>The anime TV series Pocket Monsters, which started airing

>In first place we have Takeshi, Satoshi's first companion, who made it to more than 70% of the voters' lists. Takeshi first appeared in the 5th episode of the series, where he served as an obstacle to Satoshi, being the Gym Leader of the Nibi Gym. But after their battle, Takeshi joined him, and was a principal cast member for three series; the original subtitle-less series, "Advanced Generation" and "Diamond & Pearl". What happened to him afterwards was then depicted in a special episode of "Best Wishes". His original aim was to be a Pokémon Breeder, but he's currently a student at a training institute for Pokémon Doctors.
>In second place we have Serena, who first appeared in "XY". At first she just followed Satoshi without a specific goal as a Trainer, but a certain encounter led to her aiming to be a Pokémon Performer. Among the female leads so far, she's the one who's skilled in girly fields; she likes fashion, is good at making sweets, etc. She has been in love with Satoshi, "someone she admires", ever since he helped her long ago. Her confession in the final episode of "XY&Z" was massively popular and heavily talked about.
>In third place, we have Kasumi, one his early companions. She chased after Satoshi to make him pay her back for her bicycle that Pikachu destroyed in episode 1, but over time she started forgetting about the bicycle and ended up just traveling with him. She loves Water Pokémon more than anything else, and is the highly masculine one among the past female leads. After traveling with Satoshi, she decided to return to the Hanada Gym, where her three older sisters served as Gym Leaders, in order to be a Gym Leader herself.

>If we look at the results, we see that characters that served as the female lead, like Serena who got second place and Haruka who got fourth, occupy the top positions. However, Takeshi got absolutely overwhelming support and made it into first place with twice as many votes as the runner-up.

>Results:
>"Who do you want Satoshi to travel with again?"
>1) Takeshi
>2) Serena
>3) Kasumi
>4) Haruka
>5) Hikari
>6) Citron
>7) Dent
>8) Kenji
>9) Eureka
>10) Iris

fuck serena really

>>32508992
Can we get the non-weeb names

>>32509025
Newfag pls go

>>32508992
>Cilan and Iris both in top 10
this makes me happy

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>>32509004
Hey, don't you wish you could.

>>32509004
yeah ''fuck'' Serena.

>>32509034
Anon... you know there were only 11 options on the poll, right?

>b-but dawn is super popular in japan! Rquested! Superstar!

Even May had more votes hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

>>32508992
>no akane or asuna

>>32509051
I am slightly less happy

>>32509103
>every time a new series starts, the companions that travel with him change. This led Anime Anime to hold a poll where we asked "Who do you want Satoshi to travel with again?". Since the travel groups up to this point has had a maximum of 3 members excluding Satoshi himself, we let people give up to three answers, so that they'd be able choose every companion from a specific series.
It's about actual travel companions, not minor characters.

>>32509096
Serena has the recency effect. May benefited from a redesign and remakes. Dawn hasn't been relevant since 2012. This honestly isn't a surprise.

>>32509112
It's about the anime, not about characters in general.

>>32509112
Anime May didn't get any redesign or promo during XY/ORAS though you dumbfuck.

>>32509119
Don't act like people weren't swayed by other versions of those characters. The remakes could have easily reminded them of May.

>32509133
You don't even deserve a (you)

>>32509130
Literally my last post, fag.

>>32509133
The Piplup girl in the new movie also "reminded" me of Dawn. As did Ash mentioning an old friend with a Piplup early in XY. Your point is a weak one at best.

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This here is the least popular companion, to the point that he didn't rank at all.

What went wrong.

>>32509143
Read my last post, fag.

>>32509157
He was an annoying little bitch, that's what went wrong.

>>32509157
>there were 11 companions
>they posted the top 10
>he was literally the only one that didn't make it to the list
Well deserved

>>32509133

>Sh-shut up, you're a retard

Keep crying, Mayfag.

>>32509149

That still doesn't have the same effect as actually seeing the characters.

>>32509157
>What went wrong.
Literally everything.

>>32509167
>tfw they left him out of the article out of pity
They should have just driven the dagger in and out him out of his pathetic misery.

>>32508992
>Brock winning by a landslide
Good. I fucking miss Brock.

>>32509201
He was around the longest and was there from the very start. So I'm definitely not surprised by that result.

>>32509209
Yeah it seems pretty obvious he'd win now that I think about it for longer than 5 seconds. I still miss him though.

>>32508992
>poll
>800+ people
>Serena 2nd place
That would be an amourshipping community you posted it on OP? Also, don't you think it's disgusting that there's 16-20+ year olds in love with a 10y old fictional female character?
Loliweebs these days...

>>32509223
>not knowing what Anime Anime is
Go be new elsewhere.

