XY Chapter - The CoroCoro Ichiban! Chapters

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CoroCoro Ichiban is one of the spin-offs to CoroCoro Comics. It's a magazine aimed at elementary school kids that covers the TV series, video games, and hobbies that are popular among kids. The magazine usually dedicates about four to six pages on Pocket Monsters articles every month.

The magazine first started publishing Pocket Monsters Special XY Version in its December 2013 issue. New issues of CoroCoro Ichiban! are released on or around the 21st of each month.

You can check out the magazine's official website here.

Table of Contents

CoroCoro Ichiban! Issues

Graphic Novel Collections

Graphic Novel Collections

The following graphic novel collections contain chapters of Pocket Monsters Special that originally debuted in the pages of CoroCoro Ichiban!. The chapters that are currently running in CoroCoro Ichiban! take place after the events that occur in these collections.


XY Volume 01	XY Volume 02

June 2014 Issue

Release Date: April 21st, 2014

25 pages

Our heroes are back on the road to Miare City when Trova decides to try something out; what if X gives Garura's Mega Stone to other pokemon? Will they Mega Evolve too? After a failed attempt to Mega Evolve Harimaron, our heroes come across a Hitokage out in the field. They quickly befriend the Fire-Type and take it with them into the bustling metropolis that is Miare City. Once inside, Trova tells the story of how he became acquainted with Platane-Hakase but later admits that he doesn't actually know where his lab is. The gang is suddenly approached by Dexio and Sina, a duo of Masked Heroes who accuse our heroes of kidnapping Hitokage! After clearing up the misunderstanding X and the others are taken to Platane-Hakase's laboratory where the professor notices that X doesn't trust him and challenges him to a pokemon battle. Trova and the others, meanwhile, are sent to the professor's friend Fleur-de-Lys to get their Holocasters fixed. Is this be the mysterious man our heroes noticed in one of the photos Viola took in Asame Town? Elsewhere, Xerocisy discovers that the legendary pokemon Xerneas had disguised itself as a tree in the middle of a forest.

Notes

The report Trova looks up during the flashback is the "90% of all pokemon are related through evolution" (ポケモンの９０％は進化に関係している) report that was written by Nanakamado-Hakase, a reference to the fact that Platane-Hakase supposedly trained under Nanakamado-Hakase.

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July 2014 Issue

Release Date: May 21st, 2014

25 pages

As Fleur-de-Lys repairs our heroes' Holocasters, Trova finds himself feeling uneasy around the devices' inventor. Meanwhile, Platane-Hakase notices that X isn't giving their battle everything he's got. Harimaron, on the other hand, refuses to back down and earns X's respect even though it ends up losing the battle after all. X announces that he's decided to officially make Harimaron his pokemon and then expresses interest in training the professor's Hitokage as well. Back at the lab, the Kalos League Champion Carnet shows up with her Mega Sirnight to let Fleur-de-Lys know that she's keeping her eyes on him. He says he understands and adds that he only wants to preserve the beauty that's in the world before it withers away. He then excuses himself from the room after receiving a call from Xerocisy asking permission to bring the hibernating Xerneas back to their headquarters. As he rides his Gyarados through the sky, Fleur-de-Lys tells his pokemon that it'll soon be able to Mega Evolve just like Carnet's can. Back in Miare City, Carnet bids our heroes farewell right as Trova passes out from a fever! At that moment X and Platane-Hakase arrive on the scene riding a couple of Gogoat.

Notes

X's Harimaron's nickname is "Mariso" (マリソ), which seems to come from its species' French name "Marisson."

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August 2014 Issue

Release Date: June 21st, 2014

25 pages

Pansy is putting the finishing touches on her report on the Asame Town incident when she receives a call from Viola asking her to help X and his friends stand against a group called the Flare-Dan. Later, Pansy goes to Prism Tower to meet with Platane-Hakase to get some quotes for her article. X and the others, who had come along with the professor, wait outside. When Pansy gets off the elevator she finds that her editor has beaten her to the scoop! He announces that he's already done with the interview and tells Platane-Hakase that he's free to go. Once he's gone the editor takes Pansy's report from her hands and then sets it on fire! He tells her that he can't allow the truth to get out there and sends out his Goronda to silence the young reporter. X senses trouble and rushes to the top of the tower to help Pansy take on the ferocious Fighting-Type. As Black and his three pokemon fight, Y and the others escort Pansy out of the building. Once outside, Pansy tells the others that there's now no doubt in her mind that the Flare-Dan was behind the attack in Asame Town.

Notes

X's Hitokage's nickname is "Salamè" (サラメ), which seems to come from its species' French name "Salamèche."

