>>56100267The issue is more like the setting is actually very low-powered, like most people are pro athlete tier and Emily's an actual shonen character but it works anyway cause it's honestly just untapped potential within the setting itself on TPC/GF's part cause they're a bunch of hacks on the writing front. Regional champs get btfo'd by silent protags who rise high enough to clap their cheeks in under a month by some little shits who never battled before the start of the journey in the beginning of the game. TPC/GF's writing ain't much better on the front of "only taking X amount of time to surpass Y". The fact it took her a year at all even with her innate boon says a lot by comparison.