I still remember my mom telling me when I was little that pokemon was satanic/witchcraft. And now we both play Pokemon Go religiously (pun intended) ten years later. No one is safe from pikachu, no one
Oh no hahah But PoGo is amazing! I can't wait for the Christmas events. Couldn't get a shiny wild event pokemon last year, so this year the hunt is on!
My mom said the same thing and told me it (along with D&D) would turn me gay..fast forward 20ish years and I’m a bi satanist so maybe she was right all along 😂
Quick comment on Lucario: mega evolution is canonically a forced evolution and often drives the pokemon into madness either through constant pain, power surges affecting the brain or just straight up madness through power. With Lucario, it's madness came from the power surge affecting its brain
Oh boy. The Mew movie with Ash turning to stone and the pokemon crying will still make me cry today as a adult... The movie overall gives me a strange vibe as the backstory is so mature compared to what pokemons target audience it should be. Probably the reason why it already left a stark impression on me even as a child. I feel like a lot of children anime movies around the year 2000 are strangely mature
YES! a lot of them touch on darker stuff. as a kid the mewtwo movie scared me a lot haha and i blame the pikachu beat down for making me extremely emotional about sad scenes.
From what I've heard, they were allowed to get away with more stuff in the early days - at least, before Electric Solider Porygon drew a lot of critical attention towards them, and they started overseeing the anime more closely.
Oh my god, I forgot how emotional that scene was! And that strangely profound quote from Mewtwo: "I see now that the circumstances of one's birth are irrelevant; it is what you do with the gift of life that determines who you are."
hearing about how bizarre the manga sounds is honestly really making me want to check it out... I don't know why I never did tbh but it sounds like such a wild ride
it’s so wild! and the art is pretty nice. i haven’t heard about it until recently and then read it. a lot of the chapters are super short so it’s easy to read in between stuff 😃
It’s honestly a banger!!! I’ve read the first few volumes and they’re just great. I don’t even think it’s just because I love Pokémon, they’re just very high quality in general.
I read red/blue and yellow, and it was really fun. The more mature tone fits pretty well into the series, and having different characters each gen is way better!
rs & dppt are the best ones imo! read r/s for romance ( ruby/sapphire was the ship that rewired my brain chemistry as a child...) and dppt for friendship :)
I really appreciate pokemon for the darker stories honestly, I think it helps children understand the world a bit better than a story with all fluff cause children understand this stuff a lot earlier than adults realize, I think something safe like pokemon with slightly darker stories is a great stepping stone, stuff like goosebumps and are you afraid of the dark really helped a lot of my early fears and getting over them. I probably watched my vhs tape collections of episodes 15-24 (I think) a billion times I loved tower of terror and ghost of maidens peak sooo much
Completely agree! Also, it makes it so much more enjoyable to rewatch. I think adding darker elements without being inappropriate is super difficult, but done well in some parts and especially early Pokémon! Also, those nine episodes are perfection!
I can’t speak to if this is true, but Brock’s English voice actor (Eric Stuart) said that the reason they changed “riceball” to “jelly donut” is because the Japanese studio specifically requested that the English dub, as well as the dubs of other languages, change it to whatever is more culturally relevant. To make Pokémon as widespread as possible and so that kids could relate no matter where they’re from. I’m not here to defend every choice 4kids made, god knows they’ve had some questionable decisions made, but that at least I must speak up for.
Ohhh that makes so much sense. I am sorry I blamed them haha but on a side note, my favorite 4kids shenanigans are the tokyo mew mew raps haha that song just randomly pops into my head every other week
@@plushiepath yeah, say what you will about 4kids animation but their theme songs were bangers 😂 I loved the English dub theme song to TMM even if the dub itself was terrible.
4Kids was notorious to cutting and censoring shows. Even, if Japanese surely gave them some freedom (otherwise they would just take the series from them) more of it spanned from the fact that they didn't care as much about global release as they do nowadays. What's more likely is that producers lied to the voice actors. Like there is difference between "oh yeah you can change some things to make it more accessible" and "erase any cultural factor of the show and replace it with nonsensical bs". 4Kids are fully to blame for it.
i just recently binged the new pokémon journeys series and honestly i really enjoyed it. i haven’t watched much pokémon in probably 5ish years but before that i had watched every episode of every series until the sun and moon series so i may need to do that next so i can say i’ve watched the entire series
I got chills at the idea of a Movie where Team Rocket is fighting to survive against a world wide pokemon uprising. - Probably the coolest "new" idea for the series I have ever thought about. - Sad that we will never get something like it.
Thank you so much for actually covering the Adventures manga! I feel like other UA-cam videos that address it only get to the point where Koga's Arbok gets sliced, react, and stop. Thank you for reminding me the Ruby Sapphire arc was not a fever dream and actually happened! (until Celebii reset everything, of course)
I really hate the Arbok scene, not does it doesnt represent the Manga accurately (it never got this violent again) and it makes Green look straight up evil
thank you! ruby sapphire was definitely something ahah everything with arcues is also super fever dreamish and i lost it when Shaymin teamed up with Cyrus. i never expected that to happen.
This video proves that Pokémon did grow up with its fans that’s the point of all this dark stuff in the franchise It didn’t disappoint me I’m a true fan ride or die forever
Props to bringing up the XY arc, barely anyone does that when it comes to this topic. Though for context on Y's head getting crushed by a Pinsir, that was actually Essentia who took Y's form as she has ditto-like transformation powers. She impersonated Y and tried to trick X, but X wasn't fooled and ordered his Pinsir to attack Essentia, and of course she survives because of her suit. Funnily enough the one thing that made X realize that he wasn't talking to Y was the fact that the fake Y called him "dear".
Someone who actually gives the Manga a decent job covering the Manga rather than just pointing at the same three example (Arbok cut in half, crucified gym leaders, and Zinnia being stabbed) to show it’s dark? IMPOSSIBLE! In all seriousness though glad that section was decent sized and details as I feel so many just overlock it or, as stated above, always use the same example. The first few arcs are still definitely some of my favorites since it’s the only time (as far as I’m aware) that major character like Gym Leaders are members of team rocket and the Elite Four is a genuine threat. I always knew Agatha was secretly evil!
thank you so much! and yeah i loved that twist. i liked Sabrina in the anime but was sad that she disappeared after her 3 episodes and generally a lot of cool characters are one-offs in the anime and games (except Cynthia. she always shows up and scares everyone.) But the manga fleshed them out more and gave sabrina the screen (page?) time she deserved. also hell yes, agatha was 👌 and oak's battle outfit never gets old.
