Pokemon Adventures volume 42

[Eitarou]

The book is out.

Volume 42 is not the end. But 43 is.

 

[Silktree]

I'm not sure why they lowered our expectations by saying that Volume 42 would be the end (let alone giving us a faux ending two years ago), but I admit that I'm impressed. The antagonists from the first three chapters seem to be working together, but since Lance has reformed, that probably goes for Pryce and Giovanni, as well. Is Sird their common enemy?

 

[The Master]

im don't think im right but please let this be the return of all the main cast

 

[Eitarou]

im don't think im right but please let this be the return of all the main cast

This is the Johto Dex holder's story.

Let the others do what they want.

 

[sleepyhollow]

where did you guys read or buy the volume because im trying to find it but cant :c

 

[Manga Reader X]

If you want to order it in English without importing it using a deputy service the only website I know about is Kinokuniya.

Kinokuniya USA: https://bookweb.kinokuniya.co.jp/guest/cgi-bin/wshoseaohb.cgi?W-NIPS=9988615310&AREA=02&LANG=E
Kinokuniya Australia: http://www.kinokuniya.com/au/index.php/fbs003?common_param=9784091415370
Kinokuniya Singapore: http://www.kinokuniya.com/sg/index.php/fbs003?common_param=9784091415370



I have heard that bookstores in "Japan Towns" and "China Towns" (possibly also "Korea Towns", but that's just my speculations) sometimes have Pokémon manga in their respective language.
Some bookstores (at least Japanese) even offer CoroCoro subscriptions.
According to what I've heard there's at least one bookshop in Japan Town, San Fransisco (possibly Kinokuniya) and one bookshop in China Town, Los Angeles (if I remeber correctly) that offer Pokémon manga.
However, since vol. 42 has only been released in Japanese so far, it's Japanese bookstores that you'll have to turn to.


Kinokuniya has stores all over the US:
Vol. 42 is in stock in New York, San Francisco, Seattle and Costa Mesa (It wouldn't surprise me if you can order it to the other stores as well. And maybe even order books from Kinokuniya stores outside the US so that they arrive to a US Kinokuniya store, but this is of course speculations.)


List of Kinukuniya stores in the US:

Spoiler

East Coast Area


New York Main Store
1073 Avenue of the Americas
(Bet 40th & 41st St)
New York, NY 10018 MAP

Phone: 212-869-1700
Fax: 212-869-1703
Hours: 10:00am - 8:00pm (Mon-Sat)/ 11:00am - 7:30pm (Sun)



West Coast Area


San Francisco Store
1581 Webster St (between Geary Blvd & Post St)
San Francisco, CA 94115 MAP

Phone: 415-567-7625/ Fax: 415-567-4109
Hours: 10:30am - 8:00pm


Seattle Store
525 South Weller St
Seattle, WA 98104 MAP

Phone: 206-587-2477/ Fax: 206-587-0160
Hours: 10:00am - 9:00pm (Mon-Sat)/ 10:00am - 8:00pm (Sun)


Portland Store
10500 S.W. Beaverton-Hillsdale Hwy
Beaverton, OR 97005 MAP

Phone: 503-641-6240/ Fax: 503-643-1059
Hours: 10:00am - 8:00pm


San Jose Store
685 Saratoga Ave
San Jose, CA 95129 MAP

Phone: 408-252-1300/ Fax: 408-252-2687
Hours: 10:00am - 8:00pm (Mon-Fri)/ 9:00am - 8:00pm (Sat&Sun)


Los Angeles Store
123 Astronaut Ellison S Onizuka St Suite 205
Los Angeles, CA 90012 MAP

Phone: 213-687-4480/ Fax: 213-621-4456
Hours: 10:00am - 8:00pm


Costa Mesa Store
Mitsuwa Marketplace
665 Paularino Ave
Costa Mesa, CA 92626 MAP

Phone: 714-662-2319/ Fax: 714-662-2474
Hours: 10:00am - 8:00pm

Source: https://bookweb.kinokuniya.co.jp/ohb/02/contents/storeinfo.html



Book websites in Japan:

