>>56270974Pokespe manga mentions levels and Natures occasionally, and the reason why the anime doesn’t mention it is because it’s shonensloppa that the writers have to write in a manner that makes the show seem cool to kids in particular. As for balancing issues, it’s honestly a pick and choose kind of thing, you either go with what the stats say or what the Dex says (although, I really reccomend the former because the dex says some truly ridiculous shit from time to time such as Torchic being able to spit out fireballs of 1600F, or stuff that flat out contradicts gameplay such as Dragalge being able to melt steel with its poison even though it doesn't have Corrosion or Corv supposedly being the prey of Tinkatrannies even though ingame Corv always BTFOs a Tinkatranny).