"oh, you were a fan of the anime first?"
or well... not exactly my very first. technically i had also watched my cousin play a tiny bit of x and y. but when it came to things i owned myself, the pokemon deluxe essential handbook was my first piece of pokemon! i eventually found pokemon pearl and black 2 lying around house in places (probably either given to me or - more likely - accidentally left by one of my cousins), which i tried and failed to beat until i was 10, when i was gifted pokemon moon... a few days later as the original alola games only came out 2 days after my birthday. and the rest is history!