This is it! Our final regular episode before the Summer Break. And we're leaving you with a pair of cliffhangers. In the Manga, after Ruby faces off against his dad, Sapphire ends up drowning far above ground!

Then, in the Anime we meet the Winstrates from the game, May gets a new Pokemon, Max meets a clone, and then it is time for a contest! But wait, there are some problems and we end right before the contest actually begins!

Stay tuned after the episode for some collisions of characters as Violet finally meets Murasaki...sort of. Three routes are blocked from converging thanks to a large sleeping Pokemon and it forces everyone to backtrack. But it isn't all bad when Violet learns that she's not as far behind as she thought.

What is covered:

Pokemon Adventures Manga Vol. 17

209 - Hanging Around With Slaking I

210 - Hanging Around With Slaking II

211 - Hanging Around With Slaking III

212 - Bubble Bubble Toil and Azumarill I

Anime Episodes:

S7E06 - Candid Camerupt!

Chronicles - Journey to the Starting Line

S7E07 - I Feel Skitty!

S7E08 - ZigZag Zangoose!

S7E09 - Maxxed Out!

S7E10 - Pros and Con Artists

Intro music uses Pokémon Ruby & Sapphire Route 110 (Orchestral Version) by Ethan Wood. Check out the full version on youtube at (1403) Pokémon Ruby & Sapphire Route 110 (Orchestral Version) - YouTube

Outro uses Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire- Surf Theme Remix by GlitchXCity- (1407) GlitchxCity - YouTube Check out the full version on youtube at Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire- Surf Theme Remix

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Next Week: Summer break is here. We have a new story for you next week and we have a couple of detours planned as we cover some side games of the Pokemon series. So the regular episodes will be on a break but you still have something to look forward to until we return in the fall!

Thanks for listening, and we will catch you on the next route.