Altogether Pokemon Adventures is amazing. The manga really makes pokemon come alive, it isn't all sunshine and rainbows like with Ash but has some touching moments as well (like with Pyrce and the Lapras.) I recommend it to anyone who likes pokemon.
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(warning: about to go off on a TL;DR semi-related tangent)
but it's the inclusion of the gym leaders as TR members that really seals it IMO, especially when you consider what "rocket" stands for - raid on the city, knock out evil tusks. kinda nonsensical but also quite telling. TR in the manga seems to be founded on general disillusionment with society. they want to create a world controlled by team rocket, which they think will be much better than the world they're currently living in. they want to knock out the "evil tusks" who are currently in control and instate their leader instead.
lt. surge, koga & sabrina were the perfect choices for TR agents for this reason. all of them have reason to dislike the society they live in. lt. surge used to be a soldier - many soldiers come home and are unable to fit back into their lives, having seen and done things that most civilians can't understand. judging by his general attitude, he doesn't seem like he would be PTSD-afflicted, but that doesn't mean he isn't affected at all by his memories. koga is clearly from a very traditional family, one that still upholds the "way of the ninja" so to speak. in this way i think he would feel left behind by modern society - he's still trying to be true to his clan and traditions, while the rest of the world moves on around him. and sabrina is pretty obvious. as a psychic she feels estranged from most people. knowing the future can be both a blessing and a curse, because she knows the actions of others even before they do. i think she is probably very jaded and weary of the world under her harsh, "bitchy" exterior, because she is able to glimpse inside people's minds and see their true intentions.
i think a solid motive - in this case, to change the world for the good of the "outcasts" - is what makes a villain memorable, and that's why special!TR is so much more interesting to me than the other versions.
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anyways, yeah. i just have a lot of special-related feelings ;p
Satoshi Tajiri (y'know, the creator of Pokemon?) said "This is the comic that most resembles the world I was trying to convey." If that's not reason enough to read it, I dunno what more people want.
Lots of people seem to hate on the series for its portrayal of characters like Brendan and May in the Hoenn arc, because they're 'different than they are in the game', but I don't even remember either of them having personalities beyond "generic rival character".
They also complain about Dia, Pearl and Platina for their characters being extremely different. Well, has anyone ever heard of Hareta, Mitsumi, & Jun...?
I think the Poke Spe is the longest-running Pokemon manga for a reason, and the reason is that its the best. It sticks to the core stories of the arcs while not regurgitating the same dialog that you've already read in-game, which I think is refreshing. I wonder what people who don't like this manga because it's 'different than the games' think of the anime's renditions of characters like Skyla (or, for that matter, the anime as a whole)?
Let us not discuss the atrocity that is Electric Tale of Pikachu in this sacred place; regardless of the absurd level of fanservice...For the record, at the time Tajiri said that line, not only was Special only at one volume, the competition was two gag mangas and that vaguely pornish adaptation of the anime. Not exactly a close call there.
My thoughts on this are based on a number of posts in this thread, wherein people gripe about how the 'characters are different from the way they are in the games', principally Brendan/Ruby, May/Sappire, Barry(STUPID name, IMO)/Pearl, Lucas/Dia, & Dawn/Platina.I have never heard anyone complaining about Special just because it was different from the games.
I find that kinda nice, because it gives the impression that the artist and writer actually play the games. (In various Author/Artist notes at the beginning of the volumes, it confirms it, too.) It can feel a little 'cramped' at times (like during the final battle with Giratina at the end of Platinum), but considering that ALL Pokemon media is, at its core, an advertisement for the games, why not showcase every little thing? Plus, in instances like Platina noting that her Cherrim switched Formes on its their way out of Distortion World, it shows that the Pokemon aren't just weapons to be used in proxy battles, and that the trainers recognize this.If anything, it follows them too closely, trying to cram every little thing into the storyline just because it exists in the games (like making those Dodrio minigames vitally important for Red and Green's starters learning their new signature moves, for example).
You quote 'the record' a lot.And just for the record, Special isn't the longest-running Pokemon manga- that honor belongs to the Pocket Monsters gag manga, which is actually the more popular of the two in Japan.
I dislike it mostly because of it's mechanics. Why are the tournament rules are the strange (and by strange I mean stupid) way they are and why didn't the author feel the need to explain them?
Why does the pokedex work the way it does in the games when it makes no sense in the pokemon world given we have Bulbapedia Serebii and Smogon in are world?
If so why did they make Gym leaders and Elite four members evil? Is that faithful?
If it supposed to be for older audiences why does it have levels?
And if it is supposed to be more intelligent than the anime why does it still have "Vaguerate makes you a better trainer" bullshit which is one of the more irritating aspects of the anime?
This is nothing how the world would work like!
And from what I'm heard from I think a mod Tajiri quote came before the dark stuff so he and it was so earlier on that he had no idea how easy it would be to store and find information in a high tech world.
Because no one wants to watch an overly long tournament? Why does it matter?
Why does the pokedex work the way it does in the games when it makes no sense in the pokemon world given we have Bulbapedia Serebii and Smogon in are world?
What? That makes no sense.
If so why did they make Gym leaders and Elite four members evil? Is that faithful?
He said it was faithful to the world he was trying to convey and nothing else. Those have nothing to do with that.
As for why they were made villains? Don't know. I assume it's because Giovanni was the only notable villain at the time. We needed more antagonists.
At least they've stopped.
If it supposed to be for older audiences why does it have levels?
What do either of those things have to do with one another?
And if it is supposed to be more intelligent than the anime why does it still have "Vaguerate makes you a better trainer" bullshit which is one of the more irritating aspects of the anime?
I have no idea what you're trying to say. I do not think "vaguerate" is an English word.
I pretty sure I know a world with Pokemon and better technology would have better ways to keep info on Pokemon that's for certain.This is nothing how the world would work like!
You don't know that.
Well second hand info sue me.And from what I'm heard from I think a mod Tajiri quote came before the dark stuff so he and it was so earlier on that he had no idea how easy it would be to store and find information in a high tech world.
It's from volume 1, so no, it was with the dark elements.