Title: Re: BW 69: フキヨセジムのエアバトル!挑戦者デント!?/Fukiyose Gym no Air Battle!...
Somewhat disappointing episode is somewhat disappointing. Not just because they actually made a fool of Dent, but more because they made it look like all Dent tried to do was for nothing. I really enjoy watching Dent do some battles, especially against another Gym Leader, so how the episode concluded really left as a rather bitter aftertaste for me...
Other than that, the fight was pretty cool, though I was quite surprised at how it actually turned out. You would expect someone who hadn't had a single battle in a rather long time, even a Gym Leader, wouldn't be that good... It was still rather enjoyable battle, and I hope we'll get to see Dent challenge other Gym Leaders in the future.
Quote From: TakeshiIt was weird how nobody seemed to have sympathy for her wanting to fly, even though she is a gym leader.
Well, she doesn't quite deserve much sympathy, even if I understand her desires. The thing is, she's a Gym Leader, so she has a great deal of responsibilities to assume.
The problem was not so much that she neglected her duties as Gym Leader to go fly in her plane, but rather than she gave badges without even doing a single battle, without checking whether the challenger actually deservers the badge. She was really being irresponsible by doing that, since:
1) challengers would believe they deserved that badge, while they really don't. Many of them will get a really harsh surprise at the next 'normal' Gym they go to...
2) it could be considered as fraud, as the badges are probably required to enter the Isshu League.
The thing is, you wouldn't allow someone to drive a car just because they've learned the rules of the road. They need to actually learn how to drive a car first. It's more or less the same story with this Gym.
If you've come to the point you're neglecting your duties as Gym Leader and you're just giving away badges for 'free', it's high time you actually contemplate quitting... (Yeah, I know I'm definitely taking this way too seriously, don't take this personally Takeshi ;))
But thankfully it never came to that, Furo finally came to its senses in the following episode. Guess she's found a way to deal with both her desire to go flying and her Gym Leader duties.
Last edited 13 Mar 2012 10:16 AM by
Chance