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- Referencenod to comics or other movies
- Cameoa familiar face shows up
- Setupplanted now, pays off later
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- Behind the scenesMonthly comics came first
In the US, VIZ ran the story as monthly issues starting in September 1999, before the first volume. That edition read left to right with flipped art; the 2009 second edition went back to the Japanese reading order.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesBrazil got it in 2016
Panini launched the arc in Brazil in October 2016, as 3 bimonthly volumes of 208 pages each, written by Hidenori Kusaka and drawn by Mato.
source ↗ - ReferenceThe leader nobody fought
Red and company go through almost every Kanto Gym, but Blaine is the only Gym Leader nobody battles for a badge in this arc.
source ↗ - SetupThe kid in the forest
Red saves a young child from wild Pokémon in Viridian Forest. It looks like a small moment, but remember it: it comes back later.
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- Behind the scenesAhead of its own game
It's the only arc published before the game it's named after: it started in May 1998, and Pokémon Yellow didn't come out in Japan until that September.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesThe Yellow Caballero
VIZ's first English translation called the arc "The Yellow Caballero," a name dropped in the 2009 re-release.
source ↗ - ReferenceNamed after the fact
In Japan the game was called Pocket Monsters Pikachu, and Kusaka only labeled the arc "Yellow" years later, in a note in volume 14.
source ↗ - SetupHeading west
Near the end, a mysterious Pokémon shows up and flies west. It isn't explained here, and it comes back later.
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- Behind the scenesIt used to be two arcs
In the magazine it ran as two arcs, Gold & Silver and Crystal. The split came when Satoshi Yamamoto took over the art from Mato.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesA seven-year wait
VIZ's volume 8 came out in August 2010, the first new volume since volume 7 in January 2003. It's the longest gap in the US run.
source ↗ - ReferenceStolen badges
Nobody challenges a Gym Leader in this arc. Silver steals all eight Johto badges while the leaders are away, just to get into the League.
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- ReferenceAround the world in 80 days
Ruby and Sapphire's 80-day bet was likely inspired by Jules Verne's Around the World in Eighty Days.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesCut short by the earthquake
A 2011 Japanese omnibus was planned at 3 volumes, but stopped after the first one following the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesNo returning leads
It's the first finished arc without earlier protagonists at its center. Red only makes a few cameos.
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- Behind the scenesNo new catches
Nobody gets a new Pokémon in this arc. The only exception is Mewtwo, which briefly joins Red in the fight against Giovanni.
source ↗ - ReferenceRemake-only islands
The arc is set in the Sevii Islands, an archipelago that only exists in the FireRed and LeafGreen remakes, not the original 1996 games.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesOverlapping runs
It ran in magazines from February 2004 to March 2007, but the Emerald arc started in February 2005, so the two ran at the same time.
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- Behind the scenesThe Battle Frontier arc
While it ran in magazines, it was called the "Battle Frontier" arc. At the time it was the only arc not named after a game.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesTwo in one
In Brazil, Mexico and Argentina, Panini merged Japanese volumes 26 and 27 into one. That's why the arc has 3 volumes there and 4 from VIZ.
source ↗ - SetupThe last phone call
Watch the final scene: Oak and Crystal call Professor Rowan. That comes back later.
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- Behind the scenesLongest by page count
With 79 chapters across 9 volumes, it's the longest Pokémon Adventures arc by page count.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesWhy VIZ combined them
VIZ released this arc and the next as one series, Diamond and Pearl/Platinum, since the Platinum game was already out internationally. The name also avoided confusion with another VIZ manga, Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!.
source ↗ - ReferenceThree evolutions at once
In chapter 346, Diamond's Turtwig, Pearl's Chimchar and Platinum's Piplup all evolve at the same time, like the games' starters.
