SO I ONLY Watched The FIRST And LAST Episode Of POKEMON...

[@kiraexe.7856]

Man this fight hits harder when you realize team rocket was genuinely proud of him winning going as far as giving him a few gifts

[@JustGre3d]

Team rocket is always cheering ash on tho

[@unluckylandon]

It's always great to see Team Rocket root for Pikachu because they are convinced each time Pikachu beats the odds that Pikachu is a worthy gift to Giovanni.

[@Ditto.007]

@@JustGre3d Yh, they have a love hate relationship with him

[@dethisbtfl]

Jesse and James were always too kind to be team rocket

[@JustGre3d]

@@dethisbtfl Giovanni is high asf I have no idea why he has them as his personals

[@johnjosephlyoko2295]

Lightning speed is - quick attack 10,00 bolts - is Thunderbolt Primal power - ancient power Great blaze - fire blast

[@brettvandermeer5297]

100,000 volts my man lol

[@od3rfla]

@@brettvandermeer5297no it’s actually “Usain Bolt” my guy

[@projectiony4048]

Fun fact: Leon in the game is just Champion of Galar region. In the anime he’s a regional champion and the anime exclusive World champion(pretty much strongest trainer out of all the 8 regions).

[@sparshasthana5410]

Fr

[@dnaught535]

Ehh even in the games, his label was The Strongest Champion. Even before the anime introduced him, it was strongly implied Leon was the strongest

[@materG360]

Honestly I’d actually be down for Pokémon reacts from the beginning to the current episodes it’s a really feel good series & the story connects throughout the seasons

[@lawlkn]

big man do you know how many pokemon episodes there are

[@user-kp3es2bx9w]

@Leosim too many . And alot are big skips

[@PicesQ]

my brother in christ it would took him 3 and a half years , to react to all , 1 ep per day

[@Erod0814]

@@lawlkn theres 1,224 episodes but if don finds out which exact ones are skippable episodes then I’m sure he can do it. It definitely would take awhile tho

[@madnessarcade7447]

@@lawlkn another channel is doing it so why not

[@jayd.doubledubs]

If you want to see another battle with fantastic animation, I highly recommend Alain vs Ash Round 3 or at least Ash-Greninja vs Mega Charizard X. Before this episode, I think that fight was the most well-animated fight in the series

[@dhruvanand6695]

What about Ash vs Kukui (Pikachu vs Tapu Koko / Naganadel vs Tapu Koko

[@jayd.doubledubs]

@@dhruvanand6695 That fight is amazing and gorgeous, and I give massive props to the animation and directing team on that one. But Greninja vs Zard will always be #2 for me

[@ThePlantationArchives]

@@jayd.doubledubs What would you say is your first?

[@jayd.doubledubs]

@@ThePlantationArchives Ash's Pikachu vs Leon's Charizard. I am very XYZ biased, but I'm not that biased. The final 1v1 between Ash and Leon has to be the best

[@ThePlantationArchives]

@@jayd.doubledubs I agree that battle was incredible but for me Ash vs Paul has to be one of the greatest revenge battles Pokemon has ever done

[@blackglurakx2409]

The Pokemon XYZ Sawyer vs. Ash Fight would be truly something for you to see. I think it has even more stellar animation then this last episode here.

[@charles2183]

@@karanpradeep7527 it does man,the 3d camera does make it look much better to most people

[@bananasplit3132]

Yeah that battle is so sick i like it even more than vs Alain tbh

[@patrickkh1245]

All the xy animation is beautiful but the battle between Leon and Ash is definetly the best animation

[@TechnoArpan]

It might have better camera work but Ash v Leon definitely has better animation

[@blackglurakx2409]

@@patrickkh1245 if we talk about best animation, choreography and stakes then the Flare arc would be the best of if all. That final showdown in the field at the end was something special. So many important characters in one place at this scale never happened again.

[@manquail2361]

Few things give me as much nostalgia as the 1st episode of pokemon

[@Roy___withoutanythingelseadded]

Really

[@unknownplite]

I haven’t watched any Pokémon anime since XYZ, but I can tell you for sure that I loved it as a kid. I remember watching XYZ and going absolutely crazy at some of the fights.

[@jorgeyo2609]

Hands down xyz is superior to any other pokemon series. Theres no its or buts or opinions here its just simply the best

[@The_Blue_Otaku]

Not gonna lie I stoped watching when the Sun and Moon anime came out... I didn't like the new character designs and it threw me off

[@jorgeyo2609]

@@The_Blue_Otaku the “newer” character designs disgust me i stopped watching as well.

