Yeah they're purposely not spoiling Ash losing.
They don't have to show much of the 6 vs. 6 battle, regardless whether it's Ash or Kotetsu, nor the final battle, just highlights, and the ending ceremony is usually short.
It's not certain yet, so obvious to you or not, we don't know anything with 100% certainty. The only person here who might, is of course Serebii, whom at any time give us some hint, but he won't, cause that would take away all your fun of predicting how Ash will get crushed.
It would have been better had they had Ash at least lose to a Pokemon he's never seen before. But hey, I guess given Pikachu lost to a Meowth in Hoenn anything goes. I guess Lucario was popular so they picked it on a whim.
You know what, I originally said that if they didn't show much of Ash vs Virgil, I wouldn't mind because the first episode of Episode N starts a weak later but now we find out that not only was there a filler episode inside of the League but also that the first episode of Episode N is a filler. We could have had atleast one more battling League episode if the dropped one of these fillers. That would have given us plenty of time to see Ash vs Virgil. So if they decided to rush Ash vs Virgil just to show us these 2 filler episodes, I will be mad.
In either case, if Ash loses, either to Kotetsu, Virgil, or someone else, why do we need to see a lot of the battles beyond Kotetsu. There's no point. The episode with the little girl might not be filler, but a set up for the return of Team Rocket and the introduction of N. I love when episode are revealed are automatically dubbed as filler when we know very little about them.
Actually, it's dumb how often episodes are declared filler, especially this early on the reveal. For all we know, the episode with the little girl might be important in setting up the N saga storyline. It's likely that Juniper will suggest Ash head for the White Ruins in this episode.
...You know, I don't think its DUMB how people think this will be filler.
What i think is dumb is the absolute pessimistic view point upon it...
of course its a fillerish episode...But this is pokemon. lol xD
To forgive and forget...Such an interesting thing. :P
Lol what would have made this episode awesome in my eyes would be if team plasma sics reshiram on the gang and burned down the lab >:O then the girl had to run inside the burning building to salvage her starter while Ash and co had to fend off waves of plasma soldiers and their pokemon.
The preview didn't show anything new; just Lucario beating up Snivy and Pikachu. Given that this battle seems longer than was once thought and the next episode is the start of Episode N, I think it's as good as confirmed that Ash loses to Kotetsu. The rest of the episode is probably devoted to showing the results of the League and the farewells.
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https://www.fanfiction.net/docs/edit.php?docid=29355246
Pokemon-BW- Dare to live?
So how many Pokemons are there?
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Virgil appears and has a battle. The question is with Ash or with Kotetsu.
http://www.dotup.org/uploda/www.dotup.org3749063.jpg
Virgil appears and has a battle. The question is with Ash or with Kotetsu.
http://www.dotup.org/uploda/www.dotup.org3749063.jpg
Are you mad man?! Did you seriously just show Pandora's box to an already insane forum full of nerds?! D8
Hmm... This is interesting... It seems that the picture suggest Ash will be in a brief confrontation with both Robinson and Virgil :/ I sure hope this is the evidence that the Team Virgil fans can use to combat those Team Robinson stans!
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What happens when two diffrent people connect through an unlikely adventure?
https://www.fanfiction.net/docs/edit.php?docid=29355246
Pokemon-BW- Dare to live?
So how many Pokemons are there?
Silly Jack, the plural of Pokemon is Pokemon
Hopefully he pwns Kotetsu and his Luhaxio with Eevee.
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So the picture suggests Pikachu vs. Eevee? Thank goodness. Ash can lose to a more dignified person.
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I kind of wonder if the semi final battle will be a triple battle lol.. The writer's can easily say "for a complicated challenge, we need to do a triple battle". That way there can be a decent battle after kotetsu.