By:Hidenori Kusaka, Satoshi Yamamoto (Illustrator)
Rating: ★★☆☆☆
Series: ポケットモンスターSPECIAL (#30), Pokémon Adventures (#30)
Summary:All your favorite Pokémon game characters jump out of the screen into the pages of this action-packed manga!
Pokémon Trainers Pearl and Diamond are starstruck! Their lifelong dream is to floor an audience with their Pokémon comedy act. So how do they wind up as bodyguards to a pampered little rich girl on a quest to reach the peak of Mt. Coronet...?!
Come along and join the thrills and laughs as Pokémon Adventures continues!
Review: Diamond and Pearl are an aspiring comedy act. Following a consolation prize win, there is a mix-up that leads them to join a wealthy heiress who is climbing Mt. Coronet. Taking part in a family journey of self-discovery, she learns about Pokemon.
I don’t like it very much. Despite my best efforts, I could not get into this Pokémon Adventures.
As a reader, I found the story weak, with Diamond weak and dumb, Pearl quick-witted and charming, and Lady naïve and rich, but no one means.
The art is simple and does not require much effort. The comedy appears to be churned out in a hurry, and there are many poor running gags that are not worth repeating.
I found the plot to be very predictable. This story just dragged on and on. It happened nothing interesting. This is not an engaging story. It was a dragging plot, even though I liked the pokemon.
This book’s pacing is its biggest flaw. It was boring, and I wasn’t engaged. I had to push myself to pick up the book again and stay engaged, and I feel like certain sections were rushed while others dragged on... A great example of this is the battles. I don’t find the battles very engaging and they’re very rushed.
As a manga reader, this arc didn’t impress me. Unfortunately, I’m going to have to skip this manga. There is a possibility that this manga will work for your young child if you have one. I would not recommend this as an adult.