This was just absolutely perfect. The voice actors are phenomenal here. It feels just like the actual canonical anime at its best. Great job Zanolith, thank you. 👏
The Ash & Iris consoling moment hit me bro! The emotions were all there! Absolutely beautiful! And when Ash called HIMSELF a kid to make her feel better, it just feels full circle. 😢
What I find satisfying about Ash's victory over Lance is that he finally had the chance to face him after losing the Kanto League, because it was probably the only league he knew at the time and maybe Lance was the first Pokémon master he ever met. and the fact that he defeated him makes everything come full circle.
I am so glad that Ash and Lance finally battled (we should have seen it in the anime) and that Ash made his honorary father figure proud. I am delighted that Incineroar defeated Dragonite. I am glad Ash gets to face off with Cynthia again.
Brock, Misty, Professor Kukui, and Goh are all the GOAT. I bet they all enjoyed the Pokémon Doctor's food. I wonder if he made Ice cream as dessert for Cynthia? 🤔
Great Episode awesome ash vs lance sorry for Bulbasaur but nice callback to kukui and lance's battle and ash helping Iris the same way she helped him and nice cliffhanger for the team rocket
Holy moly, you made a ToraDora finale like Luxray VS Goodra in the Clemont match! Respect! Iris' battle prowess were extremely superb. And that Negai moment at the end was marvelous!
That was a great episode. Ash vs lance was a intense fight and i loved how the alola theme played. Iris vs leon was also a great match, really showed how far iris has come and that mega was truly marvelous. I am concerned about leon, something is up with him.
Overall a good battle between Ash and Lance. An actual improvement on the canon, as while I did like Ash vs. Steven, Ash vs. Lance has more history behind it, especially with Kukui around to watch. Also FINALLY DYNAMAX GETS FOCUS.
HELL YEAH!!! THIS WAS AN ULTRA MASTERPIECE!! 🤩🤩🤩👍😊 ash vs lance makes sense. Ash met him twice, the first time in johto, and the second time in Hoenn against team magma and aqua. The battle was absolutely intense and kept me at the edge of my seat! Leon vs iris didn’t surprise me since I knew Leon was gonna win. But still better than that trash battle of Leon vs diantha in the anime! I’m super psyched to see more of this masterpiece of a rewrite! 👍😊☺️
We got Ash Vs Lance! NOICE!! loved the symbolism of using Incineroar against Dragonite!! R.I.P bulbasaur tho. Good episode, just wish we coulda seen more of Iris VS Leon.
@Zanolith hello, i loved this episode! Ash vs lance, the return of ash’s incineror, a tease for the upcoming team rocket arc! The end of team rocket and ash ketchum’s story approaching. You’re cooking with this series! That’s why you’re the goat! Though i gotta ask, and hopefully this is my last question: Are you saving ash’s infernape for his battle against Cynthia’s garchomp? It should be pretty obvious right now.
