In five years, Ash Ketchum had defeated many gym leaders and won many badges, but he was still on his journey to be a Pokémon master. His two friends, Misty and Brock, had stuck with him through thick and thin, and his pokémon had remained as loyal as ever.

Team Rocket, on the other hand, had never been successful at capturing Pikachu, despite many near-hits. Once they even had him for a whole two hours before they lost him again. Now, in their twenties, Jessie and James were beginning to think that life as villains was not for them, but neither of them would admit it to the other.

Onwards...