Summary

Over the years of thePokémonanime , Ash has traveled with a lot of girls , and quite a few of them developed some feeling for him along the way . While many fans are likely to think back to the companion they check with Ash first , it is an interesting question : which companion is the best match for Ash ?

look at the major female character from across thePokémonanime , it ’s easygoing to decide which girls Ash had the best relationship with . While there ’s comparatively little interest from Ash ’s end , these girls have been a piffling more unfastened about their feelings towards him , and as a result , that make up the main part of the rankings . Some of these relationship are more romantically tantalise than others , but all of them are among Ash ’s warm friendships .

7May - Ash’s Good Friend

Appears inPokémon: Advanced Generation

Nipponese VA :

KAORI

English VA :

Pikachu

Veronica Taylor / Michele Knotz

Debut Episode :

" Get the Show on the route ! "

imagery from The Boy and the Heron

Key Pokémon :

Blaziken , Beautifly

May was Ash ’s journey companion during the third - generation series . She ’s originally from the Hoenn realm ( base on the female player character fromRubyandSapphire ) and had almost no experience with Pokémon prior to meet Ash . As such , Ash was something of a wise man to May , not only teach her about battles but about Pokémon in cosmopolitan and how to care for them . May became a Coordinator , a character of trainer who competes in Pokémon Contests .

My Hero Academia - All For One

May has n’t made many appearances in thePokémonanimeafterAdvanced Generationdue to her original voice actress , KAORI losing her vox .

Misty ’s goals could n’t be more different from Ash ’s , but the two always had a stiff friendly relationship , eager to help each other out . compare to Misty who preceded her , May showed very little romantic pursuit in Ash , and has unfortunately had very few appearances after leaving the series .

6Lillie - Looking Up to Ash

Appears inPokémon Sun & Moon

Kei Shindo

Laurie Hymes

" Alola to New Adventure ! "

Pokemon-Ash-Love-Interests

Vulpix

Lillie is a appendage of Ash ’s Pokémon School socio-economic class , based on theLillie from theSunandMoonvideo games . The girl of Lusamine , she was intemperately involved in the plot ofSun & Moon , and expend a fair amount of time with Ash as a result . Lillie is a fresh girlfriend who was very afraid of Pokémon when she and Ash first met;Ash help oneself her to become more prosperous around Pokémon , up to the full point where Lillie eventually got a Pokémon of her own – an Alolan Vulpix distinguish Snowy . Lillie finally worked her way up to becoming a competent combatant , something which she feel was due to Ash ’s influence .

It ’s strong to say if Lillie has feelings for Ash , which is why she ’s ranked so low , but she certainly looks up to him , and it would n’t be surprising if Lillie was revealed to have belief for Pallet Town ’s favorite trainer .

Pokemon’s May smiling in front of some trees.

5Dawn - Like a Sister

Appears inPokémon: Diamond & Pearl

Megumi Toyoguchi

Emily Jenness

Piplup , Buneary

Lillie hugging Snowy the Alolan Vulpix in the Pokémon anime.

Dawn is Ash ’s master traveling companion throughout Sinnoh , base on the female player character forPokémon DiamondandPearl . It did n’t takeDawn long to define herself as discrete from her Pokémon herald , Misty and May ; Dawn was far more unforced to permit go of her anger when Ash ’s Pikachu destruct her bike . Dawn also had her own goal decently from the outset : to become a slap-up Coordinator like her mother . Since Dawn and Ash both had such warm visions of their futurity , they got along remarkably well for the most part . Dawn would even occasionally wear a cheerleader outfit to cheer Ash on during his gym battles .

Dawn was often very concerned about her appearance when she move with Ash , which might advise she was trying to front her safe for him . In the end , though , Dawn and Ash almost had more of a sibling relationshipthan one with shades of love affair .

4Bianca - A Kiss to Seal the Deal

Appears inPokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias

Fumiko Orikasa

Tara Jayne

Debut Film :

Pokémon’s Bianca looks with her mouth open at Ash across the river.

