Chapter Summaries

Furia and the group defeated the Dynamax Volcarona with Jimeron’s Death Stream, then Kabu took responsibility for the exhausted Pokémon. After leaving the shelter, Furia welcomed Snom as a new companion and continued toward Hammerlocke, where the steep road left Yuuri struggling.

• Furia’s Pokémon battled Volcarona through rain and repeated attacks, but Volcarona removed its paralysis and gained speed and power with Quiver Dance.
• After the Golden Rope’s protection ended, Volcarona’s Hurricane threatened the group, but Feebas shielded them and returned the attack with Mirror Coat.
• Jimeron struck Volcarona with Death Stream, ending the battle, and Kabu arrived to care for the weakened Volcarona and explain that he had come to investigate the reported blizzard.
• Two days later, Furia and the others left the shelter, thanked the rescuers, and set out toward Hammerlocke; Snom chose to join Furia after its family gave permission.
• Several days into the journey, Yuuri struggled on the steep route, so Furia carried him piggyback while Kirlia used psychic power and Life Dew to ease the strain.

Floria and Yuuri reached Hammerlocke, where Sonia enlisted Floria’s help investigating Galar’s heroic legend and Raihan showed them the vault’s tapestries. The group later enjoyed a Battle Café victory, and Floria recognized the significance of a rainbow-colored scale on Yuuri’s Feebas while keeping its secret.

• Floria carried the tired Yuuri into Hammerlocke, where Sonia reunited with them and asked Floria to help research Galar’s legends.
• Sonia led Floria and Yuuri to Hammerlocke’s vault, where Raihan showed them four tapestries depicting the legend of Galar’s heroes.
• Floria compared Galar’s conflicting legends with Sinnoh Mythology and told Sonia that the tapestries alone could not establish whether one or two heroes stopped the Black Knight.
• Sonia told Floria that Hop had fallen into a slump, and Floria decided to leave him in Marnie’s care for now while preparing for the journey ahead.
• Floria and Yuuri won a double battle at Hammerlocke’s Battle Café and celebrated with their friends over dessert.
• Yuuri showed Floria Feebas’s unusual rainbow-colored scale, and Floria assured him Feebas was healthy while asking him to keep feeding it blue, bitter Sea Sparrows.

After reaching Stow-on-Side, the group watched Hop defeat Onion and learned that Saitou and Onion were cousins whose bond had shaped their Gym paths. The chapter ended with Yuuri browsing a suspicious market stall and receiving a mysterious tea pot as a gift.

• An old man on a solitary island told Kabu he had found no clear reason for Volcarona leaving, then decided it might be time for them to act.
• The group crossed Route 6, where Saitou explained that Cortondo made the already sunny route unusually hot, and Savory accidentally triggered a Sandaconda's sandstorm.
• At Stow-on-Side Stadium, Yuuri and the narrator watched Hop defeat Onion and learned that the victory came on Hop's fifth attempt.
• Saitou revealed that Onion was her cousin and explained that an accident had led him to see and befriend Ghost-type Pokémon, inspiring him to become a Ghost-type Gym Leader.
• The group dined with Onion and Saitou, and Saitou said she hoped to reach the top of the Gym Challenge and stand alongside Onion.
• The next day, Yuuri visited Yokomachi Horidashi Market, told the shopkeeper his Gym challenge was in two days, and received a mysterious pot said to make tea taste better.

Floria completed Stow-on-Side Stadium’s Gym Mission, where Alcremie evolved after spinning her teacup, and reunited with Sonia, who shared a lead on ruins linked to the Hero legend. With Floria, Yuuri, and Savory set to battle the Gym Leader the next day, Bede also prepared for his own challenge and renewed his promise to fight Floria.

• Floria practiced against Savory, using Snom’s unpredictable movement to help him prepare for the Ghost-type Gym, while Marnie and Hop shared advice from their own Gym battles.
• Floria, Yuuri, and Savory met Bede outside Hulbury Stadium, where he said he planned to battle that afternoon and challenged Floria to face him after they both cleared the Gym.
• Bede privately recalled feeling safe fighting beside Floria in Galar Mine No. 2 and resolved to defeat him, while Floria entered Stow-on-Side Stadium’s teacup mission with an extra Poké Ball left behind for safekeeping.
• Milcery spun Floria’s teacup wildly, causing her motion sickness, then evolved into Alcremie; Marnie explained that Alcremie evolved by spinning with a trusted trainer.
• Sonia met Floria and her friends, pointed them toward replica ruins associated with the Hero legend, and said she would watch their Gym battles the next day.

