>>28494707I'm not too big a fan of the Ashnime but I never absolutely hated his losses, just wish the writers could throw him a bone once and a while
>KantoFine loss. It was all because Charizard still refused to listen to him. Manga version did it better though where he is forced to concede the fight because his Charizard was probably going to kill Ritchie's
>JohtoHe beat his rival and made ammends with him and the loss was to someone with a Blaziken to show where he needs to go next
>HoennCan't actually remember, but he redeems himself with Battle Frontier
>SinnohHe was using every Pokemon he had at Oak's lab and so they had to write in some fag who uses legendaries
>UnovaPretty shit tier but unlike before he only used his current team and Charizard comes back afterwards at least.
>Kalos>Pikachu beats both psuedo-legendaries>It's a rematch with Ash stronger than last time>Up to this point Alain only ever used Charizard>last traditional league so far>Still loses despite the narrative being stronger if he winsHonestly I just don't think the anime teams want to write and animate the elite 4 since they seem to blow their budget on the tourney fights
