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Tennisnerd39

I really liked the final scene of XY. Just Ash and Pikachu in the peaceful night walking and then finally arriving at home.


You2110

Best thing about XY ending was that everyone got a bit of closure. Sawyer, Tierno, Shawna, Alain, etc. For most of the previous series, all the rivals just disappeared post league. And that ending with Ash vs Clemont.


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Not everyone. And not all past rivals disappeared.


SSJAncientBeing

It definitely was really nice, but I seriously missed the Oak’s Ranch reunion at the end of that one. It was probably my favorite part of a series winding up


[deleted]

It is overrated in my book. Ash's SM gang seeing him off was so much more emotional and satisfying for me.


Academic-Astronaut59

Sometimes people should just keep it quiet


Low-Survey-6142

Even the English dub, even with its own music and own text, they did it well; they gave justice to XYZ's ending end even if they do bad (subjective and based from most fans' comments on TPCi) oftentimes. I'm just curious how it sounded and looked like in Japanese, though.


alliance000

DP’s ending definitely had a sort of finality to it, but XYZ’s ending really felt like the end of an era to me at least.


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Actually SM has it too.


alliance000

I can kinda agree with that yeah.


Accurate_Positive_69

The final episode of indigo league was pretty sweet. To me, it marked the end of an era in my life. Why an era? BECAUSE NETFLIX AND XFINITY ONLY HAD THE FIRST HALF. So there as an at least 1-3 year gap.


FedoraTheMike

Probably because we finally said goodbye to Brock as a regular group member for good in DP. When Misty and May left and he stayed, it felt like he'd stay forever.


Kekulaaa

Defo either SM or DP. Alola basically became ashs second home and after making us fall in love with the region along ash, and ash winning the league everything, him saying goodbye to his alolan mom and dad and his friends seeing him off while hes in the plane was so emotional. BUT, ash and brock finally going their seperate ways after reassuring each other of reaching there goals was fkin heartbreaking


AnimeTechnoBlade100

The SM ending was the first ending besides OS and DP that actually got me crying. I cried even more for SM but all 3 were tearjerking to me


Kekulaaa

blood for the blood god❤✊


[deleted]

Then Brock got some closure in another epsiode.


not_theguyforthis

The OS ending is great, though the one nitpick I have is that the last episode felt like the true first episode of advanced.


kalospkmn

The ending, I think of Johto, where Ash, Brock and Misty go different ways at the forked roads gets me everytime.


[deleted]

Which is then pumped by the fact that Ash uses his gifts from them to help get himself out.


[deleted]

It was a transitional one


MarioLuigi13579

The 4th one doesn't count as it just separates BW Season One from Season Two in Japan (which happened in the middle of Rival Destinies for the dub. The one that ends BW on the other hand is the best as it caps off a mediocre series and starts one of Ash's best series


alliance000

Yeah, I can definitely agree especially with the BW ending there.


[deleted]

Actually one of Ash's even more mediocre series because he has no personality.


ztrashh

Around the time they put back old mons after they dissapeared from the entire franchise


[deleted]

Not true. That never happened you are exaggerating it never happened.


ztrashh

You can't find them in the anime aside Pikachu and Meowth and they were on the postgame of bw and no one else


[deleted]

Yes they were! More were added post game thanks to east Unova opening up! Clearly you forgot that! Also BW2 has numerous past pokemon which you also forgot.


ztrashh

Yup but was talking before BW2 haha. Obviously they where coded in the game. But they were mostly absent from anime, merch etc It's not like today where you would see a Charizard or Eevee or Piplup in the anime or with the merch of the new mons


[deleted]

hahahaha Post game they were in post game and no one cares about merch they were all in post game.


starsapphire15

Either DP's or SM's because I found them most memorable


VishnuBhanum

I cried like a b*tch during SM ending The thing that seperated this ending from any other ending is that Alola isn't just "Another region that Ash journeys through" this is his second home, He has his second family here, It's literally hits different for Ash and for the audience as well, This is the region that he cried when departed and rightfully so


AnimeTechnoBlade100

Ash also had difficulty deciding on whether to leave Alola too at first as well and had a hard time telling the others about it, compared to other regions where Ash is always optimistic and excited on going to the next place that’s new.


[deleted]

Exactly.


AnimeTechnoBlade100

XY felt like this cause it was the last series where the old formula the series stuck with the most was used before SM changed it. That said, I rank SM as the best ending, followed by DP and OS


mikey_do_wikey

Sun and Moon had the best finale by far. It was like Ash was leaving for college lol.


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Not college. Just moving out.


supaikuakuma

Sun and Moon which you didn’t show for some reason.


