Recaps

Xia You stopped James from being swindled by a Magikarp Salesman and bought the Magikarp for five hundred. He left with a Pokémon he expected would soon evolve into a Gyarados.

• The man in a suit defeated a boy's Starmie with Raticate, and Ash rushed forward to challenge him with Butterfree.
• Xia You left the crowd and spotted James listening to the Magikarp Salesman's promise that a Magikarp could produce gold.
• Xia You questioned the sales pitch, prompting James to realize he was being tricked and storm away.
• The Magikarp Salesman tried to make Xia You pay for ruining the sale, but Kirlia frightened him into backing off.
• Xia You negotiated the Magikarp's price down to five hundred and bought it.

Xia You caught Looker breaking into a cabin and learned that the International Police officer was investigating Team Rocket aboard the S.S. Anne. After the ship departed and its communications were jammed, Xia You returned to the main hall and found Ash looking miserable despite winning a battle.

• Xia You followed a suspicious man and caught him picking a cabin lock after he disabled the corridor camera.
• Xia You identified the man as Looker, who admitted he was an International Police officer investigating Team Rocket in Kanto.
• Xia You told Looker that a group of people had boarded the ship in disguise, and Looker suspected they were Team Rocket members planning something big.
• The S.S. Anne departed, and Looker discovered that the ship's signal jamming prevented him from contacting headquarters.
• Xia You returned to the main hall and found Misty and Brock eating while Ash sat beside them looking forlorn, though he said he had won his battle.

Team Rocket hijacked the S.S. Anne and stole passengers’ Pokémon, but Xia You helped Looker defeat the operation’s commander, Lambda. Lambda escaped in a smokescreen, leaving the conflict unresolved.

• Misty told Xia You that Ash had traded his Butterfree for a Raticate, and Xia You left Ash to handle his regret himself.
• Team Rocket stormed the ship’s hall, used suction machines to steal Poké Balls, and began battling the passengers.
• Ash, Misty, and Brock joined the fight while Xia You spotted Looker battling Lambda on the second-floor corridor.
• Xia You ordered Kirlia to use Confusion, helping Looker defeat Lambda’s Pokémon and disrupt Team Rocket’s raid.
• Lambda used Weezing’s Smokescreen to escape with his Pokémon before Looker could capture him.

After Looker and Xia You stopped the Team Rocket robbery, a storm capsized the S.S. Anne and sank it to the seabed. Xia You, Ash, Misty, and Brock searched the overturned ship for an escape route, but the submerged stairwell left them trapped.

• Xia You urged Looker to focus on the remaining Team Rocket members, and they helped defeat the robbers before Looker left.
• A violent storm struck the S.S. Anne, and the captain fled in a lifeboat as the passengers rushed to escape.
• Xia You found Ash trading Butterfree with a suited man, but Ash dropped Butterfree's Poké Ball during a lurch and chased it into a corridor with Misty and Brock.
• Xia You chose to follow them instead of leaving alone, and a powerful wave overturned the S.S. Anne and carried it to the seabed.
• Xia You woke Ash, Misty, and Brock, then led them through the sinking ship, but they found the stairwell completely submerged.

Trapped underwater in the sunken S.S. Anne, Xia You and the others found a way to cooperate with Team Rocket and planned an escape. The group agreed to breach the hull in a flooded section and use floating bottles for extra air as they swam toward the surface.

• Misty sent Goldeen to search underwater, and it returned carrying the nearly drowned Team Rocket Trio.
• Ash, Brock, and Team Rocket prepared to fight until Misty and Xia You persuaded them to form a temporary truce.
• The group learned Team Rocket had been swept into the flooded cabin after breaking through the hull to escape the capsized ship.
• Misty proposed breaking through the hull beneath the engine room, but Xia You warned that rushing water and rising seawater could trap them.
• Xia You suggested breaking through a flooded section of the hull and using floating air-filled bottles for extra breaths, and the group agreed to follow his plan.

