An informativePokemon JourneysTV guide is making rounds across the internet, revealing the next few upcoming episodes. The guide is in Japanese, of course, but some fans have managed to translate it, and as a result, viewers now have summaries of the next five episodes in the series, and one of them stands out among the others.
According to thetranslatedPokemonepisode titles, the episode is called “The Reluctant Pikachu and the Exasperated Mr. Mime,” and it’s the 30th episode of the season. The title and summary actually use the Japanese names of the Pokemon, but this writing will change them to English for the sake of brevity. This means the episode will be called and summarized differently with the official English dub.
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The episode’s summary reads: After winning an official Pokémon World Championships battle, theEmanation Pokemon Rioluis feeling like a million bucks. But Ash’s fixation on training Riolu pushes Pikachu’s patience to its limits, and it ends up leaving the Cerise Laboratories. Mr. Mime 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?
In short, the 30th episode ofPokemon Journeyswill see Pikachu running away from Ash Ketchum out of jealously for Riolu, andMr. Mimewill chase it down and try and talk some sense into him. The episode will then revolve around the duo’s resulting adventures away from Cerise Laboratories and their trainers.
The premise of this episode is certainly unorthodox. It’s interesting but also a tad worrying.Pokemonhas never really done an episode featuringPikachugetting jealous of one of Ash’s other Pokemon. It’s usually the other way around, with the most infamous example being Ash’s old Aipom back during his travels in Hoenn and Sinnoh.
Pikachu has certainly gotten frustrated with Ash over some of the stupid decisions he’s made in the past, such as entering the Nimbasa gym completely unprepared and sidelining Pikachu on top of it. But the situation doesn’t seem like one of those instances. The episode airs on July 26, one week afterSobble’s anime debut, so it won’t be long before viewers get to see what happens.
Pokemon Journey’s first 12 episodes are now available on Netflix.
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