Was the battle rigged?
>>27895649
I hope so. She can't be that fucking arrogant without payback
>>27895649
No, she's going over the plan with TF, they are counting on Greninja to get fucked
>>27895688
Which is why it sounds like it's rigged. Why would they just count on something like that? They'd make sure of it.
>yfw it's revealed Team Flare interfered during the final clash smoke cloud
>>27895717
Alain has shown to have been better several times
>>27895717
>>27895724
>Ash c-can't lose
>>27895649
>Muh Flare boi fighting some kid
>Doesn't assume victory
>>27895649
who is that semen demon all the way to the right?
>>27895781
There we go, Malva is arrogant.
between this reaching and the campaign to protest to nintendo I can say Ashfags are the most pathetic people here
>>27895800
Its thats skank from kalos e4 who uses fire types.
>>27895724
This is probably the only way to realistically save the anime's ratings at this point without making it seem like a massive cop out. I mean it would be, but still better than other possible alternatives.
>Instead of draining Mega energy from Alan's bracelet, they pumped it full of that shit so Greninja would be KO'd and couldn't interfere with their takeover
>>27895649
Of course it was rigged, but not by anyone on the anime.The writers
>>27895864
>right
He's talking about meowth.
>>27895938
yfw that line of dialogue was an actual comment by the writers and not meant to be in the episode
I mean I don't actually expect them to do this but the possibility makes more sense to me than all the buildup with Ash and Greninja this season with no payoff.
>>27895865
If they pulled a team flare fucked with the finals copout, I'd honestly accept it. He got top 2 and pushed Alan into his last mon, if he got literally cheated rather than defeated in a shitty battle that undermines everything leading to it, it would certainly lessen the pain.
>>27896158
Ash is fine the way it is. Having it be rigged only hurts everyone involved.
I hope they at least have a little rematch at the end of the season.
>>27896238
Ash is ruined though, there is no reason to ever believe hell win a league now. As long as he's the protag, the journey will be for nothing.
>>27896501
People said that about Sinnoh where he got faced with a guy that steamrolled the fuck out of everyone and his strategies mostly fell flat.
And then Unova where he went full retard for the whole arc and got beaten by a guy that only brought 5 Pokémon. And people still latched onto XY.
>>27896652
Because XY was really good and they actually made it seem like Ash could win. I have never thought Ash stood a chance before the Kalos League. When he beat Paul in Sinnoh I knew he was done. He had a great, close battle with his rival and it was time for him to lose to someone he'd never met. And the match wasn't even close. Ash had already established a rivalry with Alain and he had failed to beat him before the league.
>>27896652
>>27896758
Also this:
>>27896439