If only Hilda and Cilan were there to greet Ash & Iris before their incredible battles. And be there with Ash to comfort & congratulate the young Unova Champion. 🤧
Giovanni and his organization are plotting something big for the whole world. Maybe even the entire universe as a whole. I wonder if Mewtwo or Arceus gets involved? 🤔
Hey Zanolith if you have to give Ash a Hisuian Starter Pokémon what will it be? Rowlet fully evolving into Hisuian Decidueye even if he’s holding an everstone which prevents him from evolving Quilava evolving into Hisuian Typhlosion or Oshawott fully evolving Hisuian Samurott
Honestly? Great episode all-around! Love the lore behind it, the details and nice touches added, interactions, the intensity of the battle, etc. I only have one criticism, but I’ll get to that later. Personally, my favourite thing about the whole episode was the justice for Ash’s Incineroar! In the canonical anime, Incineroar hasn’t had much time to shine as an Incineroar once it fully evolved. Incineroar getting some well-deserved spotlight here makes me happy 🔥 Plus, it’s fitting for Ash to battle alongside an Alolan Pokémon to represent Alola as its Champion. I also love the history with Lance and Kukui! Actually ties in perfectly with the games too! Because if I remember correctly (although I could be mistaken); Professor Kukui mentions travelling to compete in the Pokémon League at the Indigo Plateau in the Sun and Moon games, and like folks in Alola say, Alola and Kanto are like distant cousins. They may seem very far apart, but they’re closer than it seems. I also love the additions of Ash using Kanto and Alolan Pokémon to defeat Lance! Kanto because Ash is from Kanto, and Lance is the Kanto Champion, one of the first major pillars for Ash as a Pokémon trainer. Alola because…well, Alolan Champion 😁 Another thing I like about this take on the series is that while Leon’s definitely powerful, it feels more balanced so that he’s not unfairly overpowered like in the anime 😅 Leon’s characterization in this story, and the examples he sets are fantastic overall! Ash reassuring Iris would have to be my second favourite moment of the episode. The voice acting really shined and genuinely felt…well, genuine. Like Iris said too, it really spoke volumes of Ash’s emotional growth and emotional maturity. My only real criticism with this episode is Ash using Bulbasaur as one of his Pokémon against Lance. I love Bulbasaur, but I feel like there’s a time and place where Bulbasaur could’ve shined, but it just wasn’t in this battle. Aside from that one criticism, excellent episode all-around! Super excited for the next one, even more than ever! Truth be told, I still need to see the canonical battle between Ash and Cynthia in Journeys 😅 I’ll have to do that before the next episode comes up. Cynthia’s honestly my favourite champion besides Lance, and she’s had one of the biggest impacts, maybe THE biggest impact out of all the champions in the franchise, especially in the anime! Her quote she always lives by still rings positively in my ears: “When every life meets another life, something will be born.”
Great job with this episode. I'm excited to see where rainbow rocket goes from here. I liked the kukui and Lance part a lot. I also liked the Lance VS ash battle. Especially incineroar VS dragonite. That part with ash and Iris was great. Keep it up.
Iris crying was actually kinda sad cl, it really shows their relationship really well, I can’t wait to see Ash vs Cynthia but I am little sad we didn’t properly see Leon vs Iris but I obviously understand why, great episode regardless
That battle was incredible! Lance's full might is on display, with Dragonite tanking Inferno Overdrive. Always a pleasure to see Ash's Charizard putting in a stellar performance, and Incineroar getting the win over Dragonite felt poetic. Iris has truly staggering strength, getting Leon down to his last Pokémon was impressive. Brock being a chad is always good, and the upcoming match is looking very promising. Spiffing work.
Are Jessie, James, and Meowth disguised as podcast influencers to get some money while also watching the entire Masters 8 like in the original canonical Journeys? 😯
Hey Zanolith with your rewrite on B/W to Journeys I was thinking what if you do your rewrite on the movies for the B/W movies to the XY movies which that could make sense opposed to your rewrites for B/W to XY but no movies for S/M and Journeys
Yeah i guess ash vs lance makes more sense since ash barely interacted with steven. I enjoyed that battled but if ash kept his jn team heres my idea for what he and lance use Ash: Pikachu Dracovish Gengar Lance: Gyradoes Hydreigon Dynamax dragonite
I wonder if you're going on a trip to Japan with Zactoshi by June of 2025? Even if you aren't, I have a feeling that you both might FaceTime each other during the event.
I was right about the matchups for the semifinals except they wore 3v3 matches, which probably makes more sense since the final round of Ash and Leon is going to be a full battle and I do love the way how Ash consoles Iris for her loss like in the anime, but I have a strong feeling that Giovanni had something to do with Eternatus.
