>>32613666>>32613899You are vastly over-estimating how many people want Misty back. Sure there are some who want her back, but most people have moved on.
But if you must insist, its because of shipping. Before amour happened, pokeshipping was Ash's most popular ship. While people did ship May, Dawn and to a lesser extent, Iris, Misty was the more popular pairing because she was the first and had the most blatant ship teases of the female leads.
Now that Serena came and went and is the only one to have a full blown crush on Ash, the Misty train was replaced with Serena. Misty isn't popular nowadays anyway. There are tons of fans who haven't even grown up with her.
Misty isn't even popular anymore either. She's probably the second least liked female companion overall in the fandom. However, haters want to make her fanbase seem bigger to justify their hate for her.
