"The world of Pokémon, huh? It's been a long time since I last saw it."
Inside the cozy little house, various strange creature figurines and merchandise were displayed, all sharing a common name: Pokémon, a childhood memory that once swept across the world for many children and even young people.
But all of this was merely fantasy. All fantasies began with the imagination of a bug-catching boy named Satoshi Tajiri, the father of Pokémon. Yet, at this very moment, he was truly and genuinely present in this world. He could only accompany Pokémon in games and anime before. But now, truly in this world, he still found it hard to believe. And what was even harder to believe was that he had become the protagonist of the anime, Satoshi, who was the childhood hero of all Pokémon lovers.
For Satoshi, before coming to this world, he had deeply loved this world in his childhood. Even back then, with black-and-white screens and crude graphics, he wished he could personally become a trainer in the game console. As he grew up, he still liked it. As technology became more prominent, gameplays increased, and the anime's art style improved, but unfortunately, Satoshi grew further and further away from them. Besides growing up and having less time, it was also because, as he gradually matured, he began to feel that both games and comics slowly became tools of capital.
Young people who grew up with sentimentality, their love for Pokémon games, were met with the arrogance of capital, causing more and more people who still held onto their sentimentality to gradually let go of that childhood nostalgia. The current Satoshi was also one of these people. Even his current body was the same, with various titles like "Release Master," "Level Reset," "Idiot," "Eternal Second Place," and "Emotionally Immature" instilled onto this character.
In his previous life, Satoshi didn't leave because of capital; he left because of these criticisms, because he knew that defending them was useless. Moreover, the pressure of real life was immense, and everyone sought an outlet for their frustrations. It was inevitable to feel annoyed seeing cherished childhood memories become distorted. But what was the use of cursing? Nothing would change. He didn't want to see his beloved childhood memories being maligned, so he gradually distanced himself from what he loved.
Actually, thinking about it carefully, what was wrong with the character? They were merely created by others and then operated by capital. Take "eternal second place" for example. In reality, many times he wasn't even second place. But if he became the world's number one right from the start, how would capital exploit him for profit? He actually gritted his teeth in anger watching the anime plots that tested and insulted the audience's intelligence, but as he entered society, he gradually understood. The blame should be placed on the capital and screenwriters who treated the audience as fools.
He never expected to become Satoshi himself now. Was this... becoming the person he disliked? No, now he was Satoshi, not controlled by anyone. Having come to this new world, he would live as the Satoshi in his heart. Anyway, he had no attachments in his previous life, so he would make the best of it.
However, the current Satoshi was not the 10-year-old from the anime. In his memories, he was only 7 years old now. As for Satoshi's childhood, although he liked it before, he truly didn't know about Satoshi's childhood experiences. His memories of Pokémon stopped at the fifth series of the entire franchise; he didn't know much about the subsequent plots. Among the later works, he was more familiar with the MEGA Evolution from the sixth generation. It was a new evolution system different from Pokémon's evolution system. Similar to Digimon next door, after evolving, it would return to its original state after battle.
This was the main promotional theme of the fifth generation, attracting the attention of many Pokémon fans who had originally quit. Satoshi was no exception, but before he even had a chance to watch it, he arrived in this world.
"Forget it, I won't think so much about it. I'll just leave a little surprise for the future!" Stretching lazily on the bed, in truth, no matter what the plot was, he had already forgotten most of the previous plot points. Moreover, with different souls, even if the timeline was the same, the same events might not necessarily happen again.
"Satoshi! How long are you going to sleep? If you don't get up, you'll miss Professor Oak's summer camp!"
"Okay, okay~ I know!"
He had just woken up. According to the body's memories, he had just enrolled in Professor Oak's Pokémon Summer Camp activity. Professor Oak was a famous Pokémon researcher in this world, an authoritative figure in this field. He compiled and collected data to create the Pokémon Encyclopedia, which became the main tool for trainers in this world. Later, the Pokémon Encyclopedia was widely used by trainers in various regions. In his youth, he was an excellent trainer, but later gave up his trainer identity to dedicate himself to research.
He also took responsibility for guiding new trainers, establishing the Pokémon Research Lab in Pallet Town, Kanto region, and gifting starter Pokémon to new trainers who turned 10, helping them embark on their journey to become top trainers. This time, he specifically set up a lecture and summer camp focused on close-range interaction with Pokémon in the wild. He would take children under 10 for a one-week outdoor summer camp.
Many children signed up, as many children loved Pokémon and dreamed of becoming trainers when they turned 10, wanting to get an early taste of Pokémon. Satoshi, as a passionate Pokémon enthusiast, naturally signed up as well, and today was the day the summer camp gathered.
He got up, changed his clothes, grabbed his prepared backpack, and went downstairs. He saw his mother, whom he had only seen in the anime. Although she was the mother of a 7-year-old child, her face showed no trace of age. Like typical mothers, Hanako, as a mother, often worried about her child. Because Satoshi in the manga was a careless and reckless child, she nagged him like most mothers. Yet, she was also the most gentle person. Whenever Satoshi was about to leave, she would meticulously prepare everything for him and even stay up all night making clothes for him. But when Satoshi did something dangerous, she would strictly scold him, playing the role of the strict parent. Gentleness and strictness coexisted, playing two different roles. Perhaps it was because there was no father in the family that Hanako played both roles in life.
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