#hz100

Oh, Spinel wants to be Amethio so bad. First he usurps the Explorers and Exceed, which rightfully belong to Amethio and his family, now he's tryna copy him by having two personal retainers doing his bidding like Amethio has Zirc and Onia, only with none of the actual substance.

Specifically, Friede's message:

"This is Friede. Lizardon is here with me as well. I apologize for not being able to get in touch before now, but the Explorers were keeping an eye on me. Things could get bad if they learned what I was up to, so I had to wait until I was out of their reach to send this message. Anyway, I'm doing what I'm doing in order to solve the mystery of the Rakulium, so I'll be counting on you to take care of things until I come back! Take care!"

I ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT!!!

Not only our found family is SO back, but also it's confirmed that Friede is still alive! (not much of surprise but still nice that we now know for sure).

and when they played Dokimeki Diary??? Aaaaaaaaaaahhhhh words can't describe how much I was smiling! :DD

sidenote: music in the montage overall got me like:

I'm not a fan of these overdramatic theories that come across as wanting drama for the sake of it without proper buildup. In this case while it would be quite a twist, I feel it's already shot down since the anipoke_PR account posted a message from Friede's VA in which he's expressed he's excited for Friede to rejoin the crew, which I think points to that message being genuine. Plus it's very Friede-like for him to go about it like that, which Murdock admits to, and Friede's victory against Spinel in Episode 86 where he won based on a hunch proved one thing: Spinel doesn't really know Friede that well at all. He does outright admit that Spinel has been keeping an eye on him so that's why he hasn't been in contact for so long, so it seems he's on the run, so that should lead to something, but I don't think that message is deliberately fabricated.

Spinel vs Friede, Spinel's personal cronies Indy and Rubella vs Liko, Roy, and friends.

Same energy.

Spinel, Indy, and Rubella: "Dammit, we lost! How?"

Friede, Liko, and Roy: "You are no good at battling, because you lack the courage to take risks and you're not in sync with your Pokemon. No matter how much data analysis you do, no matter what tools you use, you'll never win against us."

In essence, Spinel and his personal chums Indy and Rubella are birds of a feather. Losers who are too afraid to take risks or don't have full trust in their own Pokémon and resort to a planned strategy they refuse to deviate from and/or a lazy power-up that renders the bond between Trainer and Pokémon irrelevant.

And Friede, Liko, and Roy are rubbing it in their faces. "You'll never beat us" - Friede and Liko.