BWS02

This article is about a special episode of the Pokémon anime that has not been dubbed into English. As such, its coverage may contain romanized Japanese names, rather than dub names.

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SS028   アイリスVSイブキ！ドラゴンマスターへの道！！ Iris vs Ibuki! The Road to Become a Dragon Master!!

First broadcast Japan March 27, 2014 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening 夏めく坂道 Ending 手をつなごう

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay Storyboard Assistant director Animation director No additional credits are available at this time.

Screenshots on Filb.de Preview thread on BMGf Closed Original review thread on BMGf

(Japanese: アイリスVSイブキ！ドラゴンマスターへの道！！ Iris vs Ibuki! The Road to Become a Dragon Master!!) is the second spin off of the Best Wishes series of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on March 27, 2014 as a one-hour special with XY021.

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

Major events

• Iris arrives in Blackthorn City and meets up with Clair again.
• Iris has a battle with Clair and loses.
• Iris catches a Gible.
• Iris sees a Rayquaza.

For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the history page.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Iris's Gible

Characters

Humans

File:Dare da SS028.png

Dare da?

• Iris
• Clair
• Kaburagi
• Citizens
• Ash (fantasy)
• Cilan (fantasy)

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Gible (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's; fantasy)
• Axew (Iris's)
• Dragonite (Iris's)
• Dragonite (Clair's)
• Druddigon (Clair's; Shiny)
• Gible (Iris's; new)
• Rayquaza
• Nidoran♀
• Ponyta
• Vulpix
• Wigglytuff
• Doduo
• Marowak
• Machop
• Pidgeotto
• Skarmory (flashback)

Trivia

• Iris reads the title card.
• This episode was first previewed in a trailer at the end of BW138 along with the last episodes of the Best Wishes series and SS027.
• The title of this episode was first revealed when it was briefly listed on the official Pokémon website as an episode that had already aired, placed after SS027.
• This is the first side story episode where a main character obtains a new Pokémon.

In other languages

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