Recaps

Lin Guang searched Black Cloud City’s polluted power plant for the Legendary Pokémon Zapdos, while Mio Takamiya and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki reluctantly accompanied him. After hours without a sign of it, Lin Guang used Mind's Eye to locate Zapdos beside the largest generator.

• Lin Guang brought Mio Takamiya and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki to the power plant, believing an injured Zapdos might be there to absorb electricity.
• Lin Guang sent out Charmeleon, which swiftly defeated the Electric-type Pokémon they encountered as the group searched the plant.
• Mio Takamiya and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki urged Lin Guang to leave after they found no sign of Zapdos, but agreed to give him one final hour.
• Lin Guang used Mind's Eye to sense the entire power plant and found Zapdos in the largest generator chamber.

Lin Guang and his companions discovered that Zapdos had been hiding in the power plant’s generator, but watched it fly away rather than trying to catch it. On the road to Fuchsia City, Lin Guang revealed Dialga to Mio Takamiya and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, showing how much it had grown and giving it Time Crystals before it returned to its Time Rift.

• Lin Guang, Mio Takamiya, and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki realized Zapdos had been recovering inside the power plant’s generator and sensed it preparing to leave.
• Lin Guang and his companions went outside and watched Zapdos fly away, then left Black Cloud City for Fuchsia City.
• Mio Takamiya and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki questioned why Lin Guang had given up on catching Zapdos, and Lin Guang explained that he could have brought out Diki, whose original name was Dialga.
• Lin Guang summoned Dialga, which first appeared at Pikachu’s size, then grew to 3.87 meters before shrinking again.
• Lin Guang gave Dialga Time Crystals, and Dialga carried them back into its Time Rift.
• Mio Takamiya asked whether Diki was a Legendary Pokémon, and Lin Guang confirmed it; Mio believed her Pikachu’s unusual techniques could still help her defeat Dialga.

Lin Guang and his companions reached the Fuchsia Gym, where they navigated its traps and met the ninja Ayako. Lin Guang accepted Ayako’s one-on-one battle, and Pupitar shrugged off Venonat’s attacks before Lin Guang ordered a counterattack.

• Lin Guang, Mio Takamiya, and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki found the secluded Fuchsia Gym and noticed a Pokémon watching them.
• Lin Guang spotted the hidden entrance and led his companions through the gym’s mechanisms, while Ayako secretly tested them with traps.
• Ayako revealed herself in the dojo and challenged Lin Guang to a one-Pokémon battle.
• Ayako sent out Venonat, and Lin Guang chose Pupitar, explaining that it was a rare Pokémon in Kanto.
• Venonat struck Pupitar with Stun Spore and Psywave, but neither attack affected him, so Lin Guang ordered Pupitar to use Thrash.

Lin Guang defeated Ayako and began a two-on-two Gym battle against Koga for the Soul Badge. After Charmeleon defeated Koga’s Venomoth and Golbat, Lin Guang told Charmeleon it could evolve.

• Lin Guang’s Pupitar defeated Ayako’s Venonat, and Koga appeared and identified himself as the Fuchsia Gym Leader.
• Lin Guang and Koga agreed to a two-on-two battle for the Soul Badge and sent out Charmeleon and Venonat, which evolved into Venomoth.
• Charmeleon burned away Venomoth’s Stun Spore and defeated it with Flamethrower.
• Koga sent out Golbat, which attacked Charmeleon with Wing Attack, Confuse Ray, and Poison Fang.
• Lin Guang directed Charmeleon to use Dragon Claw, and Charmeleon defeated Golbat before Lin Guang told it to evolve.

Lin Guang defeated Koga and received the Soul Badge after his Charmeleon evolved into a permanent Mega-Evolved Dragon-type Charizard. Mio Takamiya and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki then challenged Koga and earned their own badges, leaving the group ready to continue toward the Quartz Conference.

• Lin Guang used the Dragon Talisman's power during Charmeleon's evolution, awakening its dragon bloodline and creating a black-and-blue Mega-Evolved Charizard that needed no Mega Stone.
• Lin Guang explained Mega Evolution to Koga, then received the Soul Badge for defeating him and gained Gastly as a system reward.
• Lin Guang asked Koga to accept challenges from his companions, and Koga agreed to hold two more battles that day.
• Mio Takamiya defeated Koga's second-team Pokémon and earned the Soul Badge, increasing her Pokémon's resilience by 20%.
• Kaguya Ōtsutsuki defeated Koga's remaining second-team Pokémon and earned the Fuchsia Badge, increasing her Pokémon's abilities by 5% when battling at a type disadvantage.