Hi I’m sorry I always comment critiques-I do like your videos!! I just wanted to point out at 4:21 you should have another flash warning or give a verbal flash warning for the entire segment with a time stamp to skip if you plan on showing scenes like that multiple times! Also at 7:10, the anti-Japan movement in South Korea (as you probably know) was due to Japan’s war crimes against South Korea during WWII that have continuously been denied by officials and either dismissed or glorified. I just wanted to say the context is definitely important, that’s all! I’m super excited to watch the rest of the deep dive!❤️
no worries! i am really happy about feedback! and yes! you’re completely right. i had help editing that segment and we slowed it down by a lot but there should have been another warning. i’ll try editing it in the youtube editor in a bit (i hope it’ll let me) and yes! i should have given more context for the anti japan movement! it’s super important to show both sides of a story! thanks for watching and thank you so much for your feedback! i really appreciate it! 😊
To add to that - for people who don't know history - Japanese were actually more cruel and as bloody as Germans during Second War (especially against Chinese and Koreans). What Japanese did was way more inhumane and disturbing, as they acted more akin to savages. Which is telling you something, because the crimes Germans committed were already pure evil.
As a kid I was scared of hunter J's smash bros trophy thing. I remember seeing pokemon being turned to stone and the look of fear on their faces. Them they get kidnapped and you see the trainers get their friend taken away from them. It was horrible
I love your videos, but you got some minor details wrong. Ash and Latias DON'T have a baby. Latias just gives Ash a kiss. That's all. In the end credits, it's a whole other family of a father Latios and his twin Latios and Latias enter the city to protect it if the Latias we've followed for the whole movie can't protect it. The Mastermind Mirage "movie" was really a 10th anniversary special released as a made-for-TV movie. Other than that, great job.
Thanks for the correction! I felt like the kiss implied it, and I didn't know that there were "backups." But it makes more sense that there's a second family
@@plushiepath No worries. Takeshi Shudo will be missed. His time working on the anime and the first three movies was astounding and phenomenal. He sadly died many years after being let go from the writing team from a brain bleed due his heavy use of controlled substances (such as tranquilizers) and smoking.
YOOOO ive been waiting to see another video from this channel, was watching the other ones between my exams a couple weeks ago 😭 literally saved me from insanity, the exam hall was way too quiet
I think scarlet and violet actually added in a lot more charm the games were missing, especially since while the game does hold your hand a bit they literally let you just go and kick in the last gyms doors even thought your team isn't ready yet, thought they might end up that way if you go through the whole game. Also the part at the end.
Personally it took a lot of charm and comfort other games had. Mostly due to how unfinished parts of the games are, especially UI for a lot of features. It's major downgrade from PLA in many instances (which mostly comes from the fact that both games were made simultaneously).
@@mjm3091 To each their own as it is. I havn't played a game since Black and white 2 as I said, and if people enjoyed the older games more they can go back to play those, and I'm sure soon this style of game will be left in the dust and you can enjoy the next game.
Pokemon has a lot of one-off manga that are untranslated and range from wholesome fun to "what." My theory is that these have little oversight from executives. I actually bought the entirety of ReBurst with plans to work on a full fan translation of all 8 volumes since it's super intriguing to me, but there's little in regards to translated chapters available online. Diamond and Pearl Adventure(The one by Shigekatsu Ihara) is one that is officially available in English and imo, super underrated. Mitsumi and Hareta are some of my favorite Pokemon protagonists. Sadly, there's not a lot of documentation for many of these manga, which is a shame since they at least deserve preservation.
That's so cool - and yeah there's so little for ReBurst, but the concept is super intriguing. It's sad that the Pokémon manga is so underrated - hopefully, it gets more popular or like you said, preserved
Oh hey, I read that diamond and pearl manga!! I'd used to get it mixed up with the other manga lol. It was pretty good, but there was a weird amount of jokes about... The protagonist biting team galactic's butts...? That was odd lol
THANK YOUUUUU literally just started rewatching indigo league and playing scarlet!! love the vids you have such high quality content i thought you’d been doing youtube for YEARS everything is so well researched and just very well presented and i appreciate it a lot super nice to listen while cleaning etc. AMAZING!!!!
Remember to watch in Japanese so you can perceive whole cultural spectrum of the series also to listen to all the amazing music US dub cut out for no reason.
I feel a big reason Pokemon LA was the first Pokémon game I’ve picked up since I was a kid, was because it finally gave me that taste of “danger” I’ve always wanted from a Pokémon game. Being able to fall and get damage, Pokémon being able to attack, and swarm me in groups. I’m hoping we get more spin off games similar to Pokémon LA down the line.
me too - i also like its atmosphere and that every pokemon no matter how belitted it is in current gens has impact and is respected by people because it's powerful. i like scarlet/violet a lot but i had hoped it would go a bit more in the arceus direction!
Your videos are so so complete and good! I like your accent and voice!! Thank you so much for putting so much work into this and your other videos. They are all impressive and fun!
I'm in love with your content. I've listened to all your vids at work, they're well produced for such a short time on the platform. Nice work, and I can't wait to see what else you wanna talk about! 💕 (There's also a proud/rewarding feeling to be one of the first to find a channel like this and watch it grow.)
18:11 Funny timing about TPC acknowledging adult fans wanting darker themes in the main games, right as Scarlet and Violet just released. I won't spoil it here but OMG the story in the S/V post game hits HARD, make sure you have a box of tissues for when you get to that point (or just reuse the box of tissues you needed for the Titans story path lol)
What a great deep dive into the dark side on Pocket Monsters! Who'd have thought bug catching could be so disturbing haha loved this so much, subscribed!
