>>54914597>Explain morehttps://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Verity#cite_note-1Verity's mother was widely believed by many fans to be Cynthia, to whom the unidentified woman in Verity's photo bore a striking resemblance. This belief was ultimately debunked by the film's director, Kunihiko Yuyama
https://dogasu.bulbagarden.net/movies/2017_pm_i_choose_you/pm_i_choose_you_directors_commentary.htmlDirector Yuyama states that Makoto's mother is in fact not the Champion Shirona! This shocks the other commentators who tell him that they (as well as fans all over the world) have been going around the last year or so thinking that Makoto's mother was the Shin'ou Champion.
Shoko Nakagawa pressed the director several times to tell them who Makoto's mother is but he insisted on being incredibly coy about the whole thing, for no reason:
中川 「これって、お母さんって。。」
Nakagawa: "So this is...her mother...it's...?"
湯山 「似てますよね」 Yuyama: "It does look like her, doesn't it?"
中川 「似てますよね。シ…シロナ?」 Nakagawa: "Yes she does. So it's...it's Shirona?"
湯山 「いえいえ違います。髪の色が違います」 Yuyama: "No, no. That's not it. Her hair color is different."
中川 「お母さんって…?」 Nakagawa: "So then her mother is...?"
湯山 「お母さんですよ (笑) お母さんですよ。髪塗るが違う」 Yuyama: "Well...her mother. Her mother is her mother. Her hair coloring is different."
中川 「シロナ何ではない?誰なんですか?」 Nakagawa: "So it's not Shirona? Then who is it?"
湯山 「お母さん」 Yuyama: "...her mother."
Mr. Yuyama later says that Makoto's mother is famous but he doesn't give any other information than that.
The best part of the whole exchange, to me, is Shoko Nakagawa's "WTF are you talking about old man?" face during this whole exchange.
