I want Ash to be replaced so bad after his regression in the Unova league, how boring he's gotten, and how much character development he's gotten from the OS to DP just thrown out the window. They're never gonna do it though because it all goes back to Pikachu. Pikachu is the most popular Pokemon and he's basically the mascot for Pokemon and this status just gives the writers a need to constantly market him and remind people he's always there even though nobody is gonna be forgetting about him anytime soon. At this point, especially with how much focus he got over the Unova Pokemon, I'm sick of Pikachu and he AND Ash need a break.
Very true. I would have been fine with Ash in Unova if they kept his DP skill and he finally won this league and entered a Champion league. But Best Wishes proved to me that the writers don't intend Ash to progress anymore, they'd rather make him a rookie again and just go through the same cycle every generation
The stupid thing is they wouldn't even let him get into the finals of a league before he regressed him. So I guess "Top 4" is the best he'll ever get.