Pokémon do not move in computer games. However, in my comics, they move and fill every corner. The most important thing to me is how to make each and every Pokémon attractive and vivid. | will be happiest if. after reading my comics, fans of Pokémon will love Pokémon even more and those who do not know about Pokémon will become new fans. Profile of Author A Sagittarian born on 27 November in Ehime Prefecture. He made his debut at Shonen Sunday Magazine with comic “New Year Christmas”. Other masterpiece include “Nightingale” (published by Shogakukan).Red's adventure to become the ultimate Pokémon trainer has finally reached the middle stage. First, he meets the mysterious girl Blue. Then he encounters powerful Pokémon one after another and even get to know the plot of the Team Rocket. So, how can you miss all the excitement and dramatic twists of the adventurel? SBN 5941-4ObD-58-5 $8.50 iM ©2009 Nintendo, CREATURES, GAME FREAK. TV Tokys, ShoPra. JR Kikahy. THe i" radefarts of Ninends 9789816060585RAISING ONE YOU CAUGHT YOURSELF... THEY'RE AWFULTHEY WARNED ME THAT IF I DIDN'T CAPTURE IT MYSELF, IT WOULD BE HARD TO CONTROL... BUT THIS IS RIDICULOUS! YOU AROUND, UNFORTUN- BOY. HE'S AS. FRIENDLYA GOLDUCK, AND A POKEDEX! you MUSTa) 74 ai Rema eOPUIAl| y se loo A A A A - A oh" ake Ce —t WOULD HAVE WON EASILY IF I'D HAD My OWN T DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE ANY OF THEM... GOLBUCK, SCYTHER, PIDGEOT, MACHOKE, PORYGON.../~ Je a JUMP INE JUMP IN!meals UNTIL I GET My OWN POKEMON BACK FROM RED TLL HAVE TO MAKE DO WITH THESE. Lucky THAT OUR POKEDEXES WERE SWITCHED THIS TELLS ME EVERYTHING T NEED TO KNow agouT My_NEW POKEMON. CONTENTS OE Soest Pm 002] iwysnun oos ~~ 004 CHARMANOER 005 CHanMeLeon [ 006 007ALL THE OH. WELL || Coeenon earns THEY DON’T || WE'VE HAD IN BITE ME THE LAST THREE anymore. || VAY'S, ALL WE AFTER CAUGHT ARE THESE TWO. Is iT FIGHT- ING SOME- THING!? THAT... A NINE- TALES!? 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T May AS WELL GET ITS DATA.SEOMRARAL T couLD HAVE ESCAPED EASILY...you PEOPLE LooK WHERE YOU'RE GOING!? I DON'T CARE IF IT'S A PRINCESS! T DEMAND AN APoLoey! "ay BOW wren youre APOLOGIZED TO BY NI THE GYIA LEADER OF CELADON CITY, perT BO HOPE YOU WERE NOT INJURED. ANGELA MY TANGELA WAS ONLY BEING MiS- DARE YOU CHALLENGE =< OH, FORGET THAT! DID HE SAY YOU'RE A GYM LEADERI? BAUGES BY FIGHTING THE GYM Leavers OF PEWTER AND CERULEAN erry! OUR LADY IS WEARY FROM HER JOURNEY! IF YOU'RE A GYM LEADER, THEN f CAN FIGHT You FOR A BADGE TOO-- YOU MUST FIRST CAPTURE A POKEMON OF MY CHOOSING. SUCCEED, AND