>>58592103Have you ever consumed media outside of Pokemon? These are all shit not uncommon in children's media.
>rival is an assholeThomas the Tank Engine has Gordon be a rude prick all the time. every cartoon on Nick and CN and Disney Channel has asshole rivals.
>there are people who will try and exploit things for their own gain and profit 101 Dalmatians, Rio, the minion movie, a bunch of sesame street episodes
>people & pokemon dieCharlotte's Web, every story that mentions dead family like Cinderella, anything spooky like Casper the friendly ghost. And Pokemon ZA had a named character die, Pokemon SV also had a death implied.
>organizations will associate with shady individuals (giovanni, effectively a mafia boss, is part of the official pokemon league)Doctor Eggman works for the US gov in the first sonic movie, the villain of Madagascar 3 is a police woman, Team Flare was part of high society for much of XY until it all broke down.
>industrialization in general is rather prevalent in kantoKanto is comically garden-like compared to real Kanto, which holds the Tokyo Metropolitan Area, known for being absurdly densely populated and urbanized.
>pervert old man watching the girls at the celadon gymSome dude looking at fully clothed girls is as lewd as a burqa as far as japanese animation aimed at kids goes.
Compare RBY to Zelda at the same time, Dragon Quest for a similar age range in Japan. Or just, the two competitor series (monster rancher, digimon) all having actual deaths as part of gameplay mechanics.
