>>36489926He never had sex anon. She treated him like a really cheap assistant and gave him a paycheck (with a rate of pay set in 1986). The work was long, his hours were shit, and his holidays were spent taking care of the asshole Pokemon. At the end of the job, he was about to work up the courage when she finished firing him. By packing his stuff for him. He got the idea then.
He spent all that time working for a bitch and didn't progress through any of his dreams. In a shounen series, that's beyond depressing for a main character.