Yeah, but it's similar to Orange in that there are only 4 badges instead of 8 and you do weird challenges instead of just straight battling.Legit. Alola is the Gen 7 region from the games and the anime will end up spending 2.5-3 years there. So yeah he probably won't win. Although the format of the Alolan anime has aparently been different to the previous main region anime.
Until the next season when he forgets he has to weaken a pokemon before throwing a pokeball at it.Ash is the ultimate jobber.
He'll lose and learn something from it.
Holy fuck do I want to see Ash blow the 6-1 lead. I'm still mad he didn't lose to that dragonite in orange league. Imagine being that jabroni, getting beaten by a guy who only made top 16 at indigo.NOPE.
Ash can be up 6 pokemon to 1 and they'd still let him lose.
That's the point, Pikachu doesn't need to get bigger to be stronger.Pikachu wanted to prove he was strong and that he could beat a Raichu without evolving. I don't remember anything else they've touched on in that area but 20 years later the unevolved Pikachu has not been strong enough to secure his partner a win a league.
It's also not like it's impossible they could set up an arc that ends in Pikachu evolving if they wanted to.
They could also throw Ash a birthday if they wanted to.
The coyote is definitely going to catch the roadrunner this week, guys!
I guess it's the logic of "once Ash wins one league, what's his motivation for entering more leagues"?. They probably feel like it'll be even more special when he finally does win a league, even though it just makes Ash look lamer each and every year.
I guess it's the logic of "once Ash wins one league, what's his motivation for entering more leagues"?. They probably feel like it'll be even more special when he finally does win a league, even though it just makes Ash look lamer each and every year.
That's the point, Pikachu doesn't need to get bigger to be stronger.
Pikachu secured wins in the Orange League and Battle Frontier, along with doing the most against Alain and Tobias.
Evolving just undermines the point, that bigger is always better.
That's not progression.
Plus he has Pikashunium Z.
Hau is the Sawyer equivalent.LMAO Ash is going to lose to Hau because he's already beat him before meaning Hau is gonna deliver the hard L here.
Yep, like Precure and Super Sentai, kids stopped watching the show by the age of 13 and by then a new generation of kids are there to replace them. The problem is that unlike those shows pokemon don't replace the protagonist every year, which ticks off adult fans who are still watching.More like the target group isn't watching all Pokemon episodes but just for a few years until they grow out of it.
He literally did lose to Sawyer right before the league though. The writers knew there would be no tension if Ash fought Sawyer in the league and had beaten him last. That's why Hau's gonna pull a dark horse and roll up with a full team out of nowhere and beat Ash. Not to mention he still has to prove himself to Hala and winning the league will do just that and reflect what happened in USUM.Hau is the Sawyer equivalent.
Ash never lost to someone he beat before.
He also beat him before then.He literally did lose to Sawyer right before the league though.
I'm still betting it all on Hau man, we will have to see.He also beat him before then.
He also lost to Gladion before, but he's not losing to him in the League.
It won't be as fun. Almost no-one believes he will win this time unlike last.I remember the thread last time (it might have been on the old forum). That was hilarious when he lost. And he will lose again, and it will be a fun time here again.
He'll lose to Lillie for maximum salt.
Tobias and Alain are already proof of it. Alain even worse because the whole story arc was about Alain losing finally for the first time and growing from it, but some exec probably told the writers: "nah, you can't do that".This. The writers will destroy their own narrative if needed to have him lose
Pikachu just wants to be with Ash.Look, Ash is a jobber.
It's all he's ever been good at. He's just there to sell for the cooler opponents and to disappoint Pikachu and make it develop an inferiority complex becuase it can never get the job done when it counts.
Still relevant to this day.
Alain lost to Siebold.Tobias and Alain are already proof of it. Alain even worse because the whole story arc was about Alain losing finally for the first time and growing from it, but some exec probably told the writers: "nah, you can't do that".
True, but he needed to become humble and etc to complete his character arc. The way they did it was bad and it feels like he just got a trophy for cheating without getting punished for it.
Title Defense is how you can show that even the Champion can learn and grow.
While the player/protagonist is the canonical Champion, the Title Defense has no canonical outcome.
Ash can be granted the title and immediately lose it to Kukui, thus he still has incentive to go elsewhere and learn new things.
Watch Ash almost win the league and then adult Red comes out of nowhere to stomp him and take the crown.
Has anyone counted the number of days that pass during the series to find out how old Ash is? So much failure in such a short life.
And the New York Knicks and Buffalo Bills will get a championship ring.
I remember the thread last time (it might have been on the old forum). That was hilarious when he lost. And he will lose again, and it will be a fun time here again.