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| Season | Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon – Ultra Adventures (Season 21) · The Blinding One arc (SM087–SM090) |
| Episode | Season 21, episode 46 · English episode 1024 · Japanese episode 1030 · Bulbapedia code SM090 |
| English title | Securing the Future! |
| Japanese title | 未来へつなげ！かがやきさまの伝説！！ Mirai e Tsunage! Kagayaki-sama no Densetsu!! — “Connect to the Future! The Legend of the Radiant One!!” |
| First aired (Japan) | 13 September 2018 · TV Tokyo |
| First aired (US) | 9 February 2019 · Disney XD |
| Screenplay | Shōji Yonemura |
| Opening / ending (Japan) | Mirai Konekushon (Future Connection) – ЯeaL (no televised opening: the song plays over the closing flashbacks; the DVD uses it as the opening) · Jarī Bōi Jarī Gāru (Twerp, Twerpette) – Taiiku Okazaki |
| English opening | Under the Alolan Moon – Haven Paschall and Ben Dixon |
| Who’s That Pokémon? | Necrozma (US) |
| Previous episode | The Prism Between Light and Darkness! (SM089) |
| Next episode | A Plethora of Pikachu! (SM091) |
Plot episodeNecrozma arc, part 4Poipole stays home
Securing the Future! is the 46th episode of Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon – Ultra Adventures, the twenty-first season of the Pokémon anime, and the 1024th episode of the English dub overall (Japanese episode 1030, Bulbapedia code SM090). It first aired in Japan on 13 September 2018 and in the United States on 9 February 2019. It falls within the season’s The Blinding One stretch (EP87–EP90).
Amazon released it on 30 January 2019 and iTunes on 3 February, before the Disney XD premiere on 9 February.
Synopsis
With the light of all Alola, Ash and Gladion restore Necrozma to its radiant Ultra form and free Nebby, Faba discovers Professor Kukui’s secret identity, and Poipole chooses to stay behind and protect its home world. The Guardians’ combined Z-Moves backfire—Necrozma simply absorbs the power and fires Prismatic Laser—while Alola prepares for the Manalo Festival under a forming eclipse. On Ten Carat Hill, Gozu’s grunts abandon him, and when Mega Aggron attacks again, Kukui sends out his Incineroar, asks Faba to keep quiet about what he is about to see, and defeats Mega Aggron with Malicious Moonsault. Faba realises that Kukui is the Masked Royal, opens his lab coat to reveal a Masked Royal shirt and joins him in the signature pose, and Gozu retreats. When the Matori Matrix tries to enter the Ultra Wormhole, Tapu Koko’s Dazzling Gleam pierces the helicopter and drives it off.
In Poipole’s world, Lunala tackles Dusk Mane Necrozma, and the Guardians send out their Pokémon to help. Tapu Koko channels energy into the wormhole, restoring contact with Aether Paradise, and the Guardians confirm that UB Black is the Blinding One, while Burnet explains that the people and Pokémon of Alola once shared their light with it. Lusamine messages the kahunas, and Hala, Olivia and Nanu gather everyone nearby; the guardian deities, the kahunas, the Aether staff, Poipole’s hive and even Bewear, Mimikyu and Mareanie—after Bewear crashes Team Rocket’s balloon—send their energy through the wormhole. When Lunala adds its own light, Necrozma glows and separates from Nebby, but it reforms in a rage. Gladion distracts it with Silvally’s Air Slash, Lunala throws him a Lunalium Z, and Ash and Mallow revive the collapsed Nebby with a Sitrus Berry.
Side by side, Ash and Gladion unleash Searing Sunraze Smash and Menacing Moonraze Maelstrom with Nebby and Lunala, and Necrozma’s black body turns gold as it reassembles into the dragon-like Ultra Necrozma. As the eclipse ends, its light revives Poipole’s world. Burnet warns that the wormhole is about to close, and Poipole decides to stay and protect its home. After a tearful farewell, it draws Ash and Pikachu with thunderbolt shapes in the sand, which Mallow reads as “Like, Like, Love,” and Ash says it back before the Guardians, Nebby and Lunala return to Alola. Team Rocket’s attempt to grab Nebby and Lunala ends with Bewear carrying them away, and Ultra Necrozma appears as a golden light in Alola’s sky. Later, Kukui arrives at school bundled up and listless—but only with a cold—and the class shouts “Alola!” together.
Major Events
- The Blinding One, part 4. Kukui’s Malicious Moonsault beats Mega Aggron, and Faba learns that Kukui is the Masked Royal
- Tapu Koko repels the Matori Matrix
- All Alola shares its light
- Gladion receives a Lunalium Z
- Searing Sunraze Smash and Menacing Moonraze Maelstrom restore Ultra Necrozma
- Poipole stays in its world
- No televised opening, and the only Sun & Moon episode without a title card
- The last Thursday 6:55 p.m. episode in Japan
- Debut of Ultra Necrozma
- Main-series debut of the mother and daughter from the XY050 short
Trivia
- The screenplay is by Shōji Yonemura.
- This is a plot episode: it advances the Alola storyline.
Changes in the English Dub
- The Japanese credits shown over the Poipole flashbacks are removed, leaving only the standard 30-second credits
- Ash reads the title aloud, which the Japanese version shows only as on-screen text
- No televised opening: Future Connection plays over the Poipole flashbacks with the credits, replaced by an instrumental in the dub
- The Sun & Moon Champion and Elite Four themes
- Alternate music for the Who’s That Pokémon? solution
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