#ns031

WE’RE GONNA SEE ANGRY KOHARU NEXT WEEK A PROTECTIVE ANGRY BIG SIS KOHARU I AM SO EXCITED FOR THAT skajfgskfjhsfj

I appreciate the little details in the new Pokémon anime, like how this is Renji’s desktop background.

Side note, I have always appreciated how he named his Magnemite Françoise.

Also I finally understood the line Gou says to Koharu.

“I thought you weren’t interested in Pokémon“, and I love what tone he uses lolol (especially the Kooohaaaru~). It’s the kind of tune you use to tease a friend who’s suddenly showing signs of their opposite trait. In this case, Koharu seemingly interested in Pokémon. Which she’s said to not be.

To which, Koharu says: “Shut up“. lol (And blushes out of embarrasment)

Y’know, I was just saying on twitter last week how I love Gou and Koharu’s dynamic and wished to see more of it, and this episode just happens to deliver on it??? What are the odds.

Subs are out, which I’ll watch tomorrow, so I guess there’s no more point in trying to figure out the dialogue. But like, my GoSpringshipper heart was happy with the scenes that happened between Koharu and Gou. There were also nice Bloomboltship moments (Satoshi and Koharu). (Reminder, I am neutral shipper, and mainly appreciate the character dynamics when I ship something, nothing more!)

July 26th: NS030 - The Reluctant Pikachu and the Exasperated Barrierd

After winning an official Pokémon World Championships battle, the Emanation Pokémon Riolu is feeling like a million bucks. But Satoshi's fixation on training Riolu pushes Pikachu's patience to its limits, and it ends up leaving the Sakuragi Laboratories. Barrierd chases after it in an attempt at holding it back, but Pikachu is set in its way. Where does the road this duo heads down lead them? Screenplay 吉田玲子 (Reiko Yoshida) Storyboard 尼野浩正 (Hiromasa Amano) Episode Director 高木啓明 (Hiroaki Takagi) Animation Director 山崎玲愛 (Rei Yamazaki) Animation Director 武内啓 (Akira Takeuchi)

Pikachu is jealous guys! How. This feels weird considering his incredible bond with Satoshi but, oh my lord Riolu really is doing what I said as a joke: “This boi is mine now!“ Oh dear... Pikachu what’s going on sweet lil baby.. wait the scene where Riolu comes out of its Pokeball when Pikachu was ready to battle Galarian Kamonegi/Farfetch’d  in NS027 was a foreshadowing?!?!

August 2nd: NS031 - Hinbass and the Pretty Scale

Sota has come to Satoshi and Go for advice. He explains that his friend Nami is feeling bad because everyone keeps telling her her Pokémon isn't any cute. The Pokémon in question is a Hinbass, which is said to be the shabbiest Pokémon in the world. However, Nami and Hinbass aim to win the Water Type Pokémon Friendship Contest, since the truth is that Hinbass hides an amazing secret. Screenplay 面出明美 (Akemi Omode) Storyboard 齋藤徳明 (Noriaki Saito) Episode Director 中田誠 (Makoto Nakata) Animation Director 大西雅也 (Masaya Onishi)

I bet Hinbass will end up evolving. Friendship Contest huh... Oh wait SOTA, that’s Koharu’s lil bro, does this mean more Koharu- *shot*

August 9th: PM2019 032 - Celebi: A Timeless Promise

Three years ago, Go met a young boy named Tokio on a family trip to Hiwada Town in the Jouto region. Tokio was searching for the Mythical Pokémon Celebi, and the two kindred spirits decided to search for it together, but Celebi turned out to not be all that easy to find. The two of them parted ways, promising to meet up again the next day to continue their search, but Tokio never showed up at the spot they had promised to meet that day. Flash forward to present day, when Go once again visits Hiwada Town and ends up encountering... Screenplay 米村正二 (Shōji Yonemura) Storyboard 樋口香里 (Kaori Higuchi) Episode Director 上野史博 (Fumihiro Ueno) Animation Director 篠原隆 (Takashi Shinohara)

I reaaaaally hope this ends up giving background story to why Gou’s hesistant on making friends, because it sounds like a perfect scenario. If it does, I’ll probably end up liking the episode.

jhgfhjsfg I loved that glare so much! Gou’s analysive nature was showing too much at that point, so the three were right to glare at him sajfhgsjhfg.

Hinbass is said to be the shabbiest Pokémon in the world, so how can someone demonstrate its appeal? Hinbass' secret gets revealed in a "Water Type Pokémon Friendship Contest"?! Summary: Koharu's little brother Sota has come to Satoshi and Go for advice. He explains that his friend Nami is feeling bad because everyone keeps telling her her Pokémon isn't any cute. The Pokémon in question is a Hinbass, which is said to be the shabbiest Pokémon in the world. However, Nami and Hinbass aim to win the Water Type Pokémon Friendship Contest in order to make everyone acknowledge it, since the truth is that Hinbass hides an amazing secret!! Voice Cast: Rica Matsumoto: Satoshi Daiki Yamashita: Go Ikue Ohtani: Pikachu Kana Hanazawa: Koharu Yuichi Nakamura: Sakuragi Megumi Hayashibara: Musashi Shinichiro Miki: Kojiro Inuko Inuyama: Nyarth Yuji Ueda: Sonansu Sayaka Senbongi: Kikuna Noriaki Kanze: Renji Chihiro Ueda: Sota Wakana Minami: Nami Risa Shimizu: Audience member Kei Shindo: Girl Marina Aicholtz: Go's Smartphone Rotom Kenyu Horiuchi: Narration

July 26th: NS030 - The Reluctant Pikachu

Screenplay 吉田玲子 (Reiko Yoshida) Storyboard 尼野浩正 (Hiromasa Amano) Episode Director 高木啓明 (Hiroaki Takagi) Animation Director 山崎玲愛 (Rei Yamazaki) Animation Director 武内啓 (Akira Takeuchi)

When was the last time we had an episode possibly focusing on Pikachu? :o As in, Pikachu Pikachu, not “learning new move“ or shared with other Satoshi ‘mon. Ofc, the title could mean anything, so I’m gonna wait and see what it truly holds.

August 2nd: NS031 - Hinbass and the Pretty Scale

Screenplay 面出明美 (Akemi Omode)   Storyboard 齋藤徳明 (Noriaki Saito) Episode Director 中田誠 (Makoto Nakata)   Animation Director 大西雅也 (Masaya Onishi)

Fav writer so I think I’ll end up liking this episode, who knows.

August 9th: NS032 - Celebi: A Timeless Promise

Screenplay 米村正二 (Shōji Yonemura)   Storyboard 樋口香里 (Kaori Higuchi)   Episode Director 上野史博 (Fumihiro Ueno)   Animation Director 篠原隆 (Takashi Shinohara)

OLM looooves Celebi huh |D