>>32734697>Extremely determined and very/decently battle smart (depending on the season)>Very supportive of their dreams>Will protect their smile >Will BATTORU them anytime they wish>Impressive track record for his age and level of expertise (only times he choked in a league to someone who could be seen as his equal was in the first series where his Charizard was a disobedient little shit and BW where the writers basically castrated him)Honestly, for what it's worth, Ash would make a pretty good husband in the future, when the series runs it's course and the writers finally stop drugging his food with anti-ageing products.
Give him the ability to grow, learn and develop without having to reset him every season and you'd have a ridiculously strong trainer. He has the potential, at least.
But we all know that's not going to happen