Electric Tale of Pikachu issue 3: Difference between revisions

{{search|the third monthly issue of The Electric Tale of Pikachu containing only the third chapter|the third collected volume of The Electric Tale of Pikachu|Electric Tale of Pikachu volume 3}}

The reason the third chapter was published as [[Electric Tale of Pikachu issue 2|issue 2]] and [[ET02|chapter two]] published as issue 3 is widely speculated to be due to the VIZ Media receiving negative feedback on the largely unedited amounts of cleavage from Misty and [[Daisy Oak|May Oak]] in [[Electric Tale of Pikachu issue 1|issue #1]], so extensive editing was done on chapter two to cover up {{an|Misty}} and her sisters's revealing swimsuits, requiring chapter three to be released first to keep the releases on schedule. This reordering creates a continuity error, as {{Ash}} uses {{AP|Butterfree}} in chapter 3/issue #2, which he actually captures as a Caterpie in this chapter and it evolves into Butterfree during his battle with Misty.

This issue was included as part of {{vol|Electric Tale of Pikachu|1}} along with [[ET01]], [[ET03]] and [[ET04]]. The original order of the chapters was restored for the collected volume release.

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* [[ET02]]

* Ash wins the Boulder Badge.

* Ash's Metapod evolves into Butterfree.

* Ash wins the Cascade Badge.

While much of the revealing clothing in this chapter was edited out before its release in English, futher differences occur between the English monthly and collected volume releases. In this release, Misty is wearing the same white top as in the Japanese version as well as in ''[[ET01|Pikachu, I See You!]]'' - a white top revealing some cleavage. In the [[Electric Tale of Pikachu volume 1|collected volume]], however, her top is re-drawn as a black top with no cleavage revealed.