They'll never know how sad this was. Yes, I see the near-loss there

I hadn't had that many feels since he released Butterfree

Or since that episode where he got Charmander. That sh*t hurt me deep.

That too. Tbh I think the anime is actually what made me like charmander better than the other starters. Not that a fire breathing dragon-that-isn't-a-dragon wasn't cool, but after the dying in the rain episode, and then all the stuff leading up to Charizard, and then the one where Charizard was frozen in a block of ice or something and Ash had to work to keep its tail from going out. I don't remember a lot about the anime, but my child-self was emotionally invested in that freaking storyline.

This is the first pokemon movie.

Holy fuck, it DOES follow the loss format. Jesus Mary shit stain.

It may be a loss for some, but I genuinely posted it for the pokemon aspect haha