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Your anime is shit. It has even worse writing than the games. I've seen better suspense and writing from seasonal isekai than I have from the last few generations of pokemon.
The shinobi frog was nerfed. Guzma was nerfed. Alain was nerfed. Lance was nerfed. Diantha was nerfed. Steven was nerfed. Cynthia was nerfed. Leon was nerfed. And now even the fucking legendaries are nerfed. A goddamn stage 1 starter is taking on legendaries and WINNING. It's not even pikachu, who has protagonitist plot armor. It's just a grookey that barely fights. It's been over 20 years and Ash is still 10 years old. The writers have given up.
Reflect on all of this for a few minutes. I mean it, take a few breathers and ask yourself. Why are you so dedicated to this show? If you're being held hostage by sunk cost or nostalgia, then do yourself a favor, break away and indulge in other media. If it must be pokemon related, play the games. Read the manga. Hell, play romhacks or even read webcomics/fanfiction. Anything is an improvement over dedicating so much of your life to this low quality anime.
And to you miserable romance cretins, who somehow found this casual shounen anime that was not intended for you: give up your ships. They were never going to happen. You'd think, after two decades, this would be self evident.
