>>43095168>Ninja frog is not a garbage theme because Frogs have been a part of ninja folklore for hundreds of years alreadyJust because something has existed in pop culture or folklore doesn’t mean it’s good or even necessary. Anons justify shit like muk because it’s a common trope in fiction but it’s still ugly. Or shit like Voltorb and Elctrode for being mimics, still lazy as shit designs though. It did not need a human theme.
>The "human-like posture" is one that 90% of frog Pokemon have. Even stuff like Poliwhirl go beyond that and flat out get latex gloves, and keep in mind that design is from Gen 1. Poliwhirl and Poliwrath are shit too, the random latex gloves just look tacked on, stupid, and unnecessary. Justifying a shit design with another doesn’t help your case. And Greninja’s mannerisms are still exaggerated since it has to act the ninja part.
>Greninja is only made humanoid by the Ninja part, just like how Toxicroak is more humanoid for being based on troublemaker bullies. Greninja bashes you over the head with how it’s obviously a ninja and even has the ugly ninja “clothes”. Toxicroak still feels more like a monster comparatively even with the troublemaker idea since it doesn’t incorporate it in such in your face manner. Whereas Greninja just looks like a frog ninja character. You’re focusing mostly on the humanoid part which wouldn’t be a problem if it didn’t feel like some ninja character.
>Greninja has folkloric ties to its designSo does Zoroark with how it has the whole thing with illusionary foxes and is apparently based off a “kabuki”, still ugly as shit.
