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>It's the Kalos League Finals
>Generation 6; this is now the 7th time Ash has had a crack at the first line of the theme; to be the very best like no-one ever fucking was
>At this point he's fucking taken down god-tier pokemon in canon; dismantled numerous criminal organisations and levelled Pikachu far past 100
>The japanese name of the episode is Kalos League Victory!; fans are baited into thinking this might be the one
>Contextually, the entire season is tonally different with Ash taking a much more convential protag role
<Setup
>Ash is going into this with his statisitically strongest team ever. Absolute meta lineup outside of his glitched Lv999 Pikachu
>For the first time in anime history, Ash has also made it to the finals
>He's beaten his opponent before, and his opponent has shown clear disinterest in participating anyways
>It's a two episode 6v6 split
<Fight Part 1
>Pickastu beat a fucking Tyrannitar; Ash's Noivern loses to a Weavile; Ash's Hawlucha beats the Weavile and loses to a Bisharp. Talonflame and Unefesant tie. Pikastu then solos a Metagross meaning Pikastu has literally soloed two psudeolegendaries at general type disadvantage
>Throughout there have numerous stupid decisions on Ash's part, but he's overall he's clearly winning
>Ash currently has what's left of Pikastu, Goodra (psudeolegendary of the region) and his trump card Greninja with an ultrastu forme
>Enemy has a weakened Bisharp and a Charizard
>For all intents and purposes, Ash has this in the bag
>Fans are hyped; not even Jessi and James could lose this matchup
<<<Fight Part 2
>Charizard beats what's left of Pikastu, but is visibly weakened from the trade
>Bisharp just beats the Goodra and is easily cleaned up by the Greninja (note that during this match Goodra uses nnumerous NVE moves)
>Final fight. Greninja vs Charizard; each with Saiyan formes (Stu Ash Greninja vs Mega Charizard X).
>Type matchup is Water/Dark vs Fire/Dragon
>Charizard is already weakened, Greninja has resistance to Fire
>It's the literal Starter triangle
>Greninja basically wins it outright
>But oh no
>The opponent has a flashback
>His loli freind says he's gotta win
>You know what that means
>Ash starts throwing NVE attacks
>Charizard isn't
>Greninja proceeds to job so hard that the history books need to be rewritten
>The best non-legendary in all games up to that point lost to one of the weaker mega evolutions at type and health advantage
>Ash loses a battle that a 4 year old could have won
>He had 2 Gary Stu's on his team; versus an opponent who didn't give a shit-pic related is his fucking face recieving it
>And due to the new games wanting new gimmicks, the league format is completely different
>Ash has, and likely will never win an original-format league
>800 Likes/24,000 Dislikes on Nippon Jewtube
>Ash is an eternal laughing stock
>Sour taste in an otherwise decent anime season