>>15659868Even in-game Evil-types aren't explicitly pure evil. They're mostly just jerks, but not all of them. Absol has the edgy, misunderstood loner thing going-- he even gets Heart of Justice as an ability-- and Greninja is more about being sneaky than being a dick.
A Dark-type gym leader could just be a dude who teaches ruthless tactics, and espouses a "whatever it takes to win" philosophy. In an alternate universe, Koga's gym could've been dark-type without changing much thematically.
