A Lost Melody (Japanese:VS メロエッタ IIVS Meloetta II), titledVS Meloetta II in theShogakukan Asia translation, is the 501st chapter of thePokémon Adventures manga, and the 41st chapter of theBlack & White arc.
It is subtitledMeloetta II (Japanese:演奏Performance) in theVIZ Media translation andA Lost Melody in the Shogakukan Asia translation.
Plot
A battle is raging in Café Sonata between a wildVullaby andWhite'sPokémon.Bianca starts playing some unfamiliar piece of music, promising the injuredguitarist that she will do her best to replicate the music the guitarist has practised many times. Bianca sees that the music is titled "Relic Song", and also hears from the guitarist how his mother inspired him to become one. Thus, Bianca begins to play the song with the guitarist's guitar.
Vullaby instantly goes for Bianca as soon as she strums a chord; Dorothy intercepts with anElectric-type attack to slow Vullaby down. White voices her encouragement to a Bianca short of confidence, and gets Nancy and Solly to occupy Vullaby as well. With enough time to sight-read, Bianca eventually builds up the melody of Relic Song, and the coweringMeloetta begins to respond to it, much to the guitarist's pleasure. Vullaby overthrows its resistance and goes for Bianca again, only for Nancy to block it. Bianca soon manages to play the Relic Song smoothly, allowing Meloetta to sing along to it.
By then, Vullaby has knocked out all of Dorothy, Nancy and Solly, and goes for Meloetta. This time, Meloetta's voice knocks Vullaby back. A stunned White realizes that Relic Song is actually amove, which the guitarist confirms, saying that Meloetta has now remembered its forgotten move. An exhausted Bianca finally finishes playing the Relic Song, and is congratulated by both White and the guitarist.
Vullaby gets back on its feet and calls an entire flock of its kind. They infiltrate the café and target Meloetta all at once. However, Meloetta knocks them back with Relic Song, then begins to transform. White wonders if the Relic Song also makes Meloetta change appearance. At the next moment, Meloetta retaliates against the flock, kicking down each Vullaby one by one using its new form. It continues to struggle against the lead Vullaby.
Bianca and White thus decide to assist Meloetta through battle. They call outOshawott andAmanda respectively. White whispers her strategy to Bianca, then calls Amanda forward to deliver aLeaf Tornado. Although Vullaby appears to withstand the attack, it then feels something go through its rear. White explains to the guitarist that Leaf Tornado distracted Vullaby, allowing Bianca's Oshawott to send itsscalchop through its diaper-like bone and hit Vullaby's weak spot.
Vullaby stumbles, and Meloetta delivers the final blow. White responds by throwing out aPoké Ball towards Vullaby to capture it. Bianca is amazed at the easy work of White's capture, and White reveals that she already has a nickname for her new catch: Barbara. Thus, Bianca callsProfessor Juniper through herXtransceiver, awakening her in the middle of the night and surprising her with the sight of Meloetta. Bianca concludes the story about how she met Meloetta, with a desire to learn more about Pokémon, and thus assist Juniper with her work, and abandon herPokédex mission. This causes Juniper to fret, but Bianca tells her not to worry, as she will pass her Pokédex to the person next to her, who has proven a greater battling skill than her. With that, White becomes just as stunned as Juniper when she meets her face in front of the Xtransceiver camera.
The next morning, Juniper's fatherCedric meets up with White and Bianca, presenting White with the Pokédex meant for Bianca, that he fixed. Bianca then waves goodbye to Meloetta as it departs, thanking the mirage for giving her a new purpose in life. White also then begins to depart. After Bianca expresses concerns aboutCheren, White promises to tellBlack about it, and flies away on Barbara.
Major events
- Bianca takes theGuitarist's guitar so that she help perform withMeloetta in his place.
- Bianca helps Meloetta remember the moveRelic Song and helps it defeat the wildVullaby group with its Pirouette Forme.
- White captures the leaderVullaby with the intention on having her star as a villain in movies and names her Barbara.
- Professor Juniper reveals that she has fixedBianca'sPokédex and sendsher father to send it to them.
- Bianca gives her Pokédex to White so that she can beProfessor Juniper's assistant.
- Bianca reveals that she hasn't heard fromCheren in weeks and is worried about his unusual behavior.
- With her training finished, White goes to return toBlack.
- For a list of all major events in the Pokémon Adventures manga, please see thehistory page.
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Debuts
Pokémon debuts
Characters
Humans
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Trivia
- When this chapter was collected intoVolume 48, the scene ofBianca waving goodbye toMeloetta was changed so that Meloetta is in its Aria Forme instead of its Pirouette Forme.
- Additionally, an extra scene was added showingWhite saying her goodbyes to Bianca.
In other languages
Meloetta in its Pirouette Forme when Bianca waves goodbye
Meloetta in its Aria Forme when Bianca waves goodbye
