Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon · Sun & Moon arc
SM021 · One Journey Ends, Another Begins...
ニャビー、旅立ちの時!
Synopsis
What happens.
Having Ash and Pikachu coming out of shopping, Rotom offers to carry a shopping bag but ends up dropping it, causing a doughnut to fall out. Anela from the marketplace picks up the doughnut and returns it to Ash, but the doughnut is immediately intercepted by Litten.
Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's SM021 entry, used under CC-BY-NC-SA 2.5.
Story arc · SM001-SM043
Sun & Moon.
Ash transfers to Pokémon School. Picks Litten; befriends Rockruff. Island Challenge concept introduced as a Pokédex-equivalent quest.
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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 Sun & Moon.
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.