Pokémon Heroes : Latios & Latias

Latias

Bianca is an original character ( not from the games ) who primarily come along in the 5th celluloid , Pokémon Heroes : Latios & Latias . It ’s a lilliputian unmanageable to verbalize about Bianca ’s flavor towards Ash , because , at several points in the pic , she is impersonate by a Latias , which also seems to have a morsel of a puppy love on Ash . As such , it ’s hard to say how concerned Bianca was , since it was n’t always clear who was doing what . Bianca and Ash worked together to protect Latias and save the metropolis of Alto Mare from a dyad of thieves , Annie and Oakley , who tried to seize control of the city ’s defense mechanics .

Pokemon: Melody from the Movie 2000 standing in front of some rocks.

Bianca and Ash produce nearer over the course of the risky venture , and when the meter came for them to part , Bianca rush to the docks andgave a very surprised Ash a osculation . Was it Bianca , or was it the Latias in camouflage as Bianca ?

3Melody - Aggressively Interested

Appears inPokémon the Movie 2000

Akiko Hiramatsu

Amy Birnbaum

Pokémon the Movie 2000

Pokemon Franchise Image

Melody appeared inPokémon the Movie 2000as the maiden leading a great fete in herhomeland ofPokémon’sOrange Islands . She has a ill-affected personality , not eager to take on the title of fete maiden that once belong to her older babe . Her tune change quite a routine when she take on Ash , however , welcome him to the island with a " traditional " welcome candy kiss . This puts her at odds with Misty immediately , and the two even utter about their pastime in Ash , albeit athwart .

Melody in reality appear very in short in a montage of other movie moments inThe Rise of Darkrai .

As she come to realize the old legends of her home were lawful , Melody proved her bravery by help Ash to fulfill the prophecy and save the day . Melody is reasonably explicit about her interest in Ash , and even promise out Misty ’s affection for him , positing herself as a contender . Alas , Melody does n’t appear again .

Anime

2Misty - It’s Complicated

Appears inPokémon: The BeginningsandTo Be A Pokémon Master

Mayumi Iizuka

Rachael Lillis / Michele Knotz

" Pokémon - I Choose You ! "

Pokemon

Psyduck , Gyarados

The OG Poké girl , Misty , has probably had the most screen time out of Ash ’s potential love interests . Misty makes it fairly unmortgaged throughout the series that she has some grade of romantic interest in Ash , although Ash ’s interchange is never all that well-defined . Misty lean to become covetous when other girls interact with Ash ( for instance , Melody , as noted above ) .

component of Misty ’s attraction to Ash were exaggerate a bitin the English dub of the gum anime , leaving westerly fans with a much more"childhood romance " ideaof their family relationship . The soundtrack to the English dub even had an image birdsong for Misty about her feelings towards Ash , making it far more denotative . WhateverMisty ’s touch sensation for Ashwere meant to be , Ash has been pretty clueless about them , and despite Misty ’s return for the terminal episodes of the serial publication , Ash and Misty ’s kinship was n’t really deepen in any meaningful way .

1Serena - Nearly Official

Appears inPokémon XY

Mayuki Makiguchi

Haven Paschall

" Kalos , Where Dreams and Adventures Begin ! "

Delphox , Pancham , Sylveon

Serena is Ash ’s fellow throughoutXY , but their human relationship goes back much further than that . Serena and Ash really met while she was at a summer pack hosted by Professor Oak , and Ash help her when she became injure . Serena never forget this , and was surprised to discover that Ash was that boy who had help her long ago . Unlike most of the girls , Serena was obviously designed to be Ash ’s love interest . Ash ’s enthusiastic , never - give - up position encouraged her to chase her own dreams , alternatively of her mother ’s . And , when Ash fell into a depression after suffer to the gym loss leader Wulfric , Serena was there for him .

Serena wound up giving Ash a kiss before they parted ways , with Serena heading off to the Hoenn region to give Pokémon Contests a try . As usual , Ash was a little forgetful to Serena ’s stake , but she at least made her feelings decipherable to him with that osculation .

The fact of the matter is that Ash really is n’t a persona that was work up for love affair , and the series ' habit of set about him over fresh in a new region have in mind that his relationships could never really step up

WhileSerena certainly has the most evidence on her side to be Ash ’s great love interest , the fact of the matter is that Ash really is n’t a character that was built for romance , and the serial ' riding habit of start up him over fresh in a new part meant that his relationships could never really intensify to a more permanent level . With Ash ’s meter as the series lead now in the past , it ’s good to say that Ash wo n’t be baffle together with anyone on screen , rather experience free on a never - endingPokémonadventure .

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