So is Nanu actually Acerola's uncle or does she just respect

>>30424158
Nanu is CUTE.

I have a feeling it's something she refers older people to
Just like with Kukui referring everyone as cousin

>>30424158
it's what she calls him when he gives her cummies.

>>30424200
yeah that's real fucking nice now can you answer the question?
>>30424222
I suppose but she's also rather chummy with him (I mean you sure don't ask strangers if they're going to visit you).

It's a thing in Hawaii. Same with Hau calling your mom auntie or Kukui calling you cousin.

>>30424243
Acerola isn't a Meowth

I think he is.

His Persian hints that he is part of the alolan royalty as well so I wouldn't be surprised.

>>30424289
Nanu is not a catfucker. Hell he probably has no libido and doesn't fuck anything.

>>30424158
It's just a way to talk with someone older than you in Hawaii, like cousin. In my country, we have this culture too, children always call people older than them as uncle/aunt

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>>30424158
I don't know. The "uncle" thing probably translated fro oji-san in japanese, which can mean either blood-relate uncle or just honorific ("mister"). However he seem obsess with Alolan meowth/Persian line, which was royalty's pets until their collapse which turn them feral. Therefore I take it as him being a fallen royalty like Acerola, which make his cynical attitude even more grounded.

What the fuck was he up to during the story and postgame

>>30427699
he's the only cop in Po Town
cop stuff

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>>30427498

What I want to know is how he was able to let you into Po Town so easily and is able to casually stroll up to you (and comment how there's less grunts than usual) after you raid Guzma's Mansion. Is he cool with Team Skull or something?

>>30427498
>>30427477
Man, I thought he had meowths stuffed up his shirt till I saw the first panel. That would've been better.

>>30428033
I mean, he lives there, they're obviously gonna let him in. He doesn't bother them and they don't bother him unless some shit goes down, which I'm assuming it never actually does in Po Town unless it's between grunts.

>>30428033
He could kick Team Skull out of Po Town if he wanted to, and they know it. That's why they're okay with having him around.

Considering it's Team Skull, they're also probably very lonely and Nanu is the only person who isn't a member who visits them.

>>30424222
Nah they have to be related. She visits him in po town and she clearly close enough to him to be offered the E4 spot in his place with zero issues

>>30428105
>offered the E4 spot in his place with zero issues
Well now we don't know that

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>>30428033

He's outside the cycle. I figured it was like a running joke that he's all-powerful, and wouldn't have been half-surprised if he just showed up at the Fused Lusamine encounter and just been like, "I really didn't want to be here but my Meowths decided to piss everywhere and Acerola offered to clean it up."

>>30428263
Well he sure was a tough son of a bitch in the Looker quest-line.

>>30428263
>TFW you wanted to be an international police man and stop evil teams like Team Rocket but then you visit the local shrine out respect for local customs and the stupid legendary totem Pokemon appears and "blesses" you to be a trial captain so you have to stay in Alola forever and beat eleven year old kids in Pokemon combat but then you hear about an evil team so you get excited but then it turns out to just be a bunch of edgey millennials so you can't even find the energy to stop them so you spent all time hanging around a cats and an annoyingly happy little girl because sometimes you legimately forget what a smile looks like

I haven't beaten the story yet, but I hope we see more of this guy. He looks cool and chill as fuck but so underused. I mean, a couple cutscenes in Po town, then shows up at the harbor for the Grand Trial, and then....that's it

I want to know more damn it. The fuck did Bulu choose this guy for?

>>30428566

I'm about to make a post that I'll copy here. The Tapus don't seem to be the ones calling the shots with who is chosen for Z-power.

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>>30428482
But anon, he was an international police man, partners with Looker even, but Looker got soft and they lost their third partner. And also said international police force was just using her as bait because she was a faller. I don't think he wants to be a part of the force after that.

>>30428630
Well he does say "Meowths are okay, they don't care who you are or anything." So I assume he did something wrong in the past. I actually haven't done the UB sidemissions yet.

