Recaps

May and Munchlax defeated Daimi in a battle, and Xia You and May persuaded Daimi to leave home and travel. The chapter ended with Daimi giving May an Eevee Egg as thanks.

• Munchlax endured Vileplume's attacks, then struck it down with Focus Punch and defeated it after May ordered Solar Beam.
• Xia You encouraged Daimi to travel, and May revealed that he was the Indigo Conference Champion.
• Xia You demonstrated Gardevoir's strength, and May shared her Coordinator experiences until Daimi decided to set out on a journey.
• Xia You, May, and Daimi's family watched a Vulpix hatch at the farm.
• Daimi gave May an Eevee Egg to thank her and Xia You for encouraging her to travel.

May accepted Daimi’s mysterious egg and prepared to enter the Guiluba Pokémon Contest, while Xia You helped her Combusken train with his Eevee. Xia You’s coaching helped Combusken turn the sparring match into a draw, leaving Eevee protesting his Trainer’s interference.

• May accepted the egg from Daimi, then she and Xia You left the farm and reached Guiluba Town, where they learned the Pokémon Contest would be held the next day.
• May registered for the contest and planned to use Squirtle for the performance round and Combusken for the battle round.
• Xia You offered his Pokémon as sparring partners, and Combusken chose Eevee after finding the others intimidating.
• May rehearsed with Squirtle while Combusken and Eevee battled; Xia You called out guidance that helped Combusken land a Double Kick and Ember.
• Combusken and Eevee fought to a draw, and Eevee protested to Xia You for helping Combusken.

May competed in the Guiluba Pokémon Contest, where her Squirtle impressed the audience and her Combusken defeated Ogata’s Venusaur in the final. May won another Ribbon Medal, while Ogata’s family came to support his dream after his performance moved the crowd.

• Xia You and May finished training Combusken and Squirtle, then took them to the Pokémon Center to recover.
• May performed with Squirtle in the first judging round, impressing the audience with a dazzling Ice Beam and bubble display.
• Ogata transformed his appearance and performed with Butterfree, but his wife and son interrupted him until May helped him explain his dream and earn their support.
• May and Ogata advanced through the second judging round and each won their match to reach the final.
• May directed Combusken to defeat Ogata’s Venusaur with Sky Uppercut, winning the Guiluba Contest and another Ribbon Medal.

After May won her second Kanto Ribbon Medal, she and Xia You sailed to Metal Island to challenge the Battle Palace. Frontier Brain Yujin proposed an outdoor three-on-three battle across a vast stretch of the island’s forest, and a referee robot was introduced to monitor the match.

• May defeated Ogata in the Guiluba Pokémon Contest and earned her second Kanto Ribbon Medal.
• Xia You and May boarded a passenger ship from Guiluba Town and traveled toward Metal Island, spotting a shape that appeared to be Lugia along the way.
• After reaching Metal Island, Xia You and May were attacked by territorial wild Pokémon until Scizor and Dragonite escorted them through the forest.
• Xia You met Frontier Brain Yujin at the Battle Palace, and Yujin proposed that they battle outdoors.
• Yujin led Xia You and May to a mountaintop and declared the forest between the coastline and a river to be the arena for their three-on-three elimination battle.
• Yujin revealed a hovering referee robot that would track the Pokémon across the enormous battlefield.

Xia You challenged Yujin to a three-on-three survival battle across the Battle Palace forest, sending out Scizor, Metagross, and Dragonite against Yujin’s Shiftry, Claydol, and Venusaur. The battle left Scizor and Dragonite apparently victorious, while Metagross and Claydol were still fighting when a swarm of territorial Beedrill attacked them both.

• Xia You proposed that all three Pokémon on each side battle freely across the forest, with the last Pokémon standing deciding the match, and Yujin accepted.
• Yujin sent out Shiftry, Claydol, and Venusaur, while Xia You sent out Scizor, Metagross, and Dragonite.
• The six Pokémon scattered across the battlefield, and May and Yujin watched while Xia You left the Pokémon to fight without commands.
• Scizor battled Venusaur, Metagross fought Claydol, and Dragonite drove Shiftry toward the forest as the fights moved away from the mountaintop.
• A powerful clash between Scizor’s X-Scissor and Venusaur’s Solar Beam lit up the forest, and the battle soon fell silent, suggesting Venusaur had lost.
• Beedrill swarmed Metagross and Claydol during their ongoing fight, forcing both Pokémon to flee through the forest.

