Random: Japanese Twitter User Shares Story About Moms Getting Excited About Their Kids’ Pokemon Card Battle

An interesting story has surfaced on Twitter in Japan, revolving around the timeless children’s pastime of battling with Pokemon Trading Cards.

The story was shared by Japanese Twitter user @rei15448346, who was walking in a park one day when she came across two boys battling with Pokemon cards while their mothers were talking beside them.

Although @rei15448346 initially believed the mothers were having a calm adult-like discussion while their sons were playing, she soon discovered they were actually extremely invested in the Pokemon match, perhaps even more so than their kids.

Translation via Google and Soranews24:

Two boys were playing Pokemon card battles in the park, and moms were talking beside them, so “Isn’t it nice how well they’re getting along with each other? That gives us a chance to talk,? .” I thought.

But when I listened closely, it turned out both moms were super serious about the Pokémon battle, “How are you ever going to win with a deck like that? Put some thought into how you build it’”

In hindsight, such a scene should probably have come as no surprise, given that the kids who grew up with Pokemon in the 90s are old enough to have children of their own now. Indeed, some of the responses to @rei15448346‘s contain remarks about how “Pokemon Trainer parents have Pokemon Trainer kids”, and “those moms are probably good at Yu-Gi-Oh too”

“Pokémon Trainer parents have Pokémon Trainer kids.”

“I bet those moms are good at Yu-Gi-Oh too.”

“It’s like the moms are the Trainers, and the kids are their Pokémon… I don’t know what that makes the actual Pokémon.”

“Cool moms. Sounds kind of tough for the kids, though.”

“I think that’s going to be me when I have kids.”

Other commentators expressed appreciation that the mothers in the story express interest in their childrens’ hobby, as their own parents rarely showed interest in theirs.

“I’m kind of jealous of those kids for having parents who really get their hobby.”

“When I was a kid, my parents didn’t show any interest in my hobbies, so I decided that when I had kids of my own, I’d make sure to play with them.”

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