Where are Ash’s Rivals Today? (Including Pokemon Journeys)

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  • čas přidán 19. 05. 2024
  • Ash Ketchum became a Pokemon Master, but what about his rivals? We're going to be catching back up with Ash's most important rivals and seeing where their journeys have taken them beyond Pokemon Journeys.
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    0:00 Intro
    0:45 Gary
    6:06 Ritchie
    8:00 Paul
    11:09 Barry
    12:57 Trip
    15:11 Sawyer
    18:58 Alain
    27:41 Gladion
    34:39 Outro
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Komentáře • 260

  • @Transdimensional
    @Transdimensional  Před 3 měsíci +61

    Huge Announcement at the end! And HUGE thanks to everybody who's been with me through all of this, sorry you guys had to wait so long, it'll be worth it

    • @FlagsAreCool888
      @FlagsAreCool888 Před 3 měsíci +2

      It doesn’t matter how long we have to wait, we’ll always be patient for your text video

    • @Spine895
      @Spine895 Před 3 měsíci +1

      Finally your back

    • @Dragonthebro249
      @Dragonthebro249 Před 2 měsíci

      When is the next what if??

    • @scape_x7711
      @scape_x7711 Před 2 měsíci

      YOOOO HE’S BACK!!!!!!!

  • @raugust6786
    @raugust6786 Před 3 měsíci +209

    13:25 - I always felt that Trip was basically a discounted, Dollar-Tree Paul.

    • @anonymousmonkey9491
      @anonymousmonkey9491 Před 3 měsíci +27

      the directors probably thought they struck gold with paul's formula since he was pretty well received, just to Trip, stumble, and spill the formula into a toilet.

    • @natalimoina
      @natalimoina Před 2 měsíci +2

      No, he's a much better Paul that's even more involved with the larger narrative and furthers Ash's development and the themes of the series like no other rival

    • @elijahaaron6949
      @elijahaaron6949 Před 2 měsíci +11

      ​@@natalimoinathis is bait

    • @natalimoina
      @natalimoina Před 2 měsíci +2

      @@elijahaaron6949 I literally just told the truth, but alright, whatever you say man

    • @Misty-yt
      @Misty-yt Před 2 měsíci +3

      @@natalimoinanah

  • @Days-ru8jh
    @Days-ru8jh Před 2 měsíci +176

    Alain Vs ash was legit some peak I never fully understood with my premature mind

    • @Seivilon
      @Seivilon Před 2 měsíci +5

      Ash vs Sawyer>>>Ash vs Alain

    • @qthefalcon
      @qthefalcon Před 2 měsíci +21

      ​@@Seivilonno, just no

    • @Seivilon
      @Seivilon Před 2 měsíci +2

      @@qthefalcon yes

    • @Abedv4fggrrgdggfdfxvd
      @Abedv4fggrrgdggfdfxvd Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@Seivilonis there something wrong with you

    • @Seivilon
      @Seivilon Před 2 měsíci

      @@Abedv4fggrrgdggfdfxvd What's wrong? I'm just saying what's true

  • @coreysmithson
    @coreysmithson Před 2 měsíci +44

    I loved the mega evolution series with Alain. He’s one of the only rivals who had a few episodes as a protagonist so we could see how he started

  • @MarcusMapua
    @MarcusMapua Před 2 měsíci +44

    Albeit though when they brought Gary back, they kinda reverted him back to how he used to be in the OG series. Being an actual researcher really did Mature his character shown in Chronicles and his further appearances in Sinnoh. But when they decided to bring him back in Journeys, his overall personality character seemed to change back to how he was before in Kanto & Johto

  • @bradwhite5884
    @bradwhite5884 Před 2 měsíci +88

    Love to see another Pokemon Chronicles type series that deals with all of Ash's friends, rivals, champions, gym leaders, elite and other side characters that he met along the way to tell what they have been up to after Ash becoming the world champion or before and throughout the series, so yeah

    • @Transdimensional
      @Transdimensional  Před 2 měsíci +4

      that's actually a reallyyy good idea, I am like 87.56% sure we'll see some of Ash's friends and rivals sometime soon hopefully 🤞

