>>720101837
for the ashime? it's absolutely better off this way.

you probably weren't around then, but people were pissed when Ash lost his last league. The two choices have always been let Ash win the league and retire or keep him as an eternal loser and nobody liked doing the latter but nobody wanted to do the former. It was so bad it flooded _this_ board, not just /a/, ash losing Kalos was a worldwide event that made local news which was incredibly embarrassing to TPCi.

they had no choice, it doesn't help they were planning on replacing him since hoenn.