#pokemon riko

[melachanart]

Pokemon Horizons

Welcome to Liko and Sprigatito ! <3

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[snowraincloverflower]

Welcome Riko and Roy to the world of Pokemon!!!!!

[turboacek-blog]

Copium

So here me out

Ash isn't the main character but he's in the anime as a recurring character

Kinda like Cynthia in journeys

Or like the side characters in past series like Hunter J or Professors or etc where they appear for an episode that kind relates to their side plot but not anything main plot wise

Maybe Ash is there so he can do one specific thing like maybe a tutorial for Terastal for Liko and Roy while he does a side plot of saving a Pokemon

Then like 45 episodes later he comes back gives another trick to them about Terastal while preventing a team rocket attack

Then like another 20 episodes Ash comes and concludes the terastal lessons with maybe a raid battle

So like 3 appearances that keep him in the anime, he is nowhere near a side character let alone the main character but he has a connection to the Pokemon anime still

Kinda like whenever you see an old character in the new series, Joseph Joestar in the third Jojo’s, now retroactively seeing Obiwan Yoda, etc in the original trilogy of star wars, naruto characters in boruto, etc doesn't take too much away from the main cast

The other idea is the idea mostly spread is the Yugioh GX handling of the new main character

Where first episode Jaden runs into an older Yugi but they hide his face but the hair and everything gives him away

And Yugi passes the baton to Jaden

Then at the end of GX they duel thanks to magic

So it could be like that Ash gives Liko or Roy something passing the baton and by the end maybe year's from now they battle to test Liko or Roy

Also if you can find the artists for the Ash Liko arts as I saw it on a meme page

[nightsky-wonderer]

The year 2023 has arrived, and marks a new beginning for the Pokémon anime in the coming spring. Ash and his Pikachu have travelled the world for 25+ years, and are now closer to achieving the dream of being Pokémon Master.

Thank you both for the many adventures, you will be missed. I wish the anime team the best for their future stories.

[funkii4-blog]

I really just spent 20 minutes making this

IMPORTANT EDIT: I was asked about the source for the background description info and went looking but can no longer find it, so I’m gonna assume I fell for something fake and failed to learn it was fake before making this. My theory still stands regardless however and what little is affected by the supposed fake source in this post hasn't been proven fake yet, so I won’t delete it.

[nightfurylover31]

As cool as it would be, I do not think Riko/Liko is Ash's daughter. For a very simple reason. In the preview, the intro said this:

To me, this feels more like she's starting her journey the same time Ash is finishing his or whatever he's going to do. If anything, I expect that maybe they'll meet each other in the future or even just have some minor Ash cameos. As for her hair clip being similar, I think it's just a nod to Ash's first hat. A symbol she's stepping into the lead.

I'm also hesitant to believe this because I went through something like this with another ended and the new series's protagonists had the same last name as the previous protagonist, but as the show went on that does not seem to be the case anymore.

In short, I'm just not making the speculations so I don't hype myself too much.

[shima-draws]

im seeing people say that the girl is ash's daughter and im confused, was she confirmed to be his daughter????

are they just assuming shes his daughter???

Nope, a lot of people are just jumping to conclusions and assuming she is because she has a hair clip that looks like the insignia on Ash's first hat. But that doesn't really...mean anything? She could just be taking inspiration from him. Or it could just be a symbol to represent smth that we haven't seen yet.

EDIT: Apparently the insignia on Ash’s hat (and the new protag’s hair clip) is the symbol/logo of the Indigo League! So now we know she’s not explicitly connected to Ash, just to Kanto.

We don't have any information on her besides her name, nothing else has been confirmed!

[gorochuva]

Ash: You're a Pokemon Trainer, aren't you?

Liko: N-not quite yet, I'm on my way to school to get my first Pokemon! But I'm kinda running late...

*a guitar plays a bittersweet melody of "I wanna be the very best"*

Ash: *smiles* You don't say...

Liko: Yeah, hehe... H-hey, you're--

Ash: Why don't you take this?

*Ash hands Liko a Poke Ball with a Pichu inside*

Ash: Something just tells me that it belongs with you.

