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>Always thought that from all relationships, Ash and Serena were the closest of them all
>Never really was a shipper of anything in the entire series and neither do I even care about this specific couple, even if there were hints shown in the XYZ series
>Fast forward to reading a interview about that one kissing scene
>Forcefully being teared apart from each other by using the escalator and the kiss did happen, but was not shown because of the specific audience the anime was for
Ouch. I'm kinda interpreting that as something that COULD have happened, but won't, unless they change their minds in the near future. It's like people are trying to give Ash all these sort of crushes, but kind of feels hopeless in the end since Ash just jumps from region to region. Kind of why I never did bother with shipping in these series at all, because it doesn't exactly feel like that's what Ash wants, but rather, he just wants to improve as a trainer both for himself and his mons, even if it means losing at some times, because you can't always win and you need to acknowledge your failures in order to improve.