>>30424158
Read enough porn and you'll notice that little girls often call older men "ojii-san", which pretty much means uncle. Acerola is a little girl and Nanu is an old man, so connect the dots.

>>30428691
Yeah, but I feel that was more of a 'they don't care if I'm a lazy shit or not".

>>30428732
so they're fucking?

>>30424158
He definitely mentioned Acerola being his sister's kid or something like that

>>30428691
Nah it's never said he did anything wrong, just that he's extremely disillusioned with everyone and everything and knows he's become a super cynical old faggot.

>>30428263
Nanu does seem like he's much stronger than almost everyone else. I love how Guzma, a Bug user, decides to never do anything about a Dark type cop in the town.

>>30428882
Well Nanu was harmless to Team Skull so why beat him down, and besides, I'm sure Guzma is aware of the fact that he's Kahuna and doesn't want to get on Bulu's bad side.

>>30428566
Bulu of all the Tapus seems to be the nastiest. I mean if you look at Ula'Ula:
>only major city is Malie
>various science facilities such as Hokulani or the geothermal power plant in the isolated wilderness
>giant desert and rocky mountainous terrain make up much of the island
>secluded shore is an unpleasant place
>trailer park with trash and criminals running around, also Po Town
>Tapu Village and Thrifty Megamart are just hollowed out shells of their former selves
And yet Bulu ironically enough is based around fertility and nature. It seems appropriate he picked a bitter old guy like Nanu as the kahuna.

S/M really are some of, if not the darkest Pokemon games when you think about it.

>>30429493
How long do you think Nanu has been Kahuna?

>>30429493

Tapu Bulu's "sacred ground" is a Black sand Beach. Say it's unpleasant if you will, but volcanic soil is fertile as FUCK, makes sense for Bulu to want that place to stay clean

Just that, though. Bulu's territory doesn't really look bad. Just unkempt, I guess. Like Bulu's convinced it'll all be fine as long as humans don't fuck too deeply with anything important so he can laze around

It was kind of sad to realize that the reason he's so stone faced is because he watched Guzzlord eat his waifu

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>>30427498
delete yourself

>>30428732
it's a childrens game not a hentai

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>>30428566
All thing considering, he would rather retire instead of being a cop AND the island guardian bullshit. Hell, he was powerful enough to be an elite 4 but turn down the second he was offer.

>>30429838
I swear if it weren't for his Pokemon and Acerola he'd probably just kill himself.

>>30428033
An NPC on route 13 mentioned that Team Skull formed out of the remnants of a group that used to follow one of the kahunas. Nanu is Team Skull's grandpappy.

My impression of Nanu

>Holy shit Team Skull ran out the Po Police with a lot of Meowths
>Turns out they're Nanu's
>He's literally a crazy cat lady.

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>>30429838
>>30429933
Cheap Rent though.

>>30430043
Wasn't he trying to deflect that he was still doing his job and making sure any Pokemon Team Skull manage to nab are safe.

>>30429644
what

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>>30430024
He is kind of ded inside. A position that any trainer would want on a resume was bestow onto him.

>>30428882
>>30428921

I like to imagine that Nanu and Team Skull have a beneficial relationship with each other. So long as they don't do anything too outrageous or illegal, he's content to let them hole up in Po Town and not do anything about it. Oh yeah, and have the grunts look after his cats whenever he's out.

In return, Team Skull gets their base and their illusion of freedom. Win-Win for both of them. Guzma and Nanu probably avoid each other to keep up the pretense and to save face; Guzma is likely powerful enough to face Nanu in battle but won't because the implications of taking down a kahuna are quite obvious. Likewise, if Nanu took down Guzma, what would happen to the poor kids who joined up with Team Skull? I'm sure he sympathizes with them.

It's probably a screwed up situation born out of being made a kahuna when he really didn't want it and his previous escapades in Interpol.

