>>50435284Scott, she got specials because they had a side series going and they learned their lesson from when they dropped Brock after Kanto. It had nothing to do with them being worried about how the audience would respond to May.
May got more focus as AG went on because that is how basic storytelling goes. As the series goes one the focus on the main goal of the protagonist gets more focus. We are literally seeing the same thing with Ash.
