I like how N never gave up on wanting to free Pokémon in B2W2, he just realised that forcing them apart from their humans is wrong. He accepted the truth without surrendering his ideals

That little reveal he made on the Ferris wheel was mind blowing for me as a kid. Having such a simple understanding of good and evil made me very confused about N until I finally understood Ghetsis and what he was doing. Makes me wish that Pokemon got more invested in telling a story because the potential is there and the Unova games are proof of that

There's one small detail that I absolutely love. Every time you fight N (before the final battle), his pokemon are native to that area. And after a battle, he releases them. And in a memory link, you seeN release his pokemon after the battle in Charge stone cave, and a Plasma grunt slightly sad to release his own pokemon, N tells him not to unless he truly wants to, and even allows he to leave if he so wishes without any hard feelings.

The thing that made me realize the whole “nothing is black and white” theme was when I realized I could empathize with one of the team plasma grunts in Chargestone Cave after they said this: “Because they use Pokémon, people hold competitions to sort out the strong from the weak... Is this fair? Is this right? Are Pokémon just the Trainers’ tools?” I was actually a little confused at first when I realized I could understand where some of them were coming from lmao

Honestly I feel like black-and-white was the pure peak of good narrative in Pokémon. Even having rival that generally makes you think about how you treat your Pokémon which I really like.😺

Also if you notice, N's arc also reflects into the protagonists friends mindsets, Cheren's Pragmatism and Bianca's Idealism and how they also are changing for the better in B&W2

You know, I think N’s goal to separate humans and Pokémon was doomed to fail. It’s been established that Pokémon like to battle and/or live as pets. So if N was to succeed in separating Pokemon from their trainers and owners, I think he’d start a Pokémon revolution in that these Pokémon are fighting to reunite with their trainers. Ironic if you’ve seen any Pokémon revolution fanfic.

It would be amazing to see N’s return in future Pokémon games, just to see how much he’d changed and what’s he doing after the events of BW and B2W2

Natural Harmonia Gropius! Black and White are easily my favorite games in the franchise and I agree that I'd love to see more Pokemon games with this level of story telling. We'll just have to hope we get that sometime in the future.

You know, it's funny. Back during my university days, I took a class on media, and the big assignment we had to do was to set up a set of old-style webpages. I decided to turn mine into an essay of sorts about how video games can be considered art, and Pokemon Black and White was one of the games I talked about in that essay. And it was all thanks to Natural Harmonia Gropius here. I got a 100% on that assignment, btw. Unfortunately, the page itself is long gone, as is what I wrote.

The game felt like experiencing a more mature version of the anime itself, and I can agree it had more nuance to it than previous games. Too bad all I saw anyone focus on in Gen.5 was "the Pokemon designs are bad!"

N is one of the best showcases of a paradigm shift of any character I've ever seen. Meeting him in Accumula Town is likely one of the first times he's been outside in the real world after a life of being sheltered inside the castle forming his skewed beliefs, and the first thing he sees is you, with your Pokemon saying it was happy to be around you. He was thrown back by it and refused to accept it at first, and by the time you meet him next in Nacrene City, his only way of rationalizing it is was that you are an exception, not the status quo, but he does take a shine to you as a result. But as he says at the end of the game, once his adopted father is in custody, the longer he went on his journey, the more he saw people and Pokemon having a positive relationship, and the more unsure he became of himself. There was a part of him that wanted you to prove him wrong by the time you confront him in his castle, and it's why he wanted you to find that dragon and was happy when it awoke for you before his eyes. He didn't want to believe he was wrong this entire time, but he knew deep down that he doesn't have all the answers. He internalized at the end of it all that he's unable to live up to his identity as the man that understands the hearts of Pokemon. If you have someone that was brought up on a misguided or revisionist ideology and they're provided with strong proof of the contrary, they will not accept it right away; they're going to cling to what they understand for a long time before they're able to even begin accepting the fact that their beliefs are wrong, and N embodies that perfectly.

