>>24965947He's had his hopes and dreams crushed 9 times, his grandfather gave more help to his next door neighbor than to him, and didn't even bother to show up and congratulate him when HE made league champion. He came as soon as he heard you were champ, but he didn't give a flying fuck about his GRANDSON. Not to mention one of his pokemon DIED and then you kicked his ass immediately after. The one time he actually triumphed, you took him down. He may have had a good life before his pokemon journey, but after everything that happened to him during it, his spirits were fucking decimated.