>>36614100Misty as an apprentice gym leader was a wasted opportunity, they could have expanded the lore by showing us the requirements that this occupation requires, regulation, tests, exams, and finally give a closing to the arch of the character with the obtaining of her title, her exit of the group would have been similar, but it would not have been so abrupt.
Of course, I am referring to the fact that from the beginning this would have been her goal.