Pokémon Adventures: Ruby & Sapphire, Vol. 21

ポケットモンスターSPECIAL #21

by Hidenori Kusaka, Satoshi Yamamoto (Illustrations)

Awesome adventures inspired by the best-selling Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire video games!

All your favorite Pokémon game characters jump out of the screen into the pages of this action-packed manga!

While battling formidable opponents Legendary Pokémon Kyogre and Groudon, Ruby and Sapphire recall childhood experiences that shaped their dreams—and pushed them away from other dreams. What is the mysterious connection between their two memories?

And what is the clue to awakening three Pokémon who just might be able to save the day...?

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Comics, Fiction, Graphic Novels, Adventure, Video Games

208 pages, Paperback

First published December 24, 2005

About the author

Created the Pokemon Adventures series.

Also made a Pokemon Rangers/ Almia manga. It is based on the game Pokemon Rangers, Shadows of Almia

Also known as : 日下秀憲

Reviews

[Chelsea · Rating 2 out of 5]

Thank heavens there's only one more volume of this arc because I'm so over it at this point. This is such a mess and is just, dumb. This has been stretched so thin and continues giving absolutely nothing.

[Sakura · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh…Oh my goodness… I’m so excited, I don’t know where to start!

This book was amazing, I loved it, it was so well done 😭

To break things up a bit, I LOVED the romance! Seeing Sapphire CONFESS to Ruby like that made my heart feel SO full , and the flashbacks, the foreshadowing, everything…. The writing was so good, I actually don’t understand it! I was loving every moment… The artwork at these parts was also AMAZING, and the scene of the two of them as children, when Ruby protected her, was just simply peak! I was in shock with how cute (like she Ruby acted shy…) everything was, I honestly don’t know what to say. 🥹 I feel like I can’t explain it in words, just read it, you’ll get what I mean… The fact that the two of them act the extreme ways they do because of their past broke my brain, but in a good way, lol. It was an epic feeling.

Okay, and then ! The action was actually also super cool! I’m not normally very into big fights, but I thought it was really well done, and the artist draws the Pokemon super well! It was awesome!

I still enjoyed Wally’s parts, like last time, (I just think he’s a good character…) and Steven, who first appeared in this volume, was so cool! I never found him anything special in the anime, but here, he really shined. I absolutely loved it! 😩 Also, I found it so funny when he gave Wallace his cape, thinking that he might die in this battle, but wanting the champion to live. Like oh, dear Steven, you do know this is a kid’s manga, and you are a good guy, right? You’re not going to die xD Wallace x Winona is still strange though, and they confirmed it even more in this volume. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not an inappropriate relationship in any sense, they are the same age, both young adults. But like, I don’t remember their relationship ever being a cannon Pokemon thing… so it just is weird to me, lol.

And then THE ENDING! A CLIFFHANGER??
Anyways, all in all, I LOVED this book. I didn’t think I’d ever enjoy a Pokemon manga like I did DP Platinum, but.. here we are! It was AMAZING, and I can’t wait to read more!

(This book contains LOTS of fantasy violence, natural disasters, and some people in a hospital. There are also innocent crushes, and in one scene, a young Ruby is shown with a large, mildly bleeding wound on his head. This is the first time I have seen that extent of blood in a Pokemon manga, BUT it does have an important relevance to the plot, and I am a very sensitive individual who can faint due to blood, but I was fine reading it. I would advise younger kids to stay away, though. I would give it an age rating of 10+!)

[Kailey · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really thought this one was cute, especially since we got a splash of romance. I loved all the background on Norman, Sapphire & Ruby, and Wallance & Steven we got with the flashbacks. Also getting more of Wally (my favorite rival from the games) is always a treat! Everything is wrapping up this arc! Now I just need to see Ruby encounter Milotic and have to eat some words.
I highly recommend Pokemon Adventures to any Pokemon fan. The stories are similar to the games but also completely their own.

[Angel Guerrero · Rating 4 out of 5]

Las revelaciones en este tomo fueron de lo mejor, adoré como se dio la interacción entre Ruby y Sapphire después de tanto tiempo y como el espectador solo es abrumado por su climax y en medio de toda la acción ambos quedan sin palabras.

