PS163

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Bringing up Bellossom/Cherry Bellossom

VS キレイハナ

VS Kireihana

Info

Shogakukan full volume	Ch. 163 in Vol. 13
VIZ Media full volume	Adventure 163 in Vol. 13
Series	Pokémon Adventures

Other

Location

Indigo Plateau

Bringing up Bellossom or Cherry Bellossom (Japanese: VS キレイハナ VS Kireihana) is the 163rd chapter of the Pokémon Adventures manga.

Plot

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

The Gym Leader exhibition matches at the Indigo Plateau are about to reach their climax, with the Kanto team taking the lead for the first time after six matches. After the Pokémon Association Chairman is told about Blaine's current state, commentator Mary brings forward the final match between the Kanto and Johto team captains, Erika and Pryce. They call forth Bellossom and Swinub respectively.

Erika states the many occupations she holds at the same time, on top of being a Gym Leader, and motions her Bellossom to fill the stage with petals, which immediately swarm over Swinub. The Johto bench fear for their captain after the super-effective Petal Dance. Erika switches Bellossom for Skiploom, who hides behind Bellossom's petals and uses Stun Spore. Pryce responds by tapping his crutch. Swinub delivers a Powder Snow, which manages to go through the petals to damage Skiploom. Erika has Skiploom respond with Synthesis. Just as Skiploom is about to be commanded to attack, the air temperature suddenly drops, and within moments, all the petals drop to the ground as Skiploom faints, meaning that Pryce wins the match and brings Johto back level.

The audience and Erika herself remain confused over what happened. Morty, watching from the Johto bench, knows how Pryce executed the attack, and when Erika subsequently moves off the stage, she appears to notice a flash of light from Pryce's crutch. In the VIP room, the Chairman praises Pryce's strength and thinks he wouldn't be behind Team Rocket's revival. Crystal and Gold are still among the audience, and Gold's suspicion is raised after comparing Pryce's battling with that of the Masked Man, which Gold faced.

Aibo suddenly alerts Gold to someone spying on him and Crystal, and the two give chase to the culprit. They end up inside the Indigo Plateau's central control room. Gold approaches someone in the room, and on a closer look, sees that the person has fainted. A voice states that they now have control of the Indigo Plateau. Gold and Crystal turn to see Carl and Sham, the two that Gold recognizes as behind the Ecruteak City incident.

Gold tries to confront them but finds that he cannot move. Carl and Sham proudly announce their leader's intentions by projecting the Masked Man's battle with Ho-Oh, captured live from a pair of binoculars, onto a screen in the central control room.

Major events

• Pryce defeats Erika, resulting in Kanto: 3 and Johto: 3.
• Gold and Crystal enter the control room at the Indigo Plateau.

For a list of all major events in the Pokémon Adventures manga, please see the history page.

	Spoilers end here.

Characters

Humans

• Blue (flashback)
• Gold
• Crystal
• Bill
• Brock
• Misty
• Erika
• Lt. Surge (flashback)
• Sabrina (flashback)
• Blaine (flashback)
• Falkner
• Bugsy
• Whitney
• Morty
• Jasmine
• Pryce
• Clair
• Janine (flashback)
• Masked Man (screen)
• Sham
• Carl
• DJ Mary
• Pokémon Association Chairman

Pokémon

• Aipom (Aibo; Gold's)
• Skiploom (Erika's)
• Bellossom (Erika's)
• Swinub (Pryce's)
• Delibird (Masked Man's; screen)
• Slowking (Sham's)
• Magcargo (Carl's)
• Smeargle (Smea-Smea; DJ Mary's)
• Ho-Oh (screen)

Trivia

Swinub's eyes

• This chapter marks the only time that Swinub's eyes have been seen open.

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		VS 美麗花 (Taiwan) VS 美丽花 (Mainland China)
European French		Affrontement au sommet
Korean		VS 아르코
Brazilian Portuguese		VS Bellossom
European Spanish		Contra Bellossom
Vietnamese		VS Kireihana

← PS162 : Heckled by Hitmontop

Gold, Silver & Crystal arc

PS164 : Slick Slowking →

This article is part of Project Manga, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each series of Pokémon manga.