No.137Gen 1 (Kanto)
Porygon in Japanese
ポリゴン
Porigon
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ポpo
リri
ゴgo
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
It has no discernible heartbeat and does not seem to draw breath, and yet it appears to function without issue. I cannot even begin to explain this utterly bizarre anomaly.心臓の鼓動は確認できず、呼吸もしていないように見えるが、何の問題もなく機能しているようだ。この全く奇妙な現象を説明することは到底できない。
The Japanese text is a translation of the English entry, written with kanji, hiragana and katakana. Try to spot the katakana words!
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