>>53465322Nigger, that’s literally what they are.
She likes him, and they’re best friends. She’s proud enough of him to admit that the negative side of her feelings about him are wrong, he’s actually grown. Misty’s relationship with Ash has always been one of pushing him to be better, and she can finally say he’s made it. It’s a great offscreen headcanon position when they’re older (which is all this bowl ever was) but regardless of that, they’re dynamic ACTUALLY got resolved WITHOUT compromising that.
If you actually understood what Pokeshippers really care about, you’d get that this is actually a happy ending for them.
