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How Do You Do, Pikachu?
はじめましてピカチュウ Nice to Meet You, Pikachu!
Info Collected in Vol. 1 Chapter number 1
Other Location Manga series Magical Pokémon Journey
Chapters Previous Chapter None Next Chapter Clefairy Comes Through!

How Do You Do, Pikachu? (Japanese: はじめましてピカチュウ, Nice to Meet You, Pikachu!) is the very first chapter of the Magical Pokémon Journey manga series. It is the first chapter of the first volume.

Plot

{{ Hazel starts on her journey to collect Pokémon for Grandpa, and meets Pikachu.

Important characters and Pokémon

• Hazel
• Pikachu
• Almond
• Grandpa

Major events

• Hazel has baked a cake for Almond.
• Hazel has laced the cake with a love potion from the scientist Grandpa.
• The potion is unstable and the cake and house explode.
• Pikachu watches these events, and flees the scene after the explosion.
• Hazel returns to Grandpa's laboratory.
• In exchange for an improved love potion, she agrees to catch Pokémon for his research.
• Hazel meets Pikachu, but is unsuccessful in catching him.
• She finds Almond.
• Pikachu Thunder Shocks both of them.
• Hazel befriends Pikachu.

Debuts

• Hazel
• Almond
• Grandpa

Pokémon debuts

• Pikachu

Characters

Humans

• Hazel
• Almond
• Grandpa

Pokémon

• Pikachu

In other languages

Language		Title
European French		Salut, Je M'appelle Pikachu
Italian		Piacere di conoscerti, Pikachu!

This article is part of Project Manga, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each series of Pokémon manga.