>>53500613-The most compelling moment in the whole episode. Despite everything, Latios pulls away from Ash when he goes to check his wounds during their goodbye. This is portrayed very very intentionally to mean something to Ash and is an important and unexpectedly nuanced lesson from Pokemon: If being a Pokemon Master means understanding the hearts of Pokemon, sometimes that means understanding that a Pokemon doesn't want to be yours, and to respect their wishes with a smile. They may end up following this lesson in MPM 11 (the preview implies that Ash does some rainy thinking about where he is as a person), but I think it was conveyed appropriately here well enough if they don't touch it again. That's a real mature stance for a Kodomo anime to take, very happy with this.
-Misty wonders what kind of home they're running back to, and Brock speculates that it'll be a place of peace. This moment gives Ash the push he needs to want to visit home, leading us into the final episode in Pallet town.
-The narrator mentions that this meeting has "etched itself into Ash's being". To me, I believe this has more to do with the growth he's made to accept that Latios isn't his, rather than Alto shipping... HOWEVER
