User blog comment:Francy07/Female SS protagonist in SS anime/@comment-30358957-20190228194454/@comment-1693281-20190301005731

Ultra Guardians Galar Branch. Mallow, Kiawe & Lillie won’t be a free agent for reasons to take care of their family businesses, only Sophocles & Lana can join Ash there, but with special cases:


 * Sophocles & his parents revealed to be planning to move to Galar.
 * Lana got invited to be part of UG’s Pokémon performance team. Joined by her teammates: 1 new female + one of Ash’s old female companions (currently Dawn, May & Serena). As Sophocles, Ash & new male companion might being the only 3 males of the group, marking the first Ash’s group to have more female companions
 * If Pharamosa first invasion on Cerulean Gym while invading Kanto will really occur in future a EP of SMUL, Misty might receive an invitation from her sisters, who was the said UB’s first victims that led them to return & retrain themselves as gym leaders once more. Pharamosa’s presence might be able to be a reason Misty snaps and motivate to brave enough against the Bug-type even more.
 * Iris being the only female not to be part of UG’s Pokémon performance team, cause she is tasked to investigate new kinds of Dragon type. Good news, Axew evolves to Fraxure off-screen.
 * Buneary & Togedemaru’s rivalry over Pikachu.
 * NEW Pokemon: Only Dawn Lycanroc debuted in this Gen within the group & has Water-type self-cleaning ability that will cause Dusk Lycanroc jealous & nervously wants to hop in there (tsundere?). Lana’s Eevee evolved to Drakeon thanks to a training tasked by Drampa in SMUL; Ash-Incineroar, the first to have 3rd-type (Lightning), based on martial artist (Tiger Fang Fist/Kogafufuken) & Fire-Lord + can summon flame weapons (mostly scythe & sword) & teleport, main rival to Ash-Greninja. Though only Ash-Incineroar form can first appear in his game debut, what of Ash’s Incineroar & Greninja after cleaning their home region & first defeat of TRR before they return in other regions?
 * The rest of the old companions may re-appear, but as recurring supporters in certain episodes
 * I dunno about Rotom-Dex but, either be the same one or different one based on personalities & dub accents? UK region needs a Sherlock Holmes motif, yeah?