Recaps

Brock left the Sinnoh Region after thanking Fang Yan for teaching him about Pokémon care, while Fang Yan and the Pokémon Day Care settled into their usual breakfast routine. A film crew asked to cast Mime Jr. in a Pokémon movie, and Mime Jr. agreed to join them.

• Brock thanked Fang Yan and Gothitelle for teaching him Pokémon care and treatment, accepted three jars of Honey, and set off for Pewter City.
• Fang Yan asked Gothitelle to make flower rolls and several fillings for breakfast, then shared a meal with the Pokémon and Shauna.
• After breakfast, Fang Yan fell asleep in the lounge and woke when a film crew argued with Fujino and her husband outside the Pokémon Day Care.
• Director Edward apologized for the crew's pushy behavior and explained that he wanted Mime Jr. to make a cameo in his Pokémon movie.
• Mime Jr. hesitated because it wanted to look after the Pokémon Day Care, but Fang Yan reassured it and agreed to arrange the details with Edward.
• Fang Yan and Edward finalized the arrangements, and Mime Jr. joined the film crew.

Fang Yan visited Mime Jr. on the film set, where it enjoyed acting alongside a Galarian Ponyta, and promised it could keep cooking at the Pokémon Day Care too. Back home, Fang Yan cheered up Gengar after it was rejected for a film role by offering to make a series starring it, but Gengar soon returned to stealing Vespiquen’s honey.

• Mime Jr. filmed a morning of scenes with a Galarian Ponyta, and Fang Yan brought it lunch and encouraged it to keep acting while cooking at the Pokémon Day Care.
• Fang Yan spoke with Diantha, who agreed to coach Mime Jr. in acting after she finished her current production, while Edward revealed the Ponyta belonged to a friend from Galar.
• Fang Yan returned to the Pokémon Day Care and found Gengar despondent because Edward had rejected it for a cameo role.
• Fang Yan proposed filming Ever-Changing Gengar at the Pokémon Day Care and persuaded Gengar to take the lead role with Diantha’s guidance.
• Gengar cheered up, then snuck away to steal Vespiquen’s honey and was chased by her Combee.

Fang Yan spent the day joking and caring for the Pokémon at his Day Care before Gary and Paul visited to say goodbye as they prepared to leave Sinnoh. When messages from Jessie, James, and Meowth revealed they were leaving too, Ninetales comforted Fang Yan, and Kangaskhan returned home with her child.

• Fang Yan and Gengar bickered while picking vegetables, and Larvitar offered Fang Yan coal after mistaking Vespiquen's teasing for a claim that he ate worms.
• Gary told Fang Yan he was leaving Sinnoh for Pallet Town and then planned to travel to Unova; Fang Yan encouraged him to challenge Ash there.
• Paul said he was leaving to travel, starting in Kanto to interview Professor Oak before going to Hoenn and challenging the League and Battle Frontier.
• Paul showed Fang Yan the symbol of his victory over the Battle Frontier and said he hoped to defeat Mr. Brandon when he was fighting at full strength.
• Fang Yan received messages from Jessie, James, and Meowth saying they were leaving Sinnoh, and Ninetales comforted him as he mourned his friends' departures.
• Kangaskhan returned to the Day Care with her child, and Fang Yan welcomed her home.

Kangaskhan visited Fang Yan’s Pokémon Day Care, where Vespiquen shared her special Honey and Kangaskhan helped Gengar watch the children. A wealthy young noblewoman entrusted six powerful Pokémon to Fang Yan for a week, and the chapter ended with them enjoying dinner at the Day Care while Kangaskhan agreed to stay longer.

• Kangaskhan arrived at the bustling Day Care, greeted Lilligant and Vespiquen, and gave Gengar Vespiquen’s Honey after he had tried to steal it.
• Vespiquen offered Kangaskhan her newest Honey, and Kangaskhan shared it with her baby and Gengar.
• Fang Yan showed a wealthy young noblewoman around the Day Care, and she asked him to care for her Gardevoir, Milotic, Metagross, Serperior, Primarina, and Archaludon for a week.
• Fang Yan and the Day Care staff handled a rush of customers, while Kangaskhan helped Gengar entertain the children.
• After the customers left, Fang Yan examined the six boarded Pokémon and invited them to dinner, where they eagerly ate the Day Care’s food.
• Fang Yan asked Kangaskhan if she would stay longer, and Kangaskhan agreed.

