Pokémon Horizons SHOCKS Fans with Devastating Episode! 

Nah, he was speaking facts. Effort alone is not enough if it doesn't get you results

@@SpikeThePorcupine23 Ash era made the fans have unrealistic expectations of this anime when this is literally the most accurate story telling a bunch of kids could get. They're not like Ash who's going to be participating in the league. Plus, Ash got the privilege of bullying very incompetent villains and got silver spoon in his mouth in gym battles only to lose it in later stages of the league. Not every 10 year old has to endure a Thunderbolt and Flamethrower to get a good rep.

@thefearlessone2649 I couldn't have said it better myself. Ash Era was plagued with lacklustering writing, but the devs kept on feeding us the same repetitive material that fans became condition to overtime. Now we're getting proper writing material, but it's going to take a while for the fans to embrace it.

@@SpikeThePorcupine23 Bro, none of these Ash stans are going to survive watching Ash in the OS. Imagine the hate he'll get if it was released today.

@@eljordinio7647 Then what about Ash-Satoshi Ketchum's Gym Battles then only to some losses against the Gym Leaders? it's either a loss in the exhibition Gym Match or a true Gym battle against the Gym Leaders. There's ALWAYS a second chance like Roy did in one attempt.

@@vincenzorafaelsuarez6644 seriously, the name is Ash. At this point the Japanese names aren't relevant anymore, even if it is the original

@@vincenzorafaelsuarez6644 whatever you want to call the situation, it doesn't change the fact that Liko lost miserably. In tests you usually only get one shot and that's it. Just because you CAN retake them doesn't mean they're an automatic right you're entitled to, especially if the one testing you had high expectations and won't tolerate failure or weakness Battling is supposed to be serious and instead they're treating it like some kind of joke for the most part. Dot lost and still got a pass twice and Liko getting passed by Katy with no real results was also cheap. Liko Had Roy's latest opponents are the only ones to value battling to an adequate level of seriousness, especially Grusha who had every right to break Liko for her weakness

@@eljordinio7647 Well, this isn't a gym battle so he shouldn't treat it as such. You see him and Larry switching out? They're not allowed to do that, but this is terastal training. There's a reason they are randomly assigned gyms for them, winning isn't the only thing that matters.

@@eljordinio7647 "Battling is supposed to be serious" well they are students who are taking terastal course and not going to the league. We're saying Grusha is allowed to fvck over who's assigned to battle him as the 8th gym leader? Would've been acceptable if for school purposes, all of Gym Leaders Pokemons are of same power level, since this isn't a gym battle where you have to go to the inferior gyms before Grusha.

-It's already implied that they've been training offscreen when Liko said Roy won "a lot" of battles when singing (he only have three onscreen victories). -If you can't see her effort and understanding in this battle, I don't know what to tell you. Her every move is with thought and reasoning, and when it did not stick she comes up with strategies on the spot. -Liko lost because she's at a massive disadvantage in typing and Grusha is the last best out of the eight Gym Leaders. Roy lost because he's relying on singing and was just commanding moves willynilly. This is not the same. Out of the three, Liko fought valiantly in this implementation test. -Ash have a silver spoon in his mouth up until the later stages in the leagues.

@@thefearlessone2649 Not only that - Liko and Roy battled against the explorers and outsmarted them wisely and called the Rising Volt Tacklers for backup plan - Ash-Satoshi Ketchum and his companions were caught off guard, outmatched, outnumbered and outsmarted by other evil teams and risked on being hostile. Liko, Roy and Dot get the win briefly against the Explorers and Ametheo While Ash-Satoshi Ketchum and his companions get the loss temporarily against other evil teams: Team Neo Rocket, Team Galactic, Team Flare, Team Plasma, Team Aqua and Magma and their bosses. (Not counting Team Rocket Trio: Jessie, James and Meowth and the other Team Rocket Duo: Cassidy and Butch or Team Yell or Team Skull and Guzma) As for Gyms like Liko lost and failed the implementation assessment against Grusha - Ash-Satoshi Ketchum lost to Wulfric due to Lack of Power Control - Liko fought valiantly against Grusha but lost and failed due to lack of skill improvement I guess it's not the same

She's becoming a pure disgrace at this point Not only did she get a pass in an inadequate fashion from Katy, she failed to even learn from her losses given her three consecutive Ls. Liko's weakness is becoming unacceptable

​@@thefearlessone2649valiantly my foot. Sure she strategized well but she didn't even get one KO Roy at least managed to beat one of Ryme's Pokemon despite suffering a crushing defeat as well

@@eljordinio7647 Her weaknesses are increasing terribly unlike Ash-Satoshi Ketchum Liko is still far from being strong and skilled, she has a lot of training and improvement to do before the Explorers nabbed and witnessed her weaknesses very badly.