After 25 Years, Ash Ketchum Has Made History

[CloverDragon03]

Just recently, on November 11th, 2022, Pokémon anime protagonist Ash Ketchum has made history in the latest episode of Pokémon Journeys. For context, Ash has recently been competing in the Masters Tournament, a tournament in the Pokémon World Championships where the eight strongest trainers in the world battle for the title of Pokémon World Champion. He'd already made it to the finals and has been facing the current World Champion, Leon, for the past three episodes.

Today, though, we got the outcome of that fight:

That's right. Ash defeated Leon, meaning that after all these 25 years of the anime's running, he is officially World Champion. I really wanted to make an announcement post on this, especially since it was so important that many national and even global news stations like BBC covered this because of its sheer importance.

Congratulations, Ash Ketchum. And let this be a lesson that dreams do come true.

 

[Nierre]

LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOO

Finally he won! He deserves it B)

 

[Baken384]

"Ash Ketchum became what every manager is looking for in an employee. A 10 year old with 25 years of experience"

 

[RandomGuy2345]

Congrats to Ash Ketchum for this massive W!

 

[Pikaman]

LET’S ******* GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

[Pikaman]

But also ffs Ash Ketchum broke his trophy drought before Tottenham

 

[Dereck03]

So Ash > Arceus > Pokemon?

 

[XXKINGXX69]

So Ash > Arceus > Pokemon?

Yes

 

[Dereck03]

Dang... Imma make a match rn..

 

[CloverDragon03]

So Ash > Arceus > Pokemon?

Nah he's still inferior to Arceus

But he is superior to Cynthia, whose Garchomp stopped an attack from Palkia, so he should still be comparable to the Creation Trio at least

 

[TheGatememer]

Nah he's still inferior to Arceus

But he is superior to Cynthia, whose Garchomp stopped an attack from Palkia, so he should still be comparable to the Creation Trio at least

But can he beat Goku tho

 

[azontr]

real

 

[SilentLyfe]

I’m so happy man. My boi finally did it.

Watch Pikachu get bodied by a level 5 starter in the next region

 

[XXKINGXX69]

Nah he's still inferior to Arceus

But he is superior to Cynthia, whose Garchomp stopped an attack from Palkia, so he should still be comparable to the Creation Trio at least

Current ash > eternatus > arceus

 

[Majinere566]

 

[CloverDragon03]

But can he beat Goku tho

Any Goku that isn't Xeno

 

[XXKINGXX69]

Any Goku that isn't Xeno

Prove Xeno Goku can resist electricity manip

 

[CloverDragon03]

Prove Xeno Goku can resist electricity manip

I was just talking AP my dude

 

[Abstractly_a_Protagonist]

Let's gooooooo! WOO, YEAH BABY! THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR! THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT!

 

[Violatas]

I feel old as hell

Anyways...LETS GOOOOOOOOOOO

Also will he finally age as a next development

 

[Bobsican]

The real question is if Ash could theoretically stack Dynamax with Mega Evolution and a Z-Move on a single Pokémon at once.

 

[Arceus0x]

Now we need a drinking party between the champions

 

[CloverDragon03]

Now we need a drinking party between the champions

Ash and Iris need to settle for orange juice while everyone else is downing liquor

 

[CloverDragon03]

The real question is if Ash could theoretically stack Dynamax with Mega Evolution and a Z-Move on a single Pokémon at once.

I mean he used a Z-Move and then Gigantamax on Pikachu. Idk if he could do them all at once though

 

[Vondoom]

I stopped watching pokemon long ago but I'm really proud of him.

 

[Arceus0x]

Ash and Iris need to settle for orange juice while everyone else is downing liquor

Alain downing a bottle of saké back from PLA times

 

[Sniper670]

Can he beat Red tho

 

[Arceus0x]

Can he beat Red tho

He can i'd say. Manga Red's Mewtwo sucks big doodoo since it never uses its op hax so He could probably beat it with the combo of melmetal and 10mil thunderbolt. the rest get stomped.
If we restrict legendaries then Ash should win for similar reasons, not to mention that he has G-max and mega evo besides his z-move.

 

[Sniper670]

Hahaha, You're a funny man

 

[TheGatememer]

Can he beat Red tho

We’ll find out soon enough in Pokémon Masters, maybe

 

[Chariot190]

WHAT THE ****

 

[Braking]

Where his dad at tho

 

[Braking]

 

[Pikaman]

Where his dad at tho

I think there’s a canon novel of some sorts that explains his father went on a journey to become a Pokémon master just like Ash, but never achieved anything of note and never came home. The same with his Grandfather

 

[Sniper670]

Where his dad at tho

Mr. Mime

 

[The_real_cal_howard]

Now we need a drinking party between the champions

Alain babysitting 2 children and 5 adults.

 

[SilentLyfe]

So where does he go from here? He was always saying how he’s gonna be a Pokémon Master so whats his next goal?

 

[CloverDragon03]

So where does he go from here? He was always saying how he’s gonna be a Pokémon Master so whats his next goal?

According to Rica Matsumoto (Ash’s Japanese VA), World Champion is simply another step toward that dream. That said, I really don’t see where they can go from here

 

[CloverDragon03]

Alain babysitting 2 children and 5 adults.

The beauty of the Masters 8 is that it’s 5 insane adults, 2 chaotic kids, and Alain who is the only sane one

 

[SilentLyfe]

According to Rica Matsumoto (Ash’s Japanese VA), World Champion is simply another step toward that dream. That said, I really don’t see where they can go from here

Maybe a mentor role?