>>32509004
>>32509071
>>32509223
>>32509245
>thread about a popularity poll, made to call attention to the fact that Brock won
>autists swarm it to sperg about how much they hate the fact that Serena ranked high in it
Don't you have some verlisify threads to circlejerk in or something?

Japanese have no taste. Seriously, Brock, one of the most bland characters of all? And Serena, who did fuck all for a third of the saga, and ended up doing a lame copy of May and Dawn? Fuck them.

>>32509287
How was she a copy of any of them? Especially Dawn and May to a lesser extent were literally Ash in female bodies.

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>>32509287
>Brock
>Bland
He's a 1000000000000000000x better than Serena and I'm glad he won.

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>>32509245
>>32509265
>>32509288
>>32509316
>>32509339
>lilliepedogarbage btfo

>>32509287
Fuck off Brock is a better character in one fucking second of him saying something than Shitrena will ever be.

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>851 votes
So literally the hardcore fans who still bother with the show at this point and shipper/waifufags. What do people try to prove with these strawpolls?

Expand it by a magnitude and Brock/Misty would dominate. Fuck Brock already dominated this one and Misty only fell behind the new girl that has one of the most autistic fanbases in anime.

>>32509395
Your salt is showing.

>>32509395
>Expand it by a magnitude
So nostalgiafags instead?

>>32509395
Dude, we get it. You hate Serena and expected others to do the same. Just a damn poll.

>>32509414
Both, don't be angry that they outnumber you ashnime weebs by a ridiculous margin.

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CRY
MORE
FAGGOTS

>not even the shipping spergs could rally enough votes to pass Takeshi.
Ahahaha. This pleases me more than it should.

>>32509439
?

So you think people that haven't touched pokemon at all for +15 years would be a better sample for the poll?

>>32509458
Of a popularity poll? Is this a serious question? Of course it would, you don't get to exclude them because they've realized the circle the show was walking in and stopped tuning in.

>>32509435
>Implying we like Serena
Some of us don't find her that interesting or good, but it's ridiculous getting work up over her. The Japanese probably have their reasons why they perfer her.

>>32509475
>hey, people that don't watch this show any more, which characters would you like to return to the main cast in an upcoming series you're not going to watch?

You do realize this was a Japanese poll done by a Japanese website right? No one in the western fanbase voted in it.

>>32509493
They would watch it if it wasn't so terrible and derivative, which has nothing to do with the poll anyways.

>>32509515
When the question is "which character would you like to return?", why would you be asking people that don't watch the show and wouldn't care anyway?

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So would these two count if they ever do it again in the 25th or 50th anniversary?

>>32509528
The description heavily implies this is about the TV series, so probably not.

>>32509525
>and wouldn't care anyway
Are you incapable of reading what you quote?

>>32509545
Maybe Pokemon can do a spinoff of them after the movie.

>>32509320
>May and Dawn, literally Ash
>muh contests, literally Ash

What were Nintendo thinking, putting in another waifubait but making it the exact same as the last one, they should have ironically given Dawn a fire/fighting starter as well

>>32508992
Damn Serena really is the most popular Pokegirl in Japan.

>>32509528

I don't know if I've just been spoiled by previous girls being bland cute/unoffensive or something but the new girl is hideous.

>>32509570
Guess that interview was right about them being just eye-candies.

I'm more disgusted with Brock being in first than anything else

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>>32509577
But she's cute. Don't resist the face.

>>32509525
Because bringing somebody back would be a chance to make people care again. Polling just the people currently watching for what is essentially a popularity poll doesn't make sense when the popularity of the show is currently at a record low.

>>32509547
What are you even trying to say? Why would someone that doesn't watch a TV show answer a poll about which character he'd like to return to its cast? Their real opinion is going to be "I don't care because I don't watch it" no matter what they put.

>>32509635
Go out on the street, stop some random people and ask if they'd start watching Pokemon again if the show wrote Brock back in. See how many reply yes.

>>32509635
>Bringing Serena, Brock, and Misty back
>Misty and Serena fight for Ash's dick
Fund it!

>>32509653
You're a complete retard if you think there isn't an audience for Gen 1 related anime content.

>>32509653
That's because most of those people only watched the OS. And he lasted 3 series so even younger fans are familiar with Brock.

>>32509673
You're an even bigger retard if you think those people are even aware of the fact that the anime is still airing and Brock has been written out.

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>>32508986
Hikari is Satoshi's favorito girl

>>32509677
>Hey Bob, when did you drop the Pokemon anime?
>Johto
>which of the characters on this list would you like to be main characters again?
>I know like two names on this list.
>Answer those, then. Would you start watching again if they got written back in?
>I didn't even know they got written out
>They were. Would you start watching again if they got written back in?

The next line is not going to be "Yes", anon.

>>32509703
So she's telling Ash that he has a small dick.

