>>57552187They're called myths, like how we have myths. They're not historical fact, but they give a sense of flavor to the culture and history of a region. Those myths (often lifted verbatim from existing real life myths but with Pokémon names) existed as a sort of reference material for when they made Sinnoh, just like the hundreds of Hokkaido trip photos included. Because the regions are fictionalized versions of real life areas, no matter how hard they try to backtrack from the fact that Pokémon was more based on a fictional version of our world. People have jobs, there are konbini workers, doctors, electricians, musicians, artists, who all happen to be Trainers. Pokémon as a concept was based on a "boy's summer", inspired by Satoshi Tajiri's childhood of collecting and having bugs interact, and of the coming-of-age film Stand By Me. There was no "Kantonian war" that Lt. Surge fought in. Lt. Surge is an American soldier stationed in the Pokémon equivalent to Yokohama during the 90s, he's likely referring to the Gulf War. Takeshi Shudo, a guy who worked on the anime which was significantly different to the games, had no authority. There is no 10 years old rule in the games, it's all random bullshit he came up with that western fans decided to extrapolate retarded fantasies from (10 years old is the age of majority and consent and you can fuck Pokémon because Pokémon have human sapience and Oh my Arceus!). It's fucking nonsense.
