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He's done well in many tournaments and competitions and beaten a crapload of gyms and trained tons of Pokémon and won some pretty cool things. But as in life, so it will be in this world- there will always be someone better or some fluke to ensure that you do not achieve the uppermost level of things that really matter to you. /cheerful af
Really tho he does well for a child but still has a long way to go. That long way being through however many places the creators provide for him to go.
If You mean small-term Throw away local Tournaments that only handful of people care about , Then ya Ash won plenty of that .
But if You're talking Major Long Term individual Battle Tournament like ''Wallace Cup'' , Then NO !
Ash didn't won a single one of them .
It because Some people gave writers that idea that other character doesn't get any spot-light Because of Ash and all character should be treated like Ash !
They doesn't get that Pokemon is in every way An Anime based on a One-player RPG Game , Its not some Reality drama show where everyone need to be treated equally !
As you know about Anime ,
All One-player RPC Game based Anime Protagonists are special even if they start as Talentless non-special Boy like Naruto !!!
That's how An Anime Work , Specially a forth category Kids Anime.
Also , I don't think Pokemon Anime was created to do child service ! It was created for the same reason all game-based Anime are created !
I don't think Kids watch Pokemon to see how other people achieve their goal , They doesn't watch the show learn ''life-lesson'' .
Kids are simply watch the Anime to see how the protagonist achieve their goal , They doesn't watch the show to see other people story.
Thats Why Original Kento series is still more Popular even though the whole series was treated like a ''Ash-show'' .
Misty didn't had any stable goal back then & Brock profession never really explained yet Kids didn't bother with it .
Writer need to get the idea out of their head that they need to treat other character more specially then Ash.
Other Character deserve their spotlight but if doesn't mean writer need to treat them more importantly then protagonist.
Treat Protagonist like Protagonist , Rivals like Rivals , Supporting Character like Supporting character .
Each character has their own place so treat them according to it.
It doesn't matter to Kids that how many Big Tournament other Character win if The Protagonist doesn't win any at all .
Because Kids main attention will always be on the protagonist !
If Writer treat every one like Protagonist then it will make the show more complicated for them.
Orange Islands and Battle frontier happened though.
Orange Island & Battle Frontier aren't Tournament !
Plus , Those thing made Ash more weaker rather then making him stronger .
Considering all the rival who didn't even participate there become stronger then Ash.
Example : Gary , Paul & Trip !!!
Those are nothing more then a ''Waste of Time'' !
Ash might become stronger if he trained like Gary instate of wasting his time there !
I believe this is because he also knows that deep down beating the league isn't the ultimatum. Nor is catching all Pokémon and completing the ever-running motto of Pokémon. It's also about experiencing a world with Pokémon and seeing much development in them. So I'm not worried that Ash doesn't win a league.
Actually it is !
At the final episode of DP Series , Ash said himself that his goal is to participate Champion League , Beat Cynthia & becoming a ''Champion Master'' !!!
Now Ether Ash has 2 goal Or ''Champion Master'' is an alternative name of ''Pokemon Master'' .
About your experiencing a world with Pokemon , That the Job of a explorer !
May be , A ''Pokemon Explorer'' !
Ash is a Pokemon trainer/Challenger , not explorer.
May be Serena could be a ''Pokemon explorer'' but Ash still be a Pokemon Trainer/Challenger.