Recaps

Heath reassured Zoroark that he would not dock her pay for her upcoming day on duty, then warned Cynthia about a possible connection between Cyrus and the rising crime in Sinnoh. Cynthia agreed to investigate Cyrus, leaving Heath’s suspicion of Team Galactic unresolved.

• Heath reflected on Norman’s battling style and considered whether competitive Pokémon players from his previous life could become skilled Trainers in this world.
• Zoroark asked Heath not to dock her pay when she took her turn on duty, and Heath reassured her.
• Heath spoke with Cynthia and learned that crime in Sinnoh had recently increased, apparently due to a sinister organization.
• Heath urged Cynthia to investigate Cyrus, and she agreed despite being puzzled by his warning.

Heath took the morning off from his restaurant and enjoyed a rare slow start with Kirlia and his Pokémon. After waking and washing up, he left most of the household asleep as he began the day with Mew and Charizard.

• Heath decided to keep his restaurant closed until noon while Norman visited with May.
• Heath woke at seven thirty beside Zoroark, and Kirlia greeted him cheerfully.
• Kirlia pressed Heath back down and insisted he sleep when he tried to get up.
• Heath convinced Kirlia to get up and brush their teeth and wash.
• Heath found Mew gaming and Charizard exercising, while the other Pokémon stayed asleep, and headed to the bathroom with them.

Heath considered what to serve May and Norman during Petalburg City’s scorching summer and decided against hot pot. He settled on home-style dishes with chilled summer refreshments and waited for May to arrive.

• Heath checked the hot weather and decided hot pot would be uncomfortable and unsuitable for his first meeting with May and Norman.
• Heath asked Mew what it liked to eat in hot weather, and Mew said chilled watermelon was its favorite.
• Heath considered watermelon, shaved ice, and ice jelly, then decided he could serve shaved ice before the main meal if May and Norman arrived early.
• Heath remembered mung bean soup and took mung beans from storage, noting that it should contain little or no sugar.
• Heath decided what to make for lunch and waited for May to arrive.

May learned that Heath had brought his food truck to Petalburg City and visited him with her father, Norman. Heath welcomed them inside, where May marveled at the truck’s spacious interior, and he offered her mung bean soup.

• Norman told May that Heath was in Petalburg City and had set up beside the Gym, and May eagerly asked her father to take her there.
• May arrived at Heath’s food truck with Norman and nervously greeted Heath with an exuberant shout.
• Heath laughed with May to ease her embarrassment, then welcomed her and Norman inside.
• May explored the surprisingly spacious food truck, and Heath offered her mung bean soup.

May and Norman waited at Heath’s food truck while Heath prepared a banquet meal, and May reflected on how food could bring a family together. Heath served vegetable salad with Three-Not-Sticky as the starter and began making the next dish.

• May enjoyed Heath’s mung bean soup and asked Norman what Heath would cook for them.
• Norman admitted he did not know, while privately feeling jealous of how much May admired Heath.
• May watched Heath cook and thought about how shared meals had brought her family happiness and sparked her interest in cooking.
• Heath served May and Norman vegetable salad with Three-Not-Sticky and explained why the dish had that name.
• May eagerly picked up her chopsticks as Heath returned to the kitchen to prepare the next dish.

Heath prepared Buddha Jumps Over the Wall and Ciba Chongqing Spicy Chicken for May and Norman, after deciding his first homemade ham was not good enough to serve. He brought the dishes to the table just as May and Norman finished their salad, and Norman eagerly anticipated the meal.

• Heath tasted his home-cured ham, found it edible but disappointing, and chose store-bought ham for his customers.
• Heath used Dialga's Pressure Cooker to prepare Buddha Jumps Over the Wall.
• Heath also made Ciba Chongqing Spicy Chicken to serve alongside the rich soup.
• Heath brought both dishes to May and Norman after they nearly finished their salad.
• Norman admired the aroma of the Chongqing Spicy Chicken and swallowed in anticipation.

Heath served Norman and May a mild ciba chili chicken, and May decided what she wanted to do with her future. Norman learned she wanted to become a chef and considered how to support her choice.

