Koharu, the daughter of the Pokémon Researcher Dr. Sakuragi, introduces us to her friend Mika, a girl who's a bit of a Pokémon fangirl. She sees a wild Eevee, for example, and squeals over it so loudly that she scares the Pokémon away! Koharu takes Mika inside her father's lab where she introduces her Wanpachi. Mika is so impressed with the facility that she declares she wants to live there! Koharu loses track of her friend but soon finds her sleeping outside in the Sakuragi Park, curled up on the ground as if she was a Pokémon herself. Later, Mika is introduced to Satoshi, whom she completely ignores in favor of his Pikachu; and Gou, whom she similarly passes over to fawn over his Hibanny. Mika thinks the Pokémon are being put off by her forwardness so she tries just waiting for *them* to come to *her*...until a wild Gangar suddenly appears and scares them all away! Satoshi and Gou are about to set off on a research mission so Mika tries to force Pikachu to give her a handshake. She gets electrocuted for her troubles, and the comic ends with Koharu saying she figured something like this would happen.

Chapter Two Ciao! January 2020 Issue

Publication Date:  December 3rd, 2019