Serena's pros: 1: She's pretty 2: She had guts to show her feelings 3: She's overall a good character with a good arc Serena's cons: 1: Her fans just wouldn't stfu💀
Yeah, that's what made me despise the shipping the longest time (and Serena herself). Even today, I avoid fics that lay it on thick, I just think Serena's a mid character nowadays, I don't really see her on the same scope of some of the other female companions.
@@Magma-Idiot-2001 yeah. I thought so too some time ago, but decided for myself that the fan-base shouldn't affect my opinion because it's, well, mine, so I kind of warmed up to her character again
Granted, I didn’t think about it, but Pikachu was significantly nicer in XY(Z) in general though. He only ever shocked people he didn’t mean to when he was nervous, like Bonnie in Ep. 1. Pikachu never really shocked anyone through the rest of the series (other than the exceptions of him being mind controlled)
I honestly perfer the way serena was, Her personality the lore and everything, She actually knew ash before he was even a trainer and was there for him at his lowest we need someone like serena again or her once again
The haircut always weirded me out, and not just because I think no one, male or female, looks good with short hair (it's bald or "Sephiroth" in my books - no middle ground), it's that for some reason, after the hair cut, she looked oddly younger for some reason.
@@LordNanfoodle But actually she was already "deaged" since she appears for the first time in the anime. Her original game artwork looks like a 16-18 girl, in the anime she is 10.
As a girl who was 11 and obsessed with XYZ, I LOVED serena!!! She was just so relatable to me, and the scene where she cut her hair literally cut deep so hard I STILL talk about how it felt seeing that for the first time. seeing a female character that felt actually real and not just the female side character was so so nice. Whats funny is, i didnt realise the kiss scene until years later, i was too young to know that it was a kiss, i was so confused LOL
If we're being honest, the main reason is usually Amourshipping, but I personally think Serena is a really cool and unique character, having a past with Ash, her character arc, and her chemistry with the rest of the cast made her really fun to watch, not surprised she was one of the most requested character returns next to Greninja
I ranted about this in my own comment but what I like about her the most is how she shows that you don't need to take superman, slap boobs on him and make him 30000% more sarcastic to get a strong woman, because as she demonstrates by simply existing it is possible to have a strong female character whose strength is undeniably founded in femininity
@@generalsynnacle23 True. If she ever gets a new Pokémon, I hope it's not Altaria. With Lisia as her current rival, I can't see her getting an Altaria.
@@darkdragon7210 Someone in this comment section said Mudkip, and I kinda of agree. In XY we had both a Mega Sceptile and a Mega Blaziken, so it would make sense for someone to get a Mudkip.
that's very true i still personally like dawn more but not by much i always thought dawn was another lead as well and was just as much a main character as ash was but after a certain point she did get a little stale only because near the end of her journey the writers didn't know what to do
I think Serena was made more to support Ash and her friends, while he primary story kind of took a back-seat. Dawn on the other hand, was in a lot ways, somebody that drove Ash to be better and vice versa. Because while their goals were different (pokemon master v. top coordinator), Ash and Dawn went out of their way to drive the other to be better. Ash repeatedly competed in contests, which not only gave him a chance to diversify his training skillset, but it also inspired Dawn to persist, especially when things were going bad and she didn't think she could hack it as a coordinator.
Serena was the first time Ash's travelling group didn't have an older brother/house-husband like Brock or Cilan with them, so the two essentially had to step up to fill that role which gave shippers something to eat. There was always a nagging sensation that Ash's travelling groups would have fallen apart at the start without Brock being the rock that he is. Dawn was pretty much season 1 Ash almost verbatim, but as a girl. Piplup, Ariados, Mespirit, Mamoswine instead of Pikachu, Fearrow, Ho-oh and Charizard. A hot-headed go-getting day dreamer (who seem to have been raised by a single mom) that gets smacked over the head with wake up calls that achieving their dream will be hard. She really shows how far Ash has come because season 1 Ash would have thrown hands with Paul.
Brock and Misty were special in their own ways, they were like ash's guides, like ash was that noob friend that started playing a mmo after everyone else and brock and misty were those friends always following the noob and giving tips until the noob gets good.
The moment I knew Serena was going to be different was when she asked if Ash remembered her, to which he says no. Now this would be the moment when most anime girls would go bonkers, throwing a tantrum and refusing to speak to the guy. Not Serena. She was a little disheartened, but it was natural, she was older and would be hard to recognise. Instead of playing coy and waiting for him to figure it out, she straight up tells Ash who she was and that’s when he remembered her. There’s more to a romance than getting angry and causing fights. And Serena proved that. Also the moments when she plays the big sister for Bonnie is just so cute and … I CAN’T-!
Speaking of showcases, I love the character designs of the performers. My favourite background performers are; Blanche, Sara Lee, Amelia, Concetta, and Alouette.
Anyone else ever noticed XY is the only series where the female companion from the previous series didn’t appear at all? I was surprised we didn’t see Iris again but at least she appeared in a bigger role in Journeys.
My guess is that since XY was earning a positive reception, it really doesn’t need to have a past female companion to accompany them. Would’ve love to see Iris in XY tho (even if she’s not my favorite), she would’ve come back as a bit more on the friendlier side.
@@spontaneouswizard358 yeah, that came to my mind since I did remembered that they brought in both Dawn and Cynthia to get the B&W series to be better, but the negative already suffered the series at that point on. In the case here in XY, since the reception is positive that it doesn’t need any callbacks to make it even better since it already is great at that point.
My only opinion was that Serena should have caught a Rhyhorn. When she raced her Mom later they would have used their own Rhyhorns but during the episode conflict her Rhyhorn would evolve to Rhydon (Whether it goes to Rhypeior or not doesn't matter the the sake of this moment). It would have been an awesome symbolic moment to show that Serena has "evolved" past the person she was when still living with her Mom. A missed opportunity for a huge symbolic moment.
@@NerbPrincess Serena with a Marshtomp... Why does it sound like the perfect idea to me? Probably some bias on my part since it's my favorite Pokemon line.
For me Serena was the *BEST* Pokegirl Ash has traveled with. From the lore, personality, growth of character, and chemistry with Ash. I think it would have been nice if Pokemon made a few special episodes exclusively of Ash’s previous companions on their own journeys. Kinda like they did with Alain in the XYZ Mega Evolution Specials.
Journeys did a side episode on legends Arceus with a non canon story with dawn returning. Hopefully legends ZA makes the dream happen by bringing back XYZ gang for a few episodes. Technically this can happen. Imagine having Ash Greninja lore
@@Amaster-1309 I didn't like her Before that But I remember the day I came home from School to see her cut her hair .. bruh neurons Activated and I have been a fan since then
After watching that episode I would rewatch it for no reason then my dad made a little joke thinking I have a crush on her which I can confirm is not true
she's the definition of a strong female character. both bold and caring, with her own story and character development. love that for her. she inspired me a lot as a tween i also like the turn the female characters took after her, lillie's story with trauma and chloe's with undecision and anxiety really got to me
Haters still say that Serena didn't help Ash in Snowbell, when he himself shows the opposite and thanks her several times. They say that Serena was very dependent on Ash. On the contrary, she loved him but never stopped following her dream because of him. In her first loss, she may have cried, but at no time did she put herself down or hurt herself. She always sought to do better and be a better person, maturing and seeking to help and be kind to other people. Her love for Ash was more than one of her many adorable qualities as a character, easily one of the best, if not the best pokegirl.
@@joaozin5061 It's not haters who say that. It's people who wish Serena had gotten better treatment. Also, she literally abandoned her dream for Ash's sake, at first. And she didn't actually love Ash.
@@LittleAl016 I don't know what anime you watched, buddy, but Serena hasn't given up on her dream, she's chasing it like never before, and honestly... with all of Serena's tips, if that's not love, I don't know what is.
Serena loved Ash and saw him as a source of admiration and inspiration, but at no time did she put her feelings above her dream, she was never indecisive about separating from him to pursue her goals.
A big thing that made people like her was that she was following the absolute plane crash of a travelling companion that was iris so her being a good little goober was even more appreciated
Serena is definitely one of my favorite characters across the Pokémon anime, and definitely my favorite of Ash's companions. Cute, relatable, and compassionate, but with a fire to keep going and not let others bring her down! Such an attractive and appealing set of characteristics.
The pokemon nostalgia just hits too hard. Its hard to forget this pokemon season, it was my favourite. Serena not only had a good character but had an eevee which just reminded me of how much i loved eevee.
Serena is such a well written character I agree she’s still my favourite character in the whole Pokemon franchise!! I think the whole think about ash being depressed about losing they tried recreating it during journeys but kinda failed when Goh did it:( also I’m excited for the zigard video!!!
Serena felt like the most mature female companian. She started out unsure of herself, but eventually found her path. Her relationship with Ash where they both lifted each other up, and brought out each others strengths. THE snow scene where Ash and her argue felt so real. It wasn't your usual cheery pokemon ep. In the end Serena leaves Ash and the gang better and more wise than she started. Its a shame her last appearance was given to Chloe 💀and not Ash. Anyways wonderful vid, please keep talking about Xy it keeps it alive for me. Legends ZA is coming soon so XY content should be on the rise.
exxacctly, i see so many people in the fandom hating on serena because she was "only a love interest".. NUH UH!!!!!!! she had her own development of trying to find out what she wants to do in life, and she found her passion for performing, and she never wanted to give up after that. sure, ash helped her along the way, but she found out how to do things on her own too!!! shes waaay more than a love interest, serena is an amazing character and her moments with bonnie were so wholesome
the problem is that's all the fanbase talk about her relationship with ash that's why so many people were butt hurt when her and ash didn't really talk in her last episode yet that same episode showed she had some character growth and tried to share some with chole
@@Tesla2586 First of all, Ash is 10. Secondly, he had a love interest already. And thirdly, the attempts the show made to pair Ash and Serena together weren't authentic, was only because some of the higher ups wanted it, and it contributed to the drop in ratings the XY anime had every week until the Kalos League. The target audience outright found "AmourShipping" boring, pointless, and hard to relate to.