Misty and Brock getting this high in a Japanese poll makes my blood boil. They were never really interesting after the first 30ish episodes of Johto. People only tolerated Brock to the end of AG because the only other male characters to compare him to at the time were Tracey/Max.

>>32509737
Fuck off.

>>32509737
Fuck off Scott

>>32509689
Can you think of an earlier character that was written out that caused a fair amount of backlash and led to people quitting the show?

>>32509714
The series brings back Gen 1 shit all the time for the games to cater to this exact audience. Again, you're a complete idiot.

>>32509756
Brock was removed after only 82 episodes when his character and the anime itself was at the height of its popularity. Of course Brock being removed caused backlash at the time. It wasn't even that Tracey was that bad either, just a little bland.

If they had removed Brock at the end of Johto like Misty, I'm sure he would have stayed gone way back then like she did.

>>32509765
fuck off scott

>>32509756
Misty hasn't been given an episode since 2005. They stopped giving her cameos since mid-AG and now they didn't have her in Movie 20. I wouldn't say they cater to Gen 1 fans at all. The writers could have continually gave Misty cameos in every series but they didn't.

>>32508986
>counting XY and XY&Z as two separate series
>but not doing the same for Orange Islands, Gold and Silver, and Best Wishes Season 2

>>32509790
Fuck off.

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>all these Serena haters salty as duck
>my boy Brock winning
>Scott btfo

Great poll.

>>32509812
Classic OS Brock was good. AG Brock was OK. DP Brock was pretty damn boring and only his Croagunk was good.

Cilan, Bonnie/Clemont and Kiawe blow later Brock out of the water. I even prefer Tracey over DP Brock.

>>32509801
I don't get the logic, but that's what they do. XY&Z has its own separate website too.

>>32509790
What are you talking about? That is what I'm saying, a group that's never catered to doesn't bother to watch the show. They're catered to in the game, and incidentally enough, they by the games in masses.

I'm really not sure what you're not understanding here.

>>32509869
I thought you were referring to the anime, my mistake then. It is pretty funny that despite Brock lasting a very long time, the writers never did cater to Gen 1 anime fans much. Ash and TR are just staples forever, and aside from Charizard coming back a few times, they never did much anything else.

Noodle and Ben are CRAMBLING in here

>>32509918
Who cares? This poll only had 890 people voted on it, there are literally millions of people in Japan over the last 20 years who watched the anime.

I honestly wonder if this poll was conducted for a possible final arc for Ash at some point where they just bring back a few companions to end the show with. Serena would be an obvious choice due to her being treated as a final shipping choice for him.

Wouldn't mind seeing Misty/May/Dawn have recurring roles with Brock too.

>>32509945
This isn't an official poll, just one conducted by some anime website. As far as I know, they've never done an official poll on the anime companions.

>>32509918
>Tumblr nobodies

No one has, does, or will ever give a shit.

>>32509945
Ash, Serena and Brock would be perfect as final arc.

>>32509973
>knowing who they were
You need to go back

>>32509287
The only one with shit taste here is you

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>>32510071
I blame my time in padt.

>>32508992
>Eureka lower than fucking Tracey of all characters
Disgusting

>>32509975
>final arc.
HAHAHAHAHAAHHAA, stupid amourfag

>>32510220
Well you do have to admit that she's just loves pokemon which everyone does as well.

>>32509201
>>32509209
I would love to see Brock back. His goodbye was the best one. No crying, not many words, just silent appreciation of each other and a promise to accomplish their respective goals and wishing each other luck in the others.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0gszVZK7rs

>>32510220
I think this poll is weird as hell. Bonnie and Clemont should be much higher, Misty/Brock should be a bit lower, and Dawn should be a few ranks higher.

I mean I know the only reason Serena is in second is she was the most recent girl and Amourshipping took Japan by storm, but everything else is weird.

>>32510760
Bonnie and Clemont should be much higher? Ugh, no!
I'd rather have May and Max back than those two.
Brock and Misty are where they belong, near the top, just like Clemont and Bonnie are where they should be.

>>32510797
This post must be bait.

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They probably have a plan to have Ash be with Serena when the series is coming to a close.

>>32509475
>>32509515
>>32509547
So, you'd be fine asking:
>people who no longer watch the show.
>People who probably don't even know most of the characters on the poll past the season they stopped watching on. >People who haven't gotten the chance to get an accurate assessment of most of the characters other than probably Brock, Misty, or May.
>>32509570
>Nintendo

>>32509668
Pokemon literally becomes Nisekoi Darkness if this happens.

>>32509051
>>32508992
>Masato not making into it
Fuck off. This stupid fandom doesn't want a grown up Max ready to start hos journey.
I mean, I always preferred him to his sister, the only redeeming grace she's got was her boobies.

