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BlackSkirtTetra — Kiyomi: My Year-Long Hunt for a Shiny Raikou

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Published: 2018-04-09 14:41:03 +0000 UTC; Views: 703; Favourites: 35; Downloads: 0
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Description It finally happened. After a year and a half of on and off hunting, through multiple games and multiple gens, it finally sparkled in the wormhole.

I found a shiny Raikou.

I now have a beautiful orange tiger to call my own. One that I worked for and achieved through patience (lots and lots of patience) and hard work. I did not let my friend hack one for me, I did not trade for one; I found it. All of my own. After one and a half years of being told to give up, to go find something else to hunt, my stubborn and hard-headed self did it.

His name is Kiyomi. Although Basil is dear to me, Kiyomi is tied with him in terms of my favorite and most special shiny. 

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To some of you from Miiverse, you might remember when I actually began this hunt. About a month in, I started working on a piece of art in PAA that I said I would post once I found the shiny Raikou. Well, I didn’t like it as much now as I did then, so I decided to make a whole new work of art in PAA instead (I’m a bit out of practice with PAA, hehe).

I hope y’all like this new art, and Kiyomi

m.imgur.com/p24TnSZ
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Comments: 23

MrsLittletall [2018-05-22 10:41:43 +0000 UTC]

Congratulations! This must have been so tough!

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BlackSkirtTetra In reply to MrsLittletall [2018-05-22 11:43:30 +0000 UTC]

It was, but I’m glad I had patience enough to find him :’) Thanks!

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CluelessDanny [2018-04-10 04:28:03 +0000 UTC]

AW DANG, I REMEMBER YOU SEARCHING FOR THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR SO LONG AGO. GLAD YOU FINALLY FOUND IT!
Man, over a year? That tiger did not wanted to be found. Here I am satisfied with just two accidental shinies from a while back (one was a shiny hunt that ended up being the one I wasn't looking for, and the other was plain luck when horde hunting for experience), so I dunno about getting back into shiny hunting again, haha.

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BlackSkirtTetra In reply to CluelessDanny [2018-04-10 06:38:13 +0000 UTC]

Yep! I started hunting in Alpha Sapphire, and I was really gung-ho about finding my first shiny legendary, but after a couple months I was starting to lose hope... until I heard about the wormholes in USUM. That’s what really brought me back to the hunt, and all of my hard work paid off :’) too bad he wasn’t my first... I’d found a shiny Groudon in the wormholes a couple months ago XD

I’ve only ever found one shiny by accident (random encounter, I mean), and unless you have limitless amounts of patience, it’s kind of hard to get into shiny hunting and stick with it. Dunno how I’ve managed to do it all this time... maybe something about the satisfaction/relief/adrenaline of finding a shiny, and shinies being somewhat of a prize showcasing your skills? I dunno

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CluelessDanny In reply to BlackSkirtTetra [2018-04-10 23:34:36 +0000 UTC]

OH, & you got a shiny Groudon in the process? Not sure if that's good or bad luck considering what you were going for XD

Yeah, I totally know that feeling. I love doing stuff that requires patience or is pretty difficult (and of course, the satisfaction is so good when you make it), time is pretty much all I'm missing if I were to try shiny hunting again, so maybe one day

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BlackSkirtTetra In reply to CluelessDanny [2018-04-11 01:21:50 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, and the Groudon only took me a few days to find. What’s worse is I found a shiny Kartana just two days after Groudon. I guess that tiger just really didn’t want to sparkle for me =_=‘

I’ve barely managed to hunt anything, with school being so busy as it is. I’m glad I found Kiyomi before the stress kicked in again :’)

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Deevins [2018-04-10 03:41:13 +0000 UTC]

