>>46641906>>46641990>Ash is literally Red>Ash got the GS Ball>Ash and Pikachu fucked the Primal Orbs>Ash got into the Spear Pillar incident>Ash met Zekrom and befriend N (who had Reshiram)>Ash was a key player in the battle against Lyssandre>Ash became the first Pokemon League Champion of Alola>Ash and his dark-skinned buddy stopped EternatusAsh is ALWAYS meant to represent the MC of the generation in some ways, if anything the anime supports the idea of all males being the canon choice.
In fact, the only times Ash doesn't have the female protagonist as companion is when the generation's story doesn't feature the alternative protagonist
>Blue/Leaf only exists if you pick her so Ash never traveled with her in the gen 1 anime (nor the part corresponding to the remakes in gen 3)>Kris only exists if you pick her so Ash never traveled with her in the gen 2 anime>Lyra is Elm's daughter so Ash traveled with her for the gen 2 remakes in the gen 4 anime>May is Birch's daughter so Ash traveled with her for the gen 3 anime>Dawn is Rowan's assistant so Ash traveled with her for the gen 4 anime>Hilda and Rosa only exist in the battle facility, not the story, so Ash never traveled with them>Serena is your rival so Ash traveled with her for the gen 6 anime>Selene only exists if you pick her so Ash never traveled with her in the gen 7 anime>Gloria only exists if you pick her so Ash will never travel with her in the gen 8 animemale = canon protagonist
female = secondary, irrelevant, sometimes even non-canon as characters
