Chapter Summaries

Akishiro Hikage agreed to take Hiyori on as his student and traveling companion, then brought her with him to return the borrowed bicycles. The story then shifted to a trainer confronting Lugia and beginning a battle to catch it.

• Hiyori offered to help with cooking and cleaning, and Akishiro Hikage accepted her as a student after explaining his scientific background.
• Akishiro paid for their meal and took Hiyori and both bicycles back to the professor's house by taxi.
• Akishiro returned the borrowed bicycle while the professor teased him about Hiyori accompanying him.
• A trainer challenged Lugia, declaring that he intended to catch the Sea God.
• The trainer sent out Tyranitar, Golem, Gyarados, Dragonite, Lapras, and Vaporeon, then ordered Tyranitar and Gyarados to use Bite and Golem to use Rock Throw.
• Lugia beat his wings to shake Tyranitar and Gyarados off, but they clung to him as Golem attacked from above.

The trainer and his Pokémon coordinated attacks against Lugia, but Lugia knocked out Tyranitar, Golem, and Dragonite while enduring their strongest moves. The chapter ended with Lugia carrying Gyarados into the sky as Lapras and Vaporeon attacked through the storm.

• The trainer used Dragon Breath, Water Gun, Frost Breath, Crunch, and Stone Edge to pin Lugia down and strike him, but Lugia countered with Sky Attack and knocked out Tyranitar and Golem.
• The trainer recalled Tyranitar and Golem, then had Vaporeon and Gyarados soak Lugia while Lapras unleashed Blizzard to freeze him.
• Dragonite struck the frozen Lugia with Outrage, but Lugia broke free and knocked Dragonite out with Dragon Tail.
• Lugia seized Gyarados in his talons and spiraled into the sky while Lapras and Vaporeon attacked him through the wind.

The trainer and Vaporeon continued battling Lugia, but Lugia defeated Vaporeon and then challenged the trainer to catch him with ten White Balls. Drawing on memories of the journey and his partners’ hopes, the trainer transformed the final ball into a Golden Ball and threw it at Lugia, whose response remained unclear as the golden light filled the sky.

• Lugia knocked Lapras and Gyarados unconscious, leaving Vaporeon as the trainer’s only fighter.
• Vaporeon rallied the trainer, then attacked Lugia with Aqua Tail and was struck down by Lugia’s Dragon Tail.
• Lugia offered the trainer ten White Balls and challenged him to prove himself by catching him; the trainer recalled the exhausted Vaporeon.
• The trainer tried multiple throws, but Lugia’s winds swept every White Ball away until only the final one remained.
• The trainer recalled his journey and his partners’ hopes, causing golden stars to transform the final White Ball into a Golden Ball.
• The trainer threw the Golden Ball at Lugia, and Lugia let it reach his forehead as golden light erupted around them.

Anxiong and his Pokémon climbed a wind-lashed mountain in search of a legendary presence, but a migrating colony of Graveler and Geodude attacked them. After the colony’s leader evolved into Golem and unleashed Earthquake, Anxiong recalled the injured Chuanzi as the battle continued.

• Anxiong climbed the mountain path with Bozai, believing the strong winds signaled a mysterious legend hidden among the peaks.
• A migrating colony of Graveler and Geodude blocked the path and attacked Anxiong and his Pokémon with Rock Throw.
• Anxiong sent out Baizai, Dingzai, and Chuanzi to help Bozai fight the colony and push toward the summit.
• Chuanzi used Powder Snow while rolling among the wild Pokémon, icing the ground and disrupting their attacks.
• The lead Graveler used Earthquake, evolved into Golem, and sent Chuanzi flying, so Anxiong recalled it to its Poké Ball.

Anxiong defeated the Graveler tribe’s leader and reached the mountain peak, where he and his team challenged the Legendary Pokémon Rayquaza. They froze Rayquaza in an iceberg, but Naisha sensed something was wrong as the group wondered whether the battle was truly over.

• Anxiong summoned Walrein, whose Blizzard defeated Golem and cleared the Graveler tribe from his path.
• Anxiong restored his Pokémon in a tunnel as the pressure around the mountain continued to build, while Naisha recalled her vision of challenging Rayquaza with him.
• Anxiong and his companions emerged onto the peak, found Rayquaza, and declared their challenge; Rayquaza awoke and attacked with Air Slashes.
• Aggron led the team through Rayquaza’s Air Slashes, but Rayquaza countered the close-range assault and sent Salamence flying with Dragon Tail.
• Anxiong’s team bounced Sandslash between them to coat Rayquaza in ice, then Sandslash and Walrein trapped Rayquaza inside an iceberg with Blizzard.
• Anxiong recalled the exhausted Sandslash as the group questioned whether they had defeated Rayquaza, while Naisha sensed that something was wrong.

