Shoto's willingness to try for his pokemon rather impresses the Snorunts. What an upstanding young man!

As a result, Shoto will be experiencing Very Good Luck throughout the coming month. This will come in the form of slowly realising that, hey, uh, he actually can understand what is being said.

Did he just learn to talk to pokemon overnight?

Apparently, he did.

Wild how that just happens sometimes.