I Know Which OG Pokémon Trainer Needs to Return to the Anime ASAP and No, It's Not Ash

Fans can’t help but wonder when Pokémon Horizons will start connecting itself more closely to Ash’s era of the anime, as so far the two series have been quite different from one another. However, before Ash actually meets Liko and Roy, there’s another friend of his who might do a better job breaking the ice: Brock.