• Heath explained that he had made the ciba chili chicken mild so May could eat it.
• Norman and May tried the dishes, and May said she had figured out what she wanted to do.
• Norman guessed that May wanted to become a chef, and May hesitantly confirmed it.
• Norman felt conflicted but reflected that he had never expected his children to follow in his footsteps as Trainers.

Norman accepted May’s wish to become a chef and reassured her that she did not have to follow in his footsteps as a Trainer. The chapter ended with Norman asking Heath to take May on as an apprentice.

• Norman encouraged May to pursue cooking, though he worried that the work might prove too demanding.
• May told Norman she was surprised he was not angry, and reflected on the pressure of living in her accomplished father’s shadow.
• Norman told May she could choose any path she liked, and May decided she still wanted to become a chef.
• May thanked Norman, leaving him feeling guilty that he had not spent enough time understanding her.
• Heath brought their food and found May’s eyes red and Norman looking melancholy.
• Norman asked Heath whether he was still taking apprentices and said May wanted to become a chef.

May asked Heath to take her as an apprentice chef, and Heath considered agreeing despite his upcoming return to Kanto. The chapter left May and Norman to weigh whether she would travel with Heath or stay in Hoenn.

• Norman told Heath that May was serious about wanting to learn cooking from him.
• Heath considered taking May as an apprentice, partly because she could eventually help cover Farfetch'd’s shifts.
• Heath explained that he would leave for Kanto in a few days, making it unclear where May would live and train.
• Norman looked to May for her decision, while May felt torn between traveling and staying at home.
• Heath told May she could take her time deciding, then let Norman take the leftover food to go.

Norman learned that May wanted to go to Kanto and train as a chef with Heath, and he agreed to support her despite worrying about the hard work and missing her. Mitsuko revealed she had already anticipated May’s plans and had prepared for her eventual journey.

• May nervously asked Norman if he would still support her cooking ambitions after they left Heath’s food truck, and Norman assured her he would.
• May told Norman she wanted to make food that made people happy, and he said she would need to convince Mitsuko.
• At home, Norman told Mitsuko about May’s plans and realized she already knew their daughter wanted to become a chef.
• Norman watched May pack and worried that she would leave for Kanto for an unknown length of time, reflecting that he had not spent enough time with her.
• Mitsuko explained that she had expected May to begin her journey soon and thought traveling with Heath would be safer amid Team Magma and Team Aqua’s trouble.

Heath agreed to take May on as a cooking apprentice and drove his Food Truck toward Meteor Falls to investigate its eerie rumors. After passing Rustboro City, he arrived at an unfamiliar village called Jushan Village.

• Heath learned that May intended to study cooking under him and agreed to become her mentor.
• Heath drove toward Meteor Falls after reading a rumor about strange sounds that lured visitors toward cliffs, though the League attributed the sounds to wind.
• Heath considered visiting Rustboro City but chose a highway route and planned to take a cableway to Meteor Falls.
• Heath arrived at an unfamiliar village and saw that it was called Jushan Village.

Heath visited Jushan Village on his way to Meteor Falls, finding the prosperous village and its affordable tourist services impressive. He flew to the falls on Charizard, entered the League-maintained tourist area, and saw how crowded it was.

• Heath arrived in Jushan Village and noted its skyscraper and thriving businesses near Meteor Falls.
• Heath chose to approach Meteor Falls from Jushan Village, parked his vehicle, and flew up the mountain on Charizard.
• Heath bought a ticket and entered Meteor Falls, where the League’s safe tourist area was clearly marked and excursions beyond it carried risks and rescue fees.
• Heath found the falls packed with visitors and remarked that the crowds explained why people kept leaving the safe area.

Heath left Meteor Falls’ safe zone to search the caverns and encountered Steven while exploring. After recognizing that the figure he saw was an illusion, Heath used his Ingredient Identifier to break free and found Charizard waiting anxiously as Mew fought something inside the cavern.

• Heath signed the League’s waiver, received a tracking device, and left the safe zone to explore Meteor Falls.
• Heath wandered through the cavern, collected a Groudon-shaped crystal, and came across Steven digging for stones with Metagross.
• Heath heard an eerie voice and realized that the Steven before him had turned his neck impossibly far, revealing that Heath was trapped in an illusion.
• Heath used his Ingredient Identifier to escape the illusion and appeared at a cavern entrance beside an anxious Charizard.
• Heath heard Mew fighting something inside the cavern and went in to investigate.

