Recaps

Heath watched Mr. Fujiyama demonstrate techniques for fighting Pokémon and heard Cynthia ask whether he could defeat her Garchomp. Mr. Fujiyama and Garchomp agreed to try a duel, leaving them ready to face each other.

• Heath reflected on how people had come to understand Pokémon and how fighting Pokémon had developed into a discipline focused on defeating rather than killing them.
• Mr. Fujiyama demonstrated how to dodge behind a large Pokémon and strike while it turned around, using Bewear as his model.
• Cynthia asked whether Mr. Fujiyama could defeat her Garchomp, and he said he had only fought a Mega-Evolved Charizard and a Dragonite among Dragon-types.
• Mr. Fujiyama asked to fight Garchomp, and Cynthia asked Garchomp whether it wanted to try.
• Garchomp eagerly agreed to fight Mr. Fujiyama.

Heath and Cynthia watched Mr. Fujiyama fight Cynthia’s Garchomp, and Mr. Fujiyama used a risky trick to briefly gain the advantage before admitting defeat. He remained eager to keep improving, and Heath began treating his injured hand.

• Heath and Cynthia watched as Mr. Fujiyama fought Cynthia’s Garchomp, which gradually forced him onto the defensive.
• Mr. Fujiyama deliberately let Garchomp wound his hand, then splashed blood into Garchomp’s face and landed a kick and punch.
• Mr. Fujiyama stopped fighting and acknowledged his defeat, while Cynthia praised his strength.
• Mr. Fujiyama reflected that he would keep training and seek another chance to challenge powerful Pokémon.
• Heath brought out a first-aid kit and began treating Mr. Fujiyama’s wounded hand without anesthetic.

Heath used Cynthia’s Roserade and Stun Spore to numb Mr. Fujiyama while treating his severe hand wound, then watched him leave for further care in Petalburg City. After Cynthia asked about Mew’s trip to help a dying Pokémon, Heath and Cynthia followed Mew’s voice and found a weak white Pokémon that seemed to have recovered with Potion.

• Cynthia had Roserade use Stun Spore to numb Mr. Fujiyama’s hand while Heath cleaned and stitched the wound.
• Heath finished treating Mr. Fujiyama, who left to visit a hospital in Petalburg City for further examination.
• Cynthia praised Mr. Fujiyama’s persistence and discussed whether humans might someday defeat powerful Pokémon through their own abilities.
• Heath told Cynthia that Mew had gone to help a Pokémon close to death, and Cynthia urged him to investigate.
• Heath and Cynthia followed Mew’s voice and found Mew beside a weak white Pokémon that smelled of Potion.

Heath and Cynthia found a badly injured Spheal in Petalburg Woods and learned that a tornado had blown it away from its Trainer. Unable to locate its Poké Ball or learn where it came from, Heath planned to take it to Officer Jenny so its owner could be found.

• Heath and Cynthia examined the wounded Spheal, and Cynthia initially wondered whether someone had abused it.
• Mew translated Spheal’s explanation that a tornado had carried it away while it was inside its Poké Ball, which later opened and sent it falling through the air.
• Spheal described surviving the fall and escaping other Pokémon before Mew found and treated it.
• Heath and Cynthia tried to learn where Spheal had come from, but it remembered little and they could not find its Poké Ball.
• Heath concluded that they would have to take Spheal to Officer Jenny and check for a missing Pokémon report.

Heath took an injured Spheal with him after its Poké Ball broke, planning to report the lost Pokémon to Officer Jenny in Petalburg Woods. At a nearby pool, Cynthia and Heath discovered a huge, decades-old Pikachu plush with a symbol resembling a smartphone on its back.

• Heath decided to take Spheal along and leave the broken Poké Ball case to Officer Jenny after they returned to Petalburg Woods.
• Heath carried Spheal to another pool while Cynthia checked the map and showed interest in their discoveries.
• Cynthia sent Gastrodon into the pool, where it found a gigantic, faded Pikachu plush.
• Cynthia had Gastrodon pull the plush from the water, and she and Heath inspected a strange symbol on its back.
• Heath recognized the symbol as looking exactly like a smartphone.

Heath and Cynthia searched a large lake for the missing Mansion and encountered a hostile Shiny Gyarados. After Cynthia caught it, Gastrodon found a large building hidden beneath aquatic plants in the lake.

• Cynthia told Heath that ancient Sinnoh tablets depicted a smartphone-like object called the Light of Creation, and Heath recognized it as a relic from a time traveler’s journey.
• Heath and Cynthia reached a large lake where Heath thought the Mansion might be hidden.
• A Red Gyarados burst from the lake and began charging Hyper Beam at Heath and Cynthia.
• Garchomp defeated the Gyarados, and Cynthia caught it in a Great Ball for Professor Rowan’s research into Shiny Pokémon.
• Gastrodon entered the lake and spotted a large building covered in aquatic plants.

