on Contests, so I thought this would be...

Part 2 of Episode 51 is delayed due to one of the places I post the story being down for maintenance.

I don't know when the board will be back up, but I hope to have the next episode posted Wednesday.

This week, after reflecting on her impending match with the boys, Dawn's first battle gets underway!

I moved Ash's training scene with Estrella (and Dawn's training) into an interlude because the episode would run long if I included that, the heart-to-heart (which I expanded on), and the battle itself.

I cut out the cutaway with Maylene's training because I felt Dawn's preparation (and Ash's training) took priority.

Maylene's Meditite Kuto is short for...