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>>30424158
the guide book says they're not related.

>>30430310
"even though he still seems very odd"
fuck off guide you don't know him

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>>30424158
Why is this thread up every fucking day?

Is /vp/ so uncultured and/or autsitic as to assume that every term of endearment is literal? She calls him her uncle because that's what Hawiians do IRL with significantly older guys they're friendly with. Hell, even people in the Burgerland's mainland do it. Fuck, they even do that in your Japanese animes, if that's all your media experience is.

She's not his actual niece, she's just friendly with him and he's old.

Fuck.

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>Get off my lawn!
>I just want to relax!
*launches Meowth*
>Damn kids

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>>30430373
I'm just here to talk about Nanu. Everything about him seem so fucking related.

>>30430413
>related.
relateable*

>>30430394
>Paul, what a stupid name for a Meowth.

>>30430413
So you're a depressed and jaded guy with nothing better to do than complain and begrudingly half-ass your way in the general direction of improvement?

Nanu's interesting, but if he's "relateable" you should probably do some soul searching.

>>30430373
This isn't literally Hawaii though. It's Alola. It's the same reason sand castles can be in the game. They're legal in Alola.

>>30430493
That's what living in the modern world is, anon. Of course a lot of people would relate to him.

>>30430493
Underage detected. Life's rough, kid.

>>30430493
You should not be on 4chan.

>>30430545
It is heavily influenced by both Hawaiian customs and Japanese cultural notes, both of which have a habit of referring to older people as "Auntie" and "Uncle".

To argue "Well it's not LITERALLY Hawaii" is a dumb argument because it ignores influence of the creators and the inspiration of the region. Are you gonna try to argue that since Kukui calls you and Hau both "Cousin" that you and Hau are both related, and to Kukui on top of that?

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>>30430493
Give it 5 years, kiddo. If you're still young, enjoy it while it still last.

>>30430554
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>>30430601
I'm 25 and came from an exceptionally abusive family, which I had to come to terms with in my own time. Life is fucking hard, sure, but being bitter about it doesn't solve anything. The only reason to do so is if you LIKE being a jaded and bitter asshole about everything.

>>30430620
It's not impossible for that to be true. I mean. I thought it was true until this thread came along. Yeah, there's still some inspiration. But it doesn't mean every Hawaiian custom is in the game. Again, the Sand Castles. : )

>>30430686
>The only reason to do so is if you LIKE being a jaded and bitter asshole about everything.

See that wasn't too hard to figure out.

>>30430686

Thing is he doesn't come off as bitter. Life as law enforcement can fuck you up with some of the shit you have to see.

>>30430717
It's true. For an example, the malasadas in thet game are actually completely unrelated to malasadas in real life. It's just a coincidence the words are spelled the same.

>>30430740
Ah. Right. My bad. Forgot where I was for a moment.

Well, when in Rome, do as Romans do, I guess.


You're all underage faggots?

>>30430811
Not those other anons but Im enjoying being an asshole about Sun/Moon.
It removed a bunch of shit I liked and it's nice to see one NPC as unimpressed with the place as I am.

>>30429493
>>30429608
You say Bulu is based around fertility and nature, well then it makes complete sense why there's hardly any industry on the island. I don't know why you'd think that's Ironic.

Does anyone else think Guzma and Nanu look similar?

I thought the game was gonna throw something at me like they're secretly the same person or brothers or something.

>>30430686
It's a relaxed way to go. Don't knock it till you try it

Maybe he'd feel better he pounded Olivia or something she seems pretty lonely and desperate at this point.

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>>30424158
>Uncle Grimsley

>>30431217
Acting like a teenager is for teenagers, I feel.

>>30424158
Uncle, Auntie and Cousin all seem to be terms of endearment in Alola, so who knows?

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>>30424324

He used to have libido.

But he went permanently limp after a certain incident.