Nishida battled Onion in the Ghost-type Gym, defeating Desumasu with a switch-based strategy before trading knockouts with Mimikyu and Snom. With both Trainers down to two Pokémon, Alcremie faced Onion’s Sannigo, whose escalating power forced Nishida’s cream-field strategy into jeopardy.

• Nishida’s Jimeron and Onion’s Desumasu opened the four-on-four match; Jimeron endured a burn, and Eevee copied Desumasu’s Hex before Jimeron finished it with a Water attack.
• Onion sent out Mimikyu, whose Curse brought down Jimeron after it had removed Mimikyu’s disguise.
• Snom trapped Mimikyu with ice-thread tactics and defeated it, but Mimikyu’s Foul Play caused Snom to be knocked out as well.
• Nishida sent out newly evolved Alcremie against Onion’s unfamiliar Sannigo, and both Pokémon exchanged powerful attacks while Alcremie spread cream across the battlefield for mobility.
• Sannigo triggered Ancient Power’s stat boosts and repeatedly strengthened its Dragon Energy, while Alcremie struggled to maintain its cream field.
• Sannigo redirected a Dragon Energy attack into the ground, and the resulting explosion swallowed Alcremie’s Dazzling Gleam and cleared away the surrounding cream.

Floria defeated Onion in a grueling Hulbury Gym battle, with Alcremie taking down Sannigone before Eevee overcame Gengar. After celebrating and receiving the Ghost Badge, Floria joined the spectators just as Yuuri’s battle turned dire, ending with Feebas facing Sannigone while Floria feared defeat.

• Alcremie escaped her decoy cream armor and defeated Sannigone with Dazzling Gleam, forcing Onion to send out Gengar.
• Gengar trapped Alcremie with Shadow Mark and defeated her, so Floria sent out Dynamaxed Eevee as her final Pokémon.
• Eevee fought Gengar through a fast exchange of attacks, then used Electro Color Card to evade its counter and Bite it into defeat.
• Floria won the match, received the Ghost Badge, and spoke with Onion and Saito about the battle and the rumors surrounding her unused Pokémon.
• Floria joined Hop and Marnie to watch Yuuri’s battle, where Yuuri’s exhausted Pokémon fell until Feebas was sent out against Sannigone.

Yuuri rallied Feebas to defeat Mr. Onion’s Sannigone, and Feebas evolved into Milotic, but a later trip to investigate Galar’s ruins turned into a crisis when Bede attacked the mural and then lost his memory. After Chairman Rose had Bede arrested and disqualified, the mural collapsed to reveal statues tied to Galar’s Hero legend, leaving Sonia and the others to investigate their connection to the tapestries.

• Yuuri regained faith in Feebas, who countered Sannigone’s Dragon Energy with Mirror Coat and evolved into Milotic before defeating Mr. Onion’s final Pokémon.
• Furia, Yuuri, Hop, Marnie, Bede, and Sonia set out to inspect ruins near Stow-on-Side, but a crash led them to find Bede attacking the mural with Chairman Rose’s Galarian Weezing.
• Mr. Onion stopped Bede’s Pokémon, and Bede collapsed; when he woke, he could not remember attacking the ruins, while Kirlia and Savory showed signs of knowing more.
• Chairman Rose and Olivia arrived, took Bede’s Wishing Stars and Max Power Band, and sent him away with the police as he faced disqualification from the Gym Challenge.
• The damaged mural crumbled after another tremor, revealing statues of Pokémon and crowned humans, and Furia explained the Galar Hero story depicted in Hammerlocke’s tapestries.

Floria and the others examined the newly uncovered Hero statue in Stow-on-Side and connected it to the two Pokémon Floria had encountered before. Later, Floria found Bede, confronted the men who had manipulated him, and watched Savory protect them; the group ended the night reconciled, with Bede challenging Savory to meet him at the top of the Esper Gym.

