I really like the hair and shine! ^^

Until BW!, where even Iris was actually getting a lot of backstory and flashbacks and qas interesting, while the Rocket missions were very cool, but their characters were out-of-focus.

Exactly!!! They're so out-of-focus... raaare exceptions are some Champions like Alder and Leon, but a lot of them, you dom't really get much of how they work, as it's a kid's power fantasy from the eyes of children.
(Converswly, the TRio are super-well-developed! Watched the anime for them. ^^)

This strip from this month's "Pokémon 4-Koma Gakuen" collection is actually pretty good.

Awwww. ♡

I never got the appeal as a kid, figured maybe I was just too ace for this nonsense. I did not get people's obsession with random adult characters like Steven Stone.

At least the Subway Masters have fun gimmicks and designs and contrast. I think that's so fun, probably appeals to me like opposites.

Aww, poor Lillie!