VetProf
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Yeah, I understand the frustrations that people have had with some of the past comics (though it still feels weird to blame the comic themselves). It just felt really jarring seeing the same complaint here too, despite this episode's comic being mostly inconsequential in regards to the episode itself.I feel if the comics are required to be emotionally invested in relationships (like Lucario/Cinderace being the most prominent example) I think it should be a part of the episode. The criticism towards this particular comic might be misplaced from my part, I admit, but the concept being used to show things that should be in the show, and kind of being a further excuse to not show bonds in the actual show still stands.
I mean, I'm guessing that's precisely the issue that people are having with this episode: the fact that there's seemingly no time and need to celebrate Ash's victory, even though it really feels like there should.I may be an exception here, but I don't mind the smaller congratulations compared to a bigger party. Ash is already on the move towards his next objective, and the episode was dedicated to setting up his and Goh's departure. There was really no time or necessarily even need for a bigger celebration.
Ash is already in Kanto, so there's no need for him to rush back home. He doesn't have a clear destination in mind yet either, so no reason for him to rush back out too. As for the "need", this is definitely Ash's biggest accomplishment thus far, so I feel like that warrants at least some sort of celebration, beyond whatever they just did in this episode. Putting aside the ghost town that Pallet Town has become, the entirety of Alola was proud of their local Champion representing their region in the Masters Eight, so I'm sure they'd throw a celebration for him if he ever returned. Not to mention that in terms of numbers, that's where most of his friends already are, so a celebration there would naturally be huge.
The only way I can see this making sense is if Ash learned about Paldea off-screen and is immediately rushing to go there. Otherwise, I agree with most of the other peeps here that the lack of a proper celebration for Ash's victory feels kinda disappointing.