Editing Ash Ketchum/Relationships (section)

===[[Hiro]]:===
In [[Ash's Adventures of Thomas & Friends: Hero of the Rails|''Ash's Adventures of Thomas &amp; Friends: Hero of the Rails'']], after they first met, Ash, Pikachu and Hiro became really good friends with a very strong bond.

In one scene at Hiro's Hideout Ash, Pikachu, and Hiro have a conversion about the differences and similarities of being the Master of the Railway and a Pokémon Master.

Hiro calls Ash, Pikachu, and Thomas his best friends. Later on, he says to them "You have been very kind, Thomas, Ash, and Pikachu. The best friends I could ever have".

And at the end of the film when Hiro goes back home to Japan he and Ash say a tearful goodbye, with Ash saying in Aladdin's voice "Hiro, I'm gonna miss you" and Hiro replies in Genie's voice, "Me too, Ash, and no matter what anybody says, you'll always be a Pokémon Master to me.", This makes Ash feel touched by his friend's very kind words and he began to cry, he then hugged Hiro while a tearful Pikachu hugs Hiro by his nose.