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This article is about shipping. As hints and evidence for ships are mostly speculation, this page may contain personal points of view.

AbilityShipping is the belief that Ash Ketchum and Anabel, the Salon Maiden of the Battle Tower are in love with each other. Evidence of this shipping lies in the episodes Talking a Good Game and Second Time's the Charm when Ash traveled to the Battle Tower for his sixth Frontier Symbol.

The first bit of evidence lies in Talking a Good Game when Ash and Anabel first meet. Instead of talking like normal people who first meet do, Ash mistakes Anabel for a boy and the two smile and laugh about it. A little later on when a Gyarados tries to attack the two, Anabel stands up to try and protect Ash even though they just met.

Another evidence of this ship is in Second Time's the Charm when Ash is leaving the Battle Tower and the two say their good-byes. The two share what seems to be a normal handshake but, according to shippers, turns into something more when Anabel blushes about it, closes her eyes and smiles. Also, earlier in the episode, when Ash fails to think a command to Corphish, Anabel comments that she likes him just the way he is. She also displays the "glimmering eyes" that show when a character likes or trusts another character.

At the end of the episode, as Ash is walking away, Anabel says to herself, "Guess you still can't sense feelings yet Ash, or you would've sensed my feelings for you."

Canonically, this ship is one-sided in Anabel's favor; the above line proves it.

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This article is part of Project Shipping, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each couple in Pokémon.