Pokémon Pocket Monsters
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Pocket Monsters was one of the first Pokémon manga to come out in Japan and ran for 14 volumes all of which were translated into English but never reached American shores most likely due to its risque content and practically unrecognizable characters. Nevertheless, it's highly original and it's the first manga to introduce Pokémon. It has a sequel (Pokémon Ruby & Sapphire) which is currently being produced. The author is Anakubo Kosaku.
The manga follows Red, a young boy competing with a rival, Green, to complete the Pokédex and become the champion of Pokemon. In this manga, Pokémon can talk. It is thought that a Clefairy is the main character, although it is just a follower of Red. Clefairy is obnoxios but lovable, whose big mouth sometimes gets it into trouble. Surprising enough, Clefairy comes up with clever ideas to help Red and Pikachu.
In the first few manga books, Red's team consists of Pikachu and Clefairy only. However, later on, Red takes in a Squirtle, Togepi, and a few others along the way.
The story also goes to the Johto region, which was where Red got his Togepi. Red gets introduced to trainers Gold and Silver, supposedly based on the video game characters. Also, the story goes to Hoenn in the last book, where Red thinks of receiving a Torchic and abandoning Clefairy.
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- http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pocket_Monsters_%28manga%29
- http://www.chuangyi.com.sg/english/sud_pages/pokemon/pm/pm.htm
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