>>27302250To expand on this parallel, Serena and Shota are equivalent to Sycamore and Manon. They had respect/admiration for Ash/Alan which was put into question by his change in behaviour. Serena and Manon were told off when they tried to offer their assistance to Ash and Alan respectively, because Ash and Alan thought they could only reach their goal by themselves. After Ash came back to his senses, Serena and Shota regained their admiration for him, while Sycamore is still worried about Alan the way Shota was about Ash after his loss at the Snowbelle gym.
