EmperorNova
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Based on the main cast: Friede feels like he's the "legacy character/audience surrogate" out of them. He's a grown adult (the same as majority of old-time Pokemon fans) compared to Liko and Roy, and owns two classic iconic Pokemon. I guess if they have to shove in Pikachu and Charizard in, better to give it to the "mentor/adult" character instead of the two new leads.