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(Japanese: '''ポケットモンスター　アニキ{{ruby|編|へん}}''' ''Pocket Monsters Aniki'') is a {{wp|shōnen}} [[Pokémon manga]] created by [[Kosaku Anakubo]]. It is the follow-up to the {{OBP|Pocket Monsters Sun Moon|Kosaku Anakubo}} series, following the legacy of sequels to the original [[Pokémon Pocket Monsters]] series. The plot follows the adventures of {{OBP|Red|Pocket Monsters}} and his Pokémon as they travel to the [[Galar]] region. It is chiefly a gag manga using crude humor and slapstick.

This was the first entry in the Pokémon Pocket Monsters series to be published in the bimonthly CoroCoro Special magazine and CoroCoro Aniki quarterly magazine. The (Japanese: '''ポケットモンスター　ソード・シールド{{ruby|編|へん}}''' ''Pocket Monsters Sword Shield'') manga, originally published in the Bessatsu CoroCoro magazine from June 2020 to April 2021, is included in the Aniki volumes.

While the first volume is simply numbered, the second volume is titled (Japanese: '''リーリエの{{ruby|自|じ}}{{ruby|撮|ど}}りがかわいいの{{ruby|巻|まき}}'''). Each volume is 128 pages long.

==List of volumes==
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! Cover
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! colspan="2" | [[Shogakukan]]
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| [[File:Pokémon Pocket Monsters Aniki volume 1.png|120px|Volume 1]]
| {{vol|Pocket Monsters Aniki|1}}
| ISBN 9784091433251
| June 11, 2021
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| [[File:Pokémon Pocket Monsters Aniki volume 2.png|120px|Volume 2]]
| {{vol|Pocket Monsters Aniki|2}}
| ISBN 9784091436368
| August 28, 2023
|}

==External links==
* [https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09143325 Volume 1 on Shogakukan's website]
* [https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09143636 Volume 2 on Shogakukan's website]

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[[Category:Manga]]
[[Category:Pokémon Pocket Monsters]]

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