Hey guys, HDvee here.
Today’s video looks back at the world of
Ash Ketchum, the ten year old Pokemon trainer
who doesn’t age and loses pretty much all
of his important league final matches.
Obviously, we all know Ash from the Pokemon
Anime, he’s the main character after all
and most of us spent our childhoods watching
him travel through the various regions catching
Pokemon and collecting gym badges.
But of course, the Pokemon anime doesn’t
tell us everything about this young Pokemon
trainer.
I recently made a video going over Ash Ketchum’s
childhood, and it was received pretty well
and you guys seemed to really like the extra
in depth information that I found out about
the Pokemon Anime’s main protagonist.
With that being said, I thought i’d take
another look at the personal life of Ash Ketchum
and this time try and find out some information
about his love life.
As we all know, Ash has had a number of travelling
companions throughout his journey across the
Pokemon world, and some he’s grown more
fond of than others.
Looking into this topic a bit more, today’s
video looks at explaining Ash Ketchum’s
Love Shipping.
If you aren’t aware, the word Shipping,
initially derived from the word relationship,
is the desire by fans for two or more people,
either real-life people or fictional characters,
in film or literature to be in a relationship,
romantic or otherwise.
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First things first, before we even get started,
the creator of the animated series has expressly
stated that at present there can be no love
affair in the Pokémon Anime, because it would
deviate the pattern of the plot.
However, it was of course possible that many
girls, including Pokémon-girls!, fell in
love with Ash because of his personality and
his courage, as it has also happened that
Ash has had, or at least appears to have had,
some small crushes.
So to explain Ash Ketchum’s Love Shipping,
we have to take a look at all of the possible
love interests that Ash has came across through
the years, all the way from Kanto to Kalos,
i won’t be counting Alola because we haven’t
really seen too much of that series yet, so
we’ll leave that out for now.
Anyway, who better to start things off with
though, than Misty.
Misty is an aspiring Water Pokémon Master
and a former traveling partner of Ash.
She is also the Gym Leader of the Cerulean
Gym, handing out the Cascade Badge to Trainers
who defeat her.
She specializes in Water-type Pokémon.
Misty is a girl who can be sweet and optimistic
at times, but she is best known for how easily
she can be angered or frustrated and how loud
she can become in response.
She is very extreme in most of her moods,
and can switch between them quickly.
However, as time went on, Misty mellowed and
her hyper personality was reduced significantly
by the end of the Original series.
Although, for the reasons explained at the
beginning of this video, Shudo said that between
the two trainers there’s not a love affair.
However, he did not rule out that Misty could
be in love with Ash, because, as he himself
explained, even at the beginning of the story
she was the age when girls fall in love.
Another interesting fact is that one of the
storyboarders of the animated series revealed
that Misty and Ash really like each other,
but they were too childish to realize that.
This is made clear by some scenes from episodes
and movies.
In the episode titled A date with Delcatty
from the Pokémon Chronicles series, a guy
asks to take Misty on a date, however, in
the original Japanese version, Misty responds
to love someone else already.
Also in the original version of this episode,
in the final, Misty wants to go see Ash in
Hoenn.
So, those two scenes could be linked together
to create the idea that Misty is in fact,
in love with Ash.
As mentioned at the beginning of the video,
Ash returns feelings only for Misty, to whom
he is always very fond of; this is shown by
his attitudes and by the way he talks about
her to other friends.
In addition, Ash is really jealous about the
presents she gives him such as a handkerchief
and Misty’s special lure, not allowing anyone
to touch them.
Being over protective about these gifts from
Misty, and because of how highly he talks
of her could mean that Ash Ketchum has, or
did have, feelings for Misty at some point
in the anime.
Next up, we have Melody.
Melody is a resident of Shamouti Island in
the Orange Islands archipelago.
Melody at first glance does not really seem
to be a sociable person.
She meets Ash, Misty, Tracey and Maren at
the docks of the island, dressed in casual
clothes.
Melody is one of the protagonists of the second
movie.
It is not clear in the movie if she actually
had a crush on Ash, but judging from some
of her behavioural actions towards him, she
probably could have had one.
To avoid any mistake, however, she is included
in the list.
