>>56447331>Masters EX>Ashnime>MangaAlright man, I'm just using the games themselves here as a primary source. Guzma is also always talking about being "the hates boss that beats you down and beats you down and never lets up", which is another thing he might've picked up from his childhood beating. He takes in Gladion because he reminds him of himself and respected the guts to run away from his family.
Do you think a slightly deranged gang leader being vaguely implied to have gotten badly beaten in his childhood is too much for Pokemon? We had Team Flare a generation prior trying to launch a full blown genocide.