I still haven't gotten over this silly little arc in a silly little manga. It's embarrassing how much I've thought about it. But here I am once again now as a review voicing my full thoughts on this hell of a ride. My thoughts are pretty simple for this arc. If you've read it which I'm assuming you have if you are reading this then you know the pain of reading this arc. The reason? Well through about I want to say 98% of this arc its absolutely amazing. It evolves all the aspects I loved about the previous arcs while offering a refreshing experience that truly makes me appreciate this arc. It was easily going to be my favourite arc in my favourite, a part of the pokemon brand I would not soon forget. And then... The ending happened. I really wish I could just ignore the ending and place the crown on this arc as the best in adventures but... That's simply impossible. How do I even review the rest of the arc? All I have are positives, it was incredible. Ruby and Sapphire are the greatest pair of protagonists this manga has to offer and their journey in two parts is fun without any signs of slow down or contrivances. It is a great adaption of the wacky story of team magma and aqua and is fool of fun, shocking and heartfelt moments previous arcs could only dream of having. But as is true for everything, the start and end of a story is what's most important. Those two points are what we remember most about a given story and the mind fuck of an ending we are given for this arc is almost comically bad. I'm sure I don't need to tell you why its so bad. Ignoring all consquences, all drama, a bs plot device. It all appears like the workings of a shitty fanfiction yet its what we were given. I don't care how much you tell me Ruby having Celebi was foreshadowed... It came out of nowhere and drop kicked the great story we had till it was in the hospital with so many brushes it looked like a... Ok maybe that's a bit too much but this wasn't good. I would honestly rather they didn't kill characters, they didn't create such an intense conclusion because at least then we would still have a decent arc but instead we have a great 98% of the story ruined by a plot device out of this world bad. So while I still consider this arc my third favourite in the manga I still can't help but be saddened at what could have been. I don't know why we got what we got. Maybe it was a lack of faith in their audience, outside creative meddling. But at least I can say excluding the ending this arc is the most consistent part of the adventures manga. Maybe having that ending was the curse needed to have such a great story all before it. I'm still hoping through the story arcs I still haven't read that I haven't already reached the peak of this inventive onlook into the world of pokemon.
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