Pokémon Pocket Monsters
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On October 11, 2019, it was announced that Pocket Monsters manga ended its regular publication in Bessatsu CoroCoro after 23 years, being replaced by Machito Gomi's manga adaptation of the then-current series of the Pokémon television series.[2] However, Kosaku Anakubo continues to write and illustrate new, shorter chapters, first for the quarterly CoroCoro Aniki (discontinued in early 2021) and CoroCoro Online under the moniker Pocket Monsters Aniki.[3]
Plot
The manga follows Red, a young boy competing with a rival, Green, to complete the Illustrated Pokémon Encyclopedia/Pokédex and become the master of Pokémon. In this manga, Pokémon are capable of human speech. It is thought that a Pippi/Clefairy is the main character, albeit just a follower of Red. It is obnoxious but lovable, whose big mouth sometimes gets it into trouble. Surprisingly enough, it comes up with clever ideas to help Red and Pikachu.
In the first few manga books, Red's team consists of Pikachu and Pippi/Clefairy only. However, later on, Red gains a valuable companion in Tyrogue as well. Pikachu himself cannot talk.
The story also goes to the Johto region, where Red gets introduced to trainers Gold and Silver, supposedly based on the video game characters. It goes to Hoenn in the last volume, where Red thinks of receiving a Achamo/Torchic and abandoning Pippi/Clefairy. The manga continues under the name of Pokémon Ruby-Sapphire, starting the volume number from 1.[4]
Characters
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- Clefairy (Pippi in the Japanese version): Red's first Pokémon ally. It is very vulgar and likes to do 'sick' things to attract attention.
- Pikachu: Clefairy's younger cousin who joins Red and Clefairy. He is unable to talk.
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Sequels
Pocket Monsters Ruby-Sapphire
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Pocket Monsters Diamond-Pearl
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Pocket Monsters HGSS
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Pocket Monsters Black-White
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Pocket Monsters XY
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Pocket Monsters Sun and Moon
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Pocket Monsters Sword and Shield
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References
External links
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- Dogasu's Backpack
- Pocket Monsters on Chuang Yi official website (archived)