#having a supportive TP is so damn refreshing

[inchidentalmeowmeow]

Always knew i could count on you Fred 🫶🏻

May your head of hair get more bountiful with each passing season 😌✨

[sharingfandoms]

IN DEFENSE OF THE ORANGE ISLANDS (PT. 2) 

If you want to read part 1 here you go.

The season started out with Takeshi (Brock) leaving and a new character, a new male companion joining: Kenji (Tracey Sketchit), who also gets way too much hate. This guy never did something wrong in his life, what’s all of you guys’ damn problem? Kenji is very curious, very brave, very nice and kind toward both Satoshi (Ash) and Kasumi (Misty). He is fun to watch, adorable when freaking shy toward women (his crush for the tanned-Joy was so cute and he went through a big risk to help her), and loves Pokémon with all of his heart. Being a Pokémon Watcher is honestly a great Pokémon career if you ask me: you are interested in all of them, everything concerning the Pokémon world becomes something worth studying, you can go here and there without ever stop learning; it can be very similar to be a Breeder or a Photographer somehow, but when we think about it all kinds of trainers still have many things in common anyway. He was also refreshing because even being very acquainted about Pokémon species he never played the father/big brother figure toward Satoshi: he was probably a bit older than him and Kasumi, maybe 12/13 years old?, but still just a friend, not a guide. He also had very unique Pokémon which were perfect for his career (Marill, which could sense noices even at huge distances, Kongpang/Venonat, which had radar eyes, and a Strike/Scyther, which was very cool and also their relationship and the episode where he caught it really proved Kenji’s love for Pokémon). Last but not least episode 111, where he meets another Pokémon Watcher, is absolutely adorable: you see him having an actual someone to look up to, someone who understands him and teaches him any kind of stuff. I wish they ecountered again in the future, even if Kenji’s admiration for Okido Hakase was also very nice to watch and I’m sure he’ll do good under his supervision.

This was also a great season for Kasumi’s development as a trainer and for her and Satoshi’s feelings to emerge even more clearly (yes, I’m a Pokéshipper, but everything I’m about to say it’s just canon, as a matter of fact the original ending was supposed to have Satoshi and Kasumi (Misty) married with a cute pink-haired daughter), but we’ll talk about this another time. 

As I already explained, she gets to meet one of her greatest idols, Kanna (Lorelei), and that alone I think means a lot in a person’s life, also because she went to her house and Kanna gave them a lot of information about her way of battling and some life advices in general. 

But something that happens even earlier, in episode 93, is her meeting another water-type trainer, obsessed with water Pokémon just as much as she is: Tsubaki (Marina) a hot-headed and very energic girl just like her and they soon become rivals other than friends.

This episode allows Kasumi to show her skills as a water-type trainer and she even manages to battle with a Pokémon that it’s not hers: for a moment, she thinks her Koduck (Psyduck) evolved, but in reality it was just resting in its Monster Ball (Pokéball) and she fought with a wild Golduck. 

Another important moment for Kasumi as a trainer happens in episode 112, when she has to go finding a healing alga for both Satoshi and Kenji all by herself. She has to battle against Rocket-dan (Team Rocket), more specifically against Kojiro (James) and Nyarth (Meowth), and she uses all of her Pokémon, showing amazing battle skils. This is pretty rare to see, as she doesn’t often use Tosakinto (Goldeen) and doesn’t send out Koduck (Psyduck) to battle unless she really must; her favorite Pokémon for battles are clearly Hitodemon (Stairyu) and Starmie and the second had to be left behind to Hanada Gym (Cerulean Gym). In episode 112 we do not only get to see her entire team engaging an amazing fight (defeating Kojiro’s Pokémon and Nyarth), but we are also introduced to a new addiction tp her squad: Nyoromo (Poliwag), which she’s able to make feel safe and happy and starts following her and Togepi anywhere they go.

Besides, in this episode she also shows us she can be very compassionate and kind when she wants: she leaves some alga for Rocket-dan as well so that they are able to cure Musashi (Jessie), who is ill too. Of course, it’s not the first time she proves herself to be both easily irritable and insanely sweet. She’s a very complex character who deserves way more credit if you ask me.

She acts bravely and fiercely in many episodes, always ready to show her worth and willing to make a difference and to help those in need. She had already shown these traits in season one, but it’s always nice to see her standing on her feet and being able to make decisions, to be strong and coragious and also to be supportive toward her friends.

It’s so satysfing to see her being there not only to follow Satoshi in his journey but to make her own journey. Many amazing episodes of season one were focused on her (as we have many more filler episodes), but the ones of seasons two are astonishing as well. 

This is going to be the end of part 2 because I need a lot more space and images to talk about PokéShipping. I also have something else to say about Satoshi and him winning his first league. Last but not least I’m also going to talk about Rocket-dan (Team Rocket) and their relationship as a trio.