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Gen 1
>Ghost trainer is an old hag with a cane
>Grass trainer is a modest-looking girl
>Fighting trainer is a guy who looks like he could kick your ass
>Rival is a smug-looking prick
Now
>Brown girl with shark teeth and black sclera and giant shaped hair with giant poofy clothes and hair accessories and makeup designed to resemble an abstract concept that defines her whole being with one of the 4 pre-approved anime girl personalities designed to appeal to shut-ins
Why did Japan get so up their own fucking asses with this? Good fucking grief. Gen 1-3's more grounded aesthetic was infinitely superior.