Detective Pikachu: Episode 0—Eevee's Case

Detective Pikachu: Episode 0—Eevee's Case
ISBN:	N/A
Published:	March 23, 2018
Publisher:	The Pokémon Company
Author:	Hiroyuki Jinnai

Detective Pikachu: Episode 0—Eevee's Case (Japanese: 名探偵ピカチュウ 〜第0章 イーブイからの依頼〜 Great Detective Pikachu: Chapter 0—Eievui's Request) is a book that takes place before the events of the game Detective Pikachu. It was released for free digitally on the Apple iBooks Store, the Amazon Kindle Store, and the Rakuten Kobo eBooks Store for a limited time from March 23 to May 15, 2018. In Japan, it was also physically available as a pre-order bonus with the game at Pokémon Center stores, Pokémon Store locations, and on the Pokémon Center Online website.

Contents

Blurb

This is a prequel story written to commemorate the release of the Detective Pikachu video game for the Nintendo 3DS family of systems!

As a self-proclaimed great detective, Pikachu can somehow understand what people are saying. His only wish is to meet someone who can understand him in the same way.

One day, an Eevee comes to the great Detective Pikachu and asks him to find the culprit who messed up the yard at its home!

Plot

This plot summary is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this plot summary to add missing sections and complete it.

Characters

Humans

• Mike Baker
• Amanda Blackstone
• Pablo Millan

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Detective Pikachu)
• Fletchling (Amanda Blackstone's)
• Accelgor (Mike Baker's)
• Ludicolo (Pablo Millan's)
• Eevee
• Torterra
• Drilbur
• Pidove (multiple)
• Starly (multiple)
• Rowlet

Credits

Support & Supervision

• Creatures Inc.
• The Pokémon Company

Illustrations

• You Iribi

Writing

• Hiroyuki Jinnai

Production

• Overlap, Inc.

Design & Desktop Publishing

• Ragtime Co., LTD.

Trivia

• The official Japanese site incorrectly referred to the book as イーブイからの手紙 Eievui's Letter rather than イーブイからの依頼 Eievui's Request.
• Eevee states that Ninetales was chosen to go on a cruise with their owner; this Ninetales is later encountered by Tim Goodman and Pikachu on the S.S. Prime Treasure.

In other languages

Language Title French Détective Pikachu : Chapitre 0 - Désastre chez Évoli German Meisterdetektiv Pikachu – Kapitel 0: Ein Auftrag von Evoli Italian Detective Pikachu: capitolo 0 - Il caso di Eevee Spanish Detective Pikachu - Episodio 0: El encargo de Eevee

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