Xia You and the others escaped the sinking ship through a broken window, with their Pokémon towing them toward the surface. After rescuing Jessie and James from tangled ropes and lending Misty his breathing device, Xia You and the group reached the surface safely.

• Misty, Xia You, and Ash sent their Pokémon to break a hole in the ship’s window, and Brock tied the group to the Pokémon with clotheslines.
• Xia You sent Magikarp to tow Jessie and James, then made Meowth a hostage to ensure the trio cooperated.
• Xia You prepared his belongings and breathing gear, and the group left the ship through the broken window.
• Jessie and James became tangled while being pulled upward, so Xia You, Misty, and Meowth helped free them.
• Jessie accidentally kicked Misty, causing her to lose her air, and Xia You gave her his breathing device.
• Xia You and Misty swam upward with Squirtle and James’s help, and the group emerged safely at the surface.

After escaping the S.S. Anne’s wreck, Xia You and his companions reached Maiden's Peak and rested at the Pokémon Center. They woke at dusk and set out together to join the town’s summer festival.

• Ash and Brock pulled Xia You, Misty, and the Team Rocket Trio onto a makeshift platform after the shipwreck.
• Misty thanked Xia You for saving her, while Ash sent Pidgeotto to search for help; Pidgeotto found a port town nearby.
• The group reached Maiden's Peak, where Jessie, James, and Meowth said farewell and ran off.
• Xia You spotted a mysterious woman in white near a pier, but she vanished before Ash and Misty could see her.
• Nurse Joy told the group that Maiden's Peak was holding its summer festival, and they went to rest at the Pokémon Center.
• At dusk, Xia You woke Ash and Brock, gathered Misty, and joined the festival crowd following the parade floats.

Xia You and his companions attended the summer festival, where Brock recognized the woman from the dock in a shrine painting depicting the legend of Maiden Rock. They went to the cliff at night to see the rock, but a glowing figure emerged from the hut behind them.

• Xia You bought snacks for the group and gave Misty a hair clip as they explored the festival.
• A disguised Gastly warned Xia You and Brock to beware of beautiful women, but Misty led the group away.
• At the shrine, Brock recognized the woman from the dock in a two-thousand-year-old painting and learned the legend of Maiden Rock.
• Brock asked where Maiden Rock was, and Xia You and the others climbed to the seaside cliff to see it.
• Xia You summoned Charmander and Jolteon when the night grew dark, and Misty saw a glowing figure float out of the hut.

At Maiden's Peak, Xia You and his companions discovered that the ghost haunting them was Gastly, which put them to sleep with Hypnosis. Kirlia freed Xia You's Pokémon, but Gastly took Brock away, leaving Xia You to wake among his scattered Pokémon.

• The ghost disguised as the woman in the portrait bewitched Brock and pulled Xia You and Brock toward her, but Misty held onto Xia You while Charmander and Jolteon attacked.
• The ghost summoned flying skeletons, and Xia You identified it as Gastly after scanning it with the Pokédex.
• Gastly used Hypnosis to put Xia You, Ash, Misty, and their Pokémon to sleep, then began carrying Brock away.
• Kirlia emerged from Xia You's Poké Ball and used Confusion to release his other Pokémon, including Zapdos.
• Gastly decided to take only Brock and left with him, and Xia You later woke beside Kirlia and his other Pokémon.

Xia You searched for Gastly after rescuing Brock from the energy-draining ghost and challenged Gastly to a battle at Maiden Rock. The battle began with Jolteon dodging Gastly’s Shadow Ball and counterattacking with Pin Missile.

• Xia You woke Misty and Ash, told them Brock had disappeared, and led them to Maiden Shrine, where they found him unconscious.
• Xia You concluded that the two-thousand-year-old ghost had drained Brock’s energy with Gastly’s help, and Nurse Joy confirmed that Brock was exhausted but safe.
• Xia You left the Pokémon Center to find Gastly, hoping to catch the speaking Ghost-type as a partner for his journey toward the Indigo Conference.
• Xia You found Gastly at Maiden Rock and sent out Jolteon to battle it, while Gastly countered Thunder Shock with Shadow Ball.
• Jolteon dodged Gastly’s Shadow Ball and launched Pin Missile.

