Pokémon: Black & White: Adventures in Unova

These episodes are fillers with some lore. Only Reshiram is discussed. No Kyurem. No Zekrom. N is a boring character. His game version has more to say. The exact story from games is not adapted here. They should've used the time and money from next season and used it here. The whole Zekrom vs. Reshiram thing can be explored more.Very few episodes are focussed on N and Reshiram, and most of the episodes are fillers. Nothing of interest happens here. Fillers are better than the N related episodes. Dialogues and acting in the Japanese version is better than the English version

Of all the seasons to only have 14 episodes... Episode N was interesting. N himself was... interesting. Maybe a little too talented and special, on the heels of Meloetta it would seem, but dark enough to still pull me in. N's purpose was almost to break the fourth wall. Honestly, I was pleasantly surprised. I never expected Pokémon to address this aspect of their lore. It's been kind of a long-running gag among the fanbase now... you know, the morality of capturing and training Pokémon and then sending them into battle for our amusement. (And questionable reward.) So as far as that goes, the storyfor Episode N was really interesting. Maybe the whole ability to hear a Pokémon's "inner voice" thing felt a little... I don't even know the word for it. Cliché? Whatever it was, that was the one part that was a little off-putting for me. But N's distaste for humans, as a part of his beliefs that all Pokémon should be free, was fascinating. A little misplaced maybe, as he says himself he'd never experienced the outside world, so the only relationship he'd ever witnessed between humans and Pokémon was that of the way Team Plasma treated Pokémon, but as this whole season was basically dedicated to N learning about that bigger world and how Pokémon and humans CAN live in peace... I guess that can be forgiven. (Actually, for a while there, I was actually expecting N to end up being the Plasma leader's son... But maybe I was mixing his lore up with... Silver? I think it was Silver. I don't know; I never played that game. Anyway...) And speaking of Team Plasma... I'm not sure how I feel about their little arc. It's odd, to me, for the big bad specific to this region to only exist for 14 episodes. Unfortunately, Team Rocket does go back to their previous antics, acting as if their last arc didn't happen, as I'd feared it might. Maybe that's why Plasma felt a little disappointing to me. Their goals just felt like a reiteration of Giovanni's in the last season, and not done nearly as well. That and their villain outfits made them impossible to take seriously... Honestly, I wouldn't have been disappointed for this season to be the end. But *deep breath* there's just one more season before I'm finally out of Unova... I can't imagine what the storyline is going to be for the next 20 episodes, but I can't imagine it will top this. I guess that just leaves me hoping the next 20 episodes won't leave me feeling like they were a big waste of time. Let's do this.

Pros: - anime finnaly showcases Team Pllasma storyline, - N character finnaly shows up in the story of this anime generation - there are few ineteresting battles, - some old pokemon return to the main cast, Cons: - Team Plasma storyline it's too short, and feels underdeveloped, - N shows up after 111 episodes in Best Wishes anime, - the storyline doesn't feel any natural progresionOveroll anime writers have waited far too long with the introduction of Team Plasma in Best Wishes (Generation 5 Pokemon anime), which feels kinda unrewarding for anime fans. When it comes to games the plot with Team Plasma is considered one of the best in Pokemon game. Their motivations, reasons, and build up in Pokemon Black/White, and sequels games, is really well done. It's unfortunate that anime writers didn't felt like adopting an interesting key story elements from the games. This is probably one of the main reasons why this generation feel somewhat unfulfilled.