Hey their childhoods were rui-zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz sorry lost interest on my sarcastic post.

I will now use this site whenever I play. Thank you. Plus I’ll have something in my clipboard to paste into chat that “RANDOM.WATCH HAS CHOSEN *CHARACTER* THIS MATCH!

he makes them drowzee!

I’ll see myself out.

Houston, We have a problem.

If you are going to be pedantic, be properly pedantic:

Keep in mind the show isnt designed to be watched as a serial. It is a repeating cycle over and over with each season being a new start. The target audience doesn’t watch the show regularly for more than a couple years, and every year new kids keep watching so they have a different perspective than we do as adults

From season to season i agree with you. But within the season he typically uses the knowledge and abilities (personal and as a trainer) he learned through the season as it progresses.

Once the kids are noticing and becoming bored of recurrent themes, they are probably outgrowing that medium as a educational/moral tool anyway. These shows are designed for kids 6-10ish. That is being generous.

I don’t see the show as teaching accepting perpetual failure at all, it shows there is validity in learning…

Exactly. Most kids that I talk to when I run pokemon events at work watch maybe a season or two before moving on from the cartoon. (I use cartoon because thats what they all call it, pedantics be damned) some grew up with it with their parents sharing the classic original series, others just jumped on what is on…

Poor writing in many of the arcs aside, I feel that your examples actually reinforce the idea of teaching kids that losing happens, and it isn’t always fair, but we keep trying. Don’t let the BS get to you or stop you from working toward your goals/dreams.

I understand we all want ash to win, but the anime world is not…

Pretty much, that’s the message they seem to want to teach kids. Don’t give up, just keep pushing no matter how many times you fail.

Too often kids are being taught in society “Winning is the only thing that matters.” which is a very toxic message to send to most children.

Ash IS a very shallow character, again that feels intentional so he can be more relatable to children. They can project themselves into the character. Everyone around him has much more personality than he does. Literally his entire existence is “Become A Pokemon Master”. Sure he is friends with his pokemon, but he has…

This was the best Ash will ever get, and he still was forced to lose. That tells kids not to even bother trying.

I thought at the end he lost to gary after gary helped fight off team rocket.

I could be mistaken though, I haven’t watched the orange island series since it was on TV. However, it always felt like a mini season to me, the stakes felt lower and the league felt like a B-team. “Oh you couldn’t make it in the Kanto…

Just like 99% of all children that watch the show. They have never won, not even once.
The moment that Ash wins a league, the series has some serious issues to deal with. He has accomplished his stated goal, now what? Why continue the journey when he is the champion? Who wants to root for the reigning champion?…

I can respect that, and considering I was a bit older when the show came out, I feel I had an interest in the world and side stories/characters than people who just wanted to get to the ending to see him win.

The Leagues are just a framing device, a macguffin for the protagonist to chase, forward the plot, and add a…

Part of the appeal for some children could be that Ash isn’t the best, and the show is probably trying to teach lessons about being a sore loser. Okay, fine. Part of the point of having Ash constantly lose is that it’s easy for kids to plug into the show whenever. This is Ash, a good kid, and he always loses.

It is never late for ecto-cooler!

No there is nothing implied at all, I feel it was very clear that I said that if someone truly wants to end their life they will. There is a massive difference between someone that wants to and attempts to end their life vs someone that is asking for help or attention, as I said.

It may not be a conscious decision,…

As callous as this sounds, most (not all) people who genuinely want to end their lives, and are not seeking help or attention, will do it.

If Hopeful is reading this, the advice given to you is hard but exactly what you need to do. Get out of the relationship, try and make it easier for her, but understand and accept…