How can anyone willingly watch more than one season of the anime? If you've seen one season, then you've seen it all. You'd have be one sick masochistic fuck to put up with an eternal ten year old who constantly experiences the same story beats over and over, regardless of whichever region he goes to. Imagine watching a show that essentially gets rebooted every year, along with worse animations. How can anyone enjoy a show with zero continuity and just empty call backs? oh and sometimes there's a gimmick

>arrive in new region
>oh hey, new obligatory bro male friend
>oh hey, new obligatory qt female
>enter [professor who's named after a plant]
>here choose a color swap starter
>I choose the blue/red/green
>oh shit all these new pokemon
>ok pikarat, let's fill up the dex and train for whatever tournament lies at the end of the region
>something something team rocket shenanigans
>WE'RE BLASTIN' OFF AGAIN
>ominous sekret organization
>*ash casually rides on the back of some legendary*
>each episode is a visit to some new town
>wackiness ensues
>ash fails the tournament
>"n-never give up!"
>"farewell bro friend and completely platonic qt female friend!"
>arrive in new region
>...

and repeat