>>28473647The journey being good shouldn't make the destination be bad. In Slam Dunk they didn't win the nationals but the series was still enjoyable. In Yugi Oh, Atem wins pretty much every single duel except for 3 IIRC. The story was building up to Ash winning the league, the only reason to make him lose was because the writers are lazy and don't want to have to write a season based on Ash being a pokemon league winner.
