What also irks me is seeing the Sun & Moon saga getting so many positive reviews from the internet fandom. It's suffering from copycat syndrome and extremely slow pacing because I have been seeing more pointless fillers and very little plot progression from the episodes so far, yet everyone seems to praise it.
I do not praise copycats, because it is delivering the wrong message.
When I saw the falling ratings for XY I clearly knew there was a problem. It's like the writers don't want to lose their young fans to a rival franchise and they wanted to go to drastic measures just to win them back.
Also, the SM dub is even worse. I feel that because of Ash's new design looking younger, his VA should have been replaced or Sarah should have tried to make her Ash voice sound younger.
Yeah Sarah is still voicing Ash. Disney XD is just the new broadcaster to American audiences.
However, I absolutely hate Ash's design in Sun & Moon. He now looks and acts like a complete dork (all while somehow retaining his strength) and his outfit is the exact same as the male game protagonist except for colour changes. His outfits were always modelled off the game protagonists, but never wore the exact same outfit as that region's protagonist until now.
Also, that new school setting and slapstick focus just screams Yo-Kai Watch copycat. Pokemon had been losing to Yo-Kai in the ratings so it's like the anime writers knew copying the format was the only way to win the target audience back.
I had terrible bouts of jealousy on PC, causing me to feel sour around staff members because I knew I lacked the right image. It hurt me so badly that I took a hiatus over if I'm even liked here anymore.
I have a terrible sin of succumbing to greed and being power-hungry, and that's why my attitude took a terrible dive and caused my hiatus. Seriously, don't let your biggest sin consume you because it'll ruin you.
Well, it wasn't that way in the beginning. The very first Splatfest was Cats vs Dog. Callie was Team Cat, as was I. Dogs won because of sheer popularity. x'D
It was tricky to decide, but in the end I chose Team Past! Historically, the side Callie is aligned with has won more worldwide, and the dinosaur shirt is cute. xD I predict Team Past will win, therefore, more Sea Snails.
