Hey, Brendan! If you were asking about Ash Ketchum’s return, I might have the answer.
You see, the Pokémon staff didn’t directly reveal the answer of his return likely because they are NDA which means they would avoid spoiling anything. But they did give a hint about Ash (with limits) that I suspect they are actually up to Ash’s return.
Well Andy Gose said: “Anything is possible” and “He is still in the world”.
Kuhinko Yuyama said He thinks we will see Ash again
And Taito Okiura said he hopes to stull continue his journeys and his journeys are still ongoing.
But they never said YES or NO because NDA.
I find these suspicious because if he was really gone, they could have said he was already over even though they are under NDA because it would be final and there is no point of them keeping him a secret he is gone.
So most likely he will return maybe in gen 10 somewhere in the 30th anniversary aged up (even thought they said he is forever 10 but same universe). You may ask me more questions in my profile.