Vaniville Town

Vaniville Town (Japanese: アサメタウン Asame Town) is a small town located in the southeastern portion of the Kalos region. Vaniville Town is the starting location for the Kalos player character. It is the hometown of and . To the north is .
==Slogan==
A town whose flower is about to bloom. (Japanese: A town whose flower is about to bloom.)
==Places of interest==
===Player's house===
The player's house is in the center house in a townhouse type dwelling in Vaniville Town. The player has just moved here from a region far away. The lives here, and is usually cooking something in the kitchen. This is where the player receives a Town Map, and the first change of clothes. The house has two stories; the top floor is the player's bedroom, complete with a bed, TV, Wii U, PC, a mirror where the player changes out of their pajamas at the beginning of the game, and a few drawers. The player's PC was given by their dad, and it contains Adventure Basics.
The first floor is the kitchen, living room, and mom's room. The kitchen has a pot on the stove and a sink, while the living room has a large, curved, flat screen TV upon a mantle, a fireplace, and a couch; the player's mom's stays in the living room. The last room is the player's mom's room, this room containing a window, bed, china closet, and a night stand with a picture.
After entering the Hall of Fame and the Parade in Lumiose City, the player returns here. The outside consists of a stone path to the center of Vaniville Town, with the player's mom's sleeping on a mat with a beach ball. The house property is surrounded by a brick wall, with the entrance to Vaniville on the left and the player's rival's house on the right. There is a mailbox on the wall. The pillars that open the wall to the path have Poké Balls on them.
===Serena/Calem's house===
Serena/Calem's house is also two levels. The first level is the living room, with a table, china cabinet, and TV. There is also a kitchen with a stove, sink, refrigerator, and a few cabinets. Upstairs is the second level, which contains Serena/Calem's room. There is a bed, mirror, TV, desk, and a bookcase. The house is to the right of the player's. It is the last house on the right part of the row.
The outside is a stone path leading to the center of Vaniville. The property is surrounded by a brick wall, with the player's house in the left and the boundary of Vaniville Town to the right. There is a mailbox on the wall. The pillars that open the wall to the path have Poké Balls on them.
==Demographics==
===Pokémon X and Y===
The population of Vaniville Town is 9 (not counting the or /), making it the smallest town in Kalos.
==Items==
==Pokémon==
==Music==
Games	Situation 	Song name (Japanese)	Song name (English)	Composition 	Arrangement
 	Overworld 	アサメタウン 	Vaniville Town 	Shota Kageyama	Shota Kageyama
 	When mom reads letter	連れて行く1 	Hurry Along 1 	Junichi Masuda	Shota Kageyama
==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
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Vaniville Town is the hometown of , her mother , and her rival . The town first appeared briefly in Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin!, where it started off at Serena's home while she was woken up by in her bedroom. In the next episode, Serena was forced to train for racing under the watchful eye of Grace, though the Rhyhorn kept jumping around and throwing Serena off. Later, Serena and her mother watched the news on TV about a and a rampaging on Prism Tower. In A Battle of Aerial Mobility!, Serena's home reappeared as she chose which when she headed to 's lab to choose her first partner Pokémon.
Serena's home reappeared in several other episodes, where her mother, Fletchling, and Rhyhorn were seen cheering for Serena as she competed in Pokémon Showcases.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
Vaniville Town is the hometown of and , as well as their friends , , and .
As a child, X had won the championship of a Junior Trainer Tournament, causing him to receive a lot of attention from the media. Eventually the pressure of being stalked by reporters and paparazzo led to X locking himself in his room, refusing to come out, despite Y's constant attempts to make him do so.
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Vaniville Town first appeared in An X-cuse to Come Out and Play. Worried about his friend X, Trevor had called Professor Sycamore for help, and he had agreed to send him a set of the three Kalos first partner Pokémon, hoping they would cheer X up. However, as soon as the package containing the first partner Pokémon and Pokédexes arrived, Xerneas and suddenly appeared in the middle of the town and started fighting each other, destroying the whole settlement. During the chaos, Trevor lost and one of the Pokédexes, Shauna lost her , and Team Flare attempted to steal X's Mega Ring. X and his friends survived the disaster, and, with their hometown in ruins, set off on a together.
Later it was revealed that Team Flare, in order to hide the truth about the fight between the two Legendary Pokémon, had made up a cover story about an unexplained explosion destroying Vaniville Town, and imprisoned every single citizen of Vaniville Town at their headquarters in Geosenge Town to prevent them from outing the truth to the world. Alexa had also witnessed the destruction, but the photographs she had taken of the incident were destroyed by her boss, the Lumiose Press editor-in-chief, who was allied with Team Flare and even attempted to silence the reporter herself until she was saved by X and his friends.
At the end of the arc, the quintet of friends returned to Vaniville, and Y tearfully reunited with her mother . Three months later, X moved into a newly-rebuilt house in Vaniville, and thus removed the tent he had lived in during his journey from Y's 's back.
==Trivia==
* Vaniville is the only hometown of a player character that does not visit in .
===Name origin===
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	アサメタウン Asame Town 	From 朝芽 asame (morning bud; name of a fine incense)
English 	Vaniville Town 	From and ville (common suffix in town names)
German 	Escissia 	From skizze (sketch) and possibly the French esquisser (sketch)
Spanish 	Pueblo Boceto 	From boceto (sketch)
French 	Bourg Croquis 	From bourg (market town) and
Italian 	Borgo Bozzetto 	From borgo (village) and bozzetto (sketch)
Korean 	조아마을 Joa Maeul 	From 조아 (朝芽) joa (morning bud)
Chinese () 	朝香鎮 / 朝香镇 Zhāoxiāng Zhèn 	From 朝 zhāo (morning) and 香 xiāng (fragrance)
Chinese () 	朝香鎮 Jīuhēung Jan 	From 朝 jīu (morning) and 香 hēung (fragrance)
Polish 	Vaniville 	From its English name
Brazilian Portuguese	Cidade de Vaniville 	From its English name
Vietnamese 	Thị trấn Asame 	Transcription of its Japanese name
==Related articles==
Category:Kalos locations
Category:X and Y locations
Category:Towns
Category:Hometowns
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