Just picked up Ichiban:
Kahili has just returned from a golf tournament in Kalos, and feels a sense of 'home' when she hears the Aether Foundation ad on TV (I remember some people once speculated that Kahili isn't an Alolan in S/M but a migrant. Although she could still be a migrant but grew up in Alola). She reveals to Hala that she has been ambushed by Kartana and Buzzwole at the Melemele Meadows, causing her golf clubs to snap and break, though the creatures vanished before she could fight back. She wonders if they are the reason the Tapus are angry.
Meanwhile, Moon tries shooting down different berries to find the Mirage Berry, and Mallow is surprised by her knowledge. We learn that Moon hails from Sinnoh, and apparently has a connection to Sir Berlitz (her choice of words doesn't reveal much, as it could be how a lab assistant addresses a senior, but also can be how a daughter addresses her father in Japanese culture). A Piplup has been poisoned, and it is likely relating to Moon's poison-testing. Unfortunately, the cure which consists of a Berry and scales cannot be found in Sinnoh. We see Roseanne bringing in the weak Rotom for delivery to Kukui, and Sir Berlitz believes that it is all fate rather than coincidence that Moon should travel to Alola. In her 'serious' searching mode, Moon freaks Mallow out when she unintentionally glares at her. Mallow suggests Moon seek help from Pokemon instead, and her team in addition to Mallow's Steenee start asking for help in the jungle. Moon fears that the Tapu's anger will be be pacified even with the Mirage Berry since the weird creatures like Xurkitree were likely the cause, but Mallow thinks if Tapu Koko rescued Moon, they must be willing to listen to Sun and Moon, and offering them the Berry would be a gesture to open conversation.
At that moment, both Mallow and Lana/Sun receive notice that Kiawe has been injured in Konikoni, just as Moon finds the Mirage Berry. Everyone hurries to Konikoni, and upon arriving at Memorial Hill, they find a badly injured Kiawe with a note thanking him for guidance. Moon recognizes the writing as the same as that Gladion left behind, and Team Skull Grunts soon appear to interrupt them. Lana and Mallow take on them while telling Sun and Moon to get Kiawe to safety. However, Kiawe wishes to clarify something first, and says the person who attacked him was incredibly strong. He recalls what he heard about the phenomenon at the Melemele Z Tournament, and searches through the fur of Litten. Sure enough, he finds a fire type Z crystal and shows it to Sun...
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It's nice to get confirmation on Moon's home region, and I suspect she must have been partners or something with the Piplup. Piplup getting poisoned is likely the reason she is hesitant to seek help from Pokemon for her deeds (it probably helped her out in testing out the poison or something?). Moon didn't really specify whether the 'Berry' in her cure is the Mirage Berry, so I suppose it could be any Berry non-obtainable in Sinnoh. As said above, the panels in this chapter do not give much info on Moon's relationship with Sir Berlitz. Though she wears a white coat, she could be his assistant, daughter, or anyone else.
I must say I'm quite content with both S/M and B2W2 this month, albeit the later being only a half chapter. The reintroduction of PKSP on Fan will hopefully give us more colors to S/M (I assume it's S/M since we see a poster of Sun and Moon with their Pokemon).
Coronis~