Xia You and his Pokémon challenged Gastly, but Gastly defeated them all with its powerful Hypnosis and Dream Eater. Gastly called the battle a draw and chose to join Xia You, hoping to travel and help him become champion.

• Gastly revealed that its Hypnosis could affect the real world, then paralyzed and knocked out Jolteon.
• Xia You sent Kirlia, Ivysaur, Squirtle, and Charmander to attack Gastly together.
• Gastly put Xia You’s Pokémon to sleep and used Dream Eater to defeat them.
• Gastly said Xia You had not lost and proposed calling the battle a draw.
• Gastly told Xia You it wanted to travel with him and willingly become his Pokémon.

Xia You caught Gastly, who chose to travel outside its Poké Ball, and helped the Ghost type at Maiden Rock share her undying love. He stayed behind to preserve the legend by writing a story, and Yoshino Cerise proposed adapting it into a manga.

• Gastly entered Xia You’s Poké Ball but immediately came back out, explaining that it disliked the cramped darkness and preferred to stay free.
• The Ghost type thanked Gastly for reviving her legend, and Gastly promised to look for her lover and convey her feelings.
• Xia You returned to the Pokémon Center, where Gastly apologized to Brock for its earlier prank, then asked Brock to leave with Ash when they woke.
• After Ash, Brock, and Misty departed, Xia You wrote a story about Maiden Rock and sent it to Chloe to ask Yoshino Cerise for illustrations.
• Yoshino Cerise called Xia You, agreed to help, and suggested making the story into a manga instead of adding illustrations.

Xia You visited Yoshino Cerise to review the manga pages she had drawn from his story, then continued to Saffron City to challenge its Gym. He arrived at the deserted Gym and found people practicing psychic powers inside a room.

• Xia You agreed to Yoshino Cerise's plan to adapt his story into a manga and spent two days gathering reference material at Maiden's Peak.
• Xia You visited the Cerise family and praised Yoshino's first twenty-odd manga pages; Gastly startled Sota before the family welcomed Xia You to lunch.
• Xia You showed the Cerise family photographs from the S.S. Anne, and they reacted with surprise and admiration at his escape from the sinking ship.
• Xia You traveled to Saffron City with Kirlia and Gastly, learning that Ash and his friends had earned the Marsh Badge after catching a Haunter in Lavender Town.
• Xia You entered the Saffron Gym and saw people in white lab coats practicing psychic powers by staring at spoons.

Xia You challenged Sabrina at the Saffron Gym and chose Kirlia to battle her Kadabra. Their match began with Kirlia's Confusion being overpowered, then Kirlia launched Magical Leaf as Kadabra teleported away.

• Xia You met Sabrina's father, who warned him that trainers without psychic powers could not bring out a Psychic-type Pokémon's full strength.
• Sabrina recognized the mischief around Xia You and agreed to a one-on-one Gym battle.
• Sabrina sent out Kadabra, while Xia You chose Kirlia instead of Gastly.
• Ash's Haunter appeared and happily reunited with Gastly before the battle began.
• Kirlia's Confusion lost to Kadabra's, and Kadabra dodged Kirlia's Magical Leaf with Teleport.

Xia You defeated Sabrina’s Kadabra with Kirlia by using a false command to disguise Magical Leaf, earning the Marsh Badge and his fourth Gym Badge. After stocking up on supplies, he noticed smoke and sparks coming from Silph Co., where a battle appeared to be underway.

• Xia You and Kirlia countered Kadabra’s Teleport and Psybeam, bringing the battle to an even match.
• Xia You used a false command to make Sabrina expect Confusion while Kirlia attacked with Magical Leaf, injuring Kadabra.
• Kirlia interrupted Kadabra’s Recover, then overwhelmed him with Magical Leaf and Disarming Voice to win the battle.
• Sabrina awarded Xia You the Marsh Badge, giving him four Badges toward the Indigo Conference.
• Xia You bought Great Balls and Pokémon pouches, then spotted smoke and sparks coming from Silph Co.

