Ash losing the Kalos League was justifiable, sure extremely annoying. The better opponent came out on top.
Hot take: I kinda don't like it when people expect too much from Ash's Pikachu. Like all Pokémon, Pikachu loses here and there because Pikachu will only be as strong as he can get. That being said, he does have some great moments! But I think people forget that it's not as strong as a legendary Pokémon, for instance.
Yeah, I'd buy that claim if it weren't for the fact that he practically one-shotted a Regice owned by a trainer who owns multiple legendaries by himself back in Battle Frontier. Maybe in Kanto, Johto, and Orange Islands, or, heck, even Hoenn, I could buy the idea of his not being as strong as a legendary Pokémon, but after how he defeated Regice, which last I checked was a legendary, I'd argue he's definitely strong enough to at least compete with them if not outright beat them.
I agree with Shawn. I mean to reflect on that there's been many, many times when we battles where the supposedly underdog wins and the character with experience loses (May's first ribbon win is one moment as i just watched it. Although it did have the advantage it definitely wasn't as experienced but it won against the more experienced Medicham.) Wasnt a legendary, but still.
I think people just pick on Pikachu more because its been with us for so long and so at this point people expect him to win every battle but thats not how it works in the Pokemon Anime.
Sure, Pikachu has won against Legendaries but that shouldn't be a catch-all for every battle. Different trainers, different techniques, pressure... theres so many variables we see in battles that we see shouldn't have one battle be a deciding factor for every battle. In fact, just because we've seen Pikachu fight and beat a legendary Pokemon doesn't mean that others haven't either (nevermind the fact Ash is a Legendary Magnet).
Tldr; one win against legendary shouldn't be a determining factor for every battle after.
Vragon it's amazing how much our opinions mostly match up lmaoo. I love it.
In BW anime, the Snivy beating Ash's pikachu is a plausible scenario.
Alan is one note and I don't like him.
SM is animated well
Ash's tepig is my favorite of his unova team
the Kalos League was my least favorite of the leagues
Team Rocket was nice being competent, I wished the stayed that way
Iris is better than Misty
Levels are not a thing to measure the anime with