>>55710618>>55710677I honestly don't get it, so many people shipped Misty and Ash because they were under the impression the writers were actually setting up and implying it, especially with all the dub lines and dub love songs that literally have Misty say "I love you Ash".
You'd think these people would be all over an actual real, intentional romance subplot of the kind they thought was a thing back then, but instead they just got pissmad the writers dared to do anything more than "if you squint you can pretend this is a hint that they're totally in love".