Aspertia City

Aspertia City (Japanese: ヒオウギシティ Hiougi City) is a small city situated in southwestern Unova and serves as the hometown of the Unova player character in . The settlement exists on Unova's western strip of land, and is surrounded by forest. The entrance to the city is through to its north.
Aspertia City contains some prominent areas of interest such as the Aspertia Gym, a lookout, and a Pokémon Center. It is a newly developed area containing modern buildings and houses.
==Slogan==
A city that reaches for the sky. (Japanese: The town signifying further development.)
==Places of interest==
===Player's house===
The 's house lies in southeastern Aspertia City and is where the player lives before beginning their . The player's house has a small flower garden and is situated by a small body of water, which can be ed across to obtain TM53 ().
===Trainers' School / Aspertia Gym===
The Aspertia Gym is the official Gym of Aspertia City and the first Gym a player must face in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2. It is based on . The Gym Leader is Cheren. s who defeat him receive the and the TM83 (). The Gym is situated just west of the Pokémon Center in the backyard of the Trainers' School.
===Lookout===
The lookout is Aspertia City's most famous spot. It is a platform built onto a hill at the city's northmost point. There are stairs, which ascend to an observation deck hosting a green lamppost. The lookout overlooks a panoramic view of a scenic landscape featuring trees, a lake in the foreground, and a mountain range in the background. The scenery changes depending on the .
==Demographics==
===Pokémon Black 2 and White 2===
The population of Aspertia City is 30, excluding the and Hugh.
==Poké Mart==
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==Trainers==
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==Gallery==
===Artwork===
Concept art from
==In the spin-off games==
===Pokémon Masters EX===
Artwork depicting the Aspertia City's lookout is seen in 's mindscape.
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==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
The city contains a port and is also home to the Aspertia Gym. The Gym also functions as a school dedicated exclusively to the education of aspiring Pokémon Trainers. Cheren is not only Gym Leader of Aspertia Gym, but also a teacher of the school.
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Aspertia City was first mentioned by Professor Juniper in New Places... Familiar Faces!, when she advised to challenge the new Gym Leader, Cheren, while on their way to the .
Aspertia City appeared in There's a New Gym Leader in Town!, when arrived there for Ash and Cheren's battle, which ended in Ash's defeat.
===Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 Animated Trailer===
Aspertia City briefly appeared in the Pokémon Black Version 2 and Pokémon White Version 2 Animated Trailer. There, and Hugh met up with Bianca and chose their first partner Pokémon.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
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Aspertia City served as one of the main settings of this arc, first appearing in The Transfer Student. It houses the Aspertia Trainers' School, where works as a teacher. During the arc, he taught a class that included , , Hugh, and Leo. After returned to Unova to resume his pursuit of the Seven Sages, he traveled to Aspertia City to meet up with Blake, who was another International Police agent. Much to Looker's shock, Blake turned out to actually be his superior, despite his young age.
In Mr. Perfect, Blake introduced Looker to the , who supplied him with his equipment. Soon afterwards, the city was attacked by a controlled by Colress with his Colress Machine. Since Colress was using an indirect method to control Genesect, Blake deduced that it was technically a wild Pokémon, meaning that he could stop it by it. As such, he started throwing Luxury Balls at it while his kept dealing damage to it in-between his throws. In Innocent Scientist, Blake finally succeeded in catching Genesect. Before leaving, Colress revealed to Blake and Looker that Ghetsis had made him the new Boss of Team Plasma.
In Movie Panic, the Aspertia City Gym was revealed to not have a Gym Leader at the moment due to its rural location. As such, Brycen suggested to Cheren that he should take on the position.
In Choir Tournament, Cheren's class participated in the Autumn Choir Tournament, a competition where s sing while their Pokémon use sound-based moves. The class ended up winning, awarding them with the right to participate in another competition in Castelia City. This was all according to Blake's plan, as he needed to investigate the sightings of Bronius and Ryoku of the Seven Sages made at the Castelia Sewers.
In Pink Slip, Looker tried to find Blake in Aspertia City after he had disappeared from him, but ended up only finding the Magician, who told him that Blake had been discharged from the International Police due to him having given the Magician illegal access to the organization's database and taken Genesect for his own use without permission. In the same chapter, Benga was revealed to be one of Cheren's students as well, having been temporarily suspended for trying to start a Pokémon battle in the middle of a classroom on his first day of school.
In Abyssal Ruins, Rood took Hugh back to Aspertia City, as he needed to find a memory card required to stop the Colress Machine, which Hugh had found from a pendant belonging to Whitley. Hugh agreed to help on the condition that Rood would return his sister's stolen later. Rood agreed to this and retrieved the memory card from Hugh's Trainers' School dorm while Hugh held off a group of s sent to deal with Rood. After Rood had retrieved the memory card, he and Hugh headed to Driftveil City to put it to use.
In Epilogue, Cheren's class graduated from the Trainers' School, while enrolled it in preparation for challenging Gyms again, including the Aspertia Gym, which Cheren had just become the Leader of.
==In the TCG==
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Aspertia City in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
==Trivia==
* Aspertia City is the only hometown in the core series games to be a city, and as such is much larger than other hometowns and has a higher population. It is also the first hometown in a core series game to contain concrete paths, a Gym, or a Pokémon Center. It is also the first hometown that is connected to a gate.
** As Aspertia City is the only hometown to house a Pokémon Center, it also is the only city in the core series games where the Pokémon Center is not the ing destination, as this trait is given to the 's house.
* Aspertia City and Nuvema Town are the only hometowns that share a region.
===Name origin===
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	ヒオウギシティ Hiougi City 	From 檜扇紋 hiōgi-mon (traditional pattern modeled after the )
English 	Aspertia City 	From (former name of the most recently discovered cloud formation that was later renamed to asperitas) and aspire or aspiration
German 	Eventura City 	From éventail (French for fan) and aventura (Spanish for adventure)
Spanish 	Ciudad Engobe 	From engobe ()
French 	Pavonnay 	From pavo (Latin for peacock) or pavonner (to strut) and -ay (French city suffix)
Italian 	Alisopoli 	From aliseo ()
Korean 	부채시티 Buchae City 	From 부채 buchae (fan)
Chinese () 	檜扇市 / 桧扇市 Kuàishàn Shì / Guìshàn Shì 	From the Japanese 檜扇 hiōgi
Chinese () 	檜扇市 Kúisin Síh 	From the Japanese 檜扇 hiōgi
Polish 	Aspertia 	From its English name
Brazilian Portuguese	Cidade de Aspertia 	From its English name
Russian 	Аспертия Сити Aspertiya Siti 	Transcription of its English name
Vietnamese 	Thành phố Hiougi 	Transcription of its Japanese name
==Related articles==
Category:Unova locations
Category:Black 2 and White 2 locations
Category:Cities
Category:Hometowns
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