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The philosophical aspects would definitely have worked better, but in terms of appealing to kids...

In what sense is Shudo's story Mary-Sueish? As you said yourself, he didn't set up Ash to be a superior trainer. If anything, Ash's characterization in late AG, DP and especially XY had Mary-Sueish tendencies. That is Tomioka's doing, for better or worse. You should translate the gist of that...

The last sentence is unclear, since I am not sure it is what you really wanted to say. If you mean that his ideas can be equated with a fanfic... I'd like to read those fanfics. Anyway, most fans are ignorant about Shudo's ideas that were never actually executed. So your opinion isn't really...

It is, but poor Bayleef seems to love Ash the most out of his entire roster with the exception of Pikachu. That makes her a tragic character.

Ash's Johto starters could be some of his strongest battlers if he just bothered to train them again. Bayleef, especially, should sue him for neglect.

The Pokémon that are depicted as being strong are more often than not given exaggerated strength and stamina that make them look like the product of poor, biased writing. I don't think that this is an unpopular opinion per se, but many fans still seem to care about "powerhouses", which I don't get.

Agreed. What I find strange is the fact that the writers and quite a few fans do think that Paul's backstory in regard to his brother explains his cold and unnecessarily harsh demeanor. So what if Reggie lost to Brandon and decided to become a breeder? Brandon told Paul that his obsession with...