>>39868205>Sophocles is a fat nerd version of Clemont Except he doesn't have the cringy gadget gag and is an actually likable character and a competent trainer
>Kiawe is the only black man of the cast and instead of doing black things like BLACKING the white girls he is just a bland samoanExcept he has a great chemistry with the entire cast, has great development with all of his pokemon and has his cute relationship with his sister
>"My gimmick is I want my water ballon to be bigger" the little asian boy is cringeExcept Lana is more than that. She appears shy at first but is actually a really fun loving and prankster girl. She has a great relationship with Mallow
>What if shauna's gimmick is cooking better than her dead mother: the gimmickExcept Shauna and Mallow have no relation other than both being brown. Mallow actually has backstory and has a great relationship with the cast and other characters like Oranguru and her dad
>Lillie is somehow even more shit than her game version Except this time around she's less annoying and she gets a lot of development and overcomes her trauma
>Gladio looks like gothic kids from south park, at least Alain did interesting things in the mega evolution specialsGladio has good development and backstory and a great relationship with Ash and Lillie
>Ash was literally a disney xd character, his character development was making meme face so reddit doesn't say he is soullessMemefaces doesn't equal Disney XD, fag. Also he has a great relationship with the cast, kukui, burnet and the masked royal and he's grown a lot since the first episode
