>>28283208>>28283269>always leads somewhereYeah, like Brock and Professor Ivy, right?
It MIGHT lead somewhere, but only when it's on disposable characters, like May and Drew. Likewise the romance actually affects Serena, but it has no effect on Ash. Serena helped him a few times as a -friend-, but romance clearly had nothing to do with it from his perspective.
Ash is not gonna get tied down to one bitch, especially one as average as Serena.