*Liko takes the Poke Ball and Ash begins to walk away*

Ash: Good luck.

Liko: H-hey, wait! Thank you! I'll make you proud!

*Ash gives Liko a thumbs up, and his Raichu lets out an affirmative cry*

[ringorambles]

I have no idea if this opinion is unpopular or not but honestly? I hope that the new Pokemon anime protagonists aren’t related to anyone prior to the series, not even offspring.

Don’t get me wrong, its fun theorize that girl could be Ash’s kid and the mother is one of the female companions from before. I get it, I really do. But I actually want her, along with the boy, to be their own protagonists, y’ know? I mean, while I think its a slim chance and I do think people might be reaching a bit in all shipping departments, if she does happen to be the offspring of an Ash ship then cool. I’m fine with that. But I would rather them be protagonists without a prior character being associated with them by blood or otherwise, if that makes sense.

Sorry if this rustles some jimmies, just wanted to give my thoughts on the whole thing sjdhskjdhsk

[wallflower-koharu]

Create Liko's dream team!

[trans-at-30]

Ash will no longer be the main character in the Pokémon anime. Those are important news.

But more important is...

She is so cool! ☺️

I really hope she gets a big role as main character and doesn't end up with the "girl that just does Pokémon contests" cliche.

[iknownparadoxi]

Well upside to a new protagonist, imagine all the boys and girls we can ship her with. The shipping potential is endless now, new protag, new ships.

[hmvw2015]

The new protags of Pokemon! 

[turboacek-blog]

Ash not being gone forever doesn't undermine MPM

So in the recent magazine thing thanks to Dogasu translations we got some information regarding Ash

A lot of people took away that since Ash might pop up again that it makes these last episodes pointless

But I didn't think that was the case

Not referring to the people like me that thought that even if as a passing a torch episode that Ash would make a cameo in the future

(But for all those that thought Ash would be Liko’s dad or something then you're hypocrites lol as that basically means you thought you would see him again even if older) jk

But outside of that for the people that just thought he wouldn't appear again at all since Ash would be “finished”

Ash popping up doesn't demean his ending

MPM isn't done yet but it seems clear that we're going on this journey to have a proper understanding of what it means to be a Pokemon Master at least to Ash

And when that's clear we don't have to follow Ash anymore whether he is or isn't one by the end of the 11 episodes

So when we see him later as a special guest character, side character, etc...

It'll be either as a character still working to be a Pokemon master

And we have seen what the process is like (the past 25 years of the series would just continue in the background)

Or it'll be as Pokemon Master Ash

And since we saw him reach this point we get a glimpse of him being this mentor/more experienced trainer we don't have to follow anymore since he achieved his dream

If we're going to see him again why stop him being the lead?

Just have Liko and Roy be the new “Girl” and “Brock” (or more similarly Goh and Chloe) and just reduce Ash’s role as they already did that in Journeys

First, I think if they did keep Ash then that would have happened as so far it seems Roy is doing the catching part of Pokemon and Liko is doing the battling so Ash could have filled in the knowledge/experience part of the usual group dynamic

But the general thought is that, what do you do with Ash now after all this...

Ignoring the pre journeys stuff like being the Alola region champion

Being the literal best of the best after the Masters 8 tournament... How do you top that?

Now they could find a way but at that point would people be as interested?

As you could say a similar thing happened with Gen 5

As not even including the Snivy thing, Ash went from battling legendaries to struggling against gym leaders

And a lot of fans disliked Gen 5 for that

And this would be that on a larger scale as even if there's a more justifiable reason Ash loses or struggles it would still get backlash

People were already freaking out that he lost to Misty in the battle in MPM episode

So yeah I just think a future appearance of Ash doesn't make MPM useless if anything it's more equivalent to when we have seen the old characters in journeys

[idledearest]

hear me out—

i wouldnt mind if riko ended up being jessie and james’ kid— team rocket being domestic, theatrical, and very supportive parents 🥺 (but internally dying that their kid is probably a massive ash ketchum fan)

[funkii4-blog]

I initially only jokingly said Riko (the new protag starting in Sc/Vi) was Ash and Gou’s daughter but the more I think about it the more I get attached to the idea