>>40046050>they still could have kept the bubble theme or just have it be ninja the entire wayfor one thing, the bubbles were NOT the theme. They were a means, not an end. The whole point of the line is to show the progression from amateur thief to master thief. Japanese RPGs have Ninjas as the highest rank representatives of thievery, therefore, they're the master thieves. And this concept is shared among the entire line. Froakie literally starts off like this, for chrissakes.