Up until last week, Ash (or Satoshi, as he’s called in Japan) had spent the last two decades-plus failing to win a total of six tournaments.
He lost in the group of 16 stage of his first tournament and fell in the quarterfinals of the Johto and Hoenn Leagues.
In many ways, the Pokémon anime follows the standard coming-of-age sports story formula.
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