@@plushiepath I’ve always wanted to check it out but never got round to it! The main series games have a lot of dark stuff, mainly the earlier games obviously but sun and moon has some spooky mimikyu plot which is cool, I think the Pokédex entries have always been overly dark… even in the newest games!
The music around the 16 minute mark has to be a version of the steel samurai theme from ace attorney. However this version I’m not familiar with as its less peppy than the other versions.
The on the end of the Pokemon heroes movie: The Bianca that kisses ash isn't said to be FOR SURE latias. It's hinted that it could be OR it could be the actual girl Bianca, who is the person Latias takes the form of. As for the latias and latios at the end of the movie, those are not confirmed to be Latias' kids. In fact it's more hinted to likely be the spirits of Latios brother and possibly the father who sacrificed himself as said in the movie OR it is an entirely new group of latios and latias showing that the latias sister wont be lonely after all. I'm unsure where this information of them being her kids was gotten from??? I for one have never heard that interpretation before this video...
true! it could have been bianca but since she didn’t speak i assumed it was latias. the kid theory has been around for a little while and i always assumed they implied that there’s a new gen guarding the city and since we didn’t see any other family it made sense to me that she had the kids. and maybe ash’s kiss inspired their formation
Shoutout to Pokémon the movie secrets of the jungle where the main villain commits an on screen double homicide against koko’s parents For the first time in the franchise A scene no one talks about for some reason
The whole Sabrina arc... ngl, I was never scared of that as a kid, I always thought that was fascinating and I remember at least one time I pretended that Sabrina was my friend and she'd turn us into dolls so we could fly around on a paper airplane. Aaaand now I self-ship with her and I've drawn at least one pic where she turned my trainer self-insert into a doll upon request sooooooo... XD
One thing I don’t see many people talking about when it comes to this kinda stuff is the mental states of some of the characters. Ex: Cyrus. He wants to go to a new world as he doesn’t understand/like human emotions, and Team Galactic is created. Cyrus is so determined to accomplish his goal that he bombs the lakes to get the legends. In the DP anime he goes into the dimension portal via his own choice without telling the admins. (I’ll assume it’s the distortion world until proven otherwise) The admins lose communication with him, and honestly most likely think that he d1ed (if he didn’t get ravaged by Giratina the little to no plants and resources in the DW would’ve meant that he would’ve d1ed anyway) The admins must think that this conclusion is what Cyrus wanted to do the whole time, and would most likely mourn knowing their characters. To the Galactic Admins and those on the outside of the portal, it seemed that Cyrus’s goal was to k1ll himself. And honestly, that would make sense, at least in my mind. I.E: Cyrus doesn’t understand human emotions, to the point of being incredibly upset over it (his mini breakdown in Platinum), and wanted to go to a new world without emotions and spirit. Everyone outside the portal most likely thinks that this ‘new world’ was the afterlife or something. I’m no expert on character so I’ll let you decide.
I agree. I like how the Manga shows us more of Cyrus and his mental state. Especially since the games also hint at his parents being extremely mean to the point that his granddad blames himself for not saving him. He probably lacks emotions because he was thought to subdue them or saw them as useless because he was helpless against his parents (Small spoiler, late in the anime after teaming up with Dia, Shaymin helps him because he learns to express gratitude!)
im sorry for erm actuallying you but 1:48 pokemon protagonists from the games aren't usually ten. the youngest protagonists with a confirmed age are the kanto and alola kids who are 11. the hoenn protagonists are 12, the protagonists in bw and b2w2 are 14, the protagonists in pla are 15, and the protagonists in xy are 17.
thank you! and don’t worry! i am glad you corrected me 😊 i thought about the anime, but i was talking about the games so i should have clarified! it’s cool that the protagonist have different ages. i am really sorry for messing that info up!
This- this makes me so very very happy, and we're getting multiple parts! Ah! Your spoiling us, Plushie!! ( Also the BOTW music in the bg- major slay )
I didn’t know Pokémon had a manga series and that it’s a dark manga series!! Hello more hyper fixation and fandom! I can’t believe I’ve been a Pokémon fan since I was maybe 6-7(?) and never knew! I’m the worst! Thank you very much for introducing me to this wonderful new series
oh no that sounds bad. i hope he has changed his mind since and found more videos explaining the whole thing to him! and yesss! i love the cards too! looking at the art is super cool. if you don’t know what to do with them, you could put them in binders to build a collection or use frames to display your favorite ones. i got a large frame for 25 cards as an early birthday gift and i love it haha those frames can be a bit pricey but they do come in all sizes and you can find them on etsy! there’s also small magnetic display cases for your desk etc. if you want more inspiration i highly recommend watching pokemon card collectors on youtube like pokerev! some of them have discords with loads of inspiration and people sharing their collections! i hope that helps! also, you can try trading with people if you have duplicates/cards you don’t like. tons of card shops allow selling/trading cards in!
Hearing about his original plans for the anime ending made me so sad, especially the second one. Imagining a show with such global influence conveying a message of anti-capitalism, pro-nature and animal rights could have genuinely changed history in a huge way.
Im a bit surprised you brought up Team Flare from the Xy manga, but didn't bring up X's backstory. Great video overall though. Thanks for bringing up a lot of moment from the mangas nobody talks about, I can imagine a Poketuber reacting to this video a constantly being like "wtf they did that?!" during the whole manga section.
i read the manga for gens 1 and 2 a long time ago, but you reminded me how much i love them!! this was such a fun video, i really wanna read all the other manga now :D
Latias did not have babies, those are other Latios and Latias. Nice vid, was cool to learn some behind the scenes stuff I didn't know. Pretty glad Takeshi stopped writing the anime lol
@@plushiepath omg you responded!!! Tysm!! I'm at the end of the manga chapter and I'm very pleased with how thorough this was. I was afraid you'd leave put certain bits, but they were there! Thank youuu
35:38 That salamence isn't actually wild. It belonged to zinnia, who sicced it on the building nearby. Sapphire and Ruby just happened to be in the way, which is wild.