Fang Yan cared for the Pokémon boarded at the Day Care and encouraged Mr. Fujino to pursue the Breeder exam, deciding to take the intermediate exam himself. After asking Nurse Joy about upcoming exams, Fang Yan tried to study but quickly fell asleep.

• Fang Yan teased Lilligant about whether Vespiquen could gather honey from its flower, so Lilligant tossed him around with Petal Blizzard while Gengar filmed.
• Mime Jr. rescued Fang Yan when breakfast was announced, and Fang Yan took Gengar and Mr. Fujino to examine and wash Metagross, Archaludon, and the other Pokémon.
• Mr. Fujino asked whether it was too late to become a Breeder, and Fang Yan encouraged him, saying the second-best time to plant a tree was now.
• Mr. Fujino explained that caring for Pokémon had changed his and his wife's feelings about them, and he wanted to become a Breeder to help Fang Yan.
• Fang Yan told Mr. Fujino he would ask Nurse Joy about exam dates and might take the intermediate Breeder exam himself.
• Fang Yan called Nurse Joy, then opened a breeder-knowledge book to study but fell asleep minutes later.

Fang Yan and Mr. Fujino traveled to Jubilife City for their Breeder exams while Shauna explored the city with their Pokémon. Shauna was rescued from robbers by Officer Jenny and Ninetales, while Fang Yan discovered he had failed the intermediate Breeder exam.

• Shauna encouraged Fang Yan and Mr. Fujino before they took the Distortion Passage to Jubilife City, leaving Gothitelle and Airplane Little Sister behind.
• Fang Yan and Mr. Fujino left Shauna with their Pokémon near the exam venue, then went to take their exams.
• While the adults were busy, Shauna toured Jubilife City, bought treats, and unknowingly attracted a group of robbers who wanted her money and Larvitar.
• Officer Jenny confronted the robbers, but a pack of Houndoom and Houndour cornered the group before Ninetales drove them off and Gengar protected Shauna.
• Fang Yan learned that he had failed the intermediate Breeder exam.

After failing the intermediate breeder exam, Fang Yan lay despondently on the Pokémon Day Care floor until Cynthia arrived and teased him back to his usual self. He decided to remain a junior breeder, and Cynthia departed for the Unova Region after reassuring him and saying she would be there if he needed her.

• Officer Jenny and Nurse Joy found Fang Yan lying motionless after he failed the intermediate breeder exam, and the Pokémon Day Care residents could not cheer him up.
• Nurse Joy showed Cynthia Fang Yan on a video call, and Cynthia said she would visit while Nurse Joy shared news of his failure with Xia Lan.
• Cynthia arrived and teased Fang Yan about miniskirts, while Garchomp chased Gengar through the backyard after Gengar took the blame for his comments.
• Fang Yan explained that the exam rejected his practical answers as too idealized, and Cynthia told him that breeder exams relied on standardized answers; Fang Yan decided not to retake it and to stay a junior breeder.
• Cynthia hugged and kissed Fang Yan goodbye before leaving for the Unova Region, and Fang Yan promised Gengar two hundred roasted sweet potatoes for taking the blame.

Fang Yan welcomed Gardenia, Eterna City's Gym Leader, to the Pokémon Day Care for her Gym assessment, then battled her with Roserade. The assessment ended with Roserade defeating Gardenia's Bellossom in one-sided fashion.

• Fang Yan watched Kangaskhan leave its baby at the Pokémon Day Care, where the baby had chosen to live.
• Mrs. Fujino told Fang Yan that Gardenia had arrived, and he realized he had forgotten to prepare for the Gym assessment.
• Fang Yan offered Gardenia a meal and a room, then let her choose a six-on-six assessment battle.
• Fang Yan chose Roserade to battle Gardenia's Bellossom after deciding not to use his strongest Pokémon.
• Roserade knocked Bellossom down with Hyper Beam and defeated it with Seed Flare after blocking its attacks.

