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About the author
Hidenori Kusaka is the writer for VIZ Media’s
Pokémon Adventures. Running continuously for over 20 years,
Pokémon Adventures is the only manga series to completely cover all the
Pokémon games and has become one of the most popular series of all time. Kusaka is currently working on the 14th story arc,
Pokémon: Sun & Moon. In addition to writing manga, he also edits children’s books and plans mixed-media projects for Shogakukan’s children’s magazines. He uses the Pokémon Electrode as his author portrait.
Satoshi Yamamoto is the artist for VIZ Media’s
Pokémon Adventures, which he began working on in 2001, starting with volume 10. Yamamoto launched his manga career in 1993 with the horror-action title
Kimen Senshi, which ran in Shogakukan’s
Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine, followed by the series
Kaze no Denshosha. He is currently working on the 14th story arc in the Pokémon series,
Pokémon: Sun & Moon. Yamamoto’s favorite manga creators/artists include Fujiko Fujio (
Doraemon), Yukinobu Hoshino (
2001 Nights) and Katsuhiro Otomo (
Akira). He loves films, monsters, mysteries, punk rock music and livin’ the good life. He uses the Pokémon Swalot as his artist portrait.
Summary
X was a Pokémon Trainer child prodigy. But now he’s depressed
and hides in his room avoiding everyone—including his best friend Y. An
attack on their hometown by Legendary Pokémon Xerneas and Yveltal, led by
Team Flare, forces X outside... Now what?
Y and friends are attacked by
Legendary Pokémon Yveltal while X and Blue are attacked by Legendary
Pokémon Mewtwo! Why has Mewtwo come to Pokémon Village, a
sanctuary for refugee Pokémon? And why is Mewtwo so angry? Then, the
mysterious test subject trapped inside the Essentia Expansion Suit regains
consciousness...
