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[[File:Pokemon Adventures logo.png|thumb|250px|right|VIZ Media's second edition logo]]

[[File:Adv Logo.png|thumb|right|250px|Chuang Yi logo, later used by Shogakukan Asia]]

It is popularly known as '''Pokémon Special''' even outside of Japan, and is often shortened as PokéSpe (Japanese: ポケスペ / ポケSP ''PokeSupe'').

==Story arcs==

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[[File:Pokemon Adventures volume 1 VIZ cover.jpg|thumb|200px|Pokémon Adventures volume 1 (VIZ Media digital edition)]]

Two years after Red obtains his title of the Champion in the [[Indigo Plateau|Pokémon League]], he disappears after leaving to answer a challenge from someone named [[Bruno]]. One month later, {{adv|Professor Oak}} discovers Red's {{p|Pikachu}}, [[Pika]], injured at his doorstep. Soon after the arrival of Pika, a young Trainer comes into the Professor's lab. The Trainer, {{adv|Yellow}}, claims to be a friend of Red who wishes to look for him with Pika. While Professor Oak is still skeptical about Yellow, especially of the [[Viridian Forest]] native's ability to heal Pokémon and sense their emotions just by touching them, he eventually entrusts this mission and Red's upgraded [[Pokédex]] to the young Trainer. However, this event only triggers the revelation of a larger secret, as Yellow is repeatedly attacked by members of the [[Elite Four]], who are the ones responsible for Red's disappearance and plan to rid the world of most of humanity in order to create a utopia for Pokémon. The final confrontation against the Elite Four takes place at their base on [[Cerise Island]], with Yellow, finally revealed to be the girl that Red saved in the forest, taking on their leader, the {{t|Dragon}} Pokémon user [[Lance]].

As peace is returning to Kanto, new journeys and happenings are beginning in another region, [[Johto]]. {{adv|Gold}} is enjoying his normal life with his family Pokémon, who have been with him since birth, until he runs into a Pokémon thief at [[Professor Elm]]'s lab. As he goes on a journey of chasing the thief, {{adv|Silver}}, with a [[Exbo|Cyndaquil]] from Professor Elm's laboratory and a [[Pokédex]] from Professor Oak, he stumbles upon the secret plots of the [[Masked Man]], the enigmatic leader of [[Neo Team Rocket]]. At the same time, Professor Oak sends out a "Pokémon Capture Professional," {{adv|Crystal}}, on a journey of completing the Pokédex. She gets involved in [[Eusine]]'s plans to capture {{p|Suicune}} and tries to do so herself. Soon after, she also gets involved with the plots of Masked Man, who is apparently after the two of Johto's Legendary Pokémon, {{p|Lugia}} and {{p|Ho-Oh}}. When it is discovered that the Masked Man is actually a [[Gym Leader]], an {{wp|exhibition game|exhibition tournament}} between Kanto and Johto's Gym Leaders is held at Indigo Plateau to uncover the culprit. Meanwhile, the Masked Man plans to capture {{adv|Celebi|time itself}} for his ultimate plan and recover something he once lost.

Things have just settled down in Kanto and Johto, but another new region comes on screen. A boy named {{adv|Ruby}} has barely completed a move to [[Hoenn]], when he runs away from home to participate in [[Pokémon Contest]]s against [[Norman|his father]]'s wishes. He meets a wild-natured girl named {{adv|Sapphire}}, and together, they make a bet to conquer all the Pokémon Contests and [[Gym]]s in Hoenn, respectively, within the span of 80 days. Just like their counterparts in Kanto and Johto, they encounter two evil organizations, the land-favoring [[Team Magma]] and sea-favoring [[Team Aqua]]. Team Aqua steals [[Devon Parts|an important component]] from [[Mr. Stone]], the president of the [[Devon Corporation]], while Team Magma steals the [[Submarine Explorer 1]] from [[Stern's Shipyard]]. Team Aqua also uses the [[Meteorite|Grand Meteor]] to make [[Mt. Chimney]] dormant, disrupting the balance of nature. Eventually, Ruby and Sapphire join forces to clash with the evil team leaders [[Maxie]] and [[Archie]] and quell the ancient Pokémon {{p|Groudon}} and {{p|Kyogre}} before their weather powers destroy all of Hoenn.

An [[House of Berlitz|important and wealthy family]] from the region of [[Sinnoh]] sends their latest descendant {{adv|Platinum}} on a special mission with [[Paka and Uji|two bodyguards]]. Things don't go as planned, however, and Platinum instead meets with the aspiring comedy duo of {{adv|Diamond}} and {{adv|Pearl}}, who coincidentally match the description given to her. They join her, believing she is their tour guide for a trip to [[Mount Coronet]]. But these misunderstandings mark the start of their Pokémon journeys. As they travel, they encounter and take on the mysterious and dangerous [[Team Galactic]], who have plans that endanger the existence of the entire {{pkmn|universe}}.

Three years after the clash between Groudon and Kyogre, Team Rocket has been revived once more in an attempt to bring back their long-lost leader, Giovanni, led by the four {{tc|Executive|Rocket Executives}}. Silver, enraged by this, sets out to stop the team his father once led. Gold, meanwhile, has an encounter with the [[Mythical Pokémon]] {{adv|Arceus}}, and needs to figure out how to restore its lost faith in humanity.