Fang Yan defeated Gardenia in her Gym assessment, then treated her and Breloom after they overate at the Pokémon Day Care. Mime Jr. brought a shy Galarian Ponyta back to play, and Shauna quickly took it to the backyard.

• Roserade defeated Gardenia’s team, and Mr. Fujino declared Fang Yan the winner of the battle.
• Fang Yan reassured Gardenia that she qualified as a Gym Leader and helped treat her Pokémon’s injuries.
• Gardenia and Breloom ate until their stomachs hurt, so Zoroark and little sister Meowstic fed them herbal medicine before they fell asleep.
• Cynthia explained the Gym assessment criteria to Fang Yan, who concluded Gardenia was qualified.
• Mime Jr. returned with a shy Galarian Ponyta, and Fang Yan welcomed it to the Pokémon Day Care.
• Shauna arrived and carried Ponyta off to play in the backyard.

Fang Yan and Gengar turned the Pokémon Day Care backyard into a chaotic water-gun battlefield, where Munchlax learned Body Slam before Gothitelle stopped the fight. Later, Gengar explained that Grimer, Koffing, and Weezing had mistaken him for one of them and wanted him to lead them, while Officer Jenny left to help her cousin with a group of foul-smelling Pokémon.

• Gengar sneaked upstairs after waking Gardenia, but Fang Yan caught him and sent him outside to wash off his stench.
• Fang Yan, Gengar, and Shauna started a water fight that drew in several Pokémon, and Munchlax learned Body Slam while attacking Fang Yan.
• Gothitelle stopped Munchlax, sent Fang Yan and Gengar to bathe, and then cleaned the muddy Pokémon Day Care.
• Gengar told Fang Yan that Grimer, Koffing, and Weezing had asked him to become their leader, so he had beaten them and returned.
• Gengar paralyzed Fang Yan after Fang Yan teased him, and Gothitelle made him stay quiet while she mopped.
• Officer Jenny left Twinleaf Town to help her cousin handle a group of foul-smelling Pokémon.

Twinleaf Town's Officer Jenny called Fang Yan to help contain a mass of Muk, Grimer, Weezing, and Koffing drawn to a huge garbage pile in Ridge Town. Fang Yan arrived and began preparing a plan to handle the Pokémon safely, but the chapter ended before the situation was resolved.

• Twinleaf Town's Officer Jenny coordinated the response as Muk and Weezing changed direction, then called Fang Yan for assistance.
• Fang Yan gathered his Pokémon and agreed to bring Nurse Joy and medicine to Ridge Town, where people had been poisoned and developed fevers.
• Twinleaf Town's Officer Jenny and Ridge Town's Officer Jenny discovered the Pokémon had gathered around a vast garbage pile, which had attracted them and made the stench overwhelming.
• Fang Yan arrived, tried to leave, and then agreed to help after Twinleaf Town's Officer Jenny begged him to stay.
• Fang Yan warned the officers to keep residents indoors, had Roserade use Aromatherapy, and assigned his Pokémon to contain and manage the Pokémon while Gothitelle prepared remedies.

Fang Yan used Gengar, Gothitelle, and a reluctant Giratina to move Ridge Town’s garbage mountain through the Distortion World so it could be hauled away and burned. After the cleanup, Officer Jenny prepared to investigate why the garbage had appeared in Lian Town and caused poisoning.

• Gengar gathered the Muk, Grimer, Weezing, and Koffing, then used Dark Void to put them to sleep despite the stench.
• Fang Yan tried to send the garbage through the Distortion World, but Giratina refused until Fang Yan negotiated ten months of food and visits from the Pokémon Day Care’s little ones.
• Gengar’s Dark Void caused garbage to fall back out, so Fang Yan entered the Distortion World and persuaded Giratina to allow the garbage through if its smell was contained.
• Gothitelle enclosed the garbage mountain in a purple bubble, and Ninetales carried it through the Distortion Passage to the wilderness near the waiting garbage trucks.
• The garbage trucks hauled the mountain away to be burned at a power plant, and Officer Jenny thanked Fang Yan before preparing to investigate the garbage’s appearance and the resulting illnesses.

Fang Yan learned that Vespiquen’s new Gracidea Honey had powerful friendship and battle effects, then realized he had forgotten Gengar in Ridge Town. He returned to find Gengar sulking, and spent the evening trying to coax it into coming home.

