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Alain was hated because of all the meta around the league hyping up the possibility of a win. They showed the failed shuriken in preview clips, talked up Ash's "strongest team ever", and Alain beat him several times before the league like Paul or Trip or Gary; he was written like the rivals who were set up as Ash's main challenge to overcome at the league, not like Harrison or such who were brought in at the last minute to defeat him. In addition, Alain had no interest in the league until the last minute when he then gathers a ton of badges at high speed.the amazing hatred aimed at Alan after he won with his stronger more well-trained Lizardon
Alain was hated because the show completely bungled the advertising and buildup to the league by hinting that Ash would finally win then pulling the rug out to deliver the status quo again. A plot twist that's more boring than the alternative is a terrible plot twist.
I haven't seen this, myself. Mostly people thought the scene was funny and I haven't seen anyone dislike Koharu over it. Like Hidden Mew said I mostly see people wanting to see more of her.and the disdain Koharu gets for being weirded out by him.
Ash gets bashed constantly to the point people will assign completely ludicrous criticisms like calling him a Mary Sue.Satoshi is the fandom’s golden boy so any disrespect to him causes a havoc.