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Hullo everyone, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. It's friday for me correct now, and though the particular conditions of my employment hateful I don't have a "work week" and so much as an unending stream of content production responsibilities, it even so feels nice to end the theoretical week with something lighthearted and fun. And I'm guessing you all know what that means: we're heading back to the Alolan islands, back to the Pokemon school, and back to the adventures of Ash and his exuberantly animated friends. Final episode finally introduced Gladio into the bear witness'southward lineup, progressing the prove's bodily, overarching narrative enough to conspicuously earn a retreat back into goofy episodic shenanigans. But whether this episode offers condolement or continuity, I'thou confident we'll all accept a resoundingly pleasant time. Let's get back to Sun and Moon!

Episode 28

Kukui's on PokeProblem duty, asking us… what's the sport that'south played in the supplementary grade taking place in today'south episode!?! BASEBALL EPISODE Fourth dimension. Smash the glass and striking the button, information technology'due south a goddamn baseball episode

Baseball episodes are one of my favorite goofy anime traditions; they offer a natural opportunity for shows to get a niggling sillier for a while, with characters committing their all to ultimately low-stakes conflicts, and exploring new sides of their relationships with their friends along the way. I think The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya featured my own first baseball game episode, and they're at this point such an established institution that even anime-derivative properties similar Steven Universe have started embracing them

Oh my god, they call it "Pokebase," the pokemon are definitely going to be participating

Wonderful use of almost chalk-similar smeared lines, along with generally thick, aggressive linework, for conveying this pokepitcher throwing the ball

And of course Gyarados wallops the shit out of the ball with his tail, puncturing a massive hole in the stands. This is and so stupid, I love information technology so much

Basically any sport would be improved via the introduction of Gyarados, I recall

They wisely reuse those excellent pitching cuts for the side by side at-bat

And of form they accept an exeggutor in the outfield. This prove is a phenomenon

Ash is brought to tears by the beauty of Pokebase, equally whatsoever right-thinking private would be

This evidence'south offhand smears are and so plentiful and pretty. Beloved Ash morphing into a brawl to leap over his desk-bound here

Ash just babbles about the theater of baseball, while Kaki breaks down the genuinely decisive plays of the game. I'yard definitely picking Kaki get-go for my team

Lana eagerly asks Mamane to explicate all the baseball information he possesses, which is peradventure the first time in history someone has actively asked this question, rather than having this information forced upon them

"For today's class, we're playing Pokebase!" I'grand appreciative that their class activities mostly involve playing games or futzing with their pokemon, simply I deeply fright for a society built on this sort of instruction organisation

Kukui gets star player 'Olu'olu himself to testify up for their training. Manifestly their school has some pretty famous alums

I changed my heed, I'm picking 'Olu'olu commencement

We wisely skip right through explanations and squad-picking, facilitated by Rotom's enthusiastic narration. Rotom being a know-information technology-all who loves to brand speeches has been a handy narrative device for Sun and Moon, making a lot of expository sequences feel perfectly natural

Kaki is the pitcher, of form. Dear these dramatic title cards for all the players

I love Lillie, but I seriously uncertainty she's going to do much good as at outfielder

Wait, the other outfielder is SNOWBALL!? HE CAN'T EVEN THROW THE BALL

Both Kukui and the principal are in the commentary booth, considering no one ever does any actual work at this goddamn schoolhouse

Olu'olu manages to grow 4 extra heads in order to imitate an exeggutor, a highly avant-garde variation on the principal'due south puns

Ash's squad includes Lana and Sophocles, and is the greatest baseball squad of all time

Nyabby is of form napping through the game. The only thing that would make this more convincingly true cat-like would be if Nyabby were napping in the opposite direction, faced turned to the wall seemingly but to avert the appearance of paying attention

Ahaha, Kaki and Ash ignite with called-for passion the moment the game begins. More of that loose linework and soft focus issue, coupled with dramatic blue and ruddy flames

Incredible cut for Kaki's throw, leaning into farther abstraction with its rough shading, extremely thick linework, and exaggerated, angular poses. It's similar he's summ oning the visual energy of a Go Nagai character to infuse this attack with power

And Ash's counter is but as potent, leaning into dramatic pose-to-pose motion like something out of an Imaishi show. A perfect compliment to the natural dramatic bombast of a smashing baseball episode

Perfectly executed bathos hither as well, as we jump dorsum to the show's conventional blitheness mode for Ash totally whiffing his swing

Also excellent expression work from his disappointed teammates. Disappointed Pikachu is very good

Scyther's proper name is actually "Strike" in Nihon, and so how could he non be the umpire?

