My take on the XYZ ending: “Sparkling Eyes” Finale
Ok so his eyes. The most talked about debate ever.
This picture above explains what I went over in Part 1. The graphics and expressions in this series is in high definition. Ash is really just stunned, shock, shook, confused, speechless and lost. The main point in this 4 part series is that…He has worn this expression before
Here and Here
The picture on the right is a bit more exaggerated however, the one on the left is almost the exact same shook expression. The difference is the animators and obvi the situation.
Another blogger @trainer-frisk posted this and ties into my point
Ash has been through this before so there is nothing EXTREME about it. What I mean is, Ash and Serena are not canon. The animators had a little fun and wanted a girl to really like Ash for a change. -shrug-
Now the important part that also gets interpreted much.
This is gratitude. Ash is literally soaking up his experience and is thankful for the friendship he had. Being kissed at this age is a big deal, I think anyway. Now that the moment is over, he refocus himself and prepares for his next adventure and wishes her farewell!
Literally
So in short, a cute scene as it was, it shouldn’t cause a negative uproar war.
Everyone is free to love who they love.
Just remember to keep the facts straight and no toxic acid thrown on other ships
I am a proud Pokeshipper and I have no shame bragging about Misty’s return in SM and Amourshippers should feel free to love Serena WITHOUT feeling the need to trash others.
So there’s my two cent! Feel free to share, comment or like!
This was fun! Now that’s out of the way, I need to feel my dash with more Aaml!
That’s better ❤️❤️❤️
Ja mata!
I was actually thinking the same thing. Another thing is that he didn’t question it or go after her to pursue anything after that. Though with Latias, it even zooms in and it looks like she kissed his cheek, not on the lips. We assume Serena did the lips but she could have just kissed his cheek as well.
For Serena, as OP said, he probably saw it as gratitude or just knowing that they were going on their own journeys made there be no point to overcomplicating things.
I’m a Pokeshipper so I may be biased but I do feel that if Misty were to do that, Ash would be much more confused and probably want to know why she would do that. He’s known her longer but they also fight a lot and so her kissing him would definitely throw him off.
But on that note, I don’t care if you ship Ash and Serena or Pikachu and Brock - don’t bash other ships. Let others enjoy their ships <3
