MarshiyanMisutaa
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Apparently this is a thing:
サトシとまた一緒に旅をしてほしい仲間は？ 3位カスミ、2位セレナ、1位は… | アニメ！アニメ！
Results:
"Who do you want Satoshi to travel with again?"
1) Takeshi
2) Serena
3) Kasumi
4) Haruka
5) Hikari
6) Citron
7) Dent
8) Kenji
9) Eureka
10) Iris
サトシとまた一緒に旅をしてほしい仲間は？ 3位カスミ、2位セレナ、1位は… | アニメ！アニメ！
Adamant said:The anime TV series Pocket Monsters, which started airing in 1997, reaches its 20th anniversary this year. It has been on air for a long time, starting with the original, subtitle-less series, then moving through "Advanced Generation", "Diamond & Pearl", "Best Wishes", XY", "XY&Z" and "Sun & Moon".
The protagonist Satoshi continues his journey aiming to become a Pokémon Master, but what keeps him going is the presence of his companions. And every time a new series starts, the companions that travel with him change. This led Anime Anime to hold a poll where we asked "Who do you want Satoshi to travel with again?". Since the travel groups up to this point has had a maximum of 3 members excluding Satoshi himself, we let people give up to three answers, so that they'd be able choose every companion from a specific series.
The poll was held between April 23rd and April 30th, and received 851 responses. We got slightly more responses from males, with 60% of them coming from males and 40% from females. Roughly 40% of the responses came from people between 10 and 19 years old, while over 50% of them came from people in their twenties, so more that 90% of the responses came from 10-29-year-olds.
In first place we have Takeshi, Satoshi's first companion, who made it to more than 70% of the voters' lists. Takeshi first appeared in the 5th episode of the series, where he served as an obstacle to Satoshi, being the Gym Leader of the Nibi Gym. But after their battle, Takeshi joined him, and was a principal cast member for three series; the original subtitle-less series, "Advanced Generation" and "Diamond & Pearl". What happened to him afterwards was then depicted in a special episode of "Best Wishes". His original aim was to be a Pokémon Breeder, but he's currently a student at a training institute for Pokémon Doctors.
In second place we have Serena, who first appeared in "XY". At first she just followed Satoshi without a specific goal as a Trainer, but a certain encounter led to her aiming to be a Pokémon Performer. Among the female leads so far, she's the one who's skilled in girly fields; she likes fashion, is good at making sweets, etc. She has been in love with Satoshi, "someone she admires", ever since he helped her long ago. Her confession in the final episode of "XY&Z" was massively popular and heavily talked about.
In third place, we have Kasumi, one his early companions. She chased after Satoshi to make him pay her back for her bicycle that Pikachu destroyed in episode 1, but over time she started forgetting about the bicycle and ended up just traveling with him. She loves Water Pokémon more than anything else, and is the highly masculine one among the past female leads. After traveling with Satoshi, she decided to return to the Hanada Gym, where her three older sisters served as Gym Leaders, in order to be a Gym Leader herself.
If we look at the results, we see that characters that served as the female lead, like Serena who got second place and Haruka who got fourth, occupy the top positions. However, Takeshi got absolutely overwhelming support and made it into first place with twice as many votes as the runner-up.
Results:
"Who do you want Satoshi to travel with again?"
1) Takeshi
2) Serena
3) Kasumi
4) Haruka
5) Hikari
6) Citron
7) Dent
8) Kenji
9) Eureka
10) Iris
