>>52548512>The Greninja stuff wasn’t new.You're right in regards to the Infernape, you are right about the Arora stuff as well, but the difference in the two was in the method and execution tied to Ash's Journey summarization.
Infernape and Ash mastered it in the face of escalation while proving themselves to Paul that he shouldn't discard a pokemon because of his expectations, whereas Ash and Greninja are a more self-centered progression, which in the long run was the lesson for Ash to learn that he isn't a trainer with 6 pokemon, but is part of one team.
He started out in Kalos really aggressively and every battle where he never planned for anything has bitten him in the ass just as harsh (He rushed straight to Viola without even training his Pokemon even once, got impatient with Samper and Frogadier, got hasty and impatient with his Progress because of the self-added pressure around the time of the 8th gym rundown all the way to his loss in Snowbelle), which boiled over to the point that he was getting more impatient with his quest of the Badge collection after his earliest blunders in XYZ. After the shitshow that is the snowbell forest episode, he gradually took his time to keep his cool and started to think again more properly, which also nicely ties into his perception on losses over the decades:
He is never upset about an loss directly, he is just upset about HOW he loses. Who wouldn't be frustrated with shit like in the Indigo League (Even though it was warranted to happen in some way),His second Loss against Brandon even though he gave his word to live up to his progress after the whole Pokelantis mess, or the demoraling defeat in his first 6vs6 against Paul, or literally every loss in Kalos which he had only himself to blame for?
If there is one thing Ash took away from Kalos, it was that he learned to enjoy himself again and that his effort and training with his pokemon comes first, and that he is content if all that was possible is said and done.
