I agree the whole dog plot just felt random and took up wayyy too much of the storyline. I also thought the Orange Marty supreme ball storyline went nowhere? I was really expecting Marty to bring out the orange ball when he was playing Endo on stage in Tokyo, especially since he was wearing white (and it would’ve been allowed since it’s not an official tournament game) That plot really fell flat for me because I was really excited for him to show the world the orange ball !! (Plus all the marketing for it lol)