The Pokemon anime is amazing in it's stagnation. I say that because I hate change in real life, and the fact that almost nothing changes over the 300+ episodes of the Pokemon show...well, it makes me feel like I've found something stable in a sea of constantly changing turbulence.
Misty began travelling with Ash because she wanted her bike fixed. But by episode 80 of 90, it's pretty clear we're never gonna fix that bike. Or if we do fix it or replace it, it'll only happen when Misty leaves the main cast. Team Rocket began following Ash to capture Pikachu. And now...i don't know, I guess they've lost all drive for everything else? They just keep following the same kid around constantly. Or sometimes they just accidentally bump into each other. But even when their boss is clearly trying to get rid of them, they never get fired. They just keep hanging in there.
Ash never really ages, true. But why is that something not a bad thing to me? I don't care that he's static in that way. I think it gives me less of a worry about time skips and heavy storylines that'll remind me of my own aging and mortality. By being so stagnant, pokemon is the textbook definition of a good thing to me.
I'm getting tired, so I'll end this post here. I'm going to go play Pokemon Let's Go Eevee now. But yeah, I really wish there were more shows like the pokemon anime. Shows where almost nothing changes and the same things happen in different ways for 300+ episodes. That is genuinely my idea of perfection, I swear.