Leonhart
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Zamin said:Ash asking Chimchar to join his team reminded me of the first season when he gto Charmander who had been abandoned by his trainer.
I think that was done on purpose since Hikozaru's entire story arc up until this episode was like a longer and more complex version of Hitokage's background, which I liked for the most part. But there was something more satisfying about this instance of Satoshi getting an abandoned Pokemon from my point of view, because he hadn't gotten a new Pokemon in a very long time.