Which is one of the reasons they succumbed to his evil plan of taking over Mirage Kingdom.
Because of Misty, it's one of my absolute favorite episodes from the Advanced Generation series.
This is their first encounter with Ash, Pikachu and the rest of the gang in the Hoenn region.
But Ash is trying to play it cool by hiding how happy he is to see her again.
In reality, this is how he's seeing her.
It's safe to assume that this is directly from Ash's point of view.
He sure knows how to cry up a storm.
Could those possibly be tears of joy?
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