Why don't the writers of the anime make Ash GET to the Elite 4 and lose to the champion? Would be far more satisying than losing to some unknown cunt with a cowboy Meowth.
I get he's supposed to represent the kid playing pokemon the first time, but no kid watching this show would believe the amount of bullshit this series has gone to.
And just for clarification, the Pokemon leagues are Victory Road, right? Or is that not faithful enough to the games?
tl;dr: Why is the anime such garbage?