>>23143753Nigger I read the article when it was first posted. Yes, the line is partially based on the youkai. That does not override that which is blindingly obvious. Hell, the article even states that the Slowpoke family aren't true sazae-oni. The one thing that they have in common with the myth is the shell, which very obviously does not apply to Slowpoke.
You're a fucking idiot.
>>23143775These dopey motherfuckers. Slowpoke also learns an unusual amount of Fire-type moves, and old myths held that salamanders were fire elementals.