@@LittleAl016 Okay I refuse to acknowledge him as 10. By this point we are at gen 6. And I also dont believe each series is standalone either. The showrunners are dumb if I buy into that crap. He looks and acts at least 15 or 16. So I WILL view him as such. Also Serena looked to be either younger or about the same age as Ash when they were kids. Does SHE look 10 years old to you? Cause she sure as hell doesnt to me. Also Ash never had a girlfriend. Misty never got romantic with Ash. Neither did May. Dawn kinda had a whole Kouhai/Senpai thing going with Ash. But it never got romantic. So I would be curious who this GF is.
She wasn't mean for the sake of it like the other girls, she had genuinely admiration for Ash and became a better person for it and obviously is the only canon relationship for Ash..she was awesome ❤
Dawn wasn't mean to Ash for the sake of it either. Their bickerings were usually due to outside circumstances frustrating them to where they butted heads, like that one tag battle episode.
I was in 5th grade back when pokemon XYZ used to Air on tv, gosh i cant never forget how i used to get butterflies in my stomach watching Serena blush over ash, and her personality was my very favorite, she was what i would call my 1st waifu lol (back then we didnt even know these terms haha), i am now an undergrad student...time flies....but i still hope Serena and Ash to end up together....she definitely was and will be my favorite pokegirl (i quite watching pokemon after XYZ, but might catchup if i get time)
5:15 Journeys, part 3, episode 36, "Making Battles in the Sand." The entire plot of the episode was how Ash was feeling dejected from losing three matches in a row in the World Coronation Series, and how Goh's spirit when successfully battling Flygon inspired him to get back on his feet. So, then lol.
She's the reason why Ash is nice and more matured in XY. With her personality being so fresh (like new friends not reminding us of our childhood friends who we use to be crazy with), she has given Ash time to mature.
One of the things I love the most about Serenas characterization is how she demonstrate that you can be a well written strong woman who doesn't take shit from anyone and who is not some damsel in distress without letting go of femininity. Like Serena is not afraid of stepping up and battling when she needs to, like against team rocket or when Ash was sick and this one guy came to challenge him. She is also not afraid to tell others in her group, especially Ash, off. But most of all she is undeniably feminie throughout it all. Like yes you don't need to be feminine just because you're a woman, but the amount of tough girlboss mary sues in popular media (Looking at you MCU) lately leads you to believe that your two options are sarcastic demigoddess whose personality is best summed up as "Punch first, ask questions while punching!" or helpess damsel in distress who is more a plot-device than a character and nothing inbetween. Like don't get me wrong the badass girlboss thing was awesome the first time it happened. Hell I love badass women. But if they're just badass for the same of being badass why bother? Meanwhile Serena solves problems through her kindness, through being nice, she supports her friends in any way she can and she knows when niceties and kindness won't help and when to fight. Like even ignoring the fact that she's a performer, which apparently is a feminine thing to do, she is undeniably feminine and anyone who would call her weak because of that is either an idiot or hasn't watched xyz. In summary: Serena is strong, Serena is cute, Serena is caring and I love how she shows "Hey, there's strength to be found in femininity also!"
Except "strong" is not a word I would use to describe Serena. And we already had an example of "strength can be found in femininity, also!" as far back as in Indigo League, and she's a far better example of that than Serena could ever measure up to be.
@@Kaze8822 If that was the case, he wouldn't go through every comment on the video trying to sell out Misty as "number one unquestionable wife material for Ash"
The pokemon Journeys writers were on some bullshit with Serena like why make Journeys the series where they return to every region and have so many missed opportunities, I would have paid actual money to get a whole episode with just Serena and Ash again
Despite the short meeting, it shows that they respect amourshipping and what was written in XY, they avoided them interacting for a long time to avoid approaching this more romantic thing, but who knows one day that won't happen, Ash can still return, not even he and his friends achieved their dreams, if they make Ash grow old and put him in a relationship, Serena is literally already written for that 😁 (I hope to see the Kalos gang as a promotion for ZA)
@@kioger8956 I understand, I would like that too, but I'm impressed by how in one minute it showed the dynamic of double support that they both have, Serena was the only person that Ash willingly told what he was doing and his position in the PWC, both telling him to do his best and cheer for each other, best duo, both want to be the best in their areas.
@@DavidBContentExtravaganza3967 I still have faith that in 2026 or 2027 Ash will appear, I don't think they will discard him and his friends, no one has completed their dreams yet, the same goes for Ash and Serena, I still want to see if the idea of them following their dreams and then being together after that comes to fruition, until today no one from TPC or Superiors has contradicted what Yajima wanted, on the contrary, they allowed and supported it. Bringing Serena to promote ZA would be very good too.
XY ep60 'The Showcase Debut' was one of the most impactfull episode of the anime and was a huge reason why I love Sarena due to her character development not only in that episode but in the entire series. Pokemon Company is probably never gonna show an adult Ash married to anyone because they obviously want to keep the anime as a kid's show and thus they treat all the Ash's companions as his friends. But maybe the animators may change their mind regarding how Sarena's character was based on her wish to travel with Ash because of her crush on him. Also the kissing seen at the end made my 11 or 12 yr old self speechless. Now I am 16 and I watch the entire pokemon 25 seasons of pokemon during lockdown because I only watched Kanto and Jhoto and a bit of Hoene before. XY is easily my favorite season followed by SM. I really hope they hint at Ash and Sarena being together some point in the future.
Now that was a throwback to my 11 year old self. (It's been almost a decade since the XYZ anime?! 😭) I remember how much I loved Serena back then. She was great. I always wanted to be like her because she was such a strong, relatable and well written character. I think I need to rewatch the anime now.
Bro Serena was my first big fictional crush 😭🙏 I was, what, 8 when XY/Z came out, in my eyes- as a kid with low self-esteem and no dreams- she was my dream girl. She's kind She's gentle She's passionate about what she wants And she's got goals, something I still don't have. All of the traits I see in Serena are green flags to me, I guess traits I want to develop yet can't seem to grow- in contrast, I'm impatient and lazy, as a teenager today. I don't have goals, and I struggle with finding the will to carry on, hell even getting up to go to school feels like hell. The only thing I want in kife is agency over my own life, the option to choose, to be strong enough to choose- when I said I had no goals, I lied, I do but they are not my own goals. The goals of my parents, who want me to go to college and get a masters degree, my few friends, who want me to be more outgoing and 'happy.' I don't want my life to be decided by others, yet I don't want to be alone. My 2nd (and more notable imo) fictional crush was Knives Chau from Scott Pilgrim, possibly because I was her at some point despite being a boy- naive, trusting, energetic and kind, there's also the fact she's adorable but you know.. My 3rd fictional crush was Rei Ayanami from Evangelion (I watched Eva at 14 😭🙏) I honestly strongly relate to most of the cast of Eva, Shinji and Rei especially- because they don't really get to decide without suffering. As for my crush on Rei, at the time I was falling for the quiet girl archetype, she just seemed so.. Interesting to watch. Right now I have a crush on Uraraka from MHA (I know, I hate myself too lol) since she seems like the perfect girl, like Knives and Serena combined lol. Anyways I hope you guys enjoyed the rant of a depressed 16 year old with AuDHD (Autism + ADHD)
2:07 bro there is literally an entire episode dedicated to Misty going on a solo adventure to collect some medicinal herb to treat ash and Tracy who were bed ridden.
She was just so dynamic with ash. She needed him for so long but eventually used his strength to build her own. She had her own arc and helped ash get over his things. My headcanon is that they kept talking after the series so that ash would never get discouraged and neither would she. I also think they like aged up during the xy anime and then ash went back to being a kid in sun/moon
5:22 .....umm this is not the first time ash had some trouble like this, hell not only he nearly lose sight of this in his willingness to defeat paul, but there is multiple instances of friends and pokemon that cheers them up when he is stuck in a difficult battle, for example dawn teaching him the "spinning technique" a coordinator move used for battle. Honestly, this re-teaching of lessons are the reasons old fans are sure that ash gets brain reset every season.
You're comparing the snap to reality to a coordinator technique. Ash was frustrated that he lost and didn't win. LITTERALLY THE ENTIRE SERIES WHENEVER HE LOST he got mad or guilty. This happened with his loss against sawyer, wulfric, dianthia, and alain. It was a reoccurring thing throughout the entire series. Unlike in the past, where it would serve as merely a "lesson," the xy series litterally focuses on ash losing and becoming fixated on a loss and then serena finally wakes him up for the first time. It's evident in journeys and sun and moon.
@@Pokiiii62 a "lesson"? tell me paul entire rivalry, which made ash question his own ideals for raising his pokemon and overall trainer philosophy loss after loss was just a "mere" lessson. i know you really like xyz, but let's not downgrade the previous seasons out of nowhere.
There's an episode called "The Stun Spore Detour" about how Misty would treat Ash who is sick. Btw, the episode "For Crying Out Loud" is also the one that impressed me deeply about Misty.
Honestly I just love serena for these same reasons also cause she knows that she has her own dreams and will sometimes have to part with those you love bc of them but even with that serena knew it was HER choice and no one else's so when in the end when she parted with ash to me it was like 'I'll be with you but only after I complete my dream so we don't have to part again and this way you also have your chance to complete yours' ultimately making what she believed was the best thing for not just her but also ash (and also was very caring to everyone not just ash I kinda pictured her as Bonnie and clement's non biological relative bc of how much she'd take care of everyone❤!