@Zanolith hello, would you agree that ash’s infernape should’ve fought against Cynthia’s garchomp? I mean, considering his friendly relationship with Cynthia, and the fact ash imagined himself fighting Cynthia’s garchomp with his infernape, it really seemed like they were teasing this match to happen. Especially considering that infernape got more focus in journeys than any other of ash’s old pokemon. So the fact it didn’t happen felt like a huge slap in the face. I get some people might say “ but infernape is a fire type so it will obviously lose” but like lucario was a steel type, and it still managed to beat garchomp. So i really really REALLY hope your rewrite on ash vs Cynthia, ash will use his infernape against Cynthia’s garchomp. You did say you’re saving his return and this feels like the perfect chance to do so. Thank you for this rewrite and I hope to see this come true. ❤ and goodbye.
Overall, a really great battle between Ash and Lance and of course Charizard hold his own against Gyarados even when it’s Dynamax and Incineroar get he’s chance to shine and a nice chemistry between Kukui and Lance since they were Rivals back in Kanto but I don’t know why Lance has two Shiny Pokémon since Shiny Pokémon are supposed to be rare and as for the battle between Iris and Leon this was good, but i’m still not impressed with Leon having all three Galar Starter Pokémon now there’s three Trainers with a Cinderace we also have three Trainers with a Dragonite it would’ve been cool if Leon had a Aegislash because well, you know, sword and shield I also think it would’ve been cool if Iris had a Dynamax band to G-max Lapras which would’ve been cool to see no pun intended but Giovanni is plotting big time and I’m really excited for Ash vs Cynthia and do you hope that Infernape well battle her since he had really good chemistry back in diamond and pearl
It was always the plan so I could make the return of old pokemon be better. Didn’t want to botch development for a full team if they weren’t gonna get every battle.
If only you had a little more time to edit and animate Lorelei, Bruno, Agatha, Shauntal, Grimsley, Caitlin, Marshal, and Alder separately watching these two epic battles.
Ranking Ash’s Starter Pokémon from worst to best Number 15 Totodile Number 14 Quilava Number 13 Bayleef Number 12 Squirtle Number 11 Bulbasaur Number 10 Rowlet Number 9 Torterra Number 8 Serperior Number 7 Sceptile Number 6 Samurott Number 5 Incineroar Number 4 Infernape Number 3 Charizard Number 2 Pikachu Number 1 Greninja
This is amazing! Ash getting revenge for kukui and the moment between ash and iris is perfect. Shows how far our boy has come. PEAK
I bet Incineroar let out the loudest victory cry it can possibly muster after defeating Lance's strongest ace that the whole audience can hear it. 🥶
This was just absolutely perfect. The voice actors are phenomenal here. It feels just like the actual canonical anime at its best. Great job Zanolith, thank you. 👏
The Ash & Iris consoling moment hit me bro! The emotions were all there! Absolutely beautiful! And when Ash called HIMSELF a kid to make her feel better, it just feels full circle. 😢
This was executed much better than in the anime in my opinion! 🥹
What I find satisfying about Ash's victory over Lance is that he finally had the chance to face him after losing the Kanto League, because it was probably the only league he knew at the time and maybe Lance was the first Pokémon master he ever met. and the fact that he defeated him makes everything come full circle.
Incineroar VS Dragonite gave me chills
Totally Incineroar vs Dragonite was FIRE! no pun intended to reflect on Kukui and Lance’s Rivalry when they were younger
Zactoshi
I am so glad that Ash and Lance finally battled (we should have seen it in the anime) and that Ash made his honorary father figure proud. I am delighted that Incineroar defeated Dragonite. I am glad Ash gets to face off with Cynthia again.
Charizard AND Incineroar dawging in the same battle? W friken episode!
Brock, Misty, Professor Kukui, and Goh are all the GOAT. I bet they all enjoyed the Pokémon Doctor's food. I wonder if he made Ice cream as dessert for Cynthia? 🤔
Great Episode awesome ash vs lance sorry for Bulbasaur but nice callback to kukui and lance's battle and ash helping Iris the same way she helped him and nice cliffhanger for the team rocket
Holy moly, you made a ToraDora finale like Luxray VS Goodra in the Clemont match! Respect!
