Ash is now the champion of Kanto. His biggest fan, Rodney, is about to become a pokemon trainer. He has it all planned out. Get his pokemon, befriend it, beat a bunch of gyms, make a lot of friends, and then win the league. Sounds simple enough. One problem. He has a curse that makes every single pokemon want to kill him. That sort of makes the whole 'pokemon training' thing difficult, doesn't it?