Heath and Cynthia found an iron chest sealed in amber beneath a sunken Mansion, and Heath discovered the Viridian Fruit inside. He considered giving the rare fruit to Cynthia rather than Ash.

• Heath and Cynthia searched the sunken Mansion, but Gastrodon found nothing useful at first.
• Cynthia spotted an amber-covered iron chest on the lakebed and had Gastrodon bring it up.
• Cynthia determined the chest was not an antiquity, and Heath had Charizard melt away the amber.
• Heath opened the chest and used the Ingredient Identifier to confirm the fruit inside was a Viridian Fruit that could grant Viridian Force.
• Cynthia asked what the fruit was, and Heath considered giving it to her instead of Ash.

Heath gave Cynthia a Viridian Fruit, and she gained the Viridian Force. Completing the quests rewarded Heath with powerful abilities that he decided to keep secret, while Cynthia began adjusting to her new power.

• Heath gave Cynthia the Viridian Fruit after asking her for a hundred-League-Coin note.
• Cynthia ate the fruit and received the Viridian Force, while Heath completed his quests and gained Champion-level battle experience, one use of Primordial Sea, and one use of Life Flame.
• Heath realized Life Flame could revive someone who had just died and decided to keep the reward secret to avoid attracting trouble.
• Cynthia briefly seemed dazed after eating the fruit, then told Heath she felt a strange connection to Garchomp and could sense she might heal its injuries.
• Heath checked that Cynthia was all right, and she began adjusting to the Viridian Force.

Heath and Cynthia found the Viridian Fruit in Petalburg Woods, and Cynthia gained the Viridian Force after eating it. As they headed to visit Gengar, Cynthia wondered if Heath planned to propose with the fruit and tried to ask him about it.

• Heath decided to return to Kanto and complete the remaining city achievements in Cinnabar Island, Celadon City, and Fuchsia City.
• Cynthia adjusted to the Viridian Force and discovered that it connected her mind to her Pokémon, healed them, and temporarily strengthened them.
• Heath and Cynthia agreed that the Viridian Fruit was a valuable secret treasure, and Cynthia wondered if Heath had given it to her as a proposal gift.
• Heath followed Cynthia toward Gengar's Mansion to thank Gengar and maintain their relationship, hoping Gengar might help him find a rare healing fruit.
• Cynthia began to ask Heath something as a gust of wind swept through Petalburg Woods, and Heath was startled by what he heard.

Heath and Cynthia discussed marriage after he gave her a priceless Viridian Fruit, and she asked him to meet her grandmother. At Gengar's Mansion, Gengar showed Heath a painting of its deceased Trainer and asked him for a recipe for slightly burnt pasta.

• Heath recognized the great value of the Viridian Fruit and told Cynthia he had always dated her with marriage in mind.
• Cynthia shyly asked Heath to come meet her grandmother, and Heath agreed.
• Heath and Cynthia returned to Gengar's Mansion, where Gengar allowed Heath upstairs under its supervision.
• Heath saw a painting of Gengar's deceased Trainer, and Gengar confirmed who she was.
• Gengar asked Heath to write down a recipe for pasta that could turn out a little burnt, and Heath agreed.

Heath stayed in Petalburg City while his food truck’s teleportation function recharged, after Cynthia returned to Sinnoh. He obtained a prime stall location beside Petalburg City's Gym and planned to learn more about the Gym before opening.

• Heath chose to wait in Petalburg City rather than take a ship back to Kanto because he suffered from seasickness.
• Cynthia kissed Heath goodbye, saying she would visit her grandmother and hoped to take Heath to meet her family in Sinnoh.
• Heath visited the Officer Jenny Unit and received a permit for a stall beside Petalburg City's Gym, with the requirement to provide seven free boxed meals per mealtime.
• Heath thought about Norman and his powerful Slaking, then decided to learn about the Gym before opening for business.

Heath visited Petalburg Gym to learn why nearby businesses had to provide boxed meals and met a girl who sold him information about the Gym. After discovering the meals supported seven apprentices from poor families, he paid the girl, while Charizard remained eager to battle.

• Heath considered the benefits and drawbacks of setting up a restaurant beside Petalburg Gym and went there hoping to learn about Norman and his family.
• Charizard grew excited inside his Poké Ball, apparently expecting Heath to challenge the Gym.
• A girl in patched clothes asked Heath whether he had come to battle, then offered to tell him about Petalburg Gym.
• Heath asked why the Gym required nearby businesses to provide boxed meals, and the girl explained that seven apprentices from poor families needed them.
• The girl shared information about Norman, May, and the Gym apprentices, and Heath paid her before wondering whether he would have to let Charizard battle.

