Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl Adventure!/Headscratchers

• So uh... In the first chapter, Mitsumi tried to stop an Onix with a Starly, right? Putting aside the fact that we never saw this Starly again after this, considering how powerful she really is why didn't she use a better Pokémon? I mean, at the very least she could have used a Pokémon that isn't nearly useless against a Rock-type?
  • So...why WAS Cyrus at that contest anyway? Did he find out that Mitsumi was going to be there and race over from wherever he had been? Did he just happen to attend and oh look, there she is?
• How was Hareta raised? It seems like Rowan just let someone barely older than a toddler loose in a forest by himself, all day every day.
  • He lived with the Pokémon. Hareta is the result of some serious neglectful parenting.
    • I doubt Pokemon can raise a human toddler. Plus, how much interaction would people did he have? He seems sensible and civilized.
      • Sensible? Civilized? Are we, um, talking about the same Hareta here?
  • He knows how to talk and knows basic human social skills, so he's not like you'd expect a Wild Child to be.
    • I always thought he'd see Rowan every now and then...
  • Hareta had developed normally enough before Rowan sent him to live in the forest.
• Are Jun and Mitsumi supposed to be the same age? To me, Jun seems more closer to Hareta's age.
  • I just figured that Jun is between their ages and is just tall like he (or his counterpart) is on the show. I'd put him at around thirteen/fourteen and Mitsumi at around seventeen/eighteen.
  • Jun seems taller than Hareta by quite a few inches. If Hareta is around the same height as Ash or even Lucas, we can assume Jun is a teenager or at least a year or two older than him.