I think XYZ was the best region in the series because of how well the story and characters were written. Not only was mega evolution a great improvement of how trainers interacted with Pokémon, but we also got ashes strongest and second most memorable Pokémon, ash greninja. Team flare was the most serious threat ever seen in Pokémon and they probably came the closest to mass genocide of any other team. And ashes rival with the mega Charizard was an absolute powerhouse, its nerfing him calling him a rival.
Serena was always my favorite pokegirl since xy came out bc of her design and lore. Her hair cutting thing literally made 11 year old me cry, and all the performances were so cool.
I love Serena, regardless of what others say. Serena not finding out what she wanted to do. Yes I loved and disliked this, it took her so long to find what she wanted to do but when she did she killed it. For one thing, her goal doesn't require battling, but for another, more important aspect, is that the battles aren't about winning or losing, but her character. Everyone just wants her to be another tomboyish battle heavy trainer and while that’s cool and all, it gets tiring and repetitive really fast. Not only that but like you said she brings a unique yet different flavor to the Pokémon franchise which is something I like. Serena, however, is a very different character. She's grown, matured, and become her own person. Her crush, and eventual expression of that crush, is a clear signpost of it. More than that, it was her feelings for Ash that pushed her forward in a sense. Ash, and the concept of Amourshipping, helped her to stick with things and grow more confident, because she saw how he did. It helped her learn to give back to others such as in XYZ 28 with the Winding Woods, further done with a stranger in Mairin. Not to mention she is smart while she may not be the strongest trainer or battler, a lot of people…mostly her hater’s forget how intelligent she is and acts as an emotional support not just for Ash but her friends and Pokémon as well. Plus she did play her part in the Team Flare arc which she helped Ash and the others rescue Marin’s Chespin. There’s good points to the other poke girls and I do like most of them like Dawn, May, Lillie and Mallow. But with Serena is a different case and she brought me something that none of the other poke girls did for me. Not only that but she is the only poke girl who knows Ash since childhood and has an ACTUAL crush on him. And while amourshipping may not be everyone’s cup of tea, in my opinion it makes the most sense and I find it very cute! Fight me, Hater’s! While her path at the beginning is goalless, it is not directionless. She tries new things, but shows her state of giving up at the littlest thing until she decides to commit to Showcases. From there, her conviction is tested by numerous forces, not the least of which is her own internal problems stemming from wanting to give up. Eevee then becomes an external representation of that, which by overcoming, develops her. By the end, however, she keeps going through the pain, attaining a new selfless dream, while also enacting her own personal dream in the form of kissing Ash. Serena, being a Pokegirl, was eventually going to receive hate. It's inescapable for a Pokegirl. May got a good amount of hate back in AG's early days for replacing Misty. Dawn (yes, DAWN) got a lot of flack for being too similar to Ash or too similar to May in DP'S early days. Iris got a hell of a lot of hate for her catchphrase and downplaying of Ash throughout the duration of BW. I’m sure the other poke girls also received their fair share of hate as well. Unjustified Hate is just something that comes when you're a travelling companion of Ash at this point. And that's the thing: it's unjustified. I never really understood how people can hate characters that are literally designed to be likeable to the least picky target demographic (kids). And I can respect others if they don’t like her that much and prefer the other poke girls, which is fine. But nothing they say will ever stop me from loving Serena the most and for being my favorite poke girl. I’m just a casual fan of the show that supports in-universe lore, and Serena was set up to be the closest thing to official in terms of who will end up with Ash. If you don’t like Serena because of other people, then maybe try to understand why she has so much hype. If you still don’t like her after understanding the hype, then just ignore these types of posts. It’s easy. Just keep scrolling, no one is forcing you to stop and read AmourShipping posts. At the end of the day if you don’t like something then that’s your problem not ours. Great video by the way. I wish there were more videos talking about that there’s more to Serena’s character than just liking Ash! Especially when she gets dissed a lot.
Agree, what I don't get is why people always done so much stuff such as hating a character because the writer already set up a ship or couple for obvious reasons. I just don't get why Ash should be with someone who either like you said, throws him into a deep end or just snarky remarks in a way that is trying to put him down in a most kid friendly way possible. Serena is both make sense, and makes due to their past, and the fact that she is this dedicating to Ash and her goals is what makes a perfect couple for Ash.
Definitely a late edition comment lol but wanted to respond here. First of all, great video overall. I especially loved the first part talking about her personality, and how it differed so much from past PokeGirls. As someone who grew up with and got into Pokemon during the original games and anime, I’d always been a bit perplexed by Serena’s popularity compared to other PokeGirls and thought it couldn’t just be due to shipping and nostalgia (nostalgia from fans that grew up with XY as their first anime and games), so it’s really interesting to hear how she’s such a big departure personality wise from other PokeGirls and it makes sense then why she’s so popular combined with the other reasons. At the same time though, I was rather surprised by the last point about plot relevance. While that’s certainly true when compared to Misty or Iris, it’s not really accurate compared to May or Dawn. Dawn, in particular, you could argue to this day has been the most relevant PokeGirl plot wise, as she’s the only one to be called out as co-main character to Ash in the story (narrator says “Ash and Dawn”, songs like “High Touch” etc.). This isn’t to say Serena isn’t a very plot relevant character, as she is, but she’s about equally as plot relevant as May and probably a little less so than Dawn. I was also just surprised by your love of showcases too! While agreed they are absolutely stunning visually (which is great since I’d argue XYZ is where the animation for Pokemon peaked), I feel like story wise they’re just not that interesting? They felt very much like contests-lite to me, with the stakes and the actual “showcases” being much less interesting than the “contests”. I also feel like characters like Drew, Zoey, and many other rivals of May and Dawn were much more interesting, fleshed out characters as whole compared to Serena’s rivals. But overall interesting and great video! While I don’t really agree with your last points, this video helped me better understand Serena’s appeal beyond the “it’s just shipping” label thrown around a lot on why people like her so much.
Unfortunately, for me I never had the bond with Serena than most pokemon fans have as by the time x &y aired in India, I was already out of the pokemon loop. For me, May was the best pokegirl- she was sassy , didnt take crap, improved her skills throughout the series( still salty about her Wallace Cup loss) and was soft whenever needed. Also I liked how her 'character definition' didnt revolve around Ash
I do have to counter Misty not caring. She actually went diving for an ingredient for an antidote after Ash and Tracey were hit with. Vileplume’s Stun Spore, even leaving some for James and Meowth afterward knowing Jessie also was afflicted with the same thing.
Awesome video man 👏🏻. Serena is easily the most popular Pokegirl and the 4th most popular character in Pokemon anime. her return in journeys Ngl was awesome but it lacked one thing that is her Meetup with ash was so short 😅 that kinda sucked for me. The worst thing is such a sweet and kind Pokegirl has a good amount of haters like I don't understand why anyone can hate her.
as a teen back then not a big pokemon fan, xy and xyz on cartoon network every night back in 2012 ish was the reason why i fell in love with pokemon. something about seeing serena and fenakin aka braixen was soooo adorable! i wanted a braixen soooo badly bc shes sooo beautiful!
Iris wasn't even Misty 2.0. Her character arc and development path was wildly different, and one of the best development arcs behind only May's and Lillie's.
I don't agree with this at all. Misty could be a little shiznit, sure, but so could Ash. They kinda beefed with each other jokingly throughout because they had crushes but were immature kids and didn't know how to express it (until the show dropped this storyline and Misty). May was actually quite different from Misty and a standout personality and talent-wise, but because she wasn't Misty most people hated her, myself included at first but now she's my favorite after getting to know her and she has a good arc. Dawn was only like May in the sense that she was a also a coordinator. I don't like any of Black and White except the games so I can't speak much to Iris's character, but I think Serena was largely successful due to timing. She and the series and the XY games came at a time that ushered in a lot of new fans and so I think she just had a lot formulaicly on her side, because she didn't really bring much outside "I like Ash" and "talent show" to the table. I don't hate her, but she's not very unique. Also, Misty took care of Ash when he was sick at one point, too. That's not unique to Serena. Nor is getting along with the whole group, as when Misty and Ash weren't playfully bantering, they got along quite famously with each other and Brock and the three worked quite well togther a lot. Dawn and May also got along with everyone; May could have her sibling moments with Max but she still cared for him and looked after him. Everything you said about Serena's performances, the contests already did beforehand and in better ways, so performances just felt like a watered down knockoff. And no, plenty of his friends, other "Pokegirls" (hate that term tbh) included, helped him in his low moments. This whole video is very skewed and untrue. 😂 Just say you're a Serena fan and be done with it, but don't lie or put down the others to make your points. Again, I don't hate Serena, but man, when people pull stuff like this, it makes it hard.
I honestly thought she was popular not only she is a nice person but the fact she is the female player character of the X/Y games and she owns an Eevee that becomes the mighty Sylveon.
i loved how they showed how she got lost, trying to find a purpose like ash who had a goal of becoming a pokemon master. But then she learned from the friends along her journey that her passion was to be a pokemon performer. I’ll forever love serena and the pokemon xy/xyz series 💕💕
I liked Misty/May's dynamic with Ash. There was always a good push and pull witheir bickering where it felt like two friends bickering. I dropped off around Diamond and Pearl, so I can't comment much on Dawn from memory, but i dont remember liking her as much. What little I've seen of Iris made her look like an annoying bully to me(though I'll concede it was the first few episodes of B/W). Serena was really sweet, i could definitely see why she's a fan favourite, even if I've only watched the league eps of X and Y. Havent seen any sun and moon or journeys atuff beyond the champion battle and, of course, the Leon fight. If i had to pick a favourite? Misty. She was my favourite character of the original trio, and i was genuinely upset when she left.
sadly its the shippers is the reasons she's so popular she has a good character its just lost in all the love interest stuff fans whine about that's why in her last episode people complained how she had little dialog with ash even though in that same episode she was not only more confident than her past self she became somewhat of a mentor to the current female chloe hell people don't even talk about how her performance was on par with honen's top performer lisia
To this day, almost a decade later, I’m still mad that Aria won the showcase, Serena’s performance was so much better than better, and I know that wasn’t the point but I’m still salty lol
That's not entirely true, because even tho May and Dawn we're sassy they still had more respect for Ash. For May she only had sass mostly for her younger brother. And as for Dawn, she had sass for everyone, and especially Paul. Including the others that came after them. And as for Serena, I like her cuz she's not only a good Pokemom but she's also the first one to have a believable open crush on Ash.
