>>18575733Losing to Kotetsu can be either extremely depressing or a wake-up slap. I guess he took the second path.
Then the first Gym Leader, Viola, came and defeated him as a man kills a fly, only to be impressed against a fully recovered Ash
inb4 THE THINGS A PUSSY CAN DO; the fact that he did not only fought but was successful with a blind Pikachu, two episodes after, only ensures that.
