>>53557070>>53557086All humans can learn to discern the intent and meaning behind their pokémon's vocalisations, given sufficient time and bonding with them though, something which has been portrayed in all the various canon at one stage or another over the series' lifespan (even Shudo going off half-cocked on his own still portrayed the pokémon as possessing human level intelligence, even if they didn't directly communicate all that often).
You're opening up a can of worms whether we're getting the "bond filter" view of things or not then, but they're obstinately NOT animals, regardless how much perverts here want them to be.
