Anyone think the sheer mass of companions Ash has now makes it harder to remember all of them and everything they did in the series? Ash has had 9 female companions now, about 7 male companions, etc. I know most people don't watch every series, but the sheer mass of characters now really does make it feel like some characters get lost in the shuffle. You can already see the generation gap in fans with older fans who grew up with say Misty, May or Dawn, and younger fans who grew up with Serena or the SM cast.
Now that there's been so many gens of the anime it feels like most companions just kinda get glossed over outside their core fan bases or whoever grew up with them.
Now that there's been so many gens of the anime it feels like most companions just kinda get glossed over outside their core fan bases or whoever grew up with them.