For anyone who doesn't know:

>Guzzlord was around at least 10 years before the rest of the UBs appeared
>Interpol sent a team on a top secret mission to eradicate it. At the time they didn't know about UBs and it was simply a "dangerous creature."
>That team was composed of Nanu, Looker, and female Faller.
>Turns out the Faller hadn't been trained in combat and was just bait. Interpol at least knew the creatures were somehow drawn to such people.
>Looker screwed up and felt sorry for the monster, even if just for a moment.
>That moment of hesitation was enough time for Guzzlord to eat the Faller.
>Did I mention Nanu's Japanese name, Kuchinashi, can be translated as "No mouth"?

>>30431276
Is Grimsley a pedo?

>>30430310
Is there a DL?

>>30428173
He only wanted her to become Elite 4 so she would quit stalking his ass all day

>>30429983
the japanese text talks about an old kahuna as in one of the elder ones. the only ones that fit that description are nanu and hala.

and the eternal rain in po town is obviously the punishment of the tapus since their signature move is Nature Madness

the guy is a punk turned bad cop

>>30424158
Hawaiian culture .
When I lived there the younger kids called me uncle all the time.
My lady was auntie.
It's kind of what japan does with grandma and grandpa, big sis little sis etc.

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>>30433216
Then again, he spend all day hanging around with meowth.

>>30430100
Yeah. In the UB quest you learn that while most of the other Ultra Beasts have just recently come to Alola, Guzzlord has apparently been here for over 10 years. Ten years ago, Looker, Nanu, and an unnamed female Interpol officer were searching for Guzzlord to try to get rid of it. They confronted it and Looker let his guard down briefly and Guzzlord ate the woman. Nanu was so messed up about it that he left interpol and is now just a cynical old man

>>30427498
Is this how he got his Meowth to evolve?

>>30430749
Like watching some poor rookie officer get eaten alive by an 18 foot tall living trash compactor

>>30434199
>>30434298
I wonder if he would suffer from ptsd if you bring one to him

Nanu should start banging mc's mom. They can both love Meowth together.

>>30434435
It's a big Garfielf
I bet nanu and guzz would get along fine now

>>30429708
HAAAAHAAHA
ow8 you're serious ?
remember mallow telling you to grind her with your bone while she shakes her tits? then you goo all over her

I read in game that team skull was made by following a kahuna so I assumed it's nanu

>>30430686
Ignore them. Bitching and acting #relatable or whatever just makes you think depression and shit is normal.

>>30431276
>Uncle is used as a term of affection in Alola
>Grimsley wants you, a kid he just met to call him Uncle
What did he mean by this?

>>30424158
Just like Hau calls your mom Auntie, or Kukui calls you cousin.

it's just terms of endearment.

>>30432447
>white American goes to an island in the Pacific and hangs around in a kimono asking 11-year-olds to call him uncle
Probably

>>30428630
what is a "Faller"

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>>30436536
>>30436509
>>30432447
>>30431276

>>30436537
Someone who has been to the Ultra Dimension.
Ultra Beasts are extremely drawn to them.

>>30436537
>he hasn't done the UB postgame plot

>>30428921
>an army of poison type users is afraid to take on a grass/fairy mon

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>>30436592
I've been mostly looking for a few pokemon before going to do the postgame, to be honest

ITT: People who are not used to calling strangers uncles/aunties/grandmas even if they don't have blood relation to us
That's our culture here in Southeast Asia, we call everyone we don't know by uncle, auntie or grandma/nenek.

>>30424158
Hau calls the PC's mom "Aunt" so it's probably the latter.

>>30430043
considering the grunts have no money and Gladion doesn't get paid that much he probably doesn't pay any rent at all

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Anyone else find it weird when he was just hanging around the Lake of the Moone/Altar of the Sunne being all 'oh hey yeah I was just watching ya the whole time'. And how did his lazy ass even get through Vast Poni Canyon?

>>30439078
He's very very strong. It's just he doesn't really care enough to show it most of the time.