Coronis
In lucid awakening
Just picked up the latest Ichiban today:
At the Pokemon Center on Akala, Moon learns from the Totem Pokemon from Lana and Mallow, while Sun and Kiawe are outside comparing their bank account balances (Sun deposits at Bank Spoink while Kiawe at Bank Alola). Sun sees the little sum Kiawe has saved for his overseas studies, and Kiawe also sees just how little Sun has saved for the 100 million margin. Moon drags Sun back into the Pokemon Center by using Grubbin's silk threads, and thinks he should learn about the Totems himself since he is the one doing the Challenge after all. Lana explains about an 8-meter creature in the waters of Brooklet Hill which is troubling the residents since it drags away rods, beach balls and floats. Sun wonders why as local powerful trainers, the Captains won't take care of the creature themselves. Lana starts to cry upon the question, and Moon thinks she must have her reasons and Sun decides not to ask any further.
Kiawe excuses himself to work, and Sun wonders if he could perhaps part-time in the mart as well. Moon keeps reminding Sun of his 'mission', and Sun asks why Moon is sticking around instead of going home, thinking that she must feel bored. Rotom-Dex is quite annoyed with Sun's attitude, and Moon alerts Sun to the fact that they actually don't have the Mirage Berries they are supposed to deliver to the Tapus. Sun freaks out, and asks for Moon's help to find the berry (since she seems bored). Moon agrees easily, much to Sun's shock, and Moon reveals that part of the reason she came to Alola is actually to find certain berries that only grow in the region, which is why she is touring the islands for her own reason, but only decides to help out Sun's mission as a bonus. Sun is worried about her charge for 'tagging along', but Moon says she doesn't charge. Moon then giggles to herself, and we learn that Kukui actually personally requested her to help Sun find the Berries (since he believed Sun may not find them). The Pokedex was actually her reward for agreeing to the deal. Mallow then decides to bring Moon to the Lush Jungle, while Sun heads off to Brooklet Hill with Lana.
At the Dimensional Research Lab, Kukui finds the document Burnet is looking for (the one with Palkia, Giratina and Bronzong). He contacts her via video conference (Burnet is at Kukui's lab on Melemele with Lillie), and she wants him to digitalize the first 10 pages for her. Burnet learns about Sun and Moon's progress, and reveals that Lillie is busy helping her fix the holes in the house which Kukui created. She thinks this helps to keep the girl occupied and suggests Kukui formally hire Lillie as his assistant since he will be repeatedly blasting holes in the house that needs fixing anyway. Burnet informs Kukui that she has learnt from old scripture that the Pokemon Lillie carries around is a legendary Pokemon called Cosmog. She thinks Lillie may not even know what it is, but she suspects that whoever Lillie is running away from has something to do with the Cosmog.
At Brooklet, Sun slips on the planks and drops a coin into water. He freaks out, and Lana tells him to forget it as it's only 1 yen. However, Sun argues that 1 yen is extremely important, especially when you only have 199 yen and wants to buy a 200 yen Pokeball. A wild Wishiwashi returns the coin to Sun, and he immediately falls in love with its cuteness (he has never seen one before). He asks Lana whether such small Pokemon will get eaten by the 8-meter creature, and Lana replies that she heard they are tasty. Sun decides to protect the Wishiwashi, adds it to his team and nicknames it Baht (the currency of Thailand. Its katakana is Ba-Tsu, which also means 'cross-out' as in 'wrong answer' in Japanese. He chooses this nickname because Wishiwashi's eyes are in X shape). Lana wonders why he isn't capturing it with a Pokeball but Sun says he shall do it later. He asks Baht if it knows where the 8-meter creature is, and Baht starts leading the way (Sun gets on Lapras Ride).
However, after 4-5 hours, every whirlpool or splash Sun encounters is just other wild water Pokemon. He starts to wonder if Baht really knows where the creature is. He hops into the water to see big schools of Wishiwashi, and starts to wonder if Baht was simply leading it to its home. En gets angry with Baht and starts attacking it, and ends up scaring it off. Sun tries to call it back, but when it does, it swarms up and becomes its giant form. Sun finally realizes that Baht and its friends are the 8-meter Totem Pokemon.
Meanwhile, in Lush Jungle, Mallow wonders if Moon is doing ok, and Moon replies that she has field training experience. Moon notices some pollen floating around, and wonders if they are what she is supposed to find. However, Mallow states that she has never seen them before. At that moment, they spot Tapu Lele floating high above, and it is apparently engaged in battle with something emerging from a dimensional rift (it's a Xurkitree)...
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So Sun gets a third Pokemon also named after a currency. I wonder how he is supposed to summon its swarm form in the future though. A bit of an original plot with the Mirage Berry, though I don't really recall any Alola-introduced or Alola-specific berries, so it's likely nothing we know.
At the end, they also showed the colorless cover of Vol. 53, which features Whi-two in her Plasma uniform in the middle (with Zorua and Foongy). On her right is Hugh, and on her left is Lack-two with his Gliscor and Kabutops. Background is Black Kyurem. We also see the cover of the Pedia, with Mato styled Red, Green, Blue, Yellow, Gold and Silver on the right, and Yamamoto styled ones on the left. The later Dex holders are not on the cover.
Will get pictures up later.
Edit: thanks to Obscurites, the nickname of Wishiwashi is more likely Baht (currency of Thailand), rather than my initial thought of Vatu (currency of Vanuatu).
