1. Okay, so, in Pokémon Diamond, Pokémon Pearl, and Pokémon Platinum, there’s a library in Canalave City, the Canalave Library. On the back shelves of the brown bookcases full of green books on the right-hand side of the room with the big brown reading table with red chairs in it, there’s a book called “Sinnoh Folk Stories 3″. The English translation follows:
“There once were Pokémon that became very close to humans. There once were humans and Pokémon that ate together at the same table. It was a time when there existed no differences to distinguish the two.”
However, the original Japanese says something WAY DIFFERENT:
[ ひとと けっこんした ポケモンがいた
ポケモンと けっこんした ひとがいた
むかしは ひとも ポケモンも おなじだったから ふつうのことだった]
“There were Pokémon that would marry people
There were people that would marry Pokémon
Once upon a time, it was like this, because people and Pokémon were the same”
2. In Pokémon Sun and Moon, there’s a girl in the southwest corner of one of the towns in a light green sundress with a big straw hat on, she has long black hair. If you talk to her, she tells you a story of how she broke her ankle while swimming and this super hot wonderful guy saved her life. She then tells you that if you return in 5 days, you can meet him.
When you return in 5 days, he’s a Machamp.
3. The official Pokémon Japan website has a section for “Kairiky Gym Girl’s Talk” and this one is literally all about how and why the girls interviewed are in love with Machamp
https://www.pokemon.jp/special/kairiky_gym/girlstalk/
TL;DR: Pokémon have a legal level of personhood in the Pokémon universe that permits (or permitted, depending on which region you’re in) them to consent to romantic and sexual relationships with humans, due to their shared creation origin myth.
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