

Brock is just a shadow of his maturity shown in his previous comebacks, reverting back to being exactly the same stereotype as his earlier iterations. The classic dynamic interactions between Ash and Misty in EP02 showing how he behaves differently towards Misty managed to put many smiles on my face, and then shortly afterwards the chemistry that gave the episode so much life was completely gone. I have to say that seeing Brock and Misty traveling with Ash again is like my genwunner dream coming true. With each episode I felt the same sense of deja vu, rehashing plots and messages we've known for decades without displaying them in a fresh or engaging way, like the bond between Ash and Pikachu and how Ash is a cheerful and selfless child. Instead of giving a legitimate send off to Ash's 26-year run, we're given random soft stories that don't really serve much of a purpose outside of effortlessly invoking some nostalgia towards fans of the original series, and the only thing linking the episodes is a Latias stalking Ash without a deep overarching mini-arc with it, whose ending doesn't add a clear connection to the theme of the series. Don't get me wrong, the episodes of MPM aren't exactly bad by any means, but they seem terribly misplaced. that provide little to no sense of closure or farewell.

What seems to be a wish-fulfillment special series that ties Ash's story together in one final arc. Here we see how Ash has matured bonding with different Pokemon while some familiar faces are seen along the way. 'Mezase Pokémon Master' is the special farewell miniseries in which they deliver the format that many fans have been salivating to see since the beginning of the final season: Ash traveling with Misty and Brock while doing rotations with old Pokémon and finding the meaning of being a 'Pokémon Master'. That's it, our generation's journey in Anipoké has finally come to an end.
