Recaps

Yushu sold high-grade resistance-bonus Pokéblocks to Kurokawa and arranged an order from Gardenia, then showed Kurokawa and Kaixin the unusually strong, smooth silk produced by Spinarak. Kurokawa wanted to buy the silk but said he would check its market price first, prompting Kaixin to warn him not to take advantage of Yushu.

• Kurokawa and Kaixin visited Yushu and sampled his high-grade Pokéblocks, which Kaixin praised as top-notch.
• Kurokawa haggled Yushu down from two thousand to one thousand Alliance Currency per Pokéblock, and Yushu accepted the bulk sale.
• Kaixin called Gardenia, who ordered Pokéblocks and offered to introduce Yushu to other Gym Leaders in exchange for a twenty-percent discount on the order.
• Yushu led Kurokawa and Kaixin to the Bug Garden and showed them the strong, smooth silk made by Spinarak.
• Kurokawa expressed interest in buying the silk but said he would ask around about its market price, and Kaixin cautioned him not to cheat Yushu.

Yushu showed Kurokawa and Kaixin his new Pokémon and worried about how to make his large group of Omanyte useful. Cynthia arrived at the ranch for a private visit, leaving Kurokawa and Kaixin surprised by how familiar she seemed with Yushu.

• Kaixin exposed Kurokawa's attempt to profit from Yushu's spider silk, and Kurokawa agreed to find a buyer at a fair price.
• Yushu told Kurokawa and Kaixin that he had hired Yicheng to help care for his growing number of Pokémon.
• Aili mistook Cynthia's arrival for an investigation into Yushu and offered to turn against her boss, but Cynthia explained that she had come to see him.
• Yushu showed Kurokawa and Kaixin the Omanyte, and the three struggled to think of a way for the Fossil Pokémon to support the ranch.
• Cynthia greeted Yushu and praised his ranch, while Kurokawa and Kaixin watched their warm, familiar exchange in surprise.

Yushu reunited with Cynthia, who advised him to rent out his Omanyte to help local farmers clear irrigation channels. After spending the day together, Cynthia accepted his dinner invitation and explored his home, where she noticed something unusual about the Eevee on his balcony.

• Cynthia revealed that Yushu was her junior fellow student, surprising Kurokawa, Kaixin, and Aili.
• Cynthia suggested that Yushu rent out his Omanyte to clear irrigation channels, and Yushu decided to ask Mayor Zongping to help promote the service.
• Kurokawa and Kaixin left, while Aili dragged Shuren away so Yushu and Cynthia could spend time alone.
• Yushu showed Cynthia around the ranch, and Aili and Shuren secretly watched and speculated that the two were on a date.
• Yushu invited Cynthia to dinner, and she accepted, saying she had missed his cooking.
• Cynthia explored Yushu's home and noticed that the Eevee sunning itself on his balcony seemed unusual.

Cynthia discovered that the harmless-looking Eevee was Mew after it transformed into Garchomp and defeated her partner without seriously injuring it. After dinner, Cynthia and Yushu played Pokémon Fighting Spirit, where her supposedly casual gaming skills overwhelmed him and she dodged his ultimate attack.

• Cynthia picked up the sleeping Eevee, but her Garchomp appeared and reacted to it with suspicion.
• Mew transformed into a perfect Garchomp and lured Cynthia's partner into a chase, then froze its arms and defeated it before changing into Togekiss.
• Mew returned to its Eevee form and went downstairs for dinner with Yushu and Cynthia, who noticed Pikachu's aura seemed familiar.
• After the meal, Yushu invited Cynthia to play Pokémon Fighting Spirit, and she chose Garchomp while he picked Sceptile.
• Cynthia read Yushu's attacks, countered with a powerful combo, and dodged his Sceptile's Leaf Storm ultimate.

Yushu lost two video game matches to Cynthia, who proved far more skilled than she had claimed. Mew joined in and battled Cynthia through the night, finally winning and accidentally revealing its true form to her.

