In fact, casually releasing Pokémon was far more common than Heiduo had imagined.
Academy-trained Trainers still in school were better off.
For some adult, graduated, and highly utilitarian Trainers, Pokémon were nothing more than tools for navigating the worlds of fame, profit, and high society.
Not to mention traditional Trainers. With limited resources and time, it was impossible for them to raise too many Pokémon.
A person only had one chance in their life to participate in that region's Regional Conference. Though there was no age limit, how many people were willing to battle a bunch of youngsters when they were already old and frail?
Everyone raised Pokémon while they were still young and energetic, because that made things twice as effective with half the effort. Once they got older, how could their energy possibly keep up?
There was only one Giovanni, Pryce, and Agatha in the world.
Thus, constantly catching all kinds of Pokémon and finding the best one among them was what the vast majority of Trainers had always done.
They were much like game players, except one stored them in a computer while the other released them into nature.
Paul, who had appeared in the anime, was also that kind of Trainer. If he had not encountered Ash, and Ash had not been punished by the writers, then with his strength, he should have become the Champion of that conference.
The existence of people with Legendary Pokémon was simply an irresistible force meant to disgust everyone.
His team was full of exceptionally powerful Pokémon.
Like the Ursaring that could take countless hits from Fighting-type moves without changing expression, roaring as it counterattacked.
The Drapion that consecutively took out three of Ash's Pokémon, firing Pin Missile and grenades alike, with arms and tail no different from springs.
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