>>40619774Yeah sure, When we're first introduced to Ash he's insanely competent, leaping off buildings, catching shit bag fletchlings, etc. Then he loses his first gym battle, pretty badly. This is where he meets Serena, who's own arc someone explained in depth. She gives him motivation, clement inspired his creativity. Later we see Ash still has arrogant habits. During the Valerie gym battle he turned fletchinder into a turtle just so she could be fast after taking hits, which was a risk that didn't pay off. After the wulfric battle and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mQy62SfYwM We see Ash learn to temper his confidence with his love of pokemon, not a desire to mindlessly win like he's fucking paul.
Clemont starts off not confident enough to run his own gym, yet he's always been capable of battling on par with Ash. Thus the conflict is an internal one hence why his gym was stolen by the robot and Why Ash refused to battle the robot.
I don't have enough space for the mega family.