Misty may have been a jerk but by xy time if ash got sick and she knew she would at minimum be concerned while brock would do something about it as they do care for each other it just they get on each others nerves sometimes (most of the time in OS) but there still friends at the end of the day.
@@Pokiiii62where do you get the idea she wouldn’t care about him being sick? She literally took care of him and Tracey in season 2 when they had stun spore(even helped Jessie who suffered the same condition regardless of her being an enemy)
You're selling Misty short. She would be confronting Ash's problems directly, and get him to pick himself up by the bootstraps, of, if failing that, pick him up by the bootstraps herself. She would never make Ash's situation about her like how Serena did.
@@LittleAl016 it’s good that you’re defending Misty, but please be careful not to criticize Serena in anyway. Especially when both fandoms called a truce in RUclips.
When I was a kid I really liked Serena's blonde short hair but when I grew up, she became my favourite after seeing her journey from not having any dream to searching for what actually she is made for and finally finding her dream and passion♡ Also, she had guts to express her feelings for Ash and never disrespected him
To be honest I was never a fan of Serena. Didn’t hate her or anything but it always seemed like the reason she was so well liked was because of amourshipping. She was probably the companion that got the most ship tease with Ash even more than Misty did back in the day. It probably also helped that she was a breath of fresh air after Iris who was just the absolute worst ever.
Yeah I'm a big fan of Serena and I can agree about that Iris part. Iris was that terrible in that Black and White series and I thin the Black and White was terrible itself. I actually stop watching it in the middle of season 1 because Iris was annoying, the sotry was bad and Ash just became the dumbest he has ever in his entire career during that Black and White series
She's so gentle, yet also so confident and firm. My favorite for sure, but as much as I agree with you, I don't think the previous poke girls followed all the same trend, Dawn I think was one who didn't berate Ash all the time, Iris was also different, nevertheless, I still think Serena is objectively the most fleshed out and just also personally the best in my eyes forever/
Yeah I agree Dawn would only berate Ash from time to time but not whole lot though and everybody hated Iris in that time, I remember goes to school at the time and most kids at school loves Pokémon just like me and everyone in their mama's hated Iris
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4 VIDEOS REMAINING TILL THE TALE OF ZYGARDE!!!!
LESSGOOO 💚⏳
Tale of Zygarde? What u mean?
(Im new to the channel lol)
@@jakneez Idk but it sounds mega hype
@@WiiFan-1300 yeah I originally thought it was related to the game and the lore u know?
Man when Serena kissed Ash in the second to last episode of XYZ I lost my shit as a 10 year old
Same! Journeys Serena was epic but too bad it was too short
May : "hold my Mistletoe!!!"
real 😭
fr they were my first otp
why does he get all the baddies
Serena's pros:
1: She's pretty
2: She had guts to show her feelings
3: She's overall a good character with a good arc
Serena's cons:
1: Her fans just wouldn't stfu💀
Not really, it was the shipping, it has always been the shipping.
she is 10 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀
@@RODIOMG7I thought serena was pretty when I was ten
Yeah, that's what made me despise the shipping the longest time (and Serena herself). Even today, I avoid fics that lay it on thick, I just think Serena's a mid character nowadays, I don't really see her on the same scope of some of the other female companions.
@@Magma-Idiot-2001 yeah. I thought so too some time ago, but decided for myself that the fan-base shouldn't affect my opinion because it's, well, mine, so I kind of warmed up to her character again
serena didnt bring anything to the table, SHE BROUGHT THE TABLE
REAL
@@Kevin_Rouki 😂
She is the table lmao
FOr Real
Fr
The animators actually took time to give her her own screentime and moments which led to watchers actually growing a bond with her
Fr,There were freaking episodes dedicated for her back to back!
Minor correction, animators dont make the story, the writers do
She really is the kindest out of all of them.
Even Pikachu never dared to shock her (never directly intended to).
FRRRR I REALIZED THAT
Granted, I didn’t think about it, but Pikachu was significantly nicer in XY(Z) in general though. He only ever shocked people he didn’t mean to when he was nervous, like Bonnie in Ep. 1. Pikachu never really shocked anyone through the rest of the series (other than the exceptions of him being mind controlled)
@@Halo916_ well he shocked Clemont in a game of whack a mole when finding Dedenne.
“If yo pika shocks yo bih yo gon’ leave her rn”
@@Pokiiii62 Misty crying in the corner:
I honestly perfer the way serena was, Her personality the lore and everything, She actually knew ash before he was even a trainer and was there for him at his lowest we need someone like serena again or her once again
That's very valid
We don’t have Ash anymore, so not really. Liko and Roy’s story is very different.
Except she was only "there for him" conditionally.
@@LittleAl016 Not conditionally, always
@@insecure8926 Conditionally. Not always.
The scene where she cut her hair was something I did not expect coming from pokemon. It symbolizes a great change
The haircut always weirded me out, and not just because I think no one, male or female, looks good with short hair (it's bald or "Sephiroth" in my books - no middle ground), it's that for some reason, after the hair cut, she looked oddly younger for some reason.
@@LordNanfoodle Hair style change do be like that sometimes huh lol
I guess it was because Yvonne also had short hair in game later
@@LordNanfoodle But actually she was already "deaged" since she appears for the first time in the anime. Her original game artwork looks like a 16-18 girl, in the anime she is 10.
@@LordNanfoodlefor me the opposite - with long hair she looked like a young cute girl and with shorter hair she looked way older and more mature
As a girl who was 11 and obsessed with XYZ, I LOVED serena!!!
She was just so relatable to me, and the scene where she cut her hair literally cut deep so hard I STILL talk about how it felt seeing that for the first time.
seeing a female character that felt actually real and not just the female side character was so so nice.
Whats funny is, i didnt realise the kiss scene until years later, i was too young to know that it was a kiss, i was so confused LOL
HAHA FAIR, but same feelings here, friend. Serena was just such a good character 😭🙏
SAME when they brought that up I had to go find the episode again ToT
If we're being honest, the main reason is usually Amourshipping, but I personally think Serena is a really cool and unique character, having a past with Ash, her character arc, and her chemistry with the rest of the cast made her really fun to watch, not surprised she was one of the most requested character returns next to Greninja
Frrr bro, I love her character
I'm surprised they didn't end up together, I think they still could if they are in horizons together as side characters or something so its possible
@@stealthnightgaming yea i want the same thing to be honest
@@ElijahPierce-z5r I suspect quite a lot of people do
I ranted about this in my own comment but what I like about her the most is how she shows that you don't need to take superman, slap boobs on him and make him 30000% more sarcastic to get a strong woman, because as she demonstrates by simply existing it is possible to have a strong female character whose strength is undeniably founded in femininity
Also, because Serena was a performer, all of her Pokémon were very dripped out
@@Jacobturtle best comment
Though one big issue was that Serena barely caught any Pokemon of her own. Literally only two in over 100 episodes.
@@generalsynnacle23 True. If she ever gets a new Pokémon, I hope it's not Altaria. With Lisia as her current rival, I can't see her getting an Altaria.
@@insecure8926 Then what should she get?
@@darkdragon7210 Someone in this comment section said Mudkip, and I kinda of agree. In XY we had both a Mega Sceptile and a Mega Blaziken, so it would make sense for someone to get a Mudkip.
Her story was kinda similar to dawn, since they both felt like a co lead in the series and not just a side character, the difference is the attitude
Like Paul and that guy from the og Pokemon series that abandoned his Pokemon but Paul's is more expanded on.
that's very true
i still personally like dawn more but not by much
i always thought dawn was another lead as well and was just as much a main character as ash was but after a certain point she did get a little stale only because near the end of her journey the writers didn't know what to do
@@Lanz_gaB Except Serena feels more like a side character than a co-lead.
I think Serena was made more to support Ash and her friends, while he primary story kind of took a back-seat. Dawn on the other hand, was in a lot ways, somebody that drove Ash to be better and vice versa. Because while their goals were different (pokemon master v. top coordinator), Ash and Dawn went out of their way to drive the other to be better. Ash repeatedly competed in contests, which not only gave him a chance to diversify his training skillset, but it also inspired Dawn to persist, especially when things were going bad and she didn't think she could hack it as a coordinator.
Serena was the first time Ash's travelling group didn't have an older brother/house-husband like Brock or Cilan with them, so the two essentially had to step up to fill that role which gave shippers something to eat. There was always a nagging sensation that Ash's travelling groups would have fallen apart at the start without Brock being the rock that he is. Dawn was pretty much season 1 Ash almost verbatim, but as a girl. Piplup, Ariados, Mespirit, Mamoswine instead of Pikachu, Fearrow, Ho-oh and Charizard. A hot-headed go-getting day dreamer (who seem to have been raised by a single mom) that gets smacked over the head with wake up calls that achieving their dream will be hard. She really shows how far Ash has come because season 1 Ash would have thrown hands with Paul.