• Cynthia defeated Yushu's Sceptile with Garchomp, then beat his Blaziken after dodging Flare Blitz and landing a long combo.
• Cynthia admitted she played during downtime at work, and Yushu invited her to keep playing after recovering from the losses.
• Mew eagerly joined the game, chose Gardevoir, and lost its first match to Cynthia's Garchomp before challenging her again.
• Mew rapidly improved over several rounds until it and Cynthia fought evenly through the night.
• Mew finally won with a powerful Moonblast and Dazzling Gleam combo, then transformed out of its Eevee disguise in front of Cynthia.

Mew and Cynthia competed in a video game until they fell asleep beside Yushu, leaving Cynthia and Yushu embarrassed the next morning. Garchomp misunderstood Yushu’s attempt to bring Cynthia a towel, but Cynthia stopped it before anyone was hurt.

• Cynthia discovered that Yushu’s Eevee was actually Mew, then challenged it to another game and defeated it with Lucario.
• The next morning, Yushu woke beside Cynthia, while Mew and Uxie slept in their true forms on the floor.
• Cynthia left to shower, and Yushu went to fetch her a towel; Garchomp mistook his actions for ill intentions and grabbed him.
• Cynthia emerged fully dressed, told Garchomp not to scare their friend, and watched Yushu hurry downstairs to make breakfast.

Yushu took Cynthia to meet Mayor Zongping to arrange an Omanyte rental service, and her unannounced visit turned the routine meeting into a nerve-racking inspection. They hired Xiaomei to handle the Omanyte work, then strolled through Solaceon Town as residents recognized Cynthia and asked for autographs and photos.

• Yushu shared breakfast with Cynthia and his employees, while Yicheng enthusiastically told Cynthia he had watched all her matches and she encouraged him to treat Pokémon with kindness.
• Aili noticed Cynthia's damp hair and suspected she had stayed at Yushu's ranch overnight.
• Yushu told Cynthia he planned to ask Mayor Zongping to promote Omanyte rentals, and Cynthia decided to join him to inspect how the town was run.
• Mayor Zongping warmly agreed to help with the rental service, then recommended Xiaomei, a former Pokémon Day Care sales representative, to manage the Omanyte work.
• Yushu and Cynthia walked through Solaceon Town, where residents recognized Cynthia and politely asked for autographs and photos.

Yushu invited Cynthia to stay in Solaceon Town for its Harvest Festival, then received a package of Key Stones and Mega Stones from Steven. When Yushu called Steven to thank him, Cynthia appeared beside him and surprised them both.

• Yushu bought sugar-roasted chestnuts with Cynthia and invited her to stay for the Harvest Festival, which she agreed to do.
• Mew challenged Yushu to a video game, defeated him in seconds, and then began a match against Cynthia.
• Aili brought Yushu a package from Hoenn containing two Key Stones and six Mega Stones, and she mistakenly concluded that Yushu and Cynthia had slept together.
• Yushu called Steven to thank him for the stones, and Steven offered to send him the rest of his collection if he wanted them.
• Cynthia appeared beside Yushu during the call, and Steven froze when he saw her.

Steven called Wallace and offered him the Hoenn Champion title, while Yushu learned that activity at the Solaceon Ruins could summon Dialga and Palkia. Yushu hurried to investigate with Cynthia and Mew, leaving Mew furious at being pulled away from its game.

• Steven saw Cynthia at Yushu’s home and mistakenly concluded that they were living together, then envied her freedom as Champion.
• Steven called Wallace during his date with Winona and offered to hand him the Champion title.
• Uxie told Yushu that someone at the Solaceon Ruins had affected the Unown’s power and might trigger space-time fluctuations that could summon Dialga and Palkia.
• Yushu panicked about the danger to Solaceon Town and his ranch, mounted Luxray, and decided to bring Cynthia along.
• Yushu interrupted Cynthia and Mew’s match, grabbed Cynthia’s hand, and carried Mew away by its tail.

Yushu and Cynthia arrived at Solaceon Ruins and found Team Galactic guarding the entrance. After Uxie hinted that an ancient inscription had little to do with the creator god, Cynthia sent Lucario to knock out the guards and their Golbat, clearing the way into the ruins.

