>>28802625Nah.
It's fine that the series isn't super-violent or Shonen levels of crazy.
Sometimes it's nice for a series not to be corrupted by the flaws of real life. Not even sure the series is ready for traumatic moments like character/Pokemon deaths to be a regular thing outside Pokemon in movies and the occasional villain meeting his/her doom or Pokemon successfully harming people or battle injuries being more graphic than a hard exhausting "shove" that winds the target.
I can see if the idea is to give the world building SOME level of authenticity, like seeing Sycamore light a cigarette, Surge have flashbacks of what kind of war he fought or hearing about Wulfric wanting to tie one on to beat the cold (much less offer some liquor to his Abomasnow). It nuances the world, sure but it's also unnecessary to whatever the series just means to convey.
It's a walking commercial, even if there's older fans here and there it's best it STAYS as a walking commercial.
