>>34334878>>34334899That explains why none of Ash's Pokemon except for Lycarrot and Nebby have had any development time to evolve on top of Lillie stealing the spotlight, and I highly doubt he'll catch another Pokemon since the aforementioned two are overkill enough on their own at their peaks.
This fucker of a season has less than a year to showcase SM and USUM's remaining content, have Ash finish his Island Challenges, possibly job in the newly-formed Alola League, and then release Nebby so he can go home and find out about Gen 8's Region to begin the cycle anew.