>>43565663but he was the gym leader through the whole game, he couldn't have had weak Pokemon like the player and still be the strongest gym leader.
>>43565667then why couldn't he say some ass hole shit like, you are still in the early stages of development, you can't begin to understand the meaning of yourself, even after beating him
>>43565678so then what's the point of carrying around those weak Pokemon?
>>43565679all bullshit, they even explain in the anime that Pokemon have strength levels that are represented by numbers.
>>43565682nah man, they clearly want people to understand that the pokemon he was using were the same ones throughout the whole game.
maybe he knew the player was some sort of prodigy chosen by prof oak and he wanted to test his skill on him by raising Pokemon at the same rate as the player, or to maybe send out some message to the world that he controlled everything like a scary gangster
