>>51163661>Because the only battles that matter to the story are Ash'sThe why show all quarter-final battles? Why waste time on Goh or Koharu? Fuck off.
>Ash hasn't beaten Ritchie too, should be have been in the m8 for a rematch?Alan cucked him out of a championship, is recent enough that most viewers were alive when he did it, and produced such backlash that several people quit/were fired after it. Fuck off.
>No, the writing is good, you just care about the animation because you're an XYfagNo, the writing isn't good and I don't cocksuck XY either.
>Have we not seen the Kalos Rivals? The Hoenn Rivals?Did they have meaningful interactions or were they shown doing something interesting? No, they were all bundled together in a single location for 5 still frames, as if their respective leagues ocurred literally yesterday.
>You can't criticize the show for something that's not here yetI can definitely criticise a show for something it hasn't done that it should have.
>Pure headcanonShow me proof of Dracovish, Dragonite, and Sirfertch'd being stronger than Greninja, Charizard, Infernape, or Sceptile.