>>53425917>Ash has never been smartAsh always been smart and competent, he only lacked knowledge and naive like a 10 year old kid. He is much more competent than an edgelord around 17 year old who screwed an entire region because a rich guy told him " Bad people do bad thing".
>Didn't stop it from beating one. Except it never defeated any mega level pokemon. The strongest pokemon Riolu fought before evolving was Bea's Grapploct and it tied against it.
>Neither was most of Ash's own training shown on camera. It was impliedActually it was actually on camera multiple time which you would have seen if you watched the show.
>But he was still an immature idiot That only happened when BW reset him
>I don't care for nor watch those.You do so stop lying.
>So? If Alain was getting the favoritism treatment, he'd simply be the new champion just like Iris was.Because Anipoke staff knows that there will bloodbath if they force any champion to lose to an unlikeable OC. So they put him on Master Eight instead despite there were several trainer more worthy than him such as Palmer, Branden, Tobias etc etc.