HZM01

Info

Chapter number	1
Series	Pocket Monsters

Other

Location

Indigo Academy Brave Olivine

This is the first regular chapter of the Pocket Monsters manga. It was first published in the May 2023 issue of CoroCoro Comics, released on April 14, 2023.^[1] It is based on the anime episodes The Pendant That Starts It All (Part One) and The Pendant That Starts It All (Part Two). It is 49 pages long, including the color cover.

Plot

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

Major events

• Liko, a beginner Trainer from Paldea, enrolls in the Indigo Academy in Kanto.
• Liko receives a Sprigatito as her first partner Pokémon.
• Liko has her first Pokémon battle and loses.
• Liko meets Amethio and gets on the radar of the mysterious Explorers organization.
• Liko meets Pokémon Professor Friede for the first time.
• Liko is introduced to the Rising Volt Tacklers.

Debuts

Humans

• Friede
• Amethio
• Ann
• Orla
• Mollie
• Murdock
• Zirc
• Onia
• Ludlow
• Nidothing

Pokémon debuts

• Charizard (Friede's)
• Ceruledge (Amethio's)
• Fearow
• Rotom (Amethio's; Liko's; Orla's; Rotom Phone)
• Oshawott (Ann's)
• Rhydon (Zirc's)
• Skarmory (Onia's; Zirc's)
• Corviknight (Amethio's)

Characters

Humans

• Liko
• Roy
• Friede
• Mollie
• Orla
• Ludlow
• Murdock
• Nidothing
• Amethio
• Onia
• Zirc
• Ann
• Students
• Teachers

Pokémon

• Sprigatito (Liko's; new)
• Rotom (Liko's; Rotom Phone)
• Charizard (Friede's)
• Pikachu (Friede's; Captain Pikachu)
• Rotom (Orla's; Rotom Phone)
• Quaxly (Nidothing's)
• Ceruledge (Amethio's)
• Rotom (Amethio's; Rotom Phone)
• Corviknight (Amethio's)
• Skarmory (Onia's)
• Rhydon (Zirc's)
• Skarmory (Zirc's)
• Oshawott (Ann's; new)
• Rayquaza (Lucius's; Shiny)
• Fuecoco (Rising Volt Tacklers')
• Charmander (student's; silhouette)
• Litten (student's; silhouette)
• Fearow

Differences between the anime and the manga

This section is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this section to add missing information and complete it.

• Liko's time adjusting to Indigo Academy is trimmed down.
• Terapagos's appearance is omitted.

References

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