    • @bradwhite5884
      @bradwhite5884 Před 2 měsíci

      @@Transdimensional Yeah, hopefully we truly need a Pokémon Pokémon Chronicles 2.0 series, bring back missing characters from the previous series including the original Chronicles series too like that unique Pichu form, the character who's based on Gold, the two Team Rocket members from Chronicles and so on, also missing characters from the games like the Gen 5 protagonists (Hilbert, Hilda, Rose and such), Gen 7 protagonists, Gen 8 protagonists, Zinnia and the Dragonids (seems like she may appear in Horizons at some point involving Shiny Rayquaza maybe? Copium here), Ultra Recon characters and so on, so yeah

    • @serenae9316
      @serenae9316 Před měsícem

      I would watch that, it’s a good idea for sure.

    • @courage1363
      @courage1363 Před 19 dny

      That wont work since Liko is the main character instead of Ash this time.

  • @bignoobroblox9506
    @bignoobroblox9506 Před 3 měsíci +33

    Welcome back to the community we will treat u like the king u always were

  • @theserpent8667
    @theserpent8667 Před 3 měsíci +18

    I can't believe you're back! I'm excited to see what else you have in store for us!

  • @ashtails5985
    @ashtails5985 Před 3 měsíci +6

    Yoo the editing is so good on this video!! I’m happy you’re back!

  • @sakuraa1770
    @sakuraa1770 Před 3 měsíci +9

    Glad to see you're posting videos again. Can't wait for What If season 2.

  • @Meveloon800
    @Meveloon800 Před měsícem +2

    This Video fr felt Like a Entire Documentation for Straight Up 2 hours its was so Catchy i forgot Time Really good Delivery Instant Sub 😁 Whatever it is Keep doing it

  • @bokuwaippikiokamidesu8080
    @bokuwaippikiokamidesu8080 Před 21 dnem +1

    Ash and Gary hit home for me...glad their journeys allowed them two to grow ( mentally you know )

  • @adamjyuken3449
    @adamjyuken3449 Před 2 měsíci +4

    You finally posted, I missed you!

  • @mihirsinha3270
    @mihirsinha3270 Před 3 měsíci +7

    Welcome back!!! Btw when are you gonna make part 2 of my version of ash's kanto journey

  • @MorningKingJr
    @MorningKingJr Před 3 měsíci +7

    Leon, Alain, and Paul were my favorite out of ash's rivals

  • @jermainwijntuin5071
    @jermainwijntuin5071 Před 2 měsíci +4

    I actually dont know you, but i subbed cause all of these great comments, and your videos are amazing btw!🎉

  • @kingzenie9611
    @kingzenie9611 Před 2 měsíci

    4 days ago I genuinely was watching ur Pokémon journeys what if vid. My bad I didn’t get to this earlier

  • @Adjetey-Greninja
    @Adjetey-Greninja Před 3 měsíci +1

    Finally thought I never see you upload again

  • @midsectionmark8956
    @midsectionmark8956 Před měsícem

    Dang no shout out to Sawyers win against Ash before the Pokemon league is wildddd haha 😆. Great recap video on his rivals though. Imagine if they were all more involved in the tournament in journeys. That would be amazing.

  • @melanieelrod
    @melanieelrod Před 3 měsíci +1

    Your back I missed you

  • @user-jd1mn3ur2j
    @user-jd1mn3ur2j Před měsícem +1

    OH MY GOD HES BACK
    aight I'll be back gotta rewatch the whole series again

    • @user-jd1mn3ur2j
      @user-jd1mn3ur2j Před měsícem +1

      Aight I just finished that but it's like past midnight so I'ma go to bed

  • @JamesMDavis1
    @JamesMDavis1 Před 2 měsíci +1

    You forget that Ritchie also has an Eevee. In the epsiode where Professor Oak got kidnapped, Ritchie wanted to visit Oak to see how he wanted to evolve his Eevee.