[@madnessarcade7447]

@@jorgeyo2609 every season is unique in its own way

[@madnessarcade7447]

@@jorgeyo2609 fake fans It’s either all or nothing

[@samoakley4226]

I’d 100% watch a hardcore nuzlocke on this channel

[@samoakley4226]

Just need him to see this now

[@hat7607]

Yo Don! Been subbed since around 30k and I'm really glad to see your doing good and still grinding. Keep up the good work!

[@naeshaunedwards7731]

Dude I definitely would recommend you to watch more of the anime. Aside from Black and White which was the most controversial (Black and White is still great and definitely not bad like people make it out to be, imo I just prefer the other seasons), the rest were great and there are many battles that rival this one. You’d also like it if the traveling companions that were shown in this episodes

[@KINGXDIANe1233]

Black and white not that bad💀

[@jeremias-serus]

I never cared for the anime and stopped playing the games after BW2, what was controversial about the BW anime?

[@KINGXDIANe1233]

@@jeremias-serus idk I like it personally

[@RiseStreamer]

Is black and white that bad? I think it is just a little chilled out pokemon with less comedy than sun and moon

[@jeremias-serus]

@@KINGXDIANe1233 thanks, but since you watch boruto I can't really take your opinions seriously

[@JamesJones-ts5fl]

Watching only two episodes of Pokemon is like only looking at 2 pixels of the Mona Lisa. Should definitely give the show a full go

[@iswiftyfox8997]

20:06 those are ashes Pokémon he’s used and even let free throughout the years.!

[@DHarvey95EQ]

I love you gotta do Pokémon reactions, maybe battles only. I love how you see Dawn & say “oohh May” and the you see May and don’t even know who she is lmaooo

[@ItApproaches]

Maybe you should react to each regions tournament of Ash's journey?

[@cisarvitiate]

Defenetly watch all episodes, or at least some of the best battles.

[@OffBrandJnnelly]

This fight hit soo hard after growing up watching pokemon, never thought I'd see the day

[@Longma1]

FIRST and LAST episodes of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic! 😃 (Or the second and second-to-last eps if you'd like to see what kind of epic battles they got! 😆)

[@SBaby]

It's hard to do that with MLP FiM, because it's alot better to watch ALL of that show. The battles are great in the show when they happen, but alot of the show's appeal comes from the songs. My Little Pony Friendship is Magic has some of the best songs I've ever heard in a cartoon series, and some two part episodes have good songs, but a majority of the best ones happen in the middle of seasons, and not during the premieres or finales.

[@Longma1]

@@SBaby Hard just like with Pokémon here? 😏

[@SBaby]

@@Longma1 The difference is Pokemon's not a musical.

[@Longma1]

@SBaby I don't see how that's relevant, as they're both shows you'd miss a lot of in this "First and Last" style anyway (whether battles or songs or story beats, whether as a serial or episodic or a mix of both), but it doesn't matter cause this is just how he's been sampling different series at the time. Unless he does song reactions too or proper episode reactions or something.

[@BarronTube]

You gotta watch the masters 8 tournament! Ash battles against multiple champions from multiple regions leading up to this Leon battle

[@OfficialHexcraft]

Gotta say, Oak in the first episode is even funnier and has a whole new context to him when you've seen the 4th Pokemon movie (the Celebi one). :P

[@Version_Black637]

We would love a Nuzloke on twitch and if you want you could make a vods and post the streams on there

[@Zafbtw]

Please watch Ash vs Alan, its the finals of the tournament that happens in pokemon X,Y and Z. the battle is a few eps long i think it was like 4

[@khlonoaa]

Ash vs Alain was kinda dead, but Ash vs Sawyer was awesome

[@Zafbtw]

@@khlonoaa how was it dead, greninja vs charazard is in my top 5 best pokemon fights

[@khlonoaa]

@@Zafbtw it was still amazing but by XY standards (which are insanely high) were amazing

[@Zafbtw]

@@khlonoaa yh XYZ is the best gen, and then its diamond and pearl

[@repghost9481]

2:31 don?🤨

[@dantherobot2182]

10:27 in the Japanese version Misty did slap Ash. It was just censored in other countries.

[@MrMitchbow]

Pikachu (+ all the anime buffs) legitimately does make him the best starter of the 4

[@Sammy_The_Umbreon]

Pokemon Journeys definetly has amazing animation. In Pokemon Sun and Moon, they had a big artstyle change to focus more on fluid and expressive animation. Pokemon Journeys is basically them now getting the hang of it and combining it with more of their usual artstyle.

[@energyruin6528]

watch all of pokemon pls

[@PisaroOne]

Nah. Season 1 was cool. Season 2 was good. Season 3 was okay... all other seasons are crap.

