Pocket Monsters Special 45 (ポケットモンスターSPECIAL 45) is the 45th volume of Pocket Monsters Special and the first full volume of the BW Chapter.

All of the numbers printed in this volume's Table of Contents are off by one; the previous volume ended on Chapter 471 and so the first chapter in this volume should be 472 but it's listed as 471 instead.

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Release Date:  July 3rd, 2013	Published By:  Shogakukan under the "Tentou-Mushi Comics Special" brand
Price:  505 yen (before tax)	Page Count:  189
Size:  18 x 12.6	ISBN:  ISBN 978-4-09-141684-1

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Yamamoto Satoshi "From Shippou to Skyarrow Bridge and Hiun City, the scenery changes constantly along with the meetings and departures that go with it.  PokeSpe Volume 45 has a good number of characters and we wanted to give even the supporting characters something to make them stand out but we also wanted to avoid them being too much like someone who's already appeared before.  Differentiating all these characters was both fun and difficult."

Kusaka Hidenori "I've never been to an autograph session since this series started serialization and have always left that kind of thing up to the artist.  I would stand quietly on the other side of the rope.  I always rationlized this by saying that it calmed me down and allowed me to keep watch over what's going on but recently my attitude has changed and the opportunities to come face to face with the fans have increased.  Well...even now I'm still kind of shy.  There's nothing like the warmth you get when you shake hands with a fan and I'm thankful for the renewed energy it gives me."

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Chapter 474 "vs. Muland"

Graphic Novel Subtitle:  "The Beginning" (起源)
Released in:  The June 2011 issue of Shougaku Yon-Nensei (on-sale May 3rd, 2011)


20 pages

Black's battle with Aloe continues as War goes up against Aloe's Muland.  Unfortunately, Black doesn't figure out that Muland's fourth move is Last Resort until it's too late.  His Wargle is defeated, leaving only Musha left.  Black's pokemon tries to use Hypnosis but fails, leaving it open to Muland's Take Down attack. After thinking about the battle up to that point, Black decides to have Musha use Zen Headbutt as a last resort.  The attack, combined with the recoil damage accumulated from Muland's repeated Take Down attacks, defeats Black's opponent and earns him the Basic Badge.  White meets up with Black at the Gym and tells him all about the plans to hold a Pokemon Musical in Raimon City.  Later that night, Aloe receives a phone call from her colleague Yakon.  He asks her to analyze a black stone holding an immense amount of energy that his Doryuuzu dug up earlier.  She agrees and leaves the Gym to go pick it up.  Unknown to the two of them, the Dark Trinity is spying on their conversation.  They recognize the stone as the Dark Stone and make plans to steal it so they can harness the power of the legendary dragon pokemon Zekrom.

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Notes

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Chapter 475 "vs. Deathkan"

Graphic Novel Subtitle:  "Dragon Bones" (竜骨)
Released in:  Pokemon Fan Issue 16 (on-sale February 18th, 2011)

24 pages
As Black and White finish up in Shippou City, Kidachi announces that a bunch of his museum's treasures, including their "Dragon Pokemon Bones," have been stolen!  As Black leaves to go after the thieves, a man named Arti stops him with his Wheega and offers to help.  When the two of them step outside, they see the unbelievable:  the stolen skeleton is walking around on its own!  After Black calls on the people behind this to step forward, the three Plasma-Dan grunts from the Site of Dreams and Azul, one of their Seven Sages, appears.  Black tells them how he discovered the skeleton's location and deduces that either a Psychic or a Ghost type pokemon is manipulating the bones.  At that moment, Black figures out that the coffin hidden among the artifacts stolen from the museum is really a Deathkan!  Arti's Wheega defeats the pokemon, stopping the skeleton and prompting the Plasma-Dan members to retreat.  Later, Black tells Arti that he knows he's a Gym Leader and expresses his desire to battle him when he gets to Hiun City.  As Black and White leave Shippou City, Arti becomes troubled by the "hero" and "dragon" the Plasma-Dan mentioned as they were leaving...

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Notes

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Adventure Map 3

Current Location:  Pinwheel Forest

Black's Pokemon		White's Pokemon
	Fire Pig Pokemon Poka Pokabu, male, Fire-Type Lv. 16 Ability:  Blaze		Fire Pig Pokemon Bubu-chan Pokabu, female, Fire-Type Lv. 05 Ability: Blaze
	Dream Eater Pokemon Musha Munna, male, Psychic-Type Lv. 39 Ability:  Forewarn
	Valiant Pokemon War Wargle, male, Normal-Type and Flying-Type Lv. 54 Ability:  Sheer Force
	Electric Spider Pokemon Tula Dentula, male, Bug-Type and Electric-Type Lv. 38 Ability:  Unnerve

Chapter 476 "vs. Yabukuron and Chillachino"

Graphic Novel Subtitle:  "Harsh Winds" (疾風)
Released in:  Pokemon Fan Issue 17 (on-sale April 20th, 2011)

24 pages

As Black and White make their way through the Pinwheel Forest, they get caught up in a strong wind.  They press forward anyway and eventually make their way across the Skyarrow Bridge.  There, the trainers meet a janitor named Shinosuke who demands a double battle from Black.  His Yabukuron smells too bad for Poka to approach and his Chillachino can block Tula's electric attacks with its tail, making both of his pokemon seem untouchable.  As Shinosuke's pokemon unleash a volley of attacks, his Chillachino knocks Poka into a dumpster.  The Fire-type pokemon emerges with two plastic bottles in its nose, plugging it up and preventing Yabukuron's stench from getting to it!  Now fighting at 100%, Pokabu is able to defeat Yabukuron with a fire attack.  Next, Tula stops using electric attacks and begins relying on its other techniques to defeat the janitor's Chillachino.  When the battle is finished, Shinosuke tells the trainers that the whirlwind the two encountered was caused by the legendary pokemon Virizion.  He then reveals that he is the head of the Hiun City Battle Company and exchanges business cards with White.  The two trainers bid Shinosuke farewell, finish crossing the bridge, and make their way into Hiun City.

