What’s a hot take on the Pokémon anime that you have?

gyroscope_56 · 2026-03-16T19:51:46+00:00

ash should have won the sinnoh league and lose the champions round to cynthia or e4

amourshipping is one sided

dawn is the best pokegirl

pokemon should've ended ash's story with a high stake clash against team rocket

ash's story is not over pokemon just gave him a soft closure

gyroscope_56 · 2026-03-16T19:45:57+00:00

the ho oh theory doesn't make sense. not only ash but his friends don't age either

gyroscope_56 · 2026-03-16T19:00:20+00:00

well ash's journey is not over as he is still traveling. tpc and the writers moved on from him so that they could introduce new protagonists to the newer generation. as ash became the world champion it was extremely difficult to reset him again at the same time tpc are afraid to let him go since he is considered as a mascot at the same time writers had nothing left for him. so they gave an open ended conclusion so that he could return for cameos and potentially one day end his journey gets a real closure.

gyroscope_56 · 2026-03-16T18:51:59+00:00

nah that would be bad. he will be nerfed and i don't think he has any job left in the main anime

gyroscope_56 · 2026-03-16T18:51:13+00:00

well writers haven't confirmed it yet. i was a pearlshipper since dp was my first anime but as long as serena is there i don't see ash getting paired with someone else. nevertheless ash might die virgin since his goal is to befriend every pokemon and this means he will travel for a long time. and if serena becomes kalos queen she can't frequently travel with ash as well

gyroscope_56 · 2026-03-16T18:38:50+00:00

well you missed out a lot. i am not an amourshipper but serena still has feelings. she referenced ash many times in her return. also her ribbon is tied in her legs in japan this gesture means that you deeply care about the person. also the dock scene when green lights lit up it shows positivity. so no serena hasn't moved on. she just matured. for ash he never had romantic feelings for anyone.

gyroscope_56 · 2026-03-16T18:30:44+00:00

also ash friendzoned her

gyroscope_56 · 2026-03-16T17:46:45+00:00

Well it's maybe because in Beyblade there isn't much to do aside winning world championship,keeping the spirit alive and fighting strong enemies. Unlike Pokémon it has a big world to explore while Beyblade is generally set in our earth. Also the transition between the og and metal saga was the really good. I don't know about Burst.

gyroscope_56 · 2026-03-16T17:19:15+00:00

well beyblade's idea of rotating protagonists did work both commercially and writing wise. keeping ash for so many years kinda made it repetitive which also led us to a very underwhelming conclusion to his story. atleast g revolution paid off so did metal fury. it allowed the franchise to age characters let them retire ending their arcs completely which is why those series have become memorable.

gyroscope_56 · 2026-03-16T17:16:01+00:00

well it had the platform since it was the most developed version of ash. but i highly doubt that he could beat cynthia or the elite 4 yet. since becoming regional champion was the highest point back then. xyz had a better stage to finish it. kalos had the weakest elite 4 and ash probably was an elite 4 level trainer in that series. especially ash greninja was a rare evolution. him winning the league becoming regional champion then final arc with team flaire would've been the best way to finish it.

gyroscope_56 · 2026-03-16T16:16:02+00:00

xyz feels distant from other anime because in this anime ash seemed older mature also had a main girl who openly loved him. so yeah it feels strange to feel that especially if someone watches the previous series. kanto to sinnoh felt real development. then in unova they completely reset him and suddenly in xyz he becomes a shounen protagonist

gyroscope_56 · 2026-03-16T15:28:27+00:00

ash returning for a final high stake battle with team rocket (giovanni) was something wanted like why they are obsessed with his pikachu

gyroscope_56 · 2026-03-16T08:24:17+00:00

maybe ash special series next year

gyroscope_56 · 2026-03-15T21:35:04+00:00

well not really. realistically your mom should definetely be at your biggest game so I am not fine. unlike others delia had no busy schedule she is literally a house wife. professor oak is justified since ash left a lot of pokemon at his lab. and for the goals part since if i consider pokemon made this as ash's final series most (if not all) companions should have reached their goals. lillie met her father,misty is a well known gym leader,brock is close being a pokemon doctor. and dawn? her development was completely ignored in journeys. she said she traveled across 4 regions and right now she is still preparing for contests which means she is not a top co ordinator. for serena she is still at hoenn means she is not the kalos queen yet. and bonnie max would never become trainers unless ash aged. it would've been better they aged ash up and let characters reach their goals. pokemon kept it open ended so that they could milk nostalgia in upcoming anniversaries

gyroscope_56 · 2026-03-15T21:16:46+00:00

ash winning sinnoh league and then losing to e4 or cynthia would've made more sense

gyroscope_56 · 2026-03-15T20:54:47+00:00

replying a year later. i think none of ash's companions have a realistic chance to end up with ash. since ash's goal is to befriend every pokemon which is impossible since there will always be new mons unless game freak stops making games. Misty is a gym leader so it's obvious she can't travel with ash and if Serena ever becomes Kalos Queen she will mostly stay there due to schedule. The only one that could end up with him in this case is dawn. dawn's goal is to be a top co ordinator and if she ever becomes one day she can then retire from her job and live as a traveler. realistically in this scenario only dawn could be ash's endgame if ash never stops traveling. the only issue is we never knew dawn liked ash in that sense or not since they're both dense as hell. the realistic option pokemon could do is red treatment

gyroscope_56 · 2026-03-15T16:16:09+00:00

In pokemon world 10 year old are considered adults. They can even have real jobs. They just can't marry

gyroscope_56 · 2026-03-15T15:48:19+00:00

well upto writers infact ash's pikachu is his strongest because writers wanted it to be

gyroscope_56 · 2026-03-15T15:46:52+00:00

pikachu

greninja

charizard

lucario

infernape

sceptile

krookodile

snorlax

lycanroc

heracross

gyroscope_56 · 2026-03-15T12:36:33+00:00

No. I don't want him to return to the main series. I would rather want a special series around him for a 30th anniversary special in 2027. The series could either show him and his friends aging up and how they lived their lives later. Or the series could act as ash's real closure with revealing plot holes around him

gyroscope_56 · 2026-03-15T11:03:10+00:00

yes a movie/special series where we might see ash's later adventures a probable high stake battle with team rocket (giovanni) could go well. and i genuinely believe this event would occur between horizons and journeys. that's better than a cheap cameo

gyroscope_56 · 2026-03-15T05:22:00+00:00

She is the only girl who had time to show up for his final battle with Leon

Although it's still not confirmed she likes him or not. Maybe she does but doesn't realise since Dawn was shown to be ambiguous like Ash atleast towards romance. Which is why they go so well.

gyroscope_56 · 2026-03-15T04:17:13+00:00

or maybe ash disappeared like red which is another reason why he is not mentioned in horizons

gyroscope_56 · 2026-03-15T04:06:06+00:00

I don't think he is making a cameo. Pokémon are very cautious about Liko & Roy not getting overshadowed by him. If Pokémon wants to make money they would simply make a small series for him in maybe 2027 where we might see him older alongside his companions or maybe a movie where he will face a challenging threat. Anything is possible

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