The thing about lance blowing up the city is that there weren’t many people in the city at the time because of the surfing event. He says maybe one or two, but that’s still fucked up regardless lol. Great video!😊
one thing i hate about the pokemon anime is how it creates assumptions about how the rest of the franchise's world works, even when the games and even later in the anime, it is directly contridicted. CASE IN POINT: Charmander's tail. The anime initially claims that it dies if its tail flame goes out. However, modern dex entries for the evolution line states the EXACT OPPOSITE. Its flame CAN'T go out until it dies. The tail is a measure of its life force, not the source. in some places its even stated that that flame won't ever go out, even when completely underwater
I was actually kinda surprised that during the manga section you mentioned Reburst along with the original manga, but didn't mention Magical Journey? I only know of it as I have 2 volumes (1 & 3) in spanish, but it certainly fits into the category of weird media they did early on as the manga is technically pokemon because we do see them... but they aren't at all the central focus like you'd expect The manga is a shojo slice of life revolving around this girl named Hazel that ends up tasked with catching pokemon as a requirement for her grandpa to make her a love potion for the guy she likes Anyways, this was a great vid, cheers!
@@plushiepath i haven’t played too many pkmn games (maybe like 6 total??) so take this w a grain of salt but… honestly the best story i’ve ever seen from a pkmn game!! and while i wish the game had more than just the 400 pkmn i do adore the ones they chose!! honestly my biggest problems w it is just 1. no changing outfits 2. breeding is much harder and 3. the glitches 😅
They didn’t lost any charm they just created new charm Society’s obsession with recapturing a franchise’s old charm while ignoring the new charm that the franchise did create is just so sad Pokémon still has charm it’s just new Who cares if it doesn’t have the same charm as the original games if this new charm is just as special as the old charm Everyone has become way to cold and cynical that they completely forgot the message of the franchise If only they could stop being scrooges and open their eyes and actually see that
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Lovely stuff! This is great! Thanks and safety to ya mate!!
I still remember my mom telling me when I was little that pokemon was satanic/witchcraft. And now we both play Pokemon Go religiously (pun intended) ten years later. No one is safe from pikachu, no one
Oh no hahah But PoGo is amazing! I can't wait for the Christmas events. Couldn't get a shiny wild event pokemon last year, so this year the hunt is on!
I wish you luck!! And may Arceus bless you this holiday season!
My mom said the same thing and told me it (along with D&D) would turn me gay..fast forward 20ish years and I’m a bi satanist so maybe she was right all along 😂
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Quick comment on Lucario: mega evolution is canonically a forced evolution and often drives the pokemon into madness either through constant pain, power surges affecting the brain or just straight up madness through power. With Lucario, it's madness came from the power surge affecting its brain
mega evolution is SO messed up. poor Lucario.
So they basically used Mad Enchantment spells on them. 😃 (if you understand this reference, you are a Chad!😂)
@@Junodragon6780 If Mega Lucario is a Berserker class, does that mean normal Lucario is an Assassin?
it’s literally canonically the bond between trainer and pokemon?? what is this comment even?
@@JohtoBurglar Where did bond come from? The other guy just said Mega evolution causes madness.
Oh boy. The Mew movie with Ash turning to stone and the pokemon crying will still make me cry today as a adult... The movie overall gives me a strange vibe as the backstory is so mature compared to what pokemons target audience it should be. Probably the reason why it already left a stark impression on me even as a child. I feel like a lot of children anime movies around the year 2000 are strangely mature
YES! a lot of them touch on darker stuff. as a kid the mewtwo movie scared me a lot haha and i blame the pikachu beat down for making me extremely emotional about sad scenes.
From what I've heard, they were allowed to get away with more stuff in the early days - at least, before Electric Solider Porygon drew a lot of critical attention towards them, and they started overseeing the anime more closely.
Oh my god, I forgot how emotional that scene was! And that strangely profound quote from Mewtwo: "I see now that the circumstances of one's birth are irrelevant; it is what you do with the gift of life that determines who you are."
Look up the cut Dr Fuji's daughter scene with baby Mewtwo
*Edit, I figured she'd mention it. I'm there now
hearing about how bizarre the manga sounds is honestly really making me want to check it out... I don't know why I never did tbh but it sounds like such a wild ride
it’s so wild! and the art is pretty nice. i haven’t heard about it until recently and then read it. a lot of the chapters are super short so it’s easy to read in between stuff 😃
DO IT DO IT!!! Read ruby/sapphire or diamond/pearl/platinum, they're the best ones imo. You don't need to read the entire series to enjoy 1 arc.
It’s honestly a banger!!! I’ve read the first few volumes and they’re just great. I don’t even think it’s just because I love Pokémon, they’re just very high quality in general.
I read red/blue and yellow, and it was really fun. The more mature tone fits pretty well into the series, and having different characters each gen is way better!
rs & dppt are the best ones imo! read r/s for romance ( ruby/sapphire was the ship that rewired my brain chemistry as a child...) and dppt for friendship :)
I really appreciate pokemon for the darker stories honestly, I think it helps children understand the world a bit better than a story with all fluff cause children understand this stuff a lot earlier than adults realize, I think something safe like pokemon with slightly darker stories is a great stepping stone, stuff like goosebumps and are you afraid of the dark really helped a lot of my early fears and getting over them.
I probably watched my vhs tape collections of episodes 15-24 (I think) a billion times I loved tower of terror and ghost of maidens peak sooo much
Completely agree! Also, it makes it so much more enjoyable to rewatch. I think adding darker elements without being inappropriate is super difficult, but done well in some parts and especially early Pokémon! Also, those nine episodes are perfection!
Bambi oddly enough prepared me for losing family to cancer of all things
I can’t speak to if this is true, but Brock’s English voice actor (Eric Stuart) said that the reason they changed “riceball” to “jelly donut” is because the Japanese studio specifically requested that the English dub, as well as the dubs of other languages, change it to whatever is more culturally relevant. To make Pokémon as widespread as possible and so that kids could relate no matter where they’re from.
I’m not here to defend every choice 4kids made, god knows they’ve had some questionable decisions made, but that at least I must speak up for.
Ohhh that makes so much sense. I am sorry I blamed them haha
but on a side note, my favorite 4kids shenanigans are the tokyo mew mew raps haha that song just randomly pops into my head every other week
@@plushiepath yeah, say what you will about 4kids animation but their theme songs were bangers 😂 I loved the English dub theme song to TMM even if the dub itself was terrible.
