Pokémon Adventures volume 18

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Pokémon Adventures volume 18

Info Chapters included PS215 - PS226 Manga series Pokémon Adventures

Volume 18: The Warriors Gather is the eighteenth volume of the Pokémon Adventures manga and the fourth of eight volumes in the Ruby & Sapphire arc. It is authored by 日下秀憲 Hidenori Kusaka and illustrated by 山本サトシ Satoshi Yamamoto.

Blurb

Ruby arrives in Verdanturf Town ready to participate in his first Hoenn region Pokémon Contest. It looks like his dream of becoming the Pokémon Contest Champion is finally back on track! But soon he gets sidetracked yet again when he is asked to rescue a Trainer from a Rusturf Tunnel collapse. Could Team Magma be behind this latest unnatural disaster...?

Then, both Ruby and Sapphire begin a losing streak...

Meanwhile, the Hoenn Gym Leaders can’t agree... Which group is evil? Team Magma or Team Aqua...or both?!

Publications

	Edition	Country	Company	Date	ISBN
	First Edition	Japan	Shogakukan	June 19, 2004	ISBN 4091497187
	First Edition	United States	VIZ Media	September 3, 2013	ISBN 978-1-4215-3552-4
	Digital Edition	United States	VIZ Media	September 25, 2018	ISBN 9781974705733
	First Edition	Singapore	Chuang Yi	February 1, 2005	ISBN 9812603395
	First Edition	Brazil	Panini Comics	October 15, 2019	ISBN 9788542624021
	First Edition	Mainland China	Jilin Publishing Group	May 1, 2005	ISBN 9787538618167
	Second Edition	Mainland China	Jilin Publishing Group	April 1, 2013	ISBN 9787538660517
	First Edition	Germany	Panini Comics	February 26, 2019	ISBN 9783741611261
	First Edition	Hong Kong	Ching Win Publishing Group	August 1, 2007	ISBN 9789628981038
	First Edition	Mexico	Panini Comics	January 15, 2020	ISBN 9786076343609
	First Edition	South Korea	Daewon C.I.	October 15, 2004	ISBN 9788952883537
	Second Edition	South Korea	Daewon C.I.	September 9, 2008	ISBN 9788925234625
	Third Edition	South Korea	Daewon C.I.	July 19, 2011	ISBN 9788925284170
	First Edition	Taiwan	Ching Win Publishing Group	July 25, 2006	ISBN 9789861566078
	First Edition	Thailand	Nation Edutainment	Unknown	ISBN 9789748134598
	First Edition	Vietnam	Kim Đồng Publishing House	April 20, 2016	ISBN 9786042072038

Chapters

• Chapter 215 - Assaulted by Pelipper II
• Chapter 216 - Mixing It Up with Magcargo
• Chapter 217 - Mind-Boggling with Medicham
• Chapter 218 - It's Absol-lutely a Bad Omen
• Chapter 219 - What Would You Do for a Whismur?
• Chapter 220 - Going to Eleven with Loudred & Exploud I
• Chapter 221 - Going to Eleven with Loudred and Exploud II
• Chapter 222 - Short Shrift for Shiftry
• Chapter 223 - I More Than Like You, Luvdisc I
• Chapter 224 - I More Than Like You, Luvdisc II
• Chapter 225 - Tanks, but No Tanks, Anorith and Lileep
• Chapter 226 - I Dare Ya, Altaria... Knock Chic off My Shoulder!

Major events

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• Tabitha helps Flannery in her attempt to revive Mt. Chimney.
• Sapphire defeats Flannery.
• Ruby participates in, and wins, Normal Rank Pokémon Contests in all in categories.
• Ruby meets Wanda.
• Team Magma blow the Rusturf Tunnel up.
• Courtney asks Ruby to join Team Magma.
• The Gym Leaders hold a crisis meeting in Fortree City.
• Ruby participates in Super Rank Pokémon Contests.
• Ruby meets Wallace and becomes his student.
• Ruby and Sapphire encounter one another again.

Party changes

Additions

None

Evolutions

• Sapphire's Combusken "Chic" evolves into Blaziken in PS226.

Gym battles

• Sapphire battles Winona in PS226, but loses.

Pokémon Contests

• Ruby wins Normal Rank Pokémon Contests in all categories in PS217.
• Ruby wins Super Rank Pokémon Contests in all categories in PS223.

This article is part of Project Manga, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each series of Pokémon manga.