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I Don't Understand why Dawn is so Popular.
Is there anything within the Pokemon Anime community that you don't understand the popularity of? I never understood why people liked Dawn so much, no offense or anything... Keep discussions civil.
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My pick is fairly obvious: short-haired Serena. I've already explained how hair plays a major factor in a female character's beauty trait and how certain hair styles suit only on them. Serena was meant to be designed with long hair, and giving her a haircut utterly destroys the appeal of her character design. Thankfully she's going to leave the series and not winning dat Ash and be replaced by another long-haired girl (from the leaked concept arts) that's definitely not going to get a haircut later on. |
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Tbh I don't think Dawn was that great in terms of her personality, although I liked her skills as a Coordinator. Her being handed a Togekiss for free ticked me off, though. I hate handouts.
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Bcoz she was the best companion of ash :p
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There's a lot of reasons why Dawn was so popular, her chemistry with Ash was another thing, Pearlshipping was big in Japan when D/P series was going.
Yah, maybe her being co star had some thing to do with it too. |
Guys, you do realize that the thread title is just an example, right...
I also never really truly understood why Best Wishes was so unpopular. I get that no one liked how Ash reset, but I actually found this to be interesting. |
Dawn was very popular because she was the 1st co-star worthy of calling Ash's partner !
Actually , I think May to be more popular then Dawn. |
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Oh, and the Nimbasa Gym as well - Ash relied on Palpitoad so much that he didn't have a backup plan in place when Palpitoad was defeated, and Ash had to run back to the Pokemon Center (while risking a forced forfeit) just to get another Pokemon, only to find out it was one that couldn't defeat Elesa's Emolga who defeated said Palpitoad. And it was that reason he had to bring out his Deus Ex Machina aka Pikachu. |
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The short hair was also a massive turning point for Serena's character and probably one of the most liberating things the show has done. I really enjoyed the scene where she did it because she was shaking off her mistakes and starting again. -- ANYWAY. Something I never understood was the appeal for the Johto saga. A lot of people seem to absolutely adore it, and whilst it does have some shining episodes I found the overall saga to be completely boring compared to Kanto. It just lacked a lot of vital things, there were no hair raising moments - or at least very few compared to the other seasons. |
Well to me Dawn was probably the most "sexualized" character out of all the female characters since her skirt was way to short for a 10-12 year old I'd assume. Also like most others said, the shipping of Ash and his female friends started with Dawn.
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The short hair was also the worst turning point to Serena's character, because it made me lose respect for the character overall. And that once scene has been affecting my life ever since. I couldn't concentrate on whatever I'm doing, and whenever I try to think of Smash, that scene keeps coming back to haunt me. Quote:
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It started with Misty. |
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawaii. ^ I think the reason behind the popularity of Dawn is the prominent kawaii aspect of the Japanese culture. Many people who watch the Japanese media like to see kawaii characters and things. Dawn is cute. She was designed to be an eye candy. Ask her designers. |
I don't understand the popularity of the show after Season 8, once the new dub takes over its just a completely different (and AWFUL) show, the dubs just don't match the characters and it's like they overexaggerate every movement and mannerism of the characters to match the dub and...just no. Plus the quality of the actual Pokemon starts going downhill in Generation 3. I may be one of the nostalgic fans but there's a reason we're nostalgic, the show we fell in love with was the original, not the crappy new updates they keep adding.
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It was probably those boots that won a lot of people over.
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