Honestly I feel that Zekrom makes more sense for N as a character due to one of the games other themes, truth vs ideals To elaborate, in the gen 5 games, Truth is presented as tradition, whereas Ideals are presented as change, this is shown through each versions general aesthetics, The black versions are more technological and futuristic with black city, a more futuristic Opeluced city, a fully developed route 4 in black 2, and Zekrom's generally sleeker and more modern appearance with its tail being a generator, The white versions on the other hand are the exact opposite being more naturalistic and historical with white forest, a more rustic Opeluced city, the temples on route 4, and Reshiram's more mythical, design invoking the vibe of ancient legends with its tail being a torch, With that in mind I feel that Zekrom fits N better as N seeks to destroy the status quo of people and Pokemon living together and bring about major social change, so it makes sense for him to use the legendary who embodies the change he wishes to bring, rather then the legendary who embodies the traditions he hates and seeks to destory

What makes N such a compelling character is that he kind of like the proto-Lillie, where his current actions and personality are a result of the psychological trauma and abuse of his upbringing. But instead of getting anxiety and self-esteem issues like Lillie did, N was basically brainwashed by Ghetsis to not only fulfill his ideals of liberating Pokémon from humans, but due to keeping him isolated, he managed to prevent N from discovering the truth as well. That being that Pokémon and humans are truly happy together and would be better kept together than pulled apart. Which perfectly ties into the game’s main themes: truth and ideals. Not only that, but despite being an adult male, N still has the mindset of a child due to being pure, righteous and innocent, to the point where when you go in his room in Team Plasma’s castle, it’s still filled with toys along with a music box. And is perhaps the best example of environmental storytelling that the series has had to offer. N is probably the best character to come from the series, being that much like Mereum from HunterXHunter, he doesn’t really feel like a villain and you find it harder to hate him as the game goes on and even agree with him in certain aspects. Which’s why the twist with Ghetsis works, albeit being a bit of a cop-out, as it’s both meant to illustrate N learning the truth and finally being able to grow as a person and free himself from Ghetsis’s influence. As well as giving us a final big bad that we have zero reservations about pounding into the dirt.

I never noticed that Ghetsis’ Team was explicitly built to counter N’s. That is a brilliant detail. The only other time I’ve seen that is in AZ, the immortal king. His team is a Golurk, a Sigilyph, and a Torkoal. Two un-aging automaton and the longest lived land animal we know of. Ideal for a man who can’t die.

Maybe that’s why you get Zekrom in White and Reshiram in Black. We chose the Legendary on the box, but we also wound up choosing what N was striving for whether it was finding the truth or realizing his ideals.

N may be the best Pokemon rival/villain, but my favourite will always be Guzma. He's a lot deeper than most people will think, mainly because there are hints to his past that can easily be missed. There's a video talking about Guzma where it's heavily hinted that he was abused as a child, where his dad would hit him with golf clubs for not being 'good' enough. And while on the topic of Gen 7 (Sun & Moon), Lusamine is by far the most insane villain. She confuses control for love. She disowns her own children for not following her rules, comparing raising children to raising Pokemon (sadly she's not wrong). I honestly think Lusamine is a representation of the twisted aspects of parenting - how appropriate since Japan is notorious for how parents are towards their children sometimes - while Guzma is a representation of the consequences of bad parenting.

Natural Harmonia Gropius is a very N-pathetic (yes, I'll make more of these puns). He's a interesting character with understandable goals, but also is very human with how much he was molded to be that way. One of the things to bring up you didn't is his text speed, N-ytime he talks to you he's a _fast_ talker. He always talks at the default fastest text if you set it for medium or low, and if you set it to fast he talks *eve-N faster,* getting his own unique text speed to talk with. It's little things like this that make Gen V the very best, like no Gen ever was. Now we just need Kame-N to make a video on the other three.

I just noticed you were calling Alder "Adler", and now I can't help but think of Charlie Adler as a Pokémon champion.

Whoever thought it was a good idea to have a character's last name be Gropius needs a medal I my opinion. N was so interesting. Throughout the story you both seem to learn and grow from each other, slowly realizing that both of you aren't fully wrong or right in these endeavors. This lead to what I believe is the best battle in the series. Nothing truly compares to the narrative tension here of truth and ideals clashing one last time to truly understand one another. I really don't think N will ever be topped as the best Pokemon character. I like characters like Guzma and Lillie more but I think old Harmonia's the magnum opus. He was one in a million.

I always loved how he was made so interesting. I loved everything about how they wrote him to have such a twisted view yet so calm. I feel like he was one of the reason gen 5 was so good. I hope we see this type of writing in the future. Its one of my big hopes if Scarlet and Violet.

I like the detail in his splash art, and how the dull eye says a lot. In anime, when a character doesn't have sparkle [or a lil white dot] in its eyes, it's usually linked to a cold and dull, personality or some problem, but N is calm, yet gives some sad feeling, like in the farewell speech. Its so weird, its that type of feeling that you cant describe and gives you chills.