THE BATTLE Is YOURS. "S THE BELIEVE BEEN ABLE ouctae ss IT? OF ALL TO FIND OLIT i- I DONT TIMES FOR ANYTHING N KRNOW PROFESSOR || ABOUT THIS a OnK TO "BEVEE.” * OOK: BE OUT! ef 2 iSTHANK you, AW, HECK, IT'S THANK You, JUST A HOP THANK YOU AN! A SKIP ON FOR COMING arene Ee Our HERE! ete CHORE y'BEEN GIVEN, BOY! THIS HERE EEVEE CRITTER IS ONE yee-up. sap |] WENE JUST eae To SEE, WHAT '@ BOUND TO BE IT LOOKS Like IS ALL I KNOW. BUT THAT'LL HELP SOME. ONE WHO'LL say, "I DONE JUST SEEN THAT LI't ] FELLER AT SUCH-N-SOl*must HAVE THAT eEVEE... AS SOON AS POSs- IBLE... OH-HO-HO! LOOKS LIKE A LIL MORE INFO IS TRICKLIN' DOWN THE OL! CYBER CREEK HERE... Ee. > Si PY ES How FAR Dp HERE'S A FELLER | SAYS HE SAW AN : : a : BREATHE BREATHE ; PAR!You KNOW, CRACKLE CRACKLE, SIZZLE SIZZLE? THERE'S A POWERFUL POKEMON RIGHT NEAR DON'T BE SILLY. TM NOT READIN"THERE'S. AIN'T NO ALWAYS Way TO FIGHT iT! THE BEVEE KEEPS TWITCHING ITS EARS AROLIND,..LIKE IT'S TRYING TO DETECT SOMETHING... WHAT? INTO EXACTLY THE KIND OF POKEMON THAT UAY POKEMON IS WEAKEST AGAINST! ivysauRSOMEBODY ENHANCED iT WITH Tus HERE GADGET. I'M GONNA FIND THE "Lapy= wHo SENT ME AFTER THIS POKEMON! TO BE CONTINUEDI!BARELY GET AWAY FROM ‘Et WITH GUR LIVES AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW SHE MAKES ME LEAD HER RIGHT TO THEIR... : 4 ALL THE COURSE. : 2 TROUBLE MAYBE THEY \< I WENT WON'T BE 4 THROUGH LOOKIN! FOR es ¢ TO GET This, us, NOW THAT sata aye {You THINK THer've cot of THEIR DISK BACK... ) A Ss Wars i iN A y FA \ ‘ FAKE ONE! ONE IS GOING TO HELP ME CATCH THE CUTEST LITTLE POKEMON OF ALL...WELL, THIS ONE'S ACTUALLY BITTO DOING is BEST MEW UAITATION.... OH, AND REMEMBER, WHILE T TRACK THEY THINK YOU AND DOWN THE REAL T ARE PARTNERS MEW, BITTO’S NOW, SO YOU'RE GOING TO KEEP GOING TO HELP ME THAT SILLY TEAM ROCKET COMPANY!MEW Wy TO THE BUILDING exTEeRIOR!! | fUNTIL THEY FIGURE OUT THAT DITTO HAS NO IDEA WHAT MEW'S POWERS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE! PSYCHIC POKEMON EACH EMIT CERTAIN FOKEMON'S BRAINWAVE PATTERN IS PATTERNS UNIQUE. WHEN THEY USE PSYCHO- KINESIS... KEYING I SHOULD! THE DISK ees 7 PATTERNS... YeE-uP! PSYCHIC ACTIVITY IN THE SOUTH- FINISHES East! PLAYING CATCH THE BOUNGING DIrto!THEY'RE TRYING TO HOW MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF POKEMON HAVE BEENWHAT KIND OF TRAINER DO YOU TAKE ME FORI? THERE ARE 150 POKEMON KNOWN TO-- THE PHANTOM 15157 POKEMON! A POKEMON UNDOCUMENTED, UNCAUGHT, AND ALMOST UNKNOWNS A BUNCH OF EVIL-DOERS ARE USING IT TO CREATE AN EVIL BIG-WEAPON-- AND YOURE TRYING TO SELL IT AS A PET! BREEDER IN