The Semi-Finals I: Opening Act

So the Masters Eight Tournament match between Leon and Diantha wasn't everyone's cup of tea, which I can understand given the circumstances. You wanted a full fight, more of a back and forth, less Leon struggling, more Leon's Pokemon losing, and being able to see a fair majority of the fight. They probably wanted to save the budget for Ash vs Cynthia since even the crew wasn't planning on animating all the non Ash fights anyway.

So screw it, to quell the flames, let's do a what if Diantha vs Leon if the whole battle was shown. Honestly this isn't a take that at the writers, Covid has screwed over a lot of Journeys plans and development, and while I know people would love to use this as a "take that Journeys, even us fans can do better than you," I'm not gonna crap on a group of animators with limited resources in a pandemic. Criticize sure, but this is just to give people a fun battle with two fun characters. Either way, enjoy.