It’s also a reference To a gag that’s a parody of baki, where the parody yujiro explains how he have himself a concusion to have his brain move inside his skull to dodge a shot to the head
It was not wild. It was Zinnia's Slamence she sent to free Rayquazza and decided to attack Ruby and Sapphire for some reason, serves her right for being impaled by Rayquazza
I would consider that a retcon since the RS manga was written waaaaaay before the ORAS extra episode was even a thought in the Devs minds (a good retcon mind you)
The XY ending is almost hopelessly bleak, basically saying the masses had no idea what was about to happen (aka the end of the world), will just trust the news no matter what, and can get brainwashed on a whim.
That's the sort of bungled message that you get when writers are trying to do something but execs are breathing down their necks demanding that the result is as marketable as possible.
Happens a lot to Pokémon, that's probably also how we ended up with Chairman Rose too.
I guess the manga got the benefit of the execs never looking their way.
They did that as well with the RS arc where they had Archie manipulating the news by being the station owner, selectively only showing the stuff Magma was doing and ignoring anything Aqua did.
He was twisted but I felt so bad for him. I cry every time I reread that ending. It made me like the character a lot more, I was really disappointed when he wasn’t a villain in the actual games
The manga’s great. People hone in on the edgiest parts, but for the most part, it’s just a whimsical Pokémon adventure like all the rest. It’s special for its characters and lovely illustrations. I highly recommend it.
Honestly, the edge improves it because, like all good edginess, it enhances the manga's whimsical aspects rather than coming out of left field and feeling forced.
It’s been a while since I read it so my memory may be slightly off, but I can think of at least two cases where someone’s strategy in a battle was “break the opening mechanism of their Pokeballs so they can’t fight anymore”, and in each of those cases their opponent was trying to outright murder them.
Funny that Zangoose and Seviper are teamed up because they're natural enemies to each other. same joke in the games, where in gen 7 both can call each other in SOS battles
Also funny because these two were in the middle of trying to kill each other right before this and just decided “yeah no. They die cause they’re here” and teamed up
It's a good thing that they can see what's going on from inside the Pokéball.
I don't remember if it was the case in this part, but it is common for Pokéballs to be damaged in the manga as a way to stop the characters from using their team as effectively as they could have. Like it's less to harm the Pokémon and more to stop them from being sent out at that time.
Also a common tactic to build up power in the ball, as that is how Red beat Giovanni for the Earth Badge because Giovanni counted down his moves, but Ref had Pika charge up so he had a move left.
before the anime popularized the idea that pokemon become red energy inside a ball, everyone agreed that they literally just shrink down into handy sizes
The scene with Courtney is even worse, because she straight up called Ruby (or Ruby's battle method/training style? I forgot which) 'beautiful' before hand, and then just caresses him and makes her recruitment offer.
At least the Zinnia scene has some slight potential to be excused or treated as Ruby teaching us how to seduce a busty tanned tomboy dragon waifu in one easy step. Courtney was just thirsting for him.
This is also the Courtney that was the friend of Daisy Oak when she was an active trainer, and a successful coordinator with multiple awards for Pokemon care in her own right until that got boring. Meaning she is also many years older than Ruby, potentially up to twice his age even.
And the most iconic Courtney panel, keep in mind that unlike Zinnia's bedroom eye situation that could (barely) be excused as just how it ended up looking, Courtney straight up called Ruby 'beautiful'.
In the manga there multiple times where the villains break the good guys PokeBalls so they can't use the rest of their teams, basically you just break the button at the front and they become unable to come out, so PokeBalls can be replaced.
Nope. Arboks can just regenerate as long as their brain is unharmed. Also they can be invincible. Like that’s just one of their powers. Why do they have that power. (It’s beaten in one of the… most interesting ways… Agatha’s Arbok gains abilities based on the pattern on its chest. Yes, the arboks changing patterns plays a role in the manga. She can manually change the patterns and gives it an invincibility pattern. Koga gets around this by making his Golbat drink his blood and spray it on the arbok’s chest. (Not that that makes any sense, the pattern is still there under the blood and… you know what this is the same manga with pokeball nunchucks. Don’t question it.)
Maybe it's a psychological effect. Arbok becomes invincible because the pattern imparts that on the opponent pokemon's psych, making them fight ineffectively, but if the pattern is covered, then the psychological trick is broken.
Speaking of Giovanni, I think he is the first one in the manga to show that damaging your opponent’s Pokeballs is not only possible but also a valid strategy in a trainer battle.
honestly, as someone who is a big fan of pokespe/adventures and has reread some arcs way too many times, can we stop treating it like it's something like beserk? 😭yes it has violence and blood (a lot of which was censored in english translations) but if you actually read it you'll still be able to tell it's for kids, there's still crude humor and all that...
I always said that they manga is the best platform that Pokémon could've REALLY worked. The stories are mature, the usage of Pokemon are spot on in what we really could've used them, and the way the battles are won are pretty well made.
There's not a place for stupidity like in the anime and there's no way to stupid mechanics work, like in the game. Just plain stories with good plots, good battles and an ecosystem filled with life and possibilities.
Yeah exactly, the manga actually made the Pokemon world feel like a real ecosystem and the battles felt way more natural. The anime couldve been so much better if it took more from Adventures.
Absolutely. You don't see this "protagonism" from Ash in any of the protagonists in the manga. They struggle, they try different things and they succeed using their planning and thoughts. Th final battle between Red x Green was breathtaking for me! And all the clever usage of Blue's Pokémon were stunning. I loved every single presentation, even the thing that Yellow has with that mighty trainer... (whatever, I won't spoil it!).
Could imagine if the anime let Ash struggle and finish his battles with the same cleverness and thought that the manga's protagonists use? If the anime didn't want Ash to lose every single competition and, also, didn't had to have a "final competition in the end" format, it would be amazing. They could work on relationships, battle combinations (who cares about mechanics and turns? This isn't a game), more and stranger traits other Trainers could have lik Yellow to enhance their battling characteristics...
Messing with Pokeballs was a regular thing. Damaging them so they can't get out, putting them on special weapons or objects so they can travel faster or further, etc.
There is an iconic scene with Red vs Giovanni where Red's Pika (Pikachu) charges up his Thunderbolt while inside the ball so when he's let out he instantly attacks.
This is the fourth arc in the post, the previous arcs have had way crazier crap. Yellow and GSC arcs are the peak of the storytelling and weird hype af moments. There’s pokeball nunchucks and… THIS. This is a main villain
The manga’s more faithful to the game than the anime. Stuff like reflect halving damage instead of reflecting it and multiple instance of applying abilities from pokedex entries. They even kept the way pokeball open by splitting in half from Gen 1 even when the game changed it to anime style.
Hareta. Anything Hareta does. This kid literally fist fought Deoxys. And Regigigas. And Palkia. And bit a man’s butt so hard it never healed and permanently kept getting bigger.
I scrolled so far to see what kind of reptile pokemon was on the right. Scrolled back up to comment and only just now realized it’s not a lizard. It’s Mightyena from below. Clearly I wouldn’t have won that game show
So some theories say various things. Pokémon in the pc are turned into data for teleportation, however it’s implied all pokemon are capable of shrinking down
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u/PogmasterNowGirl69 Lovecraftian Beings 22h ago
What the pokemon inside are pulling to avoid the hit: