Ironically enough
>>36244096, the primary fanbase of Pokémon is unquestionably children and always has been, but when they grow up and a very few of them stop caring to appear cool and reserved and just express their emotions clearly instead of sitting on them and mutedly expressing feelings by tossing off a one-liner or meme their friend circle introduced them to they are almost surely more grown up than the people who made the fans of whatever of those days you hearken back to.
