>>37349671More or less. After the lake battle, Paul became less jerk with Ash and recognized his battle style as effective (he even copied Ash's tactics on his face), but his thought until the final battle was that Ash was another obstacle.
Can't disagree, Paul was consistently and annoyingly showed as many steps ahead of every non Brandon/Cynthia trainer. It looked like Ash just defeated him in the league because Ash hadn't a fucking single victory in battle and that was the last fight. Also, Brollyfernape.
