Thread:Bigez620/@comment-1363526-20131001083703/@comment-1219690-20131001214913

Nah, in the first episode of BW, the English dub mentions that Ash is still ten. And by this point in the series, it's frustrating how little Ash has actually learned. He's still surprised by things he learned back in Kanto. I'm no genius, but Ash is clearly mentally unstable.