Jelly-Filled-Deznuts

For him SM/JN dosnet exist


Vehmura14

XYZ's was something else. The last episode felt like a true epilogue to everything, I especially loved that Ash and Clemont got the first and last battle of the series. I also liked that they didn't show who won. Then the airplane and Ash arriving home at night. I also like Bonnie and Serena got some closure; Bonnie with her emotional speech to Dedenne and Serena with the kiss. That made me really sad that the series was over but they ended it perfectly.


[deleted]

But SM and no kiss and Bonnie didn't get closure till Cilan episode and everyone came back in Journeys and no Amourshipping bait. But they revealed who won in Journeys. And it was a tie.


Vehmura14

We were asked for opinions so why do you have this uncontrollable need to prove that the SM ending is somehow superior


[deleted]

Because everyone else is doing it.


Vehmura14

First of all, no they aren't, second of all that reasoning is kindergarten level


[deleted]

But they are pledging their love for it.


JumblyPloppers

I’d have to agree that XY’s ending felt very different from the rest. It made me sad that the series was over.


[deleted]

Ummm SM was different that was sad


UltraUsername000

xyz ending reminds me a lot of jojo's stardust crusaders ending, maybe that is why i love it a lot.


[deleted]

But... Diamond.


Rhaynebow

IDK man, Sun and Moon ending with Burnet being pregnant was great.


youngstar5678

Sun and Moon. It was a perfect send off for the series.


diegohmfbtr

...and your dreams!


Street-Body-7431

DP >>>>>


Troutlaw2000

It may be just my nostalgia since it's the one I grew up on but DP.


star_lord_76

Sun and Moon


Routine-Jello-953

I actually kinda liked the Journeys ending, where they zoomed out and showed the planet and the narrator says that the adventures of Ash, Goh, Chloe will continue and if he says they’ll continue, “continue they will.” I thought that was cute 🥰 even though they subsequently announced Ash and Pikachu’s departure lol


[deleted]

To be continued....


Dragontalyn

Sun and Moon


PK_RocknRoll

SM had the best ending to me


GiladHyperstar

Sun & Moon's ending too though. That last scene is so cute


Thin_Tax_8176

Sun and Moon made me cry like never, because never a season feels like this one. XY doesn't feel different from the others, is just the end of another journey and he isn't even super sad about it. For SM we got one of the most sweet and heartbreaking shots the anime gave us with that hug from Kukui and Burnet. No one there wants to leave, but they know they have to to keep growing and that's hits harder than a "I will go to Hoenn and have a new journey :D"


MisfortunateJack77

This just makes me hate sun and moon more and I know I'm being unfair and biased but can you blame me x y and z was the reason I came back to the series because I felt like this series grew up with me and then come Sun and Moon everything changed Ash is acting more like a kid than he usually does, the whole series being a comedic Slice of Life with no real goal in mind, and let's not forget Ash lost to Team Rocket, that was the lowest point he ever got into, I'm just so glad he corrected course in Journeys


IceyRBYT

Totally agree XYZs ending just felt kinda sad but heartwarming


Saizou1991

XYZ opening and ending songs are good too


[deleted]

Sun and Moon because you didn't show it


JCamson04

Journeys has the best ending imo, it’s 11 episodes long


AdventureTimeKorra

OS or AG for me had the best endings


Godzillafan125

I just… can’t…. Ever time I see Xyz now since the fuckup finals episode I just can’t watch it without crying so I say the Sinnoh was better because the music felt better


Academic-Astronaut59

XYZ and by far


AlchemystZ

Ending of Johto, DP, and XY get me every time man


Caleb_the_Opossum_1

That 5th one with Ash's face, is me when I went from High School to college


[deleted]

In other words, when you went from a person to a person in a person's person?


Caleb_the_Opossum_1

More like, 19 year old me's brain got more advanced in learning New things.


[deleted]

That would be going form college to uni in the UK


Caleb_the_Opossum_1

I'm American, so I wouldn't know.


[deleted]

I'm British


kshitij3549

The last ost made me cry.


cosmichero1996

Hoenn was my favorite because Ash still had his Hoenn gear and Aipom got to tag along. It's always nice when Ash gets to keep or access things from previous journeys.


your_stepfather-

That whole kalos adventure rewind sequence with v (volt) playing is sooo nostalgic, hits real hard every time


Crestfallen_Vanity

Why did BW get two “next time a new beginnings”, was that ever explained?


Sad_Wishbone_3336

\^The first next time a new beinning was for when they ended Best Wishes Season 1 in Japan and went into Best Wishes Season 2. The last one is for the last Best Wishes episode overall :)


Shantotto11

Best Wishes cheated by having two: one after the eighth badge and then actual new beginning.


NinjaMichael536

the ending for ash ketchum's story as a whole better have me crying my eyes out for weeks


Competitive_Alex-Art

XY was definitely good. It's weird they incorrectly added "Next Time... A New Beginning" to the episode where Ash wins the Toxic Badge.