Brock and Misty were special in their own ways, they were like ash's guides, like ash was that noob friend that started playing a mmo after everyone else and brock and misty were those friends always following the noob and giving tips until the noob gets good.
Misty was far more than "Ash's guide".
@@LittleAl016 Please, till orange league she has to be the most annoying female lead in the pokemon franchise.
@@dibyaudhdas1978 You're thinking about Serena, not Misty.
@@LittleAl016 For free? Wow, that's very mature of you.
@@dibyaudhdas1978 her and ashes beef in indigo was legendary tho
The moment I knew Serena was going to be different was when she asked if Ash remembered her, to which he says no. Now this would be the moment when most anime girls would go bonkers, throwing a tantrum and refusing to speak to the guy. Not Serena. She was a little disheartened, but it was natural, she was older and would be hard to recognise. Instead of playing coy and waiting for him to figure it out, she straight up tells Ash who she was and that’s when he remembered her. There’s more to a romance than getting angry and causing fights. And Serena proved that.
Also the moments when she plays the big sister for Bonnie is just so cute and … I CAN’T-!
Yeah, Misunderstandings VS Communication. If it's not a drama based series, communication in relationships is lot better.
Serena's Showcase probably has one of the top tier pokemon animations imo. Even the writers agree that Serena deserves the shine of awesomeness!
Frr!
No in reality the new Pokemon writers (after xy) hate Serena
@@parvkaurav7973 frick those writers
Speaking of showcases, I love the character designs of the performers. My favourite background performers are; Blanche, Sara Lee, Amelia, Concetta, and Alouette.
@@rezeno5665 Sara lee and the eevee duo was Amazing I really like the Glaceon collar and the Lypheon costume
the fact her Pancham never met Ash's Krookodile feels illegal
yeah they could've bond over their shades given from their trainers
Serena is the whole reason I love Sylveon man 😭
She is still my favourite Pokémon character to date
That's what I'm thinking tho, because of Sylveon! Well, and Braixen too.
Only one of the reasons for me. I've done at least a few rounds on Pokemon Showdown and man is Sylveon specially tanky.
@@FictionSummer Same, plus the Pixilate Hyper Voice combo was insane.
@@insecure8926 The moove pool with special boost in defense and attack>>
@@christ5431 Yeah, it's my favorite Eeveelution for sure. I think only Jolteon comes close on my list.
Anyone else ever noticed XY is the only series where the female companion from the previous series didn’t appear at all? I was surprised we didn’t see Iris again but at least she appeared in a bigger role in Journeys.
My guess is that since XY was earning a positive reception, it really doesn’t need to have a past female companion to accompany them. Would’ve love to see Iris in XY tho (even if she’s not my favorite), she would’ve come back as a bit more on the friendlier side.
@@brickbanditstudios6037 that’s a good theory actually.
@@spontaneouswizard358 yeah, that came to my mind since I did remembered that they brought in both Dawn and Cynthia to get the B&W series to be better, but the negative already suffered the series at that point on. In the case here in XY, since the reception is positive that it doesn’t need any callbacks to make it even better since it already is great at that point.
@@brickbanditstudios6037 I mean it’s never officially been confirmed but I like your explanation overall.
@@spontaneouswizard358 thanks tho. At least I said it as a guess, who knows about regarding of barely any callbacks in XY(Z)
Pokemon XY and XYZ were genuinely and still are two of my favorite ever shows
Same here
My only opinion was that Serena should have caught a Rhyhorn. When she raced her Mom later they would have used their own Rhyhorns but during the episode conflict her Rhyhorn would evolve to Rhydon (Whether it goes to Rhypeior or not doesn't matter the the sake of this moment). It would have been an awesome symbolic moment to show that Serena has "evolved" past the person she was when still living with her Mom. A missed opportunity for a huge symbolic moment.
@PurpsJL_HAQ I always think serena needed an arc with an 'ugly' pokemon. My main idea was marshstomp but this makes a lot of sense!
@@NerbPrincess She needed a character arc, period.
@@LittleAl016 She had a character arc, you're just ignoring it for no reason.
@@NerbPrincess Serena with a Marshtomp... Why does it sound like the perfect idea to me? Probably some bias on my part since it's my favorite Pokemon line.
@@PurpsJL_HAQ Although that seems cool... I can't see Serena willingly catching a Rhyhorn before said race. But again, cool idea.
Let’s not forget when her haircutting scene, that was incredible and so meaningful
For me Serena was the *BEST* Pokegirl Ash has traveled with. From the lore, personality, growth of character, and chemistry with Ash. I think it would have been nice if Pokemon made a few special episodes exclusively of Ash’s previous companions on their own journeys. Kinda like they did with Alain in the XYZ Mega Evolution Specials.
Same here!!
Same🗿👍
Pokemon chronicles and the Japan exclusive special episodes anyone?
Journeys did a side episode on legends Arceus with a non canon story with dawn returning. Hopefully legends ZA makes the dream happen by bringing back XYZ gang for a few episodes. Technically this can happen. Imagine having Ash Greninja lore
I remember at end of bw they did a brock and cilan episode.
THAT ONE EPISODE WHERE SHE CUT HER HAIR WAS CRAZY
FINALLY SOMEONE MENTIONS IT OML
ISTG THAT EPISODE CHANGED ME AS A PERSON AD THE FIRST THING I WANTED TO DO AFTER WATCHING IT WAS TO GET A HAIRCUT
@@pocketNonsense LEGIT ALTERED MY BRAIN CHEMISTRY
Epic character development that was
@@Amaster-1309 I didn't like her Before that But I remember the day I came home from School to see her cut her hair .. bruh neurons Activated and I have been a fan since then
Isn't it simillar to the time I cut my hair??
it was also the beginning of my character development!
me and Serena are simillar that means..
It STILL hits me in the feels when I saw the kiss.
2016-2024. Nothing's changed.
After watching that episode I would rewatch it for no reason then my dad made a little joke thinking I have a crush on her which I can confirm is not true
she's the definition of a strong female character. both bold and caring, with her own story and character development. love that for her. she inspired me a lot as a tween
i also like the turn the female characters took after her, lillie's story with trauma and chloe's with undecision and anxiety really got to me
Haters still say that Serena didn't help Ash in Snowbell, when he himself shows the opposite and thanks her several times. They say that Serena was very dependent on Ash. On the contrary, she loved him but never stopped following her dream because of him. In her first loss, she may have cried, but at no time did she put herself down or hurt herself. She always sought to do better and be a better person, maturing and seeking to help and be kind to other people. Her love for Ash was more than one of her many adorable qualities as a character, easily one of the best, if not the best pokegirl.
@@joaozin5061 It's not haters who say that. It's people who wish Serena had gotten better treatment. Also, she literally abandoned her dream for Ash's sake, at first. And she didn't actually love Ash.
@LittleAl016 Yes she did. She does loves Ash and she was able to find her dream with the help of Ash idiot
@@Kings0424 Obsession does not equal "love". And she abandoned her "dream" in favor for a more "kiddy" version of it.
@@LittleAl016 I don't know what anime you watched, buddy, but Serena hasn't given up on her dream, she's chasing it like never before, and honestly... with all of Serena's tips, if that's not love, I don't know what is.
Serena loved Ash and saw him as a source of admiration and inspiration, but at no time did she put her feelings above her dream, she was never indecisive about separating from him to pursue her goals.
Serena was the nicest of Ash’s female companions
FRRR
Unlike the girl before her......
Yes!
@@murderman7265 hey don't slander Iris, she's a good character in her own right (bw is underrated and they overused a quote on Iris)
@@murderman7265 you mean the more successful one?
A big thing that made people like her was that she was following the absolute plane crash of a travelling companion that was iris so her being a good little goober was even more appreciated
Never understood the hate for Iris. Besides her annoying catch phrase, I thought she was a good companion.
@@droolingderp24 Oh not me. Her attitude drove me nuts. I couldnt sit through much of Gen 5.
@@droolingderp24 Does Iris even call Ash a kid also in the original version?
I still have to watch X/Y in Japanese.
Iris was peak wym. And then they made her a true dragon master in the end
@@MidoriNatsume I have no idea.
Serena is definitely one of my favorite characters across the Pokémon anime, and definitely my favorite of Ash's companions. Cute, relatable, and compassionate, but with a fire to keep going and not let others bring her down! Such an attractive and appealing set of characteristics.
1:28 the music synced with the animation
AYYY SOMEONE NOTICED IT!!! LETS GOOOOOO
Yessir
@@Pokiiii62what’s the song?
@@Aidansstuff_ death by glamour from undertale
The pokemon nostalgia just hits too hard. Its hard to forget this pokemon season, it was my favourite. Serena not only had a good character but had an eevee which just reminded me of how much i loved eevee.
Serena is such a well written character I agree she’s still my favourite character in the whole Pokemon franchise!! I think the whole think about ash being depressed about losing they tried recreating it during journeys but kinda failed when Goh did it:( also I’m excited for the zigard video!!!
AGREED FRIEND!!! (YOUR NOT READY FOR THE ZYGARDE VIDE AHHHH)
I am grateful to being able to grow up watching these two, now I am 18 and this keeps me wake up at night
Serena felt like the most mature female companian. She started out unsure of herself, but eventually found her path. Her relationship with Ash where they both lifted each other up, and brought out each others strengths. THE snow scene where Ash and her argue felt so real. It wasn't your usual cheery pokemon ep. In the end Serena leaves Ash and the gang better and more wise than she started. Its a shame her last appearance was given to Chloe 💀and not Ash. Anyways wonderful vid, please keep talking about Xy it keeps it alive for me. Legends ZA is coming soon so XY content should be on the rise.
