Formal suspicions of neglect

Hala informally adopts Kukui ("hanai").

Kukui and Kapono are introduced.

Kukui's father is charged with child neglect.

Kukui meets Guzma.

Kukui's father enters a plea deal and is sentenced to only 1 year of prison and 18 months of parole.

Kukui's father is arrested for armed robbery.

Ash Ketchum is born.

Kukui enters middle school with Guzma and Molayne.

Kukui, Guzma, and Molayne begin the Island Challenge.

Kukui enters the Indigo League.

Kukui, Guzma, and Molayne attend high school.

Guzma and Kukui part ways.

Kukui and Molayne graduate high school.

Kukui moves to Castelia and is largely separated from his family and friends on Alola.

Kukui meets Burnet in Physics 101.

Molayne informs Kukui that Olivia has become Kahuna and Guzma has been arrested on drug charges.

Kukui and Burnet start dating.

Burnet bails Kukui out for a barfight.

Kukui's father dies by suicide.

Kukui and Burnet both apply to MIT for their PhDs.

Burnet gets in to MIT; Kukui applies to UAH as a safety.

Kukui is rejected from MIT.

Burnet breaks up with Kukui before graduation.

Kapono graduates nursing school.

Ash wins the Alola League.

Kukui moves back to Alola to start his PhD.

Kukui moves into the "shack" and starts drinking heavily.

Kukui is hospitalized with alcohol poisoning.

Kukui renovates the shack.

Burnet is invited to finish her PhD at Aether.

Kukui begins to work at the Pokemon School part-time.

Kukui and Burnet reconnect.

Kukui, Burnet, and Molayne finish their PhDs.

Kukui is made Regional Professor.

Kukui adopts the "Masked Royal" persona.

Kukui starts floating out the idea of an Alola League to Aether.

Ash moves to Alola with Kukui as his host father.

Kukui and Burnet marry.

Ash wins the Alola League.

[The events of "Blacktop" begin]

[The events of "Thunder" begin]