I think there's some competition for best in the spin offs for sure. Grovyle in Mystery Dungeon comes to mind. I'll give some points to Nobunaga in Conquest as well. Gen V was something special though, and N is certainly most iconic of that.

I've always loved N the game came out when I think I was maybe 8-10ish I've played through both black and white multiple times just enjoying the story and seeing N his design and his motives to some degree I've agreed with some people are absolutely terrible to pokemon you can look back to all the series and you can see it but throughout it all you can still see the bonds people made with pokemon more N wanting nothing more than to save the pokemon that were abused was a heartwarming thing to me and I genuinely felt like I wanted to do something about it black and whites story made me so invested that I wanted to do things in reality it's stories like this that make me feel like pokemon hasn't hit the exact spot like they use to they have gotten I don't wanna say lazy because they work so hard on games but maybe a bit lack luster with the story telling

Natural Harmonia Gropius I liked the detail you pointed out about Ghetsis team designed to take out N’s team. Since it highlights his heartlessness and how he was willing to get rid of N, his own “son”, in order to pursue his agenda.

Natural Harmonia Gropus. N really stuck to me as a kid. Even if I couldn't fully grasp what he represented as a whole back then, I had this feeling that he was different from prior gens. The fact that N's Farewell was used as a reprise in his debut event in Masters EX, made a fair few folks, including myself, kinda cry a bit. We spent so long without seeing him after his departure, as did Hilbert, and seeing him again was like seeing an old friend. The emotional payoff was real. Of course, him having in possession my 2nd most favorite Mon (Zekrom) does him wonders, but even without it, I appreciate what N does.

Even when he was technically an antagonist, I find it hard to truly call N evil. Personally I would argue he was more misguided than truly evil per se due to how Ghetsis raised him especially since he was still a genuinely nice person even as an antagonist.

Black was my first main Pokemon game that I owned. Having N be this interesting definitely stuck with me, and reminds me why it was my favorite game for the longest time.

I have a crush on N, he’s my favorite Pokémon character, so analysis videos surrounding him are always my favorite.

N: Natural fundable tokens Hilbert/Hilda: What?!

Natural Harmonia Gropius I don’t think I ever knew that last part of his name, so cool there. It’s great to see some commentary on things you like, also good to see some love for Gen 5.

I wouldn't have a clue if its intended but its pretty interesting also if you connect the lyrics for the Pokemon Black and White theme Song certain parts of the song I would say also fit into showing N's side of things in how he's not the "villain" or "evil" "It's not always right or wrong, as long as your spirit's strong. Its not always win or lose, its the road you choose, the answers within." "Its not always Black and White, but your heart always knows what's right." I know this whole video is specifically for the games, but I do find it interesting how the theme song for the anime at least to me hints at N's mentality and his journey into understanding that not all trainers are bad, that not everyone is like Ghetsis and N's journey of breaking free of Ghetsis' control over him.

Ahhhhh so worth the wait and the money, amazing job as always

Natural Harmonia Gropius... I've struggled to spell that full name correctly for so long, the few times I got it right ended up actually sticking. XD What I find most interesting in this analysis is your design analysis during the "N as a foil" segment. You mention the ball cap and headwear in general, but generally speaking, N's entire outfit is surprisingly tame for a mainline Pokemon character of any kind of notoriety (minus the protags themselves, which is the point given that those are usually blank slates), let alone the antagonists (I swear half of them are like "business suit man" and the other half mostly just scream "I'm the bad guy" in some other design way). His outfit design is basically a protag with a few extra trinkets, which reinforce the idea that his view of the world (due to blank slate status, SUPPOSEDLY) mirrors that of the protag, being its exact opposite. (Also Brendan is, indeed, still wearing a hat. Hat with a wig, but still a hat; Bianca is indeed the only rival with a hat but she also has the least rival-like story of the entire series anyways) Unfortunately, N's viewpoint is a bit downplayed by the Pokemon world itself, including Unova, being a utopia, making it hard to buy into his point of view when you're seeing no evidence of it being true at all, just hearsay from him and Team Plasma (Ghetsis included). While this is good for the player character as they feel justified to fight on to protect the beautiful harmony they see all around, it makes it far from perfect when the only way you would believe Team Plasma is to share the same belief yourself (potentially due to spinoff games that featured the Pokemon as their own civilizations, leading to believing they are the same as humans in that regard, and thus making certain implications regarding the mainline worlds). You could still keep the angle of Pokemon enjoying the company of humans even as fighting creatures or as pets, but smaller touches like a Pokemon being abandonned like Charmander in the Indigo anime season would make the story more believable (as well as explain where Ghetsis found those supposedly abandoned or mistreated Pokemon in, and I quote, "an utopia"). Still, the attempt was definitely there, and it's nice that they acknowledge these darker aspects are there at all even if they can't flatout show them. This is a story where outside context and experiences help in appreciating it. I also love the message of these games, so despite how hard the internet makes it, I try to still keep an open mind regarding people's opinions. (Though this might be a bit personal since I'm godawful at communication. '^^)