Obviously because she has only appeared in
the one movie, we didn’t really get to see
the character fully develop to see if there
was a potential romance between her and Ash,
however, Ash did show attraction to Melody,
setting fire to the jealousy of Misty.
This could further the idea that Ash had a
crush on Melody, but also because of her Jealousy,
support the idea that Misty also has a crush
on Ash.
Next up we have Bianca.
Bianca is a primary character in Pokémon
Heroes: Latios & Latias.
She is the granddaughter of Lorenzo and the
best friend of Latias, who has a tendency
to shapeshift into her.
Bianca has a hairstyle similar to Latias'
wings, and can usually be identified from
Latias' illusion by the white beret she wears.
It appears she wishes to be a painter or possibly
a Pokémon watcher similar to Tracey.
In the movie Pokémon Heroes, Ash saves Latias,
who took the form of Bianca that, once out
of danger, mysteriously disappears.
When, later at the museum, he sees Bianca,
Ash starts to behave oddly, trying to reach
her at all costs, not knowing that, in reality,
she wasn’t the girl he previously saved.
Ash’s behaviours bring the thought that
he could have had a crush on Bianca.
The conclusion of the film briefly sees her
finishing a drawing.
The drawing, which is of Ash and Pikachu,
was given to Ash by either Bianca, who had
left her hat on her easel, or Latias in the
form of Bianca: which is the case is the subject
of debate.
When Ash received the sketch, the girl kissed
him.
Bianca was seen again in the credits drawing
another sketch by the harbor.
Coming up next we have Macy.
Macy is a Pokémon Trainer from Mahogany Town
who entered the Silver Conference.
She first appeared in Love, Pokémon Style.
Macy is a Fire-type enthusiast and owns at
least three.
She developed a crush on Ash when he saved
her from injury when her Vulpix was stolen
by Team Rocket, and it only grew when he returned
it.
She later faced Ash in the preliminary rounds
of the Silver Conference, where she proved
to be skilled at deflecting her type preference's
weakness to Water types.
She lost to Ash when Squirtle defeated her
Electabuzz and Quilava.
After the battle Macy's Slugma had evolved
into Magcargo, which Macy thought was a sign
of the friendship between her and Ash.
Another interesting fact is that Macy is one
of the rare occasions a girl became attracted
to Ash and even hoped to go on a date with
him.
Notably, she is the first girl to do so in
the main series anime.
Next up we have Anabel.
Salon Maiden Anabel is the Frontier Brain
in charge of running the Battle Frontier's
Battle Tower.
Anabel appeared in the episodes Talking a
Good Game! and Second Time's the Charm!.
Anabel has the empathic ability to sense the
emotions of living beings and communicating
with them, ever since she was little, possessing
powers similar to Yellow of Pokémon Adventures,
although other characters do not seem to regard
these as psychic abilities but rather a honed
sense of empathy.
Nevertheless, she is still portrayed as a
sort of Psychic-type specialist.
She also shares a strong bond with her Pokémon,
calling them my friend upon sending them out.
She failed to teach Ash and May her empathetic
abilities, as their Pokémon receive nothing
from them.
Ash and his friends were surprised to learn
that Anabel was a girl; when the group arrived
at her house, she declined to change her wet
clothes in front of them.
Ash asked if it was because of May's presence,
but Anabel explained that it was because she's
female.
Ash lost his first match to Anabel after her
powerful Alakazam managed to defeat two of
his Pokémon consecutively, shadowing both
Ash's Corphish and Tauros.
In a rematch, Ash beat her by using the same
strategy as in the previous battle.
During their farewell, Anabel was shown to
have a crush on Ash.
Coming up next we have Dawn.
Dawn is a ten-year-old Pokémon Coordinator
and a former traveling companion of Ash and
Brock.
Her goal is to become a great Top Coordinator
like her mother, Johanna.
Her first Pokémon was a Piplup that she received
from Professor Rowan in the first Diamond
& Pearl series episode.
Dawn is notable for her confidence, since
she almost always tries to look towards the
future rather than dwell on her mistakes.
In stark contrast to May's inexperience and
self-doubt at the start of the Advanced Generation
series, Dawn was overly confident and assured
in her own strength at the beginning of her
journey.