Thanks so much, friend, for the words. And the snow scene was PEAK POKÉMON!
@@Pokiiii62i love the theme as well!
yoooo wsp wonka
@@mcstupidly I have been found out💀
@@DaARK_Chocolategang indeed😭
exxacctly, i see so many people in the fandom hating on serena because she was "only a love interest".. NUH UH!!!!!!! she had her own development of trying to find out what she wants to do in life, and she found her passion for performing, and she never wanted to give up after that. sure, ash helped her along the way, but she found out how to do things on her own too!!!
shes waaay more than a love interest, serena is an amazing character and her moments with bonnie were so wholesome
FOR REALL, AND BONNIE AND HER BEING LIKE SISTERS WAS WHOLESOME 😭
the problem is that's all the fanbase talk about her relationship with ash that's why so many people were butt hurt when her and ash didn't really talk in her last episode yet that same episode showed she had some character growth and tried to share some with chole
Hating her cause she is a *love interest* is shallow anyway. Whats wrong with Ash having romance guys? I wanted more scenes like that. Not less.
@@Tesla2586 First of all, Ash is 10. Secondly, he had a love interest already. And thirdly, the attempts the show made to pair Ash and Serena together weren't authentic, was only because some of the higher ups wanted it, and it contributed to the drop in ratings the XY anime had every week until the Kalos League. The target audience outright found "AmourShipping" boring, pointless, and hard to relate to.
@@LittleAl016 Okay I refuse to acknowledge him as 10. By this point we are at gen 6. And I also dont believe each series is standalone either. The showrunners are dumb if I buy into that crap.
He looks and acts at least 15 or 16. So I WILL view him as such.
Also Serena looked to be either younger or about the same age as Ash when they were kids. Does SHE look 10 years old to you? Cause she sure as hell doesnt to me.
Also Ash never had a girlfriend. Misty never got romantic with Ash. Neither did May. Dawn kinda had a whole Kouhai/Senpai thing going with Ash. But it never got romantic.
So I would be curious who this GF is.
She wasn't mean for the sake of it like the other girls, she had genuinely admiration for Ash and became a better person for it and obviously is the only canon relationship for Ash..she was awesome ❤
Dawn wasn't mean to Ash for the sake of it either. Their bickerings were usually due to outside circumstances frustrating them to where they butted heads, like that one tag battle episode.
None of the girls were "mean to Ash for the sake of it". Also, you're forgetting that Misty exists.
@@esteban8471 Dawn is undoubtedly top 2 pokegirls ever
@@LittleAl016 He's not, her romantic feelings got retconned
@@insecure8926 No they didn't.
I was in 5th grade back when pokemon XYZ used to Air on tv, gosh i cant never forget how i used to get butterflies in my stomach watching Serena blush over ash, and her personality was my very favorite, she was what i would call my 1st waifu lol (back then we didnt even know these terms haha), i am now an undergrad student...time flies....but i still hope Serena and Ash to end up together....she definitely was and will be my favorite pokegirl (i quite watching pokemon after XYZ, but might catchup if i get time)
Simp
@@Ella-mv5wc i mean i definitely was simping on her as a kid haha..... but now as a mature teen, i no longer simp (mai sakurijima is an exception)
Well fun fact pikachu Never thunderbolted her and really calm with her from the start
6:28 that's what I say when someone says why do you like her.
5:15 Journeys, part 3, episode 36, "Making Battles in the Sand." The entire plot of the episode was how Ash was feeling dejected from losing three matches in a row in the World Coronation Series, and how Goh's spirit when successfully battling Flygon inspired him to get back on his feet. So, then lol.
She's the reason why Ash is nice and more matured in XY. With her personality being so fresh (like new friends not reminding us of our childhood friends who we use to be crazy with), she has given Ash time to mature.
One of the things I love the most about Serenas characterization is how she demonstrate that you can be a well written strong woman who doesn't take shit from anyone and who is not some damsel in distress without letting go of femininity.
Like Serena is not afraid of stepping up and battling when she needs to, like against team rocket or when Ash was sick and this one guy came to challenge him. She is also not afraid to tell others in her group, especially Ash, off. But most of all she is undeniably feminie throughout it all. Like yes you don't need to be feminine just because you're a woman, but the amount of tough girlboss mary sues in popular media (Looking at you MCU) lately leads you to believe that your two options are sarcastic demigoddess whose personality is best summed up as "Punch first, ask questions while punching!" or helpess damsel in distress who is more a plot-device than a character and nothing inbetween.
Like don't get me wrong the badass girlboss thing was awesome the first time it happened. Hell I love badass women. But if they're just badass for the same of being badass why bother? Meanwhile Serena solves problems through her kindness, through being nice, she supports her friends in any way she can and she knows when niceties and kindness won't help and when to fight. Like even ignoring the fact that she's a performer, which apparently is a feminine thing to do, she is undeniably feminine and anyone who would call her weak because of that is either an idiot or hasn't watched xyz.
In summary: Serena is strong, Serena is cute, Serena is caring and I love how she shows "Hey, there's strength to be found in femininity also!"
great observations mate
Except "strong" is not a word I would use to describe Serena. And we already had an example of "strength can be found in femininity, also!" as far back as in Indigo League, and she's a far better example of that than Serena could ever measure up to be.
@@LittleAl016 worst criticism I’ve seen in a bit
@@LittleAl016 Dude is under every comment downplaying Serena lmao
@@mcstupidly No. It's actually seeing what you want to be blind to.
Literally js clicked on this to hear someone praise my girl serena 😭😭
0:29 actually like ash romantically
X and Y is peak of Pokemon Story Characters and Battles.
That thumbnail art for this video was awesomely adorable! Great job!
Definitely she’s had one of the best development in the series
No she didn't. It was actually the worst.
@@LittleAl016 I guess you have a different view on it
@@Kaze8822 Well, considering that, to truly develop as a character, she needed to get over her crush on Ash...
@@LittleAl016 Should Hinata do the same?
@@Kaze8822 If that was the case, he wouldn't go through every comment on the video trying to sell out Misty as "number one unquestionable wife material for Ash"
All us as children went CRAZYYYY 😍😍😍 I love her sm
FRRRR
Ash and Serena are one of most beautiful aspect of Pokemon 💙💙💙💙
The pokemon Journeys writers were on some bullshit with Serena like why make Journeys the series where they return to every region and have so many missed opportunities, I would have paid actual money to get a whole episode with just Serena and Ash again
Despite the short meeting, it shows that they respect amourshipping and what was written in XY, they avoided them interacting for a long time to avoid approaching this more romantic thing, but who knows one day that won't happen, Ash can still return, not even he and his friends achieved their dreams, if they make Ash grow old and put him in a relationship, Serena is literally already written for that 😁 (I hope to see the Kalos gang as a promotion for ZA)
@joaozin5061 they disjt even have to talk about a relationship i just wanted more than a 1 minute convo as Ash floated away on a boat
@@kioger8956 I understand, I would like that too, but I'm impressed by how in one minute it showed the dynamic of double support that they both have, Serena was the only person that Ash willingly told what he was doing and his position in the PWC, both telling him to do his best and cheer for each other, best duo, both want to be the best in their areas.
@@joaozin5061 It would happen, even at their age. You never know.
@@DavidBContentExtravaganza3967 I still have faith that in 2026 or 2027 Ash will appear, I don't think they will discard him and his friends, no one has completed their dreams yet, the same goes for Ash and Serena, I still want to see if the idea of them following their dreams and then being together after that comes to fruition, until today no one from TPC or Superiors has contradicted what Yajima wanted, on the contrary, they allowed and supported it. Bringing Serena to promote ZA would be very good too.
Bro I wanted to BE her as a kid, I love Serena😭❤
She kinda has that Winry Rockbell energy tbh, who is also an amazing character
XY ep60 'The Showcase Debut' was one of the most impactfull episode of the anime and was a huge reason why I love Sarena due to her character development not only in that episode but in the entire series.
Pokemon Company is probably never gonna show an adult Ash married to anyone because they obviously want to keep the anime as a kid's show and thus they treat all the Ash's companions as his friends.
But maybe the animators may change their mind regarding how Sarena's character was based on her wish to travel with Ash because of her crush on him.
Also the kissing seen at the end made my 11 or 12 yr old self speechless. Now I am 16 and I watch the entire pokemon 25 seasons of pokemon during lockdown because I only watched Kanto and Jhoto and a bit of Hoene before.
XY is easily my favorite season followed by SM. I really hope they hint at Ash and Sarena being together some point in the future.
Now that was a throwback to my 11 year old self. (It's been almost a decade since the XYZ anime?! 😭) I remember how much I loved Serena back then. She was great. I always wanted to be like her because she was such a strong, relatable and well written character.
I think I need to rewatch the anime now.
I loved her in her series and her appereance in Journeys, how she handled the situation was something I didn't expect
Bro Serena was my first big fictional crush 😭🙏
I was, what, 8 when XY/Z came out, in my eyes- as a kid with low self-esteem and no dreams- she was my dream girl.
She's kind
She's gentle
She's passionate about what she wants
And she's got goals, something I still don't have.
All of the traits I see in Serena are green flags to me, I guess traits I want to develop yet can't seem to grow- in contrast, I'm impatient and lazy, as a teenager today. I don't have goals, and I struggle with finding the will to carry on, hell even getting up to go to school feels like hell.
The only thing I want in kife is agency over my own life, the option to choose, to be strong enough to choose- when I said I had no goals, I lied, I do but they are not my own goals. The goals of my parents, who want me to go to college and get a masters degree, my few friends, who want me to be more outgoing and 'happy.' I don't want my life to be decided by others, yet I don't want to be alone.
