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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It’s not like Pikachu really needed to be any cuter, but he’s gotten an adorableness upgrade anyway.
It looks like all that time hitting the books has made the would-be Pokémon Master weak and flabby.
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