>>43104466The only way for Ash to have a meaningful motive to defeat Giovanni is for him to join the Pokemon Ranger forces or sth but of course the anime would never do something like that that could actually seriously affect the plot. Even in the usual formula they don't explore it to its full extent. The Ashnime prefers to settle for mediocrity most of the time(of course, there are instances like DP and XY where they try to do something kewl).