PS332
The Final Showdown V (Japanese: 大決戦V), is the 332nd round of the Pokémon Adventures manga in the Emerald arc.
Synopsis
As Emerald continues to tell his story, Ruby and Sapphire are surprised that Emerald received his Pokédex from Professor Oak. Emerald corrects them, however, and proceeds to explain what happened.
Before Emerald could introduce himself, Professor Oak revealed that he already knew who Emerald was after Earl Dervish had introduced him. Emerald believed this meant that Professor Oak had intended to give him a Pokédex, but Professor Oak pointed out that Emerald's behaviour was inconsistent with his request: while he had requested a Pokédex to the professor to understand Pokémon better, he had received word from Earl that Emerald refused to associate with Pokémon during his time at the Academy. Professor Oak told Emerald to consider what Pokémon are to him; until then, he would register Emerald as a temporary owner of the Pokédex.
Soon after, Emerald met up with the Trick Master to seek his advice. The Trick Master explained that Professor Oak simply meant for Emerald to think of how Pokémon were significant to him, and then proceeded to give Emerald the gadgets the boy had earlier designed, having constructed them back in Hoenn. He also gave Emerald a soil gun of his own design, which was based on another gadget he had seen in another region in his travels, having decided to give Emerald a purpose: to use his ability to identify a Pokémon's birthplace by calming them down if they ever went berserk from suffering. The Trick Master helped Emerald to put on his gadgets and build his hairstyle with gel, and in the months that followed Emerald trained rigorously to master usage of his arms, shoes, soil gun and unique ability, before finally proceeding to receive his Pokédex from Professor Oak. At that time, though, the professor had forwarded his Pokédex to Professor Birch and apologised to Emerald for it. Without fuss, Emerald returned to the Hoenn region to meet with Professor Birch, but due to the crisis with Kyogre at the time Professor Birch was washed away by a tidal wave, and so Emerald's receiving of his Pokédex was further delayed. In fact, Emerald had only recently received his Pokédex shortly before he was sent to the Battle Frontier.
Concluding his story, Emerald remains depressed over how Jirachi refused his wish, but Ruby and Sapphire console him, appreciating that he was willing to divulge his life story to them. Just then, their three Hoenn starters successfully finish their training; the mastery of the ultimate moves indicated by the release of their bangles, but with a thump overhead the trio spot Gold and Crystal atop the transparent room, having been defeated...
Major Events
- Emerald keeps telling Ruby and Sapphire how he got his Pokédex.
- Zuzu, Toro and Emerald's Sceptile master the ultimate moves.
- Gold and Crystal come back defeated.
Debuts
Pokémon debuts
Characters
Humans
Cameos
- Professor Oak (Flashback)
- Professor Birch (Flashback)
Pokémon
- Sceptile (Emerald's)
- Blaziken (Toro; Sapphire's)
- Swampert (Zuzu; Ruby's)
- Xatu (Natee; Crystal's)
- Venonat
- Wooper
Trivia
Errors
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