I'm just imagining this Pikachu going "cha~" and it's making me cringe with happiness.

Cross-dressing?

HaroldRowsdower said:

Cross-dressing?

Not necessarily, it could simply be a female Pikachu. Not all drawings of Pikachus refer to Ash's.

totoofze47 said:

Not necessarily, it could simply be a female Pikachu. Not all drawings of Pikachus refer to Ash's.

A female Pikachu's tail will be V-shaped at the end. This is a male pikachu.