ChiakiNanami
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Ends with Ash as a dad writing a book so all of this was one big retelling of his adventures as a trainer. Then they can start with a clean slate for Gen 7 after 20 yrs. Even if we got someone new with no Pikachu I don't think that would hurt the series. Pikachu will still be the face of Pokemon till the end. Plus while the show is connected each series does not really talk about past series. I don't think Ash has said anything about past journeys once in XY. So if he was to be replaced with a proper send off at the end I don't think it would be as drastic as people think it would be.