Chapter Summaries

Tetsuya trained in the Severing the Formless Style under Nobuhiko, learning to control his body and focus his attention with remarkable speed. After mastering the basics, he left Saffron City with guidance to visit Cianwood Gym and complete his apprenticeship ceremony.

• Tetsuya sparred with Nobuhiko while Snivy used Grassy Terrain to help him recover between training sessions.
• Nobuhiko taught Tetsuya the Severing the Formless Style, which relied on bodily control, breathing, concentration, and bonds with Pokemon.
• Tetsuya returned to the Pokemon Center exhausted and slept after feeding his four Pokemon.
• Over the next twenty-three days, Tetsuya mastered the basics of several disciplines and cleanly cut through a wooden stake with his sword.
• Nobuhiko explained how Tetsuya should practice sustaining his focused state and told him to visit Master Shiba at Cianwood Gym to make up his apprenticeship ceremony.
• Tetsuya thanked Nobuhiko and left Saffron City, while Nobuhiko decided to teach an ordinary disciple next.

Tetsuya traveled from Saffron City toward Fuchsia City and met Shindo training a Tyrogue for the P1 Grand Prix. He explained how Tyrogue’s training determines its evolution, then continued on, thinking about how he might influence Ash’s future training choices.

• Tetsuya heard a Tyrogue training nearby and approached with Blaziken and Snivy.
• Shindo introduced himself and said he was training Tyrogue to become champion of the P1 Grand Prix, hoping it would evolve into Hitmonchan.
• Tetsuya told Shindo that Tyrogue needed defensive training to evolve into Hitmonchan, attack training for Hitmonlee, or balanced training for Hitmontop.
• Tetsuya explained defensive training to Shindo and left as Shindo and Tyrogue prepared to change their routine.
• Tetsuya recognized Shindo as someone Ash would meet in the future and resolved to try to stop Ash from handing his Pokemon over to others for training.

Tetsuya traveled toward Fuchsia City, where Snivy fought its first battle and gradually improved its coordination with him. After reaching the city’s Pokemon Center, Tetsuya met Anko and was surprised by Joy Midori’s green hair, while a Trainer called out to invite him over.

• Tetsuya avoided polluted Black Cloud City and asked Snivy if it was ready for its first battle.
• With Boldore screening opponents, Snivy defeated a Magnemite using Wrap, Vine Whip, and Tackle, though it struggled to react to the Magnemite’s electric attack.
• Tetsuya continued battling wild Pokemon with Snivy until sunset, helping it become more responsive to his commands.
• Tetsuya arrived in Fuchsia City and left Snivy and Boldore with Miss Joy for treatment.
• Anko arrived at the Pokemon Center, and Tetsuya was startled to see that Joy Midori had green hair.
• Anko asked local Trainers about Tetsuya, then a man called out to invite him to sit with them.

Tetsuya met Anko and her acquaintances at the Pokémon Center, learned about Fuchsia Gym and the Safari Zone, and heard how Koga took over after their father disappeared. Anko tried to challenge Tetsuya, then vanished in a smoke bomb, leaving the Joys to scold her.

• Tetsuya introduced himself to Anko, Iga, Kouga, and Mokichi, showed his four badges, and said he planned to challenge Fuchsia Gym and visit the Safari Zone.
• Anko defended her brother Koga and Fuchsia Gym after the group compared its difficulty with Saffron Gym, then challenged Tetsuya, who declined because his Pokémon needed rest.
• Midori returned Tetsuya's recovered Snivy and Boldore and Anko's Weezing, Muk, and Nidorina; Anko then ran to the front desk while Tetsuya learned about her family and Koga's history as Gym Leader.
• Iga, Kouga, and Mokichi explained Safari Zone entry limits and showed Tetsuya their Pokémon, including Mokichi's Sandslash, which had evolved from a Sandshrew he caught there.
• Anko confronted Mokichi for comparing her strength with Tetsuya's, then left in a smoke bomb as the Joys called after her for using it inside the Pokémon Center.

Tetsuya heard Fuchsia City’s rumors about a Dratini in the Safari Zone and confirmed the legend was real when he spotted Kaiser’s photo with one. After training and entering the Safari Zone, he began exploring its green wilderness.

• Kouga, Mokichi, and Iga told Tetsuya that Kaiser’s Dratini legend was probably fabricated, while Tetsuya suspected it was true.
• Tetsuya asked the group about local gossip, then left to eat breakfast.
• Anko tried to surprise Tetsuya during his morning run, but he detected her and Koga; Koga explained Tetsuya’s reputation and credentials to her.
• Tetsuya trained in the woods, encountered Mokichi practicing Rock-type moves with Sandslash, and continued training farther away with Blaziken keeping watch.
• Tetsuya paid Kaiser 50,000 Alliance Coins, received thirty Safari Balls, and entered the Safari Zone after Kaiser warned him not to battle-capture Pokémon.
• Tetsuya noticed a photo of Kaiser smiling beside a Dratini before stepping into the Safari Zone.

