Pokemon Journeys has finally gotten into the highly anticipated battle between Ash Ketchum and Sinnoh Champion Cynthia with the newest episode airing overseas! The newest iteration of the anime has seen Ash working his way up the ranks of the World Coronation Series, and with it has brought him face to face with all sorts of familiar opponents from his past. But now that he’s making it through the final Masters Tournament, he has been taking on opponents fans have been asking to see in the anime for a long, long time. But fans have been especially exciting to see how he stacks up to Cynthia.

Cynthia shows why she’s the 2nd strongest trainer in the world.Switching her Pokémon constantly and using nasty tactics like Hypnosis into Dream Eater, Flinching and using Destiny Bond. Ash only got 3 Pokémon left and she didn’t even use Garchomp yet.#anipoke #アニポケ pic.twitter.com/ZRdIrLHgfX