Recaps

Eichi trained Xiao Duo for her battle, helped Kry survive a Team Rocket assassination attempt, and later traveled to New Island after Nurse Joy asked him to find her missing cousin. There, Eichi and Ash confronted Mewtwo as it began capturing Pokémon to create stronger clones.

• Eichi trained Xiao Duo’s Pokémon, helped her defeat You Cheng, Cun Jia, and Da Ji, and kept the Key Stone she won as a stake.
• Kry defeated Kro in the heir succession battle, while Eichi discovered that the Key Stone belonged to Beedrill and helped Beedrill and Heracross Mega Evolve.
• Eichi saved Kry from Dolan, a Team Rocket agent sent to keep him captive, and Officer Jenny arrested her.
• Eichi learned that Team Rocket was active again, then watched Ash lose in the Indigo League and later agreed to search Dock Town for Nurse Joy’s missing cousin.
• Eichi and Ash reached New Island through the storm and met Mewtwo, who defeated the Trainers’ Pokémon and revealed the clone-making machine and his own origins.
• Mewtwo released powerful Pokémon clones, defeated Ash’s Charizard, and began capturing the Trainers’ Pokémon, but Eichi used Scizor and an Energy Shield to protect his team.

Eichi helped Ash and Mewtwo bring the conflict on New Island to an end, then traveled with Ash to Pallet Town and met Professor Oak. Dragonair stayed with Oak’s Dragonite clan for battle training, while Oak revealed his old connection to Jiang Ben.

• Eichi battled Mewtwo on New Island, but Mewtwo overwhelmed his Pokémon as the originals and clones fought around them.
• Ash rushed between Mewtwo and Mew and was petrified, then returned to life when Pikachu and the Pokémon mourned him.
• Mewtwo agreed to take the cloned Pokémon away to find a home, and Eichi protected his memories when Mewtwo erased everyone else’s.
• Eichi joined Ash, Brock, and Misty on the way to Pallet Town, where Ash challenged him and Dragonair defeated Ash’s Squirtle, Bulbasaur, Pikachu, and Charizard.
• Ash brought Eichi and his friends home, then took them to Professor Oak’s laboratory to see its Pokémon habitats.
• Dragonite took Eichi’s Dragonair to meet its clan, where Dragonair won a battle and stayed for training.
• Professor Oak told Eichi that Jiang Ben had first spoken to him about Eichi’s promise and Bug-type training, and revealed that he and Jiang Ben had been old friends.

Eichi trained for the Elite Four Selection Match, battled Bruno, and left Pallet Town after helping Ash and Professor Oak. In Viridian Forest, he hatched a Larvesta and reunited with Pinsir, who challenged Golisopod to battle.

• Professor Oak gave Eichi four Potential Enhancement Liquids and discussed his Bug Force and research ideas with him.
• Eichi prepared Green and Blue Tubes for Dragonair, then learned the Elite Four Selection Match would begin in half a year and decided to seek Bruno.
• Eichi challenged Bruno to a three-on-three battle, lost with Scizor and Golisopod, then won the final match when Beedrill defeated Primeape.
• Eichi battled Zhiyuan’s Nidoking on Professor Oak’s behalf and won, then spent a week learning from Oak and teaching Ash before leaving Pallet Town.
• Eichi returned to Tokiwa City, reunited with Joltik and Larvesta, and received an incubating Pokémon Egg from his father.
• Eichi trained in Viridian Forest, where his team fought Corviknight, Murkrow, Rhyhorn, Tyranitar, and Rhyperior before the Egg hatched into an Exceptional Larvesta.
• Eichi returned to Viridian Forest and met Pinsir, Heracross’s Older Brother and the Pokémon who had entrusted Scizor to him.
• Pinsir explained his history and challenged Eichi, who chose Golisopod to battle him.

Eichi captured Pinsir, trained his team through Volcarona’s evolution, and won Silver Academy’s qualification tournament. At the Elite Four Selection Match, he qualified among the twenty competitors and defeated Jing Wu in a full-strength battle.

• Golisopod and Pinsir fought to a double knockout, but Golisopod recovered first, and Eichi later persuaded Pinsir to join his team.
• Eichi explored Pinsir’s nest, found Ascension Stones and Pinsir’s Key Stone, then spent four months training in Viridian Forest as Larvesta evolved into Volcarona.
• Eichi entered Silver Academy’s selection and defeated Yicun’s six Pokémon before beating Saito in the Zone B final to claim a qualification spot.
• Eichi traveled to Indigo Plateau, where Dragonair evolved into Dragonite at Professor Oak’s Laboratory and trained before returning to the team.
• Eichi defeated Hideyoshi and later won his second-round match, earning one of the twenty places in the Elite Four Selection Match.
• Eichi welcomed Dragonite back and used it to defeat Aaron’s Fearow in his first title match.
• Eichi’s Dragonite defeated Jing Wu’s Ninetales, and Eichi later beat his previous opponent with Scizor.
• Eichi defeated Jing Wu in their full-strength match, with Joltik, Volcarona, and Scizor among the Pokémon that secured the win.