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lambishwolf Moment when Satoshi still insists that the bby Pokemon come first even though he just got shot. :’)

I’ve noticed a misconception in the fandom is that Kanto is often seen as being the equivalent to country sides or nowhereville. I think this happened because in the English dub, Trip refers to Kanto as being “the boonies”. However, I just want to point something out:

Trip isn’t talking about the Kanto region as a whole when he says “hick town”, he’s refering to Pallet Town—which is very often seen as being the nowhereville of the Kanto region.

It’s plain to see in compairing Pallet Town to Saffron City (both being in the same region):

A big plot point in Ash’s character that he’s a boy from nowhere. Pallet Town is so small that it only has one restaurant (according to the novelization). The most significant landmark is Professor Oak’s laboratory—which is most likely how Trip even knows where Pallet Town is (he seems to be very well versed in pokemon based knowledge).

However, the Kanto region itself is the total opposite of being “the country”. Keep in mind that the Kanto region is based off of the real Kantō region in Japan—which is one of Japan’s strongest and most advanced innovation points in technology and education. It’s incredibly developed, urbanized and industrial. Saffron and Celedon Cities are actually both based around Tokyo, Japan—commercially and financially. And well, we all know that Tokyo is basically the center point of Japanese innovation.

In the pokemon world, Kanto is seen as being modern and technological. It created things such as the pokeball and pokedex—and is one of the leading regions in pokemon research (Professor Oak constantly being praised by all other professors we see in the series). It’s also important to note that Kanto is the one region to have very little pokemon mythology. They seem to be heavy followers of science (with pokemon such as Porygon, Ditto and Mewtwo). It’s also noted that the people from the Kanto region are considered to be “sophisticated, reserved and formal”.

So while Ash might be from “the boonies” or “the hicks”, the Kanto region itself isn’t the hicks. It’s Pallet Town in particular—which isn’t all too surprising.

In fact, it's a little more ambiguous than this! You're right, as far as I know, about everything regarding Kantō (from the Pokéworld) and Kantō (in Japan). However, regarding Shooti's stance, he is in reality alluding to the region as a whole - not only Masara Town. We saw this in BW010 and BW022:

The "hick town" in the subs is misleading; strictly speaking, Shooti didn't use "town" (but "rural region", "country region", "hick place"). In BW001, his formulation was "zuibun tooi inaka" ("pretty far in the countryside"): at that moment, indeed, it could leave a doubt about what he was talking about (Kanto or Masara Town). But he later explicitly qualifies Kanto as being "inaka" ("a rural area like Kanto") Given his faces, however, I would say he really didn't mean it agressively but was making a bad joke? (I live near a big capital and I know I also tend to take the character of the smug urbanite a lot - although not with strangers. At least, Shooti saying it with a smile in BW010 looked more a (bad) joke to me :x)

「I hate you, but you keep loving me」

Shooti: I hate you.

When I see you, I get irritated

Shooti: I hate you…

Satoshi: Oh…

Satoshi: Then, even if I see you, I won’t call out to you.

I’ll make sure I don’t come too close to you

Shooti: It’s not that!

I’m not saying that!!

Shooti: I…

Satoshi:…What a weird guy*. Alright, what should we do then?

「I hate you, but you keep loving me」

***Satoshi literally says “What a weird guy” , but he says this alot in the anime. He doesn’t mean Shooti’s weird, he’s just exasperated but he puts up with it because he loves him.

Source: (x)

Shootcifer will give you a trip to hell if you aren’t careful

so just give him your soul

I swear all I need is your sssssoul you stupid hick you loveable guy

MadokAsh is a strong, independent magical girl who don’t need no faith

Ever since Ash started travelling, bathing just hasn’t been the same.

Is that a Serperior in your pants, or are yo- by ~Chatseh¨

You can tell I don’t draw Trip too often.