>not a gary stu like alain >loses battles and learn from

Releases his starter because it was weak.
Instead of just training it because its one of two fire types in the region.
No

>>32253260
He's literally Silver though. At least Silver has somewhat of an excuse due to coming from a dysfunctional family, he wasn't raised any better.

>>32253884
>He's literally Silver though
Are you implying that's a problem? Silver's the best game rival and Paul is the best anime rival the series has ever had

>>32253332
You forget this is the ashime we're talking about. Type match ups don't matter so it being a fire type had no influence on his decision to raise it.

>>32253260
XY had bad ribals, a emo guy, a little kid, a fat gay and camera guy like trip