>>53347874>literally the central symbol of the shipHuh?!?! Are you cereal?
Didn't they always bolstered each other up even before then?
I mean shit, Serena teached Ash to Basic Rhyhorn Racing within a day if not two, while he endorsed her to try out more possibilities.
Didn't she also reeled him away from constant training, which was one of the things that got critized as a shonenbotter, while he was also having her back first and foremost, even more than her own mom and with nothing because he had faith that she will stick to what she will find or has found?
And even then, Ash willingly went Shopping with Serena and the Aroran Girls. The former to even cheer her up.
A guy going shopping without complaining.
That's also a thing to count for.