Tetsuya explored the Safari Zone’s grassland and encountered a Poochyena that only wanted to be petted, then spotted a Trapinch in the Rock Area. The chapter left him focused on the rare Dragon-type Pokémon while staff in the Monitoring Room reacted to his discovery.

• Tetsuya wandered through the grassland and considered raising the Poochyena that ran into his leg, but it left after enjoying his petting.
• Safari Zone staff watched Tetsuya through a flying monitoring device and laughed about the Poochyena tricking visitors into petting it.
• Tetsuya left the grassland and passed through the Rock Area, where he noticed a Trapinch digging in the Desert Area.
• Tetsuya recognized Trapinch’s evolutions as Ground- and Dragon-type Pokémon and stopped to examine it.
• Safari Zone staff in the Monitoring Room erupted into chaos after Tetsuya spotted the Trapinch.

Tetsuya tried to befriend a wild Trapinch in the Safari Zone, but abandoned the attempt after noticing hidden guardians nearby. The guardians captured Trapinch, while Tetsuya moved on to the Comprehensive Area and tended to another injured Pokémon.

• Safari Zone staff discovered that a Trapinch had gone unnoticed, and Supervisor Jie scolded his employees before Baoba ordered the First Team of Guardians to watch Tetsuya and capture Trapinch if he failed.
• Tetsuya coaxed Trapinch closer with an Energy Cube and Pokémon food, while Trapinch eagerly ate and trusted him.
• Tetsuya sensed the hidden guardians, stopped feeding Trapinch, and left rather than risk offending the Safari Zone.
• The First Team of Guardians captured Trapinch, and Baoba reprimanded Jie for allowing the team to be noticed by Tetsuya.
• Tetsuya crossed the River Area, reached the Comprehensive Area, and carefully bandaged an injured Pokémon.

Tetsuya treated an injured Marill in the Safari Zone, and Marill brought him to a rare Togepi hiding nearby. Togepi warmed to Tetsuya after accepting food and playing with him, while Safari Zone director Baoba concluded the supervisor had failed badly and called Koga about Tetsuya.

• Tetsuya bandaged Marill’s injured tail, and Marill thanked him before heading into the forest.
• Marill returned and pulled Togepi out of the grass, introducing Tetsuya to the rare Pokemon.
• Tetsuya offered food and Energy Cubes, and Togepi cautiously accepted food after sensing his gentle feelings.
• Tetsuya put a pink bow on Togepi and showed it its reflection in a mirror, and Togepi and Marill played beside him.
• The Safari Zone supervisor fainted after Tetsuya encountered Togepi, while Baoba left the Monitoring Room to call Koga about Tetsuya.

Tetsuya learned that Togepi had mysteriously appeared in the Safari Zone after being separated from its powerful flock, and Togepi chose to join him after Marill encouraged it to return home. When Tetsuya emerged with Togepi, park director Baoba staged a celebration that drew a crowd of eager Trainers.

• Togepi told Tetsuya that it had lived with a powerful flock of Togepi, Togetic, and Togekiss before suddenly appearing in the Safari Zone while asleep.
• Marill urged Togepi to return to its flock, then reappeared to push Togepi toward Tetsuya and make sure they understood its farewell.
• Togepi accepted Tetsuya as its Trainer by entering a Safari Ball, and Tetsuya carried it out of the forest.
• Baoba arranged fireworks and streamers to celebrate Tetsuya's rare catch, prompting Trainers to rush into the Safari Zone in search of Pokémon.
• Baoba introduced himself to Tetsuya Tamaki and invited him to talk, mentioning that he knew Professor Oak and Master Asuka.

At the Safari Zone, Baoba offered Tetsuya Trapinch and a fossil as compensation for the staff interfering with his capture. Tetsuya declined Trapinch and negotiated other compensation, leaving with money and three Soothe Bells promised while the remaining items were to be sent to Oak Research Lab.

• Baoba apologized for the Guardians interfering with Tetsuya and offered to return Trapinch along with a high-quality fossil.
• Tetsuya considered whether he could afford to raise Flygon and decided he preferred to pursue Tyranitar as a partner for Gigalith.
• Tetsuya asked for six Soothe Bells, a quality-95 Shiny Stone, and twenty million Alliance Coins instead of Trapinch.
• Baoba agreed, transferred the twenty million Alliance Coins, and arranged to provide three Soothe Bells immediately and send the rest with the Evolution Stone to Oak Research Lab.
• Tetsuya reflected on how high-quality Evolution Stones could improve a Pokémon’s aptitude during evolution.

