Be honest, are his Pokemon loyal to him because of Stockholm syndrome or are they on board with his rigorous training?
I think he should’ve been Ash’s rival instead of Gary

>>57975728 (OP)
if the pokemon didn't like the training they could have just fucked off

>>57975728 (OP)
Didn't Ash try to rally them to leave and they essentially told him to fuck off?
>Rival
He should of been the protag but then the anime probably would have wrapped up in 30 eps.