"Makes sense. You think you're going to win no matter what, get too cocky and make a mistake, or don't notice something important, like who you're facing." he said.
"As I said to Liam a while back: overconfidence can leave you blind to the element of surprise," stated Shiranui, "And that battle just now proved it."
"I also have four ribbons and they were not that easy to win," added Shiranui, "The Kanto Contest circuit is far more challenging than when we started out at Hoenn."