>>56198316>it's certainly weird how for a good while she was a manga-only character and for some reason "Leaf" in FRLG was considered a separate entity altogetherActually, GameFreak has never confirmed or denied either position, which is even worse
>It doesn't help that she also had the best characterization hands down as far Gen 1 goes.That’s exactly what I mean, think about the context for a second, Pokémon started in 1996, right in the middle of the 90s magical girl wave. Imagine how wildly different this franchise would have become if we had a female lead like her right in the middle of that