THE WORLD “| Is DYING TO A, GET HER COR HIS? HANDSay IvYsauR’s VINE WHIP IS. PERFECT FOR CATCHING A HIGH-SPEED POKEMON...RIGHT!?284 AT LEAST TLLTH-THEY’RE GONE! BUT I COULDN'T MUST'VE STOLEN YESTERDAY-- SHE CAN'T To caTcH WE GO, HER... ITs ALWAYS, “GREEN was JUST HERES*Pot ONT. 21 WEST!AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ARE GENERATING A MEWTWO FROM THE MEW CELL RECOVERED.. UNFORTUNATELY THAT SINGLE CELL LACKS GENETIC DATA TO CREATE A COMPLETEOUR ONLY HOPE OF CAPTURING MEW IS TO GET BACK THE THE THIEF HAS BEEN SIGHTED! SUDDENLY I DON'T COMPLETELY HATE THIS Giri! TALKING. h ABOUT? MEMBERS, ASSEMBLE AT POINT 16 BASTH! MEMBERS TO POINT 16 EASTI!ALL THIS FUSS TO CATCH ONE LITTLE GIRL? You BOYS MUST HAVE RUN OUT OF EviIL DEEDS To vo! SAVE THE stl - i" WITTICIGMS. S @ YOU KNOW S WHAT WE WANT. 4 e @r 2 Ky FP ES es JO YOU MEAN THIS SILLY THING? I GUESS I COULD GIVE IT TO YOU...PUNCHES! TEE-HEE-HEE! 9GOTTA BE MORE CAREFUL BEFORE you TRY To OUTSIAART... ‘A TRAINER WITH TWO: BADGES! wa OLD FOR \ THIS KIND OF f NONSENSE, a in YOU'LL FIND = eS THAT THis S ; se OTS 7, HAHAHA... aC \ SE THIS TAUROS : WAS ONCE | CALLED THE KING OF THE SAFARI ZONE! FIRST SHE IT'S THE LEADER OF ITS HERD-- WITH THE POWER TO CONTROL OTHER POKEMON WITH A SWISH OF ITS TAIL!SUPPOSE YOU HAPPENED TO NOTICE THAT YOUR POKEMON JUST FELL OFF THE CLIFF!RECKLESS AS USUAL, J SEE. GOING AFTER AN ITE/A IN A PLACE E THis. SHOULD'VE Just COME TO MISTY... THE WATER POKEMON EXPERT!!T'M A GYM LEADER. I HAVE A LIFE, OKAY? I ONLY FOLLOWED YOU ‘CAUSE I FIGURED YOU'D HAVE UBLE CROSSING THE SEA. OH, WELL... I Guess I DO HAVE A FOKEMON THAT CAN SURF NOW...A ' 44) SEAFOAM ISLANDS, THE TREES AND THE GRASS...THEY'RE ALL WITHERED! COULD THAT MEAN THIS TWE OUR OPPONENT |S THE LEGENDARY BIRD POKEMON-- ARTICUNO! IF YOU SENSE ANYTHING, LET ME KNOW INSTANTLY!ENERYONE, LET MEARTICUNG DISLIKES: CONFRONTATION, ‘Eves. LiKE BEFORE!! SEEING THEM THERE'S. = t 7 must Be STILL SOME . “ay TRIGGERING RESIDUAL - TERRIBLE us| | THIS Ice-- MEMORIES: eens EXPERUAENTED |, ON BY TEAM ROCKETI?THERE ARE Five POKEMON CAN LEARN FROM THE HIDDEN MACHINES... “CUT WHICH YOU. GAVE TO AND IVYSAUR, "STRENGTH* “FLASH,” YOU TO, GAVE TO SNORLAX. PIKACHU, NO FOOLIN’. IF 'M GONNA GET TO THE SEAFOAM ISLANDS, I NEED THE MACHINE TO TEACH ONE OF MY POKEMON: ESPECIALLY SINCE THAT STUPID BLUE ALREADY FOUND ITf 136. THIS PoxémenyieEwine TOUR sivES YOU THE GHANGE TO yiEW WILD “POKEMON YOU MAY NEVER SEE || NY WHERE * PERSONAL “POKEMON ||=LONG LIVE __ —=THE-NIDOKING!. ay SnARE YOU SURE THE SECURITY ABSOLUTELY! THE TECHNO- HB COMPONENTS OF