this is how xy068 went right?
he wasn't even looking at me and he found me
TVSTRANGERTHINGS
Misplaced Lens Cap
cherry valley forever
let's talk about Bridgerton tea, my ask is open

@theartofmadeline
"I'm Dorothy Gale from Kansas"

roma★
Three Goblin Art
trying on a metaphor
No title available
One Nice Bug Per Day

if i look back, i am lost
Lint Roller? I Barely Know Her

祝日 / Permanent Vacation

No title available

Product Placement
ojovivo
dirt enthusiast
noise dept.

seen from Türkiye
seen from United States

seen from France
seen from United States
seen from India
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from United States

seen from United States
seen from United States

seen from Türkiye
seen from United States

seen from United States

seen from Germany
seen from United States

seen from Australia
seen from United States

seen from Netherlands

seen from Malaysia
seen from United States
@bravebelievers
this is how xy068 went right?
It’s not official confirmation, but according to this tweet, Iwane (anipoke animator) thinks that Alain is in his early 20s! (Q&A translation below)
Q: Hello Iwane-san. In XY&Z, Alain was speaking casually (tameguchi) with Steven, so I was wondering how old Alain is. (Although he switched to speaking politely/keigo in Journeys.)
A: I don’t know for sure, but maybe early 20s?
out of desperation for more alain content i searched for mezastar videos on youtube and compiled all of his lines that i could find into this video (with bonus clips of the origins of his lines)
Upscaled Mezastar renders for the lower rank Masters 8 members from this video
Ash remembers the wise words of those who lost in the first round
Vibing at Wyndon
(source)
jn118 post-credits scene
some things never change
this means absolutely nothing but it won’t stop my dumbass brain from looking too deep into this
did you know that everyone in the room was on the same basketball team in middle school? they even have a theme song!!
please watch kuroko no basuke, there are lots of pokemon voice actors there
Congratulations to Steven Stone on earning Alain’s keigo* card, though I’m a bit conflicted. Alain used to use tameguchi** with Steven in the Mega Evolution Specials ever since their first interaction where he thanked Steven for helping Mairin and then immediately challenging Steven to a battle.
*keigo = polite speech, used to talk with people you respect/strangers **tameguchi = casual speech, used with people you are close to/younger people
(nerding out about a fictional character’s speech pattern below) (minor JN117 spoilers)
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Masters 8 Rankings by Promotional Material
I recently saw a tweet that ranked the Masters 8 members by the amount of likes they got from @anipoke_pr’s icons/headers tweets and that inspired me to rank them by pretty much everything that @anipoke_pr has done for every member of the Masters 8. (Icon/Headers, Wallpapers, Voice Actors’ Comments)
(images galore ahead)
while i’m at it, might as well repost the ono kensho (alain’s va) pash interview translation too! if you’re interested in seeing someone’s thoughts on a character they voice, read on! i don’t see any spoilers but i’ll put the translation down the cut just in case
(disclaimer: i wish my japanese was good enough to accurately translate all of this but this is the best i can manage)
(also i can’t post the full scans just in case pash somehow finds me)
(damn rereading this after jn115 aired sucks)
the only copium i have for journeys now is the daiala interaction that suzumura kenichi (steven’s seiyuu) mentioned in the pash interview (really rough translation by me + my bestie DeepL below)
warning: potential spoilers??? idk it hasn’t happened in the anime yet, so for people who want to be surprised, uhh turn back
JN115 may have hurt me in the worst possible ways, but Alain using keigo (polite speech) with Leon was funny to me solely because Steven is still the only Champion Alain doesn’t use keigo with. (he used it with Diantha when they talked once)