Honestly, one of the aspects of the game that made me like it over other generations was truly because of N. His way of acting, and talking about what he believed, it made sense, like, it would be how someone that defended what he did would do, and even though the fights were what solved the conflict in the story, there were some good points made along the way, even if simplified for the audience to understand it, since at the end of the day, the demografic for pokemon games is usually kids, that might have a rough time understanding concepts like symbiosis, but would understand that Pokemon and trainers help each others, and as such, they stick together because mutual gain (I at that time didn't completely understand, but the ideas in display felt natural). Now, the fact that Ghetchis was able to manipulate people and actually make people who thought like N act for his plans, when he had no intention to free the pokemon, it makes the story more grounded and mature, since it's not like a good vs evil sittuation, since there are good people inside team plasma who love their pokemon, and when you talk with them, they tell you about the fact that part of them feels bad for having to say goodbye to their partners, but have to do it because it's what they feel is right for their pokemon. That's some nuance that I miss from that generation, and that pokemon hasn't been able to get even close to. That game's story was honestly refreshing for the series. Also, it's really nice seeing you more positive about this topics. Yeah, your remarks about games that did things terribly wrong are funny, but if it really is helping you to focus more on well written characters and well written stories to feel better and more positive, keep it up, because honestly, I enjoyed hearing this one. Because I knew what I liked about N, but didn't exactly know how to put it into words, and now, thanks to you, I find what I liked, and even some parts of the character that I didn't realize were more well thought than I expected it to be (like the reason why black 2 and white 2 weren't pokemon grey.)

Natural Harmonia Gropius being such an amazing character makes me sorely regret never playing Pokémon White when I had the chance

Natrual Harmonia Gropius! N is definitely the deepest Pokémon has gone with an antagonist, and I would like to see more of that in future games.

N was my biggest cartoon childhood crush and i remember getting butterflies during the ferris wheel scene because i thought it was a date and was really disappointed when he wasn’t in love with me once the game ended

I really hope that one day the games get an anime that is soley based on what actually happens in them (with changes to make them better of course) and when it's B&W's turn I want there to be a scene like this: MC: So, what's your real name? N: My real name is Natural Harmonia Gropius. MC: You're...kidding right?

Gen 5 as a whole was a treasure trove of great storytelling. And then came Gen 6...

Naturala Harmonia Gropus I've never played the gen 5 games before, since I didn't have a console when they came out, but seeing your review makes me want to play and experience it for myself. I like the more positive focus of this video. Talking about bad things is fun and necessary, but its always healthy to take a step back and focus on something you like. It can also be really relaxing to watch to get your mind off of negative topics. I'd enjoy seeing more of it in the future.

NATURAL HARMONIA GROPIUS!!!!!!!!! Also is nice to see you happy about things you talk about (:

Natural Harmonia Gropius! Glad you made the video. [Also I see that you decided to show N with Reshiram during the final battle gameplay section, good choice!] I know that he can fit into both Truth&Ideal but I always preferred N partnered up Reshiram since I always saw his journey as him wanting to discover the Truth. Should people&pokemon be together or separate? And like you mentioned in his journey finding out that the world isn't so simply Black&White as he initially thought and that's actually quite complex and is thanks to you that he finally discovered the Truth, that people and pokemon can work/live together. Just like there are people like Ghetsis who wants to use pokemon for his plan for World Domination, there are also people who value their pokemon as pets/friends and you being one of them. Also I can easily see N Lv.52 Reshiram demolishing Alder's Lv.77 Volcarona. What's a Bug/Fire pkmn gonna do against a Dragon/Fire legendary? Reshiram resist both of Volcarona STAB attacks.

