PPW02

Breathe In (Japanese: 息をのむ Breathe In) is the second episode of Pokémon: Paldean Winds. It was first released on the official Pokémon Japanese and English YouTube channels on October 18, 2023.
==Blurb==
Despite Aliquis and Meowscarada winning battle after battle, there’s one Trainer they can’t seem to beat: Nemona. After consulting his older brother, Aliquis is advised to stop using a Pokémon after it loses a match.
What will he do? Can Aliquis and Meowscarada find the strength within themselves to take on Nemona? Find out in Episode 2 of Pokémon: Paldean Winds!
==Plot==
Aliquis and his are battling Nemona and her . Meowscarda uses on Kilowattrel, but it dodges and defeats Meowscarada with an unnamed attack. Later, Aliquis is on a call with his , who suggests Aliquis to not use Meowscarada in battle anymore, as he feels using a Pokémon that has already lost before would show his hand. Aliquis doesn't want to stop using Meowscarada as it was his first partner Pokémon, but his brother tells him he may have to try a different strategy if he wants to beat Nemona and become number one in the school. Aliquis overhears two other students listening to Hohma's report on the battle, who are all admiring Nemona. Aliquis's brother states that the final decision is up to Aliquis and leaves the call. Meowscarada asks Aliquis to get it its favourite snack. Aliquis obliges, but is saddened that he cannot use it in battle as he really wants to win.
In the meeting room for the video project, Aliquis runs into Ohara, who apologies for taking time off from the project. Aliquis starts to watch a stream by Iono, which Ohara interupts by mentioning that she wants to play her flute for the video project, as it will require some music as well, which Aliquis agrees to. Ohara offers sympathy to Aliquis as she saw the news of his battle. Aliquis is angry because Hohma made his loss sound like a joke, and states that he has been analyzing his battles, and will win next time. Ohara mentions that Aliquis is the strongest trainer in their batch, and hurried to evolve his into before anyone else. Ohara's perks up at the mention of evolution, leading Ohara to think that it wants to evolve soon too. Aliquis is skeptical of this, but Ohara says she can really reply on this little one. Aliquis rudely says that it will never be able to win in battle, and Ohara, shocked, replies "neither will you." Embarassed, Aliquis lashes out saying that its all Meowscarada's fault, and that he is not using it next time. He will find himself another secret weapon, and states he is through with Meowscarada. He stops himself from completing the sentence just in time, but the harm is done; Meowscarada heard him. It angrily attacks their grocery bag full of candy they purchased earlier, and runs away.
Aliquis, unsure of what to do, just sinks down into his chair. Ohara asks him whether he wants to go after it, but he just picks up the candy. Ohara notices that he is always eating that and thinks he must really love it. Aliquis replies that it is more of a pre-battle ritual. He suddenly remembers something related to Meowscarada, but is interrupted by Hohma coming into to the meeting room. Hohma wants to intweview Aliquis about his thoughts on the loss to Nemona. Aliquis mentions that he is analyzing his loss and will win next time. Hohma is excited that there will be a rematch and goes to report this. Aliquis takes a bite out of his candy, which turns out to be another dud. He remembers a moment with his Sprigatito, when they got a good piece of candy, and decides that they were lucky.
During Aliquis's next battle with Nemona, his takes down her Kilowattrel. Nemona sends out her , which takes down Aliquis's . Ohara and Hohma are concerned for Aliquis since he is down to one Pokémon and Nemona still has three left. Trying to send out his last Poké Ball, Aliquis instead finds a piece of his candy. It has a cut in it due to Meowscarada lashing out during their last interaction. He opens it up and find that it is a good piece, which means they're lucky. He screams out for his Meowscarada, apologizing for lashing out at it, and he is only able to keep fighting because it is with him. Meowscarada eats all of the candy, not leaving anything for Aliquis, to his dismay. Nemona finds this scene between Aliquis and his Meowscarada amusing, and Aliquis mentions he is ready to continue their battle. Aliquis, now in sync with Meowscarada, stallizes it into a Tera . Nemona Terastallizes her Tauros into a Tera and commands it to use . Meowscarada dodges and uses , , and . Tauros is still standing and uses . Meowscarada toughs it out, and Ohara and Hohma cheer them on. Nemona says she wants a fruitful battle, and Aliquis states he will show her the power of the bond between him and Meowscarada.
==Major events==
* Nemona defeats Aliquis in battle.
* Aliquis and Nemona have a rematch in a Full Battle.
==Characters==
===Humans===
* Ohara
* Aliquis
* Hohma
* Nemona
* Iono (cameo)
* Aliquis's brother
===Pokémon===
* (Ohara's)
* (; flashback)
* (; stallized)
* (Aliquis's)
* (Aliquis's)
* (Aliquis's; Rotom Phone)
* (Hohma's)
* (Hohma's; Rotom Phone)
* (Nemona's)
* (Nemona's; Paldean Form; ; stallized)
* (Aliquis's brother's; Rotom Phone)
* (Trainer's; Rotom Phone)
* (Trainer's)
* (Trainer's)
* 
==Cast==
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==Trivia==
* Hohma telling Aliquis that Meowscarada toughed out the attack so he wouldn't feel sad is a reference to the line seen in the core series games when the player's Pokémon at max friendship survives an attack on 1 HP.
* The initial close-up cuts of Meowscarada battling Kilowattrel at the very beginning of the episode were animated by Tu Yong-Ce.https://twitter.com/Lewchube/status/1714641503149019308
===Errors===
==In other languages==
==References==
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Category:Episodes written by Teruko Utsumi
Category:Episodes written by Keisuke Satō
Category:Episodes by one-time writers
Category:Episodes by one-time storyboarders
Category:Episodes by multiple storyboarders
Category:Episodes by one-time directors
Category:Episodes by one-time animation directors
Category:Episodes by multiple animation directors
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zh:帕底亞的課後時光 第2集