Red, Green & Blue arc (Adventures)
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The Red, Green & Blue arc (Japanese: 赤・緑・青編 Red, Green, & Blue arc), also referred to as The First Chapter (Japanese: 第一章 The First Chapter), is the first story arc of the Pokémon Adventures manga, consisting of forty chapters and spanning three volumes. It was authored by 日下秀憲 Hidenori Kusaka and illustrated by 真斗 Mato. It began serialization in March 1997, and ended in May 1998.
The arc features the journeys of Red and Blue through Kanto, conquering the eight Gyms and the Pokémon League. Later, a third Trainer, Green, comes into the plot. Together, they destroy Team Rocket, an evil organization that uses Pokémon for illegal actions. Red also assists Blaine in capturing Mewtwo and saves a young girl from wild Pokémon in Viridian Forest. Eventually, Red defeats Blue in the Pokémon League tournament and becomes a Champion.
Volumes
Monthly issues
Beginning in September 1999, VIZ Media released the Red, Green & Blue arc and the Yellow arc as a series of monthly comic books, preceding their collected volume releases of the manga. In total, 18 monthly single issues were released of the Red, Green & Blue arc.
Omnibus releases
- Main article: List of Pokémon Adventures omnibus volumes
An omnibus release of the Red, Green & Blue arc was released by Shogakukan in July 2017, with a total of two volumes. These volumes were later released in English by Shogakukan Asia in July 2018 under the title "Pokémon Adventures RGB".
Beginning in June 2014, European French publisher Kurokawa began releasing the Red, Green & Blue arc and the Yellow arc together as a series of three omnibus volumes. While the Red, Green & Blue arc and Yellow arc had been previously released in France by publisher Glénat, these volumes feature a new translation. Kurokawa's omnibus volumes contain all the adventure route maps from the original Japanese volumes, but lack the character introduction pages from the beginning of the volumes.
Chapters
Important events
- Red meets Blue.
- Professor Oak gives to Red and Blue the Pokédex.
- Bill helps Red with his Pokémon Storage System.
- Red meets Green.
- Red, Blue, and Green defeat Team Rocket.
- Red defeats Blue and becomes the League Champion.
Party changes
Additions
The following Pokémon are obtained:
- Red's Bulbasaur, Saur (PS002)
- Red's Pikachu, Pika (PS004)
- Red's Snorlax, Snor (PS012)
- Blue's Golduck prior to (PS018)
- Blue's Machoke prior to (PS018)
- Blue's Pidgeot prior to (PS018)
- Blue's Porygon (PS018)
- Blue's Ninetales (PS018)
- Red's Diglett (PS018)
- Red's Krabby (PS018)
- Red's Eevee, Vee (PS020)
- Red's Sandshrew (PS023)
- Red's Gyarados, Gyara (PS025)
- Red's Aerodactyl, Aero (PS026)
- Green's Horsea prior to (PS030)
- Green's Clefairy, Clefy, prior to (PS032)
- Yellow's Rattata, Ratty (PS036)
- Green's Nidoran♀, Nido, prior to (PS039)
Evolutions
The following Pokémon evolve:
- Blue's Charmander into Charmeleon prior to (PS005)
- Red's Poliwhirl into Poliwrath (PS011)
- Red's Bulbasaur into Ivysaur (PS015)
- Blue's Machoke into Machamp (PS018)
- Blue's Charmeleon into Charizard prior to (PS027)
- Green's Wartortle into Blastoise prior to (PS030)
- Green's Clefairy into Clefable (PS033)
- Red's Ivysaur into Venusaur (PS033)
Removals
The following Pokémon are removed or given away:
Gym Battles
Red, Blue, and Green defeat the following Gym Leaders:
- Brock (PS005; Red and Blue)
- Misty (PS008; Red)
- Erika (PS020; Red)
- Lt. Surge (PS011, PS030; Red)
- Koga (PS014, PS031; Blue)
- Sabrina (PS032; Green)
- Giovanni (PS038; Red)
Only Blaine is never battled at any point.
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