I definitely love the more positive content you're putting out, but I also love the cynical stuff from before, so I am absolutely up for you doing both!

Natural Harmonia Gropius?! Also, yes, I would like to see you making more positive videos like this one

Natural Harmonia Gropius! I'm a die-hard N fan. Thank you for making a video on him!

11:17 "um actually basket ball can be found in one of the stadiums in nimbassa city during X time then there's also the old bridge"

Natural Harmonia Gropius Great Work on the video, this really helps me understand a little bit more on Pokemon and getting me back into the Franchise. Keep up the Positive video too, it's nice seeing you Happy (or at least Stoked) to talk about Perspective/Themes/Topics/Series (etc.) that you deeply care for.

N truely is the best! He maybe a villain but he's such a good boy.

N was always one of my favorites, and I really wish he showed up in more games. Hell, we see Team Plasma's scientist (I don't remember his name) as well as champions of old in the Alola games, so it wouldn't be hard for N to make an appearance at some point in the future.

Natural Harmonia Gropus??? This was a great vid Kamen! I LOVE gen 5, it’s my favorite gen and game, it’s really nice to finally see people appreciating the game and giving it the attention it deserves

Pokémon Black version 2 was one of my first Pokémon games! Glad to see a video about N!

The gen 5 games are my favourite in the series. Pokemon B2W2 is peak pokemon imo. People hate gen 5 because in BW you could only use the new pokemon added in the game, you couldn't get pokemon from other generations till the postgame.

Natural Harmonia Groupus! Thank you for covering N. Honestly, Black/White is the only pokemon game I've completed start to finish. I usually just catch the eeveelutions and dip (dumbt but the games are gifts so no money on my part). But N hit different and is my favorite character and antagonist in Pokemon. Your analysis with ideals and truth hit home for me, and now I understand why I like him so much now. Also his design is fire.

Natural Harmonia Gropus? To be fair I found that out before this, but glad to be of service in letting you know I made it this far. Heck, I didn't even know Ghetsis' team was meant to defeat N's team.

The trainer design part really got me

Natural Harmiona Gropus! 💚 :) what a great video! You tie all my feelings about N into a perfect video! ^^ thanks for doing it (and lol to the guy who paid him😂👍)

Yeah, easily the best of the series. Natural Harmonia Gropus really could've been a great protagonist if the Pokemon games didn't have silent player-insert playable characters. And I loved basically everything you've said and I'm glad that now I have a video to show people!

Ahhh gen 5, the most underrated gen by far (especially B2 and W2)

N is my favorite pretentious anime teenager from the 2010s whose name starts with the letter N

This makes more sense for Nuzlocke runs, having more restrictions and making the player caring more for each capture they made.

8:00 Wait Gen 3 protags are wearing head gear. The white thing on Brendan is his hat. You can see brown hair coming from it.

Natural Harmonia Gropius Great video man. After these past 2 years being very hard on everyone talking about something positive is a refreshing change of pace. I do believe sadly gen 6 was a start of a freefall of the quality of pokemon game with a few exceptions but I still hold out hope we can get a new one to remind everyone why this franchise has stolen the hearts of so many.

Banger vid, also find it interesting how you can also catch pokemon in the wild in B1/W1 that have N's Trainer ID

I would butcher the spelling on that name, bruh. That being said, did watch the whole thing. Very well done.

Natural Harmonia Gropius' team having a weakness against Ghetsis' is something I wasn't aware of. What I do remember noticing is that, aside from Zoroark and his legendary dragon, his team has two pokemon weak to Reshiram, and two weak to Zekrom. Vanilluxe and Klinklang are weak to Reshiram's fire attacks, and Archeops and Carracosta are weak to Zekrom's electric attacks. My theory is that the developers wanted to give the player an opportunity to really test out and bond with their new dragon, since they hadn't really had it for the entire storyline, unlike the rest of their team.

Naturia Harmonious Gropus. Close enough I guess. Great video my dood!

Natural Harmonia Gropius This was cool! I only really played the recent games and thought much of the writing was shallow. Cool to see a more complex character in the series

Natural Harmonia Gropius! Very well made video. The idea that N was an opposing protagonist was something I shockingly hadn't considered.

Natural Harmonia Gropius is my favorite pokemon character, i just love everything about him and this video made the justice to him that he deserves. Great job!