Iris' battle prowess were extremely superb. And that Negai moment at the end was marvelous!
Ash and Cynthia's battle is going to be insanely amazing. Will that be the entire video that feels like the two episode from Journeys?
That's it, Iris, let it all out 9:40
That was a great episode. Ash vs lance was a intense fight and i loved how the alola theme played. Iris vs leon was also a great match, really showed how far iris has come and that mega was truly marvelous. I am concerned about leon, something is up with him.
This was awesome can't wait to see your version of the battles between Ash vs Cynthia and Ash vs Leon
Overall a good battle between Ash and Lance. An actual improvement on the canon, as while I did like Ash vs. Steven, Ash vs. Lance has more history behind it, especially with Kukui around to watch. Also FINALLY DYNAMAX GETS FOCUS.
the amount of aura charizard had in this battle... he will always be Ash's true ace
HELL YEAH!!! THIS WAS AN ULTRA MASTERPIECE!! 🤩🤩🤩👍😊 ash vs lance makes sense. Ash met him twice, the first time in johto, and the second time in Hoenn against team magma and aqua. The battle was absolutely intense and kept me at the edge of my seat! Leon vs iris didn’t surprise me since I knew Leon was gonna win. But still better than that trash battle of Leon vs diantha in the anime! I’m super psyched to see more of this masterpiece of a rewrite! 👍😊☺️
My Glorious King Ash’s Charizard is in the thumbnail meaning he’s back 🥹
Yeah, Man Ash’s Charizard is back to kick some ass screw Alain’s Charizard and screw Leon’s Charizard Ash’s Charizard is the best
We got Ash Vs Lance! NOICE!! loved the symbolism of using Incineroar against Dragonite!! R.I.P bulbasaur tho.
Good episode, just wish we coulda seen more of Iris VS Leon.
@Zanolith hello, i loved this episode! Ash vs lance, the return of ash’s incineror, a tease for the upcoming team rocket arc! The end of team rocket and ash ketchum’s story approaching. You’re cooking with this series! That’s why you’re the goat! Though i gotta ask, and hopefully this is my last question:
Are you saving ash’s infernape for his battle against Cynthia’s garchomp? It should be pretty obvious right now.
If only Hilda and Cilan were there to greet Ash & Iris before their incredible battles. And be there with Ash to comfort & congratulate the young Unova Champion. 🤧
But they both have their own life dreams. I'm sure they're watching all their performances on TV.
Ash's Charizard finishing off Hydreigon and tying Dynamax Gyarados without a gimmick shows how insanely strong it it
Hopefully, we'll get a piece of Team Rocket’s plot next week.
That was awesome I can’t wait for the next part soon.
Giovanni and his organization are plotting something big for the whole world. Maybe even the entire universe as a whole. I wonder if Mewtwo or Arceus gets involved? 🤔
Hey Zanolith if you have to give Ash a Hisuian Starter Pokémon what will it be? Rowlet fully evolving into Hisuian Decidueye even if he’s holding an everstone which prevents him from evolving Quilava evolving into Hisuian Typhlosion or Oshawott fully evolving Hisuian Samurott
Honestly? Great episode all-around! Love the lore behind it, the details and nice touches added, interactions, the intensity of the battle, etc. I only have one criticism, but I’ll get to that later.
Personally, my favourite thing about the whole episode was the justice for Ash’s Incineroar! In the canonical anime, Incineroar hasn’t had much time to shine as an Incineroar once it fully evolved. Incineroar getting some well-deserved spotlight here makes me happy 🔥 Plus, it’s fitting for Ash to battle alongside an Alolan Pokémon to represent Alola as its Champion.
I also love the history with Lance and Kukui! Actually ties in perfectly with the games too! Because if I remember correctly (although I could be mistaken); Professor Kukui mentions travelling to compete in the Pokémon League at the Indigo Plateau in the Sun and Moon games, and like folks in Alola say, Alola and Kanto are like distant cousins. They may seem very far apart, but they’re closer than it seems.