Lin Guang, Mio Takamiya, and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki entered the Safari Zone to catch Pokémon, while warden Caesar secretly followed Lin Guang out of concern that he might seek Dratini. Lin Guang caught a Shiny Rhyhorn and an Eevee, and continued searching for the Pokémon he wanted.

• Lin Guang and his companions showed their Pokédexes to warden Caesar, heard the Safari Zone rules, and took fewer than thirty Safari Balls each.
• The three split up to search for Pokémon, while Caesar secretly followed Lin Guang, suspecting he wanted Dratini.
• Lin Guang found a solitary Shiny Rhyhorn, which accepted his offer to become partners, and caught it with one Safari Ball.
• Lin Guang fed a wild Eevee and caught it after it warmed to him.

Lin Guang caught Scyther in the Safari Zone and joined Mio Takamiya, who received Dragonair’s Dratini. After the group left the Safari Zone, Lin Guang transferred two Pokémon to Professor Oak, whose laboratory received them at the end.

• Lin Guang defeated Scyther with a branch and caught it with his last Safari Zone Poké Ball.
• Old Caesar hurried to Dragon Valley after hearing a commotion, and Lin Guang followed.
• Dragonair entrusted her child, Dratini, to Mio Takamiya before flying away.
• Lin Guang, Mio Takamiya, and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki finished their Safari Zone catches, and Lin Guang transferred two Pokémon to Professor Oak.
• Professor Oak welcomed Lin Guang’s transferred Pokémon as their Poké Balls opened in his laboratory.

Lin Guang watched Ash's Primeape win a Pokémon fighting tournament and saw Hitmonchan's trainer try to claim it. Just as Ash was about to agree, a mysterious voice asked whether he planned to abandon his Pokémon.

• Lin Guang sent Gyarados and the red Rhyhorn to Professor Oak's laboratory, where Gyarados subdued Rhyhorn and Professor Oak began researching it.
• Lin Guang watched Ash enter a Pokémon fighting tournament, where Primeape defeated Machop after Ash caught it when it was thrown from the ring.
• Jessie and James defeated Brock's Geodude, and their Hitmonlee beat Hitmonchan in the other semifinal.
• Ash's Primeape defeated Jessie and James's Hitmonlee after Pikachu foiled their tricks, winning the Champion's Belt.
• Hitmonchan's trainer asked Ash to leave Primeape in his care, and a mysterious voice questioned Ash as he was about to agree.

Ash reaffirmed that he would train Primeape himself after Anmu insulted him, while Lin Guang and his companions discussed Eevee’s possible evolutions on the way to Stone Town. The chapter ended with Pikachu deciding to sneak into Lin Guang’s place and use his Thunder Stone to evolve.

• Ash realized he had misunderstood Primeape’s trust and promised to raise him into the strongest Fighting-type Pokémon.
• Anmu revealed his contempt for Ash and left, strengthening Ash’s resolve to train Primeape.
• Lin Guang suggested that Kaguya Ōtsutsuki might help Eevee evolve by gradually strengthening its body with her power.
• Lin Guang, Mio Takamiya, and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki discussed Eevee’s possible evolutions as they traveled to Stone Town.
• Mio Takamiya asked about Lin Guang’s Thunder Stone, and Pikachu decided to sneak over that night and use it.

Lin Guang and his companions discovered the youngest Eevee brother hiding his Pokémon to protect it from being forced to evolve, and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki provided Eevee with shelter. That night, Pikachu secretly took a Thunder Stone from Lin Guang’s bag and began evolving before Lin Guang could stop him.

• Lin Guang, Mio Takamiya, and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki followed a wealthy little boy out of Stone Town and overheard him asking Eevee to hide from his brothers.
• Mio Takamiya explained that the boy’s three older brothers each had an evolved Eevee and wanted him to choose which evolution was strongest.
• The boy tied Eevee beside a tree and returned to town, so Kaguya Ōtsutsuki conjured a small wooden shelter for Eevee.
• Pikachu slipped away from Mio Takamiya late at night and entered Lin Guang’s room to rummage through his bag.
• Pikachu touched a Thunder Stone and began evolving before Lin Guang could stop him.

Pikachu secretly used Lin Guang’s Thunder Stone and evolved into Raichu, while Mio Takamiya teased Lin Guang about it. After leaving Eevee with its young master, Lin Guang and his group continued their journey and reached the Grand Canyon.

