Pokémon Horizon: Sun & Moon, Vol. 1

Pokémon Horizon: Sun & Moon #1

by Tenya Yabuno

Broaden your horizons!

Akira’s summer vacation in the Alola region heats up when he befriends a Rockruff with a mysterious gemstone. Together, Akira hopes they can achieve his newfound dream of becoming a Pokémon Trainer and master the amazing Z-Move. But first, Akira needs to pass a test to earn a Trainer Passport. This becomes more difficult when Rockruff gets kidnapped! And then Team Kings shows up with—you guessed it—evil plans for world domination!

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Comics, Fiction, Childrens

192 pages, Paperback

Published July 10, 2018

About the author

Yabuno Tenya (やぶ の てん や, nacido el 19 de agosto de 1969 en Tokio, Japón) es un mangaka japonés.

Reviews

[Nic · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute! I'd probably rate it higher, but I don't like the trope of "dude who doesn't know anything about [field] meets girl who is already serious about and accomplished in [field], she trains him, and he is soon an epic hero of [field] while she is stuck on the sidelines." (See also: The LEGO Movie, Ant-Man, a huge number of other stories in popular culture.)

Akira is a boy who, as of the start of this novel, does not know what a Pokémon trainer is. Mana is already training to be "the best Pokémon trainer she can be," which frankly sounds a little un-ambitious when you think of how Ash's goal was always to be "the very best, like no one ever was." Like . . . are they already setting Mana up to not compete with Akira? And then we learn almost nothing about her - she's entirely a support character for Akira.

I do have to give this manga credit for one thing: we see Akira and his Pokémon partner Rockruff lose a fight (to Tokio and his mysterious Pokémon). It bugs me when the hero never loses. Having a Big Bad show up early and beat the hero really adds to the tension, IMO, and gives the hero a goal to strive toward.

You can read my full review on No Flying No Tights.

[Blai · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rockruff evoluciona!!!

[D.T. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Exactly what you would expect from the Pokemon series: a gung-ho shounen protagonist who isn't really knowledgeable about the Poke-world though not dumb, a level-headed female character, and a cute (poke)mon with an unquenchable fighting power. Cute drawings but nothing spectacular.

[The Book Dragon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Welcome to Alola. Here's our main character Akira. He knows almost nothing about Pokémon. Here's Rockruff. He's special (and stubborn) and Akira decides to become his trainer after they manage to defeat a Drampa with Rockruff's mysterious power. So Akira sets out to be a Pokémon trainer and tackle the Island Challenge (since he's on vacation and all...no idea what's going to happen once he goes home). He meets a friend, a foe, an enemy, and a whole team of bad guys who want to take over the world. (Not Team Skull)

An easy to read, power of friendship, believing in yourself, adventure. (I don't know why, but Pokémon manga always makes me want to color in the pictures)

This series has 2 volumes.

[Kelly Paradise · Rating 2 out of 5]

Both the art and the story in this series seemed pretty mediocre, especially when put side-by-side with other Pokemon standalones like Diamond and Pearl Adventure. Still, the last chapter was interesting enough for me to continue on to the other half of the series.

[Judith Groen · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked it quite a bit! It's different enough from the other Pokémon stories to stand out. I hope the next volume will be great as well. I love self contained stories in manga. Most series are 10+ volumes. So if it's great and short, I almost always like it a lot.

[Leeann · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is such a cute manga. I love the art, the art make the Pokémon so much cuter and I love how their are some Pokémon characters from the sun and moon games and show.

I love how funny but focused the main character is. He is so relatable in some ways. I am excited to read volume 2 soon.

[Laia · Rating 3 out of 5]

3’5

[João Victor · Rating 5 out of 5]

legal

[Lauren · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice side manga to the anime, it's a fun story that doesn't belong to Ash.

[Harper Glaviano · Rating 1 out of 5]

THEY CHANGED EVERYTHING I LIKE ABOUT THE ALOLA REGION WHAT THE HECK DUDE

[Maya · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars

[Lynn · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm not much for graphic novels but my 4 year old grandson really liked it.

[Chance Lee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent artwork.

[Razor · Rating 1 out of 5]

I have read this a year ago but forgot to add it.
This was nice..