>>15348172>they don't acknowledge adult viewers at all.Yes, because kids are the ones who would be interested in a maid café episode where Dawn dresses up as a maid and Team Rocket discusses moe. Hell, it was even mentioned in an interview that a huge part of the reason that Misty was replaced was because she lacked sex appeal.
They tried to go the Misty route again with Iris in Best Wishes, but due to how spectacularly that failed, they brought back Dawn for an entire arc, and then made a new female lead with clear inspiration from Dawn for XY.
