>>58864987There's a difference between liking girls and being interested in them the way an older boy like Brock is, or the way 10 year girls like Misty and Serena are interested in boys. The dense shonen child protagonists like Ash has basis in reality where many boys that age are more interested in their hobbies than pursuing the opposite sex. That usually changes when the puberty truck hits. When it doesn't, you get Anons.