I think Hilda's gonna join the school's cheer team/squad/club sometime in the next few weeks because CHEERING MAKES THE SUN WORK AGAIN and maybe other things. Or if Hajime has questions about Pokemon when he gets back Hilda can probably answer some!

Mario would probably not be a good candidate for convincing anyone they aren't living in a fever dream... Like, especially somebody that plays video games. So maybe they should meet because that'd be horrible.