>>46432080It's simple, really. Dawn was the first new mainline Pokegirl to be introduced relative to the time of 4chan's inception who wasn't based on another character like Leaf/Green. Sinnoh was ostensibly the newest thing back then, which also helped in making her such a magnet for memes, since she was written straight more consistently than May, similar to Misty.
Yuki.la is a helpful tool if you're curious enough to peek at what a pre-/tr/ 4chan looked like, when Pokemon was still permitted on /a/. You might even be lucky enough to find a few old reaction images and other pictures from the pre-10's era that successfully archived.
