Get ready to cheer and cry some big ‘ol Poké-tears as Rika Matsumoto aims to be a Pokémon master one last time.
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The “final chapter of Ash and Pikachu’s story” is starting, and after it’s done the Pokémon anime is getting two new protagonists.
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Pokémon’s leading man has gone through plenty of changes in his two decades of screen time.
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It looks like all that time hitting the books has made the would-be Pokémon Master weak and flabby.
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