@@plushiepath eh ❤
4Kids was notorious to cutting and censoring shows. Even, if Japanese surely gave them some freedom (otherwise they would just take the series from them) more of it spanned from the fact that they didn't care as much about global release as they do nowadays. What's more likely is that producers lied to the voice actors. Like there is difference between "oh yeah you can change some things to make it more accessible" and "erase any cultural factor of the show and replace it with nonsensical bs". 4Kids are fully to blame for it.
Yea my buddy Eric
I really wish Junji Ito Pokémon had become a thing!! He’s one of my favorite artists, it would have been so cool to see a full manga.
YES! I hope that maybe one day, he'll come back to it
That would have been TERRIFYING, holy heck!
I hope he does it in the future, too.
Man watching this makes me want to binge watching all the series now
the first seasons are great! and the newer ones too. x and y is pretty cool! if you decide on watching it, i’d recommend filler guides though
It takes a looong time, but it's so much fun
good luck
i just recently binged the new pokémon journeys series and honestly i really enjoyed it. i haven’t watched much pokémon in probably 5ish years but before that i had watched every episode of every series until the sun and moon series so i may need to do that next so i can say i’ve watched the entire series
I just did .
I got chills at the idea of a Movie where Team Rocket is fighting to survive against a world wide pokemon uprising. - Probably the coolest "new" idea for the series I have ever thought about. - Sad that we will never get something like it.
Thank you so much for actually covering the Adventures manga!
I feel like other UA-cam videos that address it only get to the point where Koga's Arbok gets sliced, react, and stop.
Thank you for reminding me the Ruby Sapphire arc was not a fever dream and actually happened! (until Celebii reset everything, of course)
I really hate the Arbok scene, not does it doesnt represent the Manga accurately (it never got this violent again) and it makes Green look straight up evil
thank you! ruby sapphire was definitely something ahah everything with arcues is also super fever dreamish and i lost it when Shaymin teamed up with Cyrus. i never expected that to happen.
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If I remember correctly the Arbok survives? Maybe I'm wrong
I'm surprise you didn't mention guzma being abused by his parents in the games and manga
i really should have!
I remember having the first issue of the manga as a kid! It was so different to the light and colorful anime I was used to.
thank you
This video proves that Pokémon did grow up with its fans that’s the point of all this dark stuff in the franchise
It didn’t disappoint me I’m a true fan ride or die forever
Props to bringing up the XY arc, barely anyone does that when it comes to this topic. Though for context on Y's head getting crushed by a Pinsir, that was actually Essentia who took Y's form as she has ditto-like transformation powers. She impersonated Y and tried to trick X, but X wasn't fooled and ordered his Pinsir to attack Essentia, and of course she survives because of her suit. Funnily enough the one thing that made X realize that he wasn't talking to Y was the fact that the fake Y called him "dear".
Someone who actually gives the Manga a decent job covering the Manga rather than just pointing at the same three example (Arbok cut in half, crucified gym leaders, and Zinnia being stabbed) to show it’s dark? IMPOSSIBLE! In all seriousness though glad that section was decent sized and details as I feel so many just overlock it or, as stated above, always use the same example. The first few arcs are still definitely some of my favorites since it’s the only time (as far as I’m aware) that major character like Gym Leaders are members of team rocket and the Elite Four is a genuine threat. I always knew Agatha was secretly evil!
thank you so much! and yeah i loved that twist. i liked Sabrina in the anime but was sad that she disappeared after her 3 episodes and generally a lot of cool characters are one-offs in the anime and games (except Cynthia. she always shows up and scares everyone.) But the manga fleshed them out more and gave sabrina the screen (page?) time she deserved. also hell yes, agatha was 👌 and oak's battle outfit never gets old.
Hi I’m sorry I always comment critiques-I do like your videos!! I just wanted to point out at 4:21 you should have another flash warning or give a verbal flash warning for the entire segment with a time stamp to skip if you plan on showing scenes like that multiple times!
Also at 7:10, the anti-Japan movement in South Korea (as you probably know) was due to Japan’s war crimes against South Korea during WWII that have continuously been denied by officials and either dismissed or glorified. I just wanted to say the context is definitely important, that’s all!
I’m super excited to watch the rest of the deep dive!❤️
no worries! i am really happy about feedback! and yes! you’re completely right. i had help editing that segment and we slowed it down by a lot but there should have been another warning. i’ll try editing it in the youtube editor in a bit (i hope it’ll let me)
and yes! i should have given more context for the anti japan movement! it’s super important to show both sides of a story!
thanks for watching and thank you so much for your feedback! i really appreciate it! 😊
To add to that - for people who don't know history - Japanese were actually more cruel and as bloody as Germans during Second War (especially against Chinese and Koreans). What Japanese did was way more inhumane and disturbing, as they acted more akin to savages. Which is telling you something, because the crimes Germans committed were already pure evil.
I seriously cannot fathom why you only have 17k subs, this is some seriously quality stuff!
🥺 thank you!
Catfishing Latias is the backwards equivalent of dating someone who turns out is a massive closet furry.
the furry is a massive closet hummie
As a kid I was scared of hunter J's smash bros trophy thing. I remember seeing pokemon being turned to stone and the look of fear on their faces. Them they get kidnapped and you see the trainers get their friend taken away from them. It was horrible
Hunter J is really creepy. It's so weird that Pokemon loves turning living being into stone even though it's one of the most unsettling things ever
I love your videos, but you got some minor details wrong. Ash and Latias DON'T have a baby. Latias just gives Ash a kiss. That's all. In the end credits, it's a whole other family of a father Latios and his twin Latios and Latias enter the city to protect it if the Latias we've followed for the whole movie can't protect it. The Mastermind Mirage "movie" was really a 10th anniversary special released as a made-for-TV movie. Other than that, great job.
