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The only way out was if they used the Round Robin format for the Masters Tournament. That way they can make Satoshi lose, varying between trounced and tight, to everyone and show how out of his league he is. Given the little growth he and his team showed due to lack of focus, it wouldn't be...

It is a series plagued with tons of poor writing decisions. He has come this far because the writers had allowed him to do so. But the PWC had been mangled so badly, sometimes people even forgot it was a thing due to lack of focus. Sometimes I wonder that if the handling could have been any...

They can easily handwave it. A Celebi did it. Despite being a reused plot-device.

Not only the PWC, but Journeys as a whole, looked better on paper than whatever they are trying to do. It is so upsetting seeing all that potential being wasted like this, it truly hurts.

Satoshi is far too iconic, and most people equate the anime with him and Pikachu. That idea is so ingrained that at this point it won't change. There are some people that would complain, and then drop, if he leaves. Making it a very bad choice. Keeping the goal as vague as possible tend to work...

Torch the Franchise and Run.

I can't see the staff going the mentor route. Not only Satoshi's iconic status would make it very hard, pushing him more to the sidelines. There's also the fact that they are struggling at writing characters. I don't think that the writers could manage to create a good one.

I can't see the anime going on without Satoshi.... He's far too iconic to just drop and replace like that. And seeing how the writers are dealing with new characters.... It seems very unlikely that any replacement will be able to carry the series.