Airdate: May 18th, 2000 Summary: Our friends are walking through the forest, when they fall into a nursery with a bunch of Wooper. Brock sees the preschool teacher and instantly forgives the Wooper who brought him to Olesia. Brock is smitten with Olesia, and the gang are smitten with the cute Wooper. Team Rocket areContinue reading “Pokemon 150: No Big Woop”
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Pokemon 149: The Fire-ing Squad
Airdate: May 11th, 2000 Summary: Ash sends Tauros back to Professor Oak, but he keeps Heracross for a bit longer. Nurse Joy mentions the Fire and Rescue Grand Prix while trying to escape Brock, this man has a problem. Our friends check out the contest, meet up with Captain Aidan, and also get reunited with theContinue reading “Pokemon 149: The Fire-ing Squad”
Pokemon 148: Tricks of the Trade
Airdate: May 4th, 2000 Summary: Our friends are off to Goldenrod City, and they are walking through a beach town. They meet a boy named Benny who is raising a Wobbuffet, but wants to trade it. He tells our friends about the Pokémon swap meet. Jessie and James are pissed off at Victrebell and Lickitung,Continue reading “Pokemon 148: Tricks of the Trade”
Convenience Store Woman-Sayaka Murata
Published: 2016 (Bungeishunju) Setting: Tokyo Summary: Keiko works at the Smile Convenience store in an office district, and it is what defines her. She has worked their eighteen years, and the rhythms of her life match the sound of the bell, the speech patterns of her coworkers, and the hours of her shift. Keiko hasContinue reading “Convenience Store Woman-Sayaka Murata”
Pokemon 147: A Farfetch’d Tale
Airdate: April 27th, 2000 Summary: Our friends are walking through the Ilex Forest and Brock turns into a delusional old detective trying to find the way out. Team Rocket is hungry and tired, and our crew run into a boy with a Farfetch’d who won’t listen to him. The boy, Sylvester, gets advice from ourContinue reading “Pokemon 147: A Farfetch’d Tale”
A Wild Sheep Chase-Haruki Murakami
Published: 1982 (Kodansha) Setting: Tokyo, Hokkaido, Niigata Summary: In the third book of the “Trilogy of the Rat”, Murakami decides to blow it all up, in a good way. Our unnamed protagonist, I, meets a beautiful part-time call girl with magic ears, the secretary of the underground Boss of Japan, as well as the SheepContinue reading “A Wild Sheep Chase-Haruki Murakami”
Pokemon 146: Getting’ the Bugs Out
Airdate: April 20th, 2000 Summary: Ash is ready to battle the Azalea gym leader, and Misty remarks that he does not have Charizard, his ace, anymore. The gang walks into the gym, and Misty gets scared by a bevy of bug Pokémon. A boy is in the tree, calls Misty ignorant, and accepts Ash’s gymContinue reading “Pokemon 146: Getting’ the Bugs Out”
Pokemon 145: Going Apricorn!
Airdate: April 13th, 2000 Summary: Our friends show Kurt the GS Ball, but Kurt has no idea what the ball is. They call Prof. Oak and explain the situation, and he tells them that Kurt makes specialty Pokeballs. Ash runs into Kurt’s process but his granddaughter, Mazie, tells him to be quiet. Our friends goContinue reading “Pokemon 145: Going Apricorn!”
Pokemon 144: A Shadow of a Drought
Airdate: April 6th, 2000 Summary: Our friends are lost in the heat, and so Squirtle and Staryu use their Water Gun, Squirtle goes too hard and knocks Ash out. Team Rocket doesn’t have any water when Meowth uses the last in the canteen. Our friends spot a well and dig for water by using aContinue reading “Pokemon 144: A Shadow of a Drought”
Pokemon 143: Good ‘Quil Hunting
Airdate: March 30th, 2000 Summary: Our friends are lost in the forest, when a guy runs up on them and asks if they have seen any Cyndaquil. Team Rocket talk about all of the work they had to do to get their latest invention, specially made to catch Pikachu. They pop into Misty and Brock’sContinue reading “Pokemon 143: Good ‘Quil Hunting”
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