homosexuality actually isn't normal for animals. While they may not be meaning to, aren't they basically teaching kids to be anti-gay down the line? Think about it: 'two boys can't love eachother, I learned it on Pokemon'.īut. In the past the anime has never acknowledged homosexuality (predictable since we're still in a world where being gay is still not 'kid-friendly'), but here they're more or less talking about it directly (without coming out with the technical terms) and what happens? Brock refers to it as 'not being normal', Pikachu and Piplup being attracted to eachother is 'unusual' because they're both male. Referencing the game or not, the writers should've been more careful. Granted I can't really remember exactly what the Pikachu and Piplup episode consisted of, but the way it's treated by the Japanese version at least is rather discouraging. Does anyone else find this worrisome? I know they where likely just trying to reference the in-game mechanic, but they could've worded it a bit better couldn't they?