I feel a reason why realism pokemon stories never feel real is because there's a lack of real feeling history in setting.
Like if you look at real world history, then silph co should be a survivor of the government targeting zaibatsus after the previous wars, while giovanni should be remnant of the era where entrepreneurs had to do shady shit, like
Like if you look at real world history, then silph co should be a survivor of the government targeting zaibatsus after the previous wars, while giovanni should be remnant of the era where entrepreneurs had to do shady shit, like