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>after the TF arc we get to see Alan challenge the E4 but the only matches shown are the siebold rematch and then him getting swept by diantha
>skip to Serena meeting up with yashio again
>she agrees to go with her for a year of training
>Clemont decides to go back to attending his gym and Bonnie just goes back to her normal life
>ash decides he's going to stay in Kalos to train with not only greninja but a few other oakmons
>the group promises to reunite in a year or some other set time
>and so the Kalos anime ends with each if them going they're seperate ways
>some time later the sun/moon anime is finally revealed and ash is no longer the protag
>skip a little farther than that and it's revealed that the 20th movie will be the Kalos group's reunion after a time skip
>the movie starts with an older ash winning the Kalos league finals and continues with the E4 challenge
>During the sun/moon anime we get hints to what ash has been up to from other past characters that are visiting alola
>yfw this was based directors plan all along