>>42657588>they share very little in commonAside that you need to win a tournament for facing the E4 and Champion, the major fact that you need to beat the eight gym leaders to qualify remains
>Ash and Tobias exist within the anime universeThey won a league but never beaten an actual champion as Kukui is not one in the anime and Tobias may have lost to Cynthia
>Ash is canonically a championYet no one refers him as such, he was starting to be like that by the moment he showcased the feats that any regular trainers can never archive of like beating legendaries like Articuno and Regice