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Notes

Bubu-chan, whose name is usually written out in hiragana (ぶぶちゃん) is mistakenly written out in katakana (ブブちゃん) in the very last panel.

Click on the image above to see a bigger version.

This was not fixed in the graphic novel release.

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Adventure Map 4

Current Location:  Skyarrow Bridge

Black's Pokemon		White's Pokemon
	Fire Pig Pokemon Poka Pokabu, male, Fire-Type Lv. 16 Ability:  Blaze		Fire Pig Pokemon Bubu-chan Pokabu, female, Fire-Type Lv. 05 Ability: Blaze
	Dream Eater Pokemon Musha Munna, male, Psychic-Type Lv. 39 Ability:  Forewarn
	Valiant Pokemon War Wargle, male, Normal-Type and Flying-Type Lv. 54 Ability:  Sheer Force
	Electric Spider Pokemon Tula Dentula, male, Bug-Type and Electric-Type Lv. 40 Ability:  Unnerve

Chapter 477 "vs. Zorroa"

Graphic Novel Subtitle:  "Stray Child" (迷子)
Released in:  Pokemon Fan Issue 14 (on-sale September 18th, 2010)

12 pages
Black and Poka arrive in Hiun City.  Black is overwhelmed by the large crowds and decides to take refuge in the Game Freak headquarters.  Inside, he spots a young boy crying and assumes that he's lost.  Black goes up to the kid and tries to help him out, but the kid won't say a word.  Unable to pry any information from him, Black decides to find a staff member and have them deal with the lost child.  He leaves, asking his Pokabu to look after the boy.  As soon as Black is gone, the little boy turns into a Zorroa!  The pokemon shoves Pokabu's tail into its nostril before running toward an elevator, laughing.  Pokabu follows Zorroa onto the elevator but can't find it since it's transformed itself again.  When the elevator stops, Zorroa reverts back and starts to run around, knocking everything over in the room!  It heads for the staircase and begins to run down, so Pokabu follows.  After a few more attacks, Pokabu is finally able to hit it with one of its fire attacks.  Black returns just as Zorroa runs away, leaving the score between Pokabu and Zorroa unsettled for the time being.

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Notes

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Chapter 478 "vs. Hahakomori"

Graphic Novel Subtitle:  "Art" (芸術)
Released in:  The August 2011 issue of CoroCoro Ichiban! (on-sale June 21st, 2011)


25 pages
Black has arrived in Hiun City!  After participating in a photo shoot with White, Black is told that he's paid off half the cost of the camera equipment he destroyed back in Karakusa Town!  White then offers to sponsor Black on his journey as long as he continues to work for the BW Agency.  Just then, they both notice that Black's Pokabu seems like it's about to evolve.  White is worried that the pokemon evolving will be a problem for their productions and expresses her desire for it to stay the way it is.  Later, Black meets Arti at the Hiun City Gym.  Their three on three battle begins with Black's Wargle going up against Arti's Wheelga.  Arti's pokemon is able to get in a hit but is quickly taken out by Wargle's Air Slash.  Next, Arti calls on Ishizumai.  It uses Smack Down to ground Black's Flying-type and then watches as the poison it had received from Wheelga finishes it off.  Arti decides to switch over to his Hahakomori to face off against Black's Dentula.  Elsewhere, Bel and Cheren have split up to look for Black.  Suddenly, a member of the Plasma-Dan attacks her and steals her Hitomoshi!

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Notes

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Adventure Map 5

Current Location:  Hiun Gym

Black's Pokemon		White's Pokemon
	Fire Pig Pokemon Poka Pokabu, male, Fire-Type Lv. 16 Ability:  Blaze		Fire Pig Pokemon Bubu-chan Pokabu, female, Fire-Type Lv. 05 Ability: Blaze
	Dream Eater Pokemon Musha Munna, male, Psychic-Type Lv. 39 Ability:  Forewarn
	Valiant Pokemon War Wargle, male, Normal-Type and Flying-Type Lv. 54 Ability:  Sheer Force
	Electric Spider Pokemon Tula Dentula, male, Bug-Type and Electric-Type Lv. 41 Ability:  Unnerve

Chapter 479 "vs. Morobareru"

Graphic Novel Subtitle:  "Evolution" (進化)
Released in:  The September 2011 issue of CoroCoro Ichiban! (on-sale July 21st, 2011)

25 pages
After a brief battle, Black's Dentula and Arti's Hahakomori knock each other out!  Arti calls out his Ishizumai again while Black hesitantly calls out his Pokabu.  After Ishizumai knocks Pokabu against the wall with a Smack Down attack, Black's pokemon begins to glow.  Suddenly, Pokabu evolves into Charbu!  It knocks the rock that had been thrown at it toward Ishizumai, causing it to faint!  Suddenly, Arti's Gym Leader friend Iris enters the building with Bel!  After deducing that she was assaulted so her pokemon could be stolen, Black asks his Charbu to sniff out Bel's attackers.  Eventually, everyone is led into a building across the street from the gym.  After taking care of the Morobareru inside, Black and the others come face to face with Sumura, one of the Seven Priests of the Plasma-Dan.  Before making his escape, he tells his pursuers that the group will revive the Black Flash of Lightning to unite the people of the Isshu region.  With the Plasma-Dan now gone, Black and the others help return the stolen pokemon back to their owners.  Later, when going over his revised shooting schedule with White, Black reveals that he's changed Poka's nickname to "Char."

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Notes

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