Xia You defeated Yujin at the Battle Palace and earned the Spirits Badge after Metagross and Claydol knocked each other out. He and May flew to Vanilla Island, where May became eager to enter the next day’s orienteering competition.

• Dragonite and Scizor drove off the Beedrill swarm, and Metagross and Claydol resumed their battle.
• Metagross and Claydol collided with Hyper Beams and both were knocked out, giving Xia You the Battle Palace victory.
• Yujin awarded Xia You the Spirits Badge, and Xia You and May left Metal Island on Dragonite after learning the next ship would not arrive for three days.
• Xia You and May landed on Vanilla Island at Zaoyu Town and learned about the next morning’s Off-Road Competition and its prizes.
• May asked Xia You to enter the competition, saying she had a chance to beat him at orienteering.

Xia You promised Anabel to conceal that she was a Faller from the parallel-world Anabel, then joined May in the Pokémon Orienteering Race on Vanilla Island. The race began, and Xia You and May chose the same route, with May keeping close behind him as they moved toward the lead.

• Anabel told Xia You that she had crossed through an Ultra Wormhole from another world and asked him to hide her identity from the Battle Tower's Anabel; Xia You agreed.
• Xia You returned to May, and they continued looking forward to competing in the next day's Pokémon Orienteering Race.
• Nurse Joy explained the race rules, gave contestants maps and compasses, and warned them not to use other tools or ride Pokémon.
• Xia You and May released Eevee and Squirtle and started the race among the crowd.
• At the first forks, Xia You chose the rightmost route he had planned, and May followed him to compete on the same path.
• Xia You and Eevee overtook contestants ahead while May and Squirtle stayed close behind him.

Xia You and May completed the Vanilla Island Pokémon Orienteering Race together, with Xia You helping May when she grew tired. They broke the course record, won the competition, and left with a photograph that deepened May’s feelings for Xia You.

• Xia You and May stamped their maps at Moon Rock, Rainbow Falls, the Kingler cape, and the three-hundred-year-old tree as they raced along their route.
• When May’s stamina began to fade, Xia You slowed down to stay beside her and helped her through difficult parts of the course.
• Xia You and May crossed the rope suspension bridge, collected the final stamp, and returned to the Pokémon Center together.
• Xia You caught May when she tried to let him finish first, and they crossed the finish line side by side in a record three hours and twenty-four minutes.
• Xia You and May received medals and fruit, then posed with Eevee and Squirtle for a photograph that May treasured as her feelings for Xia You grew.

After winning the Off-Road Competition, Xia You and May stayed on Vanilla Island for the Tamamo Pokémon Contest, where May advanced to the finals with the highest first-round score. She and Harley faced off in the final, and the chapter ended as their battle began, with Xia You hoping his training would help Munchlax counter Octillery’s Sleep move.

• Xia You, May, and their Pokémon shared the special fruit prizes before returning to Tamamo Town for the next day’s Pokémon Contest.
• Harley spotted May and Xia You outside the Contest Hall, avoided confronting them, and resolved to make May suffer a humiliating defeat.
• Xia You lent Eevee to May for training, and May prepared Munchlax for the contest while holding her Egg.
• May used Squirtle in the first round and earned the highest score, while Harley impressed the crowd with Ariados.
• May and Harley both won their way through the second round and reached the finals, where May chose Munchlax and Harley sent out Octillery.
• Xia You recalled secretly training Munchlax to resist Sleep as the final battle began.

May and Munchlax faced Harley’s powerful Octillery in the Tamamo Contest final, turning the match around with a lucky Metronome attack and Xia You’s countermeasure for Rest. May won when Munchlax carried the sleeping Octillery out of bounds, and Harley suspected Xia You had helped her.

• Harley’s Octillery overwhelmed Munchlax with Octazooka and stopped its Solar Beam with Sludge Bombs.
• May had Munchlax use Metronome, which called down a powerful Electric-type attack and brought Octillery to an even footing.
• Harley ordered Octillery to use Rest, while May’s attacks failed to move it as it anchored itself with its tentacles.
• Munchlax remembered its training with Xia You, carried the sleeping Octillery to the arena boundary, and threw it out of bounds.
• Lilian declared May the winner, and Harley spotted Xia You in the stands and suspected he had guided Munchlax’s strategy.

