Ever since its first episode aired in November of 2019, the latest series of thePokemonanime,Pokemon Journeys, has been full of surprises. Rather than placing Ash Ketchum and co. in the newest region introduced in the latest generation ofPokemongames like nearly every other season of the anime,Pokemon Journeysinstead sees Ash and his new friend Goh travel to a different region in thePokemonworld almost every episode.
While Ash and his friends have usually only captured a few Pokemon per season,Goh has completely strayed from that norm.InPokemon Journeys, Goh acts much more like how players might act in aPokemongame, catching as many different species of Pokemon as possible, even throwing a Poke Ball at them from the get-go most times like players do inPokemon GO. And now, in the latest episode ofPokemon Journeys, Goh has captured the fan-favorite Legendary Pokemon Suicune.
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While Ash and Goh worked together to capture the Legendary Pokemon Eternatus in an earlier episode, the Pokemon couldn’t join the trainers on their journey as it had to be sealed away due to its immense power. But this time around, it seems that Goh will be able to keep a Legendary Pokemon for the first time. Despite Ash encountering Suicune multiple times throughout the entire course of thePokemonanime, Goh shockedPokemonfans everywhere by capturing it rather easily, asmany fans hoped he would.
Episode 53 ofPokemon Journeyssees Ash and Goh travel to a lake in search of Suicune, who has recently been spotted in the area. The trainers come across a group of Pokemon hunters looking tocapture the Aurora Pokemonin a less civil manner, but when they do manage to trap Suicune in a net, Goh attempts to save it by throwing a Poke Ball at it. To everyone’s surprise, Suicune allows itself to be caught by Goh in order to escape the hunters, but the Legendary Pokemon later manages to escape Goh due to its distrust in humans. However, after Goh manages to form a bond with Suicune by helping it heal, the Pokemon hunters capture it a second time, but it escapes yet again with the help of Ash and Goh.
Afterwards, after Goh has gained its trust, Suicune allows itself to remain captured by the trainer, though it will still roam the world helping other Pokemon in need, while Goh can call upon the Legendary Pokemon whenever he needs it. Although many fans are excited to see a parallel to how mainlinePokemongames work, wheretrainers can capture most Legendaries,some have argued that the anime gave Goh a Legendary Pokemon too early.
With Suicune on Goh’s roster and powerful Pokemon like Dragonite andDracovish joining Ash’s team,this season of the anime has shaped up to be arguably the most exciting one yet. It will be interesting to see what elsePokemon Journeyssurprises fans with in the future.
