Leonhart
Imagineer
Dream Lad said:Yet, Ash could honestly lose to any of the three among Gladion, Guzma, and Ilima too.
I don't see Guzma or Ilima as potential "dream crushers", personally. Guzma is just bitter at Kukui-hakase and even if he directs his anger towards Satoshi, I think Guzma losing is pretty much a given since he's a villainous team leader, and evil never triumphs over good in this series. As for Ilima: even though he owns an Eievui and the writers love to promote it, I think he'll still lose against Satoshi because there's only so much favoritism that the writers can show towards the Eievui line before it begins to overshadow Pikachu's limelight, which is a big no-no in this franchise.