After winning the Tamamo Contest, May traveled with Xia You back to Kanto, where they met Lorelei before setting out toward Fuchsia City. In a strangely silent forest, they encountered Ranger Hinata, who let them proceed after Xia You showed his International Police identification.

• May thanked Xia You for teaching Munchlax Fling after she won the Tamamo Contest, and they left for Kanto.
• Xia You and May met Lorelei at a Pokémon Center, where she recalled defeating Drake, then went their separate ways the next morning.
• Xia You and May entered a quiet forest on their way to Fuchsia City and were stopped by Hinata, a Pokémon Ranger, who said the area was closed because of a serious incident.
• Xia You showed Hinata his International Police Special Investigator identification, and she agreed to take him and May deeper into the forest.
• Hinata introduced herself and explained that the Ranger Pokémon League had sent her to handle the incident, while Xia You introduced himself and May.

Xia You and May accompanied Pokémon Ranger Hinata into a forest where enormous thorny vines had appeared after a Celebi sighting. They met Hinata’s partner Fūgetsu and learned that Celebi was the likely cause, but its whereabouts remained unknown.

• Hinata used her Capture Styler to recruit nearby Linoone, which cut a passage through the thorny vines with Slash.
• Hinata explained that the vines had appeared overnight, disrupted the forest, and were linked to Celebi being harmed.
• Hinata said the Rangers had searched the forest without finding Celebi and feared it might have left.
• Fūgetsu arrived and introduced himself as Hinata’s partner, while his Minun stood on his shoulder.
• Fūgetsu recognized Xia You as the tournament winner in three regions, and Xia You told Hinata that being a Pokémon Trainer was his real job.

Xia You persuaded Fūgetsu to let him search for Celebi alone, then used Fūgetsu’s Capture Styler to transfer his own Celebi into the forest. His Celebi drew out the injured wild Celebi, which May helped treat, and the group began caring for it.

• Xia You concluded that the ash might have come with Celebi through time and proposed luring it out, but Hinata and Fūgetsu doubted the plan.
• Xia You offered to search using his own method on the condition that Hinata and Fūgetsu leave the forest and lend him a Capture Styler; Fūgetsu agreed, and Hinata went with him to the perimeter.
• After the Rangers had left, Xia You called Erika and used Fūgetsu’s Capture Styler to transfer his GS Ball into the forest.
• Xia You released his Celebi, which spread green light through the forest, cleared away the vines and thorns, and summoned the injured Celebi.
• May helped Xia You clean and bandage the wild Celebi’s minor wounds, and it accepted their care and instant noodles.

Xia You treated a wounded wild Celebi in the forest, but Hinata and Fūgetsu returned early and Celebi flew away. He and May continued to Fuchsia City, where they checked May’s egg and then arrived at the Battle Pike to challenge Lucy.

• Hinata persuaded Fūgetsu to return to the forest after they saw Celebi’s green light, and they found Xia You and May with the recovering Pokémon.
• Xia You recalled his Celebi and let the wild Celebi fly away when Hinata and Fūgetsu emerged from hiding; the two apologized, and Xia You left with May.
• Xia You and May reached Fuchsia City, where Nurse Joy examined May’s egg and said it would likely hatch within a couple of days.
• The next morning, Xia You and May arrived at the Battle Pike, where three women teased Xia You before Lucy came out to greet them.
• Lucy recognized Xia You and said she had heard about him from Greta and expected him to arrive later.

Xia You and May entered the Battle Pike, where Xia You faced Lucy in a two-Pokémon Frontier Battle. Their Milotic began an evenly matched fight, but Xia You’s creative tactics gave him the advantage as the battle continued.

• Lucy’s delinquent followers recognized Xia You as the Indigo Conference Champion and crowded around him until Lucy ordered them to back off.
• Xia You and May followed Lucy into the Battle Pike, where a referee announced that each trainer could use two Pokémon and needed two wins to prevail.
• Lucy and Xia You both sent out Milotic, then their Pokémon opened with matching Hydro Pumps that collided in midair.
• Lucy ordered Twister, and Xia You had his Milotic answer with the same move; the tornadoes merged into a waterspout that obscured the battlefield.
• Xia You’s Milotic rode the waterspout down and struck Lucy’s Milotic with Iron Tail, then repeatedly countered her attacks and disrupted her offensive.

