Pokémon Adventures: Ruby & Sapphire, Vol. 22

ポケットモンスターSPECIAL #22

by Hidenori Kusaka, Satoshi Yamamoto (Artist)

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!

As the battle between Legendary Pokémon Groudon and Kyogre rages on, so does the battle to control the orbs that control them. Then, when tragedy strikes, long hidden secrets are revealed, and Ruby comes to a profound realization.

Now, what role will Ruby's secret sixth Pokémon play in turning things around...?

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Comics, Fiction, Graphic Novels, Adventure, Childrens

184 pages, Paperback

First published August 28, 2006

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

[Elwyn]

I know it's aimed for younger audiences, but the deus ex machina of suddenly revealing that Ruby had Celebi this whole time and then reversing time so those who died weren't dead was a bit much. I don't think it was needed, considering that Ruby and Sapphire had just defeated the heads of Team Magma and Team Aqua. It was just an excuse to show off Celebi and undo the deaths for a happy ending. I liked the grittiness of how dark it was becoming, and how this darkness was affecting the way Ruby and Sapphire saw the world around them. But the end was very bland and happy-go-lucky. It was a conclusion, and I did enjoy Sapphire and Ruby's adventures, but I'm excited to see what Pokemon Adventures brings next.

[Chelsea]

Meh. I was pretty underwhelmed throughout the Ruby/Sapphire series and this wasn't an exception. It wrapped everything up but in a satisfying conclusion? Eh... not my favorite of the manga series thus far.

[Robert Acosta]

I've been devouring the Pokémon Adventures manga over the last few days, so I'm only going to write this review for the last volume of the Ruby/Sapphire arc.
Now, if you only know the anime as the single longest form of narrative to this series then you're missing out.
Great art by Satoshi Yamamoto, phenomenal characters expanded upon by Hidenori Kusaka, and amazing battle sequences litter every issue of the "chapters." I believe Satoshi Tajiri, creator of Pokémon, even said this is the way he imagined the world of Pokémon to look like when he was creating it.
Battles, especially, are intense and inclusive, where the trainer doesn't stand behind some kind of podium but rather is involved in the crossfire. The get hurt. They get attacked. Suddenly, this fun kids game has become a struggle for survival.
And it's brutal.
And they don't hold back.
One thing I admire about this series, besides everything I mentioned earlier on, is the storied don't talk down to kids without crossing that line in being TOO adult. There are stakes, lives are lost, and the protagonists kids (Ruby and Sapphire, respectively) are always given a chance to show why they matter and are the only ones to stop the crisis.
Even if they're not the strongest, they're the only ones who can.
That's an important message. You may not be the best, but you might be only one who fits.

[ev .｡*ﾟ .*.｡(❁´◡`❁)｡.｡: *]

i LOOOOVED the characterization, especially for ruby and sapphire, they have such a good chemistry they make me SICKKKKK and also have some amazing character development, i loved that the gym leaders had a huge role and conflicts and personalities, and team aqua and magma's main grunts were also done beautifully

the writers managed to fit both ruby/sapphire and emerald's plot points in a single story, also adding backstory and making some points more clear or interesting

also some parts were DARK, like ruby's daddy issues (fuck norman everybody hates norman) or the whole climatic disaster that is kyogre and groudon's fight, PEOPLE DIED!!!!!! AND IT WAS SHOWN CLEARLY!!!!!!
and that's where my only nitpick is, i'm ok with some very important characters' death, but then their death had to be undone with a very dumb deus ex machina which came out of nowhere

i will be reading emerald and oras🫡

to quote ign, 7.8/10 too much water (that's not true i'm giving it 9.5 trumpets out of 10)

[Miguel Vega]

Loved this finale and I will miss Ruby and Sapphire. I like how the little cliffhanger at the end shows the return of Team Rocket after their defeat at the end of the Gold, Silver and Crystal chapter.

[baillie ★]

actual rating: 3.5

[Paxton Orchard]

Not sure how to organize my thoughts, so just going to bullet point my main thoughts

-Feefee returning, and Ruby's speech on Beauty was great, 10/10 highlight

-Archie and Maxie returning was cool, as they became quite cruel and hatable, but like with the fight at Seafloor Cavern, I wish the fight had a bit more focus, as really Ruby and Sapphire do a single combo move, then the Leader's run away

-Courtney's back story was good, and made her inclusion interesting. Also, the girl in the flashbacks alongside her is definitely Daisy Oak, right?

