Joking about the competence, this was just the most convenient topic to see if the manga is worth it.
it's only good early on but gets repetitive and senseless starting Diamond Pearl
I dunno what episode I'm on now in my rewatch. Maybe 20 or 21. I just saw them reach the Battle Chateau. Seriously what the fuck is this show, they had an episode with some old couple fighting about soup and Chespin being caught in the middle of it that ends with the old man breaking his back trying to make his Delphox do Mystical Fire, an episode with the end goal being Froakie learning how to do a fucking quick attack, and then another episode with mind controlling Malamar who says its cry in the most goofiest way possible. They bothered to focus on the Snorlax and Parfum Palace plotline but couldn't be bothered to mention the King of Kalos or the weird Zekrom and Reshiram statues and had to go make some dumb ojou character.
The show is just spinning its wheels but I guess it's not that different from the games and the long gap between the first and second gyms. I will say that the one decent episode there has been was the Espurr and old mansion one. Pretty touching since rarely does the show address death.
that's because that is the slow part of the anime, as they had to match the game parts there,
obviously this means they will have to put stuff in between as it was a load of nothing between the two gyms in the games, and even then I disagree in that those episodes are not really offensive (hilariously, the ones that are appear when XY has kicked in high gear)
as people said it starts slow especially with that gym 1 to 2 gap, but immediately goes into high gear the moment Korrina comes along (and even then her starting arc can be tedious due to how she steal the focus)
What i still find hilarious is that people that watch the anime dont understand the reason people stopped watching the show. Its pretty simple i want the main character to change i dont really care if Ash is better of if he wins or not. The anime doesnt really live up to the games potential.
I don't think no one here has that implication, dunno why you bring that up. Reminds me of NMS threads.