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For me, what made the Goodra release so sad is that the characters themselves get so sad. I felt so attached to Serena, Bonnie, and Clemont on the rewatch because I hadn’t seen them much since my first watch of XY ended back in 2016, and I missed them all so much. So just seeing Serena crying and Bonnie in tears hugging onto her brother hit me deep in my heart. It feels like they are my friends, and seeing my friends cry makes me cry. I agree that the goodbye is overly emotional, considering that Goodra barely stayed and evolved way too fast, but what really makes it for me is how real their sadness feels. I love the XY group so much, to the point that it feels like I become one with them.Goodra's departure is a different story. Given how rushed Goodra's evolutions/development was, it felt much less emotional than it should have been. Even at the time, a lot of people weren't sad about losing Goodra as a character or its relationship with Ash. They were sad that Ash was losing his psudeo-legendary Pokemon. Or at least that was the common reaction I remember from that episode. It didn't help that Noverin didn't do much of anything and they kept an empty slot on Ash's team for the rest of the series for Goodra, only for it to draw with its opponents when it did come back. Goodra could have been so much better if they spaced out its evolutions and waited until a bit later on in the series to release it, but I think that they were far more interested in giving Ash a powerhouse for his battle with Clemont.