#mawhip

The way Liko and Roy get to discover new sides of the adults who watch over them is interesting. They got to hear about Friede in HZ018, and now Murdock. Liko always saw Murdock as someone kind and reliable, but now she sees that he has his own worries too. Murdock also apologizes for making them listen to his story and not really being grown-up.

Also, I loved Liko's role in Murdock's story. I mentioned it in a post here but there are several moments of Liko feeling for both humans and Pokemon and it keeps shining through in her desire to help others and not leave them alone. It's becoming a pattern. She helped and reached out to several characters (Dot, Oliva..). She couldn't leave Murdock alone after hearing that story and wants to help him, especially for Mawhip's sake. Actually, part of why she wanted to hear the story is because Mawhip looked sad and she immediately picked up on it.

Liko noticed that Mitchell was looking their way and thought that maybe there could be a possibility for them to do something about this situation.

And she only grows more stronger and determined once she sees how Mawhip feels. So she asks Murdock to challenge Mitchell to a battle, and even says she'll battle with him. She felt a bit embarassed but she took a step forward because she couldn't leave things be.

She is the one asking Mitchell for a battle and she is determined to win for Mawhip's sake.

Roy didn't seem to get where she was coming from at first.

At the end, she tells Murdock that the battle was a lot of fun even though it turned into a sweets battle and she explains that she felt like Mawhip was probably hoping for this and wanted to make sweets with both Murdock and Mitchell like before. She is the only one who picked up on Mawhip's feelings.

Liko seems in tune with Pokemon's feelings and I love that she gets focus on emotions and connections. She is helping mend broken bonds (Murdock and Mitchell), helping someone come out of their shell (Dot), helping a forest flourish again (Oliva).

And it's interesting that even though she feels for both humans and Pokemon, sometimes she isn't in sync with Nyhaoja's feelings (and apparently, it'll be brought up in the next episode according to a comment from Kabu's VA?).