Heath challenged the Petalburg City Gym to satisfy Charizard’s desire for battle and defeated an Ace Gym Trainer with ease. Charizard remained disappointed by the one-sided match, while Heath returned to his food truck to prepare for business.

• Heath showed his Trainer Card at the Petalburg City Gym and requested an opponent above Beginner difficulty because he had Charizard and Zoroark.
• The Gym staff assigned Heath an Ace Gym Trainer, and Heath entered the battle room with Charizard.
• Heath defeated the Ace Gym Trainer after Charizard landed a Flamethrower, earning the Petalburg City Normal-type Gym Badge.
• The Ace Gym Trainer praised Heath and suggested he could challenge Norman, but Heath had only come to give Charizard a battle.
• Heath comforted the disappointed Charizard, then returned to his food truck to prepare meals for the Petalburg Gym and open for business.

Norman learned that Heath, Cynthia’s chef boyfriend, had rented the stall beside the Petalburg City Gym and went to inspect his cooking. He was surprised to find a Shiny Kirlia serving customers and asked whether Heath could really make anything.

• A Gym apprentice told Norman that someone had taken the stall beside the Gym, but Norman initially dismissed the news.
• Norman recalled that he had rented the stall to help Kazuna and required its new tenant to keep providing boxed lunches for the seven orphans he had adopted.
• Norman recognized Heath as Champion Cynthia’s boyfriend and saw that Heath had overwhelmingly defeated one of the Gym’s elite apprentices.
• Norman went to Heath’s food truck and was greeted by a Shiny Kirlia, who guided him to a seat and handed him a menu.
• Norman read the menu’s offer to make anything with available ingredients and asked Kirlia whether Heath could really do so.

Heath prepared a bowl of spicy beef offal soup for Norman, who had requested the dish from a childhood memory. After Norman enjoyed the meal, Heath discovered that serving him had earned the Slacking Off Secret, an ability that reduced his presence while slacking off.

• Norman asked Kirlia whether Heath could make a dish from cow innards, recalling the beef offal his family ate when he was young.
• Kirlia asked Heath about the request, and Heath arranged an expensive instant delivery of fresh beef offal.
• Heath prepared spicy beef offal soup, and Norman eagerly ate it.
• Heath learned that the customer was Norman and received the Slacking Off Secret, which made him less noticeable when he slacked off.

Heath accepted a slacking-related reward, recognized the customer eating beef offal as Norman, and delivered his boxed meals. Norman praised Heath’s cooking and invited him to make hot pot the next day because his daughter May was curious about him.

• Heath accepted the reward despite thinking the slacking skill had little use while he worked for himself.
• Heath recognized Norman and reflected on Norman’s daughter May and Wallace’s influence in Hoenn.
• Norman finished Heath’s beef offal and praised his cooking when Heath brought him seven boxed meals.
• Norman asked Heath if he planned to challenge Gyms and compete in the Hoenn League, but Heath said he only battled to fulfill Charizard’s wish.
• Norman asked Heath to make hot pot the next day because May was curious about him, and Heath agreed.

Heath wondered why May was curious about him while supervising Farfetch'd as he made takoyaki. After Farfetch'd again prepared to make an enormous takoyaki ball, Heath secretly searched online and discovered that Farfetch'd's brain was about that size.

• Heath wondered why May knew about him and considered whether she was interested in Cynthia.
• Kirlia told Heath that a customer had ordered takoyaki, and Heath reflected on the popular snack called deep-fried Pikachu.
• Heath recalled that Farfetch'd had become obsessed with takoyaki after a television expert claimed Farfetch'd's brain was as big as a takoyaki ball.
• Heath stopped Farfetch'd from making another fist-sized takoyaki ball and watched him switch to normal-sized ones.
• Heath secretly searched online and learned that Farfetch'd's brain really was about the size of a takoyaki ball.

Kirlia cautiously befriended a young girl who admired her, while Heath confronted an elderly woman who demanded money from his food stall. When she fled after he called the police, Heath ordered Kirlia to stop her.

• Kirlia sensed Farfetch'd's resentment as he cooked takoyaki, then shook hands with a little girl wearing Pokémon-themed clothes.
• Heath offered an elderly beggar a meal or help contacting the League's Welfare Home, but she insisted on receiving money.
• The elderly woman knelt and wailed at Heath in front of customers when he threatened to call the police.
• Heath called the police, and the woman cursed him before trying to run away.
• Heath told Kirlia to hold the fleeing woman.

Heath dealt with an elderly woman who caused a scene at his food truck, then served a customer who requested Fried Pikachu with shrimp paste filling. The customer’s unusual order left Heath preparing a sweet-and-sour version.

