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I would say that if there is not enough Ash character deveolpment, he should not go, And wasn't the point of pokemon to show Ash's adventures as he became a pokemon master? And I don't think he has got that far yet.
You should have read the article I linked to because the author points out most of the stuff being thrown up about pokémon masters.
Yes, and I think the DP series would be an excellent time to wrap up his journey. Think of it this way, by the time DP ends the show will have been going on for 13 or 14 years and have over 600 episodes. DP ending with Ash battling Cynthia of the Elite 4 would be an excellent ending for the series.
The only other old plots they need to resolve is Ash meeting Ho-oh in some form and confronting Giovanni to disband Team Rocket. There's also the GS ball, but I think we've all given up on that.
Do you guys really want to see Ash's journey go on for 20 years? I don't, I'd much rather see Ash's story get a proper conclusion than to see this go on for another decade.
Imagine if this show is still going on 10 years from now, will all of this even feel like its part of the same continuity anymore? When we're in 2020 do you really think the show's continuity will matter anymore from 1998?
The show needs an ending eventually, because if this show does end without any proper conclusion, I'm going to feel like I wasted my time watching since 1998.
Does this topic really need to come up during every single league? I swear we had this topic when Houen was airing and again when Battle Frontier was going on.
Something no one's brought up yet is the fact that if Satoshi leaves, Pikachu will go with him. The series' mascot not being in the show isn't going to work, and no other pokemon (not even Potchama) is going to be enough of a replacement for it.
Besides, any character they replace Satoshi with would quickly turn into a carbon copy of the guy.
Scott85 said:Yes, and I think the DP series would be an excellent time to wrap up his journey. Think of it this way, by the time DP ends the show will have been going on for 13 or 14 years and have over 600 episodes. DP ending with Ash battling Cynthia of the Elite 4 would be an excellent ending for the series.
Scott85 said:The only other old plots they need to resolve is Ash meeting Ho-oh in some form and confronting Giovanni to disband Team Rocket. There's also the GS ball, but I think we've all given up on that.
Do you guys really want to see Ash's journey go on for 20 years? I don't, I'd much rather see Ash's story get a proper conclusion than to see this go on for another decade.
Imagine if this show is still going on 10 years from now, will all of this even feel like its part of the same continuity anymore? When we're in 2020 do you really think the show's continuity will matter anymore from 1998?
The show needs an ending eventually, because if this show does end without any proper conclusion, I'm going to feel like I wasted my time watching since 1998.
No offense, but I'm just wondering how people think that Ash challenging the Sinnoh Elite 4 and even reaching Cynthia is such a possible event in DP. He's never even come close to defeating even one of the Elite 4's Pokemon of any region. Don't get me wrong. That would be a cool twist if that actually happened, but I just can't see Ash getting that far with the Elite 4, or even beating one of them.
Regarding the continuity, if the same continuity matters after over ten years, I don't see how another ten years would change that. After all, the writers would just be writing for the kids of that time, not the people who have been watching since the beginning.
This is the perfect quote to illustrate my point. Yes, the writers should be writing for the fans of that time, so why bother keeping a character from our time?Regarding the continuity, if the same continuity matters after over ten years, I don't see how another ten years would change that. After all, the writers would just be writing for the kids of that time, not the people who have been watching since the beginning.
Why not do them a favour and actually reset the series as a whole next time rather than Ash just leaving his Pokemon and going off with Pikachu. This way the new generation of fans have their own annoying little protagonist to cling to.
I don't think Satoshi should leave because it doesn't feel like his story is at a good stopping point at the moment.
No. Why? Caause as said in the interview on pokebeach:
Ash leaves show ends.
Why not? Just because Ash lost every previous league he has to lose the Sinnoh league too? Ash is going to win a league eventually, and I can see it happening this region.
As for the Elite 4, Ash would be using all his strongest Pokemon from Oak's lab and I'm sure he'll be able to get far. The Elite 4 aren't invincible, and if they're foreshadowing the Elite 4 there's no reason he wouldn't get up to Cynthia.
Scott85 said:Because if the anime goes on for another 10 years, it won't feel like the majority of the show matters anymore. Most of Ash's older Pokemon will be phased out never to be used again, the older characters will rarely make cameos anymore, and Ash will continue his cycle from now until eternity.
Its gotten to the point where it feels like older sagas are entirely skippable now where you don't even have to watch them anymore. The fact that that's possible is troublesome, because as seen with the Johto saga, you don't even have to watch that saga to know what's going on in DP. I have no desire to see what I'm watching "swept under the carpet" as time goes on.
Scott85 said:10 years from now the entire concept of continuity will be thrown out the window, and it'll feel like what we're watching is pointless.
Likewise I'm sure the writers will give a proper ending to the show someday, but hopefully that's sooner than later.
Rocket Girl said:I think the writers have done a pretty good job keeping us older fans entertained, as well as making things new enough that little kids wont feel lost.
If it's not broke, don't fix it.