Akari Jinseiyume/History

## Pre-series

Not much is known about Akari's past life, except that when she was young, something happened that led to her awakening her magic potential.

## Akari's Journey

At the beginning of the series, Akari finds herself in a strange void and is sent back in time to Hisui by Arceus, who tasks her with seeking out all Pokémon and transforms her smartphone into the Arc Phone. Upon waking up, she meets Professor Laventon, a Pokémon Professor working for the Galaxy Expedition Team, who tells her that she fell out of the mysterious space-time rift in the sky above Mount Coronet. After helping Laventon catch his three runaway starter Pokémon, she is escorted to Jubilife Village, where she meets Rei, the professor's assistant and a member of the Galaxy Team Survey Corps.

Since Akari has no home, the Survey Corps Captain Cyllene accepts Professor Laventon's request to let her join the organization, offering her a place to stay and food in exchange for working for them if she passes a trial set up for her. To help her pass the trial, Laventon gives Akari one of the starter Pokémon she caught earlier (going for Rowlet in the end). After passing the trial of catching a Bidoof, a Starly, and a Shinx, the young girl is formally accepted into the Survey Corps and given the mission of completing the Pokédex. Later that day, Akari meets Hiroki, who is Rei's childhood friend. Although the two didn't get along at first, Rei eventually gets them to open up to each other. Inspired, Akari gets the idea of forming a travelling group with the two boys, which they accept. As a sign of friendship, Laventon allows her to give the boys the other starters (with Rei choosing Oshawott and Hiroki getting Cyndaquil).

While exploring Hisui, Akari learns that mysterious lightning striking down from the same space-time rift they fell out of is causing the five noble Pokémon around the region to go on wild frenzies and attack people. She, Rei and Hiroki are given the mission to visit and calm each of these noble Pokémon. Each noble Pokémon is overseen by a warden belonging to one of Hisui's two clans: the Diamond Clan led by Adaman, and the Pearl Clan led by Irida. These clans both worship a deity known as "almighty Sinnoh," but they disagree with each other about whether it rules over time or space. During their travels, Akari and her friends also have several encounters with the merchant Volo from the Ginkgo Guild, who enjoys studying the history of Hisui, and the bandit trio known as the Miss Fortune Sisters. Akari also obtains a Celestica Flute and befriends five Pokémon (each overseen by a warden, like the nobles) who allow her to ride them at will afterwards. During her journey, she unlocks a certain piece of magic ans sometimes a power-up, and whenever she and her friends defeat a noble Pokémon or befriend a rideable Pokémon, they are gifted with a Plate that she holds on to.

During the third season, Akari gets herself into a serious situation when she and a Hisuian Growlithe get kidnapped by the Miss Fortune Sisters. With her Pokémon not by her side, she easily gets beaten up by the three women's own Pokémon, but things get better for her when Rei and Hiroki come to save her. However, she is still traumatized as a result of what happened, and gains a phobia of being alone. Later, during the next season, she develops a tempoary rivalry with Melli.

After Akari and her friends manage to quell the last of the five noble Pokémon, the space-time rift in the sky suddenly expands and the sky above Hisui turns red. Suspecting that Akari, who fell out of the same rift, is somehow responsible for this, Galaxy Team Commander Kamado kicks her out of the Galaxy Team and banishes her from Jubilife Village, forcing her to leave Rei and Hiroki behind. She seeks help from the clans, but they both refuse to help in order to maintain neutrality with the Galaxy Team. Distraught that she lost all hope for herself, Akari ends up undergoing a Dark Transforation that later gets defeated by Rei and Hiroki. Volo, however, agrees to help her and takes her and her friends to a secret settlement, the Ancient Retreat, where the mysterious woman Cogita resides; from her, they learn that an artifact known as the Red Chain could help bind the world back together and make the rift disappear. To find the necessary materials to create the chain, the trio gets assistance from Irida and visits each of Hisui's three lakes, receiving a necessary material from each of the lake guardians after passing their trials. Once all the materials have been gathered, the lake guardians combine them together to form the Red Chain. With the Red Chain in their possession, Akari and her friends return to Jubilife Village, only to learn that Kamado has led the Galaxy Team Security Corps to the Temple of Sinnoh atop Mount Coronet to deal with a Pokémon sighted at the space-time rift. After being reinstated in the Galaxy Team by Cyllene, the trio climbs to the summit and Akari defeats Kamado in battle, finally making him see reason and apologize for doubting her.

Suddenly, Palkia appears at the temple. However, when Akari tries to use the Red Chain on it, the artifact is broken to pieces, forcing her to confront the Legendary Pokémon. She manages to catch it, but Dialga then appears as well, forcing her to retreat. Using a clue given by the Legendary Pokémon Akari caught, Laventon crafts the Origin Ball, a one-of-a-kind Poké Ball created from the Red Chain's fragments and a sample of the Origin Ore, which they then decide to use to stop the Legendary Pokémon at Mount Coronet. Akari, Rei and Hiroki return to the Temple of Sinnoh, where Dialga transforms into its Origin Forme, destroying the temple in the process, before battling the trio. During the fight, Akari reveals her true aura and powers herself, Rei and Hiroki up. Finally, the trio defeats it and Akari uses the Origin Ball to catch it, causing the space-time rift to disappear and returning the sky back to normal. With the appearance of both Dialga and Palkia, the Diamond and Pearl Clans realize that they were both worshipping real deities and resolve their conflict.

After a festival to celebrate the success of Akari, Rei and Hiroki, Volo asks them to investigate the Plates and collect the ones they don't own yet. The three friends travel around Hisui and collect the remaining Plates, the majority of which are awarded by Legendary Pokémon after they are caught. Once the team has collected 17 of the 18 Plates, Volo tells them of Giratina, a Legendary Pokémon as powerful as Dialga and Palkia, which was banished to another world due to its cruelty. He takes Akari, Rei and Hiroki to the ruins of the Temple of Sinnoh, where he reveals that he was the one who caused the space-time rift to appear by seeking out Giratina, in the hopes that Dialga and Palkia's appearance would make Arceus appear and allow him to use its power to create a new, superior world, which would destroy the current world in the process.

Volo challenges the trio to a battle and loses, but Giratina then appears by his side and also battles them, transforming into its Origin Forme midway through the battle. However, a single blast from the Pokémon kills Rei afterwards, causing Akari to become so angry that she regains the final piece of magic she needs and gains a new power-up, which she defeats Giratina with. Afterwards, Volo hands her the final Plate, at which point her Celestica Flute transforms into the Azure Flute. Volo is surprised by Arceus having chosen Akari instead of him and leaves in anger, swearing to one day conquer Arceus and create a new world, even if it will take him centuries to do so. However, distraught that Giratina killed Rei, Akari almost succumbs to another Dark Transformation, but realizes that her newfound powers can revive anyone, and ends up using it to revive him. Understanding that her feelings have blossomed, she confesses her love to Rei and gives him his first kiss.

Once Akari has caught all the known Pokémon species in Hisui, she and her friends return to the Temple of Sinnoh and she plays the Azure Flute, granting them access to the Hall of Origin, where Arceus challenges them. During the battle, Akari transforms into a new form, and to her own surprise, she regains many of her missing memories. Once she and her friends have emerged victorious, Arceus willingly sends a fragment of itself to join them and grants Akari the Legend Plate.