• Vespiquen helped Fang Yan transplant Gracidea flowers, then brought him jars of Honey made from their nectar.
• Fang Yan read that the Honey could rapidly raise a Pokémon’s friendship and temporarily grant powerful effects against Ghost- and Poison-type Pokémon, apparently targeting Gengar.
• Fang Yan realized he had left Gengar in Ridge Town after assigning it to help Officer Jenny calm the Muk and Weezing.
• Fang Yan returned through the Distortion Passage and found Gengar sulking after waiting for him; Officer Jenny explained that Gengar had refused to leave without him.
• Fang Yan tried to coax Gengar home with promises of food and activities, but Gengar remained stubborn.

Fang Yan sent Lilligant with Officer Jenny to Ridge Town, where Lilligant purified toxic soil left by Muk. Meanwhile, Ash arrived in the Unova Region with Delia and Professor Oak, and called Fang Yan to share the news before beginning his vacation.

• Officer Jenny explained that Ridge Town’s unmanaged marathon crowds had left piles of garbage that attracted Muk and Weezing, contaminating the town and surrounding wilderness.
• Fang Yan suggested that Lilligant use her forest-given powers to restore the damaged land, and Lilligant agreed to try.
• Lilligant purified corroded soil around Ridge Town and cleared its foul odors, impressing the local Officer Jenny.
• Ash arrived in the Unova Region with Delia and Professor Oak, saw an Alomomola, and rushed to protect Pikachu when lightning struck it.
• Ash called Fang Yan, introduced Delia and Professor Oak, and said he planned to enjoy a vacation in Unova before deciding whether to travel around the region.

Fang Yan heard that Zekrom had appeared over Unova but decided the region’s troubles were not his concern, then focused on lunch with Diantha and planning a Gengar film. He tried an experiment on Gengar that turned into a chaotic chase through the backyard.

• Fang Yan spotted scarlet eyes in the clouds behind Ash and Pikachu, suspected Zekrom had appeared, and decided to leave Unova’s problems to Ash.
• Giovanni ordered the Team Rocket Trio to infiltrate Unova, while he planned to use their actions to confront Team Plasma.
• Diantha joined Fang Yan for lunch, praised his Ever-Changing Gengar script idea, and sent him a link to expensive filming equipment before leaving to watch Mime Jr.
• Fang Yan decided to buy cheaper filming equipment and persuaded Gengar to help test whether Dali could hit him with Fighting-type moves.
• Fang Yan secretly gave Dali Gracidea flower Honey, and Dali’s Dynamic Punch hit Gengar despite his Ghost typing.
• Fang Yan’s promises of buns, a massage, and bug-related pampering sent Gengar fleeing from Vespiquen, who pursued him with Fell Stinger and drove him into a hive before Combee chased him out.

Fang Yan invited Diantha, Shauna, and the Pokémon Day Care’s staff and Pokémon on a fishing trip, while Cynthia reminded Diantha that Fang Yan still needed to prove he could protect her. At the harbor, Drake revealed that the wealthy young woman he rescued had bought him a yacht and planned to marry him, leaving Fang Yan envious.

• Mime Jr. teased Pokémon along Day Care Road before returning to Fang Yan at the Day Care with Diantha.
• Fang Yan proposed a fishing trip, invited Diantha and Shauna, and closed the Day Care so everyone could enjoy the outing.
• Cynthia confronted Fang Yan over not yet taking her out to sea, then agreed to join him on a trip another time.
• Diantha told Cynthia that Fang Yan needed to defeat her to prove he could protect Diantha, and Cynthia wished her a pleasant holiday.
• Drake showed Fang Yan the luxurious yacht he had bought for one percent of its price after rescuing a wealthy young woman who intended to marry him.

Fang Yan took the Fujinos, Diantha, and their Pokémon out to sea for a fishing trip, but he struggled to catch anything while everyone else hauled in fish. The trip ended with Shauna pulling a Gyarados from the sea and Mrs. Fujino catching a gigantic Wailord.

