It's possible that the late Takeshi Shudo's proposed series finale for the Pokemon TV series would have revealed that the entire series was a dying dream and Ash "Satoshi" Ketchum was a hikikomori all along.
Who are the Hikikomori? They are individuals who have separated themselves from society. Although the Japanese government have recently decided to take action to help the hikikomori to come out of reclusive isolation in a desperate bid to counter the negative effects of Japan's aging and declining population, that helping hand may have come too little, too late. Maybe a society that demands conformity in order to achieve harmony was a bad idea from the start all along. True harmony can only be achieved in a society that is built on justice.
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