{{adv|Blake}} is a seemingly normal boy enrolled in the [[Aspertia City]] [[Pokémon academy|Trainer's School]]. However, he is actually a high-ranking member of the International Police who aims to find and arrest the remaining members of Team Plasma, which was defeated two years earlier. Unbeknownst to him, the new student, {{adv|Whitley}}, happens to be a former member of Team Plasma, who longs for the return of N. At the same time, Team Plasma, led by the evil scientist [[Colress]], is back with a vengeance and begins to use the Legendary Pokémon {{p|Kyurem}} to spread icy devastation around Unova with their new mobile base, the [[Plasma Frigate]].

{{adv|X}}, a boy who won a Pokémon tournament as a child, has become a depressed shut-in due to bad experiences with the paparazzi and the public speaking bad about him. Although his friends {{adv|Y}}, {{adv|Shauna}}, {{adv|Tierno}}, and {{adv|Trevor}} try to get him back to normal, he refuses to listen to them. A sudden catastrophe leaves the children's hometown of {{to|Vaniville}} devastated, forcing them to depart on a journey across [[Kalos]]. Meanwhile, [[Team Flare]] is aiming to capture both X's [[Mega Ring]] and the Legendary Pokémon [[Xerxer|Xerneas]] and {{p|Yveltal}} to power their [[ultimate weapon]], spreading paranoia amongst the heroes with their seemingly omnipresent forces across the region.

When danger once again approaches Hoenn, Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald are asked to learn about [[Mega Evolution]] to prevent the [[Grand Meteor Delta|impending disaster]] in ten days. However, a mysterious girl named [[Zinnia]] bears a searing hatred towards the Devon Corporation for what they did to the [[Draconid people]] in the past, and is determined to not allow their solution to the crisis to be carried out, no matter what the cost.

{{adv|Moon}}, a girl from Sinnoh, has traveled to [[Alola]] to make a delivery to [[Professor Kukui]]. She meets {{adv|Sun}}, a dedicated delivery boy who aims to collect 100 million {{wp|Japanese yen|yen}} for a classified purpose. Meanwhile, the [[island kahuna]]s realize that the [[guardian deities|Tapu]] have been agitated by something and decide to revive the old custom of [[island challenge]] in order to appease them. In the midst of all these events are also the mysterious girl named [[Lillie]], accompanied by the Legendary Pokémon {{p|Cosmog}}, and the equally mysterious young man [[Gladion]], who is seeking to get stronger in order to defeat the strange beings known as [[Ultra Beast]]s.

[[Henry Sword]], a gear smith who specializes in fixing and maintaining the tools that various Pokémon use, and [[Casey Shield]], a hyperactive girl looking for her lost Pokémon, enter the [[Galar]] [[Galar League|Gym Challenge]], hoping to use the publicity it attracts to them to help Casey in her task. Accompanying the two on their journey through Galar are [[Marvin]], a young boy who recently moved to the region, and [[Professor Magnolia]], the leading expert in the research of the [[Dynamax]] phenomenon. Meanwhile, [[Rose|Chairman Rose]] of [[Macro Cosmos]] is hatching a plan to save Galar from an energy crisis a thousand years in the future.

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==English translations==

===VIZ Media===

In March 2013, VIZ launched the {{tt|Perfect Square|Sticky Dot until July 2013}} app for the iPad. It allowed users to buy digital copies of children's manga and American comics. Pokémon Adventures is among those included on the app. So far, only Volumes 1-14 and Diamond and Pearl/Platinum Volumes 1-4 have been made available. These same volumes have also been released on the Kindle and Nook eBook stores as well.

===Finnish===

This means that {{adv|Blue}} and {{adv|Green}} follow the English naming as well instead of the original Japanese. Even though the translation is based on the Japanese version, the graphics are based on VIZ Media's second English version, with certain Finnish sound effects added. The edits made to the graphics remain in this version, despite the company's earlier statement on not censoring the series. Pauna Media has plans to release the entire series, although no new volumes have been released in years as of now.

===European French===

[[File:Pokémon Adventures BW FR volume 1.png|thumb|100px|left|''Pokémon Noir et Blanc'' volume 1]]

[[File:Pokémon Adventures FR omnibus 3.png|thumb|100px|left|''Pokémon: La Grande Aventure!'' omnibus 3]]

===German===

[[File:Pokémon Adventures DE volume 1 Ed 2.png|thumb|100px|left|Pokémon Adventures volume 1 in German (second edition)]]

===Greek===

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===Italian===

[[File:La Tappa Snorlax.png|thumb|100px|left|''Pokémon: Le Grandi Storie a Fumetti'' [[The Snorlax Stop|issue #4]]]]

   

===Korean===

===Brazilian Portuguese===

[[File:Pokémon Adventures BR volume 43.png|thumb|100px|left|Volume one of ''Pokémon Black & White'' in Brazilian Portuguese]]

===European Spanish===

[[File:Pokémon Adventures ES omnibus 1.png|thumb|100px|left|Volume one of {{tt|''Pokémon Rojo, Verde y Azul''|Pokémon Red, Green & Blue}} in Spanish]]

===Latin American Spanish===

Pokémon Adventures was translated into {{pmin|Latin America|Latin American Spanish}} by Toukan Manga. The Latin American translation was based on VIZ Media's English translation.

===Thai===

==Trivia==

==See also==