Lucy’s Milotic lost to Xia You’s Milotic in an underwater fight, so she sent out Seviper for the second battle. Xia You chose Eevee, which dodged Seviper’s attacks on land but was knocked into the pool, leaving Xia You to order it onto a floating log.

• Lucy ordered her Milotic underwater, but Xia You’s Milotic fought independently, defeated it, and dragged it to the poolside.
• Lucy recalled her unconscious Milotic and sent out Seviper as the delinquent girls cheered her on.
• Xia You chose Eevee to face Seviper, and the young female referee started the second battle.
• Seviper attacked with its fangs and blade-like tail, but Eevee dodged and countered by kicking its head.
• Lucy’s Seviper struck the ground with its tail, sending Eevee into the pool, then pursued it through the water.
• Xia You saw floating debris and told Eevee to climb onto a log to escape Seviper.

Xia You’s Eevee defeated Lucy’s Seviper at the Battle Pike, earning the Luck Badge and bringing him within one victory of completing the Kanto Battle Frontier. As Xia You and May set off on foot toward the Battle Tower, May’s egg hatched into an Eevee.

• Xia You saw through Lucy’s Flamethrower feint, and Eevee knocked Seviper back into the pond and struck it with Swift.
• Xia You directed Eevee’s fierce Quick Attack counteroffensive, and Eevee defeated Seviper despite its physical disadvantage.
• Lucy conceded defeat and awarded Xia You the Luck Badge, his fifth Frontier Badge.
• Xia You and May left the Battle Pike, returned to Fuchsia City, and began walking toward the Battle Tower, where Xia You expected to meet the present-day Anabel.
• May’s egg hatched as the two reached the Kanto Continent, revealing a newborn Eevee.

May’s Eevee hatched during the pair’s mountain journey, and Xia You and May later reached Jianten City, where they encountered the notorious Red Lightning. After Red Lightning attacked them, Xia You exposed it as a Scizor controlled by a device, leaving them poised to confront its unseen operator.

• May’s egg hatched into an Eevee, which she welcomed into her family alongside Xia You and their Pokémon.
• Xia You and May traveled to Jianten City and learned that its Pokémon Contest had ended and that Red Lightning had been attacking Trainers.
• Red Lightning appeared in a city park and challenged Xia You’s Eevee to battle.
• Red Lightning fired a Hyper Beam at Xia You, May, and Eevee, and Gengar blocked the attack.
• The blast revealed Red Lightning to be a Scizor, and Xia You found its artificial eye and identified its camera and loudspeaker as evidence that it was being controlled.

Xia You and May tracked the remotely controlled Scizor, Red Lightning, to the rooftop estate of a wealthy girl named Liuna. After Liuna admitted her attacks were pranks for fun and ordered Scizor to fight, the confrontation began again.

• Gengar defeated Scizor with Dark Pulse, but the injured Pokémon escaped by gliding on wind currents, and Xia You sent Gengar after it.
• Xia You and May followed Gengar to a rooftop estate, where they discovered Scizor’s hidden lair.
• Gengar revealed that it had seen Scizor speaking with a little girl, and Xia You identified the wealthy young owner as the likely culprit.
• Liuna appeared with Red Lightning, and Xia You accused her of injuring Pokémon and attacking Trainers.
• The butler apologized and admitted he knew about Liuna’s pranks, but Liuna dismissed him and said she acted because it was fun.
• Liuna ordered Red Lightning to use Hyper Beam on Xia You and his companions.

Xia You defeated Liuna’s Scizor, took her to the police station, and left the authorities to handle her attacks on Trainers. After Xia You and May continued toward the Battle Tower, they arrived in Rokudōki and unexpectedly met Ash and his companions again.

• Liuna sent Scizor against Gardevoir, but Gardevoir stopped its attacks and repeatedly knocked it back.
• The butler tried to make Xia You leave, but Xia You showed his International Police identification and Gardevoir restrained Liuna and Scizor.
• Xia You and May brought Liuna and Scizor to the Jianten City Police Station, where officers took charge and contacted Liuna’s parents.
• May questioned whether taking Liuna to the police station was the best approach, and Xia You explained that the authorities should handle the incident.
• Xia You and May continued toward the Battle Tower, camped overnight, and reached Rokudōki the next day.
• Xia You and May met Ash, Brock, and Max outside the Pokémon Center, where Ash said he had earned four Badges and planned to visit Metal Island.

