Recaps

Fang Yan helped rebuild Day Care Road, welcomed new Pokémon and visitors, and supported Shauna as she befriended and helped a Shiny Ponyta evolve. As Cynthia and Gary visited, Fang Yan settled the Zangoose and Seviper conflict and prepared to continue life at the Day Care while Gary set out for Sinnoh.

• Fang Yan organized townspeople and Pokémon to clear and rebuild the road, then helped everyone plant trees and flowers along it.
• Kangaskhan returned to the Day Care, toured its grounds, and left with her baby after Fang Yan gave them a wooden tag and a framed photo of his great-aunt.
• Fang Yan agreed to care for a Trainer’s six Pokémon while he underwent surgery, and Shauna later befriended a Shiny Ponyta that evolved into a Shiny Rapidash after winning a race.
• Paul released Staravia after it challenged his methods, and Staravia returned to Fang Yan’s Day Care while Ash and Gary decided to travel to Sinnoh.
• Fang Yan welcomed Swampert, Quagsire, Gliscor, and rescued Gligar to the Day Care, then Cynthia arrived and later visited while Fang Yan recovered from a fever.
• Fang Yan reassured Vulpix that it did not have to evolve, and he developed herbal medicine for Nurse Joy to test on sick Pokémon.
• Fang Yan and Cynthia stopped the Zangoose and Seviper fighting in Twinleaf Town, and Fang Yan led the Seviper to relocate to the Day Care’s forest.
• Cynthia defeated Gary in a battle, and Gary told Fang Yan he would research ancient Pokémon and challenge Sinnoh Gyms before leaving for Oreburgh City.

Fang Yan helped Twinleaf Town survive a contagious fever outbreak, then celebrated its recovery and expanded the Pokémon Day Care. After learning that Team Galactic was targeting the Lake Guardians, he joined the response in Eterna City and vowed to stop Cyrus’s plans.

• Fang Yan took Jessie, James, and Meowth in as Day Care workers after they could not pay for their meal, and they left once they had earned their wages.
• Fang Yan developed honey-enhanced herbal medicine and treated Nurse Joy, Blissey, Officer Jenny, and many Twinleaf Town residents during a contagious fever outbreak.
• Fang Yan and Lucian identified mosquitoes as the cause of the illness, and Twinleaf Town recovered before Mayor Qiyi held a festival to thank its helpers.
• Fang Yan’s Pokémon performed at the festival, Celebi’s long-ago Present brought cherry blossoms to Day Care Road, and Lucian taught several of Fang Yan’s Pokémon new moves.
• Fang Yan helped Professor Rowan recover escaped Starter Pokémon, then welcomed a rush of new customers to the Day Care after offering families a discount on Pokémon.
• A Feng and A Lan told Fang Yan that Team Galactic had made Moltres go berserk, and Cynthia asked him to help Lucian and Gardenia in Eterna City.
• Fang Yan left Shauna and the Fujinos to manage the Day Care and traveled with several Pokémon to Eterna City, where his team defeated the Team Galactic members pursuing A Lan and A Feng.
• Fang Yan learned that Team Galactic planned to capture the Lake Guardians and vowed to thwart Cyrus’s plans.

Fang Yan expanded the Pokémon Day Care, opened Mime Jr.’s canteen, and helped the Pokémon around him grow while building closer ties with Cynthia and Lance. When Team Galactic’s attempt to control the Lake Guardians and Legendary Birds turned into a battle, Fang Yan stopped the birds from fighting and invited them to wait at his Day Care.

• Fang Yan and Lucian stopped Team Galactic from controlling Moltres, and Fang Yan persuaded the injured bird to leave before it could take revenge later.
• Fang Yan returned to the Day Care, where Lilligant swept a challenger’s team at Gardenia’s Gym and Mesprit watched him and Shauna from Lake Verity.
• Fang Yan let trainers challenge the Day Care’s Pokémon, then traveled to Jubilife City to watch Cynthia defeat Lance in an exhibition match and joined Mime Jr. in winning a cooking contest.
• Fang Yan returned home, improved the Day Care grounds, opened Mime Jr.’s Little Canteen of Love, and welcomed three Miltank and three Gogoat with two Skiddo.
• Fang Yan helped Shauna deliver fresh Miltank milk to Twinleaf Town’s elderly residents and signed a contract to supply the local school with 40 kilograms of milk each day.
• Gary and Roark infiltrated Team Galactic’s cave and destroyed its machine, but Jupiter sent Articuno after them as Ash and Flint battled the enemy forces.
• Fang Yan arrived with Lance and Moltres, called on Lugia to make the Legendary Birds stop fighting, and promised them a chance to take revenge on Team Galactic later.
• Fang Yan met Ash, Dawn, and Brock, then offered the Legendary Birds a place at his Pokémon Day Care and invited Lance and the others to a meal.

Fang Yan opened a dessert and herbal remedy shop, helped Pokémon and Trainers through personal troubles, and welcomed old and new residents at the Day Care. After resolving harbor dangers and deepening bonds with his Pokémon, he ended the stretch celebrating with them at a forest hot spring.

• Fang Yan Mega Evolved Gengar, said goodbye to Ash and his friends, and encouraged Shauna to attend school while Gengar secretly watched over her.
• Fang Yan and his Pokémon opened Gothitelle’s Time Cottage, where a rush of customers overwhelmed the staff and newly hatched Snorunt found a way to help.
• Fang Yan helped Xiao Ya and Dragonite confront Dragonite’s bullies, then advised Paul to build trust with his Pokémon and had him stay at the Day Care.
• Fang Yan reunited with former Day Care residents Banette and Lapras, welcomed Lapras’s children to stay, and discovered he could understand Gengar through Pokémon Telepathy.
• Fang Yan Mega Evolved Gengar to defeat a Trainer’s Mega Sceptile, then learned his wooden Gengar pendant could strengthen a Trainer’s bond with a Pokémon.
• Roseria evolved into Roserade after Gengar gave her a Shiny Stone, and Fang Yan received Grandaunt’s Three Golden Flowers gift.
• Fang Yan and the Legendary Birds negotiated a safe harbor resting place for migrating Tentacool and Tentacruel, while the birds asked him to keep searching for Team Galactic.
• Gengar led Fang Yan to a hot spring the Pokémon had prepared, and Fang Yan relaxed there with them before joining Shauna in a playful fight.