>>32509157
Iris had the advantage of being a chick. That is literally the only thing keeping her from dead last.

I'd be pretty interested in seeing an official popularity poll with a much larger sample size. I can't imagine Brock polling that high and Dawn that low in a worldwide all-ages poll.

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>>32509157
not being a woman, at least then he'd get loli points

>>32512143
>I always preferred him to his sister, the only redeeming grace she's got was her boobies.

I hope this is bait. May had one of the most enjoyable personalities of a female lead.

>>32512145
Seems relatively accurate to me, unless by "worldwide" you mean "primarily ask random fucks that haven't watched since Kanto", in which case you know exactly what the results will be.

>>32512143
Hey man, I liked Max too but May was excellent.

>>32512163
Dawn would most likely be higher up especially in a Japanese poll. She was the most popular girl there in Japan for years until Serena recently surpassed her due to the ship.

>>32512163
Mostly I mean viewers closer to the target audience. I don't trust a small sampling of japanese channers to be representative of the entire fanbase.

>>32512156
>>32512174
>Shitty bland no-personality character was excellent
May started to get good at the end of BF arc and was more enjoyable in the brief period she appeared in DP that in the whole Hoenn arc.

>>32512200
May's personality was the funnest around the early/mid Hoenn era. I don't see what you're referring to unless you don't remember her episodes very well.

>>32512192
The target audience would primarily just vote for XY characters since they're the ones they remember.

>>32512209
True. Still, I wouldn't mind at least seeing this poll replicated with a larger sample. At least 2000 people, more even male/female split, wider age group, and a more general "who is your favorite" question.

>>32509025
>>32508992

1. Brock
2. French chick in XY
3.Misty
4. No clue on the rest

7. Dent?

>>32509025
Brock
Serena
Misty
May
Dawn
Clemont
Cilan
Tracey
Bonnie
Iris

Maybe the shitty writers will actually give Serena an special now. I really wanted to see contests again

>>32508986
in the poll only voted 819 people, of couse that poll not means nothing, is shit

>>32512338
>Serena an special now.
the whores no deserves a special

>>32512351
Please understand to utilize the language english before you make up like a fool friend

>>32512364
Dawn got a special though, and she's a bigger whore than anyone else in the show.

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>>32512207
May's type of personality is one of my favorites. We really never got another silly/clumsy but also tomboyish adventure-ish type girl again. Even ignoring the Contests or her battles or whatever, her personality was fun.

>>32512378
*make view

Sorry I'm trying to use the "English" he's using so he can understand me

>>32512400
Still incorrect, idiot

>>32512383
if Dawn had a special is beacuse she is not a stupid whore like trashrena

>>32512385
>>32512207
>>32512180
>>32511221
>>32510760
Hey Scott why don't you take cyanide you fucking retard

>>32512499
dawn whored herself out to practically everyone in the show

the only bigger whore than dawn was lyra, who was bouncing from dick to dick in the few episodes she was in

>>32512351
>>32512364
>>32512499

Of course the Pearlfag that can't speak english to save his life got upset

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Fap material is what they are.

>>32511221
>when the series is coming to a close
AHAHAHAAAHAHA

>>32508992
>1) a generic expositional character who quit his day job for no good reason and has no personality outside of cooking and women
>2) a walking plothole who dumb fantards won't shut up about
>3) a generic tsundere stereotype who quit her day job for selfish reasons, and slowly turned into a generic girly stereotype after Togepi entered the picture
>4) a retard who somehow doesn't know anything about Pokemon at the start despite being the daughter of a gym leader
>5) a generic girly stereotype whose entire personality revolves around contests
>6) the most intelligent yet at the same time irresponsible gym leader in the world, who left his job to be run by a friggin' robot so he could travel with some idiot he just met
>7) a generic expositional character who quit his day job for no good reason and has no personality outside of cooking
>8) boring
>9) a pointless character whose presence adds absolutely nothing to the series
>10) a generic tomboy with a dumb catchphrase, who is also the biggest downgrade from the games the series has ever done

>>32512588
Meaning all Ash's companions are shit since day 1

>>32512588
Or maybe it's obvious all the pokemon characters are based off various anime stereotypes to begin with, just like any character in any show ever. It's not like you can some up with a unique personality trope for characters in fiction these days when every type of personality has been done.

>>32509112
i actually prefer may's orignal design. especially with how cross-eyed she looks in the promotional art for oras.

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>>32512588
>a pointless character whose presence adds absolutely nothing to the series
Bonnie is literally the only good character in XY and she single handedly saved the region by befriending zygarde.

>>32515295
That was an obvious shitpost, he shits over all the companions.

>>32512520
Don't forget Misty. She bounced from dick to dick, more preciselky, Orange Island Dicks.