Mentions (6)
"Tacky plastic anime keychains and Pokemon plushies and katana pens and ninja star fidget spinners and stickers. I know multiple cases of people who literally brought EMPTY suitcases to fill."
"When you give an 8 year old a gameboy and give them the choice between playing Pokemon or playing with the dumb neighbour kid, obviously they're gonna pick Pokemon no matter the long term consequences."
"He also really hated the Pokemon movies."
"The room was full of large Pokemon plushies and some kind of fat llama plushie from a cartoon network show? Didn't look like a place 30 somethings would live."
"But in my generation I could only find people who were still into Pokemon and Harry Potter. Not in a nostalgic 'I love those books!' way, but in a way where it is their current main interest, and being a fan is their identity."
"A woman having a little keychain plushie of My Melody or Hello Kitty or something like that makes me instantly extremely interested in her if she's even a little bit cute."