• Officer Jenny arrived and took the disruptive old woman away from Heath’s food truck.
• Heath reassured Jenny that he did not blame her and listened as she described how difficult it was to deal with people who disturbed the peace.
• Heath offered Jenny food, but she declined and returned to her duties.
• After the food truck returned to normal, a man asked Heath for Fried Pikachu with shrimp paste filling.
• Heath noticed the man liked sweet-and-sour flavors and agreed to make the requested dish.

Heath prepared deep-fried Pikachu stuffed with shrimp paste for a food critic visiting his truck in Petalburg City. As the critic enjoyed a dish tailored perfectly to his preferences, he reflected on how Heath’s uncanny ability to satisfy every customer had made him famous among food critics.

• Heath pounded shrimp meat into seasoned shrimp paste, stuffed it into Pikachu-shaped potatoes, and deep-fried them.
• Heath sent Kirlia to serve the dish, while Zoroark worried about how to match Kirlia’s skill as a server.
• The food critic admired the lifelike Pikachu and realized Heath had made the sweet-and-sour flavor he preferred without asking.
• The food critic recalled how reports of Heath matching every customer’s tastes had spread through food criticism circles and fueled theories about his abilities.
• The food critic judged Heath’s deep-fried Pikachu impeccable and well suited to his preferences.

Heath met Xing, a young apprentice cook at the Petalburg Gym, when Norman brought her to his food stall. Norman began explaining that Xing wanted something from Heath, but the chapter ended before he revealed what it was.

• A customer praised Heath for preparing a dish that perfectly matched his tastes.
• Norman arrived with a young girl, prompting Heath to wonder whether she was Norman's daughter, May.
• The girl introduced herself as Xing and said she was a cook at the Petalburg Gym.
• Norman clarified that Xing was an apprentice cook and one of the children he had taken in.
• Norman began to explain what Xing wanted, but the chapter ended mid-sentence.

Heath signed an autograph for Xing, then watched Norman leave his restaurant to battle a challenger with six Gym Badges. Heath brought Charizard and Kirlia to the crowded Gym arena, where the challenger took the field.

• Xing asked Heath for his autograph, and he signed her food magazine before she left happily.
• Norman apologized for Xing’s impulsive nature and was called away to face a challenger with six Gym Badges.
• Norman’s departure emptied Heath’s restaurant, and Heath considered making popcorn chicken before deciding to watch the battle.
• Charizard agreed to go with Heath, while Zoroark, Snorlax, and Farfetch'd stayed behind and Kirlia joined him.
• Heath, Charizard, and Kirlia reached the packed Gym arena, where the challenger took the field.

Heath watched Norman defeat a challenger’s Hariyama with Slaking and considered how training and strength could outweigh type advantages. Norman awarded the challenger a Badge and warned him that Wallace was stronger, while Heath returned to his food truck after the battle.

• Heath watched Norman’s Slaking easily defeat the challenger’s Hariyama, despite its Fighting-type advantage and three uses of Bulk Up.
• Heath and Charizard agreed that Slaking had not fought at full strength, and Heath reflected on how Gym Leaders adjusted battles for challengers.
• Norman awarded the challenger a Normal-type Badge after judging that his tactics and strength qualified him.
• Norman warned the challenger that Wallace was stronger and advised him to train before attempting the Water-type Gym.
• Heath thought that battling Wallace would soon become a rare opportunity when Wallace became Champion, then left the Gym to return to his food truck.

After losing to Mr. Norman, Huoying visited Heath’s food truck and ordered dry pot shrimp. Heath discovered that Huoying was a promising Team Magma member who might become one of Maxie’s admins.

• After Mr. Norman’s battle, Heath welcomed a rush of customers who discussed the match.
• Huoying, the young trainer who had challenged Mr. Norman, ordered dry pot shrimp from Heath.
• Heath made Huoying a generous, lightly seasoned dish that suited his dislike of salty and spicy food.
• Heath received a Wonderful Meteorite Fragment for serving Huoying and wondered why his name seemed familiar.
• Heath scanned Huoying and learned that he was a powerful Team Magma member whom Maxie might train to become an admin.

Heath put away the meteorite fragment Huoying gave him, planning to save it for Rayquaza, and prepared for Norman and May’s visit. After Charizard worried he could not defeat Norman’s Slaking, Heath offered to let him battle Norman.

• Heath learned that Huoying’s meteorite fragment had a green apple flavor and was one of Rayquaza’s favorite foods.
• Heath stored the oversized fragment to serve Rayquaza if she visited again.
• Heath decided to stay near the Gym the next day to serve Norman and May before exploring more of Hoenn.
• Charizard admitted that watching Slaking battle had made him doubt he could defeat it, then trained by pouring water over himself.
• Heath reassured Charizard and suggested he could battle Norman, exciting Charizard.