>>44478558Go goes on a vacation with his parents to Hiwada Town and is reminded of the time he was there three years ago, when he met Tokio. Go, a Pokémon autist, has never had any friends before, so Tokio is the first person he's ever felt he could actually talk to about Pokémon. The two share similar passions: both want to capture a mythic Pokémon (Mew for Go; Celebi for Tokio) and are very knowledgeable when it comes to Pokémon in general. He only spends one day with him, but for Go, it's probably the most he's ever connected with someone. The two promise to meet up the next day, but Tokio doesn't show up, leading Go to feel betrayed. Rather than betrayed, it's probably more accurate to say that Go felt depressed that he'd probably never get to meet someone like Tokio—someone who is as eccentric about Pokémon as he is—ever again, and thus resigns himself to being forever alone (of course, he later befriends Satoshi, a battle autist). Returning three years later, Go discovers a letter left by Tokio, revealing that he did plan to meet up with him, but had caught a fever. At this point, Go starts to visibly shake as he realizes those feelings of resentment and betrayal he felt were misplaced, but then Tokio shows up. Given a second chance to rekindle their friendship, Go lets go of that sadness and allows himself to smile again.
To put it in a modern context: you must have a passion you're autistically obsessed with, right? I think everyone has something like that. For you, maybe it's a certain point in history or manga series, but you're forced to keep those feelings bottled up because no one is interested in hearing them... until finally you meet someone who is just as autistic about that passion as you are. The two of you share thoughts, hot takes, and theories, but then they suddenly ghost you. Why? Was it something you said? Did you come off as too overwhelming or cringey? You finally got to uncork that bottle, but you feel it was a mistake.
