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Alain didn't get "Special treatment". He's meant to be the incredibly overwhelming rival, so being handed that level of skill and power is justified narratively. It works as long as you stick the landing and have Ash beat him in the end, which was the plan until the incredibly obvious last minute change. No one would complain about Alain if they had the balls to stick to the gameplan and have Ash win Kalos
