So long, Ash and Pikachu
Dec. 23rd, 2022 01:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
yunaffieSo it's finally here, huh. The final saga in the journey of Ash and Pikachu, with the 11 episode series starting in January. Wow. After 25 years, they really went ahead and did it.
I once made a joke about turning into Shion Sonozaki (L5) if this happened. Rest assured, I will not be turning into L5 Shion.
There was a time I was really into the anime... having sites for it, had a journal dedicated exclusively to Anipoke, which was sadly deleted, being a rabid Ash fangirl (that side of me pretty much died after he was confirmed to still be 10...), but that was a very long time ago. Black & White left such a bad taste in my mouth I dropped it 20-ish episodes in and only came back when I heard X&Y was actually good. Been catching up on the BW episodes, actually, and, yeah, I definitely did the right thing dropping it back then. It didn't really get better. There were some decent episodes, but in the end, it was pretty mediocre.
Journeys wasn't much better, but it did have some good points and some good episodes. Goh was boring, Chloe was woefully underused and should have been a main character from the start, but at least we had all those episodes with characters returning so that was nice to see, and that plot point from SM was wrapped up nicely. Team Rocket got woefully little screentime, what a shame. The worst thing is that Galar was totally shafted. I haven't actually played any main series games since BW, but it still sucks. Some Galar gym leaders never even appeared, and some Pokemon never got appearances or proper introductions either, which utterly blows. #JusticeForSnom
Anyway, it will be sad to see Ash and Pikachu go, and Team Rocket as well... I just hope that Team Rocket will get a decent conclusion and a proper send-off, because to just have them continue to stalk Ash for the rest of his life, perpetually trying to steal Pikachu, would be depressing. Give them proper closure, writers!
It's been fun. There were ups and downs, for sure, but it was an enjoyable ride, watching Ash on his journey with Pikachu, and the many companions who were by his side. I'm glad to have been a part of it. Will I check out the next series? Eh, maybe at some point in the future, I'll check back... I'm definitely curious about Riko at any rate. Is she Ash's daughter like everyone is wildly speculating? Hmm... of course, that would mean a timeskip. Would the older characters still appear? Who knows, would be interesting to see...
But at any rate... there's still 11 episodes left to look forward to. I'll probably be in tears when it's over. Hah. Hopefully they can pull off a well written series with a satisfying climax.
Now for the series rating! Hmm. I think it would probably go...
XY
DP
OS
AG
SM
JN
BW
So there you have it... it's all coming to an end at last.
I once made a joke about turning into Shion Sonozaki (L5) if this happened. Rest assured, I will not be turning into L5 Shion.
There was a time I was really into the anime... having sites for it, had a journal dedicated exclusively to Anipoke, which was sadly deleted, being a rabid Ash fangirl (that side of me pretty much died after he was confirmed to still be 10...), but that was a very long time ago. Black & White left such a bad taste in my mouth I dropped it 20-ish episodes in and only came back when I heard X&Y was actually good. Been catching up on the BW episodes, actually, and, yeah, I definitely did the right thing dropping it back then. It didn't really get better. There were some decent episodes, but in the end, it was pretty mediocre.
Journeys wasn't much better, but it did have some good points and some good episodes. Goh was boring, Chloe was woefully underused and should have been a main character from the start, but at least we had all those episodes with characters returning so that was nice to see, and that plot point from SM was wrapped up nicely. Team Rocket got woefully little screentime, what a shame. The worst thing is that Galar was totally shafted. I haven't actually played any main series games since BW, but it still sucks. Some Galar gym leaders never even appeared, and some Pokemon never got appearances or proper introductions either, which utterly blows. #JusticeForSnom
Anyway, it will be sad to see Ash and Pikachu go, and Team Rocket as well... I just hope that Team Rocket will get a decent conclusion and a proper send-off, because to just have them continue to stalk Ash for the rest of his life, perpetually trying to steal Pikachu, would be depressing. Give them proper closure, writers!
It's been fun. There were ups and downs, for sure, but it was an enjoyable ride, watching Ash on his journey with Pikachu, and the many companions who were by his side. I'm glad to have been a part of it. Will I check out the next series? Eh, maybe at some point in the future, I'll check back... I'm definitely curious about Riko at any rate. Is she Ash's daughter like everyone is wildly speculating? Hmm... of course, that would mean a timeskip. Would the older characters still appear? Who knows, would be interesting to see...
But at any rate... there's still 11 episodes left to look forward to. I'll probably be in tears when it's over. Hah. Hopefully they can pull off a well written series with a satisfying climax.
Now for the series rating! Hmm. I think it would probably go...
XY
DP
OS
AG
SM
JN
BW
So there you have it... it's all coming to an end at last.