Thanks for the correction! I felt like the kiss implied it, and I didn't know that there were "backups." But it makes more sense that there's a second family
@@plushiepath No worries. Takeshi Shudo will be missed. His time working on the anime and the first three movies was astounding and phenomenal. He sadly died many years after being let go from the writing team from a brain bleed due his heavy use of controlled substances (such as tranquilizers) and smoking.
YOOOO ive been waiting to see another video from this channel, was watching the other ones between my exams a couple weeks ago 😭 literally saved me from insanity, the exam hall was way too quiet
The original first series has such a magical feeling attached to it. *oh the nostalgia* 😩
I think scarlet and violet actually added in a lot more charm the games were missing, especially since while the game does hold your hand a bit they literally let you just go and kick in the last gyms doors even thought your team isn't ready yet, thought they might end up that way if you go through the whole game.
Also the part at the end.
Every game has its own unique charm pokemon games have never missed charm
Personally it took a lot of charm and comfort other games had. Mostly due to how unfinished parts of the games are, especially UI for a lot of features. It's major downgrade from PLA in many instances (which mostly comes from the fact that both games were made simultaneously).
@@mjm3091 To each their own as it is. I havn't played a game since Black and white 2 as I said, and if people enjoyed the older games more they can go back to play those, and I'm sure soon this style of game will be left in the dust and you can enjoy the next game.
I just found your channel and it’s amazing! I can tell how much effort you put into your videos. Can’t wait to watch your channel grow!
thank you so much!
Pokemon has a lot of one-off manga that are untranslated and range from wholesome fun to "what." My theory is that these have little oversight from executives. I actually bought the entirety of ReBurst with plans to work on a full fan translation of all 8 volumes since it's super intriguing to me, but there's little in regards to translated chapters available online. Diamond and Pearl Adventure(The one by Shigekatsu Ihara) is one that is officially available in English and imo, super underrated. Mitsumi and Hareta are some of my favorite Pokemon protagonists. Sadly, there's not a lot of documentation for many of these manga, which is a shame since they at least deserve preservation.
That's so cool - and yeah there's so little for ReBurst, but the concept is super intriguing. It's sad that the Pokémon manga is so underrated - hopefully, it gets more popular or like you said, preserved
Oh hey, I read that diamond and pearl manga!! I'd used to get it mixed up with the other manga lol. It was pretty good, but there was a weird amount of jokes about... The protagonist biting team galactic's butts...? That was odd lol
THANK YOUUUUU literally just started rewatching indigo league and playing scarlet!! love the vids you have such high quality content i thought you’d been doing youtube for YEARS everything is so well researched and just very well presented and i appreciate it a lot super nice to listen while cleaning etc. AMAZING!!!!
thank you so much! ❤️
Remember to watch in Japanese so you can perceive whole cultural spectrum of the series also to listen to all the amazing music US dub cut out for no reason.
This is so good and so detailed, plus i love Cinnamonroll as costar
I feel a big reason Pokemon LA was the first Pokémon game I’ve picked up since I was a kid, was because it finally gave me that taste of “danger” I’ve always wanted from a Pokémon game. Being able to fall and get damage, Pokémon being able to attack, and swarm me in groups. I’m hoping we get more spin off games similar to Pokémon LA down the line.
me too - i also like its atmosphere and that every pokemon no matter how belitted it is in current gens has impact and is respected by people because it's powerful. i like scarlet/violet a lot but i had hoped it would go a bit more in the arceus direction!
Your channel is already one of my favorites. So excited to see where you go from here!
2:37 how dare you dis my guy meowscarada there
already a favorite channel! so excited to see more video and see the channel grow. I am curious that your first language is though
thank you so much! my first language is german (though I have a pretty thick Austrian accent when speaking it haha)
@@plushiepath i was thinking it might be German!
I discovered your channel this month and loved all your videos. Can't wait to see what you do in the future!
That pic with the gym leaders on crosses was badass
Your videos are so so complete and good! I like your accent and voice!! Thank you so much for putting so much work into this and your other videos. They are all impressive and fun!
Thank you so much for watching and enjoying them! It means a lot 😊
Nah son don't jumpscare me like that at the end, I still dunno what that was lol
Well I really learned a lot about Pokemon from this. I don't know what you normally make videos on but this was cool so I'm subscribed
thank you! and yeah i am doing more fandom related stuff!
I'm in love with your content. I've listened to all your vids at work, they're well produced for such a short time on the platform. Nice work, and I can't wait to see what else you wanna talk about! 💕
(There's also a proud/rewarding feeling to be one of the first to find a channel like this and watch it grow.)
Thank you so much ❤️ That means a lot! I hope you like the future videos too :)
Fuecoco master race: man, without a single thought in his cute little head mind you, went from two legs to four. Legend
Im so glad someone is talking about PokéSpe ,It's so good, The XY arc is amazing!
I really enjoyed hearing your take on this! Keep up the great videos 😃
18:11 Funny timing about TPC acknowledging adult fans wanting darker themes in the main games, right as Scarlet and Violet just released. I won't spoil it here but OMG the story in the S/V post game hits HARD, make sure you have a box of tissues for when you get to that point (or just reuse the box of tissues you needed for the Titans story path lol)
YES. i loved the story! and poor arven :(
Yet an other fantastic job !! I actually really enjoy you branch out in different genres to !!
Thank you! I'd like to continue doing both fandom topics and mix in some lore/interesting fan stuff 😊
@@plushiepath yusssss !!! I am all for it !!! Cannot wait !! 🖤💜♥️
What a great deep dive into the dark side on Pocket Monsters! Who'd have thought bug catching could be so disturbing haha loved this so much, subscribed!
Thank you! And yeah the manga is surprisingly dark!
@@plushiepath I’ve always wanted to check it out but never got round to it! The main series games have a lot of dark stuff, mainly the earlier games obviously but sun and moon has some spooky mimikyu plot which is cool, I think the Pokédex entries have always been overly dark… even in the newest games!
