>>55178533>>55178542>>55178546BW had many mistakes and bad decisions, Iris as a character is not one of these, her strong personality, her physical abilities, her spiritual side, her fears and weaknesses, as well as her story are really well written, what was the mistake then? make her Ash's traveling companion, if any season required Ash to travel alone it was in BW, so his reset would feel natural being a young Poke-japanese lost in Poke-america, a fish out of water for first time, his mistakes could be justified by strong cultural and language differences, at least certain words and written language that have been shown several times to be different in foreign regions.
So what was the perfect role for Iris? She was perfect to be Ash's main rival, meet from time to time, fight over petty things, and learn to respect each other, just as Iris' arc should focus on learning to socialize with other people, part of being a wild child, she would probably be on a journey to prove herself to be the worthy successor of the Opelucid gym, but just as happened in the original anime, her meeting with Cynthia made her aspire to something greater, making her an antagonist to fear for future seasons. have a similar goal to Ash.
