Pokémon Journeys fully embraced the Dragon Ball franchise with Spirit Bomb’s very own version of Mega Lucario with the latest episode of the series! The most recent iteration of the franchise has been challenging Ash Ketchum with some of his toughest battles in the franchise to date. He doesn’t just make his way through a world tournament, he takes on all sorts of familiar faces from his past on his way to the top of the world. Throughout that time, he has fought a lot with Lucario, and as a result, the two have formed a bond stronger than ever.
With Ash preparing to try to become the top 8 Master Class trainers within the Coronation World Series, he and Lucario decide to do a unique training where they sought out Ash’s Greninja to better fuel the aura connection between the two. from them. Thanks to a very challenging battle towards the end of the episode, Lucario’s Mega Evolution proves stronger than ever, and as a result, his Aura Sphere ends up growing into a Spirit Bomb. You can see it in action below, as seen by @Ockomet on Twitter:
LOOK AT THAT AURA SPHERE!!!! Ash, Lucario and Greninja both synced up with some training. Destroy that herb with what is essentially a spirit bomb. Lucario will definitely give Raihan a hard time. Also, look at him hugging Ash I- 🥺#anipoke pic.twitter.com/u6WCZZmrvl
– Ocko (@Ockomet) May 4, 2022
Pokemon Journeys episode 108 officially brings Ash’s Greninja back to the Pokemon anime after his last appearance several years ago, and it is revealed that Greninja is still fighting the darkness as seen all those years ago, Lucario immediately challenges the Strong Pokemon from Ash’s past. to a battle, and therefore loses as a result. But through this loss and seeing how well Ash and Greninja connect through their auras, it’s enough to inspire Lucario to improve his connection with Ash and take his Mega Evolution to a new level.
With a final Aura Sphere, he grows to a massive new size that Mega Lucario has to hold above his head much like the Goku from Dragon Ball can be seen on multiple occasions throughout Akira Toriyama’s long-running anime and manga franchise. . Now that Lucario has been beefed up in this way, it now remains to be seen whether or not it will be enough for Ash to break into the Master Class Top 8 next.
What do you think? How do you feel seeing Mega Lucario’s strongest aura sphere yet? Curious to see if it will be enough to take on the top 8 coaches in the world? Let us know all of his thoughts on it in the comments! You can even contact me directly about all the animated stuff and other cool stuff. @Valdezology en Twitter!
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