  • @bluedoessomeamogusstuff6738
    @bluedoessomeamogusstuff6738 Před 2 měsíci

    Oh dayum only 4 days ago, I'm kinda starting to like pokemon again because I saw how cool Deoxys was.

  • @Its_B3N.
    @Its_B3N. Před 2 měsíci

    Welcome Back❤🎉

  • @Zurgwillaburg
    @Zurgwillaburg Před 3 měsíci +2

    He's back!!!?!?!the goat of pokemon is back!!!

  • @nadiaarnold981
    @nadiaarnold981 Před 3 měsíci +5

    TRANSDYMENTIONAL IS FINAL BACK!!!!!!

  • @GottaBeMurph-V2
    @GottaBeMurph-V2 Před 2 měsíci

    I see you tho. The sounds you used throughout the videos were fun.

  • @michaelkowal3230
    @michaelkowal3230 Před 3 měsíci +3

    When you said about Ash's travel partners having rivals, why didn't you use the Unova partners as the example since they both have rivals, Iris has Georgia whilst Cilan has Burgundy

  • @kai-iv7ws
    @kai-iv7ws Před 2 měsíci

    Welcome back sir.

  • @user-qm6kh5mi5z
    @user-qm6kh5mi5z Před 3 měsíci +1

    12:05 is that a teardrop asset?

  • @godrelicanth
    @godrelicanth Před 3 měsíci

    let's go your back

  • @allsamgaming
    @allsamgaming Před 3 měsíci +2

    HES BACKKKK

  • @bluedoessomeamogusstuff6738
    @bluedoessomeamogusstuff6738 Před 2 měsíci

    14:31 I just realized Driftveil City is playing in the background XD

  • @Zafir228
    @Zafir228 Před 3 měsíci

    Yes he is finally back

  • @TheGamerninja15
    @TheGamerninja15 Před 3 měsíci +1

    I missed your what ifs, in my opinion 2022 was the PEAK for what if scenarios, but in 2023 it all came crashing down

    • @Transdimensional
      @Transdimensional  Před 3 měsíci +3

      those 3 epiosdes were just the beginning.. hope your ready for whats coming :)

    • @TheGamerninja15
      @TheGamerninja15 Před 3 měsíci

      @@Transdimensional oh, I DEFINITELY will!

  • @tumppi156
    @tumppi156 Před 3 měsíci

    ALL HAIL THE KING WHO IS BACK!!!

  • @Gamerknight-br6hh
    @Gamerknight-br6hh Před 3 měsíci

    Agent Stone: he's back... HE'S BACK!!!

  • @XYZ14_8
    @XYZ14_8 Před 2 měsíci +9

    They did my boi Alain wrong in the masters 8 tourney 😭😭😭

    • @Seivilon
      @Seivilon Před 2 měsíci

      They did Ash wrong in kalos league 😭😭

    • @XYZ14_8
      @XYZ14_8 Před 2 měsíci

      @@Seivilon u right, Ash Greninja def should’ve secured the W

    • @alphawolf7417
      @alphawolf7417 Před 23 dny

      ​@@Seivilon
      Kalos Fans: Claim Ash was robbed in the end.
      DP Fans: "At least you were robbed by an actual character."

    • @magixboi8983
      @magixboi8983 Před 12 dny

      ​@@alphawolf7417💀
      Till the end I was waiting for Tobias to show up after ash won against leon

  • @Woolint
    @Woolint Před 2 měsíci +2

    Lets be honest here, kalos series was literally peak. But yet we can be even further past peak if horizons pulls up. (For ppl not watching horizons, they got some pretty legendary moments + animation sakuga and the plot for the season is kinda twisty n' crazy. Give it a chance 🙏)

  • @Edits_By_BJ
    @Edits_By_BJ Před 3 měsíci +1

    Finally 😍 back

  • @ivarbrawlstars2
    @ivarbrawlstars2 Před 3 měsíci

    Love your vid

  • @SSNNPBCC
    @SSNNPBCC Před 22 dny

    Sawyer should come back as a champion in the new series. It would be ICING ON THE CAKE. An already delicious cake.

