cyclone866 t1_j10i86z wrote on December 20, 2022 at 7:52 PM

oh absolutely, also seems pertinent that Ash and Pikachu are being "retired" after 25 years.

I grew up coming home from school and eating a snack while watching Pokemon before starting my homework.

Growing up and seeing Ash and Pikachu almost every day for ~15 years builds another kind of connection that you don't get from a lot of these "quick" 3-5 season shows on Netflix, even if you do relate to the characters.

StarChild413 t1_j10zxqs wrote on December 20, 2022 at 9:47 PM

hopefully the new protagonists' journey lasts just as long (as I doubt they'd swap them out every season when they aren't the default game protags). Also it's been long enough that if he aged in real time and the tone (and ages of his companions) followed Ash would be 35, so yeah "your childhood" in that sense might be ending but you're not a child anymore and on a lot of levels neither is he, so don't go harshing someone else's childhood because it's not yours.

Also they probably aren't retiring Pikachu from being mascot, it's just too iconic otherwise

cyclone866 t1_j117rcq wrote on December 20, 2022 at 10:40 PM

I think you're trying to read between the lines when there's nothing there.

I'm absolutely not "harshing" any shorter shows, I watch many of them myself. I'm simply agreeing with OP and using Pokemon as an example of a show that's gone on for a long/extended period of time.