I also love the additions of Ash using Kanto and Alolan Pokémon to defeat Lance! Kanto because Ash is from Kanto, and Lance is the Kanto Champion, one of the first major pillars for Ash as a Pokémon trainer. Alola because…well, Alolan Champion 😁
Another thing I like about this take on the series is that while Leon’s definitely powerful, it feels more balanced so that he’s not unfairly overpowered like in the anime 😅 Leon’s characterization in this story, and the examples he sets are fantastic overall!
Ash reassuring Iris would have to be my second favourite moment of the episode. The voice acting really shined and genuinely felt…well, genuine. Like Iris said too, it really spoke volumes of Ash’s emotional growth and emotional maturity.
My only real criticism with this episode is Ash using Bulbasaur as one of his Pokémon against Lance. I love Bulbasaur, but I feel like there’s a time and place where Bulbasaur could’ve shined, but it just wasn’t in this battle.
Aside from that one criticism, excellent episode all-around! Super excited for the next one, even more than ever!
Truth be told, I still need to see the canonical battle between Ash and Cynthia in Journeys 😅 I’ll have to do that before the next episode comes up.
Cynthia’s honestly my favourite champion besides Lance, and she’s had one of the biggest impacts, maybe THE biggest impact out of all the champions in the franchise, especially in the anime! Her quote she always lives by still rings positively in my ears: “When every life meets another life, something will be born.”
Great job with this episode. I'm excited to see where rainbow rocket goes from here. I liked the kukui and Lance part a lot. I also liked the Lance VS ash battle. Especially incineroar VS dragonite. That part with ash and Iris was great. Keep it up.
I clicked so fast😭 I can’t wait to see this episode
Edit: Inceniroar THE GOAT! THE GOAT THE GOATTTTTTTT!!!!
Iris crying was actually kinda sad cl, it really shows their relationship really well, I can’t wait to see Ash vs Cynthia but I am little sad we didn’t properly see Leon vs Iris but I obviously understand why, great episode regardless
Yeah! I thought, Ash would fight Iris. I am so happy, that it was my mistake! Cynthia is the goat. And after Lance, it fits, that Ash can fight her ❤
This was soooo gooood!!
8:14 is it implied that Iris got Leon down to 1 Pokemon here?
Way a go, Ash and Incineroar‼ 5:48
This was brilliant it felt so much more satisfying than ash vs steven was in the original
This was probably my favorite part yet that battle was heart warming im not gonna lie
Hear me Zano this could actually work in the anime as a second masters eight with Ash defending his title.
That battle was incredible! Lance's full might is on display, with Dragonite tanking Inferno Overdrive. Always a pleasure to see Ash's Charizard putting in a stellar performance, and Incineroar getting the win over Dragonite felt poetic. Iris has truly staggering strength, getting Leon down to his last Pokémon was impressive. Brock being a chad is always good, and the upcoming match is looking very promising. Spiffing work.
Not only Silver will appear and be an ally to Ash Ketchum against his father, but I want to see Jimmy, Marina and Vincent as well.
Once again you a performing miracles with this rewrite universe you have created 💯💯💯💯💯✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾
Are Jessie, James, and Meowth disguised as podcast influencers to get some money while also watching the entire Masters 8 like in the original canonical Journeys? 😯
GOATTTT ❤🙏🎉
Hey Zanolith with your rewrite on B/W to Journeys I was thinking what if you do your rewrite on the movies for the B/W movies to the XY movies which that could make sense opposed to your rewrites for B/W to XY but no movies for S/M and Journeys
Love this video Ash vs Lance awesome 😊😊🎉🎉
Yeah i guess ash vs lance makes more sense since ash barely interacted with steven. I enjoyed that battled but if ash kept his jn team heres my idea for what he and lance use
Ash:
Pikachu
Dracovish
Gengar
Lance:
Gyradoes
Hydreigon
Dynamax dragonite
Go Ash and Incineroar‼ 4:28
I wonder if you're going on a trip to Japan with Zactoshi by June of 2025? Even if you aren't, I have a feeling that you both might FaceTime each other during the event.
