Magical Girl bullying a defenseless Mazoku - 2015, colorized
This artist really loves to draw dominant Momo. Not that I disagree. Luckily this isn't the watersports one.
Imagine you could fight these two like that, the same way you fight Red in Pokemon Gold.
Just these two standing on top of a mountain on a romantic date and the player feels like a third wheel lol
The Pokemon localization team's insistence on changing the names has always perplexed me. It seems like keeping them the same as the Japanese version would be a great way for kids in other countries to learn and normalize other cultures, but what do I know?
Touma is the worst part of Index and Railgun though. Boring generic protagonist.
Misaka is considerably better without him around. Honestly, all the spin-offs are better than Index.
If Pokemon had never been localized before the 2010s, we probably would see them keep the Japanese names. But back in the 1990s when they were first coming out in the West, there wasn't a track record of successful animes, mangas, and games that kept the Japanese cultural elements intact.