Heath entered a cave and found Mew battling Darkrai, then learned that a mysterious stone had caused his illusion. Heath identified it as a Mega Stone for Zoroark and offered it to her, but acknowledged that Mew had found it.

• Heath arrived as Darkrai fled from its fight with Mew, leaving Mew holding a glowing stone.
• Mew explained that the stone had caused Heath's illusion and that Darkrai had attacked when Mew investigated it.
• Heath scanned the stone and learned it could allow Zoroark to Mega Evolve and strengthen her illusions.
• Heath called Zoroark over and explained what the Mega Stone could do, while noting that it was Mew's find.

Heath explored Meteor Falls, where Mew gave Zoroark a Mega Stone and Heath discovered a hidden group of Dragonair and Dratini, including a Shiny Dratini. He returned to Petalburg City and began planning a room for May, but postponed buying furniture until he could ask what she liked.

• Mew gave Zoroark the Mega Stone, and Heath explained Mega Evolution to Kirlia as they walked through Meteor Falls.
• Heath found Dragonair and Dratini in a hidden cave, including a Shiny Dratini, but left without disturbing them.
• Heath finished exploring Meteor Falls without finding Steven and rode Charizard back to Jushan Village before driving to Petalburg City.
• Heath considered preparing a room for May and went to a furniture mall, but decided to wait until he knew what furniture she would like.

Heath watched the disastrous opening of Black Skin Fish and prepared for May to become his apprentice. He left the day ahead uncertain but intended to judge May’s cooking talent honestly.

• Heath watched news report that Black Skin Fish had earned just over three million on opening day and angered its fans with its changes to the original.
• Heath and Zoroark agreed that Black Skin Fish was unbearable, and he jokingly threatened to make her watch it.
• Heath noticed that Zoroark’s transformation into Betty had become lifelike enough to have body heat and breathing.
• Heath sat in the Lounge and considered May’s impending apprenticeship, which he had discussed with Cynthia the previous day.
• Heath decided he would not go easy on May and would send her home if she lacked the talent to become a chef.

Heath accepted May as his apprentice after she insisted she wanted to become a chef despite the hard work. As Heath prepared to leave for the Kanto Region the next afternoon, Norman was left worrying that he had not spent enough time with his daughter.

• Norman and Mitsuko asked Heath to take May as his apprentice, and Heath warned May about the difficult training involved.
• May affirmed that she wanted to cook food that made customers happy, so Heath accepted her parents' gifts and tea and formally took her as his disciple.
• Heath introduced Farfetch'd as May's senior fellow apprentice, and May obediently greeted him as such.
• Mitsuko comforted Norman, who admitted that May's apprenticeship made him feel he had not given her enough attention.
• Heath asked Norman whether he had anything else to say to May before Heath returned to the Kanto Region the next afternoon.

Heath welcomed May to his Food Truck after Norman and Mitsuko said goodbye, then helped her settle into her new room. May began her apprenticeship with wok-tossing practice under Farfetch'd.

• Norman talked with May for over an hour before he and Mitsuko left, and he gave Heath money for May's expenses while Heath refused an apprenticeship fee.
• Heath showed May the lounge Pokémon, and she was thrilled to see Mew.
• Heath took May to a furniture mall, where she chose furniture for her room, and Machamp helped move it into the Food Truck.
• Heath showed May the bathroom he had arranged for her, then told her to begin practicing the basics of cooking.
• Heath called Farfetch'd to teach May how to toss a wok for three ten-minute sets a day.

Heath began training May in the fundamentals of cooking by having her practice tossing a pan, and she discovered how exhausting the exercise could be. After setting a daily training pace, he guided her through stretches and brought her electrolyte honey water, leaving May to wonder at Farfetch'd’s quick progress when he first trained.

• Heath explained that May needed to build her cooking fundamentals and started her on pan-tossing practice.
• May confidently began the exercise, but her arms grew tired and trembled as she pushed through the sets.
• Heath stopped May at her limit and told her to practice pan-tossing every day before moving on to the next step.
• May promised Heath that she would keep training, and he had her stretch before resting.
• Heath made May electrolyte honey water and told her that Farfetch'd had adapted quickly when he first started training.

