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>To be honest, in retrospect, Ash vs Clemont should have been a draw.
>Clemont had this broad goal of gaining courage and becoming stronger. To me, that meant not just becoming courageous, but also gaining more self-esteem and confidence to experience new things, being a better trainer, and heck even improving physically. He follows Ash because Ash exhibits all those characteristics, or at least better than Clemont does.
>I'd say Clemont is noticeably developing on the first two aspects. His poor stamina has become a gag, so that will never change. But being a better trainer *should* have been accomplished with the gym battle.
>The gym battle should have at least been a milestone for Clemont where he is capable of standing on equal footing with a person he respects and considers an inspiration. I mean, in the end, it was a narrow 3-2 win for Ash, but Clemont clearly felt like an underdog, and Clemont's tactics never really paid off because Ash went Elite 4 style on him. Luxray seems a power toy given to Clemont for him to even have had a chance.
