>pulls out a nice combination with pikachu and almost wrecks Clemont's bunnelby
>saves froakie
>climbs a fucking huge tower and saves a fucking garchomp by grabbing it as it was on the verge of falling
>jumps from the tower to save pikachu
>only one after a dozen previous trainers to understand froakie perfectly
>Bonnie wants shit dedenne, Ash wants the fletchling who just stole and ate that dedenne's berry
>Clemont admiring how Ash lured the fletchling toward the cliffs so that froakie can have its revenge and have advantage of terrain
>throws a pokeball with a fucking beautiful curveball effect on the really tiny FALLING fletchling TWICE

It's as if Ash had suddenly become a Marie Sue in this new season, and Clemont/Bonnie are actually the ones in training, even though he's (supposedly) Lumiose's leader.
Not a bad change in my opinion, what do you think, /vp/?