I never thought he was a rival. He was just a tool to be used by the Team Leader in my eyes. A plot device leading to a betrayal.

I too have known some people who've been stubborn to a fault with their views in media. I get the drive that goes beyond them. But they just can't listen. I'm so glad to see that this topic is approached when you talk about them.

I just thought of something. Kyrem is Ice/Dragon. Ice is weak to fire, and Reshiram is Fire/Dragon. When Ice melts, it becomes water. Water is weak to electric. Zekrom is Electric/Dragon. They did really well with the whole not everything is Black and White idea. I just wonder if Pokemon will ever reunite all 3 of the dragons... Would it even show traits of Truths and Ideals in it's design? Would it be a Pokemon with to much of those traits, not able to do anything but destroy those it's told to? Kyrem has control whenever it becomes White Kyrem or Black Kyrem, so... (Gen 5 anime is fun and good can't change my mind)

Natural Harmonius Gropius! Also, I love this video! I do like when you can be critical about stuff, but this was nice to see you excited about a property and examining why it works for you. Also, been a long time fan of your work and happy to see you grow. Maybe doing a blend of either style could be good. Either way, this was nice and happy to keep supporting you!

Well.. to be kinda fair here.. 7:00 there is that theory that the pokemon that we box in are not ours, just a clone that we could regenerate throught technology... But there is also the theory of the anime, where your boxed mons are at the Ranch Lab, where the professor is able to care about them, like the Day Care Stable for raising them for you... This theory is heavily implied to be true due to game freaks having the "games": Pokemon Ranch Pokemon Box Pokemon Home, etc...

Natural Harmonia Gropius is the reason I started loving Pokemon Games and also there is something about the protagonist we play as and their character design along with Cheren and Bianca and the world as a whole which makes Pokemon Black and White more than just your new gen generic Pokemon game.

I fucking love N, his music is so good, and something about him makes me want to protecc him

10:56 ah yes my favorite champion, adler

9:20 I like that you (accurately) called Ghetsis "[N's] asshole father".

Natural Harmonia Gropius... Never knew that was his real name. I general skip past most dialog in games, pokemon included, but I have Pokemon Black, where you get Reshiram, and most of the time I did stop to read what N had to say even if I didn't fully agree with him. I guess it was just something I never thought I'd see in Pokemon, someone giving an actual look at how people could be treating their pokemon.

I'm not typing N's full name but I'm pretty sure content creators can see how far a commenter's gotten in a video anyways, right? All the same I'll still say that Gen5 is the best gen. One of the unity points I thought you'd mention, but nobody mentions, is how towns will have musicians in them that will add more to the town's background music. The old town with the bridge has four that you can find, each one adding more to the village's theme. The music in general, really, played towards that idea of "Harmony"

When you consider organizations like Team Rocket, Galactic, and others, N’s motive to separate Pokemon and humans, makes sense. He actually reminds me of Lance, from Pokemon Adventures. Similar story actually, both grow up raised by Pokemon, have an incredible ability to feel and understand them to a deep, intimate level, and both desire Pokemon to be free from what they see as, “evil” humanity. But, their methods is where it differs. N aims to use Zekrom/Reshiram to reshape the world as he sees it, creating a new order between Pokemon and humans. Lance wishes to do the same, but instead aims to reset civilization back to the Stone Age where Pokemon and nature rule over man. And humanity is forced to adapt to a new world.

Natural Harmonmias Gropius! And yes, this kind of content was nice to listen to, keep it up. I enjoyed it.

Kamen, please continue with content like this. Because regardless of cringy jokes, this is what the world needs right now.

Natural Harmonius Gropus has always been a part of a fascinating story. He has good goals, we understand his points, but the abuse he went through gave him the wrong mindset, making him think Might Makes Right is how he'll help Pokemon. He becomes champion and assumes none will oppose him. The player us always trying to reach out, trying to save N as much as their bonds with Pokemon, and it's only when N will not listen any other way that we fight, but rather than following N's Might Makes Right, the player is Might FOR Right. We're not out to be champion and have everyone listen. We fight to save the bonds between humans and Pokemon, not to force what we think onto others. Even the NPCs show how well thought out this all was. Not everybody talks to every single NPC, but for the few like me, we gave something special. Talking with Plasma grunts by the end, there are some that see Pokemon as tools to use, some that truly believe in N's beliefs, and those that had Pokemon bond to them even though they only thought of the Pokemon as tools but are now questioning it. All of those so close together is astounding.

