Tomboyish Mermaid
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So, are you saying that only reason to add a female character is for eye candy?
I could be wrong with this. But I might read an interview where one of the veteran writers of the anime said, that the reason for switching the girls is really the case to give male viewers always a new sweet eye candy to look at. And with some girls, it could be the case.
- Misty literally had no role in the anime, she was just there to look cute.
- May had a role, but he wasn't as fleshed out as it could be.
- Dawn was so far the only girl that was treated as a co-star to Ash.
- Iris also didn't do much. I have to say she was better handled than Misty but was also reduced to be a good-looking background character.
- Serena was literally the biggest waifu-fanservice of them all.
- Lillie was really well handled I must say.
- Lana was handled okay. but also did almost nothing.
- And Mallow is really completely unnecessary.
And the once that were handled well like Lillie and Dawn also had a lot of scenes with fanservice. Girls do not have the best reputation in Pokémon or Shonen anime in general.