>>51686671Difference being that all of other Ash companions followed logical progression.
Brock's been wanting to become a doctor since forever.
Misty has been in charge of her gym since forever.
May and Dawn and Serena all kept going on their performer coordinator crap.
They followed through on the shit we last saw them doing and
Meanwhile the last time we saw Iris she was a shitter who half her Pokemon didnt' listen to her and expressly refused to become a gym leader because it was something she was not interested on and then somehow she went and became Champion because ?????
That's why people have trouble with Iris becoming a Champion. Because it makes no fucking sense to transplant game Iris into anime Iris because all they share is name and character design.