At the Liudaomu Pokémon Contest venue, May prepared to compete with her newly hatched Eevee while Brock met Youwu, a Pokémon Breeder and former Grand Festival winner. Youwu invited Brock to enter the contest and learn to apply his breeding skills to performances, and he registered immediately, setting up a debut that could make him May’s opponent.

• Xia You treated Ash's group to a meal, where they learned May planned to enter Eevee in the Liudaomu Pokémon Contest's first-round Performance Evaluation.
• May registered for the contest and met Mihua, a rookie Coordinator entering her first Pokémon Contest.
• A woman named Youwu approached Brock, but he realized she had been admiring his Bonsly rather than him.
• Youwu introduced herself as a Pokémon Breeder and praised Brock's Bonsly, other Pokémon, and homemade Pokémon food.
• Youwu revealed she had won the Grand Festival as a Coordinator and invited Brock to enter the contest, while declining May's request for training because May already had experience.
• Brock accepted Youwu's invitation and registered at once, prompting Xia You to tell May that Brock could become a difficult opponent.

May and Brock advanced through the Rokudōki Contest and faced each other in the final, where May’s Munchlax gained an advantage over Brock’s Marshtomp. The battle remained unresolved as Xia You confidently predicted May would win.

• Brock challenged May to the contest and went into secret training with Youwu, while May renewed her practice with Xia You’s help.
• Mihua, May, and Brock delivered successful Performance Evaluations and advanced to the Battle Evaluation.
• Brock defeated Mihua’s Absol with Marshtomp, while May advanced through her matches to meet Brock in the final.
• Marshtomp used Mud Shot to make the ground slippery, but Munchlax grabbed it after it landed a close-range attack, pulling both Pokémon onto dry ground.
• Xia You told Ash and Max that he expected May to win because she was his traveling companion.

May defeated Brock in the Liudaomu Pokémon Contest and earned her fourth ribbon, while Brock lost his chance to be coached by Youwu. Xia You and May reached the Battle Tower, where Xia You began his challenge against Anabel.

• May's Munchlax defeated Brock's Marshtomp with Focus Punch, winning May the Liudaomu Pokémon Contest's Ribbon Medal and her fourth ribbon.
• Youwu chose Mihua as her student instead of Brock, and Brock declared that he would never compete as a Coordinator again.
• Xia You and May left Rokudōki Town the next morning and traveled through a forest to find Kanto's Battle Tower.
• Xia You recognized the tomboyish Anabel as the Battle Tower's Frontier Brain, while May was surprised to learn her identity.
• Xia You began a three-Pokémon battle against Anabel, who sent out Alakazam first.

Xia You defeated Anabel’s Alakazam with Dragonite and then gained an early advantage in the Metagross battle by anticipating her command. Anabel recognized the gap between their skill, while the second battle continued.

• Xia You sent out Dragonite against Anabel’s Alakazam, and the two Pokémon traded attacks at range and up close.
• Anabel’s Alakazam surprised Xia You with Focus Punch and Recover, but Dragonite overcame it and won the first round with Thunder Punch.
• Anabel sent out Metagross, and Xia You recalled Dragonite and chose his own Metagross to test its strength.
• Both Metagross opened with Psychic, then Anabel’s Metagross charged with Take Down as Xia You’s Metagross used Iron Defense.
• Xia You’s Metagross took less damage from the collision than Anabel’s Metagross suffered from recoil, then drove it back with Tackle.

Xia You and Anabel’s Metagross fought to a draw, leaving Anabel behind two to one and forcing her to stake the challenge on her final Pokémon, Espeon. Xia You sent out Scizor, and their match-point battle ended with Anabel unsure which Double Team image was the real Scizor.

• Xia You and Anabel’s Metagross knocked each other out with Hyper Beams, and the Green-Haired Referee called the round a draw.
• Xia You and Anabel sent out Scizor and Espeon for the final round, while May watched Espeon as a possible evolution for her Eevee.
• Anabel used Espeon’s Psychic and Agility to keep Scizor at a distance, while Xia You struggled to find a way past its speed.
• Xia You sent Scizor’s Double Team images charging at Espeon, and Anabel first identified the far-right image as real before changing her mind when the far-left image moved.
• Espeon’s Psychic shattered the far-left image, leaving Anabel wondering where the real Scizor was.