:0
Congrats on your big find!
I still remember when you made shiny raikou art back in lke January 2017 when miiverse was still a thing.
Also, if you have any free time, get at least some sketch or doodle done for thwe contest, okay?
Unfortunately, I'll probably never become a shiny hunter, my Ultra Moon copy is long gone, and I just broke my 3ds xl for good like the stupid idiot I am-
It was bound to happen eventually and for some reason I had a dream a few nights prior that was actually about breaking a 3ds.
why am i so careless-

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BlackSkirtTetra In reply to Deevins [2018-04-10 06:40:30 +0000 UTC]

Awh man, that sucks about your 3DS D: I thought you’d managed to get it fixed and working again, but not your UM gone, too! That’s just terrible luck :’0 I’m amazed I’ve managed to keep all my games together for this long

Hopefully I’ll be able to make something ^o^

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Deevins In reply to BlackSkirtTetra [2018-04-11 04:48:11 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!
I'm also surprised my 3ds survived out that long without the right hinge-
I paid $90 just to get it fixed, but they didn't fix it properly-
The right hinge cracked, my friend slammed it shut during a sleepover and the right hinge popped out, and now the top screen slid off of the right hinge-
And it's not like I can fix it right away either, I'm kinda poor when it comes to money because my parents usually spend it for actual necessities to sustain life like bills, food, etc-
Besides, I only get like $5-$10 every time I do a big chore, but I'm too lazy to do chores and I'm too lazy in general to get a job.

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BlackSkirtTetra In reply to Deevins [2018-04-11 20:55:23 +0000 UTC]

Man, that sucks. Maybe one day you’ll be able to get a replacement :0

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Deevins In reply to BlackSkirtTetra [2018-04-12 01:53:34 +0000 UTC]

if I can get this thing fixed, buy a new 2ds xl, and do a system transfer, that would count as a replacement.

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BlackSkirtTetra In reply to Deevins [2018-04-12 04:28:40 +0000 UTC]

That would work. Hopefully that happens sooner rather than later :0

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Deevins In reply to BlackSkirtTetra [2018-04-12 13:28:12 +0000 UTC]

yeah I hope so too-
Also, have you even got any time to start a sketch?

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BlackSkirtTetra In reply to Deevins [2018-04-12 14:38:27 +0000 UTC]

Maybe. I’ve gotta read a book and get my new fish today, but I’ll see about this weekend

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Deevins In reply to BlackSkirtTetra [2018-04-13 02:30:06 +0000 UTC]

Nice-
I feel like this is kinda opposite world-
suddenly you're being more active than I am because of school-

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BlackSkirtTetra In reply to Deevins [2018-04-13 20:03:02 +0000 UTC]

I’m only so active because I’ve been out of school the past two weeks, due to the teacher walk-out in Oklahoma :’0 I’m probably gonna so terrible on my next math test ‘cause we’ve been out for so long

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Deevins In reply to BlackSkirtTetra [2018-04-14 02:07:37 +0000 UTC]

ech-
School's been kinda rough for me lately-

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BlackSkirtTetra In reply to Deevins [2018-04-14 16:20:48 +0000 UTC]

I get that. School’s gonna be rough for me once I get back :/

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Deevins In reply to BlackSkirtTetra [2018-04-15 16:51:54 +0000 UTC]

yeah.
I'm glad this week's done and over with.
I had fun last night and it made me forget all about the days before it.
Hopefully today and the rest of this new week go better for me.

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BlackSkirtTetra In reply to Deevins [2018-04-16 23:33:19 +0000 UTC]

Best of luck!

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Deevins In reply to BlackSkirtTetra [2018-04-17 01:14:08 +0000 UTC]

thanks!
Monday was good!
Except the fact that it literally snowed again in the morning-

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BlackSkirtTetra In reply to Deevins [2018-04-17 12:02:53 +0000 UTC]

It was h o t here. I wish we had snow...

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Deevins In reply to BlackSkirtTetra [2018-04-18 04:27:31 +0000 UTC]

Lucky you, I've been wishing for warmer weather for like the past month-

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