The music around the 16 minute mark has to be a version of the steel samurai theme from ace attorney. However this version I’m not familiar with as its less peppy than the other versions.
yes! it’s the remembrance/ballade version! i love how nostalgic it sounds
So excited for this new video! Ive watched your other ones many times. Im so suprised you dont have more subscribers ❤️
The on the end of the Pokemon heroes movie: The Bianca that kisses ash isn't said to be FOR SURE latias. It's hinted that it could be OR it could be the actual girl Bianca, who is the person Latias takes the form of. As for the latias and latios at the end of the movie, those are not confirmed to be Latias' kids. In fact it's more hinted to likely be the spirits of Latios brother and possibly the father who sacrificed himself as said in the movie OR it is an entirely new group of latios and latias showing that the latias sister wont be lonely after all. I'm unsure where this information of them being her kids was gotten from??? I for one have never heard that interpretation before this video...
true! it could have been bianca but since she didn’t speak i assumed it was latias. the kid theory has been around for a little while and i always assumed they implied that there’s a new gen guarding the city and since we didn’t see any other family it made sense to me that she had the kids. and maybe ash’s kiss inspired their formation
I remember that my interpretation was always the spirit thing
Shoutout to Pokémon the movie secrets of the jungle where the main villain commits an on screen double homicide against koko’s parents
For the first time in the franchise
A scene no one talks about for some reason
What a cool video that showed up in my recommended feed! I can tell this took a lot of work, thanks for the content!
The whole Sabrina arc... ngl, I was never scared of that as a kid, I always thought that was fascinating and I remember at least one time I pretended that Sabrina was my friend and she'd turn us into dolls so we could fly around on a paper airplane. Aaaand now I self-ship with her and I've drawn at least one pic where she turned my trainer self-insert into a doll upon request sooooooo... XD
One thing I don’t see many people talking about when it comes to this kinda stuff is the mental states of some of the characters. Ex: Cyrus. He wants to go to a new world as he doesn’t understand/like human emotions, and Team Galactic is created. Cyrus is so determined to accomplish his goal that he bombs the lakes to get the legends. In the DP anime he goes into the dimension portal via his own choice without telling the admins. (I’ll assume it’s the distortion world until proven otherwise) The admins lose communication with him, and honestly most likely think that he d1ed (if he didn’t get ravaged by Giratina the little to no plants and resources in the DW would’ve meant that he would’ve d1ed anyway) The admins must think that this conclusion is what Cyrus wanted to do the whole time, and would most likely mourn knowing their characters. To the Galactic Admins and those on the outside of the portal, it seemed that Cyrus’s goal was to k1ll himself. And honestly, that would make sense, at least in my mind. I.E: Cyrus doesn’t understand human emotions, to the point of being incredibly upset over it (his mini breakdown in Platinum), and wanted to go to a new world without emotions and spirit. Everyone outside the portal most likely thinks that this ‘new world’ was the afterlife or something. I’m no expert on character so I’ll let you decide.
I agree. I like how the Manga shows us more of Cyrus and his mental state. Especially since the games also hint at his parents being extremely mean to the point that his granddad blames himself for not saving him. He probably lacks emotions because he was thought to subdue them or saw them as useless because he was helpless against his parents (Small spoiler, late in the anime after teaming up with Dia, Shaymin helps him because he learns to express gratitude!)
Only 4 videos and definitely one of my favorite deep dive channels 💜🖤💜
thank you so much 🥺❤️
Seriously your the best commentator I’ve seen on UA-cam lol, keep up the good work
neon jelly fish avenge a lion 31:21
im sorry for erm actuallying you but 1:48 pokemon protagonists from the games aren't usually ten. the youngest protagonists with a confirmed age are the kanto and alola kids who are 11. the hoenn protagonists are 12, the protagonists in bw and b2w2 are 14, the protagonists in pla are 15, and the protagonists in xy are 17.
thank you! and don’t worry! i am glad you corrected me 😊 i thought about the anime, but i was talking about the games so i should have clarified! it’s cool that the protagonist have different ages. i am really sorry for messing that info up!
I think Scarlet and Violet despite being "half baked" are meybe the best games in the series, if they are not is only because of black and white.
"Neon Jellyfish Avenge a Lion" PlushiePath, I swear to God 😭
This- this makes me so very very happy, and we're getting multiple parts! Ah! Your spoiling us, Plushie!!
( Also the BOTW music in the bg- major slay )
awww thank you! i’ll have some other videos in between but yesss they’re comming soonish 😃
@@plushiepath even better!!! Your videos are so much fun to watch and are very underrated die to the amount of research you have to do for said vids!
I didn’t know Pokémon had a manga series and that it’s a dark manga series!! Hello more hyper fixation and fandom!
I can’t believe I’ve been a Pokémon fan since I was maybe 6-7(?) and never knew! I’m the worst! Thank you very much for introducing me to this wonderful new series
oh no that sounds bad. i hope he has changed his mind since and found more videos explaining the whole thing to him!
and yesss! i love the cards too! looking at the art is super cool. if you don’t know what to do with them, you could put them in binders to build a collection or use frames to display your favorite ones. i got a large frame for 25 cards as an early birthday gift and i love it haha those frames can be a bit pricey but they do come in all sizes and you can find them on etsy! there’s also small magnetic display cases for your desk etc. if you want more inspiration i highly recommend watching pokemon card collectors on youtube like pokerev! some of them have discords with loads of inspiration and people sharing their collections! i hope that helps! also, you can try trading with people if you have duplicates/cards you don’t like. tons of card shops allow selling/trading cards in!
Hearing about his original plans for the anime ending made me so sad, especially the second one. Imagining a show with such global influence conveying a message of anti-capitalism, pro-nature and animal rights could have genuinely changed history in a huge way.
You’re actually wrong about the ending of Pokemon Heroes Latias is flying in between her dad Latios & her brother Latios.
omg you're perfect. You sound adorable and I love your hair! Never stop making long-form videos about my favorite stuff!
thank you so much ❤️ and i will! i hope i can pick up my posting pace one day haha
Im a bit surprised you brought up Team Flare from the Xy manga, but didn't bring up X's backstory. Great video overall though. Thanks for bringing up a lot of moment from the mangas nobody talks about, I can imagine a Poketuber reacting to this video a constantly being like "wtf they did that?!" during the whole manga section.
i read the manga for gens 1 and 2 a long time ago, but you reminded me how much i love them!! this was such a fun video, i really wanna read all the other manga now :D
i have never in my life been prone to seizures and yet i still cover my phone screen with my hand when the porygon episode shows up 😂
it does give me a migraine though, which i AM prone to 😭
@@conarcoin the creator of the video said that she will edit the video 11 days ago, and I do have seizures, so I hope the video gets edited soon
Omg that togepi plushie is sooo cute 😭☺️💕✨
thank you! ❤️ i always wanted one as a kid but got a meowth (which is also adorable but very… mangled haha) so caved last year and got it 😊
Mewtwo really said "BEAR WITNESS!!!!"
