I fell in love with Pokémon as a kid, and like many others, I never really grew out of that phase. Whenever Nintendo launches a new mainline game , I’m always quick to grab a copy and start playing. Adulthood has done nothing to dull my love of that classic Pokémon formula. But I realized recently that while I’ve continued playing Pokémon as I’ve aged, I did stop watching Pokémon at some point along the way. When the anime first came out when I was a kid, I woke early to watch every episode on TV before going to school. I was so hyped when the first Pokémon movie was announced! Then at some point in my transition to adulthood, I just lost interest. It was this very thought that spurred me to do a rewatch of the first season that had hooked me so long ago, hoping to rekindle some of that childhood magic. But what I found was a three-episode arc that got me thinking about what I’d actually