Tuesday, November 25, 2025

Journey with Empathy

If many of the past years are of any indication, it is that I like to take the anniversary theme of a local TV channel (to me), break it down, and apply it to Pokémon. And today's that day, so it's great to just go on with it. This year's anniversary is very much a special one, for reasons to be detailed shortly, so its theme has to be somewhat special too - and it is. For many Pokémon fans like me, the theme this year could possibly resonate very much with them (even more than last year, see below) due to all that it illustrates, implies, and intrigues.

This year's theme is "Journey with Empathy". Pokémon fans will no doubt be familiar with the "journey" part, since it is something that all Trainers in this world undertake for their battling affairs. Even the people who are not Trainers - or perhaps more appropriately, were once Trainers - have undertaken a journey of some sort to further all their affairs, for and beyond battling. I had briefly illustrated this with another external element, but it helps to expound on it a little more because it's so important and remains as such.

As for the "empathy" part, it's also important - and evident in its various media forms - that people and Pokémon species need to understand the feelings of each other, in order for them to be able to do great things for each other. And when journeys are involved, that means being able to make significant progress on them, wherever and however people and Pokémon species are part of them. A lot of feelings are in play amongst everyone, and bridging them becomes the way that empathy is realized.

Now, this anniversary is special because it is the 25th for it, the silver anniversary. Pokémon of course had its silver anniversary first, so it's definitely older than the TV channel. Remarkably, this year's theme is also directly stated in English rather than being in the local language (meaning most of my earlier discussions were based on the themes as translated into English), but that doesn't really matter. What matters most is the spirits of the themes, and of course the perspectives from Pokémon and me.

On the side of the TV channel, it's been a journey that is a quarter century long of finding and discovering truths, and then presenting those truths to the viewers. Some of those truths may or may not (perhaps mostly the latter) have involved Pokémon in some form, but the hope is that empathy is created through their presentation, including where and when Pokémon becomes relevant, which may not be all that common. What could be common is how what is presented might tie into the emphatic journeys of Pokémon fans.

Both Pokémon and the TV channel now have surpassed significant age milestones - the former soon with another - and that means a lot of journeys for all who are involved in either or both of them. In all of that, there ought to be a great deal of empathy to be found for both human and beastly relations, and that would keep all of them going in their respective fields. The truths of the world and all things that are essential for Pokémon and people to live by are to link everything and everyone along the way, which makes for great journeys.

Three years ago: Rise Up and Move Together
Six years ago: Spreading Inspiration
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