Do we all understand the significance of this? I'm not sure we do…

Whenever the Pokemon anime shows or even mentions things about the past, it's an indication that they're reminding us that things happened; that this show actually has a freaking history! I swear, we've been on plotline repeat for ages, but stuff like this raises my hopes.

The fact that Misty, May and Max, Gary, Paul and even Tracey are in this one ending is proof that there is continuation! There are characters that can come back! And Ash does have several journeys of experience and a whole bunch of pokemon and friends.

The writers can only run from this for so long, sooner or later… they will have no choice.