• Pikachu evolved into Raichu after secretly using Lin Guang’s Thunder Stone, and explained that it wanted to get stronger and help its master.
• Mio Takamiya admitted she had found Raichu the previous night and teased Lin Guang by pretending Pikachu had found the Thunder Stone on its own.
• The little boy returned to Eevee, hugged it, and told it that his older brothers would force it to evolve; Eevee obediently went back to the hut to wait for him.
• Lin Guang chose not to get involved in Eevee’s situation, and he and Mio Takamiya discussed how he had given her an ordinary life instead of the ending she had planned.
• Lin Guang, Mio Takamiya, and their group bypassed Dark City and Neon City and arrived at the Grand Canyon.

Lin Guang and his companions entered the Underground World beneath the Grand Canyon to find a living Aerodactyl. They located a powerful Shiny Aerodactyl carrying a Mega Stone, and Lin Guang began a battle with Charizard to catch it.

• Lin Guang explained that he wanted to catch an Aerodactyl in the Underground World and used a Space Gate to take Kaguya Ōtsutsuki and Mio Takamiya underground.
• The companions found sleeping Omanyte, Omastar, Kabuto, and Kabutops, but left them undisturbed as they searched for Aerodactyl.
• Lin Guang sensed an Aerodactyl more than a thousand meters away and teleported the group near it.
• Lin Guang tried to catch the sleeping Shiny Aerodactyl with a Poké Ball, but it broke free before the ball hit the ground.
• The Shiny Aerodactyl awoke with golden pupils and a Mega Stone in its claw, and Lin Guang sent out Charizard to battle it.

Lin Guang and Charizard battled the ancient Shiny Aerodactyl, whose speed and strength made him their toughest opponent yet. After Charizard won with Blast Burn, Lin Guang healed them, took Aerodactyl’s Mega Stone, and prepared to catch him.

• Charizard overpowered Shiny Aerodactyl in their opening Dragon Claw clash, then kept pace with him and landed another hit despite Aerodactyl’s Agility.
• Lin Guang directed Charizard’s pursuit as both Pokémon used Dragon Dance and traded Flamethrower and Stone Edge before their dragon auras collided and sent them crashing to the ground.
• Shiny Aerodactyl Mega Evolved and launched a powerful Stone Edge, while Charizard unleashed his Explosive Power through Blast Burn.
• Charizard’s Blast Burn melted through the stone blades and defeated Mega Shiny Aerodactyl, who reverted and acknowledged their strength.
• Lin Guang healed Charizard and Shiny Aerodactyl, took Aerodactyl’s Mega Stone, and brought out a Poké Ball to catch him.

Lin Guang kept Shiny Aerodactyl hidden from Professor Oak’s researchers and continued traveling with his companions as his Pokémon grew stronger. When Kaguya Ōtsutsuki sensed extraordinary natural energy gathering in a forest, Lin Guang suspected they had found the Miraculous Garden, where Bulbasaur gathered to celebrate evolution.

• Lin Guang caught Shiny Aerodactyl, returned Mime Jr. to Professor Oak’s laboratory, and used his psychic power to calm the awakened Kabutops and Omastar.
• Over the following month, Shiny Aerodactyl befriended Charizard, Pupitar evolved into Shiny Tyranitar, and Scyther learned a Breathing Style.
• Lin Guang observed how his Pokémon and those of Mio Takamiya and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki had developed during their travels.
• While the group rested in a forest, flowers bloomed and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki sensed natural energy gathering deeper among the trees.
• Lin Guang suspected they had reached the Miraculous Garden, and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki said she thought she knew where it was.

Ivysaur followed the power of nature to the Mysterious Garden, hoping to evolve and break through to Mega Evolution. As its evolution began to fail, Lin Guang urged Kaguya Ōtsutsuki to give it God Tree Heart Essence, and she did so.

• Ivysaur led Lin Guang, Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, and Mio Takamiya toward the Mysterious Garden, where Kaguya Ōtsutsuki explained Ivysaur wanted to risk reaching Mega Evolution.
• Ivysaur entered the Mysterious Garden during the Bulbasaur Evolution Ceremony, and Venusaur emerged to lead it.
• Venusaur released pollen to help the Bulbasaur evolve, but Ivysaur absorbed it all, provoking Venusaur and the Bulbasaur to attack.
• Ivysaur fought off the Bulbasaur with Vine Whip and began evolving, attempting to break through the barrier to Mega Evolution.
• As Ivysaur's evolution faltered, Lin Guang told Kaguya Ōtsutsuki to give it God Tree Heart Essence, and she dropped a small amount onto Ivysaur.