-Sapphire was way out of focus, and she definitely should've gotten mad at Ruby at somepoint for the betrayal/ pushing her away. Tricky being clutch was also great
-Found it funny how Ruby straight up just stole Troppy, it is actually on his team in the between Chapter status updates
-Norman backstory was good. I think? I feel like theres some more to be said about Ruby and Sapphire's backstory, but it is overall solid

- And last but not least, Celebi. So Ruby just found Celebi? Because its not like there's a reference to Ilex Forest or anything, he just says he's had it, and it is from Johto. I like how he doesn't actually know it time travels, and he just sort of wishes that he could have saved the people who had fallen, and Celebi helps him because it cares. Ruby doesn't actively time travel, and it simply ends up as a slightly altered Future. Not as much of an asspull as I had thought when I heard of it, but not as well foreshadowed as other things.
-Epilogue stuff! I Liked how Sapphire got tongue tied at the end, kinda wish we could see her Gym fight with Norman. And I like them walking home, actual friends with a shared wink.
- Team Magma got a lot of focus overall, as both Courtney and Tabitha are shown to surrvive, but no one on Team Aqua gets a single panel. So Ruby is really the main focus overall. Speaking of, Tabitha at the hot springs is great, and I enjoy Flannery noticing him, thats cute.
- Overall- I like Ruby and Sapphire, it handles the Legendary conflict quite well, the characters have good backstories and development, but sometimes it doesn't share focus well, and has lack luster battles(Examples being the Maxie and Archie fights, and Chic's double kick strategy against Brawly just feels like a weak win)
But its great! It goes hard with backstories and legends, and is quite fun.

[Sakura]

I finally finished the Ruby and Sapphire chapters…
And I HAVE TO SAY, I think this was the best Pokemon manga series to date.

And like, ok, I have read a LOT of Pokemon mangas, and am currently working on finishing every single one. But there was just something… special about this arc. Not only is one of the main plot points a pure, innocent childlike romance, which I loved, the story was just simply engaging. Also the FORSHADOWING kept catching me off guard, but was also quite clever. The only thing I predicted was Feebee returning! 😆 I think my second favorite is Platinum, then the first ever Pokémon mangas? But anyways, this was just amazing!

I loved Courtney, Steven, ofc my best boy Ruby and best girl Sapphire!! The Norman thing made me almost like him. ALMOST.

I will say though, the final battle was QUITE violent. Little me would’ve DIED reading it. It’s not the worst in the world, but the book is made for kids, and it gets quite dark.

They did go back on everything at the end though so the Celebi lol, which I would complain about- except I wanted a happy ending. I don’t think the ending where that many characters die is in line with Pokemon. So yeah.

Also Ruby and Sapphire’s ending was satisfying. I mean, they are literally 11 lol, they don’t need to date yet.

But what was going on with Wallace and Winona?? For real?? Is he in love with her xD

Would HIGHLYYYY recommend this series!! It blew me away.

(This book contains fighting, and deaths but they are reversed by Celebi’s power. There are cuts and blood shown. Romance is alluded to very innocently. I would give this book an age rating of 11+!)

[Timothy Pitkin]

As a whole Ruby and Sapphire saga is kind of just ok as both of the main characters are kind of dull with Ruby being the better of the two because the conflict with Norman does add more to his character even if parts of the conflict feel kind of stupid and even though I do like they actually had more moments of Team Aqua and Team Magma fighting each other but the leaders are still just bland villains but they do get better during the final battle as they give up on their plans and just want to murder Ruby and Sapphire for ruining their plans. Sapphire feels like the more neglected of the two as she does not really do anything during the final fight. I do like what they did with Wally by making him more involved with the Rayquaza story and Wally has always felt like a character that was underutilized in the original game. I do feel the Regi's were just kind of pointless as they do not contribute much except giving the Elite Four something to do.

[Flowergirl]

This was a wonderful ending to this arc. I really enjoyed every moment of these books.
Ruby and Sapphire were such fun characters throughout them, their hilarious interactions and their serious ones too, their relationship together was quite an eventful journey from start to finish, they learnt to trust each other and more.
Wally was an amazing addition to the story he was such a sweet character.
My favourite character was definitely Steven. He is an amazing champion.
Hoenn was a nice place to explore, many new characters, a couple of old ones mixed in too, the region was beautiful, the story was magnificent and the pokemon were all incredible.
I'm really excited to read more of the books.

[Jessi]

I think this is the first volume of this series (I mean out of the 22 so far) that I have actually devoured. You know what I mean. You can't put it down because you have to know what happens next. Yea, I didn't agree with everything about how the story was going. It's my same old gripes, but woah, people straight up died.

