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Considering how I feel about the PWC, having a watered down version of it doesn't really sound like much of a problem. Despite Ash defeating Champion level trainers, the tournament just never felt like it lived up to the pedestal that fans gave it. At least he would be battling against strong trainers consistently, something they didn't really do until the Hyper Class.Now what can they do with Ash? Will he challenge The Champion Rank? When you think about it, it kinda sounds like a water-down version of the current PWC. Champion- like trainers in one region instead of many trainers in one global tournament.
I could see them needing to do more expeditions to find/learn about Mew. Staying with Project Mew full time would also kind of make sense given that is Goh's ultimate goal.I think they could stay on Gen 9
1) Gou:
- Mew's expedition was supposed to last only a week (and it will take place in JN), so it can quickly return to Satoshi
- his dream of catching all the Pokémon might enable him to stay
While Goh does want to catch all Pokemon to work his way back to Mew, he is mostly associated with the Galar starters. Pretty much all of the official artwork shows Goh with at least one of his Galar starters. He isn't quite as tied to the eighth generation as much as characters from the games would be, but I do think that's a noticeable connection all the same. I don't think that they'd just give him one or all of the Paldea starters instead. Considering how it was a really bad choice to do that with the Galar starters, I certainly hope that they wouldn't do that again.
Considering how her screentime in Journeys is so minimal, I really can't see Chloe sticking around for another series. I like Chloe and arguably the school setting would make it easier for her to be in the cast again than it would be for Goh, but when her appearances were tied down to Eevee evolutions and they've already shown all of them, I can't really see them keeping her around. It would make more sense to have another new character with an Eevee show off some of the new Terastal forms that Eevee could have instead.2) Koharu:
- she is a student, and there is a school in Paldea, so she can go there for an exchange
I'm still pretty confident that both characters will leave. There might be more of a chance for Goh with his goal in mind, but even that is pretty slim. Since Ash will be the main lead because of course he is, it would be more appealing to have a new cast of characters to bounce around with instead of keeping to the same Ash and Goh dynamic. I love their friendship and dynamic, but not having anything new to work with for the main cast for another hundred or so episodes sounds a bit much.