PPW02

PPW02

PPW02   息をのむ Breathe In

Web release Japan October 18, 2023 United States October 18, 2023

English themes Opening N/A Ending

Japanese themes Opening N/A Ending N/A

Credits Animation WIT Studio Screenplay 内海照子 Teruko Utsumi 佐藤慧介 Keisuke Satō 竹下良平 Ryōhei Takeshita Storyboard 黄捷 Huang Chieh 五十嵐祐貴 Yūki Igarashi Assistant director 黄捷 Huang Chieh Animation directors 小磯由佳 Yuka Koiso 新垣一成 Issei Arakaki No additional credits are available at this time.

Breathe In on The Pokémon Company International's official English YouTube channel. Breathe In on The Pokémon Company's official Japanese YouTube channel.

Breathe In (Japanese: 息をのむ Breathe In) is the second episode of Pokémon: Paldean Winds. It was first released on The Pokémon Company's official Japanese YouTube channel and The Pokémon Company International's official English YouTube channel on October 18, 2023.

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

Blurb

Despite Aliquis and Meowscarada winning battle after battle, there’s one Trainer they can’t seem to beat: Nemona. After consulting his older brother, Aliquis is advised to stop using a Pokémon after it loses a match.

What will he do? Can Aliquis and Meowscarada find the strength within themselves to take on Nemona? Find out in Episode 2 of Pokémon: Paldean Winds!

Plot

This plot summary is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this plot summary to add missing sections and complete it.

Major events

• Nemona defeats Aliquis in battle.
• Aliquis and Nemona have a rematch in a Full Battle.

Characters

Humans

• Ohara
• Aliquis
• Hohma
• Nemona
• Iono (cameo)
• Aliquis's brother

Pokémon

• Fuecoco (Ohara's)
• Sprigatito (Aliquis's; flashback)
• Meowscarada (Aliquis's; Terastallized)
• Garganacl (Aliquis's)
• Flamigo (Aliquis's)
• Quaxly (Hohma's)
• Kilowattrel (Nemona's)
• Tauros (Nemona's; Paldean; Combat Breed; Terastallized)
• Psyduck (Trainer's)
• Gothorita (Trainer's)
• Fidough

Cast

Trivia

• Hohma telling Aliquis that Meowscarada toughed out the attack so he wouldn't feel sad is a reference to the line seen in the core series games when the player's Pokémon at max friendship survives an attack on 1 HP.
• The initial close-up cuts of Meowscarada battling Kilowattrel at the very beginning of the episode was animated by Tu Yong-Ce.^[1]

Errors

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	屏息
	Mandarin	屏息
European French		Inspirer
German		Einatmen
Indonesian		Menyesakkan Napas
Italian		Inspira
Korean		숨을 죽이다
Brazilian Portuguese		Inspire
Spanish	Latin America	Inhala
	Spain	Inspira
Thai		อ้าปากค้าง

References

This episode article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of the Pokémon anime.