To be honest I would suggest that the real problem here is that deep and complex characters are just not really a strength of the Pokémon anime in general. I actually like Misty; I think that her more worldly, sometimes cynical attitude is a nice contrast to Ash’s unfettered idealism. I’m not really familiar enough with the others to properly defend them, or invested enough in them to bother.
Why are the female protagonists in the pokemon anime so flat? The only one that had a semblance of a personality was Misty, and she’s a b*&$&^. May and Dawn like pokemon contests, have weird hair… they’re… nice? That’s it. I can’t even describe Iris at all, she’s so boring. I never watched any of the X and Y series, so I assume that… whatever her name is, is totally flat and boring. Why bother? Where’s Brendan and plant-head to replace Ash?
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