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Cold Hard Truth

ゼクロムVSレシラム I

Zekrom VS Reshiram I

Info

Series

Pokémon Adventures

Other

Location

Pokémon League N's Castle

Cold Hard Truth (Japanese: ゼクロムVSレシラム I Zekrom VS Reshiram I or 居城 Lord's Castle) is the 520th round of the Pokémon Adventures manga.

Plot

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Major events

• Black demands that Zinzolin tell him where Hood Man took White.
• Brycen digs down to find Team Plasma's castle, but is defeated and captured by Ghetsis.
• Zinzolin summons N's Castle from beneath the Pokémon League.
• Team Plasma begins marching out.
• The captured Gym Leaders are hoisted up on crucifix-like objects as a display of Team Plasma's power.
• Reshiram senses Zekrom and leaves Black behind to fight its counterpart.
• The Elite Four attempt to face Team Plasma, but they are interrupted by Hood Man, who uses Tornadus, Thundurus, and Landorus in an attempt to figure out their Therian Formes.
• Black attempts to rescue the Gym Leaders, but Ghetsis stops his every move.
• Black is assisted by Hiker Andy, Shoko, The Riches Trish, Janitor Geoff, Doctor Logan, Baker Chris, and Biker Jeremy, who decide to rescue the Gym Leaders themselves.

For a list of all major events in the Pokémon Adventures manga, please see the history page.

	Spoilers end here.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Chandelure

Characters

Humans

• Black
• White (flashback)
• Cheren
• N
• Professor Juniper
• Lenora
• Burgh
• Elesa
• Clay
• Skyla
• Brycen
• Drayden
• Iris
• Shauntal
• Grimsley
• Caitlin
• Marshal
• Looker
• Ghetsis
• Hood Man
• Zinzolin
• Gorm
• Rood
• Ryoku
• Bronius
• Giallo
• Anthea and Concordia
• Cedric Juniper
• Hawes
• Fennel
• Amanita
• Leo
• Shoko
• Kimi
• Hiker Andy
• Janitor Geoff
• Baker Chris
• Doctor Logan
• Biker Jeremy
• The Riches Trish
• Team Plasma Grunts
• Chairtarō

Pokémon

• Braviary (Brav; Black's)
• Musharna (Musha; Black's)
• Emboar (Bo; Black's)
• Galvantula (Tula; Black's)
• Carracosta (Costa; Black's)
• Reshiram (Black's)
• Zekrom (N's)
• Cryogonal (Brycen's)
• Beartic (Brycen's; flashback)
• Druddigon (Drayden's)
• Druddigon (Iris's)
• Golurk (Shauntal's)
• Chandelure (Shauntal's)
• Conkeldurr (Marshal's)
• Croagunk (Looker's)
• Hydreigon (Ghetsis's)
• Klinklang (Hood Man's)
• Cryogonal (Zinzolin's)
• Deino (Leo's)
• Patrat (×4; Shoko's)
• Cottonee (Andy's)
• Trubbish (Geoff's)
• Shelmet (Chris's)
• Gothorita (Logan's)
• Scraggy (Jeremy's)
• Heatmor (Trish's)
• Thundurus (Team Plasma's)
• Tornadus (Team Plasma's)
• Landorus (Team Plasma's)

Trivia

• In the VIZ Media mini-volumes of the Black & White arc, this round was collected in Volume 19.
• In the VIZ Media mini-volume release, this chapter's title was Homecoming.
• In the Kurokawa translation from France, this round was released in Pokémon Black and White volume 9.

Translation edits

• In the VIZ Media version, the scene where Team Plasma reveal the captured Gym Leaders is edited, with the Gym Leaders tied to poles instead of crosses.

In other languages

Language		Title
European French		Ghetis se dévoile
German		Zekrom VS. Reshiram I - Das Schloss
Italian		Zekrom VS Reshiram I - Il castello
Korean		제크로무 VS 레시라무 I
Brazilian Portuguese		Zekrom VS Reshiram I - Castelo Real
European Spanish		Zekrom Contra Reshiram (1ª parte)
Vietnamese		Zekrom VS Reshiram I - Cư trú

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