We don't blame you. The anime in general has never made a genuine effort to promote romance between main characters (or any romance in general between characters). I guess the writers just fear shipping wars, romantic plot tumors, and the idea that romance would complicate a story that they're writing to appease the child audience only. Hoenn and Sinnoh, especially Sinnoh, were the biggest efforts made to step out of the comfort zone and try to appeal to a wider audience, but with Best Wishes essentially being a throwback to the beginning and start from scratch, it makes sense that few good bones from the canon material would be thrown to the shipping fanbase. Once we get to PokeFrance, they'll probably go back to writing Ash in his more mature, yet still childish, attitude from Hoenn.






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