I was right about the matchups for the semifinals except they wore 3v3 matches, which probably makes more sense since the final round of Ash and Leon is going to be a full battle and I do love the way how Ash consoles Iris for her loss like in the anime, but I have a strong feeling that Giovanni had something to do with Eternatus.
@Zanolith hello, would you agree that ash’s infernape should’ve fought against Cynthia’s garchomp? I mean, considering his friendly relationship with Cynthia, and the fact ash imagined himself fighting Cynthia’s garchomp with his infernape, it really seemed like they were teasing this match to happen. Especially considering that infernape got more focus in journeys than any other of ash’s old pokemon. So the fact it didn’t happen felt like a huge slap in the face. I get some people might say “ but infernape is a fire type so it will obviously lose” but like lucario was a steel type, and it still managed to beat garchomp.
So i really really REALLY hope your rewrite on ash vs Cynthia, ash will use his infernape against Cynthia’s garchomp. You did say you’re saving his return and this feels like the perfect chance to do so. Thank you for this rewrite and I hope to see this come true. ❤ and goodbye.
Go Ash Go‼ 2:20
What the hell do you mean he brought Bulbasaur to fight Lance
Overall, a really great battle between Ash and Lance and of course Charizard hold his own against Gyarados even when it’s Dynamax and Incineroar get he’s chance to shine and a nice chemistry between Kukui and Lance since they were Rivals back in Kanto but I don’t know why Lance has two Shiny Pokémon since Shiny Pokémon are supposed to be rare and as for the battle between Iris and Leon this was good, but i’m still not impressed with Leon having all three Galar Starter Pokémon now there’s three Trainers with a Cinderace we also have three Trainers with a Dragonite it would’ve been cool if Leon had a Aegislash because well, you know, sword and shield I also think it would’ve been cool if Iris had a Dynamax band to G-max Lapras which would’ve been cool to see no pun intended but Giovanni is plotting big time and I’m really excited for Ash vs Cynthia and do you hope that Infernape well battle her since he had really good chemistry back in diamond and pearl
When are we going back to Team Rocket?
@@immortalempiresking9168 give it time
I’m so excited for Cynthia vs Ash 😍
was it planned from the start to not give ash a team of 6 in this rewrite, or that idea came up to you by accident
It was always the plan so I could make the return of old pokemon be better. Didn’t want to botch development for a full team if they weren’t gonna get every battle.
@@Zanolith You paid for a wonderful contribution with all of Ash's nostalgic memorable Pokémon.
Honestly, I thought Lance was being voiced by Tigura21.
I’m gonna be real with you I have no idea who that is
If only you had a little more time to edit and animate Lorelei, Bruno, Agatha, Shauntal, Grimsley, Caitlin, Marshal, and Alder separately watching these two epic battles.
Ash is not battling Lance in the actual anime was such a miss opportunity.
Ranking Ash’s Starter Pokémon from worst to best
Number 15 Totodile
Number 14 Quilava
Number 13 Bayleef
Number 12 Squirtle
Number 11 Bulbasaur
Number 10 Rowlet
Number 9 Torterra
Number 8 Serperior
Number 7 Sceptile
Number 6 Samurott
Number 5 Incineroar
Number 4 Infernape
Number 3 Charizard
Number 2 Pikachu
Number 1 Greninja
No Hisuian Goodra:-(
That would have been a nice way to promote Legends Arceus as the game is technically Generation 8.
When are you going to introduces kirby and his friends
Before Pikachu can battle Leon's Charizard, I want Ash's Charizard to battle Leon's Charizard. Yes, a Charizard Battle.
5:35 No offense but the way they're screaming or yelling, it sounds like they're trying to kill each other 😭good video tho
I know what is going on. Team Rainbow Rocket.
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