>>51464686I've known since three months ago what Ash's M8 bracket was going to be, as I saw the leaks and didn't disregard them, especially when Ash was revealed to fight Steven, as the leak said (Steven, Cynthia and Leon was his tourney path, fucking shocking he beat Steven and Cynthia in the aired episodes t face off against Leon).
I'm not a manchild or a self-inserter, I can handle the MC beating characters I like, as it's like wrestling - beating the game names won't harm their star power none, but beating Ash too soon WILL harm his perception (eg, loses to any in the QF bracket, he's a shitter, loses to any in the SF bracket we get to here XYgotes cry "meme leage winner, kek". That he's not going to up and vanish win lose or draw means they can take that extra few episodes to build him up further to the point where a loss elevartes him instead of squashing him and pissing in his mouth while he's down there.
