Pokémon Pocket Monsters

The manga follows Red, a young boy competing with a rival, Green, to complete the Pokédex and become the master of Pokémon. In this manga, Pokémon are capable of human speech. It is thought that a Clefairy is the main character, albeit just a follower of Red. It is obnoxious but lovable, whose big mouth sometimes gets it into trouble. Surprisingly enough, it comes up with clever ideas to help Red and Pikachu. In the first few manga books, Red's team consists of Pikachu and Clefairy only. However, later on, Red gains a valuable companion in Tyrogue as well. Pikachu himself cannot talk. The story also goes to the Johto region, where Red gets introduced to trainers Gold and Silver, supposedly based on the video game characters. It goes to Hoenn in the last volume, where Red thinks of receiving a Torchic and abandoning Clefairy. The manga continues under the name of Pokémon Ruby-Sapphire, starting the volume number from 1. Characters • (): Charged with completing the Pokémon Zukan, he is Green's rival. • Clefairy (Pippi in the Japanese version): Red's first Pokémon ally. It is very vulgar and likes to do 'sick' things to attract attention. • Pikachu: Clefairy's younger cousin who joins Red and Clefairy. He is unable to talk. • (): Red's rival. ==Sequels==