  • @selfishwand2
    @selfishwand2 Před 3 měsíci +1

    HES BACK

  • @courage1363
    @courage1363 Před 19 dny

    You need to update Team Rockets Pokemon since both James caught a Morpeko in Galar and having all of his and Jessies old Pokemon added to their respective teams with a total of 6 each instead of their usual 3 each.

  • @raikaria3090
    @raikaria3090 Před měsícem

    We see Ash go from 10 to 11, he explicity turns 11 in Alola also, Gary was the last out of Oaks lab. He didnt pick Squirtle. He only had Squirtle left as a choice!

  • @cyrusstevenson880
    @cyrusstevenson880 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Love the call out of cilan effortlessly beating trip in their first battle meanwhile ash lost 2-3 times before he got a win even though he has beat cilan lol. guess ash should have caught a dwebble

  • @FlagsAreCool888
    @FlagsAreCool888 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Welcome Back.

  • @765infinity
    @765infinity Před 2 měsíci +2

    Hearing Gary's catch totals like 45 pokemon by episode 12 and 200 by the indigo league, it really sticks out that for a series with the moniker "gotta catch em all" it's main protagonist really didn't catch a lot of pokemon. Like even if we are generous and count evolutions of the same pokemon as "pokemon caught" the same way the pokedex does, by the point Gary has caught 45, Ash has caught 8 (Pikachu, caterpie, metapod, butterfree, pidgeotto, bulbasaur, charamander, squirtle). By the time Gary has over 200 pokemon, Ash has caught 15 (Pikachu, caterpie, metapod, butterfree (released), pideotto, bulbasaur, charamander, chameleon, charizard (won't listen), squirtle, krabby, kingler, muk, primeape (released), haunter (released)) + 30 tauros (which he never uses, the first tauros he uses is in the orange island championship, for the purposes of kanto catching 30 is a gag in an internationally cut episode). Ignoring the fact Ash didn't really win 3 of his badges in Kanto, really strikes how terrible of a trainer he was in Kanto

    • @courage1363
      @courage1363 Před 19 dny

      I think the 200 Pokemon is most likely a over exasperation to help Ash to catch more Pokemon.

    • @765infinity
      @765infinity Před 19 dny

      ​@courage1363 "help ash catch more pokemon", proceeds to catch no new pokemon and in fact releases one before the next series starts

  • @sirwolfy9372
    @sirwolfy9372 Před 2 měsíci

    Ritchie having A GUTS TAILOW IS GODLY!!!!
    BUTTERFREE WITH COMPOUND EYES GOT INTO NATIONALS(or internationals, dont remeber now).

  • @RedPineap
    @RedPineap Před 2 měsíci

    He's returned

  • @SpursFootballShorts
    @SpursFootballShorts Před 2 měsíci

    HES BACKKKKK

  • @scape_x7711
    @scape_x7711 Před 2 měsíci

    HE’S BACK!!!!!!!

  • @aster3881
    @aster3881 Před 2 měsíci +2

    While i loved alain.....i am still pissed Ash lost the Kalos league lol.

  • @FrenchieBlack07045
    @FrenchieBlack07045 Před 2 měsíci

    I`ll say this though. I wish they had protaginst from the games like brendan, Hilbert, lucas make legit cameos

  • @bumbyjuice1644
    @bumbyjuice1644 Před 2 měsíci

    which do you think is the best battle the league battle with paul or league battle with alain

  • @scarletspider6554
    @scarletspider6554 Před měsícem

    I'm glad that Barry is on this list, but doesn't Cameron counts as one of Ash's rivals, but also I still hope we got to 👀 both of them return in the series 🥺.