The story was tied up really neatly at the end with Celebi going so far as to bring everyone back to life. I'm not sure how I feel about that. I mean it's not like I wanted people to die, and I was glad they survived in the end. But it was just a little too neatly wrapped up. I think I would have preferred that people just got like super beat up and passed out instead of, "Oh, Celebi was here the whole time. Wow!"

Oh thank goodness, Feefee came back. Love you, Feefee!

And what's this? Team Rocket is back and up to no good? What will happen in the next exciting volume of Pokemon Adventures?

I'm going to miss Ruby and Sapphire, though.

[Daniel]

The ending wasn't as great as I expected, but I still feel this is one of my favorites! I think that last few pages felt as if they were rushed, just to make it to the finish line asap. I believe there could have been at least 3-4 chapters more if the details weren't skipped.

All in all, Ruby and Sapphore arc is my favorite so far. The story was so epic, characters were so distinct, I just feel this was a perfect tribute to my childhood, as Ruby & Sapphire were the games I spent the most time with. I feel like each next chapter has some big shoes to fill.

[Parker Keys_to_hades]

When I started this manga, I wasn’t sure what to expect. Ruby/Sapphire weren’t my favourite games in the series, so I was worried I wouldn’t enjoy it. It took me a while to get used to the new characters, and at first I want sure how I felt about Ruby and Sapphire. But they grew so much over the series, and Ruby is in my top five favourite Pokémon manga characters; he was just so unique and adorable!
I’ll definitely be rereading this again sometime.

[Angel Guerrero]

Un digno final para un arco del que realmente no esperaba mucho cuando arrancó pero terminó siendo muy impresionante. Me encantó como se atan todos los cabos y como conecta con personajes del pasado.

Creo que por un lado me pareció muy conveniente para la trama ciertas cosas pero resulta ser emotivo, conmocionante y con muchos Pokémon por todos lados. Me agradó su dibujo pero no puedo decir que me haya encantado. Un buen tomo, no es perfecto, pero resulta muy emocionante en su mayoría.

[Nick]

The Wally story comes into play. Ruby and Sapphire do some cool stuff. The final fight was pretty exciting. However, the Celebi time travel copout seemed pretty dumb. Why wasn't that used at the start of the whole thing? Overall, it started out exciting but ended on a weird note. At the end, the Red/Green saga begins again.

[Johanna]

3.5⭐️

Though Hoenn is my favourite region, and Emerald is my favourite game, I found this chapter of the series to be fairly weak. The battles were drawn out in the last few books and didn’t make much sense. Had so much potential though.

[Jaden John]

It was so good!

[Rhys Causon]

Good wrap up to this part of the Pokemon Adventures Manga. Look forward to seeing what the next chapter holds.

[Kane]

An exciting conclusion to the Fourth Chapter/Ruby-Sapphire arc.

[Lauren]

Nice adventure and continuation of the plot.

[Avis]

HE HAD A CELEBI??????????

[Chrystal]

SO GOOD SO GOOD SO HOOD

[elle]

idk how they manage to make an amazing ending that finishes everything off perfectly yet leaves room to link to the next gen every single time- it’s amazing

[Marissa Burns]

I really liked the overall storyline of Ruby and Sapphire, however I didn't love how this ending cane together.

[Toby]

INSANE plotarmor but still fun

[scorpio baby]

norman😫😓😓😭😭😭

[anna lomnicki]

A cool epic conclusion to a huge battle.

[Brian]

So good! One of my favorite volumes of the series thus far!

[ash ✨]

3.5⭐️

[Oberhuu]

Zu behaupten, dass die Reihe nicht gut wäre, würde doch einer kompletten Lüge gleichen. Woops, ich weiß, ich habe ein paar Bände nicht so gut bewertet, doch das lag an den teilweise fragwürdigen Charakteren. Nennen wir hier dieses wunderbar nervige Reporterteam, was ständig aufkreuzen musste, aber keine wirkliche Funktion erfüllte. Mit Ruby, der nun mal leider als Hauptcharakter fungierte, kam ich leider auch gar nicht klar. Erst später gewinnt er an Tiefe und man versteht auch so manchen Hintergrund. Was er mit seinem Pokémon Barschwa gemacht hat, konnte ich ihm außerdem nicht verzeihen. Das war schrecklich!!!!!!
Ein weiteres Mal möchte ich ein Lob an die detaillierten Pokémonkämpfe aussprechen. Die sind für mich weiterhin das Herzstück der Mangas.