Because of this, she became emotional after
she was eliminated from Pokémon Contests,
and often cried after losing.
Dawn has never openly showed a crush towards
Ash, perhaps because she actually did not
realize it.
However, according to several sources, but
also judging from some of her behaviours towards
him, she seems to have had a crush on Ash,
or at least a special admiration for him.
Next up we have Angie.
Angie is a recurring character in the Pokémon
anime.
She is a Pokémon caretaker at the Solaceon
Town Day Care, which is owned by her parents.
She first appeared in Camping It Up!.
Angie shares many personality traits with
Ash, including a love of food and sleeping
during class.
She also developed a fierce rivalry with him,
and both battled their respective Pokémon
in training, resulting in a tie.
Together, they also got reprimanded by Rowan
and his aide several times for being troublemakers,
usually because Angie said or did something
to make Ash mad.
Angie took part in the Pokémon Summer Academy
in the Sinnoh region.
Initially she quarreled and competed with
Ash, but after being saved by him a couple
of times and after having better understood
his character, she too ended up falling in
love with him.
As he did with Anabel in Talking a Good Game!,
Ash thought Angie was a boy.
Both girls have similar English names, and
have a crush on Ash.
Coming up next we have Lyra.
Lyra is a recurring character in the Pokémon
anime.
She is a Pokémon Trainer from New Bark Town
and a traveling companion of Khoury.
She made her debut appearance in An Egg Scramble!.
It is implied in Gone With the Windworks!
that Lyra has an interest in Ash.
She admires his bravery and wishes Khoury
acted more like him.
Lyra has even asked Dawn if she and Ash are
a couple, though Dawn informed her that they
are just friends.
Perhaps Lyra was interested in Ash's spontaneity,
something that Khoury lacks.
In A Rivalry to Gible On!, Lyra attempted
to pair Khoury and Dawn together as a couple,
despite Dawn's refusal, before eventually
realizing she had feelings for the former.
Up next we have Serena.
Serena is a Pokémon Performer and a former
traveling companion of Ash, who debuted in
Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin!.
Her first Pokémon was a Fennekin that she
received from Professor Sycamore.
Serena has proven to be a kind and polite
girl but she can also be openly rebellious
towards her mother, Grace.
In Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin!,
she refused to wake up when Grace ordered
her to, and gave a sassy response to her mother's
call to watch the news.
Serena met Ash many years before, at Professor
Oak’s Pokémon Summer Camp, in Pallet Town.
One day she got lost in the forest and hurt
her knee.
In that moment she met Ash, who bandaged the
wound and encouraged her because she was afraid
of not being able to get up.
Then Ash pulled Serena up, making her stand
on her feet, and she found herself embraced
to him.
Then Ash said, “See?
You made it!”and took her back to Camp.
Of course, Serena immediately falls in love
with the boy, and having found him in the
Kalos region, she too decided to travel in
order to be with him.
Something that you may not know though is
that in the last episode of XYZ Serena kisses
Ash on the lips.
This was confirmed by the director of the
series in an interview.
The scene was made ambiguous because it was
not possible to insert it directly in the
episode, so there was the idea of using the
escalator.
However, this is the closest thing Ash Ketchum
has had to a relationship since the start
of the Pokemon Anime.
Last but not least, we have Miette.
Miette is a recurring character in the Pokémon
anime.
She is a Pokémon Performer and a rival of
Serena who first appeared in A Battle by Any
Other Name!.
Miette has a strong passion for baking and
is shown to be quite skilled at it.
However, in her first appearance, she seemed
to have a very high opinion of herself.
She originally considered her Poké Puffs
to be perfect and this was what ultimately
started her rivalry with Serena, after she
claimed hers were only moderate in comparison.
Miette quickly picked up on Serena's crush
on Ash and is fond of teasing her about it
at every instance she can, usually in a playful
manner.
She has also told Serena that she has a crush
on Ash herself, and often teasingly whispers
in her ear that she will reveal her feelings
to him if Serena does not reveal hers first,
an action that highly embarrasses Serena.
This could have of course just been to tease
Serena, but nevertheless, it is another female
character that has said she has feeling for
Ash Ketchum.
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