hiroi umiga miwataseru takai yama
There was a tall mountain overlooking a wide sea,

    sono yamano u~nto takai tokoroni ippikino yanchamuga sundeimashita
and in a high place in the mountain, high enough to make you
go "oop," there lived a single Yanchamu.

    sono yanchamuwa, tsuyoku naru tame, mainichi kibishii shugyouwo tsuzuketeimasu
That Yanchamu, wanting to become stronger, spent day after day in strict training.

    shugyouno aimawa takusanno garatakuwo atsumetewa horaanani oiteimashita
When they weren't training they would gather up all kinds of odd things and keep them in their den.

    sono naka demo tokuni daijina uindino posutā
Among those they especially prized a poster of a Windy.

    uindiwa yanchamuno akogareno pokemon desu
Windy was the pokemon the Yanchamu most wanted to be like.

    yanchamuno iru yamakara sukoshi hanareta machini hitori no shōnenga imashita
A little ways from the mountain where the Yanchamu lived,
there was a town and a single boy living in it.

    yanchamuno uwasawa kono machino pokemon sentādemo wadaini natteimashita
Rumors of the Yanchamu had become a topic of discussion
in the Pokemon Center in that town.

    hitorino torēnāwa iimasu
One trainer said:

    「miroyo kono minokonashito sugoi pawā! namino yanchamuja nai na」
"Look. Train like that and you'd end up with tons of power!
No way that's an average Yanchamu."

    mou hitorino torēnāwa iimasu
And another trainer said:

    「demo, unto takai bashoni iru kara daremo getto shini ikenairashii ze」
"But it's in a oop-high kind of place, so no way
is anyone gonna go catch it."

    machideno uwasawo yosoni yanchamuwa shugyouni akekureteimashita
Far from those rumors, the Yanchamu trained from dawn to dusk.

    yanchamuniwa yumega arimashita
They had a dream.

    sorewa uindino youni seigino kokorowo motta hīrōni naru koto
And that was to become a hero like the Windy with
a heart full of justice.

    yanchamuga imayori zutto osanakatta koro,
Long, long ago, the Yanchamu had

    ijiwaruna berobāni daijina kinomiwo ubawaresouni narimashita
a precious berry almost stolen by a bullying Berobā.

    sokowo ippikino isamashii uindito hitorino torēnāga tasukete kuremashita
But then a single, valiant Windy and a single trainer had helped them.

    tsuyokute kakkoii uindiga, yanchamuno akogareno pokemonni natta no desu
That strong, dashing Windy was the pokemon Yanchamu wanted
to be like ever since.

    katsute kokode shugyouwo shiteita to iu uindi
Like the Windy that used to train in the
same place long ago.

    sono uindiwa kaenhousha de takiwo waru to iu,
    hanarewazawo yatte noketa hodo deshita
The Windy had even been able, in the end,
to split the waterfall with its Flamethrower.

    yanchamumo itsuka takiwo wareru to shinji,
The Yanchamu belived they too would be able to one day split it,

    mainichi seikenzukiwo tuzuketeimashita
so every day they continued their seikenzuki.
        (A punching kata, see video.)

    yanchamuwa tsuoyoku natte shinka suru to
If the Yanchamu became stronger and evolved,

    uindi dewa naku, aku taipuno gorondani narimasu
they wouldn't become a Windy but a dark-type Goronda instead.

    kowamote pokemonno gorondani natte shimau to,
And if they became the fearsome pokemon Goronda,

    donnani ganbattemo kowagararete shimau kamo shiremasen
no matter how hard they tried they might be treated with fear.

    sore demo uindino youna hīrōni naritai to
Even so, in order to be a hero like the Windy,

    aratamete ketsui suru yanchamu deshita
the Yanchamu redoubled their resolve.




    shounenwa otousankara tanjoubini moratta aoi sukāfuwo mitsumemasu
The boy looked to the blue scarf his father had
given him as a birthday present,

    sou suruto, yuukiga waite kuru kara desu
because when he did courage welled up inside him.

    shounenwa sougankyou de yamano ueno houwo miwatashimasu
He took a pair of binoculars and searched the top of the mountain,

    suru to, tsuini sagashimotometeita yanchamuwo mitsukemashita
and when he did he found the Yanchamu he'd been looking for.

    yanchamuwa shounen no kehaini kizuki
The Yanchamu felt the boy's attention,

    sasatto sugatawo keshimasu
and swiftly hid themself.

    shounenwa shizenna mono de tsukurareta jimuya horaanawo miru to
When the boy saw the gym made of natural materials and the den,

    yanchamuga sakihodomade ita kehaiwo kanjimashita
he could feel that the Yanchamu had been there until recently.

    shounenwa akiramezuni sagashimasu
He didn't give up his search.

    demo yamachamuwa ninjano youni miwo hisomemasu
But the Yanchamu concealed himself like a ninja.

    boroboroni natteiru uindino posutāwo
    garatakuno gakubuchini irete, kazari naoshite agemashita
[The boy] took the rumpled poster of the Windy,
put it in a pictureframe from among the loose odds,
and hung it back up for the Yanchamu.

