Why is pikachu the only Gen 1 pokemon that stayed Japanese

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pikakaeru posted...
yes but they dont have a "letter" for just the S sound without a vowel sound attached

right because su is s

pikachu doesn't change because the romanization is literally identical. they didn't intend it that way, that's just how it worked out. they were gonna name it based on those words regardless, just like they named gyarados based on the japanese words they chose. the only actual difference is that su becomes s

if you try to split hairs between an unintended consequence i'm just gonna assume you're trolling again, which to be fair i should have expected since you admitted you troll so much you can barely ever even post here
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