Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl · Sinnoh League Victors arc
DP188 · Battling a Thaw in Relations!
決着ライバルバトル！サトシ対シンジ！！
Synopsis
What happens.
The Lily of the Valley Conference Full Battle between Ash and Paul rages on as Gliscor dives towards Drapion with an X-Scissor attack at the ready. However, it is subsequently blocked by Drapion's Pin Missiles at the last moment and sent flying back and landing on the ground.
Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's DP188 entry, used under CC-BY-NC-SA 2.5.
Story arc · DP158-DP193
Sinnoh League Victors.
Lily of the Valley Conference. Ash defeats Paul in the quarterfinals (the franchise's most-cited rival victory). Falls to Tobias's Darkrai then Latios in the semifinals. Cast splits at the end.
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Who appears.
Linked entries open the species page on the Pokédex. Items without a sprite (alternate forms, regional variants, generic group references) fall back to a name pill.
More from this arc
Other episodes in Sinnoh League Victors.
Episode synopsis from Bulbapedia, CC-BY-NC-SA 2.5. Editorial context (arc affiliation, cultural moments, character signatures) hand-verified May 2026. Pokémon, character names, and series titles © Nintendo, Game Freak, Creatures Inc., The Pokémon Company, OLM Inc. This is an unofficial fan reference.