Sadly, that's the norm in college. Your chemistry professor won't care if, say, your calculus teacher is planning a big exam the next day. In fact, they probably wouldn't even know. And right now, I'm working at trying to find work. Which means I'm unemployed, sadly. Which of course means no nice goodies like anime DVD sets or a 3DS...
Romance is even worse when it's two characters who have no connection or worse, are rivals or enemies, or 45 years apart in age. 10 seems to be some random age as well to me, as no self respecting parent would let their kid go off on a trip at that age. Romance is fine as long as it's a side plot and is reasonable, but in most Pokemon stories it isn't either. Then again, my last story isn't so much a Pokemon story as it is an episode of Walker starring Pokemon trainers xD (where most battles are fought using cars, guns, and martial arts.)
Them shorts sure are ugly. I have seen some cute outfits with shorts, but Lisa's definitely more of a traditional dress/skirt type of girl :) And the only protagonist they got right was Leaf :) Even the guys... would it kill them to have one with a tuxedo or business suit? And of course I'd like it if they made a girl trainer like Lisa :P Sadly, it seems too much to ask for a trainer with a sense of style unless you make 'em yourself...
And as a completely unrelated note, I've been distracting myself with old episodes of Sailor Moon xD