So if there's No...

Postgame. Does that mean we can never remove Ratha from our team???!?

One of the dumbest parts of all 3 stories games is their use of a team 6 party while locking one of those party slots the entire game.

Stories 3 improves slightly by giving you Ratha off the jump, so you aren't stuck with a team of 5; but it still doesn't solve the issue of being forced to lug Rathalos around whether you want it or not. So many other games have been doing the "character in the cutscene but not gameplay" thing for years now, I don't understand why Stories prevents you from picking and using your 6th slot until postgame.

I bring this up because according to reviewers who've finished the game there isn't a true postgame, you get reset to your last save after the final boss.

But if there's no postgame, and Ratha is obviously going to be required for the final boss...

***Are we stuck with Ratha permanently??!??!?***