  • @lillymaher6252
    @lillymaher6252 Před 2 měsíci +2

    love it

  • @taufiqyeasin5381
    @taufiqyeasin5381 Před 2 měsíci

    The video is perfect with 1.5 times the speed .. just a suggestion for next time

  • @wizardmari3497
    @wizardmari3497 Před 2 měsíci

    Nice video

  • @Sge1_Delay
    @Sge1_Delay Před 28 dny

    Ashs true rival that he has'nt beaten yet is turning 11 years old

  • @bluelions2275
    @bluelions2275 Před 19 dny

    Watching all gym leader's unite i was like gym leaders assemble

  • @jamesholland4664
    @jamesholland4664 Před 2 měsíci

    What about your version of ash team for the rest of the series

  • @blacksheep7741
    @blacksheep7741 Před 3 měsíci +2

    You forgot Harrison the one with the blazkien n tyson with the metagross n meowth Very important rivals

    • @zeospark9715
      @zeospark9715 Před 2 měsíci

      I think he's only counting rivals that appeared throughout a series. Harrison only appeared during the League arc

  • @wizardmari3497
    @wizardmari3497 Před 2 měsíci +1

    17:46 sawyer is him i swear he is

  • @Chaosmarauder
    @Chaosmarauder Před 2 měsíci

    You forgot the best part with paul. You can see his 180 when after one of yhe battles he berates ash for something he did with his pokemon (cant remember what exactly

  • @giovannij1368
    @giovannij1368 Před měsícem

    I was never the biggest fan of paul but, he is just his own character

  • @hrushikeshshah9047
    @hrushikeshshah9047 Před 2 měsíci

    Kiawe was not mentioned he was also interesting and strong rival

  • @Nim638
    @Nim638 Před měsícem

    All of Ash’s rivals didn’t quite wanna see him fight Leon, except Gladion who is only in the far right corner, distant from the Alola group. Mostly the three hated ones Paul, trip, and Alain didn’t wanna see Ash, and the bragging Gary didn’t want to see him too.

  • @craigpatton8579
    @craigpatton8579 Před měsícem

    What about Morrison and Tyson? Tyson was one if the few to become Regional champion after defeating Ash as everyone else that beat Ash besides Alain lost right after beating Ash.

  • @mongoRLfr
    @mongoRLfr Před 3 měsíci

    HES BACKKKKKKKKKKK🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🎉🎉🎉🎉

  • @adantelee5017
    @adantelee5017 Před 3 měsíci

    Oh my god dude, where have you been? Your last video was like a year ago

  • @PokemonFan223
    @PokemonFan223 Před 2 měsíci

    11:48 what are the 3 unknown Badges, I know that 2 of them is not the cobble badge or the freeze badge and the second purple badge that is next to the roark’s gym badge isn’t even a badge from Sinnoh or anywhere

    • @Transdimensional
      @Transdimensional  Před 2 měsíci

      I noticed the anime reallyy likes to create fake badges, thought it was only Gary's until I noticed Barry's and Sawyer's badges

  • @IsaiahTheTamer730
    @IsaiahTheTamer730 Před 3 měsíci +1

    How did I like Alain’s story better than all the teams😂😂😂 Edit: never mind my fav part was 26:29 it was so funny- second edit: wow it’s been a year

  • @darkknight6219
    @darkknight6219 Před měsícem

    Bro has been 10 for 25 years, that's crazy

  • @themeannerd5803
    @themeannerd5803 Před měsícem

    So in the original comic series “Electric tales of pikachu” Richie appears but instead of a charmander named “zippo” he has a charizard named “Charlie”. If you watch the Pokémon shirt about blossom and her nidoran her father looks suspiciously like Richie and he has a charizard named “Charlie”… so you may say he grew up and had a daughter with a galarian trainer that beat him in a battle

  • @saftobulle
    @saftobulle Před 2 měsíci

    You forgot Samurai! Ash's most important rival!

  • @pokegoplayer6701
    @pokegoplayer6701 Před 2 měsíci

    .Gary must be doing some research
    .Paul must be preparing to become a good gym leader
    .Gladion must be having a good time with his family
    .Alain must be crying in a corner of Pr.Sycamore's lab for his masters 8 loss

  • @optejas3890
    @optejas3890 Před 3 měsíci

    Long time no see

  • @shreedityavempati6570
    @shreedityavempati6570 Před 3 měsíci

    Hes back

  • @h0hleek
    @h0hleek Před měsícem

    I feel like Gary should’ve been in every series and season and should’ve been showed more and showcased more into details and not go missing

  • @futureDreamer4
    @futureDreamer4 Před 2 měsíci

    The "battle"between Ash and Paul in Journeys was a sparing match not an actual battle.

