

The first episode of the _Pokémon_ series begins by saying that Ash can only
now get his Pokémon License, and you have to be at least 10 years old to
become a Pokémon Trainer and get a Pokemon from Prof. Oak. The question is:
**in the world of the Pokémon anime, why it is limited to only those 10 or
over?** In the games, you can see even kids have Pokémon and invite you to
battle.

This returns in the Advanced series where Max, despite having great knowledge,
can't be a Pokémon trainer, and Bonnie in the XY series wants her brother to
keep Dedenne for her until she's grown up.

Though you can say that 10 is the "age of responsibility" in the Pokémon
world, it's very hard to say that. In our world, 10-year-olds are literally
kids, and to say that it is the "age of responsibility" would be a joke,
especially with Ash's behavior.

And I'm not looking for an answer like "it's a kid show", but a reasonable
answer to the anime plot.


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Why must Pokémon trainers be at least 10 years old?


I agree with you that the age of ten isn’t really the “age of responsibility”
but I think the reason is because they learn all about these Pokémon in what I
guess to be elementary school, so when they reach the age of ten, most of them
(in our universe) would be going to middle school and that’s the time most
kids are “learning” to become responsible.


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