NEVER LeT It THE NAVIGA- BE SAID WE oe DON'T GIVE OUR GUESTS o A THRILLING RIDE! MY COLLECTION ai =-THANKS TO THE FOKE BALL T SMUGGLED IN: I NEVER Ww UGHT . NIDOKING WOULD BE NOT LOOKINGly 7 NW Sy — AAS |x 5 QS : di i NAI SEE WHAT HAVE TO HAPPENS WALK TO WHEN YOU THE EXIT BREAK THE FROM RULESP EXGEPT THAT THOSE TwO_NIDOKING ARE GOMING RIGHT NOW TO iit. YOU FOR STEALING THE NIDOQUEEN. THEY WERE FIGHTINGREAGHES THE EXIT SAFELY.WE FROM HERE HA VE On THE ZONE STUPID 7! BECOMES HURRY. EVEN MORE #8 DANGEROUS. WE HAVE TO PLAN A STRATEGY. TSA VIGTREEBEL! GET OuT QUIGKL YT if YOURE SWALLOWED. YOU'LL BE DIGESTED INSTANTLY! HRALALLEE ‘S, 3I's BEING BY A PSYCHIC POKEMON.= > © af ia Rls sensar Oa | WELL, ANYWAY, PROF! AWRIGHT! THE POKEDEX Se ‘OUT BY HOW ALONG GREAT! THE ONLY QUIET THIS I CAN'T SEEM TO GET INTOTHE FINAL BATTLE BETWEEN OuR TWO FORCES IS ABOUT TO START!THERE IT IS! THAT MUST 4 BE CINNABARala MORN et chit ceo A rierARCANINE AND RAPIDASHI!5 HE'S SEEN us. THATS ISN'T BLAINE!YOU DECIDED To sHow YOURSELF. MAYBE THIS KID IS A BLESSING IN DISGUISE GENGAR!! NIGHT SHADE! 169IF THIS GOES ON MUCHWHAT DOES YOUR TRAINER, WANT ME To pol?THIS Gly WAS A MEMBER OF TEAM ROCKET! HE’S PULLING wait A SECOND! OF course! YOU'RE \ TELLING ME \ THIS?FOSSIL... RESTORATION OF THE ORIGINAL TO IFE MAY...NO!T CAN'T DIE LIKE THIS! I Must CAPTURE THE ONE THAT GOT} AWAY...OR WE'RE f ALL DOOMED...!ANY FURTHERI MUST SEE TO IT...THAT THE TERRIBLE BIO-WEAPON I CREATED...1S A BEYOND THIS SEA ROLITE IS PALLET TOWN. FAREWELL, RED.COULDN'T GET BLAINE-- EVEN WITH TO BE CONTINUED.THAT WAS WHAT CALL A LONG TUNNEL! MISTER! WHAT'S TAKING YOU SO. LONGI? STILL, I'M HEY, NO : SORRY To PROBLEM siylen TAKE you 0 T/A THE homies PAR OFF THE ONE WHO ENERGY, TRACK OF SAID ret YOUR TRAVELS WANTED LiKe THis... TO COME YOU, RED? aay ALONG! I MEAN, LOOKING FOR POKEMON FOSSILS--IT DOESN'T GET MUCH BETTER IT HOPE SOME O' THE ROCKS WE DUG UP YESTERDAY HAVE SOME- THING GREAT HIDDEN IN THEM:I CAN'T HELP FEELING...LIKE I'VE SEEN YOu SOMEWHERE BEFORE... I CAN'T REMEMBER WHERE Bur... ARE YOU SURE WE COULDN'T HAVE MET? HOW CAN T REMEMBER SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN'T REMEMBER? MAYBE is Just THAT I CAN'T THINK OF ANY FELLOW POKEMON LOVER AS A STRANGER. T CAN ONLY WISH T WERE A GREAT TRAINER LIKE YOU, RED!T CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY GYM LEADERS I've CLOBBERED.., DON'T SAY IT UKE YOu MEAN IT! Y¥--YEAH. IN PACT, CONSIDERING WE HAVEN'T WALKED MUCH..,.IT'S PRETTY yor! HEAT...1S. CAUSED By FLAMES!THE MUSEUM SCIENCE BURNING!!SNORLAX RECOVERS ITS HEALTH WHILE