  • @Sakurasan2023
    @Sakurasan2023 Před 3 měsíci +1

    This feels like plot armor with Paul's loss in the Sinnoh League

    • @zeospark9715
      @zeospark9715 Před 2 měsíci +2

      Not as bad with Ash had against Tobias though. Tobias was literally made because the creators were like "Oh no! We made Ash too strong for this league! He needs to lose!"

    • @Sakurasan2023
      @Sakurasan2023 Před 2 měsíci

      @@zeospark9715 fair

    • @eljordinio7647
      @eljordinio7647 Před 2 měsíci +1

      ​@@zeospark9715yeah but not like this

    • @natalimoina
      @natalimoina Před 2 měsíci +1

      not really

    • @Seivilon
      @Seivilon Před 2 měsíci +1

      How exactly? Ash win against him fair and square

  • @cubbie9499
    @cubbie9499 Před měsícem

    Wish we'd gotten to see a.j and samurai

  • @laurabentz7898
    @laurabentz7898 Před 2 měsíci

    Amazing🤩😂🥺😢😊❤

  • @1800mexicano
    @1800mexicano Před 2 měsíci

    Ash is at least 11, he has a birthday in one of the premiere episodes, like unova or something

  • @Lpcutts0
    @Lpcutts0 Před 2 měsíci

    I was always confused as in Pokémon 4ever he was 11 because they celebrated a year together but is that retcon? I may have misspelled that someone please explain

  • @ck-1649
    @ck-1649 Před 4 dny

    They did Alain so dirty in Journeys

  • @xiexe5552
    @xiexe5552 Před 3 měsíci +2

    25 years.... since you uploaded your last video

  • @calebglasscock7392
    @calebglasscock7392 Před 3 měsíci +4

    The way I see it they should have made one of the episodes of Aim to be a Pokémon Master go like this. Ash gets a message from Gary telling him to meet at the Viridain Gym in Kanto so they could have a rematch after Ash became World Champion that would be a great way to finish off their rivalry before Ash's story comes to an end.

    • @natalimoina
      @natalimoina Před 2 měsíci +3

      Their rivalry ended a long time ago though

    • @calebglasscock7392
      @calebglasscock7392 Před 2 měsíci

      Now that I think about it the episode should have gone more like this. Gary sends Ash a message to meet at the Viridain Gym and then we see that Gary, Paul, Sawyer, Alain, Gladion, and Ritchie are all there to challenge Ash after he became the new World Champion. @@natalimoina

    • @natalimoina
      @natalimoina Před 2 měsíci +2

      @@calebglasscock7392 that doesn't really make sense for the story though lol

  • @ShawnLuster
    @ShawnLuster Před 2 měsíci

    Ash at the end of Journeys is about 12 years old. They allow him to age after Alola.

  • @swordmaster305
    @swordmaster305 Před 2 měsíci

    Kinda wished they never added Go to the series like that. I'm fine with him being an added character, but Journeys really should be just Ash alone for once doing everything solo. I felt like they really dropped the ball in that aspect.

  • @akilwilliams9791
    @akilwilliams9791 Před 2 měsíci

    You missed out the guy with Blaziken

  • @guruditsingh8909
    @guruditsingh8909 Před 3 měsíci

    How long has it been when you uploaded your last video

  • @JamesMorris-iq7qp
    @JamesMorris-iq7qp Před 2 měsíci

    All of ashs rival was them guys forreal forreal. All was had the best pokemon. Ash eventually had to win cuz everyone was tired of him losing n eventually was just goin to stop watching. Ash could have caught anything he wanted and used any pokemon he wanted and always used the worse which made alot of people mad because we was beating every game while ash was losing. Hopeful if they bring ash back they just let him be overpowered ill rather watch that then him keep losing

  • @Thatlegoguy2
    @Thatlegoguy2 Před 2 měsíci

    Finally

  • @metaslave8824
    @metaslave8824 Před 2 měsíci

    Leon vs Alain was the most depressing fight of them all, leon is more of a tell not show while alain was actually show not tell we saw him get stronger while we were just told leon was strong. i think alain should have given him more of a challenge

