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The Pokemon series, and Satoshi has mentioned it once or twice: the player character is an exceptional autist, most people quickly abandoned the "dream" to be a pokemon master after a year or two and ordinary people can only take care of Pokemon relevant to their job/lifestyle background (Ranger, Gardner, Rancher, Policeman, most normal people in-game really just have pet-types) with the more 'niche' Pokemon trainers coming from some kind of devoted cultural background like psionics or dragon tamers.
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>What's the logic for when eating pokemon is okay versus cruel?
There's three answers to this:
-Pokemon possess a weird four-quadrant compass of non-human intelligence, human intelligence, and minimal/no intelligence. Most fish, bugs, grass-types, seem to be fairly stupid for example.
-Some Pokemon by-products aren't necessarily harmful or lethal to harvest: crab claws, tentacles, grass-type fruit/foliage, milk, etc.
-Modern society is less comfortable with eating Pokemon and has been introducing more and more meat-alternatives and vegetarian options.