• Drake piloted Fang Yan's yacht to a fishing spot, where Fang Yan handed out fishing rods and bait to the group.
• Gothitelle, Gengar, and the others caught fish rapidly while Fang Yan's bucket stayed empty, and Shauna caught Magikarp with sausage tied to a stick.
• Shauna hauled a massive Gyarados out of the sea, and Zhishi's Dratini struck it with Thunder when it threatened them.
• Mrs. Fujino pulled a nearly twenty-meter Wailord out of the water, astonishing Fang Yan and Gengar.
• Shauna praised her mother's catch and compared the Wailord's size to how many little Shaunas it could eat.

After a day of fishing, Fang Yan returned to the Pokémon Day Care and accepted Diantha’s challenge to test his strength and prove he was worthy of her trust in Cynthia. Professor Rowan prepared a protected battlefield, and Fang Yan and Diantha took their positions to begin their Champion-level battle.

• Drake thanked Fang Yan for their fishing trip, while Fang Yan returned to the Pokémon Day Care empty-handed and joked that his powerful aura had scared away the fish.
• Diantha asked Fang Yan to battle so she could judge his strength for herself and see whether he deserved her trust regarding Cynthia; Fang Yan agreed to fight without holding back.
• Fang Yan called Professor Rowan, who offered a suitable battlefield, and Fang Yan opened a Distortion Passage so the group could travel to Sandgem Town.
• Professor Rowan greeted Fang Yan and Diantha, explained the Distortion World to Diantha, and discussed the Sinnoh and Kalos Legendary Pokémon with them.
• Professor Rowan led Fang Yan and Diantha to a secluded battlefield with a protective barrier, then volunteered to referee their match.
• Fang Yan and Diantha faced each other on the battlefield and declared the start of their battle.

Fang Yan’s battle against Diantha continued, with his Pokémon defeating her team through forceful attacks and clever switches. Diantha sent out her ace Gardevoir, and Gengar appeared to face it.

• Sandgem Town’s Officer Jenny arrived to watch Fang Yan battle Diantha, while Xia Lan began recording for Cynthia.
• Fang Yan’s Lilligant defeated Diantha’s Aurorus, which scattered Stealth Rock before fainting; Staraptor then used the hazard to its advantage and knocked out Hawlucha.
• Fang Yan switched between Staraptor and Gothitelle to pressure Diantha’s Goodra, then used Ninetales to defeat Gourgeist after Trick-or-Treat made it vulnerable to Ghost attacks.
• Dali overwhelmed Goodra with multiple punches at once and knocked out Diantha’s Tyrantrum with a single Dynamic Punch.
• Diantha sent out Gardevoir, and Gengar emerged from the shadows to face it.

Fang Yan defeated Diantha’s Mega Gardevoir with Mega Gengar, then helped Professor Rowan deal with rampaging Pokémon at his laboratory. After learning Professor Oak would visit in two days, Fang Yan left the battle to Dali and Gothitelle, who quickly subdued the unruly Pokémon.

• Diantha Mega Evolved Gardevoir, and Fang Yan Mega Evolved Gengar before their Champions’ battle began.
• Gengar outmaneuvered Mega Gardevoir and knocked it unconscious with Shadow Force, securing Fang Yan’s victory.
• Fang Yan and Diantha discussed his strength during a video call with Cynthia, and Professor Rowan announced Professor Oak would visit in two days.
• An explosion at Professor Rowan’s laboratory revealed that several hot-tempered pseudo-legendary Pokémon were causing havoc, so Fang Yan offered to help.
• Fang Yan sent Dali and Gothitelle against the rampaging Pokémon, and they quickly beat them into submission.

Fang Yan and the Day Care Pokémon filmed and uploaded the first episode of “Ever-Changing Gengar,” featuring Gengar as a gardener and hero. Cynthia watched the video with her Pokémon and shared it online, where Champions and other prominent figures quickly praised it.

• Fang Yan filmed Gengar’s improvised gardener scenes with help from the Day Care Pokémon and Diantha, then edited and uploaded the episode.
• Gengar thanked Fang Yan for his work, celebrated the successful upload, and gathered the other Pokémon to watch for its approval.
• Cynthia found Diantha’s message, searched for the video, and watched it with her Pokémon, who enjoyed the episode.
• In the episode, Gengar helped around the Day Care, mistook Pachirisu’s tears over a stolen Berry for gratitude, and rescued Lilligant from Pinsir’s bullying act.
• Cynthia posted the video on social media, and Diantha, Steven, Wallace, Lance, Leon, Alder, Geeta, and Professor Oak responded with praise.

