>>55408221>why do you think nobody gave a shit when he lost in BW?Because it's fucking Ash, he was always a non-character protag that sucked and was only very popular when the anime was mainstream stuff and slightly better than how it was in the XY era, but that time has long since passed. No one gave a shit about Ash and the anime anymore, as they should have.
But then people "flocked back" to XY, not because it was good mind you, but because it went full "shonen" and "shonen" shows are very popular with western fans, because of that it gave fans the impression that Ash would grow as a "character" and win the league for once.
Well, guess what? Neither did he become an actual "character", he also didn't "grow". He did not win the league, he lost in an humiliating manner once again, and once again the writers shrugged that off and didn't even give a proper conclusion to their shonenesque shipbait plotline with Serena. If we consider everything that happened with the anime after XY relevant, than XY only served to show what everyone already knew, Ash became boring after Pokemania and the anime did not matter anymore. If we go by today's standards in the franchise's current condition, XY is less than nothing.
