katisconfused:

… … … 
Hey
You still awake?
I just can't seem to sleep in this humidity
You know, when I was watching Leavanny 
and the others today, it made me think… 
You've got friends and family, too, right?
In your world. The human world.
How… do you think they're feeling now?
Are you all close?
… …. …I …
I don't… have anyone like that.
Parents… Brothers or sisters…
(… …)
I've been alone as long as I can remember.
I never had any friends either…
I wanted them, but I couldn't make any.
The relationships between pokemon just 
aren't very good in this world.
If we could just get along a little better… 
But everyone's so quick to pick fights.
Even Pokemon who seem like friends on 
the surface really aren't…
No one says what they mean. 
It's all just lies and lip service…
I just can't live like that. That's why
I've never had any friends up until now.
I was probably no different from Virizion 
now that I think about it…
(… …)
But, you know…
At least I never stopped looking.
Not just for some superficial alliance…
…But for someone I could trust with the
real me. A true friend.
I thought how great it'd be to actually do 
something real with that kind of friend.
Like making this kind of paradise…
And that's why… every day here is really 
so much fun for me.
Thank you.
I hope… these days will continue…
I think I can finally fall asleep now.
Guess you did already, huh…
I'm gonna go to sleep too.
See you tomorrow. 
Good night.

神奇宝贝不可思议迷宫系列中，搭档一直都是我最喜欢的角色。从首席天鹅的旅店走出来的时候，被搭档那纯真坚强的笑脸深深触动了。

纯真弱小但无比乐观和坚强的孩子。

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该守护的东西

经过了45个小时，美版神奇宝贝白版2终于进入殿堂，完成一周目。这次旅行留下的回忆非常非常多。

青海波道馆训练家水葱说，他不会凭着大家认为等离子队是错的，就认为等离子队是错的，但他会帮助阿相找回扒手猫，并且说用冰柱袭击双龙市是不对的。不会人云亦云是一种难得的品质，尤其是当两年前的等离子队凭着所谓正义的演说俘获许许多多人心的时候，坚持自己的想法而不被大众左右就非常重要。而对道馆训练家来说，这份责任所守护的东西，正是可以拒绝履行这份责任的权利。

黑白2是一个完美的故事，但没有黑白2的黑白是不完整的。两年后的N，从和雷希拉姆的交流中懂得了一切，明白了人类和神奇宝贝不可分割，明白了真实和理想可以融合，明白了神奇宝贝对战的真谛，明白了他要如何守护这个世界。从幼年接受被误导的教育中清醒过来，即使是曾经登上反派组织首领的人也只需要两年。

无比憎恨蔚欧，甚过傀奇士。憎恨他说的每一句话。作为一个走卒，他把这个故事中所有的恶都发挥到了极点。在他说出「Compare those feelings against the majesty of this ship!」的时候，我想起了在这个世界说出「大象走路，它能顾得了蚂蚁螳螂」的无耻之徒。

工作与兴趣的平衡，或者说多种兴趣之间的平衡。有些人可以处理的很好，比如霍米加、小菊儿、亚堤；有些人会选择更重要的东西，比如哈奇库；也有些人无法做到平衡，比如霍米加的爸爸。我想这不是一个需要「平衡」的问题，而是可以建立一种彼此依赖的关系，就像真实与理想一样。

海野隆雄说，为神奇宝贝世界创造一个可信赖的真实非常重要。在黑白2中，更能感觉得到这种真实，每个人都有自己的不同的生活，每位训练家都有自己的风格和策略。村庄桥的歌者，笼目镇的传说，背后都有一段不为人知的过去。而当完成一段漫长的旅行后，回到桧扇市瞭望台上，看着云层浮动，繁星闪烁，轻拂的微风切身感觉的到。

在合众地方，以至整个神奇宝贝世界，存在着各种各样的人、各种各样的神奇宝贝，各种各样的想法、个性和价值观。合众为一并不是要把所有想法归一，而是在不对其他生命造成伤害的前提下，接纳他们全部。对不同价值和想法的包容，以及对个体生命和情感的尊重，才是合众的「一种」。

其实何止神奇宝贝世界。在走向文明的数百年后，我们这个世界依然有无谓的纷争，9月里愚昧和疯狂席卷了从东亚到北非的许多城市。半月前看到PETA亵渎自己重要的东西的时候，也曾经有过愤怒，后来明白了那只不过是一种不同的想法。合众地方的「一种」，在所有世界、所有地方、所有时代，都是普世的。

And I like Unova. It’s the place that taught me how to live as a human… It’s the place that made me notice the harmony between Pokémon and humans living together… I’ll protect the Pokémon and humans who live here!
Can’t agree more with N.
Bulbanews: Kanto Symphony is a project from the creator of Pokémon Reorchestrated, Braxton ‘Skotein’ Burks, a music student and composer/arranger from Seattle, WA. He has been a huge fan of the Pokémon series since it made its way to the U.S. in 1998 and continues to play the games up to the current generation. Having grown up with Pokémon and being surrounded by film and game scores early on in life, project creator ‘Skotein’ always dreamt of what a cinematic, live action Pokémon film would be like. Over the course of 5 years, he then developed his musicianship and sought to realize his dream of breathing new life into the 8-bit music of the original Pokémon Red/Blue games. Kanto Symphony is the result of these efforts. He plans to focus on his music education after the release of Kanto Symphony, but has plenty of other ideas for video game music projects in the works, both Pokémon-related and otherwise. Truly amazing, buy it on Joypad Records. (Worldwide available, I recommend the Apple Lossless format.)
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Bulbanews:

Kanto Symphony is a project from the creator of Pokémon Reorchestrated, Braxton ‘Skotein’ Burks, a music student and composer/arranger from Seattle, WA. He has been a huge fan of the Pokémon series since it made its way to the U.S. in 1998 and continues to play the games up to the current generation. Having grown up with Pokémon and being surrounded by film and game scores early on in life, project creator ‘Skotein’ always dreamt of what a cinematic, live action Pokémon film would be like. Over the course of 5 years, he then developed his musicianship and sought to realize his dream of breathing new life into the 8-bit music of the original Pokémon Red/Blue games. Kanto Symphony is the result of these efforts. He plans to focus on his music education after the release of Kanto Symphony, but has plenty of other ideas for video game music projects in the works, both Pokémon-related and otherwise.

Truly amazing, buy it on Joypad Records. (Worldwide available, I recommend the Apple Lossless format.)