![]() This battle, however, also had plenty of stuff that left to be desired, unfortunately, even excluding the typical SM issues of some commentary breaking the action too often, spotty battle animation and the fact it only took half the episode. It was an appreciated course correction, if nothing else. In general, this is a far better Grand Trial than Nanu's, and one thing it does do well is highlight Ash's typical out-of-the-box thinking which I felt was being shafted a bit too often recently in favor of Z-Move usage, while here the Z-Move was used more for firepower than as the end all be all way of solving the battles. I'm not the biggest fan of Electro Ball getting replaced by Electroweb, but to the writers' credit they've managed to find some clever usages of it the few times we've got to see it in action. Speaking of atmosphere, it was also pretty nice to see the final Grand Trial take place at night given how rarely we get these kinds of battles, and while the battle was just a one against one bout, it did have some nice Z-Move animation in Tectonic Rage (which managed to preserve most of the Earthquake-like characteristics of it), and made decent use of strategy, with the usage of Electroweb as a safety net being a particular standout for this battle. So, does this battle give us a clash befitting the end of the Island Trials? To put it simply, it depends on what you feel about the battles of this Anime and how they should be.įor the good points, while the episode does take quite a while to get to the battle proper and could've probably used a bit of trimming, it is paced nicely on a macro scale, the extended version of Hapu's ritual to be formally accepted as an Island Kahuna was suitably atmospheric and befitting of Alola's status as a traditional region, and the beach scene did have at least a purpose in terms of setting up Ash's eventually victory strategy. SM's track record with battles has been rather spotty, to put it mildly, but with this being the final Grand Trial, there was a certain amount of expectations placed on this episode. ![]() With this episode, the Poni Island arc finally concludes, finally reaching the Grand Trial battle that was Ash's main aim throughout this arc.
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