Spoiler

Amazon.co.jp: http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4091415377/
Rakuten.co.jp: http://books.rakuten.co.jp/rb/%E3%83%9D%E3%82%B1%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BCSPECIAL%EF%BC%8842%EF%BC%89-%E6%97%A5%E4%B8%8B%E7%A7%80%E6%86%B2-9784091415370/item/11903714/
Kinokuniya Japan: http://bookweb.kinokuniya.co.jp/htm/4091415377.html



I don't know to which regions the Japanese websites ship, but you can have a deputy service buy it and resell it to you.


Deputy services:

Probably cheaper:
http://pokevault.com/AboutUs (here you can request Japanese Pokémon merchandise, don't know if it applies to Pokémon manga)
http://sunyshore.com/ (could possibly buy and resell it, but they haven't mentioned if they take requests and if they deal with Pokémon manga)​

Probably more expensive:
http://shoppingmalljapan.com/
http://www.fromjapan.co.jp/
http://japamart.com/

More deputy services + comparison (from 2009)​

 

[Kira Akigari]

Wow
I didnt even started the HeartGold and SoulSilver chapter
(Now I really hate being at this damn country)

 

[Manga Reader X]

(Now I really hate being at this damn country)

Well, look at it from the bright side, at least you can get Chuang Yi manga without having to import it.

 

[捷克羅姆]

(Now I really hate being at this damn country)

Well, look at it from the bright side, at least you can get Chuang Yi manga without having to import it.

And also VIZ.

 

[Manga Reader X]

(Now I really hate being at this damn country)

Well, look at it from the bright side, at least you can get Chuang Yi manga without having to import it.

And also VIZ.

I thought that the Philippines was a "Chuang Yi only zone" and that except for Australia and New Zealand there are no other countries where one can get both Chuang Yi and Viz Pokémon manga without importing it.

 

[捷克羅姆]

I thought that the Philippines was a "Chuang Yi only zone" and that except for Australia and New Zealand there are no other countries where one can get both Chuang Yi and Viz Pokémon manga without importing it.

I've been to several bookstores before and have seen Pokemon manga from both Chuang Yi and Viz on the same rack. Considering how the Philippines was a former American colony (Let's not bring Japan into this) and the fact that their influence here is still strong, this shouldn't be much of a surprise.

Going back to the topic, the Platinum and HGSS Chapters are rather short compared to the previous sagas. So, I'm guessing that Kusaka and Yamamoto are trying to catch up since the magazines serializing the manga aren't as much as before...

 

[Manga Reader X]

Chuang Yi can't legally sell Pokémon mangas outside of CY's licensing areas and Viz is no different. I'm pretty sure that if Chuang Yi can't sell their Pokémon mangas to the US, Europe and South Africa, Viz can't sell theirs to CY's licensing areas in Southeast Asia, Australasia and India.
That's why third parties like Kinokuniya and eBay sellers export / import it. For example if you check for Viz Pokémon manga at Kinokuniya's Singaporean website you'll note that the prizes are twice as high as usual. This is probably because they have to import it themselves in smaller bulks instead of using Viz's supply chain.

 

[捷克羅姆]

Chuang Yi can't legally sell Pokémon mangas outside of CY's licensing areas and Viz is no different. I'm pretty sure that if Chuang Yi can't sell their Pokémon mangas to the US, Europe and South Africa, Viz can't sell theirs to CY's licensing areas in Southeast Asia, Australasia and India.

Still, they're both available here. But VIZ is comparatively more expensive than Chuang Yi's, copies from VIZ cost Php439 ($10.70), while Chuang Yi's cost around Php 315 (7.70). The BW ones cost around half, but they also come in packages. I wonder how long it would take for Chuang Yi to take in and translate HGSS...