>>36483521>it's not letting them win because they're a kidI never said they let them win. That isn't a handicap. Being a much stronger trainer with access to a team of E4-level mons and using 2 geodudes and an Onix on 10 year-olds IS a handicap.
>>36483523>If the lore was all over the manuals and supplementary material, you'd think the anime would incorporate it.Fucking WHAT? You and I watched the same anime, right? Or did I miss the part of the games where you can hit Rhydon on the horn with lightning, or knock out Onix by turning on the sprinklers?
Oh damn, and I forgot that Kanto actually has, what, 15 badge-awarding gyms?
>There's no evidence to say that Giovanni is meant to be seen as a bitchtits 8th gym leaderHe LITERALLY gives up the Gym Leadership and vows to disband his Yakuza crew because he gets shitstomped by 2 children, the only 2 people he's allowed to fight him in his gym for some decent period of time given how the people in Viridian City talk about the Gym building having stood abandoned for a long time.
Giovanni is bitchtits. If you actually played the games instead of just going off the anime, the entire point of his character is that he just exploits other people to do things for him and appears superficially strong but is really weak when backed into a corner.