Tetsuya received three Soothe Bells from Baoba and examined Togepi’s Champion potential, abilities, and moves while enjoying its good fortune. After Asuka heard about the Safari Zone incident, he decided Tetsuya had asked for too little compensation and set out to make the Safari Zone pay more.

• Tetsuya arranged for a quality 95 Evolution Stone for Snivy’s future evolution to be sent to Professor Rowan with Researcher Kouki.
• Baoba handed Tetsuya a box containing three Soothe Bells, and Tetsuya left the Safari Zone satisfied with the deal.
• Tetsuya checked Togepi’s profile and found it had Champion potential, Serene Grace, Super Luck, and the healing move Life Dew.
• Tetsuya bought Togepi a three-flavor ice cream after it found 100 Alliance Coins, then considered how its luck could benefit his team.
• Asuka called Tetsuya, heard about the Safari Zone incident, and hung up to arrange further compensation, asking Falkner about his travels around Fuchsia City.

Asuka sent Sutian to help Tetsuya renegotiate compensation from the Fuchsia City Safari Zone, and Sutian secured him valuable items and money. After discovering Togepi was healthy and that the Safari Zone had publicized their photo, Tetsuya began arranging a Gym Battle.

• Asuka explained to Tetsuya that the Safari Zone had violated League regulations and that he had asked for too little compensation.
• Sutian arrived at the Fuchsia City Pokemon Center, introduced himself, and took Tetsuya to the Safari Zone on his Skarmory.
• Sutian negotiated with park director Baoba for nearly two hours, doubling the compensation and adding a King's Rock, thirty million Alliance Coins, and a high-quality Leaf Stone.
• Sutian told Tetsuya to collect the items at Oak Research Lab, then left to continue exploring.
• Tetsuya took Togepi to the Pokemon Center for a checkup, learned Togepi was healthy, and saw that the Safari Zone had posted their photo online.
• Tetsuya texted Asuka about the photo and began scheduling a Gym Battle.

Tetsuya found the Fuchsia Gym and passed its wilderness-finding and invisible-wall tests, then met Anko as his opponent. Anko sent out an unusually powerful triplet Weezing, and Tetsuya chose Blaziken for their two-on-two Gym challenge.

• Tetsuya followed Pidgeot through the forest and found the Fuchsia Gym, a sprawling compound that was easy to spot.
• Tetsuya navigated the Gym’s invisible walls and obvious traps to reach Field 1, where Anko revealed herself as his opponent.
• The referee announced a two-on-two battle, with Anko sending out the first Pokémon and Tetsuya receiving first-strike priority.
• Anko sent out a rare three-bodied Weezing that Tetsuya judged to be above the usual Gym Battle level limit.
• Anko refused to switch Weezing for a standard Gym Pokémon and proposed a real fight, so Tetsuya sent out Blaziken.

Tetsuya defeated Anko in a Fuchsia Gym battle and received the Fuchsia Badge as the League launched a coordinated crackdown on Black Market trading points across multiple regions. The chapter ended with an author’s note about delayed updates.

• The referee stopped Anko from using Weezing against Tetsuya’s Fire-type Pokemon in the enclosed Gym, so she sent out Venomoth instead.
• Professor Oak led Brock, Lt. Surge, Koga, and Sabrina in an assault on the Viridian Black Market as Gym Leaders and others cleared trading points across Kanto and other regions.
• Cynthia watched Team Galactic members fall while an unidentified woman asked whether she had explored any ruins and said something felt strange.
• Indigo Plateau officials discussed a bill and arrangements for a possible transition as Black Markets were being dismantled.
• Tetsuya’s Snivy defeated Anko’s Zubat, giving Tetsuya the Gym victory after Anko had lost two Pokemon.
• Anko gave Tetsuya the Fuchsia Badge, and the author added a note apologizing for delayed updates.

Tetsuya earned the Fuchsia Gym Badge, then learned that the League had dismantled the Black Market and introduced new Pokemon Egg regulations. He arrived at a Pokemon Reserve for a scheduled visit, where Officer Jenny offered him a ride on Arcanine.

