Recaps

After defeating Keita, Eichi left Silver Academy to travel and enter the Indigo League. He returned to familiar places, faced a test from Teacher Arno, and brought a promising Beedrill from the colony into his training group.

• Eichi defeated Keita’s Charizard, Gliscor, and Medicham with Heracross and Scizor, then accepted Tetsu’s invitation to meet the academy’s top students.
• Eichi received four months’ worth of Bug-type Pokéblocks from Professor Kanter and gained Director Liu’s approval to take leave and compete in the Indigo League.
• Eichi trained his Pokémon in the Bug-type Energy Room, raising Beedrill to level 47, Scizor to level 44, and Heracross to level 42, then left Silver Academy on April 15.
• Eichi traveled through Blackthorn City and Ecruteak Town, befriended Bu Liang Ren on a ferry, and reunited with Mr. Yoshino and Xiao Yu in Tokiwa City.
• Eichi visited Amelie at the Beautiful Nursery, then fought Teacher Arno’s Magneton before learning that the attack had been a test of his strength and awareness.
• Eichi visited the Beedrill colony, traded for supplies, and took the leader’s talented son, Black Stripe Beedrill, home to train.
• Eichi began training Black Stripe Beedrill alongside his other Pokémon and recorded the new recruit’s early performance.

Eichi earned the Green and Orange Badges, added Nincada to his team, and traveled across Kanto before returning to Tokiwa City. He reached Indigo Plateau with Ryuichi and their friends, where President Delia officially opened the Indigo League.

• Eichi defeated Tsukamoto’s Golem, Kingler, and Machamp at the Viridian Gym and earned the Green Badge.
• Eichi traveled to Vermilion City with Ryuichi, defeated Lt. Surge, and earned the Orange Badge before the two set out for Celadon City.
• Eichi helped an Ariados colony repel a Crobat-led flock, healed its injured members, and agreed to take the abandoned Nincada with him.
• Eichi treated and trained Nincada while Sato and Kona earned their fourth Gym badges during their travels.
• After returning to Tokiwa City, Eichi watched Black Stripe defeat its parent and become head of the Beedrill colony, then helped Nincada evolve into Ninjask and Shedinja.
• Eichi trained his Pokémon as Sato and Kona prepared for the Silver Tournament and academies selected their Indigo League competitors.
• Eichi reached Indigo Plateau, reunited with Ryuichi, and joined Xiao Mu, Bu Liang Ren, and Kakugawa in exposing a man who had blamed a little girl for staining his suit.
• Eichi and his companions watched the opening ceremony, where President Delia lit the Sacred Flame and declared the Indigo League open.

Eichi advanced through the Indigo League, defeating Anasen and Shida before losing to Sheng Yi in the semifinal. Sheng Yi then defeated Yue Sha to win the championship.

• Eichi opened the tournament by defeating Xiao Ou, then advanced through the early rounds as Anasen seriously injured Xiao Mu’s Pokémon.
• Eichi defeated Anasen in the top-sixteen match with Heracross, Scizor, and Primeape, while Anasen abandoned his defeated Pokémon.
• Shida defeated Eichi’s allies in the tournament, and Eichi overheard Sheng Yi’s Sandslash kill Team Rocket members and defeat their Rhyperior.
• Eichi’s Pokémon battled Shida’s team in the quarterfinal, and Golisopod defeated Tauros to secure Eichi’s victory.
• Eichi learned he would face Sheng Yi in the semifinal, while Team Rocket’s superior ordered an agent to leave Sheng Yi alone.
• Sheng Yi defeated Eichi in the semifinal, and Yue Sha advanced to the final by defeating Senior Student.
• Sheng Yi defeated Yue Sha in the final after Sudowoodo and Staraptor took each other down and Kingler defeated Espeon.

After finishing fourth in the Indigo League, Eichi returned to Silver Academy, helped Ninjask take over the Ariados Colony, and defeated a boastful freshman. He earned a place in the exchange program at Sinnoh Academy, where rivalries soon led to battles between visiting students.

• Sheng Yi defeated Yue Sha in the Indigo League final, and President Delia announced the tournament’s conclusion.
• Eichi returned home, reunited with friends, and helped Ninjask defeat the Crobat Colony before Ninjask became leader of the Ariados Colony.
• Eichi returned to Silver Academy and received enhancers and prize money from Director Liu, then defeated Jiu Sen’s three Pokémon with Heracross.
• Eichi, Sato, and Kona passed the exchange assessment and were selected to study at Sinnoh Academy.
• Eichi departed with the exchange group, traveled by bus and ship to Hoenn, and arrived at Sinnoh Academy with his fellow students.
• Eichi joined Teacher Lan Lan’s class, met Xiao Na and Fatty, and learned that Asen attended the academy and that Xiao He was its top student.
• After students from the visiting academies began challenging one another, Xiao He challenged Asen and A Yao challenged Eichi, and both pairs headed to the Battle Classrooms.