>>28283208>When they actually throw it onto characters it leads somewhereYeah, just like Ash's rivalries, right? He always beats his rivals, even if it means breaking the status quo.
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>>28283133>risk dropping Serena>likely won't be as popularWhere are you getting this idea that Serena is particularly popular? She's still less popular than Dawn in the east, and Misty in the west, despite the romance element. "Better than Iris" is hardly an achievement, and not enough reason to keep her around at the expense of marketing all these new semen demons.