I really didn't think yukkuri would be a good pet though, the risk is just too high. If I had to go for a pet yukkuri, predator type or at least water type would be much more preferable and safe than normal type. But let's not adopt yukkuri as a pet would be much much easier than those two options. The only advantage that yukkuri has over normal pets is... they can talk and understand what they say (unlike parrots), but as I mentioned before, the risk is so freaking high, much bigger than a reward.
Well, that's why it's an ideal - reality rarely holds up to it. Still, relapse rate of gold badges probably depend a lot on artist and yukkuri type. Personally, I would probably like to keep types that are smarter and/or don't have much incentive to be nice to strays. Maybe Patchy, aquatic Marisa or predator yukkuri would be better pets than the motherly (or Karen-y) Reimu or the adventurous Marisa.
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