>>54660530Because Alain is a well-written character, he is antithetical to Ash, who cheats. When a well-written character and a cheater character meets, the cheater loses because good writing nullifies bad writing(cheating).
This means Ash is doomed to always be destroyed by Alain, because Alain is a hard worker, and hard work always beats cheats. It's the same reason Gary is better than Ash as well.
