What are some critiques you have of Xy/Xyz?
So Im assuming most if not all of us are fans of xy because it’s an amazing show,but it’s obviously not perfect as no show really is,so what are some things you would change or things that you feel were done poorly in the show.
For me personally there are a few criticisms I tend to have for xy like it’s pacing issues,at least the start. Like for Ash there’s a big gap in between Ash’s first and second gym battle and Serena,while it making perfect sense for her to take a while to find a goal it’s still a pacing problem that has deluded some people into thinking that Serena "doesn’t do anything in the beginning" so personally I would make the pacing at the beginning a bit snapper.
Another would probably be something like fixing how greninja was released or just have Ash keep him. I think the reason greninja was released was very lazy and kinda pointless as the stupid vines are still there post xyz. I think if they were going to have ash release greninja they should’ve had a better reason for doing so.
Something I’ll also note is that some of the rivals,while being entertaining at times weren’t all that necessary. Like Im mostly talking about the "extra" rivals,someone like Trevor,Nini,and even tireno(to a lesser extent). These characters aren’t bad,but I feel they either lack narrative importance or just don’t push their respective rival to be better,so they tend to kinda just feel like padding.
Obviously I still love xy/xyz it’s still my favorite Pokemon series to this day and the one that I still think is the best,but I wanted to have more ideas about xy be represented as I think that a big part of liking something is being able to acknowledge its flaws and this sub is the closest we have to a xyz subreddit so I thought it would be interesting to see some of the FAIR criticisms some of you have.