Getting kinda excited for the new pokemon game trailer so i ended up drawing Mihawk with pokemon while testing a new lineart technique :3
Personally, i don’t think Mihawk would capture pokemon on his own (I’d believe he would take the Pokémon’s place in a pokemon fight) but I have some pretty funny ideas on how he got some.
First the Honchkrow is a gag gift from Shanks, since they both have the same ‘hat’. He named her “Mini Mihawk” and the red-head sailed away before Mihawk even knew about it, and Mihawk can’t change it (trading rules) so he just calls her ‘Minnie’ for short. She’s the only official pokemon he has. She’s mostly independent, coming and going as she pleased but she does help around when Mihawk is gardening, if only to eat the Caterpies and Wurmples.
The next one is a Chandelure (One of my favs) and she came with the castle. Her quiet nature lent a hand in a peaceful cohabitation so Mihawk never had to chase her out. Plus Minnie would get a healthy dose of exercise from the Chandelure so Mihawk thought it was a good idea to keep her around. They spend time together at night, when Mihawk is reading Chandelure would lend her light.
And lastly the Ceruledge…
They met when Mihawk was attacking a marine fleet, the charcadet’s previous owner had thrown it at Mihawk in fear but the charcadet already worshiped the marine hunter’s prowess, having seen Mihawk easily slice the ship in half. He kinda just follows Mihawk around and it hasn’t stopped since, not even when he evolved into a Ceruledge. Mihawk is just fed up with him after years of abrupt pokemon fights but before Mihawk could land any serious blows the Ceruledge would just sneak away and come back later, trying to get Mihawk to accept him.













