Sycamore had the charisma, but Kukui has the bod. They have been since Kukui was revealed earlier this year, really: Just today, The Pokémon Company dropped new footage of Kukui, along with a few new details about him. Though Pokémon Sun and Moon aren’t actually out yet, Professor Kukui is already amassing a very thirsty fandom online. Certainty, that’s the way most of the Pokémon fandom is parsing Kukui many people believe that Kukui is intentionally designed to make players hot for teacher. Which leads me to believe that the point is sexiness. You might even ask yourself, “What’s the point of wearing a lab coat over nothing but bare skin?” There’s no way the coat offers any real protection. There’s something pretty damn extra about perpetually showing off your abs like that, especially in a game like Pokémon. Now, arguably, you could make the case that he’s shirtless for a reason: Pokémon Sun and Moon take cues from Hawaii, so the setting is probably tropical and hot. Yes, that’s a shirtless Pokémon professor.
