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Honestly I feel like a lot of the people complaining about Ash don’t even watch the anime.
Ash was bad in Kanto because he was a beginner and he was supposed to be the opposite of Gary (ash had strong bonds with his pokemon, but was a weak trainer, on the other hand gary had weak bonds with his pokemon, but was a

the “pika” in pikachu has nothing to do with the animal called pika
it comes from “pikapika”, the onomatopoeia for sparkle

it’s confirmed male