Pokemon Arceus: Is Giratina Evil?

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There are plenty of mysterious Pokemon in the series, but none may be as interesting as Giratina. The legendary Pokemon was introduced in Generation IV and is a member of the creation trio alongside Dialga and Palkia. While Dialga and Palkia are seen in a positive light by the Pokemon world, the same cannot be said for Giratina.

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Giratina has been called the devil by members of the Pokemon community, but is the legendary Pokemon actually as evil as everyone believes? There’s a lot more to Giratina than you think, so the answer to that question may surprise you.

Giratina was created by Arceus alongside Dialga and Palkia. Dialga was given power over time, Palkia was given power over space and Giratina was given power over antimatter. As we know, time and space have a relationship with one another and need each other to exist, but what about antimatter? Well, since Dialga and Palkia focused on time and space, two things that involved matter, it was Giratina who focused on everything else.

Antimatter is essentially the opposite of matter in that it has the opposite electric charge. Matter is composed of protons, neutrons and electrons while antimatter is composed of antiprotons, antineutrons and positrons. It was Giratina’s role to keep the world balanced, and it used its power over antimatter to do just that.

Out of the three members of the creation trio, Giratina was said to be the biggest troublemaker. It caused lots of problems for Dialga and Palkia, constantly interfering in their affairs and trying to pin them against each other. For this reason, Arceus banished the Pokemon to the Distortion World, a place Giratina still calls home to this day.