Like not counting Misty/Brock or Giovanni, none of the Kanto Gym leaders ever reappeared after the first season ended. It's not like they always got special treatment. Erika also only ever got 1 episode in Kanto, so her return just now was only her second episode of the entire series even after...
I thought Go's Pinsir was cute in this episode. But I liked seeing Erika and Koharu/Leafeon too, and TR was surprisingly used well here. It's nice to see how much Erika has changed and they acknowledged Ash saving her Gloom.
The writers managed to do some nice character interaction with both...
It would be nice if all the Kanto Gym leaders get low-key returns like this. Besides Sabrina he doesn't need to battle them again but it's nice to revisit them. This felt like a Koharu ep and Go episode mixed together.
Would have been cool to know if Erika's Gloom had evolved into Bellossom but...
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