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She is disliked by many Gym Leaders and E4 Members, but of course, none of them really have the spine to say something against her and just do as she says.
So yeah, even when Paldea is "based on Spain", at its core, its about the contrast between childhood and adulthood in a deeply Japanese way. The school setting was definitely not made for Western audiences, most people hated it. It's all Japan pandering in a way only Japanese people can relate.
The DLC could also barely be any less Japanese, not just because it's actually based on a Japanese region for once. The local legend in Kitakami is based on the Momotaro tale, which is very famous in Japan, but barely known outside of it. Further, its core theme is a very current issue in Japan regarding rural towns. Japan is going through a depopulation crisis where people from rural regions move to the city, resulting in rural ghost towns. Some of these ghost towns, desperate for money, turned into complete tourist traps, much to the dislike of the remaining local population. This issue is a core theme in Teal Mask. Carmine doesn't want outsiders there, the community center was newly built exclusively to house tourists and blasts them with brochures and ads, the caretaker often slips up about how he only cares for tourist attractions and money, etc.
All this shit completely flies over your head if you don't know about it, and most non-Japanese players don't. Obviously I didn't know any of this either until I learned about it later and things started to make a lot more sense.
It's ironic as fuck cause I've seen so many retards complaining about how SV is "trying to pander to the west" with whatever /pol/shit drama they made the fuck up, when in truth it's one of the most culturally Japanese games we've had so far. Or did you guys catch any of the shit about school vs work culture or whatever was going on in Kitakami?
