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00:00 Welcome to Tokyosaurus, so what's up in Japan?
00:06 So as you may have probably seen floating around the rumors of Pikachu evolving into
00:10 a Raichu after the teaser for this week's episode of Pokemon was released in the previous
00:14 episode people started getting worried if this was actually going to come true.
00:19 Something involving a female Pikachu, Thunder Stones, and of course Ash's Pikachu.
00:24 Now this week's episode has finally aired.
00:26 A Pikachu has evolved into a Raichu.
00:28 As Pokemon likes to often troll its viewers for good times, fortunately this was one of
00:33 those times.
00:34 Someone got a Raichu, but thankfully it was not Ash.
00:37 A Pikachu was very close to evolving into a Raichu this time around, and they explained
00:41 why Pikachu never wanted to evolve into a Raichu again.
00:45 So let's go through exactly what happened, just how close Pikachu was to evolving into
00:49 a Raichu, and the reason as to why Ash's Pikachu does not want to evolve into a Raichu.
00:55 So it all began with Goh wanting to catch a Pikachu after watching Ash interact with
00:59 his own Pikachu.
01:01 The professor then tells them about a Pikachu outbreak nearby, and they decide to go check
01:05 it out for the professor.
01:06 They then meet a female Pikachu that gets friendly pretty quickly with Ash's Pikachu
01:10 by feeding him food, and as they say, the way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
01:15 Little did we know at this time that we were probably going to be seeing a whole lot more
01:19 of these two together in future episodes.
01:21 Ash continuing on, Goh immediately tries to catch her, and surprisingly he succeeds on
01:26 his first try.
01:27 She shocks him after he tries to hug her, which was a nice throwback touch to when Ash
01:31 met Pikachu for the very first time when he got shocked as well.
01:35 Ash explains that it's a way for Pikachu to greet you, and then they follow our new Pikachu
01:39 friend to another area.
01:41 She leads us to an area full of Pikachus digging for things.
01:45 Apparently they were all looking for thunderstones in the rocks.
01:48 By touching the thunderstones, obviously they evolve into Raichus.
01:51 Our new female Pikachu finds a thunderstone right away, and brings it over to Ash's Pikachu.
01:56 But Ash's Pikachu refuses to touch it, but our new Pikachu insists that he takes it.
02:02 And so she chases him around and tries to force him to take the thunderstone.
02:06 They end up behind a rock, and voila, we see the evolution light, and out pops a Raichu.
02:12 But it turns out it wasn't our Pikachu or the new Pikachu that evolved into a Raichu,
02:16 just some other random Pikachu.
02:18 Ash is super relieved that it didn't happen, and it looks like he almost had a heart attack.
02:23 This was the part where they explained why Pikachu did not want to evolve.
02:26 Goh mentions that Pikachu can become stronger by evolving into a Raichu.
02:30 Why doesn't Pikachu want to evolve?
02:32 And then Ash answers.
02:33 It's because Pikachu wants to get stronger as a Pikachu, and that it's better to only
02:38 evolve when you want to evolve.
02:40 It's almost as if Pikachu wants to get stronger through his own ability, rather than relying
02:45 on external help.
02:47 Staying true to yourself is also his strength.
02:49 Ash then asks Goh's Pikachu why not she use it on herself.
02:53 Then we see her happily squeezing her cheeks onto another Pikachu.
02:57 It seems like she's just happy where she is in life, and have no reason to want to evolve
03:01 into a Raichu yet.
03:02 Right after this, of course, Team Rocket comes into the scene to steal all the Pikachus.
03:07 They succeed, but they left Goh's new Pikachu behind.
03:09 In the rescue, Goh's Pikachu eventually gets close enough and tries to break them out with
03:14 her tail.
03:15 But she realizes she's too weak.
03:17 She then tells Goh to throw her the Thunderstone while getting sucked into the same machine
03:21 that caught all the other Pikachus.
03:23 Goh throws over the Thunderstone, and she evolves while being sucked into it and avoids
03:27 getting captured.
03:28 A few other Raichus gather together and breaks out everyone.
03:31 So we have a nice contrast between our new Pikachu, well Raichu now, and Ash's Pikachu.
03:37 This one has a more practical approach to life, while Ash's Pikachu is a little more
03:41 idealistic.
03:42 Both of which can be strong in their own way.
03:44 Raichu kept her personality from when she was a Pikachu and continues to try to feed
03:48 everyone, especially Pikachu, as it seems like she's taken a special liking to him.
03:53 Either way, we have a new Raichu in the fam now, and we will definitely be seeing a lot
03:57 more interactions between Ash's Pikachu and our new Raichu very soon.
04:01 Anyways, are you glad that Pikachu stayed a Pikachu, and that we also got a new Raichu
04:06 in the picture?
04:07 Or, are you the type to want to watch the world burn, and want Pikachu to finally evolve?
04:11 Or do you feel trolled by the whole setup of Ash's Pikachu supposedly evolving into
04:15 a Raichu?
04:16 Whatever you feel, let me know down in the comments below.
04:18 And thanks for tuning in, I know it's been a while, but it's been a messy time for me,
04:22 and I'm sure most of you are feeling it on some level as well.
04:25 Hopefully you'll be seeing more videos from me, as I'll be trying to ramp up those videos
04:28 once again.
04:29 So as usual, thumbs up the video, subscribe for more What's Up in Japan, and I'll see
04:33 you guys in the next one.
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