May completed the training Heath assigned her and decided to keep working to become stronger. Heath called Mr. Fujiyama, who was recovering in the hospital, and asked him to create a training plan for her.

• Heath praised May for finishing her exhausting lessons, and Farfetch'd agreed that she had worked hard.
• Heath gave May honey lemonade and explained that regular training would make difficult tasks, such as preparing Three-Not-Sticky, easier.
• May vowed to work hard after learning how much effort the dish required, and Heath decided she needed a systematic training plan.
• Heath called Mr. Fujiyama and learned he was still in the hospital under Nurse Joy's observation.
• Heath asked Mr. Fujiyama to draw up a training plan for May, and Mr. Fujiyama agreed to come over.

Heath arranged for Mr. Fujiyama to make a workout plan for May and reflected on a gigantic shadow he had seen moving through the sea near Petalburg City. He then decided to experiment with lychee juice in Dongpo Pork for Mr. Fujiyama, who needed a hearty meal while recovering from a wound.

• Mr. Fujiyama tested May and concluded she was a beginner, then prepared a workout plan for her to start the next day.
• Heath planned to rest and keep his shop closed, noting that Norman would bring May a Pokémon the following day.
• Heath recalled seeing an enormous shadow, possibly over three hundred meters long, swim past Petalburg City's seafront at night.
• Mr. Fujiyama asked Heath for a hearty meat dish because Nurse Joy had advised him to eat more while his wound healed.
• Heath considered making Dongpo Pork and using lychee juice to caramelize the sugar and color the meat.

Heath discovered that lychees gave Dongpo pork a distinctive sweetness without making it greasy, then offered Mr. Fujiyama the dish. He began teaching May about fruit in cooking and prepared to show her how to make pineapple rice.

• Heath found that lychees did not make caramel coloring but gave Dongpo pork a pleasant, lingering sweetness, and he wrote down the recipe.
• May asked Heath whether fruit could be used in cooking, and Mr. Fujiyama showed her examples of fruit dishes on his phone.
• Heath told May that fruit cooking was common and offered to teach her pineapple rice, a dish more familiar in Alola than Hoenn.
• Mr. Fujiyama ate Heath's lychee Dongpo pork with tomatoes and eggs and dry-fried eggplant, finding the meal satisfying and less greasy than expected.
• Mr. Fujiyama decided to keep eating meat as Nurse Joy had instructed until his wound healed, and he ate the remaining pork more eagerly.

Heath explained to May why beef was expensive, then offered to teach her how to cook. The chapter ended with Heath preparing to teach May to make Baumkuchen.

• May asked Heath why beef was so expensive while he was teaching her cooking tricks.
• Heath explained that raising cattle cost more than raising pigs or chickens and that beef products lost weight during preparation.
• Heath asked May what she wanted to learn to cook, and she was unsure.
• Heath suggested making Baumkuchen together, and May wondered whether she could manage it.
• Heath reassured May that Baumkuchen was simple and offered to teach her.

Heath taught May to make Baumkuchen, then prepared to leave Hoenn for Kanto with her the next day. May’s curiosity about Heath’s cooking led him to give her a cookie containing a slip of paper.

• Heath guided May through making Baumkuchen, and she happily enjoyed the cake she had made.
• Heath told May they would leave the next day and arranged for Norman to pick her up so she could say goodbye to her parents.
• May asked Heath about the unfamiliar dishes he cooked, and he claimed he had once learned them from a cookbook that had burned in a fire.
• Heath gave May a cookie to distract her from asking more questions, and she broke it open to find a slip of paper inside.

Heath made fortune cookies for May, then took her from Hoenn to Cinnabar Island through the Anywhere Door. After arriving, they found a crowd gathered because the famous researcher Dr. Fuji was leaving.

• Heath explained his fortune cookies, and May was delighted by the message inside hers.
• Mr. Norman picked May up for a visit, then later returned her and paid for the furniture she had bought.
• Heath took May and Kirlia from Petalburg City to Cinnabar Island in his food truck through the Anywhere Door.
• Heath planned to report to the Officer Jenny Building for a vending permit, but a crowd blocked the road.
• Heath learned that the crowd had gathered because Dr. Fuji was leaving Cinnabar Island.