>>58209958>imageOK let's go through it.
First as said earlier, any mention of "shrink" doesn't have to mean in the most literal possible way. Some of these have been retconned. Look at depiction of the Pokémon exiting the ball, it's from before final release of the first games, showing a now outdated design for Poké Balls with the sliding and the button at the top. The Pokémon isn't even one of the final release. Also Minimize, is a specific Move, it's a point against the literal shrink headcanon. What's the in-universe reason then that all Pokémon don't learn Minimize?
Pokémon can shrink, yes, and some Pokémon can physically uniformly shrink, but the question is what kind of shrinking is used when they go in a ball. The idea that Poké Balls just literally have their bodies shrink in the most literal possible way has issues and the evidence for it is based on old lore, retcons and interpreting "shrink" in the most literal possible way. The franchise does contain contradictions, they need to be sorted through properly to know what aspects to ignore or actually take seriously.
>>58209979It's that image again. So, if Pokémon are truly shrinking in the literal physical uniform manner when they Faint, then think how that affects Pokémon predation on other Pokémon, which we know is a thing. Pokémon kill and eat other Pokémon, the idea that all Pokémon have their bodies uniformly shrunk when Fainting affects that.
