>>40745948
They repeatedly use the trope of the world being a performance (Mario 3), dream (Mario 2, Link's Awakening, Majora's Mask in the Bardo sense) as well as traveling into the shadow world to confront ones shadow to gain power. Pokemon is essentially a kid friendly version of persona where you face the world through inner archetypal strength, not external might.
https://youtu.be/iBIidPmvaDQ

>>40587594
>He thinks there's only one kind of reptilian with one moral alignment
NAGAnna make it