Kaguya Ōtsutsuki's Ivysaur evolved twice in succession into a powerful Mega Venusaur, and the group continued on to Cinnabar Island. There, Blaine disguised himself and challenged Lin Guang with riddles, hinting that his Gym was nearby.

• As Ivysaur's evolution light weakened, it suddenly brightened again, and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki's Ivysaur evolved first into Venusaur and then into Mega Venusaur.
• Mega Venusaur refused to let Venusaur resume the interrupted evolution ceremony, gave it some power of nature, and returned affectionately to Kaguya Ōtsutsuki.
• Lin Guang and his companions rode Gyarados to Cinnabar Island, where Lin Guang explained that the island had become a hot-spring tourist destination.
• Disguised as a middle-aged man, Blaine challenged the group to a riddle, and Lin Guang answered correctly.
• Kaguya Ōtsutsuki recognized Blaine, and Lin Guang indirectly revealed his identity before Blaine hinted that his Gym was right before them.

Lin Guang and his companions found Blaine by solving his riddles and discovered the hidden Cinnabar Gym beneath the hot springs. Blaine revealed himself as the Gym Leader and prepared to face Lin Guang.

• Blaine disguised himself and gave Lin Guang a postcard riddle that led to his inn.
• Lin Guang solved the riddle, and Blaine offered the group a free night at the inn and another riddle to find the Gym.
• Lin Guang, Mio Takamiya, and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki soaked in the hot springs, where Mio accidentally activated the Gyarados-shaped spout and opened the Gym entrance.
• Lin Guang and his companions descended through the passage and reached a battlefield suspended above boiling magma.
• Blaine challenged Lin Guang with a final riddle, and Lin Guang answered that the solution was a wig.
• Blaine removed his disguise and confirmed that Lin Guang had recognized him from the start.

Lin Guang challenged Blaine to a three-on-three Gym battle and defeated his Nine-Tails with Gyarados. He then sent out his shiny Tyranitar against Blaine’s Rhydon, and their clash began with Tyranitar landing a Brick Break.

• Blaine explained the three-on-three battle rules and sent out Nine-Tails as his first Pokémon.
• Lin Guang chose Gyarados, which countered Nine-Tails’s fire and psychic moves before knocking it out with Aqua Tail.
• Blaine sent out Rhydon, and Lin Guang recalled Gyarados and chose his shiny Tyranitar.
• Tyranitar used Dragon Dance and Brick Break, breaking through Rhydon’s Hammer Arm and striking its abdomen.

Lin Guang's Shiny Tyranitar defeated Blaine's Rhydon, and the trainers sent out Magmar and Mega Fire Dragon for the next match. After their opening clash, both Blaine and Magmar recognized Charizard's Champion-level strength and chose to face it seriously.

• Rhydon used Horn Drill on Shiny Tyranitar, but Tyranitar's defenses prevented it from causing damage.
• Lin Guang ordered Shiny Tyranitar to use point-blank Hyper Beam, knocking Rhydon out.
• Blaine sent out his Pseudo-Champion-level Magmar, and Lin Guang chose Mega Fire Dragon for the next battle.
• Magmar's Fire Punch clashed with Charizard's Dragon Claw, and both Pokémon showed considerable strength.
• Lin Guang told Charizard to get serious, and Blaine recognized that Charizard had reached Champion-level strength.
• Magmar stood firm against Charizard's aura, and Blaine encouraged him to test his strength against Lin Guang's Pokémon.

Lin Guang defeated Blaine’s Magmar to earn the Marsh Badge, and Mio Takamiya and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki also won their Gym challenges during the group’s stay on Cinnabar Island. Before leaving, Lin Guang arranged an Elite Four-level battle with Blaine, who agreed.

• Lin Guang’s Charizard overpowered Blaine’s Magmar with Flamethrower and defeated it with Dragon Rush, earning Lin Guang the Marsh Badge and a system reward that increased his Pokémon’s attack power by 20%.
• During the next three days at Blaine’s inn, Lin Guang’s group faced Blaine’s riddles while Mio Takamiya and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki each challenged the Gym.
• Mio Takamiya defeated Blaine’s Pokémon with Raichu, Pidgeot, and Dragonair, earning the Marsh Badge and a system reward for her Pokémon.
• Kaguya Ōtsutsuki’s Starmie drew with Nine-Tails, Victreebel defeated Rhydon, and Mega Venusaur beat Magmar, earning her the Marsh Badge and a system reward.
• Before the group left Cinnabar Island, Lin Guang asked Blaine for an Elite Four-level battle, and Blaine agreed.