• Yushu and Cynthia reached Solaceon Ruins and spotted Team Galactic members at the entrance.
• Cynthia explained the ruins’ maze-like interior, its Unown, and an inscription about new life that Uxie said was not closely related to the creator god.
• Yushu and Cynthia decided to stop the guards before they could warn the people inside.
• Cynthia sent Lucario to ambush the Team Galactic members, who had been discussing guard duty and transferring to Mars’s group.
• Lucario knocked out the guards and intimidated their Golbat into retreating.

Yushu shared Lucario’s Aura-powered map of the ruins with Cynthia, then claimed he was an Aura Guardian before Uxie explained that his ability was only a temporary resonance. Deeper inside the ruins, Saturn waited as Team Galactic members searched the walls while hypnotized Unown lay scattered nearby.

• Cynthia, Yushu, and Lucario entered the ruins after Lucario efficiently defeated the Team Galactic members outside.
• Cynthia had Lucario use Aura to map the passages, and Yushu discovered he could perceive the map as well.
• Yushu pushed the map into Cynthia’s mind, letting her experience Lucario’s Aura perception.
• Yushu claimed to be an Aura Guardian, but Uxie told him the power came from a temporary resonance with Lucario’s Aura and might not last.
• Saturn impatiently waited while Team Galactic members scanned the walls and the hypnotized Unown lay sprawled on the ground.

Saturn and Team Galactic discovered that opening the chamber containing the Spear Key required the powers of three Plates, but Yushu confronted them as they prepared to leave. Saturn’s Bronzor was instantly knocked out by Lucario, though Lucario had ignored Yushu’s command.

• Saturn entered the hidden chamber and found only a triangular stone pedestal with three recesses.
• A Team Galactic member translated an inscription saying that the powers of the Plates converged to open the gate of creation, and Saturn concluded he could not retrieve the Spear Key yet.
• As Saturn and his team prepared to leave, Yushu appeared with Lucario, an Eevee, and a Pikachu.
• Saturn sent out Bronzor and mocked Yushu, while Lucario ignored Yushu’s order to battle.
• A feminine voice commanded Lucario to use Extreme Speed, and Lucario knocked Bronzor out with one Aura-charged punch.

Cynthia arrived at the Solaceon Ruins and confronted Saturn after Lucario defeated his Bronzor. When Yushu accused Saturn of harming wild Pokémon, Saturn proposed a battle wager, leaving Cynthia to decide whether to let Yushu face him.

• Lucario knocked out Saturn's Bronzor in one blow, and Cynthia stepped out to question the Team Galactic Commander.
• Saturn claimed Team Galactic was visiting the Solaceon Ruins for a company team-building outing, and Cynthia recognized that she had no grounds to arrest him.
• Yushu accused Saturn of harming the Unown outside the ruins and said the act violated Pokémon League law.
• Cynthia ordered Lucario to prepare to fight, prompting Saturn to ask for a wager instead.
• Saturn challenged Yushu to last ten minutes in battle, offering to reveal Team Galactic's operation if Yushu succeeded and demanding that Cynthia let them go if he failed.
• Cynthia hesitated because she feared Saturn was too strong for Yushu.

Yushu agreed to fight Saturn and sent Gardevoir against Saturn’s Toxicroak. Gardevoir blocked Toxicroak’s opening attacks, but its Dazzling Gleam barrier shattered under a powerful Poison Jab.

• Saturn tried to provoke Yushu into fighting, but Yushu initially brushed him off before agreeing to battle.
• Cynthia warned Yushu she would step in if he was in danger, while Yushu joked that she should protect him if he lost.
• Saturn sent out his Quasi-Elite Four Middle Stage Toxicroak, and Yushu chose his Gym Level Gardevoir to face it.
• Toxicroak attacked with Poison Sting and Venoshock, but Gardevoir blocked the barrage with Psychic and countered with a concentrated psychic blast.
• Toxicroak rushed through the explosion and drove Poison Jab into Gardevoir’s Dazzling Gleam barrier until it cracked and shattered.

Yushu used a Key Stone and an Evolution Stone to trigger Gardevoir’s Mega Evolution during her battle with Saturn’s Toxicroak. Mega Gardevoir revealed her newfound power, and the chapter ended as Toxicroak charged at her with Poison Jab.

