>>47151090Kanto:
>For some people, Pokémon are pets. Other use them for fights. Myself… I study Pokémon as a profession.Johto:
>People and Pokémon live together by supporting each other. Some people play with Pokémon, some battle with them.Hoenn:
>We humans live alongside Pokémon, at times as friendly playmates, and at times as cooperative workmates. And sometimes, we band together and battle others like us.Sinnoh:
>We humans live alongside Pokémon as friends. At times we play together, and at other times we work together. Some people use their Pokémon to battle and develop closer bonds with them.Unova:
>We humans live happily with Pokémon! Living and working together, we complement each other. We help each other to accomplish difficult tasks. Having Pokémon battle one another is particularly popular, and it deepens the bonds between people and Pokémon.Kalos:
>We live together with these Pokémon, lending our strength to one another to live and prosper.Alola:
>Here in Alola we love our Pokémon, and we depend on them heaps, too. Some of us even battle with 'em, if we call ourselves Pokémon Trainers!Galar: (no professor tells you about Pokemon)
So, Kanto is the only region that thinks of Pokemon solely as pets or tools; other regions give them more agency. Also of note is that Oak changes his speech from Kanto to Johto, so he's aware of this cultural difference.
tl;dr Kanto is a backwards country that doesn't yet acknowledge the extent to which Pokemon and humans can bond together.
