To start this off, this will need some context.
I had seen many different pokemon episodes from various regions, and actually played all the games up to XY. So I decided that I would watch all of the episodes in one go, in which I did. Almost. While watching the series, I actually became a big advanceshipper and was very excited to watch the advance generations episodes. And I did. Now I remember I loved it so much, and I was such an advanceshipper that by the time Ash reached the league, I had realised that that the adventure with may is coming to a close. I literally stopped watching the series for a while, just because I didn't want to accept the fact that it was going to end and they would seperate. But eventually I continued watching it, and then I found out about battle frontier, and I was extremely happy. But once I had finished it, I got what I guess people call "Anime depression" where all I could think of was pokemon and how battle frontier ended, and the fact that may and ash would depart. I would watch ashxmay, advanceshipping videos ect. And eventually I got over it, and continued with the series. I went through DP, without really noticing the awesomeness in it, now that I look back on it. Then I watched BW, without noticing the shitiness of it, it was just more content to watch. Once BW had ended, I started XY and for some reason I stopped watching pokemon completely half way through it. Now almost 2 years later I think, I return and finished watching it. And wow, I cannot explain my feelings towards it and how perfect it was (To me). I loved every aspect of it, there was not a single thing that I hated about the XY series. But when I finished it, the anime depression kicked in. Because I simply couldn't have accepted the greatness coming to an end, especially with ash-greninja, amourshipping and the amazing ending. I could literally care less about ash losing the league, because it was predictable and was an epic battle. I completely changed, and am now a big amourshipper, like the kiss, I just cant get over it. I actually wanted to watch the XY series, then go back to AG. But after watching XY i dont know if I want to or if I want to continue onto Sun and Moon. I dont know if I want to, because I might just end up being disappointed, and not as impressed. In XY you have the whle ash-greninja basically mega evolution with such a strong bond, and that doesn't happen in the other series and also that as mentioned earlier I was an advanceshipper which was another reason why I wanted to go back, but dont anymore. In XY serena actually shows affection towards ash, while in other series the other female companions dont and that was an aspect of XY I found really enjoyable and cringe. In XY Ash is the mature one in the group and constantly impacts the others, while in earlier stages he was merely the kid of the group instead of the leader. Another reason why I dont feel like going forward to SM is because of the art style. The art style of XY just added onto how cool ash was, unlike SM where he looks 7. And I pray that serena does not return in SM but rather in a later series where it will look more appropriate, because if I saw serena now in SM It would just be plain out wierd.
So my question here is, should I go back to watch the older series and continue onto SM? I am having really mixed feelings about this decision.
Thank you for reading my long text, and respect my opinion on the XY series, as I will respect yours.
I had seen many different pokemon episodes from various regions, and actually played all the games up to XY. So I decided that I would watch all of the episodes in one go, in which I did. Almost. While watching the series, I actually became a big advanceshipper and was very excited to watch the advance generations episodes. And I did. Now I remember I loved it so much, and I was such an advanceshipper that by the time Ash reached the league, I had realised that that the adventure with may is coming to a close. I literally stopped watching the series for a while, just because I didn't want to accept the fact that it was going to end and they would seperate. But eventually I continued watching it, and then I found out about battle frontier, and I was extremely happy. But once I had finished it, I got what I guess people call "Anime depression" where all I could think of was pokemon and how battle frontier ended, and the fact that may and ash would depart. I would watch ashxmay, advanceshipping videos ect. And eventually I got over it, and continued with the series. I went through DP, without really noticing the awesomeness in it, now that I look back on it. Then I watched BW, without noticing the shitiness of it, it was just more content to watch. Once BW had ended, I started XY and for some reason I stopped watching pokemon completely half way through it. Now almost 2 years later I think, I return and finished watching it. And wow, I cannot explain my feelings towards it and how perfect it was (To me). I loved every aspect of it, there was not a single thing that I hated about the XY series. But when I finished it, the anime depression kicked in. Because I simply couldn't have accepted the greatness coming to an end, especially with ash-greninja, amourshipping and the amazing ending. I could literally care less about ash losing the league, because it was predictable and was an epic battle. I completely changed, and am now a big amourshipper, like the kiss, I just cant get over it. I actually wanted to watch the XY series, then go back to AG. But after watching XY i dont know if I want to or if I want to continue onto Sun and Moon. I dont know if I want to, because I might just end up being disappointed, and not as impressed. In XY you have the whle ash-greninja basically mega evolution with such a strong bond, and that doesn't happen in the other series and also that as mentioned earlier I was an advanceshipper which was another reason why I wanted to go back, but dont anymore. In XY serena actually shows affection towards ash, while in other series the other female companions dont and that was an aspect of XY I found really enjoyable and cringe. In XY Ash is the mature one in the group and constantly impacts the others, while in earlier stages he was merely the kid of the group instead of the leader. Another reason why I dont feel like going forward to SM is because of the art style. The art style of XY just added onto how cool ash was, unlike SM where he looks 7. And I pray that serena does not return in SM but rather in a later series where it will look more appropriate, because if I saw serena now in SM It would just be plain out wierd.
So my question here is, should I go back to watch the older series and continue onto SM? I am having really mixed feelings about this decision.
Thank you for reading my long text, and respect my opinion on the XY series, as I will respect yours.
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