Creo que ya se conecta un poco más todos los frentes de la batalla pero siento que algunas cosas si ocurren más por el dramatismo de la narrativa que por sentirse orgánicas en ese mundo, me emociona mucho la presencia de otro Pokémon legendario, pinta bien para culminar.

[Bradley · Rating 4 out of 5]

At first this felt like it was going to be repetitive like some of the other volumes in this arc, but it surprised me! We got a lot of character development in here - a lot of GOOD character development. Sapphire's... confession was a bit much and not the direction I thought it would go, but it led to a good revelation between the two of them and I'm thankful for that. Excited to see if we finally get the end of this battle next volume!

[Emilou · Rating 3 out of 5]

I skipped a lot of reading in this one. There were just too many characters too many offshoots of the main plot that I thought it was boring compared to the rest of the series. All I wanted to know was about Ruby and Sapphire, and with all the extra stuff going on and the battle between the two legendary pokemon, I was loosing interest.

[Santiago Bueno · Rating 4 out of 5]

A un tomo del final, la saga está bastante explosiva. Hubo algunas revelaciones interesantes. Aunque me parece que podría haber tenido un peso mas fuerte el pasado de los protagonistas, si se hubiese ido revelando poco a poco en tomos pasados. No todo de golpe ahora. Igualmente funciona. Solo queda ver como cierran esta saga.

[Flowergirl · Rating 5 out of 5]

This one is quite different to most of the others in this arc, I loved Wally's involvement with Norman.
The relationship between Ruby and Sapphire is definitely growing.
I didn't really like how this one ended, otherwise the rest was really good.

[vanilla · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was BY far the best book in this series (Ruby and Sapphire), I love Sapphire's crush on Ruby, I didn't think it would be THIS cute!! Also I thought the plot twists and everything were just really enjoyable. <3

[Daniel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow! I am shocked by how this volume ends. 😮
It's been an emotional roller-coaster and I can't wait for the great finale in the next book. I think I'm gonna grab it right away and write a proper review of both installments once I'm done with the series. 😆

[Chrystal · Rating 5 out of 5]

Favourite chapter

[! · Rating 5 out of 5]

the absolute drama of this massive natural disaster and yet both ruby and sapphire manage to find the time to have emotional conversations

[Nick · Rating 4 out of 5]

The story drags on a bit, splitting into a Wally side story for some reason.

[TJ West · Rating 5 out of 5]

okay, this one was wild!!! I’m back in it!!

[Jessi · Rating 4 out of 5]

So let's talk about the nameless blind boy for a sec. He's given the tablet to see if he can decipher the ancient braille text, but then the missing text ends up in the letter old man Mr. Stone gave to Sapphire in the early part of the story. Rendering everything the blind boy did completely useless. If you wrote the boy out of the story it's left completely unchanged since Steven can read the text just as well. *cough* Tokenism *cough*

I'm fine with Ruby and Sapphire having crushes on each other, but that backstory is so sad. They completely changed their personalities for each other. I don't know how to think about that.

Moving forward... of all the cliche.... grumble, grumble... Ruby threw her off Troppy because it's too dangerous instead of trusting her. Troppy is Sapphire's freaking pokemon! Well, her dad's, but freaking still!

Yay for Rayquaza and the Regis! I can't wait to see more of those guys in the next volume.

I feel like I angrily ranted and then gave the book 4 stars which seems contradictory, but I really did like the book. The training on Mirage Island was cool. I do have to wonder how the other group is holding up after however many days have passed. Maybe 25 or so, I don't feel like going back and doing the math. I know the Regis are demi legendaries, but that's a long time to hold up a barrier.

[James McM · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome!!

[Helena · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was so far one of the best volumes of this region! AAG! Ruby is an incredible character!
Steven was dazzling all the time. Juan was a very enjoyable character. Love Pokémon Adventures so much!!

[Minerva · Rating 4 out of 5]

**** 4 stars ****

[Silver · Rating 5 out of 5]

This volume cemented Ruby & Sapphire as my favorite characters of Pokémon Adventures as well as my favorite story arc of the manga (and one of my favorite stories in the franchise among all media)

[Brian · Rating 4 out of 5]

Took a bit for me to get into this volume but I liked where it wound up.