It just feels like the anime has stopped treating the moments when Ash has to say goodbye to his companions as really sad events, or at the very least, the anime seems to be a bit sporadic about it.
When Brock left the group in Season 2 and Tracey left in Season 3, the turn of events seemed to be handled a bit too casually. Not very fitting for moments when a person is forced to say goodbye to someone they've been through a great deal with.
At the end of the Johto Region Arc, they really made Misty and Brock's departure from Ash's journey seem like a sad even. They were really being emotional about the turn of events in that episode.
When the Hoenn region arc was over, it looked like they were trying to treat it as an emotional change, but since May, Max and Brock came back anyway, it was rendered somewhat superfluous. The finale for the Battle Frontier Arc was a lot better by comparison.
The finale to the Sinnoh arc was handled very emotionally and it had an ending that i can't help but feel touched by.
However, the closing to Best Wishes just didn't feel like there was emotion to it, you know?
Seeing as Serena has a thing for Ash and Clement really seems to admire the guy to degree, i can only assume that their eventual "goodbye episode" will have a little more weight to it
Any thoughts on any of this?
When Brock left the group in Season 2 and Tracey left in Season 3, the turn of events seemed to be handled a bit too casually. Not very fitting for moments when a person is forced to say goodbye to someone they've been through a great deal with.
At the end of the Johto Region Arc, they really made Misty and Brock's departure from Ash's journey seem like a sad even. They were really being emotional about the turn of events in that episode.
When the Hoenn region arc was over, it looked like they were trying to treat it as an emotional change, but since May, Max and Brock came back anyway, it was rendered somewhat superfluous. The finale for the Battle Frontier Arc was a lot better by comparison.
The finale to the Sinnoh arc was handled very emotionally and it had an ending that i can't help but feel touched by.
However, the closing to Best Wishes just didn't feel like there was emotion to it, you know?
Seeing as Serena has a thing for Ash and Clement really seems to admire the guy to degree, i can only assume that their eventual "goodbye episode" will have a little more weight to it
Any thoughts on any of this?