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>Got a couple of badges because types didn't matter in the early manga and electric moves could hit ground types
>Got a few pity badges
>Got some badges offscreen
>Made it to the pokémon league without 8 badges
>Because of the way manga battles work, he defeated his rival by defeating only 1 of his pokémon
>Only became a champion because the actual champion-tier opponent decided to quit to allow one of the kids to become a champion
I thought Red was supposed to be good but in the end he's just Ash except more lucky?
