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Guys, check the pokenchi blog. They've had an interview with the SM co-director and one of the questions was about how excited they (especially Shoko) were about the special moment Serena shared with Ash at the end of XYZ.
So anyway he said they've seen how people reacted really positively to it and enjoyed it which surprised them as they weren't sure if the audience would want such a thing in the anime; he then added that they're going to have another romance subplot in SM, but didn't mention who it would involve unfortunately
Then they asked what character abareru-kun would get to be and he just laughed, saying he doesn't know yet