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September 2014 Issue

Release Date: July 21st, 2014

25 pages

X finds himself in a pinch when he learns that the editor's Goronda can see through all of Mega Garura's attacks! He sends out Harimaron and Hitokage to help out but they are soon thrown into confusion by Kofurai's Rage Powder. Despite this, however, the two are eventually able to defeat the Bug-Type pokemon. Soon after X realizes that Goronda is using the leaf in its mouth to read its opponent's movements and so he has his Hitokage destroy it with the flame on its tail. This enables Mega Garura to finally move in close and knock Goronda out and onto the streets below. Everyone reunites downstairs where Pansy hands over an article she wrote to our heroes before leaving to rejoin Viola in Hakudan City. Back in Prism Tower, the Gym Leader's younger sister Eureka walks in on the aftermath of X's battle and notices that one of their pokemon is missing. The pokemon, Rakurai, is later seen following our heroes out of the city. Meanwhile, over in Shouyou City, the Gym Leaders Zakuro and Citron are talking outside when they look down and see the famous Saihorn Racer Saki...walking off with the Flare-Dan!? What is Y's mother doing?

Notes

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October 2014 Issue

Release Date: August 21st, 2014

25 pages

Y is training for Sky Battles while her new Keromatsu watches. Trova, meanwhile, sends a message to Platane-Hakase telling him about what they've been up to and lets him know that they haven't forgotten about the Fokko and the Trimmien from whom they've become separated. Y goes to change out of her sky suit when a Rakurai appears and steals her shirt! Elsewhere, Saki is brought back to a holding area where she and the rest of the residents of Asame Town are being kept. It seems like the Flare-Dan has taken everyone hostage to prevent news about Xerneas' and Yveltal's attack from getting out! Later, X and the others manage to retrieve Y's shirt and return it to its owner. They then discover that Rakurai, who abruptly evolves into Livolt during all this, only wanted to use Y's ability to fly in order to help it search for a Mega Stone! Citron, who happened to be on the road at the time and who recognized Y from a magazine article about her mother, approaches the group and offers to use one of his inventions to help search the area. Above, a member of the Flare-Dan and his Chigoras watches.

Notes

Y's Keromatsu's nickname is Kero-Kero (ケロケロ).

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November 2014 Issue

Release Date: September 20th, 2014

25 pages

Citron's invention reveals the presence of the hiding Flare-Dan agent! It also locates the Mega Stone in a tree above and so the Flare-Dan agent has his Chigoras knock it over so he can grab it before the others get a chance. X and Trova chase after the thief while Y and the others help free Citron from under the fallen tree. The chase eventually takes our heroes into the hedge maze behind Parfum Palace. X and Trova soon discover that Chigoras had only lured them there so it could also steal Garura's Mega Stone! Meanwhile, Citron tells Y about seeing her mother in Shouyou City with the Flare-Dan. Inside the palace, Crocea, the man responsible for managing the Pokemon Storage System in the Kalos Region, hears what's going on in the hedge maze and decides to join in on the fun. Back outside, the Flare-Dan agent decides that there's no harm in telling his pursuers about how Mega Stones only work on certain pokemon. Now that they've learned something new about Mega Evolution, X says, all that's left to do is take back the stolen Mega Stones. Trova marvels at how much X has opened up during his journey.

Notes

The nickname that X gives to Livolt is Élec (エレク). The specie's French name is Élecsprint.

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December 2014 Issue

Release Date: October 20th, 2014

25 pages

The battle continues as Chigoras and Livolt throw each other through various statues throughout the maze. Eventually Trova catches up to X and joins the battle. Meanwhile, Crocea approaches Y's group and uses his Pumpdjinn to take care of the four Nyasper that had been attacking them. When the battle is over Citron, who had always wondered what was going on under a Nyasper's ears, decides that now's his chance to find out. He lifts up one of the pokemon's ears...and is suddenly sent soaring into the air like a rocket! Elsewhere, Livolt distracts the Flare-Dan agent while Flabebe sneaks into his coat pocket and retrieves the stolen Mega Stones. X has Livolt turn into Mega Livolt and use its amazing power to send the Flare-Dan agent running. After the battle X finds a clipboard the agent had dropped containing a list of confirmed Mega Stones! Later, X and Trova join the others inside Crocea's lab. As Y recovers from the shock of what Citron told her about her mother, X learns about the Nyasper who attacked his friends. One of them has even returned to Crocea's lab to be with Matiere, the girl who's been taking care of it...

Notes

The pokemon listed on the Flare-Dan agent's list are:
Mega Kairos, Mega Livolt, Mega Garura, Mega Gyarados (✓), Mega Sirnight, Mega Jupetta, Mega Charem, Mega Hassamu, Mega Houdin, Mega Ptera, Mega Heracross, Mega Hellgar, and Mega Yukino'oh.

Fleur-de-Lys was shown to have the Gyaradosite in the chapter printed in the July 2014 issue of CoroCoro Ichiban! which is probably why there's a check mark (済 in the Japanese version) beside Mega Gyardos' name.

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January 2015 Issue

Release Date: November 21st, 2014

25 pages

Y recalls an argument she had with her mother two days before the attack on Asame Town. Later, Crocea agrees to let X and the others ride with him to Shouyou City since he has to go that way anyway for business. Once they arrive our heroes can look for clues to figure out why Saki went off with the Flare-Dan. As they make a stop at the Battle Chateau, Trova and the others notice how Y has completely shut down. Elsewhere, at the Flare-Dan's Secret Base, Pakira of the Four Heavenly Emperors scolds a grunt for losing the list with all the Mega Pokemon on it. She's willing to forgive him, however, because he was at least able to bring them both the Gyaradosnite and Citron, the Miare City Gym Leader. She then goes through the Monster Balls collected after the attack on Asame Town and decides to take Fokko for herself. Back at the Battle Chateau, Crocea moves everyone from his van to a helicopter so they can avoid having to go through the Connecting Cave. They're flying peacefully through the air when all of a sudden they find themselves surrounded by more than a dozen Sky Trainers...!?

