>>53119611>ash loses>creates a fucking shitstorm>pressured by TV Tokyo to never let this happen again>can't make him lose>wins regionals 3 years later>STILL can't make him lose>wins worlds 6 years later.
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>trASH gets removed from the seriesfucking LMAO
This shit literally costed them their golden goose. Up to this day, and for the next decade when the new characters don't get nearly as much of an impact as Ash & Pikachu ever got, they will regret this very moment.