Ash doesn't hang out with Squirtle that much either, and yet it's still undoubtedly his. Not hanging out with it doesn't mean he doesn't own it.
This is not necessarily the last time they meet in this series.
I said in my edit that Goh could possibly return. So, this episode might not be his last appearance. But still, you'd think Goh leaving Ash for project mew would have some weight to it but...it really doesen't, for reasons I already explained. Maybe if Goh reappears in JN131 or something I'll change my mind.
Because we know what happened with Squirtle, just like we know what happened with Eternatus
People consider Squirtle Ash's Because it was on his team for 135 episodes before leaving. And even then, it rejoined his team on occasions. Eternatus is like the Beedrill Ash caught, it was given away. Eternatus at this point, can be considered as Leon's pokemon since Goh gave it to him.
Yes, I think most people believe that it is Leon's now. But people are debating about whether Eternatus was ever Goh's.
That kinda why I did the Beedrill comparison. I simply don't consider Beedrill as being Ash's pokemon just like I don't really consider Eternatus as Goh's. Both we simply temporary captures that were given to someone almost immediately after their capture.
Yea, the way that the plot framed things, it was akin to the Ultra Guardians with the Ultra Beasts; they were captured for the point of stopping them and handed over to Aether Foundation to send them back to their home. With Eternatus, it wasn’t captured for the sake of owning it but to stop it and was promptly turned over to Professor Magnolia to be sealed away. Hell, the fact that Leon had a hand in taming it, he has much more right to it than Go, who you know the writers only had be the one to technically catch it so he could get the dex entry since that’s his goal. It’s basically the difference between a parent who had a kid but then proceeded to have nothing to do with them and the step-parent who actually raised them. Which are you gonna say is deserving to be called the parent?
Lack of interaction or time of possession doesn't remove the fact that it was still caught by him and owned by him. He didn't give its ownership to Magnolia.
Catching and owning are two different things. To me owning a pokemon means it has to be under your care at some point for a period of time. Eternatus has spent most of its time seal away under Magnolia's care. Key word is sealed away. Goh had no access to it. And the moment he did, it was given to Leon. By my views, Goh never owned it. He was never Eternatus' trainer.
While I doubt it, given how Journeys has written the completion of some of its plots, it wouldn’t surprise me if this is really it.
If this really is Goh's departure from the series (and I somehow doubt that it is,) then two things. First, I won't be sad to see him go, and second, his goodbye (if this it,) would easily be the worst traveling companion goodbye ever, topping even Iris and Cilan's terrible derparture, because at least they told Ash during the episode they'd soon be leaving. (I'm not saying it was a good farewell, it was still awful.) But with Goh, he'll be just taking off at the end of an episode and kind of out of nowhere.
Im not saying he is the best option
,but Gninja is the only one will be believable can get into the final round without the need of any training with Ash. And it is a realy messed up situation if Leon will unleash Eternatus.
Ash has other powerhouses who have also gone through extensive training. Some of them have taken down Legendaries. And it's really only Eternatus's Eternamax form that's truly overpowered.Im not saying he is the best option
You meant Goh, right? And as for why everyone's saying that, it's, if you ask me, for a couple of reasons. First, him leaving Ash right before a supposedly huge event, that obviously being Ash's finals battle with Leon. Second, and this is my opinion, those flashbacks of how he first met Cinderace and Inteleon seemed a little suspicious too, as was the very flashbacky nature of the episode (that being the focus was on the place where Goh first met Cinderace.)