Anxiong and his companions faced Rayquaza’s devastating Ancient Power attack, and Anxiong joined minds with Baizai to help Salamence unleash Draco Meteor. The meteor shower battered Rayquaza’s rock shields, and the chapter ended as the final enormous meteor descended while Rayquaza summoned stronger winds.

• Naisha foresaw danger just before Rayquaza emerged from the exploding iceberg and transformed the clear sky with dark clouds.
• Rayquaza attacked Anxiong’s group with an overwhelming Ancient Power, and Salamence struggled to complete Draco Meteor as the others shielded it.
• Anxiong asked Naisha to link his mind with Salamence’s, then realized Draco Meteor needed to draw power from heaven and earth rather than keep filling its rune.
• Salamence guided cosmic dust into a meteor shower that struck Rayquaza, while Naisha protected the group from falling debris.
• Rayquaza deflected the meteors with mountains created by Ancient Power until its rock shields shattered, leaving the final enormous meteor descending as the winds intensified.

Anxiong and his Pokémon defeated Rayquaza after a desperate battle, then collapsed from their injuries and exhaustion. He awoke in a nurse’s care and learned that his Pokémon were safe and waiting outside.

• Rayquaza shattered the meteor, while Anxiong’s team escaped the burning debris atop a Stone Edge pillar.
• Anxiong, Dingzai, Diyazi, and Bozai attacked the wounded Rayquaza, and Bozai fell after taking a final Dragon Tail.
• Anxiong and Dingzai exploited Rayquaza’s opening, and Naisha joined them in a Triple Knee Strike that knocked Rayquaza unconscious.
• Anxiong, Dingzai, and Naisha collapsed after the battle, and wild Graveler carried them down the mountain.
• Anxiong awoke in a nurse’s care and learned that his Pokémon were healthy and waiting outside his window.

Anxiong recovered in town, reunited with his Pokémon, and spotted a fleeting yellow figure on the mountain before wondering who to challenge next. Meanwhile, ninja Abe investigated a forest where Bug-type Pokémon had become unnaturally aggressive and traced the disturbance to a machinery-filled site.

• Anxiong woke and was reunited with Naisha and his Pokémon, then shared the food she had brought.
• Anxiong recognized the town below the mountains and glimpsed a slender figure flashing yellow through the mist near the summit.
• On New Moon Day, Abe entered the forest with Crobat to investigate rumors of Team Rocket experiments and found Spinarak attacking one another.
• Crobat defeated the attacking Spinarak with Shadow Ball, and Abe pursued the fleeing Ariados while studying the forest’s disturbances.
• Abe observed Bug-type Pokémon coordinating attacks against other species and discovered machinery and a strange ripple at the center of their gathering.

Abe infiltrated Silk City after Ninjask helped free the forest’s Bug-type Pokémon from hypnotic sound waves, and he found evidence of illegal Pokémon experiments inside the fortress. Team Rocket deployed its Level Two Combat Unit, and Abe discovered that Shadow Pokémon were waiting to ambush him.

• Abe sent Ninjask to translate the Bug-type Pokémon’s signals and spread Bug Buzz, disrupting the hypnotic waves and clearing Silk City’s guards from their posts.
• Abe used Gengar to travel through Ninjask’s shadow and infiltrated Silk City, where he found supplies and equipment suggesting illegal genetic experiments.
• Abe decided to capture the chief scientist and stop the criminal organization’s research.
• A Team Rocket operator lost control of Pokémon across the forest and received orders to deploy the Level Two Combat Unit.
• Team Rocket combatants attacked Ninjask with Electrode using Self-Destruct, but Abe pulled Ninjask into the shadow before the blast hit.
• Abe emerged with Scizor and Weavile into an encirclement and saw a force of Shadow Pokémon led by Houndoom and Hypno.

Abe infiltrated Team Rocket’s laboratory, defeated its Shadow Pokémon, and knocked out the executive’s body double. As the base began to collapse, an armored Pokémon arrived and attacked the researchers, leaving Abe and his team fighting to stop it.

• Abe’s Pokémon defeated Team Rocket’s Shadow Pokémon, and Abe escaped Snorlax’s rampage by hiding in the shadows until Gengar knocked Snorlax out.
• Abe confronted Chi Yan, discovered he was a body double, and incapacitated him before the real executive could be found.
• An alarm announced that an experimental subject had been released, and an armored Pokémon entered the laboratory through Psychic-type means.
• Abe charged to rescue a researcher held by the armored Pokémon and ordered his Pokémon to attack, but it blocked their ranged moves and trapped Ninjask with Rock Slide.
• Weavile and Gengar emerged from Ninjask’s shadow to shield it from the rocks as the armored opponent revealed that it had anticipated their move.