Xia You discovered Team Rocket’s takeover of Silph Co. and alerted Looker, who recruited Sabrina to help investigate. They planned to enter the building together to find out what Team Rocket was doing.

• Xia You spotted Team Rocket members herding researchers inside Silph Co. and called the police, but they dismissed his report as a prank.
• Xia You deduced how Team Rocket had used false alarms and disturbances around the city to keep police from stopping its takeover.
• Xia You sent Looker photos of the scene and explained his suspicions, but Looker said the evidence was too weak to convince the authorities.
• Looker asked Xia You to investigate and promised to seek help from the Pokémon League.
• Sabrina arrived after the League contacted her, and Xia You explained the situation before proposing that they enter Silph Co. together.

Xia You and Sabrina infiltrated Silph Co. through a neighboring building and learned that Team Rocket had gathered its employees under guard while concentrating most of its forces on the lower and upper floors. They decided to rescue the company president, while Gastly went to disable the surveillance system.

• Xia You and Sabrina entered a neighboring office building, then used Kirlia's Teleport and Sabrina's psychic flight to reach a deserted office in Silph Co.
• Xia You sent Gastly to scout, and Gastly reported that few Team Rocket members were on the middle floors and that the employees were being guarded but appeared safe.
• Xia You proposed finding the president and getting him to safety, and Sabrina agreed to help.
• Xia You spotted a camera in the corridor and sent Gastly to the Control Room to disable the surveillance system before they moved.
• In the Control Room, a Team Rocket member found his partner slumped motionless over the console after Gastly had entered the area.

Gastly knocked out two Team Rocket guards and disabled the surveillance system, allowing Xia You and Sabrina to slip toward the stairs. They hid in a locker when Rocket members entered a recreation room and overheard their captain reveal that Team Rocket was after Silph Co.'s Master Ball.

• Gastly knocked out the guards, destroyed the surveillance control panel, and impersonated one guard over the walkie-talkie.
• Xia You and Sabrina left the Fifteenth Floor office after seeing the surveillance camera go dark, but hid in a recreation-room locker when Rocket members approached.
• Sabrina used Confusion to keep the locker shut while a Team Rocket member checked it.
• The captain let his team rest for five minutes after they finished searching the recreation room.
• The captain told the Rocket members that their main target was Silph Co.'s Master Ball, which could catch any Pokémon with a one hundred percent success rate.

Xia You and Sabrina fought their way through Silph Co. as Team Rocket searched for them and pursued them toward the top floor. There, they encountered Lance, while Giovanni had already departed by helicopter with the Master Ball still missing.

• Xia You and Sabrina left the recreation room after hiding from Team Rocket, then headed upstairs with Gastly.
• Sabrina turned several Team Rocket grunts into dolls, and Xia You used Gastly and Kirlia to knock down more grunts as they fled upward.
• Giovanni questioned the Silph Co. president about the Master Ball and ordered Lance to stop Sabrina and the other intruder from escaping alive.
• Xia You and Sabrina reached the top floor as Giovanni's helicopter disappeared into the distance, then found Lance and Team Rocket grunts blocking their path.

Xia You and Sabrina fought their way through Team Rocket’s headquarters, where Athena revealed herself as another executive and challenged Xia You. The chapter ended with Athena’s Arbok and Murkrow facing Xia You’s Pokémon in the President’s Office.

• Xia You sent out Zapdos, which incapacitated most of the Team Rocket members while Kirlia teleported Xia You and Sabrina out of the attack’s range.
• Lance released Zubat and Weezing and tried to stop Xia You, but Sabrina stayed behind with Zapdos and Gastly to confront him.
• Xia You reached the President’s Office, found the old man, and learned that Giovanni had already left by helicopter.
• Athena appeared in the office, introduced herself as a Team Rocket executive and researcher, and refused to let Xia You and the old man leave.
• Athena sent out Arbok and Murkrow, and Xia You released Ivysaur, Squirtle, Charmander, and Jolteon to face them.