Fang Yan spent a lively morning at the Pokémon Day Care before discovering that his cartoon had topped the view charts thanks to recommendations from Champions and Gym Leaders. He welcomed Professor Oak, Professor Rowan, and Cynthia, and Professor Oak said the Day Care looked like a nice place to retire.

• Fang Yan woke to find Pokémon sleeping throughout his room and discovered Little Red Plane asleep in his wardrobe.
• Fang Yan and Gengar argued over whether Gengar could work late-night food deliveries, then Fang Yan discussed harvesting tea leaves with Gothitelle, Lilligant, and Roserade.
• Mrs. Fujino told Fang Yan that customers were expected, and Diantha urged him to check his cartoon's online reception.
• Fang Yan found his cartoon ranked first in views after Champions and Gym Leaders recommended it, and Gengar agreed to keep making episodes for the viewers who enjoyed it.
• Cynthia and Professor Rowan brought Professor Oak to the Pokémon Day Care, where Fang Yan showed them around and Professor Oak praised it as a good place to retire.

Fang Yan hosted Professor Oak, Professor Rowan, and Cynthia at his Pokémon Day Care, where they sampled its drinks and Honey and learned about its work helping Pokémon and local communities. Professor Oak praised Fang Yan’s dietary therapy and offered to help him pursue a Pokémon Professor’s career, then raised an unspecified request for his help.

• Fang Yan served Professor Oak, Professor Rowan, and Cynthia drinks made from Gracidea flowers, Moomoo Milk, Gogoat milk, and Vespiquen’s Honey.
• Fang Yan kissed Cynthia, and she left for the kitchen with Garchomp while Vespiquen shared her Honey with the professors.
• Fang Yan explained how his delivery service and arrangements between Seviper, Zangoose, and local officers helped Pokémon and people coexist in Twinleaf Town and Sandgem Town.
• Professor Oak praised Fang Yan’s dietary therapy and proposed writing a paper that could help Fang Yan become a Pokémon Professor.
• Professor Oak asked Fang Yan to organize his experimental food recipes and proportions, then said he and the other professors had a request for him.

Fang Yan agreed to help Unova handle crises requiring Champion-level strength while Alder searched for a successor, and he was promised Pokémon Eggs in return. After Arceus interrupted his attempts to flirt with Cynthia, she explained the duties Champions carried, and Fang Yan declared that he would sleep with Diantha instead.

• Professor Oak, Professor Rowan, and Diantha told Fang Yan that Alder was seeking a successor and that Team Plasma was growing bolder in Unova.
• Fang Yan agreed to intervene in any major Unovan crisis, and Professor Oak promised him Pokémon Eggs from the laboratories.
• Shauna and Zhishi invited Professor Oak and Professor Rowan to explore the forest, while Misdreavus and Dusclops followed to protect them.
• Arceus contacted Fang Yan, teased him about Cynthia, and finally left after watching Fang Yan kiss her.
• Cynthia explained how Champions bore responsibility for protecting their regions, and Fang Yan announced that he would sleep with Diantha that night.

Fang Yan met Arceus, who revealed that parallel worlds faced threats beyond Arceus and asked him to help protect his world. Fang Yan insisted that its people and Pokémon would defend it together, then received Arceus’s blessing after the deity repelled Necrozma.

• Gothitelle forced Fang Yan to eat breakfast after he refused, while Ninetales and the other Pokémon teased him about his failed chance to sleep beside Cynthia.
• Fang Yan remembered his appointment with Arceus, told Cynthia he would be safe, and took his Pokémon through a passage to Arceus’s palace.
• Arceus revealed that Fang Yan came from another world and showed him parallel worlds where different Trainers protected their own worlds from devastating crises.
• Fang Yan told Arceus that the whole world shared responsibility for protecting it and vowed to become strong enough to help, without fighting alone.
• Arceus promised Fang Yan a blessing, then struck Necrozma back into space before returning to sleep.
• Fang Yan returned to the Pokémon Day Care and saw a message announcing Arceus’s Blessing.