>>50525424I think it has to do with the Nintendo executives forcing OLM to follow the Yokai Watch artstyle so modern Japanese boys can relate.
I have no idea why Japanese kids would prefer the Spongebob tier cringefest that is Yokai Watch over something genuinely quality like Pokemon.
As for the girls, well nobody wants to look at uglified girls, to be honest in SM the girsl weren't bad in artstyle either, it's only the Gen1 character who get some very weird deformation.
P.S. Dawn if she XY