Pokémon Horizons: The Series · The Search for Laqua arc
HZ053 · Hatenna and the Otherworldly
ミブリムとこの世ならざるもの
Synopsis
What happens.
Liko, Roy, and Dot are traveling through a forest to find the Pokémon known as "the otherworldly" which Roy had heard of. They soon hear noises coming from deeper in the woods, until three people who look very similar to them suddenly appear before them.
Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's HZ053 entry, used under CC-BY-NC-SA 2.5.
Story arc · HZ046-HZ070
The Search for Laqua.
Antagonists The Explorers introduced (Amethio, Spinel, Onyx, Sidian, Gibeon). Race to the floating city Laqua. Ends with Laqua's destruction and a one-year time skip.
Read the full Horizons guidePokémon featured · 18
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 The Search for Laqua.
Further reading
The full episode guide on Pokéos.
Pokéos keeps an expanded guide for HZ053 with a longer synopsis, the complete Pokémon and character roster, and episode imagery. It pairs well with this page when you want every detail.
Read HZ053 on PokéosEpisode 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.