>>51512654I didn't lose. A few gags doesn't change fundamentally how the series is structured. You, for example, don't go on a date with a Pokémon, nor does one interact with it as a person, but you interact with it as a dog or a cat and this is something they've been adding to the games since HGSS.
And the guide is important because it tells us what type of image they want others to project when it comes to Pokémon. Remember, merchandise is the lifeblood of the Pokémon franchise, so guides like this tell us quiet a bit on their thought process. The guide even makes it clear they're conscious about talking Pokémon and that they seek to minimize their usage based off their wording. And of course things said in that guide manifest when TPC is directly involved in projects such as their supervision of the detective pikachu movie. Takeshi Shudo also speaks of being told certain things and also being in contact with the series creators hence why I'm inclined to see his writing on Pokémon, outside of certain things, as a reflection on what he was told about the Pokémon world.
In short I didn't lose. I had to endure people like you being blind and thinking it wasn't reflected in the series, even when most people can easily see it. Now with the 2018 biography there is no more denying and hiding behind Tajiri, old son.