[@lurkytv2521]

Relax Pokémon is way too long that’s basically x2 one peace season

[@zzee9572]

20 years later, yay we are finally finished

[@energyruin6528]

@@PisaroOne L take

[@EternalGab]

@@PisaroOne Godly mega L

[@jonathanjoestar9112]

There are theories that when Ash stood in front of Pikachu against the army of angy birbs, he actually died here or was put in a coma and the entire journey is just a dream

[@SpookyIsReal]

naaah 💀

[@declanmckenna6854]

I'd much rather believe that when Ho-Oh flew over he saw Ash's kind soul (and immense Aura) and gave him a blessing of eternal happiness.

[@famguy292]

Ash: I wanna battle lots more, too! Pokémon Company: Good work, champ. Hit the showers. You’re done.

[@NeoMiniTails]

What happened to the patreon for this video? I subscribed to Patreon to watch this in full.

[@jordandill7863]

fun fact in the battle before Ash vs Leon the semi's was Ash vs Cynthia and before the battle Cynthia made it clear that no matter the outcome she'd retire from battling and then after she lost she claimed her spark for battling was reignited

[@jaydenclarke2216]

Can't wait till you see the fights in pokemon xyz

[@rainbowpegacornstudios]

In consecutive series, Ash has become a champion. In Sun and Moon, Ash became the first champion of the Alola Region. In Journeys, he defeated Leon to become the new Pokémon World Champion in a battle that literally came to a head between his Pikachu and Leon's Charizard. What made the moment so much more endearing, is that all of his travel companions, his mother, Professor Oak and all of his other Pokémon were watching worldwide as he battled. Congratulations Ash Ketchum on becoming a three-time Pokémon champion. (Orange League, Alola League and the World Coronation Series)

[@Angothunder]

journeys HAS to get watched its good!!

[@LIAuNXeNON]

just as an fyi. since you seem to love cynthia very much as well. this whole last "arc" that ended with ash vs leon was basically just champion vs champion battles and spoiler alert we had a synthia vs ash battle...you know who won XD

[@KazuNEET]

He finally did it. He won. After 25 years of being a child he finally won.

[@mylesdarkkouga5877]

This is his second championship win

[@KazuNEET]

@@mylesdarkkouga5877 really?

[@Dark_Dusknoir]

Basically third. Orange Islands, Alola, And the World Championship.

[@damnbro12345-x]

yes pls do some nuzlockes bro!!

[@12CANTMATTER]

Me and my brother watched Pokémon until about sophomore year in high school. They changed the characters again and we were like no more

[@lesterism]

Leon and Cynthia battle if ever happened will be nice. Both tasted their first ever defeat onscreen for so many years against Ash.

[@gabevandenhoeven4546]

The subtitles are the literal translations. 100,000 volt is actually thunderbolt, Great Blaze is Fire Blast

[@tyriqueatabong5480]

I have never seen a reaction this mild to all the cameos in the journeys episode.

[@naeshaunedwards7731]

Nope 15:08 is Dawn. May is at 16:56 in the pink dress

[@dominichaygood1713]

i’m convinced don will never finish shippuden

[@yelenasimp2936]

The animation for this episode was just over the top. Absolutely a great way to end Ash’s journey

[@TheGreenHon]

2:30 fun fact, smelling your own farts is actually good for you, I think Vsauce made a video on it.

[@ryanshields1363]

Honestly x and y had some of the best animated fights in all of Pokémon

[@ayushbajaj9820]

I have watched each and every episodes of pokemon. Watched the whole journeys series live on every Fridays.❤️

[@Fwkoko]

U should react to all the english intros

[@rodri5044]

Hi Don, big fan here. One question, are you going to react to the last jojos episodes? I remember wacthing your jojos reactions about a year ago and I need to see you reacting to the final season pls 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@irok1]

After XYZ, they made him look a lot younger. He's still "10" but looks mid-teens in XYZ

[@projectiony4048]

That’s the oldest look he’s got in the series and the most mature he’s ever been. The writers were going for a shonen type theme in XYZ

[@markusmidtboe957]

Leon gave himself a big disatvantage before the match, he allowed Ash to use all "gimmicks" (Mega evolution; Z-move, And Dynamax/Gigantamax) Origanally the format only allowed the use of 1.