  • @wto_ameleo
    @wto_ameleo Před 2 měsíci +1

    Will Ash & Pikachu comeback ? 😢

  • @keshariwara3873
    @keshariwara3873 Před 3 měsíci

    Bro please make ash journey of johto by you

  • @eljordinio7647
    @eljordinio7647 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Alain deserved WAY better in the masters eight
    Like if he wasn't going to fight Ash, which let's be honest, he should have, let Alain face Diantha and lose in an extremely close battle to her while proving he has the potential to be a worthy successor as kalos champion
    Or just make the fight with Leon extremely close. Who cares if he's number one in the world? The top 8 should be equals regardless of rankings

    • @natalimoina
      @natalimoina Před 2 měsíci

      No, that would be a vastly worse story. Alain, Diantha, Leon and everyone were handled perfectly in the tourney

    • @eljordinio7647
      @eljordinio7647 Před 2 měsíci

      @@natalimoina you're out of your mind. You don't put 8 trainers together as the strongest in the world and just disrespect some of them like that. It's unacceptable and makes them look far weaker than they actually are. Especially both Kalos representatives at the hands of Leon

    • @natalimoina
      @natalimoina Před 2 měsíci

      @@eljordinio7647 No one was disrespected. Just not everyone is on the same level. There's a reason Alain is the only one who isn't a champion and there's a reason Leon is an undefeated champion. Journeys even went ahead and fixed some prior power scaling issues since XY made Diantha out to be extremely weak.

    • @eljordinio7647
      @eljordinio7647 Před 2 měsíci

      @@natalimoina no one was disrespected? Either you like bad writing or you're just delusional or oblivious to the problems this arc had. They made Alain not only paired up with Leon of all people, but also straight up demolished him and made him look far weaker than he actually is. This guy not only won the Kalos League and dominated most of it, he also beat 10 Megas in a row without many breaks, held his own against legendaries and the likes of Zygarde, ranked above 2 champions in the masters eight, and even beat an elite 4 member without being a champion, something Ash was never able to do until journeys . Compared to most trainers out there, especially in Kalos, that makes him more than worthy of being among the best, yet they only give him one KO out of three against Leon without putting up a fight. That's completely unacceptable.
      The same applies to Diantha who a lot of people hate for being a weak champion. She looked so competent against Lance in the first round which gave her the respect she deserved, and suddenly that's all thrown out the window when facing Leon in the semifinals. Like Alain she only takes down a third of Leon's usable Pokemon and gets wrecked hard as a result. That's nothing to praise or be proud of, 2 KOs out of 6 is disgraceful regardless of the opponent you're dealing with. With how strategic Diantha was shown to be in battle, she should have been able to beat 4 or even 5 of Leon's Pokemon before Rilaboom started sweeping her, yet that never came up here when it counted. I don't care if Leon IS supposed to be the strongest trainer in the world, that's no excuse for disrespecting other masters eight trainers when they belong among the best. Lance and Raihan both held their own against Leon far better than both Kalos reps did to the point Leon actually had to put in more effort to win, and that's what should have happened here. He should be pushed more, he should have struggled, he should have had to actually work hard to defend his title against some of the best. That's a way to show Leon's dominance without making him absurdly OP

    • @eljordinio7647
      @eljordinio7647 Před 2 měsíci

      You wanna do this arc right?
      Pair Leon against Steven and make Steven actually push him to his limits before Leon wins
      Put Alain against Diantha and give them an extremely close battle with Alain showing he's got what it takes to be a worthy successor even if Diantha wins here
      Put Ash against Lance which is the only matchup besides with Alain that makes actual sense for ash. Not like Steven who ash had barely any interactions with
      And have Diantha push Leon a lot in the semifinals to make the fight more interesting and show that being ranked number one doesn't always mean an easy victory

  • @sea_triscuit7980
    @sea_triscuit7980 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Gary is abd always will be THE BEST Rival