Awesome work!
thank you so much 😊 i love your videos!
@@plushiepath Awesome to hear that, thank you!!
Absolutely going to be rewatching the movies after this!
Well.. Sabrina did awake my love for spooky ladies when I was a child.
YES. she awakened my love for psychic types and mysterious characters haha
@@plushiepath That too. Psychic types are the best.
Think I found my new favorite tuber every video is a topic my life has been deeply involved in your choice of topics is impeccable.
Wonderful video, very informative and interesting. 😊
thank you 😊
the nostalgia is hitting hard right now
Latias did not have babies, those are other Latios and Latias. Nice vid, was cool to learn some behind the scenes stuff I didn't know. Pretty glad Takeshi stopped writing the anime lol
Oh boy. As a lifelong pokemon fan, _this is my forte._ Super excited to see your video on it! Your videos never fail to deliver!
thank you so much! i am happy you liked it! and yess pokémon is sooo amazing i just had to cover it :D
@@plushiepath omg you responded!!! Tysm!! I'm at the end of the manga chapter and I'm very pleased with how thorough this was. I was afraid you'd leave put certain bits, but they were there! Thank youuu
New video and a sponsor?! Double win!
thank you 😊
i LOVE UR GIANT AUDINO PLUSHY ITS SO ADORABLE I LOVE AUDINO
Yess, another palkia fan! It was my first game too and had so many hours into it before I knew it
Palkia rocks! Pearl is the best ❤️ thank you for watching :)
The mirage movie made me sob when I was younger lmao the entire thing with mew and the others just caused 6 year old me to frickin bawl my eyes out
Great vide!the manga section really drew my attention and now I want to read them, thank you so much!
I love your videos! I always get excited when I see that you have a new video! 😁
thank you so much 😊
Been loving your videos, really hyped for this one! Keep it up :>
thank you! i will 😊
This is gonna help a lot, I JUST got into Pokemon like 15 years too late XD (I'm 20)
Great video ! I almost clicked away but then some info was completely unknown to me so I stuck around, Thanks
Absolutely losing it at the fact that the manga has no problem being as dark as possible for a children's manga
me too brother. i don’t know how the got away with it
THE QUEEN IS BACKK YIPPIE!!!💛💛💛
For the first 5 minutes I thought the cutie Eevee plushie had one cyborg eye. Lmao I love the video.
You really should slow down or put a dark filter over that clip from the Porygon episode, it hurts to watch even if it didnt give me a seizure...
i had some help with editing for this video and we slowed it down quite a bit. i am sorry that it wasn’t enough. i hope you’re ok!
@@plushiepath Oh wow, no wonder people got sick! Im alright, but it was still not easy to look at >.
35:38 That salamence isn't actually wild. It belonged to zinnia, who sicced it on the building nearby. Sapphire and Ruby just happened to be in the way, which is wild.
I just found your channel and love all the vids cant wait to see more! and your style is rad btw
The thing about lance blowing up the city is that there weren’t many people in the city at the time because of the surfing event. He says maybe one or two, but that’s still fucked up regardless lol. Great video!😊
thanks! and yeah true! he probably did it because of that!
I remember being a bit sacred and creeped out by a few Pokémon movies.
one thing i hate about the pokemon anime is how it creates assumptions about how the rest of the franchise's world works, even when the games and even later in the anime, it is directly contridicted.
CASE IN POINT: Charmander's tail. The anime initially claims that it dies if its tail flame goes out. However, modern dex entries for the evolution line states the EXACT OPPOSITE. Its flame CAN'T go out until it dies. The tail is a measure of its life force, not the source. in some places its even stated that that flame won't ever go out, even when completely underwater
YES! The anime almost has its own canon and overwrites it sometimes too.
As things change over time old outdated Information gets updated it’s called a retcon
Bruh I was not ready for her to tear into the newer gens at the end there lmfao
Mewtwo Returns was 2000, not 2019.
I was actually kinda surprised that during the manga section you mentioned Reburst along with the original manga, but didn't mention Magical Journey?
I only know of it as I have 2 volumes (1 & 3) in spanish, but it certainly fits into the category of weird media they did early on as the manga is technically pokemon because we do see them... but they aren't at all the central focus like you'd expect
The manga is a shojo slice of life revolving around this girl named Hazel that ends up tasked with catching pokemon as a requirement for her grandpa to make her a love potion for the guy she likes
Anyways, this was a great vid, cheers!
Oh boy a new PlushiePath video! Let's goooo
I FULLY INTENDED TO BINGE ALL UR VIDEOS WHILE I PLAYED VIOLET AND THEN I SEE *THIS???* i was blessed today truly
awww i am so glad! how do you like violet so far?
@@plushiepath i haven’t played too many pkmn games (maybe like 6 total??) so take this w a grain of salt but… honestly the best story i’ve ever seen from a pkmn game!! and while i wish the game had more than just the 400 pkmn i do adore the ones they chose!! honestly my biggest problems w it is just 1. no changing outfits 2. breeding is much harder and 3. the glitches 😅
They didn’t lost any charm they just created new charm
Society’s obsession with recapturing a franchise’s old charm while ignoring the new charm that the franchise did create is just so sad
Pokémon still has charm it’s just new
Who cares if it doesn’t have the same charm as the original games if this new charm is just as special as the old charm
Everyone has become way to cold and cynical that they completely forgot the message of the franchise
If only they could stop being scrooges and open their eyes and actually see that
very very well said, amazing point you bring up
You are officially one of my new favorite channels! Your content is awesome and I can't wait to see what topics you cover in the future ❤️
Thank you so much ❤️