Lin Guang and Blaine fought their final battle at the volcanic crater, where Charizard defeated Blaine’s Arcanine after a fierce clash. Blaine encouraged Lin Guang to pursue the Pokémon League Champion title, and Lin Guang’s group prepared to leave Cinnabar Island.

• Blaine sent out his Elite Four-level Arcanine, and Lin Guang chose Charizard to face it.
• Charizard and Arcanine matched each other’s Flamethrower before Arcanine used Godspeed to strike Charizard.
• Lin Guang had Charizard unleash a powerful Blast Burn, destroying nearly all the crater’s stone pillars and leaving Arcanine with nowhere to dodge.
• Charizard’s Dragon Rush overcame Arcanine’s Flare Blitz, and Charizard caught the falling Arcanine and carried it to safety.
• Blaine acknowledged Arcanine’s defeat and encouraged Lin Guang to pursue the Pokémon League Champion title.
• Lin Guang and his group concluded their trip to Cinnabar Island and prepared to leave.

Lin Guang and his companions returned to Viridian City, where Giovanni’s surveillance and efforts to draw Lin Guang to the Gym revealed that he suspected Lin Guang knew about Mew. Lin Guang discovered Mewtwo restrained inside the Gym and sensed that Mewtwo had become consumed by anger, resentment, and disappointment.

• Lin Guang arrived in Viridian City with Mio Takamiya and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, and they noticed that Team Rocket members were watching them from four directions.
• Lin Guang concluded that Giovanni was steering him toward the Viridian Gym, then used the Sheep Talisman to send his soul there and overheard Giovanni discussing him with an executive.
• Giovanni said he believed Lin Guang might share Mewtwo’s abilities, know about Mew, and come to challenge the Gym.
• Lin Guang searched the Gym and found Mewtwo standing inside a machine, restrained by armor connected to it.
• Lin Guang sensed that Mewtwo’s disposition had changed and that it was filled with anger, resentment, and disappointment, then returned to his body.

Lin Guang challenged Giovanni at the Viridian Gym and sent Gyarados to battle Rhyhorn. After Rhyhorn badly injured Gyarados, Lin Guang offered to give it more power, and Gyarados agreed to endure it so it could keep fighting.

• Lin Guang arrived at the Viridian Gym and formally challenged Giovanni, who accepted a three-Pokémon match.
• Giovanni sent out Rhyhorn, and Lin Guang chose Gyarados.
• Rhyhorn struck Gyarados with Horn Attack and Take Down, then dodged Aqua Tail and hit it with Drill Run.
• Gyarados refused to fall despite its severe injuries, and Lin Guang told it that it had already lost.
• A black aura rose around Gyarados as it demanded to become stronger, and Lin Guang offered to give it power if it could withstand it.

Lin Guang’s Gyarados Mega Evolved and defeated Giovanni’s Rhyhorn, but reverted afterward, so Lin Guang sent out Scyther against Rhydon. Scyther evaded Rhydon’s attacks, and Lin Guang began preparing an unfamiliar move as the battle continued.

• The King of the Elements and the Power Stone awakened Gyarados’s potential, causing it to Mega Evolve and change to Water and Dark typing.
• Gyarados anticipated Rhyhorn’s dodge, landed a super-effective Hydro Pump, and knocked it out.
• Giovanni sent out Rhydon, and Lin Guang recalled his exhausted Gyarados and chose Scyther instead of his stronger Pokémon.
• Scyther used Agility to evade Rhydon’s Mega Punch and Horn Drill, while its Brick Break dealt only limited damage.
• Lin Guang told Scyther to use an unfamiliar move, and Giovanni questioned whether Scyther could Mega Evolve.

Lin Guang defeated Giovanni's Rhydon with Scyther's self-created technique, then faced Mewtwo after Giovanni released it to battle. As the fight with Shiny Tyranitar intensified, Giovanni lost control of Mewtwo and left, promising to settle the matter with Lin Guang later.

• Scyther defeated Giovanni's Rhydon with its self-created move, Dual Blade Flash.
• Giovanni released armored Mewtwo, which used psychic power to slam Scyther into a wall.
• Lin Guang sent out Shiny Tyranitar and battled Mewtwo, whose psychic power could not restrain it.
• Mewtwo blocked Shiny Tyranitar's Hyper Beam and countered with Aura Sphere as the battle grew fiercer.
• Mewtwo's damaged control device stopped working, and Giovanni left after warning Lin Guang that he would come looking for him over Mewtwo.