>>38264249Because we don’t have predetermined expectations for them. You KNOW that Misty and Brock look all fucking wrong. The rest of them are fine because they haven’t already been around for two decades looking comlpletely different.
Just goes to show how successful a total reboot of the anime could be. Drop Ash like the turd he is, flush him down forever, and just give us a competent fucking trainer to watch have actual battles that don’t ALWAYS hinge on the power of love and a Thunderbolt.