>>50727712>AG wasn't retconnedit was, besides the flashbacks being deliberately picked and changed in present time (LITERAL definition of a retcon) Greninja's ability conveniently being attached to aura out of nowhere is actually the major red flag here.
>Serena still has a crush on Ashdoesn't matter anymore, this isn't XY, they don't have to force Ash to interact with her anymore, her crush will forever be that, a crush that will never develop into something else because Ash isn't interested on it.
The entire episode was literally trying to avoid the interaction of these 2 because they don't want people to create expectations that something will happen, because it will never happen at this point.