Notes

It's revealed that the Kaenjishi that Akebi had been using up until now actually belonged to Pakira.

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February 2015 Issue

Release Date: December 21st, 2014

25 pages

The Sky Trainers command their army of Vivillon to use Windstorm on Crocea's helicopter. One of the Sky Trainers, who Y recognizes as a fellow student from her days at the Sky Trainer Training School back in Asame Town, demands she come out and battle. Y accepts and quickly lures the group away from the helicopter to keep X and the others safe. The former classmate is Misora, a young girl who was able to collect eighteen varieties of Vivillon thanks to her parents' travels around the world. Despite this, Y ended up getting all the attention at school anyway, causing Misora to resent her. As X tells Sana to be on the lookout for whoever's behind the assault, Misora crosses the line by saying nasty things about Y's mother. Y defends her mother's honor and in doing so realizes that she actually cares a great deal about her. As Yako-chan evolves into Hinoyakoma, X finds the Gilguard that had been controlling Misora - the same one that controlled Sana back in Miare City? - and attacks it. The pokemon falls to the ground where it is soon discovered by Pakira. Later, Crocea announces that they've arrived at Shouyou City.

Notes

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March 2015 Issue

Release Date: January 21st, 2015

25 pages

The propellers on Crocea's helicopter were damaged during the Sky Battle! A piece of one of the propellers breaks off, hitting Y and sending her falling below. The others make an emergency landing near a riverbank. Elsewhere, Y lands safely thanks to Keromatsu breaking her fall with its bubbles. She soon realizes that she's on the Spiky Mountain Path on Route 9 and begins to look for a Saihorn to hitch a ride on. Just then she overhears Correa of the Flare-Dan talking to Pakira. Are the two of them allies? Correa is upset that her Gilguard was defeated but Pakira praises her for raising a pokemon capable of controlling that many Sky Trainers from so far away. She then tells Correa that tonight's the night they'll begin moving the tree that Xerneas transformed into. During all this Keromatsu evolves into Gekogashira. Elsewhere, Crocea is listening to his assistant announce that Matiere has gone missing when Zakuro approaches him about the damage his helicopter's done to the area. X and the others sneak off to find Y. As they walk, our heroes get an idea: why don't we stop the constant running and just attack the Flare-Dan's headquarters head on?

Notes

When Correa swings her Hitotsuki at Y, the sword cuts off her ponytail, giving Y a shorter haircut.

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April 2015 Issue

Release Date: February 21st, 2015

25 pages

Citron wakes up inside the Flare-Dan's hideout where Xerocisy orders him to build a machine for them or else. Xerocisy then leaves to check up on Esprit and her newly upgraded Expansion Suit. Elsewhere, Saki and the other residents of Asame Town notice that none of the guards have made their rounds today. Is this their chance to escape? Saki signals for Cleffey, the pokemon who helped her escape all those other times, to use its keys to unlock everyone's cages. Back on Route 9, X and the others search for Y by following a trail of mousse-covered rocks left behind by Gekogashira. Further ahead, Y and Gekogashira follow Pakira and Correa as they head into the forest where the Xerneas tree is now resting. Pakira talks about how Corni, Concombre, and Carnet have all joined forces and expresses her desire to use her Tailnar to get rid of them. They then leave to prepare for the night's operations. Before long X and the others finally catch up to Y. Later, Correa returns to headquarters where she catches Saki and the others trying to make a break for it. She uses her Gilguard to hypnotize everyone and prevent their escape.

Notes

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May 2015 Issue

Release Date: March 20th, 2015

25 pages

Y tells X and the others what she overheard Pakira and Correa planning. The group decides to wait for the Flare-Dan to return and carry off the tree so they can follow them back to their hideout. As predicted, Correa, Esprit, and the hypnotized residents of Asame Town arrive on the scene. Correa finds the chunk of Y's hair her Hitotsuki cut off earlier as the townspeople work on getting the tree hoisted onto a massive cart. Saki snaps out of her hypnosis at the sight of her daughter's hair and reaches out for it, prompting Correa to knock her down. Y jumps out from her hiding spot to help her mother but is quickly pinned down by Correa's pokemon. X joins the fray and tries to Mega Evolve both his Garura and his Livolt but, much to his surprise, it doesn't work! Esprit then steps in and uses her Ohrot to trap X and his friends. Meanwhile, the townspeople finish loading the Xerneas tree onto the cart and begin to pull it away. Esprit is about to finish our heroes off when Carnet, Corni, and Concombre show up to lend a hand. Elsewhere, Pakira declares that everyone's been gathered.

Notes

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June 2015 Issue

Release Date: April 21st, 2015

?? pages

Coming Soon!

Notes

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