Pocket Monsters Special

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Pocket Monsters Special 57 (ポケットモンスターSPECIAL 57) is the 57th volume of Pocket Monsters Special. It continues the XY Chapter.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents
Chapter	Title	Debut
560	"Ohrot, Tie Up" (オーロット、しばる)	CoroCoro Ichiban! May 2015 Issue
561	"Heracros, Transform" (ヘラクロス、代わる)	Pokémon Fan Issues 35 & 36
562	"Goronda, Investigate" (ゴロンダ、探る)	CoroCoro Ichiban! August 2014 Issue
563	"Rakurai, Chase" (ラクライ、追う)	CoroCoro Ichiban! September 2014 Issue
564	"Heigani, Clamp Down" (ヘイガニ、はさむ)	Pokémon Fan Issue 38
565	"Keromatsu, Disappear" (ケロマツ、消える)	CoroCoro Ichiban! October 2014 Issue
566	"Chigorasu, Smash" (チゴラス、砕く)	CoroCoro Ichiban! November 2014 Issue

Volume Information

Release Date: December 1st, 2020	Published By: Shogakukan under the "Tentōmushi CORO CORO COMICS" brand
Price: 600 yen (before tax)	Page Count: 183
Size: 18 x 12.6	ISBN: ISBN978-4-09-143248-3

From the creators

	Yamamoto Satoshi Translation coming later!
	Kusaka Hidenori Translation coming later!

Chapter 560 "Ohrot, Tie Up"
CoroCoro Ichiban! May 2015 Issue

Translation coming later!

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Chapter 561 "Heracros, Transform"
Pokémon Fan Issues 35 & 36

Release Date: April 19th, 2014

24 pages

In the Master Tower in Shala City, Corni approaches Concombre, her grandfather, and demands to know why he gave a young boy named X a Mega Ring without making him go through a "successor ceremony" first. He responds by telling her about how he helped save the young Trainer from a duo of reporters who were harassing him after he had just won the Junior Tournament. Once the two are driven away, he continues, he hands over the Mega Ring as a reminder of the bond X shares with his pokemon. Corni argues that the story doesn't explain anything. Suddenly, Concombre is attacked by an unknown assailant! Corni and her Mega Lucario run up the tower to find their attacker and eventually come across an Ohrot! But where is its Trainer? Corni leaves the battle up to Mega Lucario while she returns downstairs to look. There, she sees a woman named Esprit appear before Concombre and demand he tell her everything he knows about Mega Evolution. When Esprit finds out that the only people who know about this phenomenon are his family and the people he's entrusted a Mega Ring to, she charges forward with her Bokurei, ready to attack!

Notes

Most of Concombre's flashback is a reprint of the version X told in the chapter printed in the April 2014 issue of CoroCoro Ichiban! The big difference here is that Corni's grandfather is no longer covered in shadow.

Esprit (エスプリ) is not actually identified by name in this chapter.

Release Date: May 31st, 2014

24 pages

As the battle between Mega Lucario and Ohrot continues, Corni realizes that her opponent is at a much higher level than she thought. She then realizes that one of Ohrot's roots is running down the side of the tower and into the ground below. Could this be the source of Ohrot's power!? Below, Corni's grandfather tells Esprit that, as a member of the Flare-Dan, she isn't elligible to learn the secrets of Mega Evolution. He then uses his Heracross, who can evolve into Mega Heracross, to take out Esprit's Bokurei. Corni is called to the scene to help him chase Esprit away but a thick wall of tree roots springs up between Esprit and her pursuers, preventing them from going any further! Esprit explains that the roots have surrounded the Master Tower and are making it impossible for them to escape, leaving Corni and Concombre with no choice but to activate the tower's self-destruct system and leave it behind. As Esprit makes her retreat, she informs her opponents that she's not affiliated with the Flare-Dan. Once the Master Tower's reduced to rubble and Esprit is out of sight, Concombre looks back, hopeful that the existence of "that pokemon" went unnoticed.

Notes
The silhouette of "that pokemon" makes it obvious that Concombre is talking about Diancie.

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Chapter 562 "Goronda, Investigate"
CoroCoro Ichiban! 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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Chapter 563 "Rakurai, Chase"
CoroCoro Ichiban! 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
N/A

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Chapter 564 "Heigani, Clamp Down"
Pokémon Fan Issue 38

Release Date: September 20th, 2014

24 pages

Tierno shows off his dance moves at a skate park while X sits in his tent studying his Pokemon Zukan. Tierno wants to practice by himself and so he and his Heigani climb a nearby hill. The two of them are going down a particularly steep rail when Tierno is suddenly hit in the face with a notebook! The notebook, "The Occupy the Monster Ball Factory Plan," details an operation by the Flare-Dan to take over the factory and stop the flow of Monster Balls to the public! The notebook's owner, a Flare-Dan grunt with a Flygon, explains that her organization's goal is to restore beauty to the world by "stealing" power from some and then "giving" it to people like them who deserve it. X arrives on the scene to help but Flygon uses Earth Power to disorient its opponents while remaining out of reach above. X recalls reading about how strong Heigani's pincers are and so he has his pokemon distract the Flare-Dan while Tierno's pokemon clamps down on Flygon's wings. The Dragon-Type pokemon falls to the ground, knocking both it and its Trainer out cold. Later, our heroes head back to the others to resume their journey.

Notes

N/A

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Chapter 565 "Keromatsu, Disappear"
CoroCoro Ichiban! 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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Chapter 566 "Chigorasu, Smash"
CoroCoro Ichiban! 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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This concludes Pocket Monsters Special Volume 57

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