He meets up with Serena and walks into the train station. We cut to Ash still failing at getting anything and this goes until evening. It's actually kinda hilarious how bad he fails.Īfterwords we cut to the B plot of Bonnie taking care of the Pokemon. So after a bit of ship tease (oh boy, I'm going to have to talk about that sometime, aren't I?) we cut to the shopping mall where Ash fails massively at figuring out what to get his Pokemon and noticing Serena's existence. What, do Pokeballs somehow have the ability to transmit sounds from outside inside?
This can only end so well.īy the way, I love how Ash sends out his Pokemon and tells them to wait for some presents without any context whatsoever. That leaves Bonnie to take care of all of the Pokemon, since Ash and Serena want their Pokemon's presents to be a surprise. It's one of the few times that it actually succeeds at being an expanded adaptation.Īnyways, with the explanation out of the way, Ash and Serena head off shopping while Clement builds his Pokemon his gifts. Give us a bit of backstory on certain things that the games couldn't. As I said before, I do like it when the anime does stuff like this. Since then, a legend came out that if you give your Pokemon a present under the pledging tree (title drop), your bond with it will become stronger. As thanks for his companion, he planted a tree which became the largest tree in the city. Apparently a trainer on a Skiddo traveled the world and after a while rested where Coumarine City would be. We even get a bit of backstory on the festival and how Coumarine city began. Of course, this scene is kinda pointless since that episode is next week.Īnyways, after the title theme we cut to the town setting up for the Coumarine Festival. Speaking of which, we're 59 episodes in and you're just now entering a showcase? I know that they only need three keys as apposed to five ribbons for Pokemon contests or eight badges, but still.
Cutting it a little close, are ya Serena.
This episode begins with Serena entering the Pokemon contest showcase that's going on tomorrow. Oh boy, this aught to be an interesting one.