PS504

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The Cold Hard Truth
Vanillish

VSバニリッチ

VS Vanirich

Info

VIZ Media mini-volume	Adventure 45 in Vol. 14
Kurokawa mini-volume	Chapter 45 in Vol. 6
Shogakukan full volume	Chapter 504 in Vol. 49
VIZ Media full volume	Adventure 44 in Vol. 7
Series	Pokémon Adventures

Other

Location

Dragonspiral Tower Icirrus Gym Opelucid Gym

The Cold Hard Truth (Japanese: VS バニリッチ VS Vanillish), titled VS Vanillish in the Shogakukan Asia translation, is the 504th chapter of the Pokémon Adventures manga, and the 44th chapter of the Black & White arc.

It is subtitled Vanillish (Japanese: 気配 Indication) in the VIZ Media translation and The Cold Hard Truth in the Shogakukan Asia translation.

Plot

This plot summary is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this plot summary to add missing sections and complete it.

Major events

• N attempts to convince Zekrom to join his cause.
• Black begins his Gym battle against Brycen.
• Brycen shows Black the Light Stone.
• Drayden reveals to the press that the Pokémon League's date has been pushed up from three months to one week.

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

	Spoilers end here.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Archen

Characters

Humans

• Black
• N
• Brycen
• Drayden
• Iris
• Ghetsis
• Zinzolin
• Gorm
• Rood
• Ryoku
• Giallo
• Bronius
• Doctor Logan

Pokémon

• Munna (Musha; Black's)
• Emboar (Bo; Black's}
• Tirtouga (Costa; Black's)
• Zorua (N's)
• Darmanitan (N's)
• Gurdurr (N's)
• Tympole (N's)
• Tepig (Gigi; N's)
• Archen (N's)
• Cryogonal (Brycen's)
• Vanillish (Brycen's)
• Beartic (Brycen's)
• Druddigon (Drayden's)
• Zekrom (Adventures)
• Reshiram (Adventures; fantasy)

Trivia

• The movie that Brycen appears in, ???(Japanese: 闘え！カビゴン Tatakae! Kabigon) is a reference to Tatakae! Dragon!

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		VS 多多冰 - 氣息
European French		Feu contre glace
German		VS. Gelatroppo - Die Aura
Italian		VS Vanillish - Sensazione
Korean		VS 바닐리치
Brazilian Portuguese		VS Vanillish - Presença
Spanish	Latin America	VS Vanillish: Presencia
	Spain	Contra Vanillish
Vietnamese		VS Baniricchi - Linh cảm

← PS503 : Tooth and Claw

Black & White arc

PS505 : A Cold Reception →

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