>>48413616>Most characters are school childrenAnd yet, in previous leagues older, talented trainers are shown all the time (and the younger ones participating in those leagues CERTAINLY cleared all the requirements to be there so we know they ain't just random shitters)
>Indigo LeagueIndeed, Ash was robbed, he likely would have won the thing otherwise
>Harrison and TysonThey are certainly older than Ash, drawn taller and that was before the anime went the "I'm 10 years old forever" route so they are at the very least in their very late teens
>Shitter teamIt isn't really relevant when he has 2 basically unbeatable Pokemon, doesn't mean that he isn't a strong trainer (he has those faggots under his control and theanime hasn't shied away from showing a Pokemon disobeying his trainer if he sucks) he just has no need for more
>GuzmaGuzma is strong, every league has strong trainers, he still lost to Ash (who is absolutely the strongest trainer in the league, even just going off his past achievements) which means that he wouldn't have won any other league Ash participated in
>BrockWhile talented and definitely good for a gym leader, Brock isn't shown to be a prticularly amazing battler or anything, also, in a full battle
he would have stomped the shitter anyway
>KukuiIs strong, again, he isn't the whole league, if you think just having a couple of strong contenders immediately salvages a league from being a joke then you're missing the point
Ash is defintely strong and he fought against some strong trainers, but the Alola league is certainly not the amazin achievement you seem to think it is just because it had some strong trainers
