>>29540993Not exactly. Not sure if it's an overly common thing in anime but like, Serena considers Ash to be the best(even if he isn't) so she thinks that she has to improve herself in order to be at his level or that he'll become better and so she has to do the same, it's a thing of like being able to walk with the other side by side.
>>29541870But that was because the artist of that image claimed it got taken down by ShoPro or something.
