>>48479603>"represents" a bumfuck nowhere region that barely has any trainers capable of beating your average gym in your average regionThe Alola league had miles better trainers than the others, where 99% of the trainers are random literal whos we never have seen
>beat a "champion" that's clearly weaker than several gym leaders in her own region and obviously didn't earn that position through battle skillPure headcanon
>is clearly shown as weaker than ever Galar gym leader he's faced so farThe galar gym leaders are shown to be by far the strongest (despite their pathetic performance in game), Ash literally beat the 8th gym leader in Sinnoh again a couple episodes ago