• Gardevoir dodged Toxicroak’s attack with Teleport, while Yushu declined Uxie’s offer to help.
• Yushu gave Gardevoir an Evolution Stone and activated his Key Stone, linking their hearts with a brilliant chain of light.
• Saturn ordered Toxicroak to interrupt the transformation, but an invisible barrier sent it crashing to the ground.
• Gardevoir completed Mega Evolution, astonishing Saturn, Cynthia, and Team Galactic.
• Yushu challenged Saturn to face Mega Gardevoir’s new power, and Toxicroak lunged at her with Poison Jab.

Yushu defeated Saturn and Toxicroak, then forced the captured Team Galactic members to surrender and tie themselves up. Saturn revealed that they had come to find the Spear Key.

• Gardevoir used Mystical Power and Moonblast to overpower Toxicroak's attacks.
• Yushu ordered Gardevoir to unleash Psychic, which tore through Toxicroak's Sludge Wave and sent Toxicroak crashing into Saturn.
• Saturn admitted defeat, and Yushu forced him to call him Brother Shu.
• The Team Galactic members tied one another up at Yushu's command.
• Cynthia questioned Saturn, who confessed that Team Galactic was searching for the Spear Key.

Yushu and Cynthia faced an enraged swarm of Unown after Saturn’s Hypnosis provoked them, and their failed attempt to calm the Pokémon caused spatial rifts to tear open. Yushu and Cynthia were pulled into a rift, followed by their Pokémon and Uxie and Mew.

• Cynthia prepared to take Saturn and the Team Galactic members to the police station while Yushu promised to explain Gardevoir’s evolution later.
• A swarm of Unown appeared, enraged after waking from Saturn’s Hypnosis, and Saturn warned everyone to flee.
• Lucario blocked the Unown’s Hidden Power attacks with Aura Spheres while Gardevoir’s Hypnosis made the swarm even more furious.
• The Unown’s power tore open spatial rifts, and Yushu fell into one as Cynthia tried to save him.
• Gardevoir and Lucario jumped into the rift after their Trainers, and Uxie and Mew followed them.

After the spatial rift vanished, Saturn and Team Galactic were attacked by the enraged Unown, while Yushu and Cynthia found themselves in the Distortion World. Uxie explained how reflective surfaces could open a route back to the real world, leaving them with a possible way out.

• Saturn and Team Galactic tried to flee as the Unown attacked them with beams of Power of Awakening.
• Yushu and Cynthia recovered on a floating ruin and reunited with Lucario and Gardevoir.
• Yushu recognized the strange realm as the Distortion World, and Lucario discovered that its Aura was suppressed there.
• Uxie told Yushu that he and Cynthia had entered the Distortion World and explained that energized reflective surfaces could open passages back to the real world.
• Mew happily explored the realm while Yushu and Cynthia considered how to find a way home.

Yushu and Cynthia searched the Distortion World for an exit, briefly turning their search into play before finding a mirror-like stone. As they prepared to return to the real world, Giratina appeared before them.

• Yushu and Cynthia hopped between floating objects, then began showing off their jumps while Gardevoir and Lucario watched.
• Uxie silently questioned their lack of caution as black clouds approached, and Yushu called out Staraptor to blow them away with Hurricane.
• Yushu rode Staraptor while Cynthia rode Togekiss, and the group found a mirror-like stone that could lead them back to the real world.
• Giratina appeared just as Yushu and Cynthia prepared to activate the mirror, and Cynthia recognized the ruler of the Distortion World.

Giratina confronted Mew, Uxie, Yushu, and Cynthia over the black clouds their battle had scattered across the Distortion World. Mew’s attempt to calm Giratina failed, and the furious Legendary Pokémon charged at it.