My 2nd (and more notable imo) fictional crush was Knives Chau from Scott Pilgrim, possibly because I was her at some point despite being a boy- naive, trusting, energetic and kind, there's also the fact she's adorable but you know..
My 3rd fictional crush was Rei Ayanami from Evangelion (I watched Eva at 14 😭🙏)
I honestly strongly relate to most of the cast of Eva, Shinji and Rei especially- because they don't really get to decide without suffering. As for my crush on Rei, at the time I was falling for the quiet girl archetype, she just seemed so.. Interesting to watch.
Right now I have a crush on Uraraka from MHA (I know, I hate myself too lol) since she seems like the perfect girl, like Knives and Serena combined lol.
Anyways I hope you guys enjoyed the rant of a depressed 16 year old with AuDHD (Autism + ADHD)
5th crush when
You seem like a chill guy
@@Perfection....
Rn I'm obsessed with Uraraka and Camie Utsushimi, also ty bro :D
@@emiliotrees2933OH HELL Naaw
@@ann-sofielahti8000
What? 😭🙏
2:07 bro there is literally an entire episode dedicated to Misty going on a solo adventure to collect some medicinal herb to treat ash and Tracy who were bed ridden.
3:15 It was interesting to have a character who looked up to Ash’s character for a change.
Serena is my second favourite pokegirl after Dawn, although she could easily be number 1 for me
Very valid friend
For me, it’s the other way around, Dawn being my second fave and Serena being my #1
IKR very valid
Sarena for me
Reasons why i call Serena "Ash's Wife"
She was just so dynamic with ash. She needed him for so long but eventually used his strength to build her own. She had her own arc and helped ash get over his things. My headcanon is that they kept talking after the series so that ash would never get discouraged and neither would she. I also think they like aged up during the xy anime and then ash went back to being a kid in sun/moon
5:22 .....umm this is not the first time ash had some trouble like this, hell not only he nearly lose sight of this in his willingness to defeat paul, but there is multiple instances of friends and pokemon that cheers them up when he is stuck in a difficult battle, for example dawn teaching him the "spinning technique" a coordinator move used for battle.
Honestly, this re-teaching of lessons are the reasons old fans are sure that ash gets brain reset every season.
You're comparing the snap to reality to a coordinator technique. Ash was frustrated that he lost and didn't win. LITTERALLY THE ENTIRE SERIES WHENEVER HE LOST he got mad or guilty. This happened with his loss against sawyer, wulfric, dianthia, and alain. It was a reoccurring thing throughout the entire series. Unlike in the past, where it would serve as merely a "lesson," the xy series litterally focuses on ash losing and becoming fixated on a loss and then serena finally wakes him up for the first time. It's evident in journeys and sun and moon.
@@Pokiiii62 a "lesson"? tell me paul entire rivalry, which made ash question his own ideals for raising his pokemon and overall trainer philosophy loss after loss was just a "mere" lessson. i know you really like xyz, but let's not downgrade the previous seasons out of nowhere.
There's an episode called "The Stun Spore Detour" about how Misty would treat Ash who is sick.
Btw, the episode "For Crying Out Loud" is also the one that impressed me deeply about Misty.
A great example of soft femenin girly girl characters done right.
Thanks so much for the wonderful video.
Honestly I just love serena for these same reasons also cause she knows that she has her own dreams and will sometimes have to part with those you love bc of them but even with that serena knew it was HER choice and no one else's so when in the end when she parted with ash to me it was like 'I'll be with you but only after I complete my dream so we don't have to part again and this way you also have your chance to complete yours' ultimately making what she believed was the best thing for not just her but also ash (and also was very caring to everyone not just ash I kinda pictured her as Bonnie and clement's non biological relative bc of how much she'd take care of everyone❤!
I had a crush on Serena as a kid and my good friend told my brother as a joke…our friendship was never the same after that
She was also the one who introduced me to a food called
"Macarons" i wouldn't be able to know or taste it in real life without her knowledge. 🙏
I think XYZ was the best region in the series because of how well the story and characters were written. Not only was mega evolution a great improvement of how trainers interacted with Pokémon, but we also got ashes strongest and second most memorable Pokémon, ash greninja. Team flare was the most serious threat ever seen in Pokémon and they probably came the closest to mass genocide of any other team. And ashes rival with the mega Charizard was an absolute powerhouse, its nerfing him calling him a rival.
Serena was always my favorite pokegirl since xy came out bc of her design and lore. Her hair cutting thing literally made 11 year old me cry, and all the performances were so cool.
I will not rest until a future Pokemon anime episode shows both of them got together in the end, goddamn it!
5:17 true. character development goes crazy
Frrr
From the outside looking in, I know that being a childhood friend in love and basically an idol is already enough for people to adore a character.
We all need a Serena in our lives 😌
I love Serena, regardless of what others say. Serena not finding out what she wanted to do. Yes I loved and disliked this, it took her so long to find what she wanted to do but when she did she killed it.
For one thing, her goal doesn't require battling, but for another, more important aspect, is that the battles aren't about winning or losing, but her character. Everyone just wants her to be another tomboyish battle heavy trainer and while that’s cool and all, it gets tiring and repetitive really fast. Not only that but like you said she brings a unique yet different flavor to the Pokémon franchise which is something I like.
Serena, however, is a very different character. She's grown, matured, and become her own person. Her crush, and eventual expression of that crush, is a clear signpost of it. More than that, it was her feelings for Ash that pushed her forward in a sense. Ash, and the concept of Amourshipping, helped her to stick with things and grow more confident, because she saw how he did. It helped her learn to give back to others such as in XYZ 28 with the Winding Woods, further done with a stranger in Mairin. Not to mention she is smart while she may not be the strongest trainer or battler, a lot of people…mostly her hater’s forget how intelligent she is and acts as an emotional support not just for Ash but her friends and Pokémon as well. Plus she did play her part in the Team Flare arc which she helped Ash and the others rescue Marin’s Chespin.
There’s good points to the other poke girls and I do like most of them like Dawn, May, Lillie and Mallow. But with Serena is a different case and she brought me something that none of the other poke girls did for me. Not only that but she is the only poke girl who knows Ash since childhood and has an ACTUAL crush on him. And while amourshipping may not be everyone’s cup of tea, in my opinion it makes the most sense and I find it very cute! Fight me, Hater’s!
While her path at the beginning is goalless, it is not directionless. She tries new things, but shows her state of giving up at the littlest thing until she decides to commit to Showcases. From there, her conviction is tested by numerous forces, not the least of which is her own internal problems stemming from wanting to give up. Eevee then becomes an external representation of that, which by overcoming, develops her. By the end, however, she keeps going through the pain, attaining a new selfless dream, while also enacting her own personal dream in the form of kissing Ash.
Serena, being a Pokegirl, was eventually going to receive hate. It's inescapable for a Pokegirl.
May got a good amount of hate back in AG's early days for replacing Misty. Dawn (yes, DAWN) got a lot of flack for being too similar to Ash or too similar to May in DP'S early days. Iris got a hell of a lot of hate for her catchphrase and downplaying of Ash throughout the duration of BW. I’m sure the other poke girls also received their fair share of hate as well.
Unjustified Hate is just something that comes when you're a travelling companion of Ash at this point.
And that's the thing: it's unjustified. I never really understood how people can hate characters that are literally designed to be likeable to the least picky target demographic (kids). And I can respect others if they don’t like her that much and prefer the other poke girls, which is fine. But nothing they say will ever stop me from loving Serena the most and for being my favorite poke girl.
I’m just a casual fan of the show that supports in-universe lore, and Serena was set up to be the closest thing to official in terms of who will end up with Ash. If you don’t like Serena because of other people, then maybe try to understand why she has so much hype. If you still don’t like her after understanding the hype, then just ignore these types of posts. It’s easy. Just keep scrolling, no one is forcing you to stop and read AmourShipping posts. At the end of the day if you don’t like something then that’s your problem not ours. Great video by the way. I wish there were more videos talking about that there’s more to Serena’s character than just liking Ash! Especially when she gets dissed a lot.
Agree, what I don't get is why people always done so much stuff such as hating a character because the writer already set up a ship or couple for obvious reasons. I just don't get why Ash should be with someone who either like you said, throws him into a deep end or just snarky remarks in a way that is trying to put him down in a most kid friendly way possible. Serena is both make sense, and makes due to their past, and the fact that she is this dedicating to Ash and her goals is what makes a perfect couple for Ash.
Definitely a late edition comment lol but wanted to respond here. First of all, great video overall. I especially loved the first part talking about her personality, and how it differed so much from past PokeGirls. As someone who grew up with and got into Pokemon during the original games and anime, I’d always been a bit perplexed by Serena’s popularity compared to other PokeGirls and thought it couldn’t just be due to shipping and nostalgia (nostalgia from fans that grew up with XY as their first anime and games), so it’s really interesting to hear how she’s such a big departure personality wise from other PokeGirls and it makes sense then why she’s so popular combined with the other reasons.
At the same time though, I was rather surprised by the last point about plot relevance. While that’s certainly true when compared to Misty or Iris, it’s not really accurate compared to May or Dawn. Dawn, in particular, you could argue to this day has been the most relevant PokeGirl plot wise, as she’s the only one to be called out as co-main character to Ash in the story (narrator says “Ash and Dawn”, songs like “High Touch” etc.). This isn’t to say Serena isn’t a very plot relevant character, as she is, but she’s about equally as plot relevant as May and probably a little less so than Dawn.
I was also just surprised by your love of showcases too! While agreed they are absolutely stunning visually (which is great since I’d argue XYZ is where the animation for Pokemon peaked), I feel like story wise they’re just not that interesting? They felt very much like contests-lite to me, with the stakes and the actual “showcases” being much less interesting than the “contests”. I also feel like characters like Drew, Zoey, and many other rivals of May and Dawn were much more interesting, fleshed out characters as whole compared to Serena’s rivals.