Xia You and Sabrina helped drive Team Rocket out of Silph Co. and rescued the company’s president, Silph. After Silph gave Xia You a Master Ball in thanks, Xia You and Sabrina parted ways outside the building.

• Xia You and his Pokémon overwhelmed Athena’s Murkrow and Arbok, forcing Athena to flee from Silph Co. with Murkrow’s help.
• Xia You found Sabrina in the hallway and learned that Team Rocket had retreated, taking its unconscious members with them.
• Xia You urged Sabrina to call the police and sent Gastly to check for nearby dangers while the researchers remained locked up elsewhere.
• Silph introduced himself as the company’s president and gave Xia You a Master Ball as thanks for saving him and Silph Co.
• Xia You and Sabrina left before the police arrived, and Sabrina said goodbye to Xia You outside the building, predicting they would meet again.

Xia You set out from Saffron City for Celadon City after speaking with Looker, then met Gary on the road and challenged him to a battle. Gary refused and continued toward Viridian City, while Xia You later questioned whether his Magikarp could evolve without James’s help.

• Xia You declined Looker’s offer to join the International Police, and Looker said he had not found Team Rocket’s base in Celadon City.
• Xia You left Saffron City and traveled toward Celadon City to challenge its Gym Leader.
• Gary recognized Xia You as the trainer who had sent Samurai after Pallet Town trainers, and the two compared their Gym Badges.
• Xia You invited Gary to battle, but Gary refused and said they could meet at the Indigo Conference.
• Xia You camped and let Magikarp swim in the river, realizing the Pokémon was male and still had not evolved.
• Xia You asked Gastly how to make Magikarp evolve quickly, and Gastly laughed that evolution was not difficult.

Xia You helped Magikarp evolve into Gyarados by using it to strike a weakened Weedle, but the newly evolved Pokémon immediately went on a rampage. Xia You ordered his Pokémon to teach Gyarados a lesson and establish his authority.

• Gastly evolved into Haunter and failed to communicate with Magikarp, so Haunter suggested that a battle might trigger Magikarp's evolution.
• Xia You sent his Pokémon to find a wild opponent, and Kirlia found a sleeping Weedle in the nearby forest.
• Charmander weakened Weedle with Ember, and Xia You repeatedly slammed Magikarp into it until Weedle fainted.
• Magikarp evolved into Gyarados, which began attacking Xia You and the surrounding Pokémon.
• Xia You told his Pokémon to fight Gyarados and teach it who was in charge.

Xia You defeated and calmed his Gyarados, then continued toward Celadon City, unaware that Giovanni had ordered Jessie and James to delay him while another team targeted an International Police officer there. In Celadon City, Xia You visited a perfume shop run by Gym Leader Erika and asked her to choose gifts for Chloe, Misty, Sabrina, and Yoshino Cerise.

• Xia You defeated Gyarados with Jolteon's final electric attack and calmed it by rubbing its horn.
• Matori reported Xia You's actions to Giovanni, who ordered Jessie and James to delay him and the Matori Matrix to target an International Police officer in Celadon City.
• Xia You reached Celadon City and followed a strong fragrance into a perfume shop.
• Xia You recognized the shop's manager as Erika, the Celadon Gym Leader, and asked her to recommend perfumes for Chloe, Misty, Sabrina, and Yoshino Cerise.
• Erika pointed out four signature floral perfumes suited to the personalities Xia You described.

Xia You bought perfume and a Gengar mask in Celadon City, then followed a message from Looker to a warehouse by the freight railway station. He found a blood trail leading inside and learned from Haunter that someone there was gravely injured.

• Xia You bought four perfumes from Erika and headed to the Celadon Game Corner after he couldn't reach Looker.
• Xia You bargained for a Gengar mask to hide his identity and played games while Jessie, James, and Meowth watched him and planned to attack after he left.
• Xia You received a location pin from Looker and followed it to warehouses near the freight railway station.
• Xia You sent Haunter to check the area, and Haunter reported a gravely injured person inside a nearby warehouse.
• Xia You followed the blood trail through the damaged warehouse entrance.