There is also the added boost to his popularity that comes from being made pritty enough that it only takes like 30 minutes to rule 63 him. There by making him part of the pretty boy archetype.

Excluding Explores of Time, Pokemon Black was my first game back in 2012 when I was a kid. It is still one of my favourites despite playing and watching all of them as of now. N? Man, I love him so much. Since I played it for first time, I was always intrigued by him and the older I grew, the more I appreciated him and the story of Unova. Man. I miss it. Inhaling Copium that if we’ll get a Gen 5 remake, it will be good and not like BDSP. I’ll probably still get it, because I’m an N simp and a Gen5er, but I’ll be dissapointed if it will be a shit remake.

Natural Harmonia Gropius... is a really cool character. Not my favourite of the series, not even my favourite rival, this honor belongs to Silver, but his story was very ambisious for pokemon standarts and it´s sad that they stop to try after Gen 5.

Honetly didn't see N as a villain as a child, I saw him as a human And oh my gosh Natural Harmonious Gropius

I liked the pattern of Natural Harmonia Gropius gaining the trust of the Pokémon that you can find in the previous/current area before the battle with him.

The basketball segment was funnier than it should've been Natural Harmonia Gropius-

14:00 And, we the player, learned the same lesson through N. That’s pretty awesome

Natural Harmonia Gropus (Gropis? Idk-) Love the video, and you have now inspired me to replay Black and White again, since I genuinely love that game. Might even do a Nuzlocke

Fun Fact, in the Pokémon Adventures manga, Ghetsis is N's biological father, so he is outright controlling his son, instead of adopted son

N A T U R A L H A R M O N I A G R O P I U S ? boom, with the spaces too. I have to say that Ghetsis is my favorite villain. Not only is he a psychopath who names his son ‘Natural’ but he also hard counters N’s team so if things didn’t go according to plan, he’d destroy him without having a care in the world that he’s his son. He also convinced a lot of people that Team Plasma’s goal was to liberate Pokémon, and barely anyone suspected that his actual plan was world domination. Plus the way he got N into his plan shit. He showed N Pokémon, but these Pokémon were abused and hurt, and N heard their voices and believe that Pokémon only suffer with humans. (Also in Pokémon Masters EX in the Legendary Adventures, in Father or Foe when Ghetsis returned, he made a little act saying that he wants N to be his son and he wants to start a normal life with him. Turns out he was only doing this shit to fuse Kyurem with Zekrom and he had no intention to be N’s father again, which made me cry because they just had to make it more emotional because N said ‘I may not have a father but I have people like you to call my friends, I’m blessed to be surrounded by such kind people and Pokémon, that’s fine, that’s enough for me, I suppose it’s not meant to be, and even so, it felt nice to hope for it’…not to mention the music. Ghetsis also stated he ‘certainly isn’t N’s father’ and he wouldn’t want to be the father of a ‘freak like him’.) and I can’t forget the manga where he fucking HANGS GYM LEADERS ON CROSSES all so that nobody will find out that N has lost a battle because otherwise everyone will feel safe again, and he doesn’t want them to feel safe because he is an asshole. He calls N his plan’s ‘ornament’ and told Black that he was just there to get the Legendary Pokemon…I think…I don’t remember it well.) What a criminal mastermind. Definitely a villain to remember.

Why is KZfaq hiding this vid? I loved N and Pokémon. Well in any case, awesome video Kamen! It was well written and I’m sorry to hear you got mugged in NY.

Coming back to my childhood crush😼

Naturharmowhatnot? Lol, great video, loving these essay vids.

i wan't you to know i had to google how to spell his name but Natural Harmonia Gropius. anyways top tier video. will definitely rewatch.

i would LOVE to see a pokemon story idea where a pokemon who had suffered by humans, also was raised and care for by humans. making the pokemon realize its not easy to just generalize like other pokemon did. but that the problem that the pokemon god isn't doing anything to improve the sometimes strained relationship between pokemon and humans. This pokemon grew to hate this pokemon god for letting bad things go to worse for good people and vows to see the god dead. The faction would be mix of humans and pokemon who agree and wish to have things be better for everyone. They would be the main antagonist but you question in that would you save the god that does nothing? or save a god who is a person like you and don't think he should be blamed? The factions name would be unionforall. as the the pokemon that i mentioned it could be either a new pokemon or a different mewtwo. i'll let you decide on that.