But overall interesting and great video! While I don’t really agree with your last points, this video helped me better understand Serena’s appeal beyond the “it’s just shipping” label thrown around a lot on why people like her so much.
XY really was the best series. Best pokegirl and Team Rocket actually felt like a threat, and Ash was really showing off his out of the box thinking.
Unfortunately, for me I never had the bond with Serena than most pokemon fans have as by the time x &y aired in India, I was already out of the pokemon loop.
For me, May was the best pokegirl- she was sassy , didnt take crap, improved her skills throughout the series( still salty about her Wallace Cup loss) and was soft whenever needed. Also I liked how her 'character definition' didnt revolve around Ash
I do have to counter Misty not caring. She actually went diving for an ingredient for an antidote after Ash and Tracey were hit with. Vileplume’s Stun Spore, even leaving some for James and Meowth afterward knowing Jessie also was afflicted with the same thing.
Awesome video man 👏🏻.
Serena is easily the most popular Pokegirl and the 4th most popular character in Pokemon anime.
her return in journeys Ngl was awesome but it lacked one thing that is her Meetup with ash was so short 😅 that kinda sucked for me.
The worst thing is such a sweet and kind Pokegirl has a good amount of haters like I don't understand why anyone can hate her.
The haters are just jealous because of her popularity and so nice to Ash, they ruined their own life.
as a teen back then not a big pokemon fan, xy and xyz on cartoon network every night back in 2012 ish was the reason why i fell in love with pokemon. something about seeing serena and fenakin aka braixen was soooo adorable! i wanted a braixen soooo badly bc shes sooo beautiful!
IM SO HAPPY THIS STUMBLED ACROSS MY FYP
I LOVE SERENA AND I LOVE POKÉMON XYZ
LOVE TO ACTUALLY SEE CONTENT ON THE SHOWS 🤭
I LOVE SERENA TOO!
Iris was the only misty 2.0.
Dawn had a good friendship with Ash, where they barely ever fought.
Iris wasn't even Misty 2.0. Her character arc and development path was wildly different, and one of the best development arcs behind only May's and Lillie's.
@@LittleAl016 Iris is Misty 2.0. She was annoying as hell
@@Kings0424 No she's not, in both regards.
@@LittleAl016 You're RIGHT, Iris wasn't Misty 2.0 she was much Better!!!
Idk what he was even on when called May and Dawn "Misty clones"
I don't agree with this at all. Misty could be a little shiznit, sure, but so could Ash. They kinda beefed with each other jokingly throughout because they had crushes but were immature kids and didn't know how to express it (until the show dropped this storyline and Misty). May was actually quite different from Misty and a standout personality and talent-wise, but because she wasn't Misty most people hated her, myself included at first but now she's my favorite after getting to know her and she has a good arc. Dawn was only like May in the sense that she was a also a coordinator. I don't like any of Black and White except the games so I can't speak much to Iris's character, but I think Serena was largely successful due to timing. She and the series and the XY games came at a time that ushered in a lot of new fans and so I think she just had a lot formulaicly on her side, because she didn't really bring much outside "I like Ash" and "talent show" to the table. I don't hate her, but she's not very unique.
Also, Misty took care of Ash when he was sick at one point, too. That's not unique to Serena. Nor is getting along with the whole group, as when Misty and Ash weren't playfully bantering, they got along quite famously with each other and Brock and the three worked quite well togther a lot. Dawn and May also got along with everyone; May could have her sibling moments with Max but she still cared for him and looked after him. Everything you said about Serena's performances, the contests already did beforehand and in better ways, so performances just felt like a watered down knockoff. And no, plenty of his friends, other "Pokegirls" (hate that term tbh) included, helped him in his low moments. This whole video is very skewed and untrue. 😂 Just say you're a Serena fan and be done with it, but don't lie or put down the others to make your points.
Again, I don't hate Serena, but man, when people pull stuff like this, it makes it hard.
Heck, even the title is untrue.
Man I still love Serena and rewatch all episodes with her in it just because she’s my favorite human character 😭😭😭
Out of all the girls that Ash was with the top 3 that influenced him the most was May Dawn and Serena
Nope. It's definitely Misty, Delia, and Dawn. Serena doesn't even make the cut.
@@LittleAl016 I’m right about dawn
@@LittleAl016 On your headcanon maybe.
@@insecure8926 No. It's actually according to the showrunners themselves.
@@LittleAl016 The showrunners from your imagination, it seems.
I love Serena❤and I love your videos🔥🔥 Can’t wait till the Pokemon Z-I meant Zygard video😅 Thanks again
THANKS FRIEND!!! AND ITS GOING TO BE AMAZING!
I honestly thought she was popular not only she is a nice person but the fact she is the female player character of the X/Y games and she owns an Eevee that becomes the mighty Sylveon.
i loved how they showed how she got lost, trying to find a purpose like ash who had a goal of becoming a pokemon master. But then she learned from the friends along her journey that her passion was to be a pokemon performer. I’ll forever love serena and the pokemon xy/xyz series 💕💕
I liked Misty/May's dynamic with Ash. There was always a good push and pull witheir bickering where it felt like two friends bickering. I dropped off around Diamond and Pearl, so I can't comment much on Dawn from memory, but i dont remember liking her as much. What little I've seen of Iris made her look like an annoying bully to me(though I'll concede it was the first few episodes of B/W). Serena was really sweet, i could definitely see why she's a fan favourite, even if I've only watched the league eps of X and Y. Havent seen any sun and moon or journeys atuff beyond the champion battle and, of course, the Leon fight.
If i had to pick a favourite? Misty. She was my favourite character of the original trio, and i was genuinely upset when she left.
sadly its the shippers is the reasons she's so popular she has a good character its just lost in all the love interest stuff fans whine about that's why in her last episode people complained how she had little dialog with ash even though in that same episode she was not only more confident than her past self she became somewhat of a mentor to the current female chloe hell people don't even talk about how her performance was on par with honen's top performer lisia
Pokeeee: What did the cat say to the dog?
Cat: Zygarde :P
😭💙
To this day, almost a decade later, I’m still mad that Aria won the showcase, Serena’s performance was so much better than better, and I know that wasn’t the point but I’m still salty lol
That's not entirely true, because even tho May and Dawn we're sassy they still had more respect for Ash. For May she only had sass mostly for her younger brother. And as for Dawn, she had sass for everyone, and especially Paul. Including the others that came after them. And as for Serena, I like her cuz she's not only a good Pokemom but she's also the first one to have a believable open crush on Ash.
She makes for a good protagonist.✔️
Her performances are beautiful.✔️
Ash.⭕
Misty may have been a jerk but by xy time if ash got sick and she knew she would at minimum be concerned while brock would do something about it as they do care for each other it just they get on each others nerves sometimes (most of the time in OS) but there still friends at the end of the day.
Of course, I didn't mean to portray her as a horrible friend because she isn't, but she is a sister type
@@Pokiiii62where do you get the idea she wouldn’t care about him being sick? She literally took care of him and Tracey in season 2 when they had stun spore(even helped Jessie who suffered the same condition regardless of her being an enemy)
You're selling Misty short. She would be confronting Ash's problems directly, and get him to pick himself up by the bootstraps, of, if failing that, pick him up by the bootstraps herself. She would never make Ash's situation about her like how Serena did.
@@LittleAl016 it’s good that you’re defending Misty, but please be careful not to criticize Serena in anyway. Especially when both fandoms called a truce in RUclips.
@@sammydroubi6022 I'm aware that both fandoms called a truce. However, I see a lot of people from Serena's fandom breaking that truce.
When I was a kid I really liked Serena's blonde short hair but when I grew up, she became my favourite after seeing her journey from not having any dream to searching for what actually she is made for and finally finding her dream and passion♡
Also, she had guts to express her feelings for Ash and never disrespected him
To be honest I was never a fan of Serena. Didn’t hate her or anything but it always seemed like the reason she was so well liked was because of amourshipping. She was probably the companion that got the most ship tease with Ash even more than Misty did back in the day. It probably also helped that she was a breath of fresh air after Iris who was just the absolute worst ever.
Yeah I'm a big fan of Serena and I can agree about that Iris part. Iris was that terrible in that Black and White series and I thin the Black and White was terrible itself. I actually stop watching it in the middle of season 1 because Iris was annoying, the sotry was bad and Ash just became the dumbest he has ever in his entire career during that Black and White series
It is because of "AmourShipping". She's not actually liked for her actual character.
Also, Iris was one of the best.
Projecting your own feelings cause Serena felt like a great character actually. Not one note or bland at all @LittleAl016
@@LittleAl016 Iris is terrible idiot
@@calebrichardson5259 I'm not projecting anything onto Serena. It's those who think that she's a great character who are doing that.
She's so gentle, yet also so confident and firm. My favorite for sure, but as much as I agree with you, I don't think the previous poke girls followed all the same trend, Dawn I think was one who didn't berate Ash all the time, Iris was also different, nevertheless, I still think Serena is objectively the most fleshed out and just also personally the best in my eyes forever/
Yeah I agree Dawn would only berate Ash from time to time but not whole lot though and everybody hated Iris in that time, I remember goes to school at the time and most kids at school loves Pokémon just like me and everyone in their mama's hated Iris
@@Kings0424 The voices you hear online are not "everyone". Those are literally the only people who hated Iris.
@@LittleAl016 BW Anime Iris? People hated her, but the blame isn't completely hers.
2:08 no i don’t think so- Misty i think i would not have shown that she cares but would have done something at least
I remember my 9 year old self watching this show, still my favorite art style of any of the Pokémon anime and enjoyed the most!