JNM13

(Japanese: ソード＆シールド「最強の剣と盾」① Sword & Shield - The Ultimate Sword and Shield 1) is the thirteenth chapter of the Pokémon Journeys: The Series manga. It is based on the anime episodes Sword and Shield, Slumbering Weald! and Sword and Shield: The Darkest Day!.

Plot

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Major events

• Ash and Goh encounter Zacian and Zamazenta, respectively, for the first time.
• Ash meets Leon again and joins him in stopping rampaging Dynamax Pokémon.
• Goh meets Sonia and helps her investigate the Darkest Day.
• Ash meets Rose and Oleana for the first time.
• Oleana's subordinate's Gigantamax Garbodor destroys the mural at Stow-on-Side, revealing statues of Zacian and Zamazenta behind it.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Dragapult
• Centiskorch (Gigantamax)
• Garbodor (Gigantamax)
• Coalossal (Gigantamax)
• Dreepy
• Zacian (Hero of Many Battles)
• Zamazenta (Hero of Many Battles)

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Goh
• Leon
• Rose
• Sonia
• Oleana
• Doug and Eva
• Macro Cosmos employees
  • Oleana's subordinate
• Townspeople

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Raboot (Goh's)
• Dragonite (Ash's)
• Rotom (Professor Cerise's; Rotom Phone; ×2)
• Charmander (Leon's; flashback)
• Charizard (Leon's)
• Dragapult (Leon's)
• Centiskorch (Doug's; Centy; Gigantamax)
• Garbodor (Oleana's subordinate's; Gigantamax)
• Coalossal (Gigantamax)
• Dreepy (Dragon Darts; ×2)
• Zacian (anime; Hero of Many Battles)
• Zamazenta (anime; Hero of Many Battles)

Differences between the anime and the manga

• The manga opens with Ash and Goh encountering Zacian and Zamazenta.
• Goh is never seen catching a Bunnelby.
• The battle with Gigantamax Centiskorch is shortened. Ash doesn't use Pikachu or Riolu to battle it.
• Ash and Leon do not battle Dynamax Pangoro.
• Team Rocket and Professor Magnolia's appearances are omitted.
• Goh and Sonia never visit Turffield or Wedgehurst. Goh never obtains a Dynamax Band.
• Ash doesn't use Gengar against Gigantamax Coalossal.
• Ash never has dinner with Rose and Oleana at Rose Tower. Rose's offer is instead made during their first encounter.
• Raboot never uses Dynamax. The Stow-on-Side mural is destroyed by Oleana's subordinate's Gigantamax Garbodor instead.

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