[@GxGNoir]

if you enjoyed this you should watch and react to the full Ash vs Leon battle, and the full Ash vs Cynthia battle, both are amazing

[@lesterism]

Last time they did a real badass fight like their battle with Leon was when X and Y

[@Deidara358]

Pokemon Journeys has good moments. XYZ is defineltly worth watching

[@Night_Kroww]

man the build up in journeys is epic

[@autograph415]

pikachi went ultra instinct ohmen

[@bucky8207]

They are going to be making a 11ep special (I think) for ash last series then the next ones got new characters but I recommend u watch it

[@marcosbenavides8394]

1 thing I’ve learned in life is that Pikachu’s never don-no lol

[@marz_world2996]

have you watched ash greninja vs alan charizard?

[@Azurelic]

"Is that May?" No its Dawn!

[@Sassaparilla]

BRO if Don boutta do Nuzlockes, we gotta introduce him to some of the best fan games out there, like Pokemon Insurgence.

[@loisrabies8713]

Omg finish Stone Ocean

[@VampTwinkie]

yup that thunder killed ash and we been stuck in pikachu's tsukiyomi ever since

[@Whorpse]

Firered nuzlocke! Let's fucking get it

[@Seven-9090]

That’s…. Not the last episode of the Pokemon anime… even if we exclude Horizons

[@mt2ncomics298]

Oh boy a nuzlocke with Don would be awesome Oh and you should react to the Pokemon Rap Cypher from Cam Steady !! These are incredible

[@richardkirkland6805]

In the games Gary gets whatever Pokemon is strongest against yours, unless you play yellow in which case he gets Eevee

[@humanoidfrog4645]

Ay yeah do a nuzlocke idk about doing a firered one since you already played a kanto game but aight

[@KiyotakaVAL]

20:14 you NEED to look up Ash's Greninja

[@veidle1392]

YOU NEED TO WATCH THE WHOLE TOURNAMENT HERE. ITS AMAZING

[@ZackSparks]

This final episode was the final fight of a champions only league, ash beat Cynthia a couple episodes beforehand, and yeah Ash became champion of the Alola region the previous season

[@Elizabeth-go4kv]

Cynthia who is she ....oh boy we got work to do!

[@DHarvey95EQ]

FIRE RED, if you do the nuzlocke you HAVE TO upload it

[@AditBasu]

Nuzlockes would be sick

[@Mar-wg8yy]

100,000 volts is just what the japanese name for thunderbolt translates to same with great flame being the translation for the japanese name of flamethrower

[@LIAuNXeNON]

aactually his charizard doesn't use flamethrower it uses fire blast

[@Derbbi]

This anime is so much fun I really love the japanse openings too

[@kodakshoverboard2585]

Can we get an “ayo” counter 😂

[@prosniperrr]

You should watch boruto

[@wompwomp1001]

You should react to Ash Greninja, i never really watched or played pokemon but of the things ive seen its one of my favorites

[@jyukarozhana]

First episode,pikachu chubby "Last" episoode, pikachu chubby Come on, not only is one more saga missing, it's that it's not even the end of the journey xdxd

[@notalanchen]

Firered nuzlocke woo let's goo!!

[@M3theflyest]

We got pikachu going super saiyan 2🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@khlonoaa]

Btw Great blaze and 100,000 volts were just the japanese names for the attacks

[@UnCasualConversation]

Fire Red!!!

[@thomaspereira1545]

My heart. The nostalgia.

[@AKAPrinceJake]

Red & blue was in the stands as well

[@devinsteele2424]

Nuzlocke? Yes please

[@mokshprasad8561]

You should watch ash vs cynthia too

[@RANDOMDAKSH4]

We need full episode pls pls 🙁♥️

[@blank3914]

It's hit very hard when the original six of ash came out to pikachu mind

[@MaytrixMan]

If you haven’t seen edits of the climax of the Leon v Ash battle using the original dub opening instead of the original sub opening, you are missing out. If they don’t do that for the dub release next month I will be soooooo disappointed!

[@purplepotato6925]

If you want some more amazing fights watch the xyz league because the fights look so good

[@Saroku1000]

Its not the last episode, the final season is currently still running.

[@yousseflataoui1583]

Watch the entire masters 8 and all the big battles from every Pokémon league

[@Eggarini]

idk if you've watched it but you should definitely watch the Pokémon xy, xy kalos quest, and xyz series. probably the pest Pokémon series

[@cheickkkkk]

The move that u called flare blitz is fire blast cause it made a star shap

[@watchforever1724]

Great to see your experience

[@R-Otaku747]

tbh with 0 knowledge of the entire series, pokemon journeys wouldn't hit the same fam. Animation is great n all but context is really what drives a series home. That being said pokemon journeys is amazing just like the rest of the regions lol

[@daytonchris8351]

i still can't believe ash has a gengar and a dragonite. lol

[@Tnanimation9033]

U need to watch ash vs alan Charizard vs greninja🔥