IT'S ASLEEP, SO THIS SHOULD BUY US SOME TWAE! A.A SNORLAX IRE WALL? KEEP IT QUIET FOR CLEVER...BUT A MINUTE, WILLYA? A LITTLE Tid TRYING TO THINK RUTHLESS, HOW TO PLT OUT WOULDN'T THE FLAMES! YOU Say? Pioueer SHOOT! thy POLINRATH'S fi HEALTH IS REALLY LOW! --HE'S STILL i ACHILDI! WHAT AM T SUPPOSED TO DO NOW!? OBVIOUSLY IT DON'T NEED TO. WORRY ABOUT HIM... SNORLAX, RETURN!weBUT INT THAT THE LOW-LEVEL ONE YOU JUST A "GROLIND® TYPE FOKEMON CAN USE ITS. POWERS TO THE FLILLEST IN SANDY SOIL, RIGHTIF THE FLAMES AND HITS: THINGS!! HE LACKS IN. KNOWLEDGE HE MAKES UP IN INGENLITY! PERHAPS THAT INVENTIVENESS IS WHAT WON HIM UNLIKELY vIeToRIEs.THE SAND IS HITTING THEM, T'M THINKIN’, BUT IT ONLY TM THINKIN' TY SEEMS TO ANNOY T DON'T NEED A BACKSEAT DRIVER! THEM. WHAT aeSAND- SHREW, RETURN! WHAT ABOUT THE FINAL BLOW? I CAN'T ATTACK A HELPLESS OPPONENT WON'T FINISH THEM OFF...TRUE, BUT THEN, THEY'RE PROBABLY aust USELESS PEBBLES Way DON'T YOu TAKE ONE? ASA FAREWELL GIFT? AND. SINCE I PROBABLY WON'T See YOU AGAIN APTER THIS, IT WAS GREAT TAGGIN! ALONG WITH YOU FOR A WHILE, MISTER!Pe o N N S I TT is THEIR EVOLUTION RITUAL: “BELLSPROUT INTO WEEPIN- BELL INTO VICTREEBEL. H(i ie EATEN ON THE SPOT. MEANING... DA THE NOURISH- MENT THEY NEED TO. EVOLVE?1 TOLD your "BRUTE FORCE iS USELESS S| |, HERE! sf ABSOLUTELY PERFECT! EVOLVE IN THEIR SLEEP. WHILE THE ELDERS = FEED THEM % NEGESSARY.THIS POKE = FLUTE GAN : AWAKEN AS THE POKE DOLL FLIES INTO THEIR MIDST. ANY i ‘ SLEEPING 39 DISTRACTING THEM. YOU SHOULD BE “POKEMON! ABLE TO SLip FREE!CAREFUL! THis Is : VICTREEBEL S COUNTRY. (> CAREPULLY-- OR THEY'LL BE SEARCHING FOR usW-WE'RE SUR. ROUNDED!"“ZEVEE IS A VERY RARE POKEMON POSSESSING THE ABILITY TO EVOLVE INTO ANY OF THREE HIGHLY DISTINCT, ADVANCED POKEMON, WILL SERVE AS A VERY POWERFULYOU CHALLENGED ME TO A POKEMON BATTLE...WITH THIS: GYM BADGE AS THE PRIZE. YOU HAVE PROVED YOUR WORTHINESS. Zr ff) oS ‘S Cah) | mad aS pe pees utTHE POWER TO cory THE OPPONENT'S POWER. FOR EVERY ATTACK THERE IS AN EQUAL AND OPPOSITE COUNTERATTACK.AND. SINCE YOU YOU DID. FiGHT COURAGEOUSLY, YOUNG BY CAPTURING MAN. YOU HAVE AN BEVEE, POTENTIAL. I INVITE NEXT TIME YOU TO BATTLE ME T WILL AGAIN ONCE YOU ATTACH NO HAVE MORE SKILL AND POWER. AN ” EXPERI- MENTAL CREATURE'S FATE IS A ‘SAD ONE INDEED. THE LEAST I CAN 00 1S To PUT tr our OF ITs MISERY. IF THE POKE BALL IS OPENED: NOW, IT WILL SURELY TAKE ITs Last BREATH. /YOU'RE GONNA USE THAT POOR THING FOR YOUR IF T LET you GET AWAY WITH THIS ONE, YOU'LL KEEP DOING IT TO MORE POKEMON! P I K A c H Y if r e H o Q s E x Qo u eeGIVES A QUARTER OF ITS