And now you're just being rude and disrespectful. There's nothing wrong with people wanting to have their own theories on subjects. And in my personal opinion, this is a perfectly valid theory too.
My guess is that the anime staff is going to have some sort of middle ground and have the academy be called “Manzana Academy” as a reference to a certain in-game quiz.
I still don't think setting the new series in an alternate universe is really necessary. It feels like going too far for an already pretty huge risk. Besides that, I think people will still ask "When will Ash come back?" regardless. It isn't like an alternate universe would mean that they couldn't just have Ash appear. They've already had episodes where Ash goes into mirror universes before, so while an alternate universe would limit how often he could potentially appear, I don't think it would prevent it entirely from happening. Not to mention Ash could still get specials, movies or whatever set in his universe or in the movie continuity.
As much as I don't like the whole Riko is Ash's daughter theories, I'm not sure if that's the reason it was created. It could be the case for some people, but I think the whole new protagonist is the child of the former protagonist is a bit of a common trope. Some fans might like the idea of a pairing being canon, watching the chaos of whatever pairing became the endgame or having some more conclusive ending for Ash with having him married with kids. I don't think any of that is going to happen for a number of reasons, but I think that there's more behind it than just people not accepting Ash's departure.
We will see, especially in the case this new show does not turn out well and if Riko and Roy are not well recieved, TPC will not hesitate to bring back Ash as a main character.
To be fair, I think that would be the most fitting way to send Ash off. Not only because they'd want to ideally leave some room for him to appear again, but few of the characters have conclusive endings in the anime. Most of the traveling companions have had good sendoffs, but their closure usually boils down to that they're going to continue working towards their goals in off-screen land. Ash and Pikachu doing the same would be fitting in that regard as well. Plus, Ash wanting to keep exploring the world and make friends with Pokemon he comes across is pretty fitting for his personality. He loves to travel so I could see him wanting to keep on exploring forever with Pikachu even after becoming a World Champion.
I can understand the appeal of wanting your favorite pairing to become canon, but romance has never been a huge deal in the anime to begin with, so I think people are expecting way too much if they think that there's going to be a time skip with Ash married with children. I suppose I can't say that it's impossible, but I wouldn't bet money on it happening either. Not to mention the chaos that would ensue from finding out which of the many Ash pairings ended up being canon would not be worthwhile, even if I had any particularly strong feelings for any of the Ash pairings. They wouldn't have to go that far to justify replacing Ash either, especially when aging Ash up would mean any character from the past eight generations would also have to be aged up in order to be featured going forward.
While it's possible that it would come off like that, I think that's a big reason why they wouldn't want to write Ash off entirely. Even Aim To Be A Pokemon Master is less like an epilogue wrapping up the anime like a lot of fans understandably expected and seems to be more of a fun sendoff with Ash, Misty and Brock instead. In the chance that this huge risk doesn't work out for the anime, bringing Ash back or going for a complete reboot with Ash as the lead again is a possibility. I can't say how likely it is when we still don't really know much about Riko, Roy or the new series and it's going to take awhile to see how well the series is received too. Not just by fans in Japan, but how well the eventually dubs will be received in different countries too.
With how MPM has been going with its direciton, I am already expecting that type of ending. Ash is already a Pokemon Master, but he does not know it yet and even when he finds out, he won't stop there and he will keep on going. Its why I see the open-ended ending of Ash going somewhere and still on the journey off-screen.
Exactly. If people really expect their romance fantasies to become cannon (unless the writers were to do something about it), then it is best to watch another show because Pokemon aint it.
Honestly imo the theory has been a massive stretch from the get go spawned from nothing more than her hair clip looking like the symbol from Ash’s first hat. I feel like people let their imaginations get a bit too far with it when, in reality, it could just be the writers making a clever reference to Ash like how the Digimon anime tended to have the lead character wear goggles or Yu-Gi-Oh! would have a protagonist whose name began with Yu.
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The idea of Ash being a Pokemon Vet is an interesting idea, but I don't see it happening, in large part because that's what Brock effectively already is. He's a Pokemon Doctor and there hasn't been any sign of Ash becoming more interested or informed about Pokemon health care either. The main draw for Ash would be his marketability. After being the face of the anime for a couple of decades, bringing him back to some extent would be a guaranteed way to create hype for the anime. I still can't say how likely it is that they'll actually make him the lead again, but I don't think it's impossible at least.
I would love it if they did have a mini series set around Ash and his friends. It's a shame that they did Chronicles only during AG since there are so many more popular characters that could easily carry a couple of episodes set in their own adventures. People desperately wanted to see May's adventures through Johto back in the day for example. I don't know if they'll actually go that route, but it would be nice.
I can see the appeal of having a time skip just to see where the characters ended up and having them actually age, but I think that would be too much of a hassle. They wouldn't have to just make new designs for Ash, but all of his friends and every character from the games prior to Scarlet/Violet. Admittedly, I don't know if they'd bring in characters from the earlier generations or any of Ash's friends back anytime soon, especially when so many of the traveling companions appeared in Journeys, but I think having to age them up in order for them to potentially appear in this or any other series would just create a lot of extra work for the designers. It would be especially difficult to use the anime as a way to promote any future remakes too.
It would be kind of funny if that symbol turns out to be basically the Pokemon version of Digimon's goggles. While Ash's first hat is the most iconic one, I'm pretty sure all of his other hats had different designs and didn't include that symbol, so trying to make it more important or noteworthy now with Riko would be kind of weird to me. Not really a bad idea or anything like that, but just kind of weird.
I am not against this theory/idea if you ask me. But my main problem with it is how most people who want this to happen would be more interested to know who Ash ended up with in the end rather the potential story ideas you can come up with should Liko/Riko have THAT type of connection with Ash. Of course it would be also interesting to see a time skip and to see on how everyone is doing after all these years and if they accomplished their goals and all. I’m probably in the minority when it comes to this theory
Oh. This. This allllll the way. A good portion of people won't admit it but that's precisely why they want Riko to be Ash's kid: him marrying and having a child with one of the Pokégirls would be the killing blow to any ship war. It's basically the equivalent of launching a missile aimed directly at their head.
I’ll find it hilarious and really AnIPoke if this theory turns out true , but if Ash marries some random character that never appeared
And it's always Riko who gets the speculation that Ash's kid and not Roy. Despite Roy being the one in the hat, Riko gets the speculation because it's been the fandom's dream for Ash to have a daughter. I have yet to recall one fanfic where Ash has a son instead.
To be honest, I feel Riko is getting more attention than Roy is because it seems like the advertisements/art have focusing more on her than Roy. The fact the teaser shows a clip of her selecting her starter tells you everything that everything could be focused on her. Kinda like how when Pokémon Journeys, everything was more focused on Ash than Goh.
