I'm about 10 eps into Advanced (completely new to me) and I'm finding it pretty soulless desu. It just doesn't feel right without Misty. Even though it started feeling a little soulless towards the end of Johto, the soul was still mostly intact. But now the series just feels...hollow.

>May
May so far isn't a patch on Misty. I really don't like her personality. She seems quite...selfish and aloof. Like she's just using Ash and Brock to help her travel, she couldn't really give two hoots about them. Also doesn't seem to even be much into her own Torchic. Misty loved her Pokemon like they were her babies.

>Max
Max is kinda annoying. As if the series wasn't already kinda childish, him being there makes it even more childish. Like the story has to babysit him and make everything even more baby-ish. I wonder if he was included as a plot device to explain the basics to the audience, because the company figured the original viewers had already left and there was a new generation of kids watching to whom this was all new, and so they needed a way to go over established basics all over again, and they could do it through Max (either things being explained to him, or him explaining a few things to others with his book facts)

>Brock
Brock being back is weird. It felt like we were losing both Misty and Brock. But then the anime is like "SIKE!!!!!" and bring him back. And he's back travelling with Ash like nothing changed. Like they've totally forgotten Misty. Doesn't feel right to me, bros.
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