“In #Anipoke Episode 114. Satoshi’s rival in the “Pokemon Diamond Pearl” anime Shinji makes an appearance⚡️. He also fought Satoshi in the quarterfinal match of the Shin-Ou League.
He’s cool, and sometimes hard on his Pokémon…
This time, Shinji and Satoshi will have a special training battle .
Stand by for the battle! / Stand by for battle!“
“He’s cool, and sometimes hard on his Pokemon”
…..We’re still going with thatbullshit, are we? -_-
Who wrote this episode, again?
Of fucking course.
That description might not be too off from the Paul was saw in this episode, but it doesn’t AT ALL fit with the Paul from the D/P series.
And it could be that Paul in this timeline wasn’t ever as abusive to his Pokemon, just like Serena might’ve never had a crush on Ash…but if that were the case, then what was the Ash VS Paul rivalry even for?
Thatdefinitelyisn’t the case, since we got flashbacks showing how Paul abused and ultimately abandoned Chimchar. Paul’s problem as both a horrible person in D/P and as a semi-decent person here is the same: Atsuhiro Tomioka. This character is his own take on Silver from the games, but he just did not understand that you were never supposed to see Silver as “cool” during his phase as an antagonist, you were supposed to loathehim and see his heartless, abusive treatment of people and Pokemon alike as exactly what it is. Whereas Tomioka didn’t allow other characters to react to Paul realistically, and really pushed for the viewer to see him as “cool” and view his treatment of Pokemon as a wrong-headed but still valid and understandable training method. And while it took Silver getting his ass handed to him several times for him to start changing his ways, Paul only lost twice (to Brandon and Ash), and didn’t show signs of changing his ways until after the second loss, which isn’t very believable given how he always beat Ash before and would be more likely to brush his victory at the League off as dumb luck. Lastly, Silver’s turnaround was full of visible remorse for what he used to be like and active attempts at reparations, and there’s none of that with Paul. Author favoritism is always a dangerous thing for characters, and Paul’s a prime case of it.