• Sonia compared the newly uncovered statue with the Suwapomi Hotel statue and the Hammerlocke tapestry, concluding that the oldest source showed two young people and Pokémon facing the Black Knight, though someone had hidden the statue.
• Floria, Hop, and Yuri recognized the statue’s Pokémon as the cyan and magenta creatures Floria had seen in the foggy forest, and the group returned to the hotel to discuss the discovery and other events.
• While walking alone at night, Floria found Bede sitting on a bench and asked whether he knew who had manipulated him.
• Kushen and Country approached Bede to recruit him for their Psychic Gym, revealed their involvement in controlling him, and sent Malamar to hypnotize Floria, but Savory arrived and drove them off with Gallade and Yadolan.
• Savory told Floria and Bede about his painful upbringing at the Psychic Gym and how the Former Champion’s Dojo helped him grow, then apologized to Bede for their earlier encounter.
• Bede and Savory put their old resentment aside and agreed to face each other again when Bede became the Esper Gym Leader, while Floria reassured Bede that she considered him a good person.

Floria and Bede’s late-night battle ended in a draw after Hatterene evolved, and Bede accepted Opal’s offer to train at Ballonlea Stadium. Floria continued her Gym journey with Hop, Marnie, and Yuuri, but the group got lost in the maze forest and camped for the night.

• Floria challenged Bede to a one-on-one battle, and Hattrem evolved into Hatterene as the two Trainers revealed their aces.
• Floria’s Unova gained the advantage over Bede’s Hatterene, but a neighbor’s complaint interrupted the match before either Pokémon was defeated.
• Bede admitted he felt he had lost, and Opal invited him to Ballonlea Stadium to train as her possible successor; Bede agreed to go with her.
• Cynthia watched footage of Floria’s Gym battle while traveling with Jun and Hikari, and she hoped Floria would discover the cause of her past struggles with Unova.
• Floria left Circhester with Hop, Marnie, and Yuuri, while Bede stayed behind to keep challenging the Gym and Saitou planned to visit her dojo.
• The group became lost in the Nightlight Maze Forest, set up camp, and cooked curry together as their Pokémon gathered around them.

Floria, Yuuri, Hop, and Marnie encountered a hungry Sinistea and a Shiny Sinistea whose evolved form was rejected by a group of Polteageist. When the Polteageist attacked the Shiny Pokémon, Yuuri carried it to safety while the others fought, and Floria faced an incoming attack as the battle turned against them.

• Marnie rescued a hungry Sinistea from falling, shared Floria’s curry with it, and later added it to her team.
• Floria brewed tea in Yuuri’s antique teapot, which leaked through a crack, and the group shared the remaining tea and snacks.
• A Shiny Sinistea appeared at the tea party, then fled into the forest when a loud ringing frightened it; Yuuri and the others followed and found a gathering led by a Polteageist.
• The gathered Sinistea evolved after touching broken pottery, but the Shiny Sinistea remained unevolved and was attacked by the Polteageist.
• Yuuri protected the Shiny Sinistea while Floria, Hop, and Marnie fought the attackers; the Polteageist broke their pots to gain speed and power, knocking out the others’ Pokémon and forcing Floria’s Eevee to dodge alone.
• A stray attack flew toward Floria, and she failed to avoid it despite Hop’s and Marnie’s warning.

Fria and her friends defeated the Potdeaths in the Nightglow Maze after Eevee evolved into Little Black and used Foul Play to bring down their leader. They reached Ballonlea, where Opal made Bede Fria’s Gym Mission opponent, and their one-on-one battle began with Fria’s Alcremie facing Bede’s Mawile.

• Eevee evolved into Little Black, whose Moonlight healed the group and whose defenses helped them turn the battle against the Potdeaths.
• Fria’s team exposed the leader Potdeaths to Little Black, who defeated it with Foul Play and drove the remaining enemies away.
• Back at camp, Yuuri befriended Yaba Tea, which later evolved into a Shiny Potgeist as the group reached Ballonlea.
• Fria and her friends registered for the Ballonlea Gym Mission, and Opal revealed that Bede would be Fria’s opponent.
• Fria sent out Alcremie against Bede’s Mawile and used Dazzling Gleam, Acid Armor, and Mystical Fire to build an advantage with Alcremie’s cream.

