>>37597202Not him but he did give his reason. XY battles weren't that great honestly, sure it looked cool but it was all flash but no substance.
In SM, the Kahuna's are actually characters with personality who have lives in which the series strongly delved into while the gym leaders are just one time battlers with no development for Ash to trash and move on.
Korrina is the only exception with the only best battle and development. Clement is just a one time development for one episode and he loses it throughout the series, so it's trash.
