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Except for maybe Kanto and Orange League, the anime has always been boring.
At one point, all episodes not gym-related had the same stupid routine: Stumble upon someone who has a problem, volunteer to help, team rocket gets in the way, but get their asses kicked, solve problem, return to traveling.
At one point, I dropped it, came back to watch a league, saw Ash lose as usual, then dropped it again.
Then I went years forgetting it even existed. When I heard it seemed Ash was truly, truly about to win a league for fucking real this time (he had all this momentum, a special mega pokemon no one has seen in thousands of years who beat Diantha's Mega Gardevoir, a powerful team) I came back.
Never again.