This week, the gang helps out a park ranger in solving a mystery about disappearing bird Pokemon, unaware Team Galactic is behind everything!

Since Team Rocket was doing this just because in the real episode (which Mars hangs a lampshade on), I decided to give Mars and Jupiter a reason to be doing it (collecting energy to create the new world). When they do catch Estrella, her bond with Ash is the main reason her energy is off the charts.

I also modified Rosebay's outfit...

This week, Brock competes in the Fantasy Stage with Ash and Tintri looking on, but is no match for Nando.

Originally, the Contest would continue here, but now that Brock has a competitive path of his own in the remix, this would make perfect sense to put the Fantasy Stage here (and have the rest of the Contest take place offscreen.)

This was also a good place to show off the difference in telling styles. Brock's is full of description, commentary, and asides; while...

This, of course, refers to the fact that I debuted my Hanamaru Kunikida (from Love Live Sunshine) cosplay at an anime con this past weekend. The outfit is actually quite warm (it's her winter school uniform) and I might actually have a suitable cosplay for cold-weather photo shoots (as you know, both Leaf and Serena have sleeveless tops; great for summer but not so much when the temps struggle to reach 50 degrees F.) So yeah, I'm pretty excited to have Zuramaru in my cosplay lineup :)
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This week, the Jubilife Contest gets underway, but a Galactic admin is one of Dawn's competition!

Contests as a whole are dramatically different in the remix--there are no battles, and in Shinou, there's still the Visual, Dance, and Appeal rounds, just like in the games (unlike the games, the Appeal rounds have five appeals, to match RSE's appeal round)

Unlike in the real show, Dawn's costumes are different every Contest, rather than the same pink dress you wear in the...

I am finally home for Spring Break and boy am I excited! I'm going to the beach with my friends and celebrate Palm Sunday and Easter with my family. It's going to be AWESOME! Also, while I am here, I will resume updating the blog since my last post was in January. Anyway, have a good day/night and be positive, everything will work out in the end!