Recaps

Mark completed Caterpie’s Return to Simplicity, captured Number 27, and helped establish Clear Stream Village Gym. He used Jirachi’s wish to become Wish Star’s Envoy, awakened Jirachi again, and left for Hack City with the academy registration deadline approaching.

• Mark and Caterpie pursued Number 27, captured his Ghost-type Pokémon, and Mark used Amnesia Potion to make Number 27 believe he was Mark’s master.
• Mark and Caterpie trained for centuries in the Dream World, completed Return to Simplicity, and Caterpie reached Veteran level with the Hundred Styles technique.
• Mark freed Jirachi from its stone cocoon, and Caterpie wished for Great Balls while Mark began planning a larger wish with Jirachi.
• Jirachi used a Small Wish to alter the Gym application, and Clear Stream Village Gym received approval with Old Man Qian as Gym Master and Mark as Vice Gym Leader.
• Mark and Jirachi agreed on a wish that made Mark Wish Star’s Envoy, allowing him to awaken Jirachi through a ritual using Wish Tags.
• Mark entered Jirachi’s inner world and awakened it, then trained with Jirachi and watched it defeat him and his Pokémon in minutes.
• Aya told Mark that Zhao Meisha had offered her a place at Hodgson Pokemon Academy, and Mark advised Aya to remain in Xia.
• Mark told Old Man Qian that Zhao Meisha was moving equipment to the Rom Federation, helped expand Clear Stream Forest and build the Gym, then rode Vikavolt toward Hack City before the registration deadline.

Mark passed Hack Pokemon Academy’s Entrance Exam, enrolled with a giant Bulbasaur, and deepened his work on Aura and Pokemon training. A long Dream World training period transformed Wimpod and was followed by major advances across Mark’s team, leaving him to notice Jirachi nearby.

• Mark passed the entrance exams with exceptional scores, demonstrated his brainwave control research to Professor Tao, and qualified for Trainer enrollment.
• Mark rejected Zhao Meisha’s offer of Mega Stones and turned them over with her letter to the Special Investigation Bureau.
• Mark ranked first, became a Provisional Trainer, and hatched a giant Bulbasaur whose compatibility with him exceeded 100 percent.
• Mark trained Bulbasaur in Clear Stream Forest, where it gained the forest’s blessing and rapidly grew through rooting and Growth.
• Mark developed Bulbasaur’s training while also helping Squirtle and Wimpod practice Aura and Transforming Strength, then entered the Stat Point Dream World with his Pokemon.
• Mark and Wimpod trained for decades in the Dream World, where Mark mastered Aura Sphere and Wimpod became a martial arts grandmaster and learned to shift between solid and water forms.
• Mark stopped Wimpod from evolving prematurely by having Jirachi and Caterpie battle it, then the team endured extreme hunger as several Pokemon completed major training breakthroughs.
• Caterpie, Butterfree, Bulbasaur, and Vikavolt gained new abilities and moves, and Mark noticed Jirachi in the distance.

Mark mastered Gigantamax technology, gained the Bulbasaur Sage’s favor, and won the Baby Cup after defeating Aimo. Yan Yong challenged him for the title of Top Freshman, and their battle began with Caterpie decisively defeating Magmar.

• Jirachi gave Mark a Dynamax Band and showed him a Pink Giant Mushroom, prompting Mark to connect Gigantamaxing and the mushrooms to the Chaotic Pokemon Tide.
• Mark Gigantamaxed Caterpie and proposed making Gigantamax training part of Clear Stream Gym, then affiliated the Gym with Hack Pokemon Academy and became head of its Dynamax Laboratory.
• Mark split Duo Magnemite into Multi-Magnemite, developed its mechanical-arm powers, and began exploring Cyber Martial Arts while preparing for the Baby Cup.
• Mark entered Miao Miao Mountain, where the Bulbasaur Sage helped Bulbasaur complete its Rooting and granted Mark the Longevity Technique in exchange for building an entrance near Clear Stream Forest.
• Mark returned after more than twenty days to learn that Aya’s Magikarp had evolved into Gyarados and that the Baby Cup was about to begin, while John discovered a letter ordering him to investigate and kidnap Mark.
• Mark defeated Aimo in the Baby Cup with Bulbasaur, then Yan Yong forfeited the final and challenged Mark to a battle for the title of Top Freshman.
• After receiving his tournament rewards and studying Yan Yong’s Pokémon, Mark began their three-on-three battle, where Gigantamax Caterpie defeated Yan Yong’s Magmar.

Mark’s Pokémon faced new trials as Wimpod found courage, evolved into Golisopod, and rescued a rare Zapdos egg, while Mark uncovered the Amakusa Company’s abuses. The arc ended with Leafeon safe in Clear Stream Village and Mark bringing the Company’s supplies and Magnet Pokémon back to Clear Stream Forest.

• Mark defeated Yan Yong’s team, and Wimpod left him to seek its own courage while Mark learned he was a reserve member of Hack Pokemon Academy’s representative team.
• Cai Chen and the Amakusa Company ambushed Mark, but Mark captured them and learned that Amakusa Seeds could strengthen Pokémon while fostering loyalty to the Company.
• Wimpod infiltrated Pika Power Plant, evolved into Golisopod while drawing Zapdos away from Hack City, and returned to Mark with a Fighting-type Pokémon Egg.
• The Egg hatched into Little Zapdos, and Mark helped it release red lightning before catching it after it chose to stay with him.
• Mark and Bulbasaur entered Miao Miao Mountain, where Bulbasaur Sage purified an Amakusa Seed and revealed that Leafeon was connected to its sorrowful aura.
• Mark ate an Amakusa Seed and became a Grass-type Special Ability User, then traveled to Magnetic Origin Mountain and found the Amakusa Company base abandoned.
• Mark and Cai Ergou found Leafeon fused into a seed-producing plant, freed it, and helped it learn that its beloved master Corinne had died long ago.
• Mark’s group recovered Leafeon’s keepsakes and useful supplies, gathered nearly twenty thousand Magnet Pokemon, and returned to Clear Stream Forest, where Leafeon began exploring the village.