Filia defeated Beat in the Ballonlea Gym Mission, while Beat’s advice helped Hop confront his slump and return to battling with Wooloo. Hop rediscovered his own style, Wooloo evolved during their match, and Hop won before joining his friends outside the stadium.

• Filia used Alcremie’s cream and Fairy-type attacks to defeat Beat’s Mawile, while Opal pushed Beat to reconsider his fighting style.
• Beat adapted his tactics, showed renewed resolve, and lost to Filia; afterward, he criticized Hop for making excuses and switching away from his longtime partners.
• Filia found Hop after he fled to a park, encouraged him to trust his own approach, and arranged for him to face Beat again with Wooloo.
• Hop recognized that he could not fight like Leon and chose to rely on Wooloo and his own persistent attacking style.
• Wooloo evolved during the rematch, and Hop continued attacking until he defeated Beat’s Mawile.
• Hop came out of Ballonlea Stadium with a delighted expression and thanked his friends for waiting.

The challenger battled Gym Leader Opal at Ballonlea Stadium, defeating Matadogas and Mawile with Alcremie and Snom before facing Togekiss. Opal’s tricks weakened Snom, and the chapter ended with Togekiss pulling Snom back toward it by her own Ice Thread.

• The challenger explored Ballonlea with Black, Snom, and Kirlia, then returned to the hotel to prepare for the Gym battle.
• Opal began the battle with Matadogas, whose poison and battlefield hazards eventually poisoned Alcremie, but Alcremie defeated it with Mystical Fire and Dazzling Gleam.
• The challenger sent Snom against Mawile, froze the battlefield, and used Snom’s spinning movement and Ice Threads to overcome Mawile’s attacks and defeat it.
• Opal sent out Togekiss and used a quiz and its movements to lower Snom’s Special Defense before attacking with Draining Kiss and Dragon Energy.
• Snom used rocks, Ice Threads, and a block of ice to strike Togekiss and slow it, but Togekiss rolled to shake Snom off and then pulled her toward it with the thread.

Floria’s team was overwhelmed by Opal’s boosted Gigantamax Alcremie, but Jimeron volunteered for the final battle and evolved into Inteleon. Inteleon survived Alcremie’s attacks and created rain, but Opal’s Stored Power threatened to overwhelm the counterattack.

• Snom and Togekiss knocked each other out, and Opal sent out her final Pokémon, Alcremie, after Togekiss had set Reflect and Light Screen.
• Opal’s questions and movements weakened Floria’s Pokémon, while Alcremie spread cream across the battlefield, built up its defenses, and defeated Kirlia despite her elaborate attacks.
• Floria’s Mawhip fought Alcremie but fell to G-Max Finale, restoring Alcremie’s strength and leaving Floria considering whether to send out Yunowa.
• Jimeron urged Floria to choose her instead, and Floria trusted her; Jimeron evolved into Inteleon while Dynamaxed.
• Inteleon deflected Alcremie’s Shared Max attacks with Deathstream and made rain, but Opal ordered Alcremie to counter Inteleon’s powerful attack with Stored Power.

Inteleon survived Mawhip’s devastating attack as Dynamax ended, activating Torrent and entering the final round against Alcremie. The trainer found a possible way to exploit Inteleon’s agility and skills, but poison, Alcremie’s cream, and the fading rain left them short on time.

• The trainer and Dynamaxed Inteleon were pushed back by Mawhip’s overwhelming attack, but Inteleon survived when Strong Magnet Pull wore off and his body shrank.
• Inteleon activated Torrent, and the trainer declared the final battle after both bouts of Max Power had ended.
• Inteleon used Aqua Break to deflect Mawhip’s cream tentacles, then dodged Draining Kiss and tried to strike with Lock-On, but Alcremie’s cream blocked the attack.
• Inteleon used his stealth and agility to reach Alcremie and slash her with a Water Blade, though the hit dealt little damage.
• Alcremie tried to trap Inteleon in cream, and the trainer realized the poisoned cream could worsen Inteleon’s condition as the rain timer ran down.
• The trainer resolved to skip some steps and accept greater risks to finish the battle in time.