Abe and his Pokémon fought the armored Mewtwo, who revealed he was not allied with Team Rocket and escaped after breaking free of his armor. Abe recovered his exhausted Pokémon and prepared to take the captured researchers to the League and police.

• Abe used a coordinated attack to crack Mewtwo’s armor, and Mewtwo identified himself as an accidental creation who had been restrained by humans.
• Mewtwo shed his armor and overwhelmed Abe’s Pokémon, knocking out Gengar, Scizor, and Crobat before Houndoom and Ninjask landed further attacks.
• Mewtwo revealed that he had already rendered the Team Rocket researchers and combat personnel unconscious, then vanished after telling Abe he had enjoyed their battle.
• Abe accepted that he could not pursue Mewtwo, restored his Pokémon with Ninja Secret Medicine, and decided to take the captives to the League and police.

Abe completed his mission and returned to the League, while Alain and Leon began their Masters Eight knockout battle. Leon took the lead, and the battle continued with Alain's Malamar facing Leon's Dragapult.

• Gengar licked Abe, then carried the captives, Abe, and his party into the Shadow World as they headed back to the League.
• Alain and Leon sent out Chesnaught and Rillaboom for the opening Masters Eight match.
• Leon’s Rillaboom defeated Alain’s Chesnaught with Drum Beating and Focus Blast.
• Alain’s Malamar defeated Rillaboom with Throat Chop, and Leon sent out Dragapult.
• Malamar used Psychic Terrain and dodged Dragapult’s attacks, but Dragapult independently evaded Psycho Cut and struck Malamar with Dragon Pulse.

Alain and Leon battled with their final Pokémon, Mega Charizard X and Gigantamax Charizard, in a closely fought match. Leon won with G-Max Wildfire, and Alain promised to challenge him again next year.

• Alain's Malamar defeated Leon's Dragapult with Expanding Force, but Leon's Charizard then knocked out Malamar.
• Alain Mega Evolved his Charizard, and it forced Leon to recall his Charizard after Ancient Power struck it.
• Leon sent out Gigantamax Charizard, and Alain's Mega Charizard X resisted Max Rockfall by repeatedly attacking the same spot on the rock.
• Leon used G-Max Wildfire, while Alain's Charizard countered with Blast Burn, but Leon's Charizard remained standing and Alain's Charizard fell.
• Alain praised his Charizard and recalled it, then shook hands with Leon and vowed to defeat him next time.

Lance and Diantha battled in the Pokémon World Championships, with Diantha overcoming Lance’s three Pokémon using her Gardevoir. Diantha won the match after Mega Evolving Gardevoir, while Lance left the arena after recalling Gyarados.

• Lance’s Dragonite defeated Diantha’s Aurorus, but was left standing through the damage.
• Lance’s Hydreigon defeated Diantha’s Gourgeist, leaving Diantha with only Gardevoir.
• Gardevoir defeated Hydreigon and Dragonite, while Lance sent out Gyarados as his final Pokémon.
• Diantha Mega Evolved Gardevoir as Lance Dynamaxed Gyarados, and their Pokémon exchanged powerful attacks.
• Gardevoir defeated Gyarados with Moonblast, making Diantha the winner, and Lance recalled Gyarados and left the arena.

Yuto agreed to coach Dawn after she admitted that she had lost at two Gyms, and he began by learning how much she cared for her Pokémon. Champion Cynthia joined them after hearing his maxim about winning with Pokémon a Trainer loved, then took an interest in Yuto and his reputation; the chapter ended as Yuto reassured Dawn’s abandoned, fearful Pokémon that she would not leave it behind.

• Dawn asked Yuto for special training after losing Gym battles in Blackghost City and Whitebream City, and he agreed after confirming that she loved her Pokémon.
• Yuto shared his belief that Trainers should strive to win with the Pokémon they loved, and Cynthia overheard him in the crowded cafeteria.
• Yuto, Dawn, and Cynthia moved to Whitebody Forest, where Cynthia praised Yuto’s maxim and explained that she had sought him out after hearing about his League achievements.
• Dawn brought out her Pokémon, and she explained that she had taken in the injured human-shaped Pokémon after its former Trainer abandoned it.
• Yuto approached the frightened Pokémon and reassured it that Dawn loved it and would rely on it, helping it stop trembling.