• Tetsuya accepted the Fuchsia Gym Badge from Anko and agreed to battle her in a six-on-six match next time.
• Asuka told Tetsuya that his portrait-rights deal would bring him another five million in advertising fees.
• Tetsuya watched a report announcing the League’s Thunder Dawn crackdown on the Black Market and Professor Oak’s planned Pokemon-protection reforms.
• The League established supervised Pokemon Egg sales and transactions, and increased rewards for capturing Pokemon hunters.
• Officer Jenny verified Tetsuya’s reservation to visit the Pokemon Reserve and invited him to ride Arcanine.

Tetsuya rode Arcanine across the Pokemon Reserve before joining Officer Jenny Lin in responding to an emergency at the Tropical Jungle headquarters. A five-year-old boy had fallen from a helicopter into an area inhabited by Kangaskhan, and the chapter ended as the Officer Jennys prepared to deal with the situation.

• Tetsuya rode Arcanine across the grasslands and learned from Officer Jenny that Growlithe Eggs were not sold to outsiders.
• Officer Jenny received an emergency summons and returned to headquarters, while Tetsuya offered to help and accompanied her.
• Officer Jenny Lin drove Tetsuya to the Ranger Headquarters, where they met an older Officer Jenny and a distressed couple.
• The older Officer Jenny explained that the couple's five-year-old son had fallen from a helicopter into an area where a group of Kangaskhan lived.

Tetsuya joined the search for a child who had been taken into a Kangaskhan’s pouch, but the group feared that rescuing the child could provoke the Kangaskhan herd. Sabrina appeared and used her Psychic powers to retrieve the child safely, and the parents thanked Tetsuya at the reserve station.

• Officer Jenny organized the search teams, and Tetsuya and Officer Jenny Lin found the child in a Kangaskhan’s pouch.
• The officers explained that rescuing the child by force could endanger them and provoke the herd, while leaving them with the Kangaskhan could separate them from their parents for years.
• When the parents asked Tetsuya to contact Giovanni, he said he would seek help from someone else, but Sabrina appeared before he could make the call.
• Sabrina put the Kangaskhan to sleep, lifted the child from its pouch with Confusion, and left with Alakazam after assuring Tetsuya that no one would remember what happened.
• Tetsuya and the others returned to the reserve station, where the parents thanked him and offered him a bank card.

After learning about the Porygon Incident and the Teleportation System, Tetsuya reached Mach City and visited Professor Akihabara’s lab to test the system. The chapter ended with Tetsuya releasing Gigalith in the lab for Professor Akihabara to examine.

• The Dashan couple gave Tetsuya a fifty-million bank card and their business card before leaving the nature reserve with their child.
• Officer Jenny Lin drove Tetsuya to the reserve boundary and described how the Porygon Incident had made Mach City more deserted.
• Tetsuya reached Mach City’s Pokemon Center, asked Miss Joy for directions, and went to Professor Akihabara’s lab.
• Professor Akihabara explained that he was using Zero to digitize himself and said the Teleportation System’s loopholes had mostly been eliminated.
• Tetsuya used the Teleportation System with Jiro’s help to transfer a Pokemon and then returned it.
• Tetsuya released Gigalith in the lab so Professor Akihabara could examine it.

Tetsuya watched Professor Akihabara assess Gigalith after its Trade Evolution, then traveled through Pikachu Forest with Togepi as he considered his team’s preparations for the Indigo Plateau Conference. The chapter left him at the town entrance, answering a call from a man.

• Professor Akihabara praised Gigalith’s size and beam-move mastery, while Tetsuya credited the professor’s Teleportation System with making Trade Evolution possible.
• Tetsuya reviewed Gigalith’s abilities and moves, noting its Solar Beam could help counter Water-type opponents and considering training it to learn Hyper Beam.
• Tetsuya reflected that he had less than six months before the Kanto Indigo Plateau Conference and planned to train Snivy and Togepi, whose evolution depended on its Affection.
• Tetsuya and Togepi encountered a group of Pikachu in Pikachu Forest, and one Pikachu gave them a roasted Berry.
• Tetsuya received a call from a man and said he had arrived at the town entrance.

Tetsuya visited Stone Town after accepting Aqi’s invitation to help choose an Eevee for their youngest brother, Taiyi. After learning what personality Aqi wanted, Tetsuya began examining dozens of Eevee at the family’s Breeding House, but had not yet made his selection.

• Tetsuya arrived in Stone Town and went to Aqi’s family home.
• Aqi asked Tetsuya to help choose an Eevee for Taiyi, hoping to find one that was cute and introverted.
• Aqi explained that each of the three older brothers had asked a friend to choose an Eevee, leaving Taiyi to make the final choice.
• Aqi brought Tetsuya to the family’s Breeding House after his second brother finished choosing.
• Tetsuya began observing the Eevee and noting promising candidates.