- (Japanese: アローラの危機！かがやきを喰らう闇！！, Hepburn: Alola's Crisis! The Darkness that Devours Radiance!!) is the 44th episode of Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon - Ultra Adventures.
Synopsis
Under the unusual cloudy sky in Alola, everyone's parents exhaust their energetic state of enthusiasm, and Ash and his friends head to investigate.
Episode Plot
In a dark place, there are dark crystals; those crystals shattered and from them, emerges a beast of darkness. Lunala and Solgaleo come out of an Ultra Wormhole to face this mysterious being and it charges straight at them.
Ash and his Pokémon wake up to a brand new morning, but are surprised by the professors' lack of energy. Professor Kukui has his coat buttoned up and is wearing a T-shirt, Professor Burnet is a little sleepy and instead of going to the ocean, she is observing the Luvdisc and trying not to fall asleep. At school, Sophocles claims to be hungry because his mother overslept for once. Mallow's dad didn't do any of his chores because he didn't feel up for it. Kiawe had to work like crazy to finish taking care of the Pokémon before his deliveries. Lana's dad didn't go out fishing and was lazing about at home. Even Lillie's butler, James was falling asleep as well. Ash says the professors are acting weird too. Kukui comes in and said "Sup" instead of "Alola" like he usually does. He says the topic for the class and then leaves. He then falls asleep with Principal Oak. Kiawe has no choice but to teach the class about the Manalo Festival. The Island Kings and Queens go to their respective ruins and offer the Radiant One a prayer of gratitude. Lillie then tells the legend of the Radiant One to the group, how it gave all its light to the world and turned dark and went into a deep slumber. Komala rings the bell, signifying lunch. Sophocles doesn't have lunch and claims his life to be over. Everyone then shares with him after Ash tried to cheer him up with the Oak's imitation gags. James and Jessie aren't very enthusiastic about the upcoming solar eclipse, but Meowth says everyone is looking forwards to it, but Nurse Joy and Officer Jessie are also sleeping. Mallow goes home, only to find the place empty. Her father and a bunch of other people were at Oranguru's place. Ash and Kiawe do some Z-move training, but their moves suddenly evaporate in thin air; they believe the cloudy skies has something to do with them not absorbing enough Z-Power. Back at the Aether Foundation, the scientists are investigating the unusually low Ultra Aura readings. They discover a miniature Ultra Worm Hole is sucking in the Ultra Aura. Matori from Team Rocket is working to catch the Radiant One; on their way to the Alola Region, they contact Giovanni, who wishes the mission to be successful. They then turn on optical camouflage. Gladion's Silvally is acting crazy and scared. Solgaleo and Lunala are traveling through an Ultra Wormhole when the strange dark Pokémon from before pursues and attacks them. The heroes notice the sky is getting darker and think a storm is coming. The Ultra Guardian's dispatch call rings, but usually Kukui opens the door, so Ash does it instead. The Ultra Guardians go down to the headquarters. Clefable gestures to the screen but the chair is empty. Lusamine slowly crawls up and tells the group to head to the Altar of the Sun on Poni island. She says she will reveal the details when they get there. She forgets to do the cool ending line, so Ash does it instead. They arrive at the altar and Lusamine says the 7th one should be here shortly. Gladion then appears, riding a Noivern. He says that his Silvally was acting strange, and it might be a very dangerous Ultra Beast. He then notices Poipole; Ash responds by introducing it and asking "isn't it cute?", though Gladion is uneasy around it. Lusamine says Burnet would explain everything; as Burnet explains, Wicke says that the Ultra aura levels diminishing might be because their motivation is dropping as well. Lusamine says that it somehow doesn't affect children and Pokémon. They say that a small Ultra Wormhole opened and is sucking up the Aura, and an Ultra Beast with that property may be on the other side, and that being can go through if the hole gets bigger. They attempt to confirm the exact location, but Faba says the clouds are in the way and they need to use the cloud dispersing machine he invented to clear them up with their Z-moves. The heroes say they couldn't do it and Wicke says that Z-Power is closely linked to Ultra Aura. Faba says that he thinks four of them using weak Z-moves will be enough to activate the machine, so Ash, Kiawe, Lana, and Gladion use their Z-moves together and succeed in clearing the clouds. Wicke goes to find the Wormhole location, while Lusamine wants to show them a new ruin they discovered in the altar. They see a huge painting with the Radiant One and a bunch of letters from an ancient alphabet. Lusamine says if they decipher the code, they might uncover the mystery behind the legend. Wicke quickly tells them to return, as she says they found out where the hole is, but the hole keeps on getting bigger. They point to the moon, saying its there. The wormhole opens up and Lunala comes out of it, everyone is surprised and Wicke drops her box of cookies. Everone is excited, but then Silvally growls. Lillie asks if Lunala was the one sucking in the Ultra Aura, but Gladion says no and that another one is following it. The dark beast pops out and everyone is truely shocked. Poipole waves at the dark beast. And the narrator leaves the audience on a cliffhanger.
The people at Oranguru's place go home for the night like zombies, saying "going home is such a pain", Oranguru shakes his head at them.
Debuts
Characters
Pokémon
- Necrozma (Regular)
Move
Trivia
- "Who's That Pokémon?:" Silvally (JP)
Gallery
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