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An Alola League is going to be held!! A FULL CHECK OF POKÉMON AND PARTNER'S CAPABILITIES! The Alola Pokémon League is a grand scale battle tournament that will determine the ultimate Pokémon & Partner! We've looked into the friends and Pokémon that have sets their aim on entering the league, as well as their capabilities! The Z-Ring is the key to victory! The Z-Ring is a tool that lets you use the super-powerful one-shot moves called "Z-Moves". Only trainers whose capabilities have been approved of have these. CHECK No. 1: SATOSHI Satoshi has fully cleared the Alola region's Island Pilgrimage, and has mastered numerous Z-Moves as well. He's also aiming to win the tournament, and his capabilities are top class! PIKACHU: Satoshi's best partner, who has made its way through lots of battles alongside him! MOKUROH: It sleeps all the time, but it really is a gutsy Pokémon that truly delivers when it counts! LUGARUGAN (DUSK FORM): Trainer hard with Satoshi in order to become a strong Pokémon! NYAHEAT: Competes in terms of strength with Lugarugan, whom it sees as its rival. MELTAN: It's tiny, and its true capabilities are unknown. Its Flash Cannon is super powerful! Z-MOVES SATOSHI CAN USE: ULTRA DASH ATTACK: Mokuroh, Pikachu, etc WORLD'S END FALL: Lugarugan (Dusk Form) SPARKING GIGAVOLT: Pikachu BLOOM SHINE EXTRA: Mokuroh RADIAL EDGE STORM: Lugarugan (Dusk Form) TRANCENDENT SCREW BARRAGE: Pikachu CHECK No. 2: KAKI A skilled Trainer who has been able to use Z-Moves since before he met Satoshi. Is there a chance he and Satoshi will have their rival showdown in the Pokémon League finals?! BAKUGAMES: Fights with super powerful Fire moves! Cares a lot about its friends and companions. GARAGARA (ALOLAN FORM): An extremely sore loser that has a one-sided rivalry with Bakugames. LIZARDON: Not only can it fly with Kaki on its back, it's also a reliable battle partner of his. Z-MOVES KAKI CAN USE: DYNAMIC FULL FLAME: Bakugames, Garagara and Lizardon FINAL DIVE CRASH: Lizardon CHECK No. 3: MĀMANE His partners are two Electric type Pokémon. Will he be able to use his calculation skills to win his way through the Pokémon League, which is filled with tough opponents for him?! TOGEDEMARU: We expect it to give us a surprising (!?) show at the league with its spiky body and its Electric type moves! KUWAGANNON: The evolved form of the Dendimushi he got from Satoshi! HE CAN USE Z-MOVES AS WELL? HE'LL OBTAIN A BUG-Z?! Believe it or not, the first prize in the Kuwagannon Race is a Bug-Z! Make sure to keep an eye out for what Z-Move he'll become able to use!

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Nyarth seemed to try and tell Mao to get home before the place got too crowded, but seems to be genuinely surprised when he sees Mao starting to help Yareyutan out. It kinda continues throughout the episode, he’s always expecting something bad to happen and seems sort of on the negative side, but each time Mao manages to serve the different Pokémon, he seems genuinely impressed with her. For example, when Junsa-san’s Dekagoose/Gumshoos arrives to be served, Yareyutan gets the idea to give Mao the hang of serving it. Nyarth translates the message to Mao, and then seems to add sort of a discouraging message of ‘you probably won’t be able to do it thou‘. After a while, Mao accepts the challenge, and Nyarth’s face is literarily this:

He’s so suprised at Mao. He did not expect her to take on the challenge. Gets even better later when Mao figures out what to serve for Dekagoose, and Nyarth is just like:

This is where the translation sort of falls off from my mind but I know exactly what he means. Nyarth is sarcastically asking what Mao figured out for Dekagoose’s serving, and it’s just so pfft. Then Mao’s choice of Moomoo Milk was spot on and Nyarth reaction so priceless, he can’t believe it.

He seems to not really get it?? He truly doesn’t understand how Mao got it right. Then later, when Onidrill/Fearow arrive, Nyarth immediately thinks they’re gonna rob Master’s berry field, but once he’s fetched him, he’s come to another impressive sight of Mao:

Instead of anything bad happening, Mao immediately seems to have figured out they were the next guests to be served, and is treating them as such right away. Mao, is such a good, caring kid.

Nyarth seems to be literarily saying ‘What the?‘ Again, can’t believe his own eyes.

Then after Mao’s managed to serve the Onidrill with a combo of two berries (I’m sorry, I can’t tell what they are, my memory still lacks the skill of recognizing all the berries), Nyarth is even more impressed, and this time asks Mao how she knew to mix the two berries.

Mao seems to explain that she had learned from Lilie the other day that Pokémon who like the other berry she cooked for the Onidrill tend to like the other berry she used as well. Even Yareyutan is impressed with Mao at this point, with how skillfully she managed to cook something for the Onidrill on the fly.

And it just continues. This episode surely focused on how both Mao and Nyarth start treating each other in different way.

Then the scene that just sold me on Mao. The scene right before Kapu-Kokeko arrives. Nyarth asks for another Pile Juice from the Master. But guess who serves him instead?

Like, look at him blink in surprise! All Mao’s saying here is ‘here you go!‘, truly serving him the way customers should be. There’s no ill gesture involved, no pouting, just kind serving. Nyarth seems to be expecting some ill pleasure from her Pile Juice even, but after he drinks it:

He’s saying it’s delicious! To which Mao’s just happily saying ‘glad to hear‘. Like, Mao’s so happily serving Nyarth, and Nyarth’s so happy with the serving he got from the green brat girl. I swear, I think he changed his impression on her at this point completely. I mean, the next moment Mao’s taking on the challenge to cook for Kapu-Kokeko, Nyarth is constantly drooling at the amazing smell that comes from the food, and then even starts explaining to us viewers what Mao cooked for us. Like, he started co-oping with her, full-on!

Basically Mao made some sort of burger for Pokémon, and now Nyarth wants to eat one too!

Then, after Kapu-Kokeko rewards Mao with a Grassium-Z crystal, Nyarth explains why it did so. I believe he’s explaining that Kapu-Kokeko enjoyed his meal so much, that he felt Mao deserved the z-crystal as a reward.