Coronis~
At the Pokemon Center on Akala, Moon learns from the Totem Pokemon from Lana and Mallow, while Sun and Kiawe are outside comparing their bank account balances (Sun deposits at Bank Spoink while Kiawe at Bank Alola). Sun sees the little sum Kiawe has saved for his overseas studies, and Kiawe also sees just how little Sun has saved for the 100 million margin. Moon drags Sun back into the Pokemon Center by using Grubbin's silk threads, and thinks he should learn about the Totems himself since he is the one doing the Challenge after all. Lana explains about an 8-meter creature in the waters of Brooklet Hill which is troubling the residents since it drags away rods, beach balls and floats. Sun wonders why as local powerful trainers, the Captains won't take care of the creature themselves. Lana starts to cry upon the question, and Moon thinks she must have her reasons and Sun decides not to ask any further.
Kiawe excuses himself to work, and Sun wonders if he could perhaps part-time in the mart as well. Moon keeps reminding Sun of his 'mission', and Sun asks why Moon is sticking around instead of going home, thinking that she must feel bored. Rotom-Dex is quite annoyed with Sun's attitude, and Moon alerts Sun to the fact that they actually don't have the Mirage Berries they are supposed to deliver to the Tapus. Sun freaks out, and asks for Moon's help to find the berry (since she seems bored). Moon agrees easily, much to Sun's shock, and Moon reveals that part of the reason she came to Alola is actually to find certain berries that only grow in the region, which is why she is touring the islands for her own reason, but only decides to help out Sun's mission as a bonus. Sun is worried about her charge for 'tagging along', but Moon says she doesn't charge. Moon then giggles to herself, and we learn that Kukui actually personally requested her to help Sun find the Berries (since he believed Sun may not find them). The Pokedex was actually her reward for agreeing to the deal. Mallow then decides to bring Moon to the Lush Jungle, while Sun heads off to Brooklet Hill with Lana.
At the Dimensional Research Lab, Kukui finds the document Burnet is looking for (the one with Palkia, Giratina and Bronzong). He contacts her via video conference (Burnet is at Kukui's lab on Melemele with Lillie), and she wants him to digitalize the first 10 pages for her. Burnet learns about Sun and Moon's progress, and reveals that Lillie is busy helping her fix the holes in the house which Kukui created. She thinks this helps to keep the girl occupied and suggests Kukui formally hire Lillie as his assistant since he will be repeatedly blasting holes in the house that needs fixing anyway. Burnet informs Kukui that she has learnt from old scripture that the Pokemon Lillie carries around is a legendary Pokemon called Cosmog. She thinks Lillie may not even know what it is, but she suspects that whoever Lillie is running away from has something to do with the Cosmog.
At Brooklet, Sun slips on the planks and drops a coin into water. He freaks out, and Lana tells him to forget it as it's only 1 yen. However, Sun argues that 1 yen is extremely important, especially when you only have 199 yen and wants to buy a 200 yen Pokeball. A wild Wishiwashi returns the coin to Sun, and he immediately falls in love with its cuteness (he has never seen one before). He asks Lana whether such small Pokemon will get eaten by the 8-meter creature, and Lana replies that she heard they are tasty. Sun decides to protect the Wishiwashi, adds it to his team and nicknames it Baht (the currency of Thailand. Its katakana is Ba-Tsu, which also means 'cross-out' as in 'wrong answer' in Japanese. He chooses this nickname because Wishiwashi's eyes are in X shape). Lana wonders why he isn't capturing it with a Pokeball but Sun says he shall do it later. He asks Baht if it knows where the 8-meter creature is, and Baht starts leading the way (Sun gets on Lapras Ride).
However, after 4-5 hours, every whirlpool or splash Sun encounters is just other wild water Pokemon. He starts to wonder if Baht really knows where the creature is. He hops into the water to see big schools of Wishiwashi, and starts to wonder if Baht was simply leading it to its home. En gets angry with Baht and starts attacking it, and ends up scaring it off. Sun tries to call it back, but when it does, it swarms up and becomes its giant form. Sun finally realizes that Baht and its friends are the 8-meter Totem Pokemon.
Meanwhile, in Lush Jungle, Mallow wonders if Moon is doing ok, and Moon replies that she has field training experience. Moon notices some pollen floating around, and wonders if they are what she is supposed to find. However, Mallow states that she has never seen them before. At that moment, they spot Tapu Lele floating high above, and it is apparently engaged in battle with something emerging from a dimensional rift (it's a Xurkitree)...
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So Sun gets a third Pokemon also named after a currency. I wonder how he is supposed to summon its swarm form in the future though. A bit of an original plot with the Mirage Berry, though I don't really recall any Alola-introduced or Alola-specific berries, so it's likely nothing we know.
At the end, they also showed the colorless cover of Vol. 53, which features Whi-two in her Plasma uniform in the middle (with Zorua and Foongy). On her right is Hugh, and on her left is Lack-two with his Gliscor and Kabutops. Background is Black Kyurem. We also see the cover of the Pedia, with Mato styled Red, Green, Blue, Yellow, Gold and Silver on the right, and Yamamoto styled ones on the left. The later Dex holders are not on the cover.
Will get pictures up later.
Edit: thanks to Obscurites, the nickname of Wishiwashi is more likely Baht (currency of Thailand), rather than my initial thought of Vatu (currency of Vanuatu).
Coronis~
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