>>55578642They worked very well in their time and for me had the most fun and memorable MC and Pokegirl relationship, but things have changed a lot since then. Ash is no longer a character, he's just an empty shell, a self-inserter character to the audience, and the look towards female characters has changed a lot. Now everyone wants girls to suck Ash's ass because he is a self-inserter character and people want to fantasize about him. Many zoomers, Ash self-inserters and Ash fangirls, hate Misty because she trolled Ash and didn't suck his ass. Also Japan and the Pokémon fandom are extremely sexist, if they had to choose, they would prefer a girl like Serena or Yellow for the reasons mentioned above.