AAAXUALIM HEALTH TO A DUPLICATE VERSION OF THE TABLE. EXCELLENT.RATHER THAN FIGHT, YOU USED THE LAST OF YOUR HEALTHyou ARE INDEED QUITE THE TRAINER, AS THE RUMORS SAY... MY APOLOGIES FOR TESTING YOU. I HAVE HEARD OF YOU FROM BROCK AND MISTY, BUT ONE MUSTN'T BELIEVE ALL THAT ONE HEARS. SUBJECT FOR +A CERTAIN ORGANI- SOME MONTHS AGO WE OBTAINED THESE REPORTS AND LEARNED ABOUT THE "RECONSTRUCTED BEVEE* THAT HAD ESCAPED.TO HAVE ANY CHANCE AGAINST THEM, WE NEED KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR TECHNOLOGY, WE NEED AN UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR FIGHTING POWER, AND MOST OF ALL... -WE NEED A TRAINER OF INNER STRENGTH, MORALITY, AND COMPASSION. A TRAINER LIKE RED OF PALLET TOWN. ROGKET. + TO THE CITIZENS OF CELADON CITY WHO ARE JOINING ME IN THE BATTLE AGAINST TEAM ROCKETI!WHY? THE BAD GUYS'RE LOOKIN’ FOR IT Toor YOU'LL BE A MARKED MAN! WON'T IT BE DANGEROUS TAKIN’ THAT THERE EEVEE LONG HECK, EVEN THAT GYM'S: BEEN ATTACKED BY_ PSYCHIC POKEMON! WHO D'YOU THINK'S BEHIND ‘EM?CHAPTER 15 CHAPTER 16 CHAPETR 17 CHAPTER 18 CHAPTER 19 CHAPTER 20 CHAPTER 21 CHAPTER 22 CHAPTER 23 CHAPTER 24 CHAPTER 25 CHAPTER 26 CHAPTER 27 THE JYNX JINX ga A TALE OF NINEWABES) BLAME IT ON EEWEE! LONG LIVE THE ‘NIBO! A HOLLOW VICT MAKE WAY FOR MAG. WHAT A DRAGON YOU KNOW... ARTHEUNO, HOLY MOLTRES™ KALLING KADABRAFokémon ADVENTURES @ Original Title Wey h-eYAy— SPECIAL Story by Hidenori Kusaka Art by Mato Based on the game by Tsunekazu Ishihara & Satoshi Tajiri Marketing Director / Walter Cheng Publisher / Neo Chew Young Editor-in-Chief / Flora Leow P.C English Editor / Low Sin Lu Cover Design / Wisely Yu Published by: Chuang Yi Publishing Pte Ltd Bik 2, Alexandra Distripark #07-08 Singapore 118481 Tel: (65)62748713 Fax: (65)62767314 Website: www.chuangyi.com.sg/english Printed by: Fuisland Offset Printing (S) Pte Ltd First printing: September 2000 Sixth printing: December 2004 POCKET MONSTER SPECIAL Vol. 2 ©1997 by KUSAKA Hidenori | Mato ©2000 Nintendo, CREATURES, GAME FREAK, TV Tokyo, ShaPro, JR Kikaku All rights reserved. Original Japanese edition published in 1997 by Shogakukan Inc., Tokyo English translation rights in Singapore arranged with Shogakukan Inc.a through The Kashima Agency for Japan Foreign-Rights Centre. Artwork and translation produced in cooperation with Viz Communications, Inc. The slonies, characters and incidents mentioned in this publication are entirely fictional. For the purpose of publication in English, the artwork in this publication is in reverse: from the original Japanese version MITA?) No. 110/10/2004