Oh my god, Pikachu is the pitcher now, and he keeps making those serious petty "nah, gimme another one" headshakes to the catcher. This episode is a souvenir from the heavens

Pikachu forces an ugly sky ball, and Sophocles catches it in spite of himself. Prissy work, Pikachu!

I'1000 pretty sure Steenee just spinning in circles as fast as possible isn't actually a legal swinging method, but I'thou not going to enforce baseball regulations on a tiny plant person holding a bat, that'due south adorable

Episodes similar this offer such a fun, unique opportunity for characters to energetically limited themselves. Lillie is very enthusiastic nearly trying her best, but having a baseball game land on you is scary, so Snowball pops in for the combo save

And of course, the game comes down to Lana on the plate versus Kaki on the pitcher's mound. Lana summons all of the wisdom of the seas to guide her bat, and the strength of its mighty waves to grant her victory

Lana but absolutely obliterates it, earning i of the best cuts of the entire episode. Not only does this cut embrace the dramatic foreshortening, linework, and pose-to-pose dynamism of this episode'southward other highlights, information technology combines that with an absurd degree of fluidity and weight in Lana'southward movements, forth with some fantastic impact frames. Just a summit shelf cut by whatever standard – as always, this show'due south Lana bias is both obvious and appreciated

Apparently that cut's by Aito Ohashi, i of Sun and Moon's clandestine weapons, who likewise handled some of those energetic cuts from when Ash visited Sophocles' house

Kaki is in slaughter-house. This show gets a lot of mileage out of Kaki'due south expressions of despair

Jessie is interested in Olu'olu because he's hot, but has no idea what Pokebase is. Queen

Oh my god, is the second half of this episode going to feature Team Rocket every bit their baseball challengers? Could such a joyous thing truly exist in this world?

Hah, they even modified their intro to get in more baseball-relevant. These villains empathize the important things

 Apparently this episode'south inherent baseball episode-ness is also rubbing off on Jessie, equally she's embracing more absurd cartoon expressions than ever as she chases Olu'olu's autograph

Jessie's understandable but securely misguided plan is to hit the ball towards the seemingly oblivious Snorlax

Her strategy seems to piece of work, only unfortunately she has no idea what you practise in baseball, and only starts celebrating on home plate

Mimikyu has been a terrific add-on to Team Rocket's lineup. His obvious bloodlust prompts a pitching lineup shift

Jessie demonstrating some surprising fluency every bit she picks up a grounder and fires it off to James. She learns fast!

And so what, is Snorlax just a designated hitter or something?

Nope, he simply bunts it, and doesn't even really movement the bat. Meowth'due south pitching skills seem to have been heavily exaggerated

Pretty certain you're not supposed to body slam the catcher, but Pokebase doesn't actually seem to have whatsoever rules at all, so I'll allow it

Really laughed out loud at everyone just silently staring after Squad Rocket's Bewear exit

And Done

HELL Aye! Aaaahh, that was amazing. I feel like Pokemon Sun and Moon is already sort of like the Baseball game Episode Serial of the pokemon franchise, an entry that's uniquely dedicated to slice of life endearment and creatively animated comedy sequences. Double stacking those inherent qualities with an bodily baseball episode resulted in an incredible feast of all of Sun and Moon's finest qualities, from its endearing character bonds to its exceptional faces and extraordinary private cuts. This bandage but accept so much fun together, and through cuts like Lana's and Kaki's, it's clear that the animators are having only every bit much fun. Only a delightful bear witness, and a top-tier baseball episode all around.

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