Yuto assigned Dawn to spend three days in White Body Forest with her Pokémon outside their Poké Balls so she could understand their personalities, after learning that Shuppet had been abandoned and feared being alone. Dawn reflected on her journey and resolved to grow closer to her Pokémon as she began the assignment.

• Yuto told Dawn that Shuppet had once been abandoned by a Trainer who scolded him for losing battles, and Dawn gathered him into her arms to apologize.
• Yuto assigned Dawn to work with her Pokémon in White Body Forest for three days without using their Poké Balls.
• On the way back to Botai City, Yuto explained to Baina that Pokémon's natures and personalities could affect their strengths and weaknesses, and Baina asked to travel with him afterward.
• Yuto and Baina headed to the nearest Gym so Yuto could battle, while Ralts fell silent during the trip.
• Dawn recalled how she began her journey, struggled through repeated Gym defeats, and eventually met Yuto after being criticized for how she treated Shuppet.
• After Yuto and Baina left, Dawn gathered her Pokémon, sent Piplup and Starly to find supplies, and kept Shuppet close as she planned to talk with him often.

Baina tracked down Yuto after hearing about his achievements and philosophy, then accompanied him to Cai’s Gym to watch his battle. Yuto prepared to face Cai while Baina watched from the stands.

• Baina visited Professor Seven Gates and heard Professor Oak describe Yuto’s Pokédex work and League achievements.
• Baina searched Gym towns for Yuto, then recognized his philosophy being repeated at a Pokémon Center and approached him.
• Yuto agreed to let Baina accompany him to the next Gym, and she escorted him to Cai’s boxing gym.
• Cai welcomed Yuto, and he confirmed that Baina had already told her about his accomplishments.
• Cai explained the Gym battle rules, while Baina took a seat in the front row to watch.

Yuto defeated Acong in a Grass-type Gym battle, using Leafeon’s support moves and Baton Pass to overcome Acong’s Pokémon and earn the Forest Badge. After congratulating Yuto, Baina stopped Acong and approached them.

• Yuto and Acong sent out Leafeon and Zaoga, and Leafeon confused Linmu with Swagger before using Substitute and Swords Dance.
• Leafeon’s Substitute absorbed Linmu’s Leaf Storm, but the attack destroyed it, and Linmu was unable to battle.
• Yuto used Baton Pass to transfer Leafeon’s Attack boost to Super, who weakened and hindered Roserade with Captivate and Torment.
• Super defeated Roserade with Brave Bird, and Yuto beat Acong three to zero to earn the Forest Badge.
• Acong praised Yuto after the battle, and Baina congratulated him before stopping Acong.

After Baina summoned Yuto to lecture the League’s senior officials, he met Dawn in White Body Forest and found her bond with her shadowy Pokémon had strengthened. He began teaching Dawn and Baina Pokémon battle fundamentals, demonstrating physical and special moves with Marill.

• Baina ordered Tagane to gather the Gym Leaders and Elite Four, and Yuto spent three exhausting days lecturing League officials about Pokémon mechanics.
• Yuto traveled to White Body Forest with his Pokémon, followed Dawn’s Starly, and found Dawn and Baina at a campsite.
• Dawn told Yuto how she had protected the shadowy Pokémon, and he saw that the Pokémon had grown more cheerful and affectionate toward her.
• Yuto began a Pokémon lecture for Dawn and Baina, explaining stats and the three broad categories of moves.
• Marill demonstrated physical Aqua Jet and special Water Gun, while Yuto explained how Attack and Special Attack affected their power.

Yuto taught Dawn about Pokémon stats, Abilities, type bonuses, and natures, then trained with her in Bot Forest while they traveled. After Dawn revealed she had found the Power Plant Key, Yuto intensified her training for Team Galactic, and she prepared for her Gym Battle by facing his Marill’s new Waterfall technique.

• Yuto explained how a Pokémon’s stats, Ability, nature, and same-type attack bonus affected move strength.
• Yuto traveled with Dawn and trained her Pokémon in Bot Forest, where Ralts acted as a mock trainer and the group practiced moves and battles.
• Baina gave Yuto and Dawn Live Casters so they could stay in contact and share their locations.
• Dawn told Yuto and Baina about her encounters with Team Galactic and revealed she had picked up the Power Plant Key.
• Yuto decided Dawn needed more battle training to face Team Galactic Commanders and showed her Marill’s Waterfall Type A technique.
• Marill’s Waterfall Type A struck Staraptor with a series of erratic waterspouts, and Yuto planned to let Dawn rest before her Gym Battle.