>>24932149>>24932152Having Manon become a slave to Team Flare is practically a typical anime trope in order to get Alain into fighting what he wanted to protect in the first place, and all that MUH STRENGTH dialogue goes to bite him in the ass. It'd be pretty over-dramatic, but for a show like Pokemon, it's rather fitting.
Plus, I just want to see flatchested Manon in a skintight outfit and mind-controlled, so that's two wins. 