>>47603059>characters don't ageUnless Ash is stuck in a coma/illusion/he's a book story character/etc, the "illusion" route, time does exist as evident by Oak aging. (We see Oak both as a kid and as an adult). Also we have obviously seen that a day/night cycle exists in the Pokemon World.
That means that in the Pokemon World one year is at least roughly 8+ years longer than in the real world since Ash is still ten and we HAVE canonically seen him both as a 9 year old and as a 10 year old in the first episode. Characters age but at an extremely soow pace.