#jn053

[scraftyisthebest]

Tmw when you realize Serena and Chloe are both horse girls.

[pokemonpowergirl]

Anipoke Kids who caught a Legendary Pokemon.

[yamperrr]

gou is an incredible person. there is no argument you can make against that and this episode was proof of it.

[smilingperformer]

So, the Suicune capture can go two ways:

Gou legit catches Suicune and it will start living at the Sakuragi park.

OR

Gou catches Suicune but he releases it quite soon afterwards due to realising it’s got the duty to protect the lake or something along those reasons.

After JN052, I can see Gou doing the latter one. He did, after all, give away his Dugtrio to Endo due to noticing how big of a importance the Dugtrio had as a leader to all those Diglett. Also after noticing it’s a perfect partner for Endo :) Good kid, this Gou.

We’ll find out this friday. ONe thing is for sure: he is catching Suicune for real, pokedex entry and all. All that remains to be seen is whether it’s temporary.

[jadeazora]

Episode summaries for Eps53+54.

Edit voice cast for JN053:

[colourful-void]

An alternative reading of the Suicune Episode (or, hey what if this educational video was important to canon)

So first up, because I hardly see anyone talking about it: there’s a planetarium special for pokemon journeys. They’ve done a lot actually, for several years and seasons, but the most recent one is from journeys. There’s not a lot of talk of it over in the west; I blame that mainly on it being an education special, not a proper episode, and it having a limited run because of current events. (Note: from what I can find, the show is still running, so if you wanna go see it (and actually can) now you know!

I found out about it via a long rabbit hole on bulbapedia, and even then there isn’t a proper plot summary on bulbapedia itself. I had to find someone elses review and summary. So here’s a quick run down for all of you!

(Image description: a banner advertising the pokemon journeys planetarium special. There is blue text in Japanese on the left that displays the title. On the left are pictures of Goh, Ash, Pikachu, and Raboot. Each of them are in action poses, and both Ash and Goh hold a pokeball. The background is black with a green spiral and blue silhouette of Suicune. End Description.)

Beyond this point I’ll be getting into some spoilers, though I won’t be doing a retelling of the whole plot, only what’s relevant. If you’d like more information, click here to read the full summary I mentioned and here’s a trailer (it’s in 3d!) on youtube.

Now from what I’ve read and been able to find, this looks really freaking cool, I think it’s awesome, but that’s not what’s I’m trying to do in this essay-thing. You may have noticed the cool looking Suicune in the banner. You may also have noticed Raboot. And you may remember that the episode in which Goh catches Suicune (JN053) takes place after Raboot evolves into Cinderace. Meaning that if we are to take this episode as canon, it must come before the episode where Goh catches Suicune.

And listen, I know this is an education special for kids. I know it’s not meant to be canon, I know there’s more than one Suicune (I think? Still not clear how legendary pokemon work actually), I know. This is for fun and because wacky theories can lead to interesting fan content.

Now Suicune’s role in the special is pretty simple: it’s the legend of a northern town, though no one in the village has seen it before. Because of the upcoming Aurora, Prof. Cerise thinks that Suicune might show up, so he sends Goh and Ash to meet with a girl named Emma who lives in the village since her father is a pokemon scientist. Later a snowstorm hits and while Goh, Ash and Emma all huddle against a tree for safety, they end up all falling asleep in the snow. They’re saved by Suicune, who (theoretically, its not shown) pulled them out of the snow and placed them in this cave. Emma wakes up first to find Suicune, but her waking up startles Suicune, and it runs off before the boys wake up. They do get to see it run across the night sky later though, and that’s pretty much the end.

The most important thing to note here is that a) Suicune saves Ash, Goh and Emma, and b) it leaves before either of the boys can get a good look at it, or talk to it.

Now lets look at the Suicune episode!

To summarize quickly: Suicune is being attacked, Goh saves Suicune with a ball. Suicune exits the ball, does not trust Goh. Goh earns Suicune’s trust, and when Suicune is attacked again, allies with Goh, and they manage to defeat the pokemon hunters. Then, Goh leaves the pokeball on the ground so Suicune can leave again, but Suicune decides to stay as Goh’s pokemon while travelling the world.

(and to be clear, Goh caught Suicune to keep it away from the hunters, not to keep it for himself. I think the ending made that clear enough.)

So how does the context of the planetarium special change things?

