Pokémon X•Y, Vol. 5

Pokémon X•Y VIZ Media Mini-volumes (Half-edition) #5

by Hidenori Kusaka, Satoshi Yamamoto (Illustrator)

Awesome adventures inspired by the best-selling Pokémon X and Y video games! All your favorite Pokémon game characters jump out of the screen into the pages of this action-packed manga!

With the help of another new ally, computer tech Cassius, our friends set off in search of Y’s missing mother, Rhyhorn Racer Grace. En route, they are attacked by Y’s former classmates from the Sky Trainer Training School! And then Y gets separated from the others…

Who is being mind controlled by Team Flare this time…?!

Genres: Manga, Adventure, Action, Graphic Novels, Graphic Novels Manga

96 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2015

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

[Julieanne · Rating 5 out of 5]

The fifth installment of the adventures or rather misadventures of X, Y, Shauna, Trevor, and Tierno as they continue to escape constant pursuit by Team Flare.

In this volume, the gang is helped by Cassius, the punk dressing maintenance man of Kalos on their quest to get to Cyllage City. They are attacked by mind-controlled members of their hometown's Sky-Trainer School and Y finds her resolve to stop moping over her mom's unknown fate and do something proactive. Fletchling evolves into Fletchinder and helps Y defeat Yvette and her fifteen Vivillon. At the same time X and Manectric find and defeat Aegislash, the pokemon responsible for controlling the fifteen girls.

After a crash landing, Y learns some of Team Flare's plans and is saved from discovery when Froakie evolves into Frogadier and calls for a wild herd of Rhyhorn.

So far X and Y is the darkest of the Pokemon Adventure stories, or at least it certainly feels that way and it is a good thing. The story is still light enough for kids to read, but is mature enough for older readers to enjoy as well. This fifth volume has been fantastic.

[Jessi · Rating 5 out of 5]

This volume goes more into Y's story: her relationship with her mother and peers at the flying school, and her feelings of loss and determination. While the others make a decision not to rely on Y so much anymore, and start to make their own path. It was highly enjoyable.

That being said, I'm really just tired of exaggerated butt cheeks and crotches on the female characters. Hey, not all Pokemon manga fans are straight preteen boys. Let's just say that's an over-arching issue for all future volumes of X Y. Since I have actually finished the series, and I'm just really late on reviews. Which doesn't surprise anyone, I'm sure.

[Noelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

The roles of X and Y reverse when Y finds out her mother was seen with Team Flare and is missing. She retreats to the tent like X does until the gang is threatened by mind-controlled trainers. Her leadership and perseverance show how vital she is to the group. I appreciated her backstory here.

X took a bit of a backseat in this volume but I hope to see more of him. Hopefully he will come out of his shell more.

[Paige Turner · Rating 3 out of 5]

The manga's picking up more on this fifth manga. It does feel like it's rushing through the emotional moments, which is a shame. But also really lagging on X's character development, I think might be my problem with this particular Pokemon Adventure, I just feel no connection with X's character.

[Harrison Delahunty · Rating 2 out of 5]

Another volume that manages to make everything feel so rushed, and so needlessly drawn out at the same time. It may just be the unideal form factor of these mini-volumes that makes it feel this way, but this storyline definitely isn’t clicking with me.

[Wesley and Fernie · Rating 4 out of 5]

A lot of good character development this volume! I am quite enjoying this series.

[David Doel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Finally, something is starting to happen. Maybe there's hope for this series yet.

[TomintheSnow · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice to see Y being appreciated and evolutions but a bit too focused on Team Flare at this point.

[Flowergirl · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed the book, I hope to read the next one as soon as I can. It's a very good series.

[Holly Letson · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have been really enjoying this series. I just wish that the volumes were longer.

[Lizzie & Koala Skywalker · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was really interesting to see Y's past at the Sky Trainers Training School. ~ Koala ^-^

[Drake · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was really exited to keep reading on in the series but this is just a couple of pages from book 3 while I did enjoy reading it I hate that it is just a couple pages from something earlier in the series

[Parker Neff · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good 5th book in this series