    yoruni nattemo, shounenwa nakanaka kaette kuremasen
But even after night fell he didn't go home, not even for them.

    shounenwa yanchamuga meno maeni iru youni jibunno hanashiwo hajimemashita
The boy began, as if the Yanchamu was in front of him, to tell his story.

    ano yamano tochuuni bokuga umare sodatta machiga aru n dayo
"On the way to that mountain there's the town where I was born and raised.

    sono machini ikuniwa totemo semai michiwo tōtte, susunde iku hitsuyouga aru n da
"In order to get there, you have to go through some really narrow paths,

    demo ne, ochite kita iwano sei de saikutsujouno iriguchiga fusagarete shimatta
"but some rocks fell and blocked the entrance to the mines, and

    soko de hataraiteiru hitoya pokemonga tojikomerarete shimatta n da
"the people and pokemon working there were stuck inside.

    bokuno otousanmo tojikomerarete shimatta
"My dad got stuck there too.

    saikutsujouniwa shokuryouwa mada aru keredo
"In the mine they still have food, but

    sonnani motanai kamo shirenai
"probably not very much.

    burudōzāga hairenai kara, kogata de powāno aru pokemon nara,
"They can't get a bulldozer in, so if there was a small but powerful pokemon,

    minnawo tasukerareruto omotta n da
"I think they could help them,"

    shounenwa aoi sukāfuwo mitsumete iimasu
said the boy while looking at his blue scarf.

    kono sukāfuwa otousanga tanjoubini kureta n da
"My dad gave me this scarf for my birthday,

    yuuukino akashino sukāfu datte
"said it was a symbol of courage,

    dakara, kou yatte kokomade nobotte koreta n da
"so that's why I wound up climbing up here like this.

    asamade matsu yo
"I'll wait untill morning.

    sore demo, dame nara mata betsuno houhouwo kangaeruyo
"And if it's still 'no,' I'll think of something else."




    asaga kite, shounenwa mewo samashimashita
Morning came and the boy opened his eyes.

    yanchamuno chikakuni monsutā bōruga ochiteimashita
A monster ball was sitting next to the Yanchamu.

    shounenwa yanchamuno omoiwo uketotte, sono bōruwo nagemashita
The boy knew what the Yanchamu was thinking, took the ball and threw it.

    yanchamuto shounenwa isoide machie mukaimasu
Then the Yanchamu and the boy hurried back towards the town.

    atto iu mani keshikiga sugiteikimashita
and before you could say "ah" the scenery had passed by,

    saikutsujouni tadoritsuita yanchamawa,
and the Yanchamu, having arrived at the mine drift,

    ookina iwawo tetsuno kobushi de hakai shite ikimasu
set to shattering the large rocks with their Iron Fists,

    horisusumeru uchini, kogatano pokemonga deiri dekiru anaga dekimashita
and as they tunneled in they opened a hole large enough for a small pokemon.

    tojikomerareteita ippikino berobāga tobidashite kimasu
A trapped Berobā jumped out.

    taihen! ookina iwaga ochite kimashita
Oh no! A large rock came down,

    iwawo nantoka sasaeta yanchamu deshitaga,
and while somehow the Yanchamu was able to catch it,

    berobāwo miru to, ashiwo kujite shimatte ugokenai yousu desu
when they looked at the Berobā, it seemed that their leg was broken and they couldn't move.

    konomamadato berobāga tsubusarete shimaimasu
If so the Berobā would be squished.

    sarani iwaga kuzureta bashokara atsui onsenga fukitobashite
And then, from where the rock had fallen, a hot spring erupted.

    yanchamuto berobāwo takino youni osoimasu
It charged towards the Yanchamu and Berobā like a waterfall.

    shinka shitara kowagararete
If they evolved they'd be feared,

    hīrōni narenai kamo shirenai to iu mayoiga atamawo yogirimasu
and might not be able to be the hero,
said the fears flickering through the Yanchamu's mind.

"Yanchamu!"

    shounenwa chikaraippai sakebimasu
shouted the boy at full force.

(Dōn!)






    gorondawa subeteno iwawo katazuke, saigono hitorito ippikiwo kyuushutsu shimashita,
The Goronda cleaned up the rocks and rescued every last person and pokemon,

    furikaeruto, saikutsujouno hitotachiga gorondawo jitto mitsumeteimasu
and when they looked back the miners stared at them like "ji."

    gorondawa sono bawo tachisarouto shimashita
They were about to flee from that place.

    suru to gorondani tasukedasareta hitotachiga hakushuwo shite kureteimasu
But as they did, the people they'd saved burst into applause.

    otousanni nanikawo itte shounenga kakeyotte kimashita
The boy said something to his father and then ran to them.

    teni tsuketeita aoi sukāfuwo totte
He took the blue scarf tied to his wrist

    kegawo shita gorondano teni maite agemashita
and tied it to the Goronda's injured paw.

    shounenwa iimasu
The boy said:

    「korewa yuukino akashi dayo」
"It's your symbol of courage."

    gorondawa minnano hīrōni natte no deshita
And that was how the Goronda became everyone's hero.