Well you can interpret it in a few ways! Firstly, lets take into account that Suicune saved Goh (and ash and emma’s) life, and neither of the boys even got to see Suicune before it headed off. So Goh getting the chance to thank Suicune via saving it this time is really interesting! It also makes for a spectacular parellel; Suicune saving Goh from nature vs Goh saving Suicune from humans. (Suicune being like a nature god and Goh being a human)

And Goh is smart in the Suicune episode, I could go on for ages about how he used the pokeball to end the first fight without having to be violent and being much more effective, how he let Raichu deliver the berries because he knew he wouldn’t be trusted as a human, turning away from it so it felt safer, he demonstrates so much care and willingness to understand Suicune, it’s so good. I like seeing how much care he put into helping it, how his research about effective berries for poison and knowing the type chart for the later battle came into play!

Another thing to note: Goh explicitly turns away from Suicune several times in the episode. I have a few theories on why this might be, one of which being that Suicune does not like to be looked at by humans. This is reinforced by the planetarium special, as it hadn’t been seen by anyone in the village despite being its guardian (perhaps because it doesn't want to be seen?) and because it ran away when Emma woke up and saw it.

Having the boys be saved by Suicune earlier also makes Ash’s “what a nice guy, that Suicune.” line even funnier.

There are lots of ways to take the special into consideration, and I think it’s an interesting way to look at it! My personal favourite interpretation is that Goh researches more on Suicune after being saved by it and uses that information to help it and pay it back in the Suicune episode! That’s just my opinion though, and I’ve love to see what other people think about these two episodes!

Thanks for reading =D!

[pokemonpowergirl]

The Holy Trinity.

[pokemonpowergirl]

THE CATCH OF THE YEAR JUST HAPPENED!!!

[pokemonpowergirl]

SUICUNE CHOOSES GOH!!! 😍💘

[pokemonpowergirl]

HONESTLY! HOW CAN ANYONE HATE GOH EVEN AFTER HE CAUGHT AND BONDED WITH THE LEGENDARY SUICUNE SO MUCH THAT IT DECIDED TO PERMANENTLY BE HIS POKÉMON?!

[pokemonpowergirl]

Pokemon JN053 Review...

You guys can say what you want about Goh catching a Suicune! I think it was pretty fantastic catch! We finally have a protagonist that officially owns a Legendary (not counting the sealed away Eternatus).

Goh was really cool in this episode, and I'm so happy that he caught Suicune. The bond and trust that the two was build up quite nicely after it's capture shows how much Goh is growing up in Pokémon Journeys. This episode could be the best Goh focused episode so far. I loved it so much! Though while Suicune decides to remain being Goh's Pokémon Permanently, it doesn’t stay at Cerise Park like Goh's other Pokémon. It stays as Goh's Pokémon while freely roaming the World, purifying polluted lakes clean cause it's still a Legendary after all.

While I know not everyone likes the idea of a protagonist catching Legendary Pokémon. That's alright, cause it has been over 23 years for a main character to do that. It's going to take some getting used to, but that's okay because it makes way for some new possibilities. (Though I hope that Goh doesn't catch Ash's Nebby or the Lunala Gladion teamed up with. Any other Solgaleo and Lunala would be fine though) Either way, I really excited for the next Legendary Pokémon episode now.

Anyways, this episode was awesome to me and I give it a 10/10!!!

[pokemonpowergirl]

A less memorable but kinda amusing 2nd catch of the day!

[pokemonpowergirl]

[smilingperformer]

TV Tokyo's youtube channel has a new promo trailer up for Pokeani, I'll put a link to a tweet version of it because it's geo-locked.

But we have more footage of Grookey, Impidimp, Koharu & Eevee, Gengar, Kamonegi, etc etc etc. It's honestly looking pretty good for pokeani content this year!

[smilingperformer]

Next week is gonna be a mess Gou is ACTUALLY CATCHING SUICUNE, the question remains: will he keep it or release it?

Anyway, today's episode was a lot of fun and ahowed how GOOD the Research Fellow Trio Dynamic is. Koharu is bringing so much new life to the dynamics and I love it. Also, she knows more about basic stuff than Gou LOL, love it. Gou's a Pokemon nerd, Koharu a well studied person.

Anyway, fun ep, will happily rewatch!

[pokemonpowergirl]

The rest of the January episode titles have been revealed but no summaries yet...

JN051: Farfetch'd/Kamonegi's Great Trials! Airdate 1/15

FINALLY! SOME FARFETCH'D FOCUS!!!

JN052: Agricultural Experience! Where is Diglett/Digda?! Airdate 1/22

JN053: Get the Legend?! Find the Water's God Protector Suicune! Airdate 1/29

OH! BOY! SUICUNE!!!