Musashi and Kojiro claim that they used to attend the private Trainer School from this episode.
The allusions to cherry blossoms reference the start of the standard Japanese school year in April when said blossoms generally begin to bloom. The bloom span of cherry blossoms is very short, usually lasting two weeks before they start falling.
āOh, you recognize it?ā Musashi looked delighted.
āWhere did you learn it?ā
āBy myself.ā
āYou can do that good from teaching yourself?ā
āI had to, for some reason. When I have to learn something I always do it aloneā¦ I canāt rely on anyone else.ā It looked as if Musashi was lost in memories.
As for being an anchorwoman, Musashi was first-class.
Once, in her late teen years, she had disguised herself as a anchorwoman of a national radio station.
The program was āPopular Pokemon Top 100āā¦ Her job was to rank some unvalued Pokemon in the top 10 list, to keep the prices of Pokemon that Team Rocket stole high.
By the way, the fake Top 3 then were Shellder, Paras and Magnemite.
It is almost impossible that they would rank in Top 10 list ever again.
Even if the contents of the program were nonsense, nobody questioned Musashiās voice.
Her anchoring was from a national-class professional voice.
However, we would never know how hard she practiced anchoring for the few minutes of broadcastingā¦
That day – Popular Pokemon Top 100 of March 3rd, a certain year – Musashiās voice ran through the country. Not knowing that it was hers, people from the whole country heard Musashiās voice and lost their hearts to it.
Only for the one day, even if what she was saying was an artificial flower, her voice was a real flower.
Musashi never forgets the day. Even if she seldom spoke about it, it was Musashiās precious memory of Hinamatsuri.
This thing is not from a fanfic but the official novelization Pocket Monsters: The Animation by Takeshi Shudo. When reading the books I can see that Shudo REALLY liked Team Rocket. (Heard that he wrote scripts premising that Musashi is the protagonist)
Oh and translation is by myself so of course the grammar sucks. Iām a Korean who is translating Japanese into English so it is natural to suck a lot.
I donāt think this was Jessieās mother she would of been on he mew mission, it might have been he he foster mother
Just the fact that they were so poor, Jessie had to eat snow. And idk, but also the fact that she sees it as a good memory is both messed up and sad??? Like if this event is happy, it shows just how much Jessie has suffered and struggled.
It also makes me wonder until how long may have Jessie been removed from this possible foster family. No way she would be allowed to stay in a place that canāt provide for her. Even more sad since she seemed to like this person, going as far as to refer to them as āmommyā.
āOh, I fit in anywhere!ā
She really, really wanted to fit in. She seems happy in every home sheās put in. Even when she isnāt, she acts perky and keeps trying her absolute bestā¦ itās getting beat down over and over and over, failure after failure, thatās given her such a tough shell now, but she really did try hard. Compare to how bubbly and also gentle she tried to be in the nursing schoolā¦
[And yeah, Dogasu stated itās not likely to be Miyamoto, but the dub had her be Jessieās mom.]
my fav thing about this is how in the sub kojiro and nyarth are like āHAVE YOU SERIOUSLY NEVER EATEN -REAL- SUSHI?ā and musashi is like āeh? when people say āsushiā arenāt they just shortening āsnow sushiā?ā
OW.
Yeah, thereāsā¦thereās a lot about Musashiās childhood she assumes is normal and thatās another realistic trait, until reality smacks her in the face like, BY THE WAY, you arenāt supposed to eat the leaves in your food on Kodomo no Hi,, your family was just dirt poor.
Why do they keep mentioning past saddness and traumas with happiness ;-;
I mean getting beat up every day must have been hard. Especially for a kid.
This is one of the things I love about them. No matter how many hardships they go through, Jessie, James, and Meowth always try their best to remain positive and be happy. Like sure, the stuff they go through does get them down at times and hurts. But no matter what they always get back up. Always working and fighting for that White Tomorrow. If that isn’t beautiful and amazing I don’t know what is.
Ladies and gentlemen, here a nice reminder that Jesse is a trained and certified nurse whoās only flaw as a student was the fact that she was neither a Chansey nor did she have the name āJoy.ā Remember this
@bringsyouwings i personally always got the impression that musashi has a really hard time empathizing with people or even sympathizing with them unless she can directly insert herself into their position, and that heavily contests with how much she dislikes appearing vulnerable for too long.
so like even if sheās been in abusive relationships (which i would say is implied), she doesnāt focus on the pain she went through, she focuses on how much stronger she was made and how she survived it! to acknowledge, even to herself, thatĀ āi know what youāve been through because Iāve been through it too,ā would make her feel weak and pitiful. so her head basically goes into overdrive to detach her from the situation if its not something she can play up as a testament to strength, and it gives the impression that she either a.) does not care about her friendās trauma or b.) doesnāt even understand it.
basically, musashi avoids acknowledging any of the pain sheās been through without laughing it off/boasting her tenacity because sheās afraid of being weak, and as such it makes it super hard for her to relate to people who do dwell on their pain and who donāt have the walls and steely grit she has. and if she canāt relate, she canāt really help, because sheāsā¦ a little detached from others, all things considered. hard to not be that way when youāve been alone for so long.
i have no idea if i explained this properly and im sure that about 80% of it is projecting butĀ
I get what you mean! She DEFINITELY doesnāt like pity and sympathy (well, unless sheās in one of her rare ānobody could ever love me because Iām so mean and nasty!!ā misery-loves-company moods), BUT YEAH, as a general rule, she likes to try to come off strong and tough as nails because thatās what kept her alive.
I mean, even when she came to save him from the Ghost of Maidenās Peak, she had to go on this whole rant about how she hates women who cry ove guys who left and how sheād just be like SEE YA, thereās other fish in the sea! And sheās literally firing at a ghostly apparition with a bazooka because he just saidĀ he doesnāt want to go.
Yeah, she didnāt save him out of jealousy or inability to let go, but she definitely tries to hide emotions and āweakness.ā
(And, of course, the whole Xatu scene youāre quoting on your blog right now! ^^)
between hayashibara being hayashibara and the comedic use of tears after the cloudy weather this absolutely murdered me
i still really need a translation on what kojiro says here because it kinda ****s me up that he mentions rafflesia by name
āOh, thatās right! Back when I was a child, when I was paralyzed by Rafflesia [Vileplume], Jiiya [Grampy/Pop-Pop] prepared Ashire water herb [Salveyo weed] for me to drink!
Ā You know. Further confirmation that Rumika/Jessiebelle really did used to paralyze him, exactly like he said (āThis is just likeā¦ the last timeā¦ā in Holy Matrimony!), even as a child. I mean, I already knew, but itās good to have confirmation.
ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ but yes, Iāve never seen
Tears, After the Clear Weather/Namida, Nochi hare being used comedically/ironically. Musashi, you drama queen! (Iām just as bad. No, worse, Iāve hit walls, throwing a tantrum because āitās too hot!!! I feel awful!!!! I canāt sleep!!!!!!ā soā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦.)
š„ There is beauty in destructionš„ 