>>51030090>Ash beats CynthiaPro: He gets reaches the final and battles Leon. If he wins it opening up a new directions for the anime.
Con: If he get reset as a newbie, its awkward like has been every time it already happened
>Ash loses to CynthiaPro: His mandatory reset is SLIGHTLY more believable but still awkward
Con: Cynthia is the only chmapion to come out of this bullshit smelling like roses, Steven was forced to Job, Iris was humilated, and what little dignity Lance has is completely gone forever due to losing twice and being completely fucked over by the seeding. And Cynthiacunts become even more unbelievably smug pieces of shit than they have been for the past decade. But more importantly, Ash and Lance don't fight making this entire arch pointless. The main chracter doesn't even the finals, and the Leon/Ash fight never happened when the both essentially stands-ins for the main Character (That's why Leon uses CHARIZARD and goes around solving all the Dynamax Pokemon, he's basically an ingame progtagonist). Ash/Leon not gettign to fighting would be the stupidest decision since whatever the fuck was going on with the Ash/Ritchie fight.