>>50302939Ash talked about battle bond when he was on the plane with Goh. Ash said something along the lines of "Greninja could change to look like me" and Goh had this "wtf are you on about" reaction.
That being said, it's weird they would flash back to battling Alain and show normal Greninja battling Megazard. They probably didn't want Ashninja overshadowing Lucario in what's supposed to be a development episode for him.
