Just picked up Ichiban as it came in early this month. We first get a glimpse of which the calendar pages would
look like. The Feb/Mar picture intrigues me as it suggests that Hau would get Primarina? Or maybe it's just for completion sake to showcase all three final starter forms (in which case Hau's accompanied by a Malasada and not a Pokemon).
Nighttime has fallen and Kukui's yacht ship sails from Akala to Ula'ula. Moon is asleep and Sun finishes wrapping up his other parcels (turns out Tapu Koko's task is not considered complete yet). He wants to get some rest himself but bumps into Rotomdex, which Kukui was asked to fix by Moon. However, he found that Rotom nor the Dex was actually malfunctioning, but probably needs to expel the extra electrical signals zapped into it by the mysterious being. Sun recalls Rotomdex mentioning Necrozma, but Kukui has no idea what it means (since he said he is a move-expert only). He hopes that his wife who is an expert in alien creatures would know, but at that moment, Burnet shows up on
Mantine surfing and reveals that she unfortunately has no idea either. Burnet has brought Lillie along, who is
seasick from the surfing, and Burnet thanks Sun for his Pyukumuku essence, despite angry at him at the same time for beating Masked Royal.
Suddenly, a flower shaped
antenna pops up in the water and everyone starts to get
drowsy. Lillie is
thrown into the sea and Sun tries to rescue her by summoning
Sharpedo. It turns out to be a wild
Bruxish, and Sun sends Baht out to fight, who
schools,
turns big and
clashes with Bruxish. Sun passes out and later gets washed ashore on Ula'ula with Lillie.
Acerola finds them, and asks her Sandygast to
hoist them back to the Aether House. Sun is later waken by Yungoos and the kids chasing each other around (hitting him on the face in the progress), and wakes to find
Lillie, who has never really met him but heard much of him since Burnet was basically ruminating about Sun's victory over the Masked Royal daily. Sun blushes a bit as he compliments on Lillie's beauty, but Lillie gets uneasy when Sun describes her as just like a doll (probably reminding her of what Lusamine is doing to her). Sun learns that they are at the Aether House, and Sun sees Acerola
speaking on the phone outside, recognizing her amulet which suggests that she is a Captain.
Meanwhile, at the Aether Foundation, a male worker reports to Faba about the three people rescued by their patrol ships. Faba gets upset however since the worker did not address him as Branch Chief, and
throws him down with Hypno. We see that Faba is writing a
popular blog, and Wicke barges in to report that the three rescued people have awakened, again upsetting Faba by not calling him his title. The three turn out to be
Kukui, Burnet and Moon, and after knowing that Moon has no idea where she is, Faba decides to give her a tour at the Aether Foundation...
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And a brief summary for the current B2W2 first half of Chapter 18:
White sends out her team (including Gigi) upon seeing N, but her Pokemon sense that Zekrom has not come to fight. N is happy that White still hears the voices of Pokemon, but could not answer her why Reshiram was the only dragon who returned to stone form. N states that Zekrom would like the Light Stone to come along, and scoops White up as they head off to Kyurem. White has heard about Kyurem's nature from Drayden, and is shocked that N is still approaching it knowing it intends to absorb Zekrom. N states that it is Zekrom's will and he could not fully understand the reason. He did reveal that the Light Stone was initially flying along them, and abruptly dips to the Entralink where White was (we see the Light Stone blushing). As they approach the Plasma Frigate, Kyurem becomes unsettled as it detects the other dragons' arrival. Ghetsis decides to take on N himself since he knows of the boy's weaknesses. Colress warns Ghetsis not to go soft on his son, but Ghetsis states that he never has any fatherly feelings for N. And so, N, who has vowed not to threaten Unova again, is about to clash with Ghetsis...
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Glad that we are getting some progress on B2W2 finally, though it is a bit disheartening that they are still doing the split chapter thing after such a long hiatus. It interests me that Black seems to have control over the Light Stone's movement since I thought the Light Stone flew off on its own in the first place. Well, perhaps he has learnt to gain the ability to override Reshiram's actions after 2 years.
For S/M, even more USUM elements incorporated, and it 'seems' that we really aren't getting a separate USUM arc as many of us prayed.
Coronis~