• Giratina accused Mew and Uxie of causing the black clouds that had ruined its cleanup work, and Uxie offered to help clean them up.
• Mew joked that cleaning the clouds was Giratina’s job, prompting Giratina to attack with Dragon Breath; Mew countered with Dragon Pulse.
• Giratina fired Draco Meteor toward Yushu’s group, but Mew shielded them with Blizzard and froze the incoming projectiles.
• Cynthia sent out Garchomp and ordered it, Togekiss, and Lucario to prepare to fight, while Uxie admitted it could not take on Giratina.
• Mew tried to apologize playfully, but Giratina ignored it, cloaked itself in shadow, and charged at Mew.

Mew fought Giratina in the Distortion World, first countering its Shadow Force with Protect before transforming into Lugia and unleashing Aeroblast. The two then charged at each other with Dragon Rush, and their collision shattered the surrounding floating islands.

• Mew's Blizzard passed through Giratina during Shadow Force, freezing the floating islands behind it.
• Giratina appeared behind Mew and battered its Protect barrier until Mew expanded it and forced Giratina back.
• Mew transformed into Lugia, then used Aeroblast to trap Giratina in a powerful vortex.
• Mew charged at Giratina with Dragon Rush, and Giratina met it with its own Dragon Rush.
• The two attacks collided, releasing a shock wave that shattered the surrounding floating islands.

As Giratina and Mew’s battle threatened to destabilize the Distortion World, Uxie proposed boosting Cynthia’s Pokémon so they could intervene. Yushu gave Cynthia a Lucario Evolution Stone, and the chapter ended as she and Lucario began Mega Evolution.

• Gardevoir shielded Yushu and Cynthia from debris while Uxie warned that Giratina and Mew’s battle could collapse the Distortion World.
• Uxie proposed using Helping Hand to strengthen Cynthia’s Pokémon and giving the battling pair a chance to back down.
• Cynthia prepared Garchomp, Lucario, and Togekiss to separate Giratina and Mew, while Uxie boosted their strength.
• Yushu gave Cynthia Lucario’s Evolution Stone and explained that it could trigger Mega Evolution with her Key Stone.
• Cynthia and Lucario synchronized their hearts, causing both stones to shine as Lucario began to Mega Evolve.

Cynthia Mega Evolved Lucario into the unfamiliar Mega Lucario Z and joined the battle against Giratina. Lucario blocked Giratina’s Shadow Claw long enough for Garchomp, Togekiss, and Mew to attack together.

• Cynthia Mega Evolved Lucario, revealing its Mega Lucario Z form and surprising Yushu.
• Cynthia ordered Lucario, Garchomp, and Togekiss to attack Giratina while Mew fought it in midair.
• Lucario, Garchomp, and Togekiss struck Giratina with Flash Cannon, Dragon Pulse, and Air Slash, while Mew’s Blizzard hit it as well.
• Giratina charged the three Pokémon and attacked Garchomp with Shadow Claw, but Lucario stepped in and blocked the strike.
• Lucario’s Aura Protection let it hold off Giratina for two and a half seconds before it was sent flying, giving Garchomp, Togekiss, and Mew time to attack together.

Yushu ended the fight with Giratina by persuading Mew to apologize, but Giratina still demanded an explanation for the black clouds. Yushu proposed that Shaymin could purify them, leaving Giratina interested in his solution.

• Yushu called a truce after Garchomp, Togekiss, and Mew wounded Giratina, and Mew apologized in exchange for unlimited Pokéblocks.
• Giratina agreed to stop fighting but demanded to know who had blown away the black clouds.
• Yushu tried to dodge Giratina’s question before offering to solve the problem at its source.
• Yushu identified Shaymin as a Pokémon whose purification abilities could clear the polluted energy, and Giratina asked who he meant.

Yushu told Giratina that Shaymin could clear the black clouds in the Distortion World and that it might live near Gracidea Flower fields. Giratina used a mirror to locate Shaymin and opened a rift, leaving Shaymin dragged into the Distortion World.

• Yushu explained that Shaymin could solve Giratina’s problem and suggested looking near Gracidea Flower fields.
• Giratina insisted that Yushu and Cynthia come along, then used a mirror to find Shaymin in a flower-filled valley.
• Giratina opened a passage from the Distortion World into Shaymin’s stream.
• Shaymin tried to flee the black hole, but its suction pulled Shaymin through before the rift closed.