Pokémon 2023

Nanjamo asks Dot to come visit her in Hakko City, where a high number of pranks have apparently been played on Pokémon lately to scare them. When Dot checks the footage of these pranks, it turns out they're actually being played by a Maggyo?! It's quite fast too... could this be due to it being affected by Rakulium? Dot heads downtown to investigate, where she encounters...?!

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The Pokémon anime episode airing Friday May 30th is... episode 97, "The Mischievous Maggyo's Lovely Smile?" After receiving a call from Nanjamo, Dot heads to Hakko City, where apparently a high number of pranks are currently being played on Pokémon to scare them...?!

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"Ohisashiburilliant monogatari!" Dot visits Nanjamo's studio! When Nanjamo was checking the footage from the observational cameras installed around Hakko City, she discovered a Pokémon that was moving around strangely and unleashing unusual moves; Exactly what Gurumin had asked for information about! And when they open their eyes wide like a Coil, they see that the culprit is... a Maggyo?!

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Pokémon Anime Quiz:

Nanjamo returns in episode 97! To commemorate this, we'll give you this quiz inspired by Nanjamo: "Quiz! Find the Walksabout Welkamo!" Find the Welkamo with this expression in one of these scenes from the Pokémon anime! If you find it, please tell us in a comment.

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The "Pika tto Hikaru Pokémon Anime Quiz" presented by Pokédoko:

Here is this week's question. Check tomorrow's episode of the Pokémon anime for the answer, okay?

Q: Which of these phrases does Nanjamo give as a reply to Dot?

A: Makasenshining monogatari

B: MakasenShowers

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We present a key frame of Nanjamo from episode 97. Nanjamo asks Dot to investigate some mysterious incidents. And when someone asks a favor with a wink like this... you just can't refuse, can you?

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The Grand Finale to the "Quiz! Find the Walksabout Welkamo!" Pokémon Anime Quiz:

The correct answer was... the one you can check out in this video! This Welkamo is going to appear in episode 97! Look forward to it!

Summary for next week:

June 6th: PM2023 098 - Cercle Town, Site of Reunions!

Liko and the others successfully reunite with Murdock in Cercle Town, but when they tell him that they have reformed the Rising Volt Tacklers and are investigating Rakulium, he gets really worried... Just then, Gym Leader Kaede proposes... a Pokémon battle between her and Liko?!

This episode is definitely going to get a super high Nicolive rating unless they royally fuck it up, people have been wanting a Dot episode for ages.

That's such a perfectly timed loop.

That's one psychotic looking Nanjamo.

I like how they have to zoom in on the duck's face just to make extra sure we understood what they were referring to.

next week was secretly a Liko episode

Nice

Liko is going to defeat Kaede and show Murdock that she's worthy of marrying Dot.

Why is it called Cercle Town anyway? Is it supposed to mean circle?

It's French for circle, but Japanese also uses it as a loan word to mean pastry ring. All the cities in Paldea are named after stuff you find in a kitchen.

Oh, that's interesting.

The guy that welcomes you to the town actually has the following dialogue:

This is Cercle Town. Cercles are also called circles! They have the same shape an olive has, you know!

So while is right, the "cercle = circle" meaning is pushed to the forefront as well.

Yeah, all the highest rated episodes are Dot episodes.

Slaps a heart accessory in

She likes Dot that much?

How about Hakko City?

Dotto-shi, do me a favor and help me out with something in my bedroom!

Hakko can mean fermentation, which is the kitchen connection, but it also has a couple other relevant meanings.
The city's equivalent to this guy says

The "Hakko" in Hakko City, is that 発行 (meaning publication)? 発酵 (meaning fermentation)? Since the city is said to have a 1 million volt nightscape, maybe it's 発光 (meaning luminescence)?

Cat runback?

Nips make the most complex puns.

It's on the nose honestly.

I think it's pretty clever.

Maidot and... mailiko

Any ideas for when Nemo will come around?

I assume episode after next, but we'll know either way by either tuesday or thursday.

My guess is episode 99, it makes sense for Orange Academy to be the group's next stop

Depends on what she currently does.

She's presumably still at Orange Academy since the OP shows her in its uniform.

Where is Xavier?

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Friday is Pokémon Anime Day! Pranks have been played on Pokémon in Hakko City to scare them. The pranks are being pulled quite fast, and Rakulium Signs remain afterwards... Dot and the others head downtown to investigate in order to find out who's behind this, where they encounter a Maggyo accompanied by... Whosawhatsit?!