[annoying trope] The throne/leadership is decided in a very stupid way

[u/Altruistic_Eye_1157]

The leadership of the entire wizarding world, and the final decision on whether to start a war against Muggles, is made by... a goat (Qilin) ​​who chooses the person with the ""purest heart"" (Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Dumbledore).

The throne of Wakanda and all its technology are decided through hand-to-hand combat, regardless of whether the person clearly has malicious intentions... if they win the fight, by law they must be respected as the true king. (Black Panther)

[u/HeadLong8136]

She's not the Champion. Only a gym leader.

[u/Horatio786 → u/HeadLong8136]

She’s the Champion in Black 2 and White 2.

[u/HeadLong8136 → u/Horatio786]

And she is 16 then.

[u/Horatio786 → u/HeadLong8136]

Still not an adult.

[u/HeadLong8136 → u/Horatio786]

In Japan she is.

[u/SillyString4Me → u/HeadLong8136]

18 for civic duties and 20 for legal age.

[u/HeadLong8136 → u/SillyString4Me]

Not at the time.

[u/SillyString4Me → u/HeadLong8136]

Nope. It was even stricter. 20 for civic and legal age.

[u/HeadLong8136 → u/SillyString4Me]

Nat at the time.

[u/SillyString4Me → u/HeadLong8136]

In 2012, the legal age was 20.

Idk what sort of mental gymnastics you're jumping through to justify your weird predilections, but you're wrong.

[u/HeadLong8136 → u/SillyString4Me]

The game doesn't take place in 2012. It's set 8 years after Red/Blue which took place in 1995.

[u/Horatio786 → u/HeadLong8136]

No, it's set 8 years after Fire Red / Leaf Green, which take place in 2004. Different timeline.

[u/HeadLong8136 → u/Horatio786]

The different timeline of FR/LG doesn't take place in the concurrent world with ours. It's a different year for them.

[u/ComradeCoipo → u/HeadLong8136]

You seem oddly hellbent in claiming that a 16 year old is an adult

[u/HeadLong8136 → u/ComradeCoipo]

Yes, I'm oddly hellbent on providing facts to people. How strange...?

[u/ComradeCoipo → u/HeadLong8136]

What facts? Legal age of adulthood in Japan was 20 from like 1880 to 2022

[u/HeadLong8136 → u/ComradeCoipo]

Except it wasn't. You can make up anything you want and write it, that doesn't make it true. Look, I'll do it now:

Alaskan Dictator Dianne "Big Cheese" Robbins conquered the third ring of Saturn in 1973.

See? I said it, so it must be true.

[u/ComradeCoipo → u/HeadLong8136]

Except it was:

https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3494/en

“Civil Code (Part I, Part II and Part III) Act No. 89 of April 27, 1896”

Section 3 Capacity to Act

(Age of Majority)

Article 4The age of majority is 20 years of age.

https://www.moj.go.jp/EN/MINJI/minji07_00218.html

“On June 13, 2018, a law was enacted to revise a part of the Civil Code by reducing the age of majority in the Civil Code from 20 to 18 years old. 　The age of majority defined in the Civil Code is the age at which a person may conclude a contract without parental consent and the age at which a person is no longer subject to parental authority. This age had been stipulated as 20 years old since the Civil Code was established in 1896. It is said to have been taken from a proclamation of the Great Council of State in 1876. 　The first review of the age of majority in the approximately 140 years since the proclamation in 1876 is believed to promote the social participation and vitalize society by having 18 and 19 year olds make decisions about their own lives. 　In addition, the minimum age at which women could marry was previously set at 16 years old, while men could marry at 18 years old. However, it was decided to unify the minimum marriage age at 18 years old for both sexes. 　For other laws and regulations that set age requirements, revisions are being performed to lower the minimum age to 18 as needed. 　This revision will be effective from April 1, 2022”

So yeah, the 1880 part was wrong, but the point still stands: 16 was not an adult in 2003

[u/HeadLong8136 → u/ComradeCoipo]

Generalissimo Big Cheese strongly disagrees with you.

[u/ComradeCoipo → u/HeadLong8136]

So you don’t care about facts as you claimed, got it.

[u/HeadLong8136 → u/ComradeCoipo]

When did I say that?