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- Behind the scenesThe skipped volume
In Brazil and Mexico, Panini skipped Japanese volume 38: its Diamond & Pearl chapters went into 37 and its Platinum chapters into 39.
source ↗ - ReferenceA cover full of hints
The Pokémon on volume 39's cover share types with Platinum's team: Pachirisu and Rotom are Electric, Cherrim and Shaymin are Grass, and Froslass, Giratina and Rotom are Ghost.
source ↗ - ReferenceBuilt on Platinum
The arc follows Pokémon Platinum and takes its heroine to Sinnoh's Battle Frontier, where she faces four Frontier Brains.
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- Behind the scenesShort and fast
It's the shortest finished arc by chapters and pages, and the fastest: just 8 months in the magazine, March to November 2010.
source ↗ - SetupOut of order
Chapter 460 places this arc before Diamond & Pearl and Platinum. It was the first arc set earlier than arcs published before it.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesMoved chapters
The arc's last four chapters open Japanese volume 43. VIZ and Panini moved them to the end of volume 42 so the story wraps up in one book.
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- Behind the scenes$4.99 mini-volumes
VIZ first released the arc as $4.99 mini-volumes starting in July 2011. The twentieth came out in February 2015.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesNo puns
In VIZ's edition, chapter titles skip the Pokémon puns used in other arcs and simply describe what happens.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesFirst in Brazil
Black & White was the first arc Panini published in Brazil, in 2014, two years before Red Green Blue.
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- Behind the scenesNearly seven years
It ran from July 2013 to April 2020. At 6 years and 8 months, it's the arc that took the longest to finish.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesAn English hiatus
VIZ released volume 1 in 2017 and volume 2 in 2018; volumes 3 and 4 didn't arrive until 2021.
source ↗ - ReferenceA controlled Genesect
Blake's Genesect shows up in chapter 528 and turns out to be machine-controlled, not an ordinary Pokémon.
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- Behind the scenesTwelve mini-volumes first
VIZ first released the arc as Pokémon XY, in 12 mini-volumes from December 2014 to October 2017. Regular volumes followed from 2022.
source ↗ - ReferenceHidden on the cover
On volume 56's cover, Celosia and her Aegislash are hidden between Trevor's feet.
source ↗ - SetupA bridge to two arcs
It was the first arc to set up the two arcs after it. Keep an eye on what's left open.
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- ReferenceThe Delta Episode
The arc is based on the Delta Episode of Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, the post-game story about the meteoroid.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesBorn online
It ran online in Shogakukan's Web Sunday, one chapter on the first Tuesday of each month. From chapter 20 on it moved to Sunday Web Every.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesTwo English editions
VIZ released the arc as 6 mini-volumes from 2016 to 2018. In 2024 it started a regular-volume series of the same arc.
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- Behind the scenesTwelve US volumes
VIZ published the arc as Pokémon: Sun & Moon in 12 mini-volumes, from May 2018 to January 2022.
source ↗ - ReferenceGame Totems
Sun's trials include Totem Wishiwashi and Totem Mimikyu, bosses Sun & Moon players know well.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesOver a thousand days
In Japan, volume 65, which collects this arc, came out more than 1,100 days after volume 64, the longest gap between volumes in the series.
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- Behind the scenesThe last all-print arc
It's the last arc published entirely on paper. The series later moved to the online Weekly CoroCoro Comic.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesFourteen volumes
The 43 chapters ran in Japan from November 2019 to June 2023. In the US, VIZ wrapped the arc with mini-volume 14 in December 2025.
source ↗ - ReferenceNamed after the games
The leads are Henry Sword and Casey Shield, a straight nod to Pokémon Sword and Shield.
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- Behind the scenesFlipped order
It's the first arc where the female lead is named after the first game in the pair (Scarlet) and the male lead after the second (Violet).
source ↗ - Behind the scenesFrom paper to screen
Starting with chapter 19, the series left print and moved to the online Weekly CoroCoro Comic.
source ↗ - ReferenceUva Academy
It's the first media outside the games to show Uva Academy, the Paldea school the pair attends.
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