useless things are important

I love the Rotomphone pic this week with Carmine throwing a fit :"D

Zirc and Onia choosing to follow Amethio despite his expulsion, like it was always clear that they care for him as more than just as their boss. Zirc even uses the word "nakama" here, they're his friends! GIVE US THE BACKSTORY BETWEEN THESE THREE, HORIZONS! 🙏

Also, it's small but our first Amethio smile!

For me, visually and musically, I really adore Halo. Easily the most beautiful a Pokemon OP has ever looked. Story-wise, HZ4 gives me so much hype and the song itself is my 2nd favorite.

Another minor alter to the credits sequence

dot was INCREDIBLE in this episode and as always, i'm REALLY really proud of her. dot's character progression as shown by her relation to food still doesn't get old and somehow after all this time it still continues to be interesting. since the beginning of the terastal arc we've seen her enjoy food a lot more, but that really comes to a head in HZ058, where she is confident enough in her feelings on food and passionate enough about it to essentially guide fixing an entire restaurant. and that's amazing!! oh my god!!

it is so incredibly rewarding to see dot being exploratory with food and enjoying it, even with something this unusual and intimidating. i cannot believe this girl used to use vitamin supplements as a substitute for actual food and was illustrated surrounded by junk food garbage in her past. in HZ013 she was intimidated at the mere thought of putting a sandwich together. and now here she is digging through this pile of crazy ass food to get to udon noodles at the bottom. incredible.

and she's like... skilled with taste?

this further goes to show that her prior aversion to food wasn't actually because she doesn't like food, but because of social/emotional reasons. food wasn't worth sharing with other people because people weren't worth it. she did not value the enjoyment of eating something she actually liked. but she is not averse to good food, and in fact when given the opportunity, she's able to clearly articulate food critique enough to kick this restaurant couple into gear. it makes a lot of sense to me - she's spent so much time realizing how good food can be and of course she'd be able to pick out the details, especially in comparison to the uncomplicated and processed garbage she was eating before, which probably didn't taste like much of anything.

it's a little funny because this episode still starts with her prioritizing her next imminent activity over food, and she just kind of gets roped into eating with everyone else.

but that makes sense and feels realistic for her character. dot is still one to prioritize work after all. but once she's there, she's fine!! and that's the important part

Here's the June episode calendar with art by Mojacookie! No breaks this month for Horizons! 🤩

I wish I had the words to describe to you the awfully weird sound/squeak I made when I saw this scene.

Uncle Murdock babysitting his niece <3

(As you can see I lately was a bit in the mood to draw uncle and niece lately <3)

i haven't seen anyone mention that the music used in the battle against nanjamo in HZ050 is the kanto trainer battle theme. not the gym leader theme, the trainer theme... so random but i got 30x more hyped when i heard it bc kanto bait works on me LOL. here's a comparison i made rq

The Rising Volt Tacklers preparing to cheer Dot on, even Friede's sympathizing with her embarrassment lmao

A congratulatory handshake! 😁

i know i'm biased since she's my favorite character, but i don't think it's an exaggeration to say that dot is one of the best written characters not just in the pokemon anime, but the pokemon franchise in general. her development has been so interesting and gratifying to see, and episode 49 is one of the series' best examples of this yet.

also i think it's interesting how liko and roy only got one episode each for their gym battles, but dot gets two for hers. i think the anime staff knows they have something really special with her

Dot's blush when Liko compliments her school uniform 🤭