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Eden
Nagisa: Absol (mega). Grimsnarl. Togepi. Gigalith. Carbink. Archen. Hiyori: Absol. Hattene. Togetic. Sprigatito (shiny). Lillipup Ibara: Absol. Morgrem. Arbok. Gimmighoul. Jun: Absol. Hatterm. Mightyena
Eden has a dark and elegant style so I was searching among dark types. I was choosing between Absol and Liepard. Absol is dark type but more majestic (and should be psychic or get fairy type), and Liepard has a similar color-palette with Eden (dark color with yellow). I decided on Absol. I thinks, it fits more.
For Adam and Eve I was trying to find gender-based forms or evolution but none of them looked fitting for them. So I went with Grimsnarl and Hatterm which were made as counterparts for each other.
Togepi is left after Fine. Togepi did not evolve during fine, Nagisa just thinks it’s cute like that (Ibara goes not think it's cute, it runs everywhere, he needs to look over it and it's driving him insane). Nagisa loves rocks and fossils. For rocks, cool rock with his color palette and cute rock-fairy would do the trick. Also their differences fit Nadisa’s stoic and serious outside and cheerful almost child-like inside. Also, Gigalith helps with mining. I wanted to give him Sableye, but it eats gems and hunts Carbinks as prey, so hard no. For fossils it was hard deciding on one. I went with Archen, I thought it would fit Nagisa’s silliness and trouble with self-identity. Another option was Aurorus for its elegance.
Lillipup = Bloody Mary
Togetic left after fine. Sprigattito does not have much thoughts other than “Shiny’s colors literally Hiyori’s colors”. Hiyori does have a lot of plants tho. I was thinking of the final form, Mewscarada, but I think Hiyori would like more cute mons, then strong ones.
Ardok is a snake. Gimmighoul because money. I was thinking between it and it’s evolution, Gholndego, but the image of Gimmighoul in chest sitting on table while Ibara working was too hard to pass.
Jun does not feel like someone with many mons so I stopped on just the hyena pokemon, Mightyena. Jun had it as Poochyena which evolved after forming Eve.
Valkyrie
Shu: Klinklang. Florges. Tarountula. Magearna (Pokeball). Mika: Klank. Mimikyu. Banette.
Valkyrie’s symbol is gears, and Klink’s line is the only gear pokemon.
Florges is from the Kalos region which is based on France. It’s elegant, feminine and Floette resembles of a doll. Almost all Shu’s interest in one. Red flowers one describes as being able to heal both body and spirit. Shu needs it. Tarountula is the only pokemon that I could think of for knitting. I don’t want to give anyone legendary or mythical pokemon but Magearna is so perfect for Shu! So he can have mythical. As a treat.
Mimikyu is a lonely pokemon who made its rag by itself. Pretty fitting for Mika. I imagine Mimikyu’s cover being torn and Mika fixing it. Also Mimikyu might be based on lovecraftian horror. Perfect. Banette is an abandoned doll that turned into pokemon. Also it’s category is Marionette pokemon.
2wink
Hinata: Toxtricity (Amped). Ambipom. Slurpuff Yuta: Toxtricity (Low Key). Aipom. Scovillan
2wink like acrobatics. Acrobatics is an actual move, but a lot of pokemon who can learn it are just fast. Ambipom and Aipom are only acrobatic enough.
I was searching for “twin” pokemons and found Toxtricty only fitting ones. Their form depends on nature, so perfect. Also their bright colors work with 2winks bright palette.
Also i wanted to give them opposite pokemons. Hinata loves sweet cream puffs and Yuta loves spice. So pokemon based on sweet cream dessert and chilly pepper pokemon will go!
Crazy:B
Rinne: Vespiquen. Flapple. Dragonite. HiMERU: Combee. Inteleon. Zoroark. Kohaku: Combee. Cherrim. Hisuian Samurott. Niki: Combee. Appletun (shiny). Alcremie. Munchlax.
There’s little to non bees pokemon… Crazy:B’s symbol is honeycomb so bee pokemon whose design is also heavily based on combs is perfect. Beedrill also worked due to being a poison type, but I see it more like a wasp (and don’t want to give them Kakuna or Weedle).
Rinne gave Niki shiny Applin. When they formed Idol duo Niki-the-airhead-the-oblivious noticed what other units had the same pokemons and suggested Rinne get his own Applin.
I wanted to find a pokemon who would work as “the village ruler’s family gets that pokemon and trains it”. I decided to go with pseudo-legendary ones and Dragonite fits the most (powerful but friendly, asian-based). It was Dragonair when Rinne ran away and evolved before the main story. Flapple has the ability Hustle which kinda fits Rinne.
I wanted to give two pokemons to HiMERU, one being Kaname’s, another his own. Inteleon has a similar color palette to him (esp fs1) so it was chosen as Kaname’s pokemon. When Kaname enrolled in Reimei it was Sobble, then it evolved in Drizzile, and under Oremeru it evolved in Inteleon. Oremeru grew up abroad so I wanted Pokemon from not-japan based regions. Zoroark cast illusions on itself and was described to be extremely protective of loved ones, even holding grudges on those who hurt loved ones. Perfect.
For Kohaku I went with only japanese-based pokemons. Kohaku has various associations with sakura so the only sakura-based pokemon, Cherrim, is his. For him being trained to do “dirty work” I went with Hisuian Samurott. Unovan Samurott is based on samurai, but Hisuian most likely based on ronin.
Munchlax is all about eating so it would be stupid to not give it to Niki. Although, I almost did not give it to Niki. The thought of needing to feed both Niki and Munchlax who “needs to consume its own weight (231,5 lbs or 105 kg) in food every day” was terrifying. For cooking I search for every pokemon with any reference to food. There is not much not-sweet food pokemons, surprisingly. I stopped on Appletun and Alcremie. Appletun is friendly and kids eat skin on its back as snacks (*cough* in Galar it is a custom to give an Applin, its pre-evolution, as a romantic gesture *cough*). Alcremie treats trainers who she likes with berries, many patisserie chiefs seek Alcremie as their partners and her cream is described to bring happiness to anyone who eats them. I was thinking of more pokemons (like slowpoke and clauncher), but Niki definitely would not have a lot of them (he had two before meeting Rinne and was thinking it's more than enough), so I cut the list.