#hz036

The male Oinkologne, called Prince, used its tail perfume thingie to attract female Pokemon. Nyahoja was affected by this. Therefore she is a girl.

Hogator and Kuwassu weren't affected, therefore they are boys.

Liko got asked by Dot to help one of her fans who struggled with her Pokemon. The first time Dot actually asks Liko for help too, which is special because it shows Dot is more willing to rely on others. Liko still gets a bit embarassed around Gurumin, even though she knows it's Dot. She was happy to be seen as Gurumin's friend by Yuno too.

Terapagos was left behind on the ship for this episode. Since Liko and Roy were going to a town by themselves, I wonder if Friede advised Liko not to take Terapagos with her to be safe (since Terapagos is targeted by the Explorers too).

Yuno wants to participate in a tournament but her Perfuton doesn't seem to be doing well. Liko shares her own experiences and talks about how she also couldn't understand Nyahoja at first, and she learned that she had to let her Pokemon how she feels in order to understand them. I really like that they keep emphasizing Liko and her sensitivity to both humans and Pokemon's feelings even in these kinds of episodes, and that she manages to share her experiences to help others with the same issue. Liko manages to put her thoughts into words way more now.

Very specific thought but when Yuno told Perfuton that she wanted to enter the tournament with her but won't do it if it's just going to make her sad, I was reminded me of Iris in BW (when she told Doryuzu that he didn't have to battle anymore if he didn't want to after understanding his issue). I kind of want to remember that I remembered this specific moment.

Yuno's Pokemon happens to like Renta's Perfuton. And both Yuno and Renta seem to like each other too, they are chidlhood friends (Renta is a jerk though). Liko saw through Yuno quite quickly, and Dot also seemed to realize that her Pokemon was smitten. I was a bit surprised to see Dot talk about this and give advice, etc. (Liko already showed she is aware of romance to some degree. Back in HZ005, she misinterpreted Roy for a second at first when he said that he wanted to see someone on the ship, only for it to be about Hogator. For a second there, she thought he was talking about her and was all "wait, what's happening-")

Liko and Roy both helped Yuno bathing her Perfuton. Roy played a bit with the dryer with Hogator (which is such a thing to do for someone like him, liked this detail). Nyahoja kept jumping to play with the soap bubbles, it was cute! I generally like seeing what Nyahoja is up to in the background because she is often sleepy, or playing and things like that... She was practicing how to walk with Perfuton later on in the episode, too.

Renta's Perfuton still acted haughty despite everything, so Kuwassu showed off his dance in front of everyone. It's kind of fun how Kuwassu is more confident compared to Dot, their personalities are really different (though Dot is more confident as Gurumin too). Prince attacked Kuwassu (out of jealousy that he was the center of attention) so Yuno's Perfuton stood up for her friend and just attacked him. Deserved, tbh. It's cool that they showed her standing up and not tolerating bullshit, at least.

Either way, Renta and Yuno managed to reach an agreement (and be more honest) and decide to team up for the tournament so they asked Liko and Roy to practice with them. Roy immediately agreed. I like those small moments where Roy tends to be the first one to take initiative and Liko follows his enthusiasm too. It happened last week when Roy was the first to ask Friede if they could tag along with him to find the lost Pokemon, and Liko followed suit. It shows Liko's shy and reserved nature well (she just needs a little push to try out things, or be more daring in asking for something, etc).

The battle was fun! Liko and Roy rarely have opportunities to battle against opponents around their age, so it was cool to see them learn new things and casually have fun. Yuno and Renta also went on and won the tournament because they actually work well together when they don't argue. Yuno thanked Gurumin, Liko (but used her username and not her real name when Gurumin interviewed her) and everyone for their help. Dot got lots of interactions on her video too which was one of her goals, since she eventually wants to surpass Nanjamo on this aspect (though, her fans now think she is taking requests to help with love issues). I wonder if Yuno will come up again but either way, it was nice to see another Gurumin fan in the flesh (the other one we know of besides Liko is Zir, and I wonder if he was watching Dot's videos this episode).