Why didn't Ash evolve Pikachu?

Why didn't Ash evolve Pikachu?

He waited so that Pikachu learn an evasiveness buff first.

Honestly, not a bad idea considering what a shitty trainer Ash is. Still doesn't explain why he didn't evolve Pikachu later though. For some reason, he thought Pikachu wouldn't remember him after evolving or something. I don't fucking know.

this bugged the fuck outta me as a kid. Like yeah I get it now, they wanted to keep pikachu the same so there was always that relation (hence why he's in literally every series) but damn if it doesn't drive me crazy.

Why don't you go watch Digimon instead?

Do pokeymen forget everything if they evolve? I wouldn't trade in my dog for a new version if it meant losing my friend, know what I mean?

but what if he learned earthquake and avalanche

They don't as far as i remember, that's why the anime is fucking trash

Raichu is so much better than Pikachu from stats to design itself.

IIRC, Digimon Tamers was pretty deep.

Ash doesn't believe in evolution.

To grow his brand.

in-universe, he has to prove he's just as good as all the Raichus
in reality, he's the mascot, and I wish he'd evolve.

He wanted to turn Pikachu into a glass cannon by giving him a light ball.

well, look at his charmander; it changed it's personality completely when it evolved
even despite it being super grateful and loving since ash saved him

because then he would have to get rid of him

They do change their behaviour at certain evolutions, like it happens with Slaking.

The starters in all series are the most advanced pokeymons

They were breeded to evolve in three stages, like a 10 year old kid who's only starting puberty.

You've got a child stage, adolescent stage and full blown adulthood.

It was designated that way, so trainers could grow together with dem lil pokeymans until they were adults.

The evolution level represents the age, well you get what I mean.

Point was, that Charmander for example went through puberty, while Ash didn't.

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>Ash finally tames his Charizard
>lets him go
truly a cuck.

you have an entire fucking board dedicated to your autistic japanese cartoon

there's an entire board for comic books yet look at what has dominated the board since 2012.

Fucking hate that little prick
He's just so dumb

He also lets go of all the girls who join him in his journey who are basically bending over for him.

>you have an entire fucking webpage
ftfy