>>38157611from a sensible point of view it has taken at least several years to do that, it's literally impossible to fit in all the episodes in a year. Moreover everyone around him has changed, grown up and moved on with their lives. All except Ash who still makes those lame coping statements "awesome battle, you take a good rest, winning is not important" and immediately thereafter making more false promises about winning the [next_region] league and becoming a pokemon master. Realistically he is a 30 year old middle-aged manchild still going after a foolish boyhood dream when it's abundantly clear that he never had the talent to do it.
