Pokémon Adventures: Red
Arc
Review
Right off the bat, I want
to make it perfectly clear that I'm not exactly a big reader of
Manga. I've read several issues of Death Note and Naruto, but that's
it. So, at least I was prepared enough to be used to the fact that I
need to read from right to left. However, I highly doubt that all of
the Manga reading in the world would have been enough to prepare me
for the Pokémon Adventures Manga.
Pokémon Adventures might
also be known under the name Pokémon Special (PokéSpe for short).
The creator of the franchise, Satoshi Tajiri, said that this manga
most closely resembled the world that he was trying to create. The
reason for this is that the manga follows the videogames instead of
the anime adaptation. Volumes one through three of PokéSpe follows
the adventures of a young trainer named Red, who's story differs
greatly from the adventures of young Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town.
How different? Well, let's take a look.
